Sword and shield., 1885-10-24

only from ON high, and is wrestling
from legislature and parliament the
legal suppression of vices that for
ages have kept the heart OF woman
sore and full of anguish.
In my own Department, ScientIhe
Temperance Instruction IN Public
| Schools. | have been at work since
the middle of July. have given
almost my whole time to 1t, yet 1t
seems to me, have just begun the
work. / have written to twenty-five
Unions, urging them to organize the
counties, under the banners of ''The
truth tor our children" | have
written numberless clergymen, lay
men and ladies, not connected with
Unions, to help us in their respec.
tive neighborhoods. From most OF
these. | have received earnest, SYM
pathetic replies, promising AID.
Many ministers have preached on
this subject. l have seen County
| Superintendents of Education where
it was possible, giving them for ex,
animation the textbooks endorsed
by the National w. G. 7. T., on
Physiology and Hygiene; and in
every instance have been promised
their influence for their introduction
into the public schools under their
charge. In the latter part OF July
that noble right-hand Of the Missls.
sippi w. C. T. u, w. H. Patton, of
Shubuta, (whom we could not do
without) laid Scientific Temperance
instruction before the Baptist State
Convention at Aberdeen, and that
body, in most unqualified Temper
anco memorial, strengthened our
hands. Since then the Cane Ridge,
Woodville, and jackson Methodist
District Conferences, and the Hem
ington Camp-meetlng Association
at Crystal Springs have given as
hearty endorsement. Now, We are
tying strings to catch the voice OF
the Presbytery and Synods, to meet
in October and November, and we
hope by January that all MissisSlp-
pi will vibrate like one great Eolian
harp to the key-notes of Temperance
reform-the instruction of the chill
dren in the laws of their own being
and in the effects of alcoholic
stimuIants upon the human system.
We gain some idea Of what this
work is when we reflect what the
present condition OF our homes and
our land might have been, iftwenty-
FIVE years ago, the generations then
in the school room had been instruct
ed as we propose to educate the chill
dren of o-day. Our National Su-
perintendent, Mrs Hunt, was right
in saying, "The Star of Bethlehem
of the Temperance cause stands
, over the school-house." have had
notification OF the appointment Of
Local Superintendent in eleven
Unions-from the other eleven to
, whom have written, have had nc
response. | have had correspon-
dence with the State Superinten-
: dents of this Department Of
Louisiana. She tells me nearly the
same plan as our own has been fol
lowed IN her State; also that the
Louisiana w. 0. 7. u. invited a
, chemist to lecture last winter before
J their legislature, upon alcohol from
a purely scientific standpoint. Mrs.
i Hunt advises me that this is we'll
/ | hope 1T will meet with the approval
: of the Mississippi W. C. L. U., that
: we should do the same when oul
, legislature meets. | know ofno bet
ter person than the eminent DR.
/ Chaille, of New Orleans-but per
haps before the time comes some one
: can suggest an equally suitable
: scientist from our own State.
f would most earnestly suggest .thar
E every Union notes most carefully
those elected in its county to oul
f next Legislature, and will endeavol
to secure the ear of the new del
egates-and if possible their prom
e ise to vote for our measure when j
$ c1mes up before the legislature.
t expect to write to our newl.
$ nominated Superintendent of Pablo
0 Education, Prof. ]. r. Preston, ,-bu
e if any here know him, beg that the.
r lose no time in Influencing him t
e think and act with US.
e My correspondence with some 0
II our Unions has been frequent and de
e lightfully inspiring. | can no
n sufficiently thank those who hay
J. written so fully from their heart;
n One thing | am learning every day
! and that is that our Temperate
is work is teaching Christian weme
as they have never known it befor
g what is meant by Zone Lord, on
# faith, one baptism" Barriers t
l. Christian fellowship are turned ava
n in a manner so wonderful that
4 know only the divine fire Of Christ
G. love is doing it. Iwish | could rea
Is before this Convention some OF tn
le letters which reach me, breathing s
D. lofty Il spirit Of conservation, thu
le ones own soul would be sunk
n helpless humiliation, were it not fc
it the deep thanksgiving of other
IS and the joyful realization that
a worlds millennium becomes possib
ne hope, which God put into the hear
it of the women Of His church,
v eliminate from the worlds activitie
le the largest factor in the distortion
G. all mental and spiritual calculate
ie strong drink-''the witchs brot
Ia of our time" Ruskin says whe
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