SAFED AND THE PATENT CLEANSER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 9, 1 April 1927, Page 5

SAFED AND THE PATENT CLEANSER

The daughter of Keturah spake unto me, and said “Father, there is a Spot upon thy Coat, and it must be removed.” And she said: “I will get my Bottles of Compound, and remove the Spot.” And she brought her Patent Cleanser, but the Spot came not out. And she said: “I will try Carbona.” And she tried Carbona, but the Spot remained as it had been. And she said: “I -will try Benzine.” And she tried Benzine, but it made no impression upon the Spot. And I said: “I will remove this Coat, and send it to the Tailor, and I will wear another until this cometh back.” And she said; “Wait a minute. I have one thing more to try. For this did I learn from my Mother.” And she washed the Spot with Clear Warm Water, and the Spot came out, and the Garment was as it had been new. And I said: “That is worth knowing, and now I remember that thy Mother did so likewise.” And she said: “It doth sometimes happen so that a Spot which none of the New and Patent Compounds will bring out will come Clear and Clean if it be washed with Clean Water.” And I said: "How often do we waste effort going afar for Remedies in cure of ills that would yield to Very Simple Treatment, and with the means at hand.” Yea, I considered all the Patent Systems of making the world better, and how many they be, and what learned names they take unto themselves, while the Main Thing that is needed is that the hearts of men shall be washed from Evil Thinking and Selfishness and Wrong Behaviour. And I remembered that there is no Balm in Gilead that cam assure us a Cure for the Leopard-spotted Character which men procure for themselves. But that a very simple way is at hand for making men right and white and clean. And I would that men would find it, for it is not far from every one of them. —A Writer in “Public Opinion.’