The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-11-30
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT..
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dfich,, October SIsEto NopeDlber .tth, 1883
DEAnIy BELoyRp FRIExDs lin con.
tsmplaiiop Of this asAembly,ita charact.
er, its purpose and ils rcistionships,a any
woris save tLoss Of payer or hymn, or
fsem Ged4 HOLY we.d icen unwefLhy
tho occasion For yoa Who a,e here
gathered from every quarter Of this
vast republic, arc not self-caoAtitnied,
but elected delegates with n great
constituency behind you, aud chosen
leaders Of the chisf army that battles
for tho mishtiest reform Of any age, in
the country where that reform has
achieved It's most splendid Victories.
This is your character 10 day ia the
eyes Of istelligout chrislasdom. Your
purposs would confederate all sections,
unto All parties and unity all efseds
for the destruction of humanity'a nost
ancient and moas aecnrsed fos. Your
relationships arc % Chrisps Church,
that Of defender 70 the home, thn, of
protsctor TO the Nation, thss Of puri.
fer. You represent mysterious move
meat ksswn IA tho "c,usAds,p divinent
manifestation Of Gods Spirit, since
.snguea Of Gre sat on tho saints nj
Pentecost.
Beloved Prisnds What manner of
persons ought We 70 br, who have come
unto tie kinsdoa for such time as
this ! ! lock beyond ibis hnshed and
hallowed scene TO the sweet homes
where you aro cherished, and 70 the
sad homes which your faith aud works
have Frightened. ! look beyond tho
endless procession Of light hearted boys
and girIs. "with shining morning face
aud satchsI on their arm" obedisnt
this morning 70 the uound of tbs school
going boil. Tlook beyond /. the radi
ant Gag aying frsm fat al feet
throughout this radiant ina.l. aod shen
1 look at The 2o0.0c0 reekiag and
cavefnou, grogshoPs u Amseiea. while
my heart bass with years hsnsath tho
,meessrsless rnaasios Of it al, and our
relation 70 the fnturs's ssful battle f.se
the saving Of the ono und th.. dswue.1
Of the other Pssr ha~sn hsst.. |
they weuid not only l,o~ hnt break
bsueath such burdsns but fsr this GpI-
inspired csHviction:
"My bark is waited 70 the strand
By breath Divins.
Asd % the helm there rssss Hand
oH.er laHa mias !"
TnB MlRcH o. oUR FIRST DECADE.
In les than two months wa SHALL
celebrate the tenth anniversary of the
crusade. In lesa than thrss weeks
(asv. 49, No shall have completed
aine years since our National q nion
was orgsnized At Cleveland. Then, the
light Of the Gospel temperance move
ment was nsbnlous.; now il shines ia
the steady blszs Of stars and constella-
items. Thon, thousands Of our noble
sisters stood upsn the ps5cstai Of
ewsman's sphere cold as Pygnalion's
,tstus toward the world's awful heart
ache but now, smItten into newnesa
sf life, by the Divine spark Of Christ'a
love, they have struck out into the
common world about them, to act 9
mothers part toward thousands worse
than mothsrlsss. Then the sky o.
hope lay low above us now its arch ID
boundless. Then customs pinchsd
lips declared "thus far no farther arc
We reboIled but yet obeyed now moth
ing ean restrain our ardent footsteps
save tho loving "thus far and nc
farther" Of God. Then we were raw
recrnits, now we are soldiers drilled
and disciplined then We crusadsd Ia
saloons, but no = in halls Of legislation,
Then We thought only Of cprs. now We
are occupied with prevention thsn We
weps, now We rejoice. Then wo said,
"Gsd, be pitifal,Y now we say, .God
10 praised p Then We called ourselves
National Union, now veAro Nation
al in very deed. Then we were friends
now wa are sisters, with b7nd so dear
that the translasion of that rare spirit,
Mrs. j. q. johnson, Of Tennessee, came
to us with keen sense of personal loss
and in thu illness Of our beloved Mrs
Allis aad Ms. Jones, and the sons q
Mrs. Carhart and Mrs Roach, our
hearts have acbed over the sorrows Of
sisters sacredly dear.
| mAst not trench too much upon
the report of our corresponding secresa
ry, which will come TO You tomorrow
but / must point you to the brigh'
particular stars in the zenith Of oul
answered prayer-OHIo-IowA Who
dared to dream at eur first convention
in Cleveland, thai nine years la'er,thi
wendreus battle autumn would, il
these magnificent States, End the whit
plume Of the w CT. U. in the from
ranks like another Henry Of Navarro
Subtract the prayers and work Of wo
men from the Ieng struggle 10 Iowa
| and how such woald bs left I while I