THE USE AND NEED OF THE LIFE OF CARRY A. NATION

WRITTEN BY HERSELF

REVISED EDITION

1905

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Encouragement for Christian Workers

A Mother's Cry

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME AND WHAT I REMEMBER OF MY LIFE UP TO THE TENTH YEAR.

CHAPTER II.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEGROES AS SLAVES.--THEIR SUPERSTITIONS.--A BEAUTIFUL FAIRY TALE.

CHAPTER III.

MOVED TO WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY.--ALSO MOVED TO MISSOURI.--SAVED FROM BEING A THIEF.--MY CONVERSION--GOING SOUTH AT OPENING OF THE CIVIL WAR.----AN INCIDENT OF MY GIRLHOOD SCHOOL DAYS.--WHY I HAD TO BELIEVE IN REVELATION.--SPIRITUALISM OR WITCHCRAFT.

CHAPTER IV.

MY FIRST MARRIAGE.--A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.--MOTHER GLOYD.--MY DRUGGED AND WHISKEY MURDERED HUSBAND.--LOSING MY POSITION AS TEACHER.--SECOND MARRIAGE.--LOSS OF PROPERTY.--KEEPING HOTEL.--STRUGGLES FOR DAILY FOOD.--THE AFFLICTIONS OF MY CHILD.--ANSWER TO PRAYER.

CHAPTER V.

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST.--REJECTED AS A BIBLE TEACHER IN METHODIST AND EPISCOPALIAN CHURCHES.--TAUGHT IN HOTEL DINING-ROOM.--VISION, WARNING AND BLESSING.--ENTERTAINING ANGELS.--THE JEWS.--PRAYER FOR RAIN AND ANSWER--GOD'S JUDGEMENT ON THE WICKED.--MOVED TO KANSAS.--DEATH OF MOTHER GLOYD.--SERMON OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST.

CHAPTER VI.

WHY MY NAME IS NOT ON A CHURCH BOOK.--CLOSING THE DIVES OF MEDICINE LODGE.--CORA BENNETT, AND WHY SHE KILLED BILLY MORRIS IN A DIVE IN KIOWA.--HER RESURRECTION.--RAIDING A JOINT DRUGSTORE.

CHAPTER VII.

SPIRITUAL LEADINGS.--JESUS A CONSCIOUS PRESENCE THREE DAYS.--LOSS OF LIBERTY BY COMPROMISING.--THE PRICE PAID TO BE REIN STATED.-- DISGRACE TO IRE A MILLIONAIRE.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE DIVINE CALL.--THE JOINT DRUGGIST OF MEDICINE LODGE.--BEER A POISON.-- DOCTORS MAKE DRUNKARDS.--SMASHING AT KIOWA.--ATTITUDE OF SOME W. C. T. U.'S OF KANSAS.--SUIT FOR SLANDER.--SMASHING AT WICHITA.-- CONSPIRACY OF THE REPUBLICANS TO PUT ME IN THE INSANE ASYLUM.-- SUFFERINGS IN JAIL AT WICHITA.--SLANDERS FROM THE RUM-SOAKED PAPERS OF KANSAS.

CHAPTER IX.

OUT OF JAIL.--EGGS AND STONE.--SMASHING STILLING'S JOINT AT ENTERPRISE.--WHIPPED BY HIRED PROSTITUTES.-PLOT AT HOLT BY HOTEL KEEPER AND JOINTIST TO POISON AND SLUG ME.--AT CONEY ISLAND.-HAND BROKEN AND HANDCUFFS.

CHAPTER X.

LEGAL STATUS OF PROHIBITION AND JOINT SMASHING.

CHAPTER XI.

MY TRIAL FOR DIVORCE.--THE LICENSED RUM TRAFFIC THE CAUSE OF SO MANY DIVORCES.-DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES I HAVE BEEN IN JAIL.--AT THE CAPITOL OF CALIFORNIA.--WIDE OPEN TREASON.--AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.--WOOLLEY CLUB AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.--CATHOLIC PRIEST AND CIGARETTES.

CHAPTER XII.

WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

CHAPTER XIII.

ECHOES OF THE HATCHET.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.

CHAPTER XV.

SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY FOR MY CHRISTIAN WORK.

CHAPTER XVI.

IN NEBRASKA.--WHAT I DID WITH THE FIRST MONEY I GAVE TO THE LORD AT CONEY ISLAND.--WHAT I SAID OF MR. MCKINLEY.--IN CALIFORNIA.  "CRIBS" AT LOS ANGELES.--ARREST IN SAN FRANCISCO--CONDEMNED  BY SOME MINISTERS.--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENTS.

CHAPTER XVII.

MY VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D. D.--ARRESTED IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.-- TAKEN OUT BY OFFICERS.--THE VICES OF COLLEGES, ESPECIALLY YALE~ ROOSEVELT A DIVE-KEEPER.

CHAPTER XVIII.

PROHIBITION OR ABOLITION.--WHAT IT MEANS.--THE FREE METHODISTS AND OTHER MINISTERS ENDORSE THE WORK.--A CATHOLIC PRIEST'S ENDORSEMENT.--MODERN DEBORAH.--JOHN P. ST. JOHN.

CHAPTER XIX.

DR. MCFARLAND'S PROTEST.--KICKED AND KNOCKED DOWN BY CHAPMAN OF BANGOR HOUSE.--MEDDLING WITH THE DEVIL.--TIMELY WARNING TO OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.--BRUBAKER OF PEORIA.--WITCHCRAFT.--LAST TIME IN JAIL.

CHAPTER XX.

WHY I WENT ON THE STAGE.--THE VICE OF TOBACCO.

CHAPTER XXI.

TRIP ON FALL RIVER STEAMBOAT, FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK--OFFICERS TRIED TO LOCK ME IN MY STATE ROOM.--SEQUEL SATISFACTORY, MADE PLEASANT TRIP AND MANY FRIENDS.

CHAPTER XXII.

TRIP TO CANADA, CORDIAL RECEPTION.--RETURN TO CHICAGO TO FILL ENGAGEMENT.-- SECOND VISIT TO CANADA.--TRIP TO MARITIME PROVINCES.--VISIT CLUB IN CHARLOTTE TOWN.--PREJUDICE AGAINST ME OWING TO MALICIOUS REPORTS.--SPEAK IN PARLIAMENT IN FREDERICTON.--VISIT TO SIDNEY.-- SCOTT ACT.--MY ARREST AND RELEASE.--EPISODE IN JAIL.

CHAPTER XXIII.

COWARDLY ASSAULT BY SALOON KEEPER, G. R. NEIGHBORS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.--APATHY OF OFFICERS, BUT PEOPLE MUCH MOVED BY OUTRAGE, LECTURED AFTERWARDS, THO' VERY FAINT AND WEAK FROM LOSS OF BLOOD.-- CIGARETTE SMOKING IN HIGH PLACES DISCUSSED WITH MISS GASTON, PRESIDENT NATIONAL ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE.

CHAPTER XXIV.

SISTER LUCY WILHOITE'S VISION.--WRITES TO ME FOR CO-OPERATION IN MAKING RAID ON MAHAN'S WHOLESALE LIQUOR HOUSE.--HESITATE ON ACCOUNT PRESSING ENGAGEMENTS AHEAD.--ANSWER THE CALL.--RAID SET FOR 29TH.--W. C. T. U, CONVENTION IN SESSION.--FOUR SISTERS AND MYSELF START FROM M. E. CHURCH.--A CALL FOR THE POLICE BEFORE WE COULD EFFECT AN ENTRANCE.--TAKEN TO JAIL IN HOODLUM WAGON.-- UNHEALTHY CONDITION OF CELL~IN JAIL FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY.-- GOOD OLD PENTECOSTAL TIME ON SUNDAY.--COUNTY JAIL MONDAY.--TRIAL WEDNESDAY.--JAIL SENTENCE AND FINES.--APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.

CHAPTER XXV.

CLOSING REMARKS WITH PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.--PROHIBITION CLEARLY DEFINED.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CARRY NATION CLOSES CRUSADE IN DAYTON, OHIO.--HOLDS THREE LARGELY ATTENDED MEETINGS. --SPEAKS TO LARGE AUDIENCE IN ARMORY.--HAD ENGAGED NATIONAL THEATRE, BUT INSPECTION OF AUDITORIUM INTERFERED.--REVIEW WEEK'S WORK.

CHAPTER XXVII.

SKETCH BY WILL CARLETON, IN HIS MAGAZINE "EVERYWHERE."

CHAPTER XXVIII.

LIQUOR DRINKING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. POETRY.

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

"My word shall not return unto me void."--Isa. iv., II.

"When saddened by the little fruit thy labors seem to yield,

And when no springing blade appears in all thy barren field;

When those whom thou dost seek to win, seem hard, and cold, and dead--

Then, weary worker, stay thine heart on what the Lord hath said;

And let it give new life to hopes which seem well-nigh destroyed--

This promise, that His word, shall not return unto Him void.

For, if, indeed it be His truth, thy feeble lips proclaim,

Then, He is pledged to shadow forth, the glory of His name.

True this at present may be veiled; still trustingly abide,

And "cast thy bread," with growing faith, upon life's rolling tide.

It shall, it will, it must be found, this precious living seed,

Though thou may'st grieve that thoughtless hearts take no apparent heed.

'Tis thine to sow with earnest prayer, in faith and patient love,

And thou shalt reap the tear-sown seed, in glorious sheaves above,

Then with what joy ecstatic, thou wilt stand before His throne,

And praise the Lord who used thee thus to gather in His own!

Adoring love will fill thine heart, and swell thy grateful lays,

That thou, hast brought some souls to Christ, to His eternal praise,

That thou hast helped to deck His brow, with blood-bought jewels bright;

Trophies of His wondrous love, and His all-saving might.

Oh, the grandest privilege to be thus used, to bring them in!

Oh, grandest joy to see them safe beyond the reach of sin!

Then mourn not, worker; though thy work shall cause thee many a tear,

The glorious aim thou hast in view, thy saddened heart will cheer,

Remember, it is all for Him, who loveth thee so well;

And let not downcast weary thoughts, one moment in thee dwell,

It is for Him! this is enough to cheer thee all the way;

Until thou hearest the glad "Well done", and night is turned to day."

--Author Unknown

A MOTHER'S CRY,

Yes I represent the mothers. "Rachel wept for her children and

would not be comforted because they were not." So I am crying for

help, asking men to vote for what their forefathers fought for--their

firesides. Republican and Democratic votes mean saloons. There is not

one effort in these parties to do ought but perpetuate this treason. Yes,

it is treason, to make laws to prohibit crime and then license saloons,

that prohibit laws from prohibiting crime. There is not a lawful or

legalized saloon. Any thing wrong can not be legally right. "Law commands

that which is right and prohibits that which is wrong." Saloons

command that which is wrong and prohibit that which is right. This

is anarchy. There is another grievous wrong. The loving moral influence

of mothers must be put in the ballot box. Free men must be the

sons of free women. To elevate men you must first elevate women.

A nation can not rise higher than the mothers. Liberty is the largest

privilege to do that which is right, and the smallest to do that which is

wrong. Vote for a principle which will make it a crime to manufacture,

barter, sell or give away that which makes three-fourths of all the

crime and murders thousands every year, and the suffering of the women

and children that can not be told. Vote for our prohibition president

and God will bless you. Pray for me that I may finish my course with

joy, the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus.

CARRY A. NATION,

Your Loving Home Defender.