St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-21
HE OUTPRAYED THEM.

The Offering of a SaIoonkeeper
Before Some Female Visitors.
Duncannon Record.
AT Detroit, Mich, the "Women's
Temperance union" or the women cru
saders and Salvation army, visited a
liquor saloon and tried by hard praying
to induce the proprietor to close the
place. The proprietor invited the
ladies to seats and asked them to pray,
and he himself offered the following
prayer:
Almighty Creator, Thou who hast
made the heaven ana the earth, and
created man after Thine own image as
living on grass and water. Thou didst
teach Thy servant Noah to make wine,
and Thou didst punish him for making
Incorporate use of it. At the wedding
OF Cana Thine own son, Jesus Christ,
transformed water into wine when the
juice of the grape was exhausted, that
the enjoyment of the guests might not
be disturbed. The great refOrmer,
Martin Luther, said: He who does not
love wine, woman and song, remains a
fool all his life long, and one of the di-
vine commands of the book Thou has
given us is: That man shall drink no
longer water, but shall use little wine
for his Stomach'S sake and his often in
firmitieS.' All great men of this earth
have been drinking of the wine Thou
has given Thy children upon the earth.
o Lord, we pray Thee, have pity ON the
women here, who are even like
the beasts of the field and
drink water like an OK, while
they dress eXtravagantly and lead
their husbands by other eXtravaganceS,
not tending to our well being, to be
bankrupt, depriving them of the plea
sureS of this world; yes, driving them
to suicide. o. Lordi have mercy on
these ladies; look upon them. They,
wear not even the color of the face
which Thou hast given them, but they,,
are SHINING against Thee, and, not con-
o Lord! Thou canSt also perceive that
their figure is not as Thou has made it,
but they wear humps on their backs
like camels. Thou SeeSt, o Lord, that
their headdreSS consists of false hair,
and when they open their mouth Thou
seest their false teeth; and, 0 Lord, just
make note of the spiral spring and
cotton batting cOntrivances they wear
in their bOSomS, for no other purpose
than to make themselves voluptuous,3
and to excite in man much worse
passion than the use of wine; and for the
same reason they have number six foot
pinched into number three shoe and a,
number forty waist squeezed into a
number seventeen corset. o Lord,
these women want men who patiently
accept this without using the power
Thou hast given to man, that all women
shall be subject to man. They will not
bear the burden of married life and obey
Thy commands to multiply and replell-
ish the earth, but they are too lazy to
raise their children, and, 0 Lord, Thou
knowest the crimes they commit.
o Lord, have mercy on them
and take them back into Thy
bosom; take folly out of their hearts;
give them common sense that they may
see their own foolishness, and grant
that they may be good, worthy citizens
of our beloved city of Detroit. o, Lord,
we thank Thee for all the blessings
Thou hast bestowed upon us, and ask
Thee to deliver us from all evil. es-
pecially hypocritical, lying women, and
Thine shall be the praise for ever and
ever. Amen.n