Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-28
Mrs. Hunt't Lecture.

Mrs. Huntt Lecture.
A large audience greeted Mrs. Mary Hunt
of Boston, at the Universalist church Tues
day evening, to listen to the first lecture of
the kind that has been delivered here, the
subject being Scientific Temperance Educa-
tom bearing directly on the efforts now be-
ing made by the State W. c. T. W. in the
most promising department Of the work. that
of introducing temperance text books into
the schools throughout the State.
The lecture commenced by repeating the
we'll known truth that knowledge is Power"
The knowledge of the power of nature made
the discovery of this country possible, and
following down the ages it has given us the
wonderful Improvements In so many things
whereby the human race is benefited and
blessed. Science has even taken the human
body in analysis andtells us ofwhat particular
part of Mother Earth we are composed.
1t has demonstrated that il is at least seven
eighths water. Science has at last entered
the field of temperance. 1t shows the strong
affinity of alcohol for water, how greedily it
sucks the water from the mucous membrane
in its passage to the stomach thereby caus
ing the terrible thirst of the drinking man.
These organs of the body most largely satu-
rated with water are more sensitive to the
action of alcohol. The brain is peculiarly
subject to disarrangement and so far as this
mechanism is out Of order, We are sufferers
to that extent. 1t is said that our ancestors
drank with little or ne harm to themselves,
and this idea has been filtered in TO society,
but what shall We say Of the heritage left Us
in the form of these appetites for stimulants.
Nature will pay no attention to you when you
say you get no harm. The sin Of ignorance
in their case God winked at, but we have
more light. How shall we spread it? How
apply this knowledge? Let us save the
children! Massachusetts prison record last
year was l6, 900 criminals. IL, 600 of that num-
Der result of the liquor trxfac. What =
record, The eminent English physician, DR..
Richardson, in experimenting in poisons.
was astonished to notice the effects Of alco-
hol, on the human system. He has written
a school book showing the results of his ex-
perimenting.
This book is introduced quite extensively
in beer drinking England mastery piece
of craftsmanship. Every boy and girl is
sent out from school temperance lecturer.
Our ship Of State is not so far from the
rocks. as to be free from peril. We must
save the children. We must give our schools
the light Of science on this subject. Men
reason as about nothing else. The opponents
of prohibition tell us that it throws CLAM
our around the custom. Shall We repeal the
ten commandments. because they forbid sin
and thus throw glamour around it? The
guilt is more than this nation can long bear.
DR.. Holland SAYS. 'It is cruel to send . boy
away from home into the temptations of the
world, without fortifying him against them. v
We can teach the children the way to avoid
these results. We can point those, in whom
the poison has gone so far that the will pow.
er is lost, to the antidote found in the Lord
Jesus Christ. who has overcome the world.
The lecture was listened to by the large au-
dience n ifh the closet attention tn fouR hOut