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WHERE DANGER LURKS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 12, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 15.

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WHERE DANGER LURKS.

By Emily Houseman Watson

[Emily Houseman Watson, in the Ram's Horn.]
THE mazy dance, with 'fatuating whirl, Unmindful all of honor and of right, Allures the unsuspecting, trusting girl, To leave upon her life its withering blight,
The gaming board, with fascinating power, Ensnaring now the youth's unwary heart, Leads on, till, in a bitter, fatal hour It works destruction with its poisoned dart.
The race, the cup, the evil intercourse— These follow madly, growing swift apace, Till, overwhelmed by sin's resistless force, The life, once fair, lies blackened in disgrace.
O youth, O maiden, keep your hearts from sin! I pray you shun its deadly, venomed breath, Lest these betrayers, boldly entering in, Enchain your souls in misery and death.