Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-11
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ADDRESS BY NINE. LAYYAH BARAKAT.

The following is an extract from an
address delivered at the rational con-
vention by Nine. Layyah Barakat:
"When the Queen of England was
asked, CHOW are you going to fight
and win India to England" she said,
$50 and tell them this is the only i'm
plement am going to win India by
the Bible is the only thing" After
all, Lbeloved comrades, you may be
eloquent; you may be more beautiful
than any woman; you may have mil
lions of money; you may have all the
education that we white ribboners
believe in, but there is no power to
help this work but the religion of
Jesus Christ, but the living Christ in
our own lives. You say, educate
the youth and the saloon will 60"
This is only step toward the reform.
o, comrades, the only place for the
reforming drunkard is on his knees
with his Savior. Put the power of the
Holy Spirit in the heart of the sinful
drunkard, and you will have reform
America with all her grandeur, as if
she were governed by Christianity,
we would say, eyes, the national gov
eminent will push the religion of
Christ, and heal the wounded," but
beloved, Christianity is not the gov
eminent of America; while America
is a Christian government, politics is
the government of America. And so
while politics is the government of
America, we are not going to elevate
America by politics.
lean look back to the prophet Isai-
ali, as he saw that great wonderful
paradise of Palestine opened to the
Jewish nation as it's inheritance, and
hear the voice of God as it came tell
ing him to go up in the mountain and
cry his message aloud. We are living
ia wonderful time; the ages taught
us, the evidence of life is teaching US,
that we are to cry our message. Noble
women, you who have met in this
city, let US 60 back and cry our mes
sage.
When was young girl, on the
very effective message cried from the
mountain. When the Prince of Wales
went to India, the governor found
that the road must be prepared, as the
Prince promised to visit the noun
tains Of Lebanon, and he sent his
loyal messenger, saying, $50 to the
top of the mountain and cry aloud and
deliver your message" and you could
see the citizens listening so closely as
the messenger stood on the top of the
mountain and said: "The Prince of
Wales is coming to our mountains;
my governor sent me to tell you that
he wants every citizen TO start out
and to give three days. service on the
wide, and the crooked places must be
built straight, the rough places must
be made level before the Prince of
Wales shall come, and so he said,
"Prepare for him." And the next
morning the natives of Lebanon, with
their tools ON their shoulders, went
out to work on the road, and before
the Prince of Wales came to the
mountains the narrow places had been
made wide and the crooked places
had been made straight, and all the
obstacles had been got out of the way.
Dear friends, the greatest obstacle
that we have to clear out of our road
is the legalized saloon of America.
When we, hand in hand with our Cap
tain; when we, hand in hand with
Christ, will go out and work on the
road, there will be no power in heaven
and earth that will stand against US.
Bid the saloons farewell, for your own
homes sake and for your country's
sake, and let usUoin hand in hand and
let us go and work on the road, let
us make the marrow and crooked and
rough places aid straight, and when
the Prince of Peace shall appear, when
then we shall open these blinded ewes
of ours and behold the Bridegroom.
o, Christian sisters, let us have more
love for Christ, more conservation;
there is no way but the way that God
can choose. Peter never was ready
to preach Christ to the world until
after the power Of Pentecost. May
the power of PenSecost be turned
upon cur hearts and lives, that we
may cry like Peter, cruelty me upside
down, and let me preach Christ to
the world, and that is the only hope
that we have to win the world and
reform the nation"
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