The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-19
a Very short Sermon to the La
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JiipAt ptI IlIOll W lllC LIZ
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And when thou prayest, tiou shall
not he as the hypocrites are; for they
love to pray standing in the syna-
goguc and in the corner Of the streets,
that they may be soon OF mcn. x x 4
But thou, when thou praYest, enter in
20 thy closet and when thou hast shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which is
in secret, and thy Father which secth
in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matt. vi % 6
OF course all women should be deep,
" interested in the great cause Of TEN
pcrance, and they ought to do what
they can to suppress the traffic in in
toXicatjng drinks.
1t is known to many readers that
there is now a peculiar excitement
among tho ladies of Ohio, and other
States upon this subject. They meet
in front of the d~ram-shops, and some,
times enter them in crowds, and re-
quest the dealer to shut his doors and
quit his business. If he yield, they
leave rejoicing. II he refuse, they re.
main there ana begin 10 pray and sing
in and around the premises. They sit
and stand in rain and snow, and con
tinne singing and praying until their
point is gained.
The man shuts his shop, but from
what motive? Generally, no doubt, to
get clear Of his besicgors, or out Of
respect to their Sex.
In the first place, women have no
more ieg0l right thus to enter the dram
shops than have the liquor sellers to
take their customers and enter, unbid.
den Int" the ladies parIors and indulge
in u drunken Car0usel.
II the man has the right by law to
sell whisky, damEablc us the business
IS, we violate the law when we thus in.
wade his house and interfere with his
trade, and lrive of his customers. We
are guilty Of a ~trespass. Women have
no more night to violate law than men
have, Is it Il sound doctrine that we
may do evil that gool may come of it
You say ,he law is wrong Then let
rs change the law.
Let me say this the best and wisrst
statesmen are at u great loss now to
I"gl,Iatc upon this subject Of whiskey
selling. The difficulty is how to stop
II without invading some great princi-I
pie Of human liberty. You think i'll
ought to lac prohibited altogether. Per.
haps 1t ought, Remember, God, the
Almighty. had the power to prevent.
all sin from entering the world, but he
ana not. But suppose the ladies, in
these singing and praying crusadcs,
louId induce every man who now
sells liquor to close his shop? Would
1t be Of any duration!
IL there were no whisky drinkers
there would he no whisky saloons.
lhe demand for the article makes lh.
Iihde. As long as there is IA disp,si-
non to drink, mcn will be found ready
o accommodate it, and make raln by :
= Inc way to stop the stream is To- :
up the source. How shall i: be !
You are all mothers, wives and sis
crs and daughters, You can work y
pom Your sons, husbands and fathers -
ray Tor them, and pray with them. >
beg men, persuade them not to drink .
hd he rs lmp1rtuDate With them as I'm.
'''o ladies' are with the liquor sellers
htr 1900
nus ySu may do. Here You violate :,
D raw but fulfill ySur mission. Thus
all The ladies' would use the legiti
ale means within their power to mt , tn
oP TO the habit Of drinking, they th
most eliectually close the doors H.,
tue dram shops. This would he rr,
'lhg up the fountain OF the evil, and Pc
TOO without bringing religion int, ta'
''epule or unsexrng themselves, or pr'
frantic waiIings and shout. orr
$ around grog shops u~nbecomino COZ
l 80 unsrriptural. Such scenes ~ We
reported in Ohio could only occur VI
our own country or some heather me,
ceu
nose ladies would spend as much ple'
; ana energy and zeal and faith Ia Or !.
IN the ear DICED in their closcts-
they could not he G OF men M
""'ie no newspaper reporter -
ave access-I should look for
'e-ter and more permanent results
icy could be as importuaate with Ho
Us lhsy are with the grocery man. Clcrl
success would be more oior;o,, sue
,ar ladies', | womb no, .,u indel
but | ,nus, against INN,
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