The Press., 1897-05-06

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore recently de-
Hvered an address on 1.-THE Use of Trou-
ble." 1t was simple but careful eluci-
dalton of practical subject, founded on
Paul's words, The whole creation groan-
eth and travaileth in pain until now"
She said that men and women come into
the world preordained to battle. The
world is a vast encampment. There are
no substitutes, and none of us can choose
our positions, nor can we procure a dis
charge until death. We are not mere
clay, and, If we would last forever we
need heroic treatment, and so God has
ordained it.
Yet, not all conflicts are of Gods ordi-
nance. 1t is not Gods intention to have
ten thousand liquor saloons. That is
mans diabolism.
What different world this would be il
we should wake up tomorrow and find
that man had outgrown his pugnacity,
and that all had united and promised to
obey one great arbitration treaty! Anglo
Saxons excel In drunkenness-in stimula.
ton. Think what it would take out OF
life II that should cease to be. The day
when we begin to get along without alco.
holic liquors we shall begin to get to.
ward 1.-The good time coming"
Nine-tenths of the people in the world
do not know where they will get, the next
meal. But this will not always be So
rsinhf khraoh,,lI - h.
change. The sorest battle Of life is in
our own souls. God meant life to be g
battle to bring out the good within US
But the diabolism of men and women is
however, responsible for much of the
hardest of the fight of life.
Mrs. Livermore said she had never
found anyone who had not some good ir
him. She pittied poor Cuba, and calico
the dealings of the allied powers with
Greece, Internal, but said that In neither
case was it the will of the people.
Mrs. Livermore's grasp of great ques
tions is as strong, and her insight as clear
as in days Of yore. Her incisive, masterl,
handling of subjects pertaining to tn,
welfare of the race, has often carried con
viction and conversion to the hearts anC
heads of her hearers. The great cause o
reform has no more powerful ally to-da,
than Mary A. Livermore.
The testimony Of the famous Arctic ex
plorer, DIR. NaHsen, concerning alcoholic
liquors, should be given wide circulation
He says: ut is often supposed that ever
though spirits are not intended for dali.
use, they ought TO be taken upon an ex
petition, for medical purposes. l woulc
readily acknowledge this If anyone coulc
show me a single case In which such
remedy is necessary; but till this Is don,
1 shall maintain that this pretext is no
sufficient, and that the best course is t,
Danish alcoholic drinks from the list. o
necessaries for an Arctic expedition"
AS result of the recent agitation In tn
French Academy of Medicine, on tn
question Of alcohol, and its effects upol
the people, a French National Leagu
Against Alcoholism has been formed il
Paris. nj. Laborde, learned French
man, is one Of the prime movers.
Ireland spends about sixty million dol
lars per year for liquors, and, as usual
they have the annual famine on thei
hands, and are out in an appeal for help
The-crusade against candy Containing
intoxicants, by New York women, hai
stirred up the National Confectioners' AS
ISOLATION, which declares Its determine
ton to prosecute any offender found to b
guilty, and offers reward Of $4O0 for tn,
detection of any such person, chasing
this introduction of alcohol into candy a
an collaboration" The association i
composed of all the leading wholesaler
in the country,
"The liquor question is the most Inn
portant question to be settled, and tn
only way to settle 1t is by ballot. AS ia
as am concerned do not propose to lie
any other issue intervene until this is set
tied, and settled right. Rev. DIR. Rober
Mcintyre, Chicago.
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