The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-08

home in our land, and also lies at the foun-
dsilon of preparation for the enioyment
OF brighter home in the better land be-
yond. Hence no carnsl weapons can avail
anything in this warfare, bat all over the
land Is heard the sound of thousands of
cnurcn bells, as day alter day, day. after
DAY, they ring out the sois mn call to PRAYER
TO prayer. But God works by means Of
HUMAN AGENCIES,
and while we feel that no arm but he arm
ofGod eau save, no voice but The voice of
God can reach the conscience, aud no love
but the love of God can touch the hearts of
men bent Upon evil. we also recognize the
fact that accompanying this faith and prayer
must be found true, earnest energetic work
III we all thought alike, all felt alike and
all had the same prOmptings and motives TO
action, there would be little need of the
work which we feel lies before Us. But so
long as the light of life watt an entrance 70
a heart closed by doubt or fear or a perverted
judgment or Is weighed down by load Of
sin and guilt and misery, idst SO long is IL
our duty TO labor TO remove that doubt en-
tighten that understanding, relieve that
burdened heart and make way for the en-
trance OF the light. There is no question
about this matter. The duty of Christian
people stand out and shine aloft like the
stars and we have but to open our
eyes to seer them, and while the charities
that soothe and heal and bless are showered
at our feet in abundance, shall we refuse or
neglect to offer them to the perishing ones
around us? God forbid. But with this
liberty, of which we so proudly and so
justly boast, there comes
FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY,
which is but partially realized by
the masses, and but poorly comprehended
in its moral bearings by the few who hold
the wills of the majority In their selfish
grasp-with what result. The good and
the virtuous have slumbered and slept. and
have allowed the ever wakeful enemy. i'm
the form of unprincioled dema-
gogues, through decade after decade.
to take up the ignorant masses of our own
country, and the large pliable foreign ele-
ment comingt to our cities and educate them
To the belief that all law and order is con-
trary to the spirit of the free government
whose protection they seek. And with this
influence upon the law making power, when
we look round and see the harvest that we
are reaping-the harvest of desolation,
misery, Wretche 1neSs, crime, and woe
that is but the Legitimate outgrowth
OF the single seed of intemperance,
| IL IL any wonder that the suffering
ones who have hitherto been silent, are
ready in the strength of Gods grace to use
every means in their power to check the
advance and crush out and destroy this ter
rible evil and with all the opposing ele-
ment arrayed against us. / verify believe
that the noble, willing, self-sacriicing wo-
men, encouraged, upheld aud supported by
the christian men of our country, could to-
day say to this monster, thus far and no
farther.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Downey's adj
dress, the following programme was an
nouncsd by the business committee for this
morning: Devotional exercises at Sis
| O'Clock tn he hald hx-M Mrs Morf;ndala Of
Richmond. At $50 the business of the
! convention will begin, when the report of
the committee on plan for State organize
tion will be made; at 10 o'clock reports of
the Temperance work by counties will be
called for; and at ii o'clock the committee
on resolutions will report, which will close
| the morning sessions.
| The convention then adjourned
|
TEMPERANCE TALK OUT DOORS.
MRS. MALLoY, THE WOMAN ELOQUENT
THE EXERCISES AT THE OLD FRANKLIN
| LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING.
A large audience congregated at the open
air temperance meeting in front of the old
Fra kiln building last Wednesday to hea-
Mrs. Emily Malloy, of khart, speak. Mrs.
Malloy held the crowd in a wonderful man
ner, considering the fact of its being an out
door meeting. Her speech was remark
4
ated considerable favorable surprise. The
following is but brief synopsis of the ef-
| fort:
Already every State in the Union has felt
the thrill caused by the appliance of the
| galvapic battery of God to the corpse of
temperance, by the hand of woman. We
have discovered that rum is king, and is
controlling society. Only impress the peo-
pie with the authority of the law, and the
victory is inevitable Some of our public
officials need an application of the Baxter
law, and this is the reason
that the judges and prose
ecuting attorneys get so sick when liquor
case comes up before them. On account of
unjust decisions of whisky judges and the
imperfect work of prosecutors a certain
class of men are calling the law failure.
If more whisky is sold under the Baxter
| law than under an unrestricted license law,
4 then why this howl about the repeal.
One would suppose they were
self sacrificing. But figures don't
lie; and they prove that the Baxter
hundred and seven saloons were closed dur
ing the year ending in January, and there is
| a corresponding decrease in the criminal
records. The indifferent are aroused. As is
usual in all cases of sickness there is good
| deal of ofhcious advice. The good nurse,
when the child is sick and objects
to taking medicine gets its head
under her arm. holds its nose, and compels
1t to swallow the dose. am glad that the
republican party has turned over in its bed
| and taken
| THE NAUsEOUs MEDICINE
without much grumbling, and that its
pulse already begins to beat more health
fully. But 1 am sorry for the stubborness
of the democratic party in persistng in the
attempt to carry this bilious matter around
in it's stomach. Temperance has got
the politicians by the ears,
and we women are waiting
the result. Ii temperance don't whip, then
we are going into the battle. have no word
of reproof for our foreign population. They
would he poOd citizens were fhov Amorican-