Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-01
TEMPERANCE WORK.

FGrcible and Entertaining Address Deliv-
cred at the jackson Street M. e. Church
Last Evening.
at the meeting of the Womens' Christian
Temperance Union, last night, Mrs. Mary A.
Woodbridge, of Ohio, was the orator of the oc-
casion, and delivered the following eloquent
address:
When Edward vi at his coronation received
three swords indicative of his sovereignty over
three kingdoms, he looked upon them. and
called for the Bible, saying, ''These cannot be
we'll welded without the sword of the spirit"
He had learned the secret of prosperity and
greatness for the principle is universal, and
forever true, and sin is a reproach to any peo-
ple.'
Had Edwards reign been a fulfillment of
such prophetic action, it would have been an
era in history, more noticeable for morality
than any We find recorded. Had this principle.
recognized by the founders of our government,
been the motive power during its existence. we
| should not be gathered tonight in oonsidera-
tion of great national sin.
Restrictive, punitive forces must be in ratio
with the growth and general progress of ma
ton, or disasters will ensue. Our forefathers
fled from religious oppression and found in
this land home, where "they might worship
God according to the dictates of their own con-
| science" but with them came the evil we de-
plOre, and which we seek to overthrow Good
souls, seeking God, reaching out after indiyid
ual purity, they failed to recognize the various
forms of evil that gained toothold in their
midst. and unwlttlngly aided in weaving the
flrst threads of that fall, which to-day covers
the entire nation. In a diary written
by one of their number, we find
these words: ''Among our most
deplored deprivations is that of our beer" and
later, "our annual love token to our revered
pastor, MIR. Robinson, is barrel of wine, and
plenty of beer" Thus planted, the evil has grown
with tha years, and strengthened with the GEN.
turtles. until, as the Israelites of old, to whom
Jehovah spoke through His prophet, ''We err
because OF wine, we are out of the way be-
cause of strong drink and as they shave
thought to make a covenant with DEATH and
an agreement with hell saying, when the over
lowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not
come unto US, for we have made Him our ref
uge, and beneath falsehood have we hid our
| selves" Gods inevitable law of eau Sc and eff
feet. has spoken to this people in tones as clear
as the words to the tribe of Ephraim, your
| covenant with death shall be dis-annulled. and
your agreement with hell shall not stand. When
| the Overlooking scourge shall pass through, then
We she'll be trodden down by it. From the time
that 1t goeth forth it shall take you; for morn
| ing by morning it shall pass over; by day and
by night, and it shall be a vexarion only to
hear the report
The overlooking scourge is upon us; we are
| trodden down by it, and an antidote must be
! sought, and found, and administered, or we
shall be lost This sin hath often had lesser
estimate. To some it has seemed of small
moment, for it has laid its hand upon so many
through appetite. many more in political and
commercial circles, through mistaken self-in-
terest, and on still larger numbers, through
their association with, or relation to them that
the national heart seems to have grown cold
and conscience, the great moral nerve of our
| being, to be paralyzed but the time has come,
when If saved, we must heed the entreaty of
| the prophet, BE ye not Knockers, lest your
| hands be made strong for / have heard from
| the Lord God of hosts, consump tion deter
mined, even upon the whole earth"
Women IN their seemingly helpless ayony.
| too deep for tears, have looked upon this sin
| with clear vision, and with hearing auickened
by pain, have listened to the warnings, and
COMBINATIONS of the Almighty, the while cry
ing unto God, for fathers, and husbands and
brothers. and sons, who were in the;maelstrom
| of death, if SO be He would extricate them?
The Lord heard and answered, and in 1874
came to the women of Ohio, with bastismal
blessings. cry was heard at Hillsboro, as of
one IN great agony, finding expression only in
Psalmist in his 10th song; but as Mary, who
in loving attitude listened to her Lord vet sat
still in the house, until called, when He after
wards came, so did they, and he spoke to the
women of Washington. @. a., who ansered
'Rabboni," and In obedience to his commend
went forth to the battle, retreating not there
from until there was victory over the foe in all
their midst. To them the eyes Of the people
were turned. For them the hosts the Lord
were In constant pleading little dreaming they
were the John foretelling the coming of the
Holy One of Israel to us all: but from thence
were heard His stately steppings, and as He
drew near, and spoke name after name
of women who had long prayed His coming,
they stood still as dumb, and scarcely daring
to lift the eye only breathed PRAYER for help.
when to them sweetly, softly came the grace
and strength TO say, "Thy will o Lord, not
mine be done" Women who before that time
bad meyer heard their voice in public audience.
who In their own house, and in quiet avenues
of life had served the Master well, realized
for the first time, the power of an in-dwelling
Christ, and were able to join with Bryant
in his extstic song, 1--WE have had our turn,
have been lifted from the darkness of the clod
and for glorious moment have seen the
brightness Of the skirts of God" Their path
etc human tones will never vanish from the
| songs of the redeemed. The agony of redemp-
ton, the rapture of reconciliation then learned
can never be forgotten. This spread through
out the west as wild prairie FIRE. and voices
erst untuned to heavens harmonies, soon
chanted the same raphsody, and from that
hour. women have been permitted to 90 forth,
prcclaimiDg the glad news Of gospel temper
| ance, and in the form of the Holy Ghost re-
producing the image of the son of God in dy-
ing souls until in the length and breadth of
the land, there are homes once dark and imbrut-
ed, where now is found a sanctity as pure and
| as fragrant as that within our own; and it is
not purchased perfume; there are countless
fields that God has blessed. Under such In
SEPARATION and through continued cliDging to the
| cross, that brings the feeling, which inspires
faith and necessitates action, and recognizing
| the fact that while they were saving the cross,
then the hundreds were being gathered into
| the gates of death and there, not alone from
| the men and women of the land, but from the
| ranks OF the children and youth, women reach.
ed out to their saving, and when the glad It'd
ings of the first Ohataoua
gathering fell upon their ears
that, by training, they might be given increas-
ed power to win the little ones for Christ, they
flew to the fitting As the shepherd knows
his sheep, they know each other, and for them
was double blessing in reserve. crusade
prayer meeting was called, and the great taber-
nacle on the hill was filled to OVERLOOKING. not
alone with men and women, but with the glory
of the Lord, as the temple of old. After fire.
quent prayer and consultation, a committee
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