The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-29
WOMANS TEMPERANCE COL.
UMN.

In the New York Daily Witness, Nov.
2, 1875, read this among other requests
for prayer at the early morning prayer
meeting at tho Tabernacle, fof wives
given up to the Intoxicating cup" My
heart groaned in anguish for such wives.
and l Joined in earnest prayer 10 their
behalf Since then, many similar requests
have been presented, not for wives only.
but for husbands, sons, brothers and faith.
ers. Thank God. his grace can reach and
save them. But picture to yourself
drunken wife One in the daily habit Of
taking her drams. Look at her in the
sanctuary Of homt, occupying its holy Of
holies. A silly, maudlin, besotted drunk
ard Is she mother =? See her little
brood about her and she in their midst,
their guardian, instructor and guide. Oh,
70, the picture is not pleasant one, Even
men who are drunkards do not want their
wives so demoralizcd. The rum.seller
himself would object to his wife's helping
herself freely to the contents Of his bar.
Men expect better things of women, do
you saJ? Let US be thankful for that.
The key to morals is in woman's keeping
and where this vile demon makes he- his
friend, or his willing victim, woe to the
well.beIng Of society. True, women do
not make laws, but they mould the minds
that do make them, at least in their in.
cipient stages. To see coarse abandon
ed woman 10 the Infamous walks Of life
given to the Intoxicating cup is repul.
sive sight and calls for our deepest sym.
patics but it touches our keenest and
holiest senslbilities, and is enough to
make angels weep, to enter homes Of re-
fnoment and fashion, and there find The
blight Of this cursed evil. 1t is doubt.
less for this class that prayer was asked.
1t is shocking yet well attested fact
that women do become victims to this
terrible vice. Through the arbitrary Gus
toms Of fashionable circles in cities, par
ties aud vine are inseparable adjuncts.
Fashion has its code of honor. II Mrs.
A. furnished wine and brandy at her en-.
tertainment SO must Mrs. B., or be social.
ly ostrasized. Social etiquette demands
only in her toilet but in personal charms
To entertain her gentleman friends, she
m ust be vivacious, lively and brilliant /;
charming with repartee, and fascinating
with wit; and it is o humilating truth
that in order to meet this expectation,
this class of women resort to stimnlents
as aids to quicken their jaded faculties.
once heard society woman say, "Oh.
if could be as brilliant and charming as
Mrs. T would use stimulants, too" 1t
may indeed, serve that end, but alas, it
does more. A few years ago an "Inebri-
ate Asylum for Women" was formed in
New York city, and it was said many
women with homes on Fifth Avenue
gladly became its inmates. A woman
should be the purest and holiest object 10
all the circle Of life, and when we see her
in her home, reeling to her bed, or with
brain on fire and perchance in a frenzy oil
madness rushing into the streets to per-
ambulate there, till the gutter receives
her 10 her debased womanhood, we may
we'll stand aghast with horror. How can
We expect anything but a crop OF drunk
ards from such mothers? Heaven save
man ! What blessing to such homes
would be prohibitory law; and l am mol
sure but the husband would speedily pray
for is enactment. Alas for tbe world
when woman, who should be, and is to Q
great extent, the conservator Of morals, sc
far forgets the holiness of her mission a:
to fall into the habitual use of intoxi
eating drinks. God pity them. They
are somebody's daughters, and fond mo
theirs may carry hearts of anguish and
sorrow on account of them. God never
gave an accountable being a right to dc
a wrong, either to himself or others FL
will not be Knocked. No drunkard car
enter the kingdom of heaven, Let u
) pray for these fallen sisters, and MAJ
grace reach and save them.
Mrs. z. A. WARNER.