The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-22

Testament in IT. place. and help you 70
make A Splendid right about face toward
God.
think that home. if it i 10 be the shield
We love to call it. demands not only a
priestess but priest to keep it, affairs pure
and bright I turn 70 the young ladies
here and ask them IL remember that honor
for honor. truth for truth, purity for purity,
total abstinence for total abstinence, IS the
only safe basis for the home
Government is organized i'll such way
that there is a contract in il. 1t is game
that two can play at. Every member en-
tering il becomes partner and brings
some safe guard some capital to add to
the firm. bring forward the saloon
keeper and let him speak. 'Iou ask me a
hard,question. lac says. -Iieis to take the
comforts ont Of our homes ~ keep up our
business. He i to take the boys and lead
them 20 ruin. Out of these saloons come
all the stories that make us sick with hor-
ror. The saloon is bad, but there is eight
Because of what the saloon does against
the interest of the home. We are here TO
stay until the liquor traffic shall be put
under the ban of the law.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said among other good
things Some of our good men i'll Boston
often say to US: " gu are too fast. Dom
you see that the public sentiment IL not
ready for youa | am herr to say, she said,
this morning that believe in the prohibit
tion of the liqnor traffic by law. whether
public sentiment is qnite ready for il or
not, [Applause.l
Mrs. Chaplin has hnmor and pathos at
her command While the war lasted YOU
were ON one side We on the other: but.
she added. this Is a war in which we are
every heartl,stone The saloons are there
and We are lighting for home and native
land
Mrs. Mary I. Lathrop did not hesitate to
speak her mind freely. | will simply give
the closing of her admirable address in her
own words:
.'The time was when We went out. with
moral suasi0n only, to save the dTunkard
and comfort his wife and children. 4 few
came back from their cups, a few turned
away from their sorrow. few smiles rip
pied over the faces of the women. But
soon the men We tried 10 save drifted back
u the dram shop. and We said. before We
can settle this question We have got to
deal with the dram shop a. well as the
drnkard with the traffic a. we'll a. the
result So ii women seem sometimes 10
have turned from the spirit of the crusade,
remember another necessity il upon Us.
another hour Is here We feel like telling
the brethren that the necessary thing to be
dome is To carry this out into the political
line and vote a. they pray. for the suppress
sion of the evils of intcnperanee Ap-
plause.
There never was such an hour a. this
before the American people. 1t seems 70
me that the agitation of slavery did not
equal it. Every home and heart has been
touched by the power of God. God is OH
the hills a. surely a. he was when he came
to settle the other question. How much
We need national party that will join the
| North and the South. how much We need a
national question that will unite Us, that
blot out the sorrows of the past. great
question which shall reach the heart
level and home level of this continent.
/ There is power enough in the church OF
God and the homes of our people TO do
| this.
We must deal with this question at the
polls; We must deal with it, not only in the
church. but in the Legislative halls Not
only must We Sympathize with the drunk
ard We must punish the traffic; not only
must We work these moral ways but we
must get the state i'll tie proper attitude
toward this traffic. The prohibitionists
now are settling the attitude of the state
toward this problem. We do not expect
tn lay our hands upon every drunkard and
| cure him; we do not expect to blot out the
traffic; but the great question is: How
shall the state lay hold of this liquor crime
that is endangerins our country? Ii can
not he settled i'll the prayer meeting--that
is. where our hearts get warm. and the
glorious fire wing is given to us; it can not
be settled on the moral wing of the ques-
ton; il must be done by law.
At the close of the first days meeting
magnificent reception was given Ia Miss
Frances E. Willard in the parlors of the
| Hotel Athenaeum. The tide of humanity
that passed before her was immense Her
hour of victory had come. God bless
her, came from thousands OF hearts.
The great thing man has yet to do on
earth. is To make town, large or small
which is up to the level OF Chautauqua. |
must express my high admiration of the
perfect order. dec0rum and propriety OF
life here. | can not learn that a single
breach Of order. decOrum or propriety has
occurred. 1t is supreme folly Ia talk about
the power OF moral influence in this matter.
The only way to keep out drain-shops is To
shut them out By lar There would be a
dram-shop here tomorrow if il were legally
possible: and it would be patronised. Ii