Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-19
Temperance.
The Vision Fulfilled.
BY ALICE N. GUERNSEY.

torsaken Tor, lo the heavens were OPEN
ed, and there passed before him Il strange
and wonderful vsion.-a whrlwnd out
of the north; cloud and fire, the ike
ness of living Great ures that turned not rs
they went; land their appearance nd
their work was as it were IA wheel in the
middle of II wheel"
The vision stands in duplicate to day.
Among the captives, "bound and double-
ironed" with letters forged by husbands,
brothers, fathers, and sons, by social GUS
Tom and political strife, sat American
womanhood. The vision is repeatedp 1t
is more than that. The heavens have been
opened; The burning Goals of fire have
gone up and down the land; and IN some
mysterious way the heroi. sacrifice of
motherhood, the wiicly devotion. the tilial
iove, woman's absolute consecration and
loyalty ana II conquering faith. have
reen bleLded with The spirit Of the living
creature of the vision. 1t moves straight
forward; its voice. carrying terror and
smay to the ranks of the captors, is like
tn. voice of the Almighty" as 1t were, IL
wheel in the middle of Wheel
The wom3ns Christian temperance
union binding together by links OF warm
est love and sympathy and mutual effort
The women of our land. sowing the coun-
Fy hreo uee "'h 'ei lt'"noe .ae'"tu'o ''n,
and school and home, upon prisons and
capitalists aud widely vary ing nationali-
ties that make up our people, IS daily
becoming more and more II vital force.
prtgn ut with possibilities. Here it
touches the food marx Of lank and posi-
,iCn and alcohol is banished from the
| executive mansion; there 1t grasps the
,eye's VI po"e'' ;t;I, AZ" ' a'o s,,;u"a ""'o ,
't'' ',iIn " Joa,;i,;,;,;1. of 1nDn,l
lno nsnost poa',p','t'I 'ha 'tao,;ua r.auoh;". ]
o.a,'n.ns :; t " ~; dno, ,hu bn,,,;Ii'r nf so,,i
nla .no'i ~; II Do"s ] ,n "o N" ~ an, );
ve','ns a '"oe o,;,I Ji,oe ~ taarf,, 'n ravor0
anu say ny ''N'' .wsa,.uoua W. 'eu F'
That orr evss Wna' thia r,orv Itu ser.
THAT onr ears have heard this soundg"
Not least among these c,rclino wheels.
insrinct with ,he spirit of the living crea.
tnre 10 ,bat baaring The Ieocnd .elitern.
,uro ~ Tn ,hoSa Javs of wide snread
in,sI,,oonne onr hno,es ovorH ,w with
haoI.s ,,nL ,,,nors Tho ,;no ia lono nost
nban we ninst sael from The chained
Pi,,lo in tho nar;sb chnrch our inenira,;on
anJ bai, NO nrooiors worI l;au IN our
tahles .p1 shelves We c,rch whisner
~ nhoor fron, ito n.oes ORC yo entar nm
..,ha orovd;nr dp, ia. .nd opestion. of tho
dav." we close our weary eves with
,hanL FIJI hearts nnto Him who oivo,h II.
..sonrs in the niuhtn . Sabbath school
s,rdv f,, ourselves and others brings tho
Rihln into stil more freouent use. and
ealIs f,r Tho constantly increasino heIns
hat olnstor oronnd il
No denartment in church mr. state in
soci,l lite or home economy attemps to
carry on i,s work to-day without a litern.
uro of ia own
Tno r,.naoers of the vomon,s Cbristian
ton,neranco Snion have heen onick to see
tho necessity of such helm. and The depart-
ment of literature offers a LARGE and varied
aooortn,ent in sunnlv of demands. Careful
s,ndy bas tanoht that oue leaAet uiselu
,,snJ 10 hotter ,hon +. dozen scattered
indiscriminatelv. Recall. in proof of this.
ono ~ ,hn ,,l.ns ca ounoesef,jlv .xa.n,ed
hv tto cIoar siohted women of Iowa. Five
tHou.ond "Amendment Reoister'' books
were nloced in the hands of temperance
women zach woman recevino one was
avnnotoa n 70 ..interview" all the voters in
har sen,;,,n and IN record each mans
na,,,o NTH h;o ..Yeo" or .No" for tho
an,ondront onnosite Tn addition tn this
when "No', was recoived she was to
,oarn Iis roosors for The answpr given
anJ oIass;fy ,hese reasons nnon n,ges left
sln eua ,,,,,nrs,Ja .l,ss ~ oxonple IS ono s.id
, hn ,uaniod iinnor and meant IN have il,
,ho ohioction yns an ered under the head
or.'A eru y, If fanothor ,bourht tha m,,t,er did
VI vi ,,n,orarlr halonn in The consti,ntion
,E. hi" lnspor p,op want dawn as "R" When
.ho,o hool,, woro oo,Iected the notnra of
tho ,ho'0 onnnS;,ion ] in ,nv localitv was seen at
INC Tppoo.''on l !" ,'Hy ,d;"ia,,s ' soioo,ion or
osa.,.o saanu ,uas "n' ,,"do and sont
'''e, Gan n,',u n, ",' a't ;n orr temneranco work
cN 'n w" "oa, uon,, e. ,hon haro,of,ro ,h,,
leei ino, ~ 0slJ'u' sJa ol,;a ' nnd oho' co or
od;as pu'oo a 't ~ s,t ia ~, o,ns anfnste1p
lenou;Is a;I ~ ~ bu. ,no - ,,orr connn,un;,vo
d. Wv. ..a., W. o;dou u, ovarv honSe a.
ia 'a'e .a"o's rs oA .an aot. oot,ao, theso and
VIZ I Loir ,1,ons ,,,i,h chars usino the
supp;y .ne'. p'"oua ".' rs ,ha ,o,un. Inns
n'st ~ ',noot ,ho 4, 9ou.om aon,i,,,o,,s 1ntv
ii'IH'us snon orr;na uo Gi' ,ho brainS of vonr
hs oeo, SUPP ~ ns 'tt 10, Il sho,ia orar
youn meH' "Hu o,'n .,,,, ~ hor, and
9e -Po.sGniuS S"; i;s,i Jou. sS'" ,aLo n;nor.
uoominS l,,o., nias, ,';.o o !, b., ,ha nso of ,ho
o4s VI otesauo n pnnr,, y f,ryisho1 hv tho liz.
sa neau' aa,a aut,nnt u of tho wnu,n'. Chris.
erNry uePal, ,neu. y, 'no "o'H''-
i Aoo,ba, ,rboo1 1-coo nata with that of
;, Ano.ner "teo'mUU teo as1 f ,ba nn newsnaner @
i''eaa.ua'm, 'no pI"bi vi. y, noana ,ao a,,dn, n
"anS Snn,hor"whn aLh WIS norhonS wonli not
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pour ove, MS oaa;Sy, muoMy :, % f.o,, horirn;no
VI ~. ua~.me' .o,oranoa .o"o,'S nd oil 'A
~prinht - Pru' .o aven among tbe galaxy Of
.,;..ns; nsn., ,nhoo,s ,hat .ra .!1;fed rnn
glitLtet gi.L tha .1;~;nm oroatnre ~ 10 ona he.r;nc
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