Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-22

demon is on thy face. But if the demon of
pride, of avarcc, of ambition. should SET
his seal upon orr faces who OF
lis would appear gniltlcss? We will
make common cause with You. Your
signature to this total abstinence pledge
shall not he Il brand of sin and shame but
kindly token of Il common cause" Thus we
have been speaking all over the land in the
last few years and how many manly hearts
have responded 10 this invocation. This
is the basis of our total abstinence
work. The method of our work is found in
the story of woman who took the heaven and
put il in three places till all We're eavcned.
We 90 out to the lame, the halt and the
blind. We plant on the Rock Of Ages the
feet long gone astray in slippery places
A great change has come in the last few
years remember that many years ago my
favorite hymn WAS
My willing soul would stay
In such frame ~ this.
And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.
Now the hymn is "Rcscuc the pcriShing,
care for the dying" Years ago the favoritc
Sunday school hymn WAS Il want TO he an
angel" Now it is Surely the Captain may
depend on me. though but an armour-bcarcr
may he" The masses is gliitcring gen
crafty. In looking for the masses We STUN
bic over the unit-thc nearest one the eel
bow hcathcn," who jOstlcS lis rs we pass
along. In Chicago Mr. Moody dlstrictcd the
whole city and put il in personal charge III
chosen men and women, and we went from
house to house inquiring and helping. There
is in the city great humanity which beats
its life along the stony streets But wihthrce
hundred churches and hundreds of thousands
of church, going people that visitation was
the first one ever made. The object Of our
society is to make such viSiations daily
There are many Of us saving, Il am glad
am alive: | am glad have lived to see
this day" We are all glad that we live not
in the bloodstained, gloomy days of Nero or
Diocletian, hut in Lincoln's and Grants vic
torious are Our Master and Rcdccmcr
takes for His first conquest the heart next
He takes the home; next society; and last Of
all comes the government, which embraces
all the rest. What is physically wrong can
not he morally right and what is morally
wrong can not be- legally right. In some
communities the law is but a rusty blade in
still rusticr scablnrl. Miss Willard then
quoted at some length the example of Nor
witch, Conn, where, under the leadership Of
Rev. Dr. Lcandcr 7. Chamberlain. Il no
license law was passed and enforced and
continued: The constituted law is the basis
of our success or failurr In the West, when
after the women's crusade the drinking sa-
looms again srrang up, the women went To
the State capitol of Illinois and achieved a
! triumph
One of our couniry'S greatest statesmen has
said, You can in the long run trust all
| the knowledge To take care of
/ all the ignorance and all the virtue 10 take
care Of all the vice" The trouble is that
vice is always aggressive and virtue is too
3 ia,
sentiment is on our side. Those who most
| fear this movement are those who have the
most liquor 10 sell and those who have the
most political prctrrmcni 10 seek from the
/ saloons. The armies of the Prince of peace
| ought no longer to hold back their reserves
| ! appeal to the women of Vermont to"ive us
| your help-givc us your prayers. The avarice
of the dealer and the appetite Of the drlnkcr
these are strong instincts. hut there are
two others just rs strong. One is woman's
instinct Of self protection the other is that
higher one, the mother heart that tender,
| deathlcss love.
One word of good cheer. Seventy years
ago there was no Temperance reform. Now
one-third of our people are total ahstainers
and more than Onc-thir,l are in favor of pro-
hihition Let us set our faces always toward
the future. Temperance workers are Gods
helpers. Don't Won hear the tread of feet
behind you; |, is that al rcinforccmcnis
coming. Let us he of good courage He
always wins who sides with God. Wilhcr-
force and Garrison have left immortal mem
cries Arnold of Winkcricd, mpalcd
| on Aust rlan spears, uttered words
which have resnundcd through the cen
turtles - Make way for Liberty" These
and other brave souls have pluckcd for us
the choicest fruit that grows on the tree of
civilization. ON Il cross in Syria, eighteen
hundred wears ago, died the Rcdccmcr, and
to day on the satclicst towers and the high
est spires that man has raised His name
shines and glittcrs.
The meeting then closed with the dnNolnsy
and the hcnediction hy the Rev. r. ~
Griffin.
MIDpIERrEY The bridge tina; crosses the
creek is undergoing thorough repairs.
There is only one driveway now, and that
almost impossible \ large gang OF men are
engaged in building it, under the charge Of
the sclcctmcn.
| Columbus Smith. Esd. is erecting three
story building. on Mcleod avenue. for
stores. The upper story has been engaged by
the l. q. of q. +. Stewards new block is now
being plasirrcd. 1t will he the finest block
| in town. The +. ~ \. VI. have engaged the
third story for their meetings.
The Episcopal society are adding To their
church nice piece of masonry in the form
of an addition 10 the rear Of the church. Rev.
j. r. Franklin, their rector, is Il live and ac-
tive man and is very much liked by society
and townspeoplc. lie breaches occasionally
in Whiting and Shorclam.
The work on the dwelling house and
Music Hall of W. W. Thomas, ON Pleas
ant street. is progressing finely 1t
will present a fine appearance when com
pcted We welcome tins and all such I'M
proVcments.
q. &. Barnes, the popular photographer.
is sicrroscnpng some very line views nf the
rsvinc. where little Bertha, Of Riptnn, came
To her death.
The widow Of the laic Rev. Thos. Merrill,
of this place, WAS buried here last week.
MIR. VI. was class mate of Daniel Webster.
Col. Tracy and Juigc lIcdIcn are in the
| Adirnndacks cimpin" ON. II seems To- he
the rage here la II greater extent than WIS
ever known To- this place
Rev. L. Z. Hooker, pastor ol the C"ngrc-
gaiional church, and Rev. W. H. liawsnn,
of the VI. +. church, are away ON their AN
nual vacations. The Ncrgrmncs pastor al
the Congregational church supplied the
'bnpItshiiblldl tllllIth liilt lis NulltltN. ana
the presiding elder the VI t. church
Mr. Milton Brooks, arcsidcnt here on East
street, one Of the late firm 81 brooks Axe
Co has been engaged Ia take charge Of an
axe company III tnlnsyllr Conn \ good
citizen Middlchury l"scs and Collinsvillc
receives.
Pres. Hubert seems To hr in good de
mand these days. He has been engaged To-
address the Rutland county fair
Sam Richards and Frank Buckley gave
free exhibition ni their Professionalism in
front of the Addison ll"usr, last Friday
evening, to Il large crowd The distance was
five miles and Richards won by a very few
feet.
Pres IIulhcri's son. Henry, has gone t"
Europe, un his educational mission.
Our graded school and the college term
begin the first OF September
Mr. George Marshall and Ed Barney
have lately purchased Nv" planos 81 " "
Thomas. for their family us,.
The hay fever is in town People ar. IL
i"icing over the idea that they nrr moi ailicl-
ed this year ~ much ~ usual.
SwANroN. The late storm found farmers
with AN immense quantity Of grain down.
John I;ullard was severely injured Mon
day, by II kick from II horse lie was made
scns,rss and has an ugly cash near the
temple.
Butter fifteen cents per p,unin,id pniatnrs
fifty cents per hush,l this week.
The west depot mas recently hrrn broken
into twice, and the east depot once. aud hoth
iluurlng mills have als" hc,n hursllriIrd
within short time The lh,rvrI have not
been discovered.
There is a woman at Fonda Kiln who
| has commenced her SpCpuu century