Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-05-23

did we reach out our hands and with stream
ing eyes pray that something might
be done to save our loved ones. We might
as we'll have cried to deaf adders; and
when we despaired Of help in man we were
constrained TO say with the Psalmist, Il
looked on INV right hand and beheld, but
there was no man who know me; refuge
failed me-nO man cared for my soul.
cried unto thee 0 Lord: said thou art my
refuge and my portion in the land OF the
living. Attend unto my cry for L am
brought very low; deliver me from my per
secutorS for they are stronger than l.
In answer to prayer, thousands who had lost
self-control and self-respect have been res
eued, and accepted that Savior who is able
to save, and save to the uttermost all who
will trust in him.
The rumseller breads nothing so much as
praver. The crusaders would not have
been so Objectionable if they had not pro-
posed PRAYER in the saloon. The saloonlst
could stand their talk and their singing
but when they got down on their knees and
with fearful emotions plead with God IN
behalf of the heart broken wife and suffer-
ing children Of the drunkard: also for the
rumseller that he night have better purpoS-
es, in many instances they hung tneir
heads, turned pale and trembled. The
poet tells US that even Satan trembles
when he sees the weakest saint upon his
knees" and we can't expect children to
have more courage than the father.
There are others who tell US that this
| Temperance reform is only an excitement
| gotten up by the women and it will be
| short lived. Who, We ask, ever knew
| true reform to stop? Did the reformation
! e VI or-or thrOna and aTnnIrp
! the gospel marched on. sweeping down bay
| onets and banners aid emblems of royalty
beneath its mighty tread. Temperance IS
a principle of that gospel and no man or
| combination of men can stop 1t. Its
| champions are not fanatics but they are
| terribly in earnest. The Lord works by
| human agencies, and if the agents en-
| ployed fail to meet his requirements he will
employ other agencies. And surely ne Is
| employing the weak things of this world to
| confound the mighty. Women every where
are saying-here are we, send US. Clad in
the armor of faith and with the sword OF
the Spirit in our hands we go forth to war
with this gigantic foe. King Alcohol and
King Cotton have been the two great tyran-
| ical masters who have ruled this nation
| with rod of iron. One is dead, thank the
| Lord. He was dethroned years ago when
| the free men of the North marched from
the Ohio to the Gulf, leaving only free men
behind them wherever they trod. The 9th
er tyrant sill sits proudly on his throne,
| and in the most sarcastic manner is saying
to US, "What are you going to do about
it? The women have answered this ques-
tion sometime ago, and we answer it again
in the language of Mrs. Yeomans, of Can
ada, ''We don't intend to cease our efforts
| until the last rum shop is closed and the
| grave closed oyer the last drunkard.
Women have found out that they have
| something else to do than to smile and
pout." We expect sometime in the future
| will be seen on the folds of our country S
banner the noble and grand word ''liberty"
from both of these tyranical masters.
We believe that King Alcohol has received
his mortal wound, and like ferOcious an
| imal when wounded, he is making des-
perate effort for victory. The death strug-
| gle may be long and hard, but die he must
if the temperance army only stand firm
| and undaunted. Just how he will be dis
patched we can't tell. Perhaps in answer to
! prayer the Lord will raise up another Lin
coin who will put his foot upon the mon
arch and proclaim liberty to the captives
throughout the land.
More money or brighter financial
skies will not bring relief, so long as
we produce more thar can be consumed
at living prices to the producer. And
yet political and even pretended agri-
cultural editors insist on the farmers
raising larger crops, give employment
to the idle labor of the country, and
thus relieve the embarrassments of the
country. Many editors think that cheap
produce and high wages to laborers
are the only things necessary for the
relief of the country. But no relief
will come to any branch of industry
until the farmer is better paid for his
products and relieved from his intolera-
bic taxes. They whave no spare mon
eY to spend in luxuries, and scarcely
enough to procure the urgent necessi-
ties of their families. And as a conse-
quence the mercantile and mechanical
departments are suffering for want of
their patronage. And these reach all
the professions except the legal. The
greater the depression the larger the
business in courts, and the closer man
is cornered, the better the chances for
exacting fees.