The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-04-17


J. might close the saloons, but there was tn,
difficulty. The liquor traffic was extended
all over the land, but they expected to remov,
ID it. They would ask in His name, believing
1t and who would dare doubt that he who prom
!. isd to answer prayer would prove unfaithful
Look at the enormity Of the crime. Double
I, the number Of people were engaged in the
. manufacture and sale of liquor that were EN-.
ployed as teachers in our schools and colleges
as preachers in our churches and as editors Of
q all our papers secular and religious. Bot the
: the pulpit thunders in our behalf, and the
, newspapers generally are with us, but best of
all God is with Us. Another phose of this
matter was that the better portion Of every
community where the work was being carried
9 forward was engaged it it, ladies educated in
g the best colleges, ladies educated in our com
; mon schools, and ladies who were able to do
4 without labor Of anykind we're engaged in
this work, for the sake Of suffering humanity.
! Men had said better for the women to let it
alone. Would to God they had nothing to do
with It or to suffer from it. But the evil had
desolatsd families, robbed the wife, disrobed
the children, and filed our almshouses and
jails with its victims, and as they had suffered
from it so they intended by Gods help to erad-
icate it. They had not quite got through
with the work at Findlay, but they were
working and in Gods good time they would
have success. Ask him to help you here in
his own time and way and He will do it.
After singing hymn Mrs. E P Jones was
called upon, and coming forward said. This
was womsn's mission. They had spent much
time in dressing and gossipping when they
should have been engaged in better work
even in deeds of love and charity. She had
thought while sitting here, was it possible that
any LADY, whose name was upon the list Of
members Of this church, or any of the churches
had not enlisted in this work. If not it was |
time to exhort them 20 como out and do their |
duty. There was no telling what influence |
one woman could exert, and it was her duty |
to come out and help the Others, No one but |
had suffered from the evil in the person of
some dear friend, and they should stand to-
gether against the evil. Our ministers preach
Sunday after Sunday, but yet it seemed as
thoughitwas woman's special duty to 60 ont in
| this work and to carry the gospel with them
to class who seldom came to hear it, and
who knew practically nothing aboutthe bible
The old, old story of Jesus love, seems new to
them, and she had experienced much salts.
faction in talking to them. She believed God
was present at those meetings and blessed
those who engaged in them. And now she
would sppeal to the young men, if there were
any such here who had not signed the pledge
to quit now and sign it. Perhaps you think
liquor VIII not hurt you, but it will. It mad
dens the brain, and leads you to the commits
sion of deeds you blush for afterward, and
may lead you into crime. The first time you
have the opportunity do not fail to sign the
pledge.
After singing Mrs. Carnahan was introduc-
ed, and said they found It blessed to work for
Jesus, no matter how hard the work, or how
disagreeable the weather, they felt all the
more blessed in spirit, and always at the close
Of a days work, joined in singing Zone more
Days Work for Jesus, and one less day for
me-" They had met with success to more
than repay them for all the work thew had
done, and did not feel like relinquishing the
werk. Some old men who had been drinkers
from their youth up had been fearful they
would cease their efforts, but they did not
mean to, and one old man had said to them,
''Lsdies, if you knew how we have watched
you, you would not stay at home. We need
your support to keep Us in the right way yet
awhile" They did not mean to cease their
efforts. They had enlisted for life, and some
of them expected to live long time.
You who can sing can do much in this
work. Songs do much good. They had d.
vided up in bands in Findlay, and Company
A. went first and was not well received at one
of the places. Soon after, Company B. came
up, and being permitted to sing had g pre-
cious meeting. After singing and prayer they
spoke to the proprietor, and asked him how
he felt about quitting the business. He said
he felt like getting rid of his liquors in some
way. The ladies replied "the Lord viii help
you if you throw away your liquors" and
they had sung "The Lord VIII Provide" and |
left him. That afternoon at four o'clock all /
he owned was poured out in the gutter At
another place the proprietor received them
and was freezingly polite, but had given them
permission to CONC and sing and pray until
dOOmsday. They sang "She sleeps in the
Valley SO Sweet," and in her prayer one of the
ladies had prayed that the mother Of his little
boy might never have to go into a saloon to
beseech it's proprietor not to sell liquor to her
boy. The spark Of nature In his heart was
touched, and the next day he surrendered.
He could have stsod it all he said, if they had
not sung of loved ones gone and prayed for
his boy. Sing for Jesus. The work tells.
Everything had favored them in Findlay.
They had had a religious revival and had been
prepared for this work. At first they didn't
think they could go on the street, but they
grew more confident. Men at first thought it
was not women's work, but now they were
quite willing to take the back seats and let
the women who had always been the sufferers
from the traffic do the work. She thanked
God she had been made a woman, that she
might participate in the glorious work. II
you are disappointed in anything, do not carry
the matter into your meetings, but take it to
the Lord in prayer and you will feel wonder
fully relieved and strengthened. There was
one place in Findlay they called their accus-
toned place Of meeting. It was in front of
wholesale liquor store, and they had many
glorious meetings there. They had not yet
secured its surrender, but had faith that they
would yet do SO. The first days were the
hardest, but keep on on the path of duty.
Pray for bodily as well as spiritual strength to
support you. They had now been engaged in
the work for six weeks, and they felt improv-
ed in both respects. Yea, they felt stronger
every day,strongsr in the faith that
CONQUER we must
For our cause it is Just;
And this is our motto
In God is our trust"
Mrs. Barnd made few remarks, and while
the pledge was being circulated Mrs. Halde-
man was called upon and G. B. Pratt Of ober-
lin, made short speech, after which the ladies
Of Findlay held sort of love feast, and re-
marks were made by Rev. Chittenden, but as
our report has already reached our full limit,
we are unable to make further remarks, ex-
cept that an all day prayer meeting, at Birch
ard Hall was announced for to-day, Thursday
and Is now in progress, while the ladies Of the