The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

hand will no more be yours IL VIII
be nirht. and there will come up a coid
wind from the Jordan, and You must
start. Win it be a lone woman on
trac,xless moor? All! no Jesus VIII
come mn in that hour and ofIer ms
hand. and He will say: "You stood py
me when You were we'll; now Will not
desert YOU while you are sick. One wave
of His hand and the storm will drop;
another wave of His hand, and ma
night shall break into mid-noon; ana
\ another wave of His hand, and the
\ chamberlains OF God will come down
\ from the treasure houses OF Heaven,
H with robes lustrous, blood-washed ana
/ heaven-clinted, in which you will ar
H ray yourself for the marriage supper Oh
H the Lamb.
II Your dominion is home. 0 woman
II What brave fight for home the woin-
i en- of Ohio made some ten or niteen
II years ago, when they banded togeener
ii and in many of the towns and cities OF
II that state marched in procession anu
II by PRAYER and Christion songs shut up
II more palaces of dissipation than was
II ever counted. We're they opened
again? Oh, yes. But 1t is not
good thing to shut up the gates
of hell for two or three months!
i It seemed that men engaged IN
the business of destroying others ana
Il not know how to cope with this KIND
4 of warfare. They knew how to hghS
the Maine liquor law, and they knew
,ll how to fight the National temperance
society. and they knew how to fght
j Sons of Temperance and Good Samar
al tans: but when Deborah appeared
81 upon the scene, Sisera took to his feet
n and got to the mountains. IT seems
81 that they did not know how to con-
n tend AGAINST Coronation and "Ola
VI Hundred and ssBrattle Street," and
Il Bethany" they were SO very intangi,
Il bic These men found that they could
a not accomplish much against that ninu
81 of warfare, and in one OF the cities
s;I regiment was brought out all armed
RI To dispense the women. They calnc
al down in battle array; but, OH wna'
d poor success, for that regiment was
IA made up of gentlemen, and gentlemen
= do not like to shoot women wlsh
v hymn books in their hands On, tney
" found that cunning for female prayer
er meeting was as very poor business NO
ne real damage was done, although there
at was threat of violence after threat OF
e. violence all over the land, l really
er think if the women of the cast has as
81 much faith in God as their sisters OF
mt the west had, and the same reckless
,ir ness of human criticism really De-
NJ lieve that in one month three-fourths
'ir of the grog shops of our cities wouio DC
ID. closed. and there would be running
Ter through the cutters of the streets Bur-
Of pundy. and cognac, and Heidsick,
re- and old mort, and Schiedam schnapps.
ial and lager beer, and you would save
ad vour fathers, and your husbands, and
to vour sons. first, from a drunkard's
nd grave. and, secondly, from drunk
de, ards hell. To this battle for home le'
Id, All women rouse themselves. Thanh
ing God for our early home. Thank Goo
put for our present home. Thank God fol
E. the coming home in Heaven.
hat One twilight, after had been play
b a ing with the children for some time.
Law down on the lounge to rest. In
nd children said, play more. Children al
ink ways want TO play more. And, MAJ
of asleep and half awake, l seemed =
ser- dream this dream: 1t seemed to m
our that I was in far-dlstant iano-
( OF not Persia, although more ina
site oriental luxuriance crowned tn
ked cities; nor the tropics--althong
sth- more than tropical fruitfulness lille
ing the gardens; nor Italy-although NOR
but than Italian softness filed the al
atty And | wandered around, looking Il
,ay- thorns and nettles, but found none
fam them grew there. And Wake
VEN forth and / saw the sun ris
With and I said s.When will 1t 81
ing ayain?" And the sun sank no
ping And I saw all the people in holida
i at annarel. and / said: when do the
the nut on workingman's garb again, al
her N-delve in the mine, and swelter at u
she forre?" but neither the garments n
put the robes did they put off And
that | wandered in the suburbs, and sal
she "Whcre do they bury the dead OF u
was great city?" and looked along oy
zane hills where it would be me
It in, beautiful for the dead to slice
hinlS and saw castles, and towns,
,der- battlements; but not a mausoleu
lions nor monument, nor white SAD coui'
much see. And went into the g'eat chal
! her of the town, and said: Where
back the poor worship? where are
your benches on which they stir ant
pcdh II voice answered. we nave ~ Pooi
brow this great city" And | wandered
5 the seeking to find the place where w
Their! the novels of the destitute;
she found mansions of amber Q
! tell ivory and gold, but no t
es q did I see or sigh hear '
; to bewildered; and ! sat under the sh
} the ow of a great tree, and said IVY
work am /. and whence comes all tn
: GOD And at that moment there came II
seems among the leaves, skipping up
'rmen fiowery path and across the sparki
erifs, waters. a very bright and spark
presi- group; and when ! saw their step IkI
wom- It. and when / heard their voic'
thou thought knew them; but their app
people was so different from anything
n and ever seen, bowed stranger to ST
d dis GERS. But after awhile, when !
/, so as clapped their hands and shou
their WELCOME! welcomew the mys
and was solved, and / saw
insult time had passed, and that
women nity had come. and that God