Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-25
Ccnnfr Gsacars.
l~naugural Address.

lies, / nave accepted the Office oil C0uD
ty president. May ] not hope fer you
pEayerful cooperation in directing on
efforts towards the most successful re
suits. in this battle for God and HON,
End native land the officers are callet
to the generalship Of as grand an arm,
rs the republic can boast of to-day
The river OF alcoholic death SO broad
lld deep and long, and so destructive
10 our families and homes, must bt
Stayed. The Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union was born of co1secra.
ZION TO God, and must lie rightly car.
red on in the same spirit. Its highest
ann always will be TO reach and SAVE
The souls as well as bodies of men
temperance is a part Of the gospel plar
for converting a lost world to God. II
must have a place in our hearts anC
minds and become q subject of PRAYER
and action. "Pick your f1ints and load
your muskets on your knees" shouted
The old commander of revolutionary
days, to his little handful Of patriots.
who un1linchingly stood and loaded and
tlred in the face of shot and shell from
the disciplined ranks of British red
coats. So, dear co-workers, we should
drop on our knees before the King eter-
nal, and make preparation for the strug-
gle before rs. Therefore I would rec
oMmena that each Union before pro-
seeding to business engage in devotion
Al exercises, If only silent prayer for a
few seconds; for God is our leader. and
our works. vain without his assistance.
Let us travel this journey to the prom
lsed land Of Total Abstinence" trust
ing in the Prince Of Peace injecting
argument with argument, misjudgment
with patience, denunciatiCn with kind
ness, and all our difficulties and dangers
with prayer" Keep this fact constant
~ before you; it is your home that is
threatened. None of us are safe and
this is a common cause. l beg of you
let no personal prejudice, or likes and
dlsliISes, prevent you from taking your
place in the ranks, but as women let us
stand shoulder to shoulder, on the ques-
ton OF home protection" We must
charge the enemy Gall along the line
and IN order to SO do the superintend-
ents OF the different departments must
leave no stone unturned to make their
special work a complete success.
WORK AMONG FOREIGNERS.
We are learning by bitter experience
chat it is the foreign clement which
llolds the balance of power in our cleo
lions. People Of all nationalities from
The north and south, east and west are
coming to us, being sent Of God. They
come with principles Unborn and fas-
'ened in favor Of the use of intoyicants
hut at the same time come expecting
30 follow American opinions and Gus
TOMS. Is 1t not grand and nice to give
The gospel OF temperance to the people
whom God has brought across the seas
and placed at u very doors. We must
educate them to the duties and princi-
pies Of christian citizenship. n of the
iirst steps OF which is temperance.
HYGIENE.
God grounds Il being on natural
laws, consequently u children should
De taught Gods health laws first of all
because our physical being is the firm
base OF the whole pyramid Of charac-
ter. We must educate our girls to an
honest understanding Of what is need
ed to become true, temperance women,
wives and mothers, in the broadcast,
grandest sense. There are two topics
in this work that any Union may take
Np-that of food and dress. I have
been elected Territorial Superintendent
o. this department and will at an early
date send you noutline Of work. which
/ hope you viii do your utmost to carry
out, and let Jerauld bethe banner
in this department.
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE INSTRUCTION
Over enc year ago the school board
# rar2uld county, through The effort
}a }A5 1Ioneer union, adopted the tenn
2ertnce text books, which have not
leeA largely used throughout the coun-
y on account of inability Of parents to
new books. According to the
Dakota school law each teacher should
give oral instructions on the effect Of
llcohol on the human system. AS pa
ent5 we should feel obliged to eetlat
eachers comply with this requirement /
the law, the same as any other part /
pertaining to schools, in the meantime /.
.se every endeaVor to have it made
omPulsory by law rs it has already i
cen done in fourteen states. t
JUVENILE WORK. !
Is I have the superintenaency OF
MS work for the county yeu will please
respond with me ii is my earnest t