Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
A Message to the Women of the
Land.
BY MRS. NELLIE H. BRADLEY.

Sisters the message | bring and
the appeal | make to you to-day
come from the Utmost depths of
heart most profoundly impressed
with the deep significance of the
solemn admonltion of Holy Writ :;
Whatever thy hand fndesh to do,
do it with thy might tor there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom in the grave whittier thou
goest."
Never before, in the history of this
nation. has the voice Of God sounded
i call 80 i'm operative and unmistakable
ID it's nature as that which is now
,rousing the women of our land, bid
ding them consecrate heart anu
hands, time, talents, and wealth, for
he rescue OF suffering, sin-curaed
humanity. How maLy of you, my
sisters. are obeying this diVlRe cali,
and are doing the Masters work TO
be best of your ability Many Of
you will say that while your sym
pathies and prayers are for the cause,
your domestic cares and duties pre-
vent you from aiding it 10 any other
way; but in this you are greatly
mistaken.
Can you not sign the total-absti-
nenoe pledge, and speak warning
word to the tempted and erring
whenever an OCCASION is nresen' ed Z
Can you not Danish alcoholic flavor
ing from your desserts as well AZ
vine from your sideboard :?
Can you not transfer your patron
age from the Iiquor-selllug grocer to
the man who is struggling to estab
lsh his business without building II
up on the wrecked fortunes and
fuined lives of his fellow-creatures
| am we'll aware that many NJ DIS
tell US there is no substitute for alco-
nol in the materia medlca, and /
hank God for it | thank HIM that
| 1t is not in the power OF mortal man
produce Sec0n1 Sc0urge SO potent
TOR evil in its malignant influence
upon the destinies of our race. The
combined medical science of the uni~
verse could not convince me that al
element which ia universaIly acknowl
edge to be deadly enemy of a heating
uman organism can be the friend OF
| A diseased one, tor it is in direct an
| .agonism to the laws Of life. There
| : a fearful record against the medl-
:a profession of this country, and II
Zach physician could see the vast and
| horrid array of victims for whose
downfall he is directly Responsible,
ne would flee in terror and remorse
from The easily sight, and solemhly
| resolve never again 10 peril The
temporal and eternal interests OF
hose who trust themselves to his
care. The people are slowly awak-
ening to the vital truth and when
they become fully aroused, as they
surely tCW at no distant period, they
will hull King Alcohol from the lofty
pedestal 10 which he has been elevat-
ID by a false medical system-and
may God hasten the day
Some of my readers may say, 81
10 not wish to sign the pledge; |
San work as we'll for the temperance
! cause without doing so" But this
| question arises How can you con-
| 4Istenty ask others TO do this if you
are unwilling to do it yourself? Do
you not realize that your example is
of infinite value, and that you must
De openly identified with those who
are battling against the Great
ID astroy err, or subject yourself TO the
risk of being reckoned among his ad-
nerents or al least bis apologists2
Many will say it is impossible to
prepare certain articles of food with
,ut wine or brandy; then, in the
uame of humanity and for the safety
IF Yourself and loved ones, banssh
them from your table | know that
the number of those whose taste is so
toarfuly perverted is countless; even
ittle chll1ren, 10 many families, will
reject the pie or pudding made on
the temperance principles. | warn
you soIemnly to beware how you
thus cultivate in your loved ones an
appetite which may prove their eter-
nal ruin.
There are others among you who
do not seem to realize the fact, that
while you patronize lquor-st ling
grocers You are directly sustaining
and perpetuating the liquor traffic,
for two-thirds OF them are vile grog-
shops. Do you not see what fear
full responsibility is resting upon
your soul every hour that you con-
niue thus to aid in rolling on the
car Of our great national Juggernant,
| whose wheels are crimson with the
ifr-bIoOd of Crushed and murdered
millions? | beseech of you to think
Of This. And, dear sisters, if you will
be radical and earnest in regard t"
tho points | have presented, your in
huence will be felt to wonderful ex-
cent, AID it will be SPOKEN Of YOU in
The great day Of recompense, "She
nath done what she could"
Aud you, who are blessed with
ample time and opportunity, who of
fer neither prayers nor sy mpathy
but criticlse and condemn the faith
full ones who are battling with the
powers of darkness how can your
womanly hearts fail to be stirred 10
their very depths as you view the
dark and bloody drama that is ever
passing before you, with its countless
tragedies and crimes for every hour
win its wall of anguish and river of
Gears for every moment; its one hun
dred thousand wrecked souls rushing
INTO eternity annually, whose only
epitaph is that awful and uncha' &c
aole decree of divine utterance,
No drunkard shall enter the kingdom of heaven?
While the Christian women Of JET
fersonvIle, Indiana, were praying
M ,loadin, in tho 90 Ia 0na thaV n