The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-28

OfaOle nvln4, anu lrl0nOly IoCOSAGAOA
md help when they should seek these.
You say, ..Seek first the kingdom Of
Christ" but my dear brother for such
you seem even to me, why do this it only
shame awaits us?
Suppose hundred fallen women of this
CITY were at the3sTabernacle Tonight
no doubt more than this number will be
there-aiid that these should seek Christ
and fiud forgiveness, tor you assure us
there is forgiveness tor even us, so
that these scarlet stains should be 'swhit-
er than snow"-where, I ask, shall we
live? What shall we do?
Eve must return. ere the echo Of the
last prayer in that Tabernacle has died
away, to the apartments which have
known only our bitter shame and again
meet the devil in his chosen home.
mo homeo Of parent or friend or pray
ing Christian who joined in your prayer
1t the Tabernacle for US, would offer our
weary bodies shelter there, or our will
| inc hands labor wherewith honest bread
might be earned. No Christians purse
affords to>morrow's bread. The very
ones who came here to pray for US go
away scorning us; and while with the
virtuous wife and mother and the pure
maiden we might plead 4 common Sa-
viour, they would thrust VI from them.
What can we do? Who will help US?
.sThere remains only life of shame
and unwept death. physical and eternal.
for US. Hopelessly,
ONE OF THEM
This is an extraordinary communlca-
!, ton. 1t indicates strong brain and
yirtuous inclinations united, through,
perhaps the force Of overruling circum>
stances,-with degraded life. The
| woman who wrote it might. under other
conditions, have been a pillar of the
+ church and leader in society. She
t clearly comprehendcd the practical difti-
t cultics to be encountered in solving the
; great moral problem Of to-day.
b Vice is a weakness. The criminal
class are the moral and mental cripples.
i They are unequal to the battle OF life.
The demands of civilization are too
great for them, and they fall back into
d barbarisn. The prostitute is q recur-
: renee to that period which antedated
y marriage; the thief belongs " that era
: when al property was held ir common;
g and the rutiianxrepresents an age wnen
le it was mans highest glory lc kill his
rs fellow man. The criminal q. S are the
% uncivilized class.
lr Religion can do much in helping up
le those who have been held dow. by force
De Of circumstances; and who. in their
So hearts, ara fitted for better condition !;
DC and for these whom it cannot lift up IL
Is can at least teach US charity. II can
ne teach US the moral lof Burns merciful
81. utterance.
oH "Then gently scan thy brother, man;
10 Still gentler sister woman;
on Though they may gang kennan wrang,
n1 To step aside is human
xt. Or as our own sweet poet, Whittier,
Or has put it:
ley sNor is it given US to discern
the What threads the fatal sisters spun,
nse Through what ancestral years has run
: The sorrow with the woman born"
!. One OF the saddest conceivable condi.
,oh tons OF life is to have the inclinations tt
the virtue surrounded by all the barriers o
mi. vice. The good people OF the worla
al should bridge over the chasm)tor all wh'
orh to seek to cross.
md We quote again from the report of tn
Of Moody and Sankey meeting:
ave ITO ascertain the effects Of the ser
rail- mon and the service and the singing o
the some Of those present reporter of thi
up, paper interviewed several as they wer
best leaving the Tabernacle.
and The first one addressed belonged
ter the stratum that Genes to the surface o
the streets She was sparinglv dresset
sent Her clothing was thin and iil-calculate
ltial 10 keep out the winter cold. She locke
.uits into the great warm rooms, crowde
licy with bright, happy faces Of people we
,eo- clad, and an involuntary shudder passe
set through her thin form.
owe. .How did you like the talk and Il
mus hymnssr asked the reporter.
heir well. .Moodylsaid good many thin
re- that looked true:'' then with lig
ion laugh, "but OF course they can't be
the any sse to u.s."
why not to you as well as to M
that aren't better and sometimes gos
deal worse than women ;-dru nkards sl
all that class?" was the next query.
ass1 You men can't never sec throu,
/, TO anything. Why, don't you know
men, would be foolish for any one Of us to t
over reform and expect to be treat
decently after we did do that? The
~ amt family in Chicago, or 'Frist
vir- or New York. or St. Louis thatd T.
erful one Of US in. Who'd want me-wh
.tra- mother, for instance, would want me
- take care Of her children il she'd know
~Aen what Id been? There amt one."
'nsn' Aren't there plenty of other thin
llls' you could do besides taking care Of 9th
''a.u peoples children the reporter IN
ventured.
: There you are :again, I've alwa
~. said you men don't understand the
,ould There .;n,t I thin1t~ gsTain't In . 20
mode manv - do much, no way and n
ation wcafdnt lot q out Or give - chanca
/ and s.-x- - thA>a 2nika snu fks1k H1Nnssnd