Bent County register., 1888-09-08
HE ouTPRAYED. THEM.
Pho Offering Of a Saloon.
Keeper Before Some
Female Visitors.


Female Visitors
| At Detroit, Michigan, the WON.
ems Temperance Union, or the won,
en- crusaders and Salvation army.
visited liquor saloon and tried by
hard praying To induce the proprie.
tor to close the place. The proprle.
tor invited the ladies 20 seats and
asked them to pray, and himself of.
fered the following prayer:
almighty Creator, Thou who has,
made the heaven and the earth and
created man after Thine own image
as rulers of the earth, while animals
are living on grass aud water, Thou
didst teach Thou Servant Noah Ia
make vine, and Thou didst punish
hun for making intemperate use OF
1t. NJ the wedding OF Cana, Thine
own soo, Jesus Christ, transformed
water into VINE when the juice of
the grape was exhausted that the en-.
Joyment OF the guest might not be
disturbed. The great reformer.
Martin Luther. said. He VINO does
not love wine, woman and song, re
mans fool all his hfe,' and one of
the divine commands of the book
Thou has given u- Is. That man
shall drink no longer water, but shall
use little vine for the stomach's
sake and his often infrmities.' All
great men Of this earth have been
drinking Of the wine Thou hast given
Thy children npnu the earth. Oh.
Lord, We pray thee have pity on the
woman here who are even like the
beasts of the fcll and drink water
ike An OK, while they dress extraya-
gsntly ard lead their husbands by
othvr- extrayagances, not tending to
our well being, 10 b. bankrupt. de
PistthI th'Ah va Nitt pt'sANHt 9 - Atstr
world; yes driving them to suicide,
Oh, lord! have mercy on these Ia
dies; 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.
tent with nature, they paint their
faces. Oh. Lord, Thou canst also
perceive that their figure Is not ~
Thou hast made it, but wear humps
on their backs like camels Thou
.eest, oh Lordi that their head-dress
consist. of false hair, and when they
open their mouths Thou seest their
false teeth: and Oh, Lord, jus, make
"a note of the .pirsl spIing aud cot
ton batting coHtrivances they wear
ia their bosoms. for TO other pnrpcso
tbsn to make them voluptuous and
10 excite in man much worse pas
sion than the use of wine; aud for the
same reason they have 2 No. foot
piuehei into No. 3 sho- anil II No.
80 wais, squeezed iuto No. II cor
set. Oh Lord, these women want
men Who patiently accept this with
out v.siug the power Thon hast given
to NAV. that all women shall be sub
iect to. man. They will not bear the
burden Of married life and obey Thy
commands to multiply aud replenish
the earth, but they are too lazy TO
raise their children, and, Oh Lord,
Thou knowest the crimes they COM
init, Oh, Lord, have mercy or them
and take them back into Thy bosom;
take folly out of their hearts give
them commol-sense that they may
see their own ioohshness and grant
that they may be good, worthy eiti-.
zen, of our beloved Detroit. On,
Lord we thank Thse for all the bless
ipgs Thou hast bestowed upon us
and ask Thee to deliver us from all
EVIL, especially from hypocr''ical,
living women, and Thine shall be
the praise forever and ever. Amen.
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