The gold leaf., 1897-06-24

are now making history that will inspire
future ages. No historic fact lives alone
in this WorlG. That which went before
was the cause, that which followed was
the effect. We must read it physically
and logically. Every fact We find is a
child Of a long previous grOgeny. The
world always prepares for the coming OF
some great event.
The saloon is the greatest curse OF this
age. Another great fact is the move
.ncut against the saloon. The saloon
evil l. two-foId This great factor has
taken hold OF government and is a great
power both in our towns and cltleS-haS
its hand upon the throat OF that govern
mcnt for which our fathers fought. \
country fOr which they split their blood
has fallen into the power OF the saloon.
1t l. a great corruptlng power OF poll
tics. \ man who wants to rise III the pO-
litical world is afraid to go against the
saloon power and the saloon power
knows he is afraid Not only men Of po-
liticaI aspirations but business men are
afraid Of the saloon.
There j. no other class openly and ag-
gr"SSively against the saloon but the W.
t. /. |. workers; there are many who viii
talk against the saloon il the saloon
Keepers are not near enough to hear
them.
The story OF sadness and misery is an
old one, ruined manhood and blasted
hopes. 100 600 men III the nIted States
die every year from the effects OF drink,
a. many as We're killed during the last
civil war. $50 OF them di.. i'll North Car
DINA, nearly one for every day in the
year. You don't have to 20 to some inr
oil CLINE to find this evil. Five or six
men nave died in Henderson since have
been here. three of these in 30 days or
one every trn days. This is why am
against i:-hpcau-r it is destroying my
fellow man.
This is not all the evil. Miss Willard
said she turned away from the grave OF
Il friend feeling that that little mound
was higher than the highest mountain OF
| sOrrON. but in Years since she has learned
| that tine highest mountain Is not the
| mound O: the dead bat the grave OF the
| living because OF this great Tact there
| is an appeal to the nOblest that Is with
| in Us to help the 2OO, 900 women who are
consrcrated to this work.
One philosopher said, "Give me lever
| long enough and can move the world.
| In the moral world this lever is organl-
zatiOn. In this organization there Is
great prophecy. We can hear the vcice
OF the Master speaking through the text.
| She says the saloon must go. There IS
great influence eXcrted for temperance
by many OF those who hold high posi-
tons Among these are Lady Somerset,
Mrs Cleveland, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Viii
son, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Hays, Mrs. Gar
field, Mrs. Mckinley, Gov. Stone, Nc
Iaurin, Ex-GOv. Morrison, OF New ork
and the governor OF our own State.
When the State papers published that
our Governors wife served punch at one
of their receptions, she at once had the
mistake corrected, and published that
no liquor or wine OF any description was
uscd at the executive mansion. Tn" sh-
loon must 20 with such power againSt it.
Further Indications are that the W. t.
| I. t. has been the power which has had
! passed all prohibition laws against lq-
uor. At Il meeting OF the Liquor AssO-
ciation Il resolution was passed saying
the only thing we have to fear is the W.
| {. /. |. This courage to stand up Tor
| the right is more than IL soldiers cOur-
age Many have Il soldiers courage but
few have a citizens courage.
The Bible makes especial provisions for
women and children. Christ never said
Il hard thing to Il woman, she has noble
principles which Christ came to perpetu-
ate, not simply because she is woman,
| bat that she might be uSeiul.
There are 81, 900 children of the Loyal
| Temperance Legion; generation raising
up to fight future temperance battles.
The saloon must so. What are you go
ing to do about the liquor question? You
| can do Just as you choose, but God is
going to call Us into Judgment The sa-
| loon is going to be abolished whether
| you take a hand in it or not. OminpO-
tence is back of it. God vii. accomplish
that which He undertakes. 80 woman,
great is thy faith, be it unto thee even
as thou wilt
| read in ''Character Sketches that
| there was once Il strange convention.
The lightning bugs met to draw up res
| olutiOns against the shining of the sun,
moon and stars and electric light be-
cause it ecIpsed their puny light which
they thought all important. But even
while they were passing resolutions the
| sun arose and broke up their convention
The Son OF Righteousness will arise
with hcalings in His wings. In the future
when it can be seen that the cause Of
temperance will triumph many will come
to its side. 1t rcjoices me to know that
it will triumph and believe will live to
see it. | pledge this brain this heart and
| this right hand for God, for home and
| for nativc land.