The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-10
Written for the Bolivar Bulletin
a Call on the Members of B. C.
No. 1, E 7.

No. 1, E T.
The sacred interest of our most noble
order" demands that we should be
aroused from the deadly stupor into
! which we have 30 suddenly and so I'M
fortunately fallen.' The interests of our
community cries aloud, and tells us to
buckle on the armor of Temperance, and
to go forth boldly to battle with the most
deadly evil that humanity is heir to.
The graves OF worse than murdered wo-
men and children call upon US to tcaEe
up, and be alive to our interests and
theirs. One sickens when we see that
we, as members of 80 excellent an order,
are neglecting the performance of those
duties which we voluntarily took upon
ourselves to perform Let each and
every one of Us ask ourselves the guess
ton: Are we doing all in our power to
propagate the cause Of Temperance +?
Are we laboring earnestly for the good
of othcrs2 Ifnot, then we are guilty of
violation Of that obligation which We
voluntarily took upon ourselves. And
there can be no excuse for it. The
blame must rest upon our own shoul~
ders as individual members, and We can
not shift the responsibility upon those of
a 7other. We cannot lay at our brother 8
feet the eensure which we, as individual
members, so justly deserve. For there
is task assigned to each and every
member, which they will have to perform
or it will 90 undone. let it not be said
by the world that our order is going
down For the world is prophecYing
already, that ere akother Christmas
jul lice" is passed, We, as an organization,
viii be no more. If such is the case,
we must bear the blame ourselves for it
is evident that we have a superabuR~
dance of material to work up. We have
unmistakable evidence of the fact that
our organization has already accom-
plished great deal of good, but there is
yet much to be done 1.-THE harvest, in
deed, is great, but the laborers are few"
Because we are few in number, we should
be the more jealous in our great work.
How many fresides have been made to
rejoice because of our efforts to do good 7
How many mothers lips have been heard
utter to the sweet words, "God bless the
Temperance Council, when she saw her
husband or dear boy snatched from the
brink Of ruin which threatened them
with utter destruction. How many
homes have been strewn with all the
luxuries Of life by their exertions which
before scarcely furnished the neeessa-
ries Of life.
We want to see our great old ship
breasting the storms, and oyersailing the
waves which threaten to engulf her once
more. We want to see some of the good
people of Hardeman embarking in our
ship, she is staunch and strong if we will
but steer her Alright But if we would
realize our hope, we must place our
hands to the oars and ply them diligent-
"; if we do not work we will have to be-
hold her go down beneath the waves to
rise no more Then will the stamp of
shame and disgrace be placed upon our
every brow, and hearts Will be filed with
rcmorse. Then will virtue put on her
weeds of widowhood The prevailing
in fuence of woman is universally admit
ted They may be justly said to hold the
destiny ofman in their own gentle hands.
With your assistance-eneOuraged by
your smiles we can accomplish much
for the good of mankind But without
it, we can accomplish nothing. So come
up and help US in our great work.