The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
MRS. MARY A. LIVERMORE.
The Queen of the Lecture Bureau to Shortly
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Mrs Mary A. Livermore, who has been
truthfully called "Queen of the lecture
bureau" has been most effective worker
in the temperance cause for many years.
1t was while listening to her, on one oc-
casion, giving most thrilling and interest
ing temperance lecture, that drew my
first enthusiasm in this cause, and never
since have lost my interest.
Mrs. Livermore says: ga higher,
grander, nobler womanhood means the re-
generation of the race.' So thank God
for every wave of uplifting that takes
women to higher levels, and l am especially
thankful for the crusade which has forced
women into the front ranks OF the temper
ance conflict. There certainly can be
nothing unwomanly in earnestly combating
an evil which strikes deep blow at the
most sacred hope of a wOman's life, for it is
the wife of the drunkard who suffers most.
He, in his half conscious state, IS incapable
to even realizing the amount ofmisery he has
wrought. His better nature is asleep, and
before conscience can come to his aid, back
he flies to the poison cup to find fOrgetful-
ness of the evil he has wrought.
Yes, it is a WOman'S work and one, too,
ere long she will be forced to labor for.
Can a mothers heart receive keener pang
than to see her loved ones one by one drop
into their silent graves: Yes! There is a
heart-ache even greater than this. 1t is to
see her noble boys breathing the breath of
life while the seeds of death are daily con-
Stunning their bodies. GLADLY would have
laid them away in their purity l heard
one good mother say, ethan that they should
have lived to come to this
Look at the history of crimes which each
year is increasing-even i'll our own quiet
town, and trace their origin. Were they
not conceived nine times out of ten in al
cOhol!and were they not cOnsummated under
the influence of this maddening draught!
Human nature in the young is tender, and
to take the life of human being requires
inhuman courage. Alcohol supplies this
and makes very brute of the human. He
is then made competent for his deadly work,
for the animal has Silenced human con-
science, and the beast of prey rules the
hour, that darkened hour, which shrouds
his whole life in gloom, to terminate at last
in an ignOble death, leaving as heritage to
all who bear his name, disgrace! Is it not
time, then, for woman's work!
A tidal wave is sweeping over this planet,
and by almost irresistible force woman is
thrown to the front. Her heart is in her
work, and her hands are reaching out to
Join the hands OF her sister woman. Soon
we hope it will be seen that by Woman's
work aided by good men, this terrible
curse to humanity is under control. And
is Utah, with It's hundreds of death dealing
saloons, to be left in peace upon this ques-
ton! Are there no disturbing elements I:
Yes, the germs are taking root. The Good
Templars are doing a work; other Organi-
cations will follow, and the temperance
cause in Utah is not dead! And by our
new organization of woman suffrage is
shown that the Mormon women OF U tab are
waking up to the public questions of the
day. They are in no wise behind their sis
ter women in the world at large. The ex-
perience they have gained in woman's
unions will be Of great value, for we
women need discipline 1t takes hard raps
sometimes to bring US into order, but if we
are more interested i'll the cause we serve
than in ourselves, we will profit by our eX-
perience, and go on our way rejoicing.
History repeats itself, and new dispense
lions call for new laws, and the workers
too are new But if they are Gods chosen
they will endure to the end, bear perSecu-
ton even, and try to carry out Gods will
to them.
There is a time and tide in the affairs of
nations: so is there in the affairs of individ-
uals, and when a man or woman knows,
beyond a doubt that God has called them,
they bring their power with them, and let
the winds blow high or low, like the rock
of ages, they stand true to their mornings.
The Mormon women, like the Spartan
mothers of old, have shown heroism in
some of their recent experiences which
will vet call forth the admiration of the
worlds women. 1t is moral courage that
commands respect, and where woman
will go to prison for conscience sake, her
moral courage is demonstrated beyond a
doubt. Let the women Of the planet join
hands and encompass it. Let their hearts
be drawn together upon these great
questions of the day and as it is now the
dawning of wOman's era, truth must
prevail. CHARLOTTE IVES KIRBY.