The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-16
TEMPERANCE REFORM
As Expounded by Mrs. Lake-First Duty
to God and All Else Will Follow
An Eloquent Plea to Vast
Audience.

Lake was greeted with a packed house
last evening, and the eloquent speaker
was equal to the occasion. Rev. A. f
Carhart, president OF the state league,
opened the meeting N a brief talk on
the objects of the league, and Rev. Il. A.
Flynn introduced the lady in a few elo-
quent words Of commentator worthily
bestowed and the speakers address
fully verified his prediction.
Mrs. Lake as is we'll known to Mad
ison people, is a woman of commanding
presence and voice and lacks in neither
earnest thought or words to clothe it
in the burning eloluence Of love, pathos
and sy mpathy with her subject. She is
the first public temperance speaker in
Madison that has put this reform on it's
true basis, the religious, the reformation
Of the individual through the grace OF
God to whom every heart and soul
ought to MAINTAIN implicit obedience.
Owing our creation, life and redemption
10 HIM, we owe Him the obedience, and
service Of every faculty we possess, sub
ordinating our every desire to his will,
our every act and exercise OF virtue to
be a copy OF the life and example Of His
Son, our Savior. All her reasoning and
arguments we're based upon these fun
damental truths and vent to show that
by a proper exercise OF them all needed
reform in temperance and other lines
would readily follow. She exalted the
churct. as the custodian AMI teacher OF
these great truths, and advocated loyal
ty to the church Of whatever denomina-
ton or creed. A. conscientious submie-
sion to the will OF God would effect the
needed reformation in the individual
which was fulfilling the first command
ment and the second was like unto it,
"love thy neighbor AS myself" In the
exercise of this we became our brothers
keeper and were responsible for all
those evil institutions in Jul midst
| which we're pitfalls to his feet. chief OF
which was the legalized saloon, the
~foulest blot on II civilization. She
would not abuse the liquor dealer. W.
!egalized his business. We should lay
aside all prejudice in dealing with the
question. True temperance is deeper
than Legislative law, local option or pro
hibitory enactment. 1T must come
from the love We have for God" Our
| diversity Of methods in temperance work
is perhaps the greatest obstacle to its
success. Religion is the only true basis
Her unfolding Of the meaning and teach
ing of the different petitions in the
Lords Prayer We're truly beautiful and
grand and her denunciation OF vice, i'm.
urity, hypocrisy, and other evils
scathing and terrific. Her appeal fo'
the religious rearing Of children IN true
devotional spirit aud example was low
ing. pathetic and inspiring and her ex
h~ortations to stand on the word Of God
f~ervent and strong. The lecture wal
broad aud liberal-m,nded, fair to al
classes and uplifting in it's influence anc
effect.
A full house greeted Mrs. Lake at thu
opera house this afternoon though com
posed more largely Of women than men
The speaker took az her subject ''Th'
influence of woman on the home" giving
the men some vigorous digs as she wen
along. The sacredness OF the marriage
relation, the responsibility Of parents n
to their own habits in life and its bearing
upon the after life Of their children, ant
the power OF example in the rearing ant
education Of children were all forclbl!
dwelt upon and much wholesome advic'
given. At the close of the lecture thu
Catholic ladies were invited to remain
and n Catholic ladies total abstinence
society Of 81 members wasformed. Mrs
John Walden was elected president
Mrs. Thos. Carey, secretary. Mrs. j. J
Fitzgerald treasurer, and Father Flynn
! spiritual adviser.