The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-12
on The SUBJECT OF TtmpsRaEcs

ihe following r. a paper reai Tuesfa
afternoon az the wtetingoi the Wonsr.-.
AUXILIARY 20 TIE Aut,--al1on League ID.
a mem Der OF thar organization ar4 E.
published 10y request.
here are SOME W ho say that the tenn
| perHnce movement r. 4 ~.ntiur@nt,,f aff q.
aud that the reform viii not 20 on ~.
reform viii - On. Plinrme ~ Il -,.fo-,.
which ever stopped Whg. reform il r...5.
ZION, and motion ceAsele~-ly acted ur..r
oy tue impulse Oi accaieration - n 81
Win the temperance movement. From.
Whatever standpoint yuu look at IL. II Is
seen 70 L. IA exact hasmony with a..
AZ nay, u j. = part 90 the axe if-,H
4 De great civil revolution & 10 h. sun. p
cedeq, supplemented with great So. ~
revolution. God hbs so written 10 down
he has blessed the eli lrt- 90 ir- friend.
uhti lt has already taken "a strong b,la
upon the popular heart lts chanuso..
are not fanatics. they are not sentim be-
'ailsts, Only terribly IN earnest Back a.
lnem are memories " Aich will uot -
tlem pause. Broken circles and ruin.S
altar- and fallen roof trees. a. q the ,,.f3
sodden ashes 81 once genial hres mr..
them on No lear such men and women
VIII latter, until you can take our Of tl,.
human mind pAiliul recollection. uu-iI
5ou can MAKE The children iorgst the
ioii.es and Vice. % the parenrs. over
when they mounted 70 usefulness sld 20
nohori urt.i the memory WI. surren1-r
rom it custody the GA hs OF drnrt.r
blasphemy and the paine Of brutal M
ience. Until you rau DO these thiny-. r,o
man, no combination oi men. can st,u
TINS reform. It's cause lies deep as hun4t
ieelng ltselt IL draws its current from
sources embedded 30 the very fastuae. =
OF man nature. The reform. then. W..
70 on IL will 20 on because its pric..i.
pies are correct and It's progress bar.f.
cent. The wave which he's been .yeri.-
Ing force aud volume iOr these 80 vea-s
VIII continue to roll. because the hand ~
the Lord Is under and back Of IL. and fhs
drnunciAIions OF it, opponents and m.
bH0ed eloquence o' the unprlncipled can
not check, no, nor retard, the onward
movement OF its flow. Upon it, white
crest thousands Will be lifted To vfrrrs
aud honor. and thousands mora wbor,~-
themselves In front q IL will be- sinh
merged and swept away. The cri-l.
through which this reform j. nasss,,,
VIII do good. IL viii make known its
trends ana unmask it, foes The con !
cusslons above and around Us will purifv
the atmosphere, and when the cloud- !
have parted and melted away. We shsll
breathe purer air and behold summer
skies We known not, indeed what l. |
ahead, W hat desertion Of apparent friend- |
may appear; what temporary defeat we /
may have 70 bear, nor against what in |
tsigues We may D. called upon 70 guard. |
ror one, / count on the opposition OF |
parties. anticipate the double-dealioq /
81 pohtical leaders The cause. more
than once, may b. BETRAYED into thu
hsnds OF its foe; more than once NAV
De deserted by those who owe To what |
ever oil prominence they have but these /
rehectlons DO not move re. They air
no ripple oil fear on the surface of nv
hcpe. No good cause can ever be lost nv 4
the ie'tDlessness Of the uniaithful. M 1
true pi 'ucipie Of govern ment overtime On /
Dy tue opposition Of enemies: nor the
progress OF any reform. sanctioned nv
700 and promotive OF human veal. lona
retarded by aGJ force or cOmbination
when cen he maf-hslled against IL /
over throne and proud empires the Cos |
pei has marched, treadinQ bevonets onS /
psshers ana emblems Of royalty proudly /
uuder It's ieet, and out Of that Gospel no /
principle or tendency essential to the |
kingdom that Il yet to De established or |
the earth can be selected 80 weak or 40
fepusnaht 30 ialien man, a. not to re-
celVe. ere the coming OF the kingdom. its
triumphant vindicRtion. On this rock |
plant my feet, and from its elevation
cont smplate the future, as a traveller
gAzes upon alandscape waving In golden
headed iruitfulness underneath the azura
OF clOudless sky.