Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-10-04

Hastings, Of Brattleb0ro, some of the lead
Ing points of which were as follows;
MRS. HASTINGS ESSAY.
We often hear Of the powerful influence
welded by woman. though she has no part
in making the laws By which she Is govern
ed. Ii the '.hsnd that rocks the cradle
rules the world" whence come all the sin
and crime that iniest the earth 10 all
things pertaining to seIf-indulgence men
turn deaf ear t. all expJstulations. Self
control never mads u drunkard nor de-
bauchee. Men have demoraliZ the world.
1t ls the men, mostly. who have made
money by the liquor traffic. and the pure-t
w0msnly influence is Oi no avail. Only
legal influence will avail any thing. We are
glad to see such measures adopted, and
glad to know that they are largely the work
OF women. The Equor-seller never has
mercy-let 10 mercy be shown bin. Let
the women irOwn upon the use of tobacco.
as well as of intoxicating drinks. The
young girls can exert an immense influence
for good in this matter. Let man make his
life clear aud open as the day baf5re he can
| hope to come into wOnah'S lavo ard lie.
| Young ladies, set yOur.faces ike fntagainst
this dreadful evil OF importance. Most
efectually can wOman'S it fleuce be felt 10
the education eni bringing up OF the young.
| Every woman should ne thuruugbly true
and sound at home. LIST u SEQ ~ 1t that
nothing like intemperancs be seen at home.
| Let Us avoid Cstentetirn "l dress and liv-
ing. The world needs to be born again.
| Woman's relation to reiorm Is a. eternal as
the stars. Character l. the great need OF
the hour. IL il the wedding garment that
shall admit US ID the society OF the blest.
| We must 20 back to the Cross. We must
| thrust back the mss' Of theological rubbish
| in our way. We must live the truth. Let
woman dare always work and if mead be
| fight.
The choir then sang Rescue the PERISH
ing." after which Mrs. M,r A. Wos>
bridge, general secretary the Wor.en'
Christian Temperance [ Ion of Ohio, ad-
dressed the meeting.
MRS. wooDBRIDGE's address.
Mrs. Woodbridge opened her address by
quoting the passage beginning Ys err be-
cause of wine" bring you this stone and
pray you put your feet thereon and stand.
All through the land the gospel of temper
ance has been preached The Lord requires
the exercise of every part OF our being by
which mankind can be raised. Moral and
civil law are indissolubly united. Thou
shalt loye the Lord thy God with all thy
all thy strength; and thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself." Ths object of
civil government is the greatest good Of the
greatest number. Shall we not demand
Of it the protection OF our virtue and
morality? National prosperity does not
long outlive National morality 1t seems
as il this whole question Of temperance
ought long ago to have been settled. You
have 10 Vermont prohibitory law, and
yet the evil Is In your midst For years
we Eave lsbored and prayed. But now, as
We look over your State, we see the liquor
seller sheltering himself under the egis Of
the law The time has come for the people Of
Vermont to rise up in this work, or the
enemy will tread US down. He takes our
loved ones-our dearest and our best. Who
shall do the work and how shall it be done?
10 must be a war of eIterminsti1p. We
must bring every power that can possibly
be used in moral reform, and we must all
march on unanimously rhe greatest lac
tor in the work Is the Christian church.
Every good in all this broad land may he
accredited to God through ;he CHRISTIAN
church. But only a. lar ss the church
does Its duty is 1t i'll te,d and in truth the
bride of the Lord jesus Christ. What we
need is men and women Ot strong and vital
convictions-cOnvictiuus that shall bring
eloquence TO convince and encourage.
Alter the ch urch, We come directly to the
voting power of the nation outside
the church. But what shall We say of
those men 10 the church who vote again-t
truth andlrig bteousness We have no right
to expect anything Of our hrOthPr,a and SIS
ters of the world--they have, OF aus. Let
there ba such unity OF actlUn that m man
may dare to cast a vote thai may cIrry
death to hundreds and thousands. pray
fnr AL n.u NfuF ~ ID
gwen in the ballot to man -ibhuence TO wo-
man. Three things are necessary to the
successful faIthersrcs Oi our earSa The
whole nation must arprahend ths extent OF
the evil Uf Intemperanc-: II must uucer-
stand that it il respuI sIble and We mus;
learn that national re-pOusloiIty Is IntIyid-
ual responsibility. M IGstter in what
manner the work Is conducted lot 1t 90 on
The only question nUw before the great pol
iticai parties of ilie con;ry is ,h.t OF tinance.
Gather up the money squauderrd oa GicJhol
and the question would bs set..1i at once
and for ever. Settled. too, would be the
questions Of communism gnd OF capital and
labor lt ~ sometimes sail that women
have nothing To d. with this sutI IGct. W no
suffer, il not the women? Are We uJt called
into the great army hlah j. helr5 raised
against this gigantic evil? rh- - she WORK
God has called u t. d.. In no way cIa
80 help on the work OF the church. Oar
first work il IN our homes Let u - into
ihe Eprescnc, Of the Great ktpE. Every
wound vi Calvary bieeds tor Us. tiui Him
self Is joined WITH u. We have with u
those who havs gone before ani no from
star-crO~ned 0attlements look down upon
Us. There Is no time 20 waste ia words.
We want action H-immediste ectiOn- Ia the
name OF the Almighty We call on you, sis
ters, to jun with Us.
This earnest, eloquent, ard powerful ad-
dress was listened TO thIous huuE with the
prOfOundest interest
Rev. F. VI. Pickles. of Granrham. N. H..
then spois briefly and Mrs Afford again
presented the claIm- Ut the paper ut the
ORGANIZATION, Oar Enicn. he meeting
closed With the doxoiogy and the benedIc-
ton.
At the close of the public exercises, a
short business ting was hold. Thanks
VT re voted to the speakers. and especially
to Mrs. Woodbridge for heT interesting
and valuable address.
Mrs. G. II. Perkins presented her resis
nation ss President. giving her reasons for
declining IL hold the Cthte. OJ motion it
was voted that her resignation be nct ac-
Depted.
Tho convention then adjourned siHs dis