The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-03
For the J.ff-T>0r1i-,
TIE wONEN's MOVEMENT.


! denotes Of prominent evils OF this land TO-
continue under ia. Si:-it.riu@ wiH- of
political party. making Iii i.r ,veIy IN
! fiuence that offers number, - Tie yogiug
| power
| To-day the popular evils Of this lat ion
/ are arr5ligned in combined and compact
/ form under political drill against the
! ChHrch, EtIigiDH. NDTGIig. TcmpsraAc,.
| Liberty 0Hd SoriGl Ord.r Intemprr-
ance Is the giant foe. it is the chief oh
| stacle to the salvation of men. THE
! great question now i. who shall reign.
! Christ or rum: The issue Is radical. and
| requires energetic treatment The We
! tory of rum means return 10 barhari-!I
| of the worst form; its defeat means
| Christian civilization.
Good men have indeed long and faith
! fully warred upon this mighty power and
! tree of evil. But they have not destroyed
| it; it still grows rank and dheaven-defyi"g,
| and sends its blighting blossoms and
| whitening influence over all the nations
! of the earth. The great temperance
| army has achieved many and glorious
! triulnplS: ii has done iucalcu!ablc good.
| Its apostles. and It's martyrs, and its liv-
| ing heroes have their names embalmCd
in the hearts of grateful and admiring
millions, and their names and fame are
| like ''stars of the first magnitude in
the moral armament. They have agi-
tated so that they have lessened the
streams of dissipation; they have saved
multitudes from drunkards' graves, and
they have restored health and happiness
to many desOlated homes. But still the
tide of intemperance rolls on, gathering
here, swelling there, and destroying
everywhere. The signs indicate with
wonderful clearness we are nearing the
period when the powers of light and
darkness shall be brought in fearful con-
flict-the last great conflict which, when
Joined, shall not end till the seventh
trump shall sound the fall of anti-ChriSt
and announce the worlds jubilee from
the bondage and horrors of the liquor
traffic.
As the raging spirit of revolution in
our land was once to sustain slavery Ey
combining all the kindred elements OF
political power TO enlarge its area and
perpetuate its political domination.
so now we have IL spirit abroad like
the three unclean spirits, like frogs from
from the mouth of the dragon, combin-
ing together all the forces Of RUN and
iniidelity, to tear down this Republic
Must this Republic live or die: is the
question to-day. We say, while God
rules and women pray, this Republic
lives.
Women have been the greatest suffer
crS from intemperHuce; rum their great
est foe.
God has called women to do a work
which man did not do or could NOT do.
And why not: Have not women stood
up. in a!l the dignity and strength of
moral courage, 70 be leaders of the peo-
pie, and to bear faithful testimony for
the truth, whenever the providence Of
God las called them TO do 50.
Are there no women IN that noble
army OF martyrs, who are now singing
the song of Moses and the Lamb! Who
led out the women of Israel from the
house of bondage. singing the song of
deiiverance on the banks OF that sea
whose waters StOodUp like walls OF cryS-
tai TO open Il passage for their escape:
Ii was It woman. Miriam, the prophet
eSS. the sister of Moses and Aaron.
Who went up with BarIk to kee-
deSh TO fight against Jabin, king Of Ca
naan, into whose hands Israel had been
sold, because of their iniquities. Ii was
a woman. Deborah, the wife of Lapi-
doth, the judge, as well as prophecies of
that backSliding people. (JUdges. .iv. 81
Into whose hands was Si>eTsI, the cap
tain OF Jabin's host dcliveredl Into the
hands of = women. .II+i, tine wiir OF
Iieber. Judges, vi. 2l.D
Who dared to speak the truth concern
ing those Judgments which were coming
upon Judea. when josiah was alarmed! at
finding that his people had not kept the
word Of the Lord. to do after all tli;Jt was
written in the book of the law, sent to
inquire of the Lord concerning those
things. 1t was Il woman. Huldah the
prophecies. wife of ShaIlum, oil. ChrOH.
Nxxiv-22.J Who was chosen 10 Gclivcr
the whole Jewish nation from that mur-
dcrouS decree Of the Persian Ming,
which wicked IIaman had obtained by
calmnny and fraud. 1t was Il woman,
Esther, the Quecn-yeS, weak and
trembling woman WAS the instrument
appointed by God to reverse the bloody
mandates of the Eastern Monarch, and
save the whole visible Church from de
StructiOn.
Who first proclaimed Christ as the
true Messiah in the streets of Sanaria,
was n woman. Who miniStercd TO the
son of God while on earth Il de>pised. and
a prosecuted rcformer. in the humble
girb of carpenter They were women.
Who followed the rejected King of Israel
as his fainting footsteps trod the road to
Calvary! \ great company of people and
women and il is remarkable that to those
women alone he turned and addressed
II 81 IlsaUN 81
Jerusalem. weep not for me, but weep
for yourselves and your children" Who
sent to the Roman Governor, when he
WIS set down on the Judgment seat,
saving 10 him, Have thou nothing to
do with that just man, for have suf-
fered many things this day in a dream
because of him." 1t was woman, the
wife of PLATE. And who hung round tie
cross Of Jesus on the mountain of Col
cotha. Who first visited the sepulcher
early in the morning, on the first day OF
the week, carrying sweet spices 10 ell
balm his precious body, not knowing
that it was incorruptible and could not
be held by the hands Of Death: These
We're women. To whom did he first
appear after his resurrection: 1t was
10 woman, Mary Magdalene, Mark
Xvi-G.J WHO gathered with the apostles
to wait at Jerusalem in prayer and sup
lication for the promise Of the Father;
women We're among that holy company.
Did the cloven tongues of fire descend
upon the heads of women as well as
men! Yes. il set upon each Of them.
Acts ii3. Women aS well a. men We're
to be living stones in the temple of grace,
and therefore their heads were 10 be con
secrated by the descent Of the Holy
Ghost. a. well as those Of Iuen.
Now, as to this wOinans move. Have
we not had many and mighty agencies
in the field TO oppose this mighty power
OF evil for half Il century. The labOrS
Of the philanthrOpist, the treasures
of the benevolent, the prayers Of the
Christian. have been libe-aliy and
earnestly bestowed. Presidents, Gov
ernors. Legislators, and Statesmen, have
given their names. their influence, their
authority and heir statutes, for Tenn
perance. Our refOrmatOry machinery
has been worldwide and immense. But
still inteinperance rolls on. The public
conscience slept. until the baptism Of
fire came upon them. and God calls them
To- sneak with tongues Of fire. The prayers
thar rang out from the Court House. and
all over this State, all over this land, has
strangely filed the air and moved this
whole nation. Woman has made uS
wiser and better: they have done what
! legislators. State-InenS. Citizen. Courts,
Judges. Prisons. and ScalIOId>. could NOT
| or did not do.
The mighty impulse haS been given,
and every time thee eon>eeerated hearts
are lifted up 10 tie Father Of u all