Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1913 — If His Mother Knew. [ARTICLE]

If His Mother Knew.

Hold on, young man; one moment, please. Before you pass that door tonight: You say you mean no harm, you say You’ll bring a sinless heart away, You say that you are strong, that Right Shall guar«you from the wiles of Wrong, • That to yourself you will be true. But would you still seek pleasure there— Come, answer truly and be fair— If you could kngw your mother knewl We always tell ourselves before We weakly yield that we ire strong; We always, ere we enter ln . __ Expect to leave still sin And still the armored foes of Wrong, But few would fall and few would sigh. Remorse would gnaw the hearts of few If each, when Conscience cries “Beware!" Would ask himself If he would care To do It,if his mother knew.