The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21
GOOD WORK OF WOMEN.
IN the Cause Of Temperance and Other Re.
finIne Influences.
AN ADDRESS BY PROF. J. G h. BUCK
The sphere of Women in Accom-
piishing Good-opcn Meeting in
Cause Of Temperance.

At the public temperance meeting at
the Mckee Street Methodist church
Friday evening very Interesting pro-
gra1amc was carried out.
Following the opening song, Throw
Out the Life Line" Psalm 10 was read
by Mrs. Ramsay, the president of the
Union OF Unions. after which prayer
was offered by Rey. J, A. Ramsay.
'rhe violin colo, By Master Leigh
schureman, was cleyery done, The
comlc recitation, by Earl Camp, THAT
Boy Fritz" was thoroughly enjoyed, and
was impressive iu It's lessons. Mss Ada
Harris recitation touched chord OF
sympathy in all because OF existius
wrongs, which cause the innocent to suf-
fer. but the feature Of the evening was
the address by Prof. j. G. III. Buck OF
the Dow school, which was as follows.
Ladies of the Unions of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Hous-
tom
Sincerely thanking you Tor the honor
conferred in the invitation to address
YOU tonight, | Will not spend She twenty
minutes at my command, in tho com
plIments usually paid TO your sex on
such occasions.
l sru here 10 strengthen II possible
your chain to recognition as patent and
important factors in the solution OF one
OF the greatest problems now challenging
the religlonist and the statesman In this
morning hour Of The ceutury-,hc re-
demption OF our race from The curse of
drunkenness.
Much do we hear OF the stupcndous
progrcss made Within the century lust
closed. And justly. for 1t has eclipsed
its predecessors in KS acquisition Of
mastcrios over the forces of nature.
Machinery and instruments moved by
tho Titanic forces 1l steam aud electricity
have rcvolutioniLcd the world Lands
formerly beyond all practicable reach OF
each other have been brough; face TO
face and enabled TO strike hands In fra
ternal greetings. Travel commerce.
transitional communication mutual in
Nerests have COMBINED 20 nnify the
thoughts aud aspirations OF our rae 40
never before At least auch has been
che tendency rather than the accom-
Sdished result Of the material progress
mankind has made, Il has hcea material
more than spiritual or moral
The colossal power man hes acquired
has made him he mora able TO opprnss
and 70 wrong HE felowmen.. And this
he has done because his growth In good
ness has Jagged behind his increaso az
power. His sense OF right md wronv.
his conscience. his philanthropy. have
not grown with his knowledge Of mater al
thinss' Alas, no! In civilized man,
SIN lurks the savage Ho today uses
bis aesnships telephones tclcgrapns
SIS means to deSpoil or seize or appro-
priate tho possessions OF the inferior or
the weak This material power crystal
lTtal IA 49,
ets immensely IN the gigantic fortuneR of
the millionaire. in the great oreanlya-
tons known as trusts and associations
1hese associations have large SUNK o,
money which they use in ahaping tho
wicked legislation thar fastcns the
saloon and its evils upon us Thos,
dstillers' associations and brewers as-
sociations have kept pace with tne
progress or the years In all material
things. They adopt and use tho locomo.
i've. mo ocean steamer, the telegraph
inc telephone, the prcrs, everything nj
power in the material world to lorwart
and nerpetuate their scheme NJ ruin :,
their fellows Hut they arc paralytics II
morals while they are giauts In mate
Elais' heenly intellectual In physica
Taets they are idiotic in their power 4,
perceive and to appreciate spiritual tru,l
and hcautyi Goethe. the great GormaI
poor. says There Is nothing NOR
terrible than active ignorance" Thea
associations In the ruin they work ar
u startling exempliticatiou Of the truth
Today in their moral paralysis and spir
itual ddiocy they constitute material
physical power more than match 10
the greatest political party. than al
political parties. Nay more than
match for tho forces % All the churche
together ~ long as they continue onl
suoh opposition as heretofore
Is this morely my opinion? Hear wha
man as remarkable for his wisdom an
vast exnerienoe as tor his age an
eminenoa says. who speaks for IN
same purpose as l do tonight, TO sho,
the necessity Of womnn'S work IN IN
worlds redemption from vice ana miser,
Vie says: The church bnfned ana bsai
en- IN her long warfare with the vic,
poverty and misery OF The world. a war
fare begun before Paul fought viii
beasts AT Epheaus. the church hayin
tried In vain the onnring OF her Jes.lt
having tried IN vain tho eloduanee. IN
cxhortation, and dhe logic OF her Luther
Whithelds, Rowland Hills, Wesley,
Csmphel}s, Spurgeons and Beechers. hay
ing tried In vain tho attractions OF al
nnder the brush OF her Glaphaels her m
tians and her Da Viucls having tried al
chitecture under her Michael Angeles an
her Christopher Wrens and SCULPTURE I'M
der the chieel OF her Thorwaldsens an
her Canovas, having tried music und,
tho hesvcnly inspiration OF her Handel,
Haydns. Mozarts and Beethovens han
ing tried the power OF this world IN II
laws. and OF the world TO come in Il
hopes OF heaven and Its fears OF hell. III
church having tried all OF these ana fall
cd, now piteously stretches forth is hand
Go the womenl" And has tho ohurc
failed: See the vice ignorance, savage
ny and barbarism that prevail IN m
shadow Of our metropolitan churches an
institutions OF charity! See the hug
standing arnlies with Ghear millions T,
men itraanlng and drilling daily 10 h,
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