The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-14
PULPIT AND PLATFORM,
HIGH STREET CHURCH.

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At the High Street Church last evening
the first of the series of meetings which the
Womens' Christian Temperance Union Is tC
hold during the winter was held, the speaker
being Mrs. Sallie Chaplin Of Charleston. S. G
Mrs. Chapin's subject was the work Of the
w. G. T. U. in the South, following the ex
ample set by Maiue. The subject of the
lecture is "From the Palmetto to the Pine
The following is an ontline of Mrs. Chapin'i
remarks:
The speaker said she had read and heart
much about Maine, the prohibition State
and was greatly interested In 1t and believed
the prohiDitory law was grand good insti
tuition. Some tell us that prohibition In
Maine does not prohibit; that there Is more
liquor sold in prohibition states that In any
St4sT She nslw always fst IKE asking then
statements were made without the matter
first being investigated. She had never seen
drunken man or a liquor shop in Maine.
At the w. Q. T. U.convention at Bar Har-
bor. Thursday evening, she noticed and was
glad to Use see . on the platform the Palmetto
showed that the white ribbons of the South
were in sympathy with those of the North,
The difficulties Of starting the work In the
South, in which the speaker was very prom
inent, were interestingly. told. The South
had been cheered on by the workers In
Maine and other Northern states. God bless
the men Of Maine who worked for the pro-
hibit0ry law. Never was there so much
chivalry in the world as now. 1t was large
ly due to woman. There never waa time
In the world when true man would not be
influenced by true woman. A great work
Is being done for temperance by the w. G..
L. u.
A great responsibility devolves on the men
and women Of Maine in supporting the cause
OF prohibition. Other states are looking to
Maine to see how she stands up. They want
to know il she Is safe. We not only want
temperance laws enacted but we want to
see them enforced. We can have both II we
work for it.
Every crime comes In some way from whis-
key. We have been told that as many wOm-
en- die as men,. Yes, and from whiskey, too.
Men drink whiskey and women break their
hearts over 1t. l used to be interested in
foreign missionary work. l used to pity the
wives who were burned on their husbands
funeral piles. But perhaps 1t was q mercy.
1t would be a mercy IL the penitentiary that
snnts In the father from honest toll could
throw its protecting walls about the wife and
daughter also. Many times has she been call
ed into dark places. Going with three promi-
nent Alabama ladies into a penitentiary, she
was at first refused admittance on the plea
that It was not fit place for ladies. In there
oho AOuuu q puOk ucBIO, ocutcuCtu lOI nI6,
who the first time liquor touched his lips was
SO crazed BY 1t that he committed murder. He
showed letter his former owner had sent
him, and wished he had died when with her.
oh, we have not truly freed the negro IL we
allow liquor to be placed in his reach.
There Is great deal of talk about
woman's sphere. This Is mems work
and our work is the home, but men won't do
the work, and so we must It is said men do
themselves the harm.i let them, therefore.
take the consequences. That Is not true.
sequences. Therefore the women have a
right to be speaking on the temperance
question.
Again, philosophy tells us that two bodie:
cannot occupy the same space at the same
are in, where ia that man9 Let him come
back to his post and we will gladly vacate It
A fearful consequence of the LIQUOR habit Is
its hereditary influence. Mrs. Chaplin here
told the story of baby confined In an asy-
lum on account Of its craving for LIQUOR.
which it inherited from its father. The out
look Tor the temperance cause, she said, is
dark: but do not be discouraged. Be pa
tlent and all will come out well in God's
good time. But while waiting, do not stand
Idly about, or go out and warm ourselves as
Peter did. Stand to your posts, for we can
not tell at what hour. our Lord win come. In
closing, Mrs. Chaplin defined her position,
saying that she viewed the matter from a
womans standpoint, and not as one under
standing politics.
MoUNTFoRr STREET CHURCH.
Mr.. w. W. Jackson delivered lecture en-
titled "Belshazzars feast and the handwrit-
Ing on the walp' at this church last evening.
The well-Known story as told in the Book Of
Daniel, was graphically portrayed and
the lesson drawn that God gives prophetic
warning against intemperance, injustice.
superstition and idolatry, and that all history
IS only tracing on the walls Of every nation
py the hngers OF the Divine hand, making
known the inevitable destruction that
awaits the transgressors Of the Divine gov
ernment.