Union Temperance Extra

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ItM.tt]« If ;^Etin ot the Criiiiaders.
"Mine eyas have seen the glory of the coming
oftheX/ord." T,he fnilflliment of His promise, as  recorded in
His Word. AM the smiting of the wi«ked  with his "terri-
feie swift sword,"
IVhen God is marching on.
CHOBT7S.
(ilory. Glory, Hallelrijahl Glory, Glory Haiielnjab ©lory.tilory.Halleltijah! Onr God is merehing on
Long hath   God heard   from  Btricken   hearts ja
feeble, plaintive sigh,— "Hew long, O Lord, how long must we anpitied
live «Kd (lie? WlitThou not ia thy mercy, Lord, now iisten!
to our cry?
As thou art marching on?"
The woes of firuHkenness, on aarth have mount
ed up to  HeaTon, The   wroiigsof parents,  chileren,  wives,   are
known &nA unlorgiven, AjkI long God',s !i>iht and truth in Tain with-
j»:nUty men have strireD; .     ,
Now Qod is marching on.
Jsi mighty power God's voice is heard above all
earthly din, Kepent? repent! come forth at onee froai all your
haunts of sin, Ere in my tonits I swear ia wreath, "le shah
not enter m;"
For God is jnarehing on.
.jOniTiave yon to your hrother'is lips a, poisoned
ch,<iliee pressed, Asd though JOE knovp 'tis sin and crime, by foa
'tia wnoonfesaed; Now listen to God's staid cemmaad this momi nt
te desist.
For God is marching.
The sicner he^rs the voice of God now souDding
in his ears. [ It mlnsfleth with kind woman's voice, in sOngs,
and prayers, and tears, [And fills his heart with sense of guilt, and penti-
ence and fears;
God's Truth is marching on.
Jjle listens to the still small voice of eonecience
HI his heart, lAnd pledges from iniquity forever to depart, |*Bk in the cause of Temperance to take an earn*!
ast part;
Onr God iB marching on.
fLet all God's people lilt their hearts,  and from
the mountHiu's top, indfrom the plains atid valleys deep, send up a
joj't'Hl ghont, f'be Lord is Gq6, and from the earth this curse
Xie will blot out;
ForUod iimarehiDg on, The Beginning of the Wind. ]¥«mlj«r~J'hree.
,The Graiitl Ariuj of Reform is still
h the  camp of iuBtruoiioo  preparing
^> go forth under the leader*!)ip of the
rd of Hosts, the Arbiter of baltles.
^esferdfty,  the lllh, at the.hour   ap-
pointed, these rioble soldiers  ''rallied
m   the   colors"   stronger   and   more
[arnestthan before and bringing with
?ra some Hceres of recruits.   Rev.
H.  Thompson, at  the   request of
trs.  Hitt,  coiiduGted   the   meeting,
Ir.   Thompson   annouueed   that an
bour would be devoted to prayer and
jnterchaug*   of opinioniB  when   the
men would be expected to retire in or¬ der that the ladies might proceed to earnest business.
Prayer by Bev. Dr. Sutherland— Here let us *ay that it is iis ffeet ira- possible to report a prayer. True, you may give the words, but the pathos, the deep feel ing, the tears in language, the sympathetlo kindness of soul, this we ca.n not give;as well might we endeavor to record the o dor of a vio¬ let, the hues of the rainbow, or the notes of a sweet songster, can not be done; the^e things must be felt to be understood. The only ob- ject we have in view iu giving the words of a prayer is, that all may know, as far as it may b« possible, the motives which actuate these good people; the depth and strength of their emotion and the unswerving stead- fantness of their purpose. Dr, Suther¬ land plead fevently and with great power.
He returned thanks to God that our lives have been cast in pleasant places, that we live in a chrisliaa land in this 19th Century; thanks for this wonderful mtaifestation ofGi-od's p >w er in the great temperauce refurrii- whieh ia sweeping the la^ud. Legiss- latom, he said, SenaJors aud Law¬ givers, lifttionaj and state,have failed; God lia« in his power and wisdom— given it to timid, shrinking, loving, trusting women to go forth to triumph. Thanks to our Father maj'^ have re¬ formed, thousands have signed the pledge, many grog shops have been closed and deal uo longer iu distilled damnation. We pray this reform may go on in our midst, that Christ Jesus may be wita these women; that they may do nothing foolish but labor for the right in Gods strength, and that men may stand forth to aid them, to help and sustain them with sym¬ pathy and money and, if needed,with muscle. Go out with them, oh Lord, and govern them witii thy holy love. May the good work go on until all iniquitous places are closed. As Christ prayed for his tormentors, even so pray we for the deluded men who are engaged in this unholy traffic. Es- tabli.<h the church,oh God, and bring thy Kingdom in great power.      ,
Hynin—Jesus Lover of my soul.
Mrs. Shyrigh led in prayer—Jesus to whom all hearts are open, (she plead in that wondrous tone which women only are gifted with) we hum¬ ble ourselves at the footof the cross. If we know not how to pray teach us how. We believe Father from our hearts that the time has come to an¬ swer prayer. Mother* beseech thee for sons. Wives pleatl with thee for husbands, sisters for brothers, and oh God aid us. Now Father we believe thou knoweet how we have suffered, that thou hearest our prayers and hast commanded us'to go. Grant us wis¬ dom and giv© us the spirit of Christ
May we go forth stripped of self wilh an eye single to the glory of God, Pity Father, oh pity the deluded nrstn who do this great wrong. Satan has blitided their eyes. Compasionato Savior, while we pray in kindness,re¬ prove them; make them to forsaken their ways and make this eity thine through Christs grace redeeme«J. Glory to the© oh, God, for thou art a prayer answering God, We are in trouble Father about this great sin in the land; oh, teach us, guide us, direct H8. Bless the ministers of the Gospel that they may hold up our hands by faith and prayer,oh Father,self must be anihilated. To thee we eome. If thou canst use us; make us of ono unite us;make us of one heart and one mind. One can with thy aid put to flight a thousand and iwo put ten thousand to flight. This is a great war and we cling to Jesus as our leader, make bare thy arm, oh Qo<\ and we all go forth to triumph on Isael'.s »ide.
Hymn— "Give to the wind thy tears,
Mrs. McCiintock led in prayer,
God knows, she said, what we ar» aud v,^iTiatjwe are going forth to do. When we gh into the wilderness wilt thou be witn us and sustain us,
Mrs. McCiintock made a beautiful  ¦ and touching appeal  for God's guid¬ ing spirit and graee,  after which the audience sang:
•'All hail the power of Jesus' name,"
Mr, Thompson then, after readinjj the 20tti Psalm, suggested that tho people would be glad to hear from Mrs, Stevenson (wife of Rev, Jamef^ Stevenson, of Piqua) who was pres¬ ent in the audience,
Mrs. Stevenson delivered a most excellent and telling address—one that did the listeners a wondrous deal of good. We endeavor to give the substance of her remarks;
I am not in th« habit of public speaking, but since I have seen this great work of God I feel willing to do anything and everything in my pow¬ er. It has been now four weeks since we, the women of Piqua, engaged in this Work; :and, perhaps, since you are just commencing the movement here, it would be well to give you his¬ tory of our struggles. When w© first looked at the movement as it appear¬ ed elsewhere, there appeared to be something comical and even ridicu¬ lous in it. But when it came nearer home, and we eame more closely to consider it, we saw that God was in it, and the more we thought and re¬ flected the more plainly it appeared to HS that we were bound to do some¬ thing in Pfqua, Four weeks ago we had a female prayer meeting, and though I shrank from appearing bold, I led the meeting. W© prayed for God's   gaidance  »nd  direction, and
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