The Press., 1888-03-01
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. hAObAOn oA SCSlsA puIilyp w. Ss 4. V. ASC tured upon the above subject at the Con gregational church, QndAr the auspices o the W. c. T. U of this place.
 , The White Cross movement in thi
 country has been thus far under the ans
 pices of the ". O. T. U, and it IS emi nently fitting it should be 80. as the saloon and social impurity go hand in hand, ant
 woman is, by reason of either of these, tht
 greater sufferer than man.
 }, Dr. BushnelPs lecture was plain tall
 upon the violation, and the consequences
 of the violation, of the seventh command
 ment. Her object was to raise the same
 stand lard 0f purity in that regard for nler as for women.
 The lecture was prefac~d by remarks
 upon the delicacy of the subject, but she SO universal and so widespread it was
 now crime iu the sight Of God to keel
 longer silent. Satan wishes every one tc keep silent upon this subject, as it is the arch -fend' s pet s,n he daily and nightly
 by it recruits the ranks of those whose steps take hold on hell. He dreads to have light thrown upon his success, for good people might thus be startled and strive to save some from his dominion. We want light to See whither these things are tending. The first step in any reform IS to kuow the strength of the enemy.
 Light is an enemy 10 evil, and sinners love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.
 She depicted the disgrace falling upon man for this sin as SO light in comparison with the disgrace falling upon woman for the same that the picture stood out before us in startling contrast. The man is vel comed in the same home, same society, is patronized the same in his work cr buri- ness. If he shows ordinary signs of re- 1 pentance he is helped by men and women alike into. the church fold, and is there pushed forward into every good word and work, The woman, in the majority of case,, stduced by the lying lips of him who holds coveted bribe in his hand, af- ter she has thus sinned, loses her home, l her friends, her place in society, her op- portunity for respectable honest work un- Til disgraced, discouraged, unhappy and alone, she sells herself for the means of livelihood, and becomes that most pitiable and dangerous of objects, an abandoned woman. Let her once think, vile as she Is, she heard the Saviour say, "Come unto me and will cleanse vOur sins" and let her seek Christ and she will find it hard to get some one to put her into the pool. The minister will not wish to go near her. Some elderly sister will have to assist and instruct her, and then after she has strug- gled into the light she must be taught not to ''loOk up" but to ever ''look down." as becometh one rescued from such depths The man, who says be has broken all the
 en commandments and Christ has rescued him, will set all tho breth' on and sisters to singing "Hallelujah, what @ Saviour v The woman who should say have broken 4ll the ten commandments and Christ has saved me, would set that sams congrega- tion to sludderiDg, drawing their white robes about them while whispering scorn- fully, "What sinnsri''
 It is all wrong. There are not two standards of purity-one for men, one for women. There is but one, that one the 'inless Saviour, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Mary, the Christ of God. It is nigh time men should arise, gather around this White Cross movement, announcing themselves the protectors of pure woman- hood. Let not mothers, sisters, wives, daughters be spoken slightingly of in their presence. Let them discourage all low less, obscenity and the vulgar joke. Let them lock out the impure man from good society. Thus would be inaugurated the lay of better things, homes without sucl, deep dark shadows and such uncanny skel- stons. May God hasten the dawning of that brighter day, when all shall demand f men as well as women social purity
 sTAFFoRDv1nnE.
 Clam -chowder, with bountiful sup per is to be served in the Methodist vestry l this (Thursday) evening.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 (ooRREsPoNDENcR)
 -Roy. s. A. Gardner of Milford, Mass, iectured in the peoples course Tuesday evening on ''The Ridiculous in HumaI Nature" We do not know of anyone more ! fitted by nature and culture t. treat such a subject as this. We never heard more interesting lecture, and al times one was obliged to exercise wonder full self control to help from Laughing l natural genius and the acquired graces of 1 the literary art are united in an eminent degree. He is humorist, ,a poet, a preach. l er, all in one. He entertains and at th+ ] same time enforces most beautiful and | wholesome lessons of life. The audience 1 was quick to respond to all the fine points | and telling "hits" of thelecturer, aud I am 1 sure if Mir. Gardner should ever favor Staf- 1 ford again with visit that more would | avail themselves of the opportunity Ot | hearing him.
 The last two lectures of the course are | to be given by Ms. M. A. Livermore on l Monday and Wednesday evenings, March 1 19 and 21. Let no one forget the dates, | or be so uni ust to himself or herself as to 1 stay away from the hall when that great and | good woman speaks. She is the queen ot | the American platform. Will not the pub ! lie respond iberally to the enterprise of l those who have. at considerable expense, secured her services for Stafford |?
 Rev. J. E. Simmons preached in Hart ford last Sunday, and had the pleasure of seeing several people well known in Staf- ford in his congregation.
 A large and happy party from Stafford | visited Monson last Thursday evening to l attend the entertainment given in Central ! Hall by the young people of the Universa- list society. The entertainment was good | one, and thanks to the careful and skillful driving of Mr. Washburn the party arrived 1 homo in safety early the next morning.
 Services as usual at the Universallst church next Sunday, with preaching by the l pastor, Rev. J.F. Simmons. Morning sub 1 ject "The Lsvite and the Samaritan" A cordial invitation to all.
 The Stafford Grange has regular meeting next Tuesday evening. The top ic assigned for discussion is the winter care of dairy COWS. So many new candi- dates are seeking admittance that it is sug gested that after next week the work of initiating be done only at meetings special