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Be Strong.

/ think this message from God is
to all workers in his cause to-day. If
you want to see the need for strength
in the temperance movement read an
article entitled. .sThe Worlds Drink
Problem" in The Christian Union of
Feb 6. Facts are given-two, I'M
pressed me particularly-that the two
most educated nations, France and
Germany, are more drunken than the
most ignorant, Russia, Italy and
Spain, and that wealth proves to be a
more prolific cause of drunkenness
than poverty. Everywhere increas-
ing drunkennessi AS laid down nv
paper 1 opened an old book that I
feel is an inspired book, and I opened
to the second chapter of Haggai, and
I want all the women who need fresh
inspiration for the battle that is before
them to Just read il again, and believe
God is speaking to you as certainly
as He spake on certain day of GER
tain month to the prophet of old. We
must believe, and believe strongly
weak faith will not do for this battle)
that God Is with US. Oh, how inspir-
ed we are when we hear His voice say
ing, 'My spirit remaineth among you;
fear ye not" And then as if He
thought we might think, "Ah! but our
enemies have all the money" He adds,
''The silver is mine, and the gold is
mine, saith the Lord of hosts" 1 de-
clare to you as I read it felt that I
should never see a piece of silver or a
piece of gold from that time, no mat
ter who handles it, but I should kl1OtO
it was the Lords, and when the ter
rible shaking of the nations shall come
money shall change hands-only we
must believe tive have been con-
temptibly small in faith. Take the
new version of Chrlst's own words
and read, what things soeYer ye de-
sire when ye pray believe ye receive
them and ye shall have them" can
remember when Mrs. DR.. Palmer was
persecuted in the church, they said
she taught ''believe you have it and
you have it," well, the new version Is
very much like it-''Therefore I say
unto you Christ is speaking now all
things whatsoever ye pray and for be-
lieYe that ye haze received them and
We shall have them" The need of the
hour is gigantic faith to overcome
gigantic wrong. We have depend
ed on this, that, and the other. It
does not say all things are possible to
grand talking-though that is good
nor to grand preaching, or grand
writing, or grand praying, but to
grand elieUjng-Christ has said it
shall be done! The mountain of in
| EQUITY shall be cast into the depth of
the sea. We need the faith of John
Wesley embodied in that verse,
1 7 L -
| And suits the VIII Divine,
| By earth and hell in vain Withstood-
know It shall be mine"
Mark the fifteenth verse of the last
chapter of Haggal and again the
! eighteenth verse. The people were
called to consider from this day
and upward, and the month and the
day of the month were specified.
Now from this day of the month shall
tce ''considerp We have considered
along so many lines, now let us con-
slider Gods powers. Let us unite our
spiritual forces on the line faith afresh.
Let us utterly refuse to consider any
thing only as connected with our faith
if drunkenness is on the increase,
then we will meet it with a God of
power who is greater than all SIN, and
who has said not only all things are
possible with God, but all things are
possible to him that believeth. Now
for one united voice-it shall be done d!
God will overthrow the rum power.
AmenL MARGARET BoTToIE.