The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation | Page 4

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.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
. 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.
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