The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-02-19
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY THE MOMENTS CHRISTIAN TEN.
PERANCE UNION.
OUR MOTTO FOR GOD AND HOME AND
NATIVE LAND.

EDITED BY THE MOMENTS CHRISTIAN TEN.
PERANCE UNION.
OUR MOTTO FOR GOD AND HOME AND
NATIVE LAND.
The Temperance Worker," of South
Carolina, says: Mrs. S. F. Chaplin, the
indefatigable president Of the South Caro-
lima w. C. T. u, and the Superintendent
of Southern Work, is off again. Florida
is her first point, and then on, on. on, on
we will wait and see where to. If we
had a thousand just such invincible and
sangu1ne women in our Sunny South Land,
the strongholds of Rum would be stormed.
She is hated and scorned by the swilI-suck-
ers and sellers, but she is followed by the
earnest "God speed you," swelling up
from the hearts of the best people of the
State. May God graciously bless her and
her noble work. Let all the people say
Amen.
Here is letter from her in reference to
the recent triumph of the Saloon over the
Home, in South Carolina:
CHARLESTON, ;. o., Jan. i, 1885.
In response to the inquiry which comes
to me in almost every letter: Are:you dis
couraged at the reverses which the tenn
perance cause has met ? I answer, mol
emphatically, No!
The temperance cause is not ours.
| To Him who can avenge our wrongs;
In Him is all our trust.
| Though hidden now from mortal eyes,
| He sees the Gideon who shall rise,
| To save us
] And his word; true as the word of God is true.
! Not earth. or hell, with all its crew
| Against us shall prevail.
| The liquor men are jubilant. 1t was the
"saloon against the home. :" and even they
never dreamed that in this State $50
Wanted for it's chivalry) the cases would
be decided for the saloon against heart
broken women and suffering children.
Thank God, there is a higher tribunal,
and our cause is on register there.
I'VE have half the ministry and three
fourths of the church members, who go
for the saloon against Prohibition, said a
liquor dealer to me yesterday.
told him we were better off than that,
a thousand times for we had God on our
side, and that was far better than if we
had every minister and every church men,
Der.
| No, my dear temperance friends, there
is nothing to discourage,us. 1t is true
that when we listened for paans Of victc.
70 we heard only the straining OF length
ening cords and strengthening stakes, but
teach us lesson by these disappoint-
ments. He tells us in His word. Put not
confidence in Princess or in the son Of
man." and yet how man-fearing we are in
all cases where our Christian duties are
concerned. Many of our dear women are
now regretting that, instead of following
the dictates of their own consciences, they
took advice from those whose conduct af-
forwards proved they were far more inter-
ested for the whiskey cause than for the
''womanliness" of the women. One of
these exceedingly proper advisors, after
persuading the ladies to do nothing at al
| for fear of being thought ''unwomanly, y
had business out tof town that day, aud
went without depositing vote. Such
men
Raise no voice against the whitening curse,
Cast no ballot for the sacred cause;
No strong right arm to strike for home,
| No vote for righteous laws.
How long, dear women, will you allow the
opinions Of such people to influence you
1 have no doubt that when Queen Es-
Their, contrary to all precedent, at the risk
of her life, went unlimited into the pres
ence of the King and his mobiles, some of
the same class was there, and thought her
lawfully unwoManly !; but the fate of
her nation was at stake, as ours is to-day,
and what true woman can, for fear of such
worthless criticism, hesitate to do her du-
ty in the fear of God. Let us ask our
Lord, What wilt thau have me to do and
then go to work and do it. though all the
world oppose.
During the late political campaign, It
one of the railroad stations the politicians
were met by young girls, who escoEed
them through the crowd to carriages and
to the hotel, and afterwards occupiedseats
upon the political platform with ITEM
This was pronounced real sweet 'iby one
of the very men who objected ITO the
mothers and grandmothers of thSe girls
offering ''no license' tickets at jhe cleo
ton, upon which hung the destiiy OF their
dearest and best for time AMI eternity.
God only has all wisdom, for tl& very best
of men are but men at th} best! The
Apostle Peter himself had n6 moral cour-
age enough on one occasion to OWL, himself
a Disciple of Christ, but denied his Lord
even with curses. So do not expect infal-
libility in any human beings Judgment.
Trust only in God, who has aid BE
strong and of good courage, Md no man
will be able to stand before yoi."
We are not discouraged one bit, but are
a deal wiser. Governor st. John expects
to visit our State in FebruaB, and | hope
we will be able to hold or convention
while he is with. us. | hpe the Unions
will all send delegates, .andthe Superinten-
dents of departments be pepared to report
good work done in their Inc this year.
Is. F. CHAPLIN.