Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

ical problem Will find himself far
wrong in his calculations. The most
remarkable thing, however, Of all IN
their work is its completeness and
thoroughness. There is no possible
manner of attacking the whisky de-
mon, no possible manner of adyanc-
ing the temperance cause they have
not adopted and put into ettectual
operation. Thus they have thirty
eight different departments, under
the management of shrewd, energetic
and intellectual women. Among
the most important and far-reaching
in results, of these departments are
the juvenile department, which aims
at the organizing Of Bands Of Hope.
where the youth Of the land are
brought to sign the pledge and scten-
tfcally instructed in the mental and
physical effects Of alcohol and the
legality of prohibitory amendments
the department of scientific instruc-
ton, which has for its aim the intro
duction OF temperance hygiene
books into private and public schools
This department, aided by other
temperance workers, has succeeded
in inducing the legislatures Of nine
States during the last gear to pass a
law compelling the introduction of
such d book into State schools. The
department Of literature, which has
for Its aim the distribution OF tenn
perance pamphlets and the cOntra-
diction Of the innumerable swarms
of anti-temperance lies daily spring
ing from the ingenious brains OF
whiskyites. Closely connected with
this department is the press depart
ment whose object is to get the news
papers Of the country to give the
ladies columns for the discussion of
temperance matters. There are
fourteen papers in Mississippi that
have complied with this request.
Another very important department
is that of Hereditary. 1t is under
the management Of u talented M. d.,
and the facts it has published IN re-
gard to the effect of drunkenness on
offspring and the hereditary perpet-
uation Of the drink-craying are in
themselves alone sufficient to arrest
the attention Of all thoughtful per-
sons but more especially Of that
class of people who accept the doc
trines of Darwin, Herbert, Spencer
and Walter Bagehot, in regard to
the survival of the fittest and the
transmission of congenital traits. 10
these people the facts shown by
this department must be the cause
ofserious alarm. Other departments
involve work among all classes Of
people, such as Indians, negroes,
politicians, Germans, Scandivanians,
miners, sailors, lumbermen, railroad
employees, etc. There are also cook
cry departments and flower mis-
sions.
But there is not time to follow out
this noble organization in all its ram
ifcatIons. ''lts ultimate aim,
SAYS Mrs. Buel, lis the entire stamp
ing out of all drinking and the prac.
tical regnancy Of Christ" This the
ladies are ever to keep before the
people. Agitate, educate, eradicate
is their motto. Men may come and
men may 60 in this work but they
90 on forever. And they trust moi
in themselves alone. They recog
nize the too often forgotten fact tha
the Lord Jehovah is king. Every
day at the noon-hour two hundred
thousand heads are bowed IN reyer
ent prayer, two hundred thousand
tongues supplicate God to have
mercy on his people and to hearke1
unto their cry. With an Evangelin'
like patience and endurance tina
calmly meets and triumphs over al
reverses, they have travelled thC
weary rood that all moral reformer
must pass over. But day by day
their numbers have grown ant
sweled. All classes and kinds weat
their white ribbon and are marshall
ed under their banners. You ma,
see in the rolls Of the W. Z. T. U
the names of washerwomen ant
doers of lowly service side by sid,
with those of wives and mothers ant
sisters of presidents, senator's AM
congressman. No organization ex
cept the church is so wide in it
sweep, and so variant In its members
for no bond is so-common to all wo
men as the bond that brings then
together for the protection of thei
homes, for the shielding OF their lit
. tln nnes from the lures and entice