The Monitor., 1891-09-11
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allied with The Worlds W. c. T. [. that
the one eannet be told without mention.
ing the other. First came the crusade,
that 'whirlwind of the Lord as Miss
| Willard calls it, sweeping over the country
like "a mighty, rushing wind" which in
fifty days called out so 600 women to fight
| desperately for their loved on, against the
merciless destroyer of their sacred king
dom, the home.
After this came "the still small voice
calming the turmoil of strife and telling ol
s'a more excellent way" Then, from the
| innermost recesses of the woman's soul,
came forth "The Woman's Christian Tenn
| perance Union;" born not in royal pal
ace, amid the herald of trumpets and the
roar of cannon, but in the groves, which
"@ere Gods first temples, with the whis-
| pering leaves and the songs of the birds
| o'erhead.
Being fed upon 1.-THE sincere milk of the
Word" and nurtured by warm, loving
mother hearts, the child grew apace, and,
| in It's first decade, the Worlds W. c. T..
[. was organized, having for its motto
sFor God, and Home and Every Land;''
| and its object, ''To unity the methods of
woman's temperance work the world over,
to circulate petition to the governments
of the world for the prohibition of the
| traffic in alcoholic drinks and opium and
the suppression of other vices"
But, who will go up and down the land,
through the length and breadth thereof, to
prepare the way? Who will bear the mes
sage to the people? Who will go and
stand before the kings of the earth to
blead our cause? From the land of the
Puritans quiet Christian woman, over
| fifty years of age, laying aside all the ad-
| Boston, the dignity of professorship OF
| history in New England college, the
congenial mpanionship of three accom-
plished daughters. the love, comfort and
rest Of home, arose and said, II will 60"
The plan of work was spread before her
| First, across our own continent. not in a
| luxurious palace car as an honored guest,
but al uniuvited messenger going by or.
dinary rail, by stage coach, by sprngless
wagon, on horseback, on foot ifneed be, to
the extreme northwest, then down to Sar
Francisco, and on to the Sandwich Islands,
thence th ousands of miles across the wide
Pacific to our antipodes, over the continents
of Asia, Europe and Africa, yea, even the
islands of tie sea. With tile certainty oi
no salary and the promise of nothing but
her expenses and our prayers, with the
dangers incident to changes of food and
climate, the perils Of travel by land and
by sea, with years of weary exile from
home and native land staring her in the
face, her dauntless soul bravely answered,
81 will CO."
Truly, Of her it can be said, so woman,
great is thy iaith," for after purchasing
her ticket to Omaha and placing in her
daughters hands sufficient to meet all
their wants until their salaries were due,
she started from Boston with thirty. five
cents in her pocket, and no one but she and
God knew it. But with firm belief in
the willingness of her Heavenly Father to
supply all her needs, she stepped on the
train and calmly waited His time.
When near Pittsburg the conductor, no.
ticing her white ribbon, sat down to talk
with her about the work, and she told
him of her mission. Just then the agent
came through, notifying passengers fol
Omaha that they must go to the opposite
side of the city and the cost of transfer
would be a dollar. She said to him, "I'll
think about it and decide when you re.
turn"
The conductor thought it strange an.
swer, because it was impossible for her to
get 10 the other station without convey.
ance, and he thought it must be that she
had no money So lie went after the agent
and said What do you charge to take
missionaries across?" ''We don't charge
them anything" was the answer. "Well
that lady is a missionary" "Then she
will be transferred Free" he replied. Thus
the Lord provided way for his trusting
|
brothers. family III Omaha. and bountifu
lunch was provided in box for her jour
ney beyond. The brother jokingly said
as they went to the station, ''Sister, Il
youi purse is as heavy as this box you will
get along nicely" She smiled quietly
and taking the box in her hand said, "Tht
purse is not quite SO heavy as this" Sure
| ly she was upborne by the Everlasting
| Arm to serenely smile on such a journey
with only thirty-tiyc cents in her pocket
AS the brother kissed her good bye' he
dropped an envelope into her lap and
hurried away. When she opened 1t there
lay $500.
Time will not permit US to tell and none
Of us will ever know of the hardships this
| pioneer endured like good soldier.