The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-12-20
w. c. 7. u.

the homes they visit, clear, ringing notes
from the bugle of our press department,
and the sowing of millions of total alb
s~tinence seed thoughts by our literature
department.
Ii has meant the fulfllment OF the propli-
ecy, THE Lord gave the word, the wom-
en- who publish the glad tidings are a great
host The worlds hunger for the Bread
Of Life had become so great that all the
ordained pastors could not satisfy it, SO
God called them to this work, pouring out
His Spirit upon them, as promised through
His prophet Joel. They have accepted the
service as from Him, and in school-house,
hall, and church, in prison cells, in sick
room, and in mining camp. they are obey
ing the command, Sow beside all waters
Having accepted this duty they have gone
patiently to work to prepare themselves for
it by study of God's Word, by renewed
conservation to Him, by careful training of
voice and mind and heart. What if theo-
logical schools were shut against them?
God has been their teacher, and to day
UulluFeuS are ticpdlto, VI picp"iibSs w
fifty divide His Word.
All this has revolutionized woman's
place and work in the church. Men are
slowly coming to recognize Gods hand in
the unsealing of woman's lips, and are fol-
lowing the lead of His providence. Wom-
en- are among the most successful evangel-
| lists: the ordination and installation Of wo-
men into pastoral Office has been common,
and their election to high ecclestical courts
shows i trend of public sentiment which
the conservative element in these courts
cannot long resist.
Tbs outgoing OF those women from the
Hillsboro church has meant encircling the
globe with white ribbon. 1t ~prefigured
the heroic journeyings of Mrs. Leayitt
around the world; the planting of our ban
merlin every land; the gathering ofhundreds
os thousands of petitions to the govern
ments of the world for the abolition of the
traffic which most curses the home, and a
world encireled by the incense of prayer
from the noon tide altar. for it is always
moor somewhere. IL has meant the knitting
together of the hearts of women of all lands
and OF all conditions: the Hindu in her
zenana: tie Burmese in the jungle; the
Kaffir of Africa; the queen on her throne
in Madagascar, the Japanese, the Chinese,
the Finn, the Scandinavian, the cultured
dwellers in European capitals, the women
of the far west, all are united in bonds of
sisterly love and service with those who
were represented by that Crusade band of
Ohio fifteen years ago.
1t has meant clearer vision in regard to
our duty as citizens. Thousands of eyes
have been opened to see hat until the wo-
men of this land are willing to vote, and
are permitted TO do so, the securing and
enforcing of temperance laws, and those
for the protection of women and children,
will not be secured. 1t has brought clear
er vision of political affairs also, and with
it the conviction that the suppression of
the saloon by law" cannot be expected un-
til lawmakers are elected for that purpose.
All this seemst the natural, the inevitable
outcome of the Crusade. No eye foresaw
it, but the headings of Gods hand have
brought us to it. What shall the Crusade
mean in the future? Only Omnisciencc can
compass the circle Of its influence. Dur
ing fifteen years this movement has brought
the nation face to face with the saloon, and
it must answer the question, "What will
you do with ibis evil?" 1t has aroused the
sleeping conscience of the church, which
sooner or later will assert itself and refuse
any longer to listen to those who ''proph-
ecy smooth things of the DEVILS imitation
of the Holy Spirit; it has cleansed the table
Of the Lord, in the majority of Protestant
churches, of the cup of death; it is con-
stantly educating public sentiment through
the pulpit, the press and the platform; it is
teaching the coming womanhood Gods law
of purity written in science, in our men,
bers, and in His Word; it is slowly %convinc-
ing the world that the liquor traffic is
cheat ing itself against the whole body OF
Gods almighty truth, " and that it is only
a question Of time when it must go down.
When these lessons are learned, there
shall crystalize around the Crusade all the
patriotism, the purity and the piety of the
Nation, ready IN solid phalanx to march
against the foe. Do we need ask what
foe, protection to the home, God glorified
in mans redemption from the Gu rse oil
drink.-Union Siqnai.
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