The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-24
W. T.U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED By MRS. \. L. HOBBS
WOMEN IN THE REFORM.


now Voo loey ASSIST 10 P6oulDste01
Work.
At the Warren county rally, held
|at Williamsport, the above subjec
Was ably treated by Mrs. Jennie
Knowles. and what she said &C
pleased her hearers that they re-
|queste1 is publication in the Pha'
lanx. After setting forth at some
length present conditions in this
country and the urgent need Of re.
form. she came more directly to IN
answer of the question, "How can
women assist in this work Tor the
redemption Of our common country
from the rum curse?"
"Pray!" says come pious soul
who keeps asking God to wipe the
stain Of intemperance from the
earth, forgetting or ignoring the fact
that be himself is doing his utmost
Ito keep this foul blot resting upon
JUS as q nation. Prayers arc daily
ascending, not that God would take
upon Himself the duty that clearly
belongs TO His people, but that He
open their eyes to the fact that such
prayers are an insult to His good.
ness and long forbesrance; that
man, not God, is responsible fol
this diabolical license system, and
that to man belongs the duty cf re-
moving it.
Prayer is . potent factor in the
accomplishment Of . desired end
provided We accentuate our prayers
With good works, not otherwise. II
would seem that the first and most
practical thing to do, in order fol
effective work along this line, would
be to inform ourselves, as thorough
|ly as may be, as to the enormity
and strength OF this deadly Zoe ol
God and man,-so deadly, thai
through il q hundred thousand souls
yearly, or two hundredand seventy
lour daily, are driven, unprepared
into the presence of . judge who
cannot look upon sin With the least
degree of allowance, not even . j.
censed sin. And, oh, the pity ol
IL! Ninety.fve per cent. Of the
church vote says, "amen! and
amen!"
Such is its absolute power, that il
says. to administration, slate and ma.
tional, "Thus far shalt thou 90, and
90 ferther;" to legislatures, keep
,ilent on this question:" and q 81
leuce which, like Egyptian dark
ness, can be felt, prevails, while the
rum fiend exultingly says, "They
kindly let US alone"
While we may not hope TO faith.
om the depths OF this dread iniqui-
ty, we may, through earnest, we'll
directed effort, learn our duty and
get near enough the great heart oi
infinite pity, to 80 with willing feet
in pursuance of that duty. Bypur-
suing this course, We shall soon
come to know the Joy Of sacrifice,
or as Evangelist Welch. OF the fret
district, tersely puts it, to "wear our
last years hats" for the good ofthis
work, which is most surely Of and
for the Lord. Bro. Welch evident
ly thinks that she who can make q
sacrifice like this can b depended
upon to any extent, and perhaps he
lie right.
Indiana is honored to-day by an
aged disciple who, having mort.
gagged her hom, for funds With
which to aid temperance work,
fnds herself confronted by the pros.
pect Of . homeless old age, yet, not
ct all dismsyed At the possibility,
she says she 10 willing to sacrifice
all for the cause. A spirit like this
lis what every woman In the 10th
and every other district in Indiana
needs. In this, as in every other
important work, funds are . neces.
sity, and must be raised II fthe work
lie to be successfully prosecuted.
Our speakers are self sacrificing,
but their expenses are necessarily
heavy much Of the time, and their
time is 40 valuable as ordinary NOR
tals-and while all cannot speak in
the interest Of civic righteousness,
We can, II We will, do our share
toward holding up the hands of
those who can. Temperance litera.
ture, which is . great power Of good, !,
can be procured aud distributed and
|in this way We can speak to very
many Who can be reached In no 9TH
er way.
A litile sacrifice-a comparatively
slight effort on the part OF each OF
|us-would work wonders, with