The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-28
Your dominion i home, 8 womsnI

ot en- of Ohio made some ten or fifteel
IN years ago, when they banded togethe
IT and in many of the towns and cities Q
Is that state marched in procession, ant
" by prayer and Christion songs shut NJ
n ever counted. Were they opened
n again? Oh, yes. But it is not q
q good thing to shut up the gates
t OF hell for two or three months;
q 1t seemed that men engaged in
the business of destroying others did
t not know how to cope with this kind
!, OF warfare. They knew how to fight
> the Maine liquor law, and they knew
: how to fight the National temperance
r society, and they knew how to fight
> Sons of Temperance and Good Samar-
itans; but when Deborah appeared
upon the scene, Sisera took to his feet
and got to the mountains. 1t seema
: that they did not know how to con-
tend against ''Coronation," and "Old
Hundred" and "Brattle Street." and
Bethany" they were so very intangi-
BILE. These men found that they could
not accomplish much against that kind
OF warfare, and in one of the cities
a regiment was brought out all armed
to disperse the women. They came
down in battle array; but, oil! what
poor success, for that regiment was
made up of gentlemen, and gentlemen
do not like to shoot women with
hymn-books in their hands. Oh, they
found that cunning for female prayer
meeting was as very poor business! No
real damage was done, although there
was threat of violence after threat Of
violence all over the land, l really
think if the women of the east has as
much faith in God as their sisters Of
the west had, and the same reckless
ness OF human criticism. really be-
lieve that in one month three-fourths
of the grog shops of our cities would be
closed, and there would be running
through the cutters of the streets Bur-
gundy, and cognac, and Heidsick,
and old port, and Schiedam schnapps,
and lager beer. and you would save
your fathers, and your husbands, and
your sons, first. from drunkard's |
grave, and, secondly, from drnnkt
ards hell! To this battle for home let
all women rouse themselves. Thank
God for our early home. Thank God
for our present home. Thank God tor
the coming home in Heaven.
One twilight, after had been play
ing with the children for some time, I
lay down Ga the lounge to rest. The
children said, play more. Children al
ways want to play more. And, half
asleep and half awake, seemed to
dream this dream: 1t seemed to me
that / was in a far-distant land
not Persia, although more than
oriental luxuriance crowned the
cities; nor the tropics-although
more than tropical fruitfulness filled
the gardens; nor Italy--although more
than italian softness filled the air.
And wandered around, looking fou
thorns and nettles but found none Of
them grew there. And walked
forth and l saw the sun rise, :
and said: when will it SET
AGAIN." And the sun sank not.
And i saw all the people in holiday
apparel. and said: when do they
put on workingman's garb again, and
lelve in the mine, and swelter at the
forge?" but neither the garments nor
The robes did they put of. And
in the suburbs, and said!
Where do they bury the dead of this
yreat city," and looked along by the
Hills where it would be most |
beautiful for the dead to sleep,
md ] saw castles, and towns, and
but not a mausoleum,
cIn l. II | q
ZEE. And l went into the great chapel
# the town, and said: where do
he poor worship? where are the
'enches on which they sit?" and =
dice answered: "We have no poor in =
his great city" And wandered out, y
eeking to find the place where wera =
he novels of the destitute; and !"
found mansions of amber and :
vory and gold, but NO tear :;
id I SEQ or sigh hear / was ].
ewildered; and sat under the shad, y
W of great tree, and said: "What :.
m /, and whence comes all this?"
md at that moment there came from
mong the leaves, skipping up the
owery path and across the sparkling :,
'aters, a very bright and sparkling -
roup; and when Isaw their step Iknew r,
!, and when / heard their voices I :,
1ought knew them; but their apparel =,
as so different from anything had \;
yer seen, bowed stranger to stran4 :,
ers. But after awhile. when they ~
apped their hands and shouted, =,
Welcomed! welcomed" the mystery ~
as solved, and l saw that d,
me had passed, and that eterJ
ity had come, and that God had