The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-06-18
Written for The MoSTroE
ALCOHOLISM "RIN 10 SEED. e

EY MRS. FANNIE If, CARR.
In response to the courteous invitation
of committee of the W G. T. C., of Phil
adelPhia, spent Tuesday of last week al
the House Of Correction, IIomcsburg Pa.
In view Of the position taken by Rev.
Howard Crosby, late Chancellor Of the
N. y. University, that it is the abuse and
not the nse Of fermented liquors that is to
be deprecated, we could not but desire that
he could have the benefit Of the emphatic
object lesson furnished as by our visit To
the above institution. The present num-
Der Of inmates is Gin round numbers) 1000
There they are, from the beardless boy
OF sixteen TO the grey haired sinner Of
three score and ten.
OF diverse nationalities, antecedents and
natural make-ups. they are alike III this
that the trail Of the serpent is over
them all That they have been devoted
subjects Of King Alcohol, is written on
face and person so legibly that she who
runs may read And yet in that immense
gathering, there was time when each Of
these was a moderate drinker AL
classes and professions here find their
representatives Men trained III refined
and cultured homes, having the advaH-
tages of thorough education are frequently
found inmates. thus neufralizin@ the state
ment that the love of strong drink is con
Il nod - +ha iff.at.ta aud j,,vo,. "A ra4a ,,fts,
eiety. Accepting the cordial invitation Of
the Rev. Mr.. Kirkpatrick. Chaplain of the
institution, (at whose church in Holmes
burg had previously spoken filled the
as am to public work. it was with no lit
tie concern that assembled the platform on
the above occasion. II was truly unique
audience. Approaching the fact that not
only fervour and dircctness were necessary
but that special wisdom was needed, |
went to the accomplishment of this deli
cate task with unwonted reliance upon a
Higher Power for the proper enduement
Besides the inmates, twelve natrons, a
large number of guards. the Superinten-
dent and Chaplain, together with number
of visitors We're present. ! talked To them for
forty minutes. receiving the most rapt at
tcntion, and So wonderously did God give
me their hearts that | received from the
Chaplain hearty invitation to return.
No more graphic illustration, concerning
the true inwardness of the drink habit,
could DC given than ON the above occasion.
1t was truly the legitimate outcome of in
diligence in the ardent. and gave spec
ial significance to a remark overheard re-
Gently, that the ''stuii- was dangerous to.
tamper with.
My mother heart was wonderfully
touched at the number Of young girls and
boys present, many of them but sixteen
years of age, and as looked at these with
tears in my heart as well as in MY eyes.
and then to the miserable wrecks Of adj
vanced years, and remembered that every
one was SOMEBODY'S boy or girl-that years
agone. some mother watched with fondest
love over their baby cradles. and mother
and father pictured bright and honoEable
future for the little one. and thought of
the terrible shipwreek of all these hopes,
and then contemplated the still more APP
palling fact that before me Gin considerable
numbers) were women to whom had been
given the sacred gift of motherhood, and
who, through the power of drink, had
done violence to every maternal instinct,
so that to-day found them the inmates of a
penal institution and their children worse
than motherless, growing up amid such
associations. that doubtless, in numerous
instances they, in turn, viii fill a eonvict's
cell, just as surely as harvest succeeds seed
time III view of this terrible stale of
things, is it any wonder that We emphasize
the statement that the objective point Of
all true intelligent temperance effort is
the overthrow Of the legalized liquor
traffic ?