Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-22

| States in the Union. Our dear sister F.
| Willard, our national president, whom we
| expect here shortly, very much desired that
| some of us should come South to labor in
this interest, and also Mother Stuart. who
! had just returned from one of the Southern
| States, very urgently requesting the same
| thing, representing the great need of prac-
teal work. My arrangements at that time
were such that could not come, but few
weeks since came to visit my relatives at
Athens, in this State, having had soicita-
tons from several boards, but their
home mission work South being in
the schools and among the freedmen,
it did not come in my line of work directly,
SO have not accepted either but since
coming to your city I have, indeed felt very
greatly bothered in seeing the effort made in
this direction, notwithstanding the noble
band if intelligent, energetic Christian
workers. it does seem to me surprisingly
strange, seeing the apparent need My
heart has been touched by the tales of mis-
sery and distress brought on by this soul
destroying monster I have been very. very
kindly and imploringly spoken to by those
IN whose hearts seemed a CLEAN of hope
arising when they heard there
was some interest manifested for
their welfare. Oh. can we remain
inactive and refuse a helping hand
to those all around who are struggling
to be free. but robbed of their
manhood shorn of their strength, almost
IN despair they say: No one cares for my
soul The time has fully come when every
lover of humanity should take a decided
stand against SO formidable foe, whose
faVages are seen on every hand Shares
and pitfalls await the unsuspecting ones at
nJ-ep ytC.N l. H. II
noble and brilliant intellects of our land
have bowed; loved ones compelled to lay in
the grave of infamy their most buoyant hopes;
starving little ones turned out to the cold
charity of the world, branded with the
name OF a drunkard's child. We see the
long line of mebriate5 passing annually off
| the stage of life; we ask the question
where are they? The answer comes back
to us: No drunkard shall inherit the
Kingdom of God. Oh, let us
strive to rescue them while we may. Oh,
may none of lis have it said to us in that
great day, | knew nay duty, but did it not.
Oh, let us rescue the fallen and care for the
dying. Tel them that Jesus is mighty to
save. Our experience for many years has
! been the only successful method of reforma-
/ ton is to point them to Jesus. Our motto
| for God and home and native land. With
| GOU LOT our leader we Will march on 10
| victory. He has thus far very successfully
/ led our noble band of Christian workers
, Success has crowned every effort far beyond
our expectations in the last seven years, as
reports readily show. Our hope is in legis-
lation, but meanwhile we will try to save all
We can till this be consummated Very
favorable omens are seen in every direction.
We would most earnestly ask the co-opera-
ton of the ministry and all lovers of hu-
mainly in this noble work. I will here
state there being no appropriation for home
mission work in this direction if there is a
desire on the part of Christian people and
lovers of this cause to do something in the
way of contribution toward paying my ex-
penses while laboring among you. l ask
nothing for my time, having no family but
if there is no provision for incurrent ex-
penses, [ shall only remain a few weeks, as
there are interesting fields of labor in many
| directions, but | trust there will be an eff
fort for an organization here before we
leave, as we trust our dear Sister Willard
will be here to assist in that. | shall be
; glad to hear from those interested III this
work by mail, or, otherwise. My labors are
not confined to any one church, but in the
building up of Christs kingdom in general.
III. 0. FARRELL.