The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-01
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY THE WOMEN's CHRISTIAN
a..i Ia = TEMPERANCE UNION.

mise. No christian man can have any |
such feelings. This temperance work has
been like the waves of the ocean--it has
ebbed and flowed-but each time the waves
came back with greater force. There have
been mountebanks in the work, and there |
has been class which thought the church |
did not go fast. enough for them, and SO
they denounced it on all occasions. Now
is the successful age in the. temperance
work, because it builds on the solid rock
Of religion it believes in prayer to God. |
That demon which is running the worlds
met by this other power, they g. 4. u,
which is for the defense and protection Of
home. The destroyer on'the one side, met
by the Saviour on the other side, met by
this power which gathers together the
wrecks Of humanity, and reaches downand
brings them up to the platform aof Jesus
Christ. In physics as in morals, works
the least significant are the most inn
portant.s If you wanted to know how to
form an island in the middle of the sea,
and would ask men how'you should do it,
they would suggest that you take earth
from the hills and rocks from the noun
tains, and put them down into the sea.
When God wants to make an island He
builds differently. He takes a little insect
and puts it in the bottom of the sea; age
after age it works on quietly, but surely,
till one day the keel of ship serapes over
|'s6mething where the chart shows mo OBJ
| struction; and soon an island rises above
the highest wave,-an island on whose
soil the monarch of the forest rears it's
head. So if you ask the men who
have all their wealth in the liquor bust
ness, what they dread most, they will tell
you votes. But a quietlittle woman walks
down the street you never dream of any
power there. All, that quiet little woman
| has faith that takes hold of the arm that
moves the world. These women Of the
w. G. 7. U..are working like the coral in
sects; praying at home, influencing the
minds of husband, brother, lover friend,
training the minds of the children till
sentiment grows that mou1ds the legisla
| ton ofio country No; not least among
| these influences is the VIC. e.. u. They
meet every week for prayer to Godsto help
| in overthrowing the evil! The groans and
tears which are now going up for release
from the bondage of inte mperaace will be
heard by the God Of Sabaoth, ana total pro-
hibition forever and ever will be his an
swer. - Before the closing hymn was sung
DR.. Smith read a note from Mr. Henry K
List, of the city, stating that he was
called away by the illness Of a relative, but
insisting that collection be taken for the
w. 6. L. U. work, and giving twenty-five
dollars to start with. E We cannot refrain
from the wish that there was a Mr.. Henry
4. List in every place. .5a
COL INGERsOLI5 ON INTEMPERANCE.
Intemperance cuts down youth in its
Eyigor, manhood in its strength, and age in
its weakness. 1t breaks the fathers heart,
bereaves the doting mother, extinguishes
natural affections, grasses conjugal love,
blots filial attachments, lblights parental
hope, and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. It makes wives wild
ows, children orphans, fathers fiends, .and
all OF them, paupers andbeggars. 1t feeds
rheumatism, arouses govt, welcomes epir
denies, invites cholera, imports pestiIence;,
and embraces consumption. 1t covers the
land with idleness and crime. Itfills your
Jails. supplies your almshouses, and de-
mands your asylums. 1t engenders con
troversies, fosters quarrels, and cherishes
riot. 1t crowds your penitentiaries, and
furnishes victims for the lscaffolds. 1T is
the boon Of the gambler, the element Of
the burglar, the prop of the highwayman.
and the support of midnight incendiary.
1t countenances the liar, respects the thief,
/ steems the blasphemer. j It violates obi
cations, REFERENCES fraud, and honors in |
fanny. 1t hates love, scorns virtue and
ISLANDERS innocence -incites the father to
butcher his helpless offspring, andthe child
to grind the parental age. 1t burns up
men, consumes women, detests life, curses
God and hates heaven. ! 1t suborns witt |
nesses, nurses perfdy, defles the jury box.
and Judicial ermire. 1T brides votes, dis
qualities voters, corrupts elections, pol |
lutes our institutions, and endangersi gov
eminent. ,Itdegrades the citizens, debases
the legislature, dishonors the statesman,
and dlsarms the patriot. 1T brings shame, |
not honor terror, not safety ;despair, not |
nope misery, not happiness and with the |
lmaaleyoience Of iend, lit calmly surveys
les frightful desolation,l and unsatisfed |
with havoc, il. kills peace, poisons felicity, |
ruins morals, blights confidence, Stays rep
tl1atlon, and wipes out national honor,
then curses the world and laughs at it's |
ralns Itdoes that and more-it1 murders
the soul. s.r3s l. ssl - ast vi