West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-01-21
and can be expressed as being
RUBBED THE WRONG WAY.

| RUBBED The WRONG WAY.
Nevertheless let US one and all
"keep sweet"
l know it is not feeling of de-
light that thrills you, when some
one calls you a "crank."
By the way that word has been
very popular lately and for the
benefit of some of my sisters who
seem to have grown weary in the
work, [ am going to give you an
extract from something In my prl-
vate correspondence. 1t was in
answer to a letter bantering on my
part.
"Oh yes, l stood like a little he
no in the holy minority. | only
counted one at the polls, out | weigh
a ton in the cause. They call US
"cranks." X
The Nazarene was q peculiar
person, who persisted in his pecu-
liar notions, as some would say,
a crank" Paul was another,
Luther another, Wesley ano Their
But what shall say more. Time
would fail me to tell of Gideon,
Barak and 30 on. The "cranks"
have saved the world. Let me
welcome you to grand army OF
"cranks" that IS to usher in the
millennium. But a "crank" is not
XXX which is q kink.
Next time any one calls you q
Crank" my sister, let the word
bring to your mind the fact that
the Lord wants US to be a peculiar
people, Jealous Of good works
STOPPED HER TEMPERANCE PAPER.
had call, not long since from
a former active worker in the w.
G. T. U. She looked me solemnly
in the face and told me she had
stopped her Temperance paper and
would never again have any thing
to do with the Temperance work
and referred to her sons of whom
she spoke with all mothers
pride. l looked at her, not in
amazement alone, but with great
sadness to think that her mothers
heart could refer to the pride she
felt in her oWn sons and yet have
no feeling for the mothers all
about her, whose hearts are aching,
till life is a burden, because their
sons, once as noble as hers, are now
bound with the clanking chains OF
the Demon Alcohol,
Shame on every mother in the
land who is satisfied, so long as her
boy is safe; who thinks when she
does her duty to her boy, that is all
that is required of her. Some day,
her boy will have to 60 out into
the busy twirling world. Some
day, it may be, he will be far away
from all the home influence that
have been so precious Then are
not all probabilities on the side of
his being thrown into the company
of these boys who have grown up
without the home influence with
which he has been surrounded ?And
what think you will be the result 3?
You can not touch SCOT without
being blackened and l shudder for
your boys when they leave the
dear home nest. Don't you see
that every other boy you help up to
noble manhood, will be one more
safe guard around your bow when
he is out in the world. Oh aren't
you ready to help save the boys,
old and young, to work this year as
you have never done before ? Work
as you would if you kne,o this would
be your last year for work in this
world.
THE WORK MUST BE DONE.
And now to those Unions who
have trouble in getting the mem.
bers to attend the meetings;
would say, follow the example O
the Union which I have mention.
ed above, namely meet regularly
Yes meet if there are but tho aoo
men in your Union who will attend
Haven't you the promise that where
two or three meet in Christ's
name, He is in the midst?
This Temperance work is the
Lords work, (not yours or mine, }
and it mast be done. We need no
do it alone. We have the assur-
ance that we are in this world tt
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