Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-15


{ mountains Of the West, from Il
frozen lakes Of the North to ii
c orange groves Of the South, has Il
] her army II true crusaders for on
homes with the courage Of i Wasl
: lngton and the fortitude OF Lee
that matchlcss living heroine, Mi
Frances L. Willard Where i
Church Assembly or in Congres
halls was ever conceived NOR
complete plan to evangelize 4 natio
than in her system Of work for til
various departments Of the Temper
ance Union? Joshua himself, whel
planning for the subiugation and oc
cupation Of the land .beyond Jor-
dan did not more thoroughly com
prehend the vast work before him
nor more Systematically prepare fol
It's achievement than has she. An(
why Because the same God who
led HIM is her leader; the same
Christ who appeared to Inn cncour
aging faint hcartwith words Of cheer
and conquest, announcing himself
as the Captain Of the Lords host,
Is her Christ, and in his name and
Ior bis sake sire, too, il marching on
Wafj and achieving wonders. md
saal We prove unworthy Of compan-
lonsIlp with 50 noble woman
Shall we allow ! maiden lady Of the
y ct 70 labor for the temporal and
spiritual salvation Of onr fathers.
our hrothers, our husbands, our sons
while We sit idly BY and let the iced
',julips and "brandy toddiesn lure
on loved ones to the saloon count
ers, and while the popping Of cham
pagnc corks keep time to the music
Of our social gatherings, remain 81
lent and inactive, thus losing the
golden opportunities Of our lives
for good until the'night-f:,Il Of death
calls Us from the field Of labor for
ever
Where IS the enthusiasm with
which we yielded our loved ones to
the battlefield III the long ago r
WAat greater enemy ever marched
on anf lear loved Southland than
this Iieaor foe? Afar, on the plains
ot J f4atia, surrounded By Sleeping
citizen, and soldiery, stranger IN
a st~Hngc land, my soldier-brother
reposes. Ah t would be sweet 20
look upon his manly form. 10 gaze
into his deeP-5lue eyes, to hear the |
voice Of his youthful oratory, or Of |
his heartfelt. sllyery Iaughter. Yet |
rather far would prefer that he re-
main IN that distant grave than that |
he sho@ld be with me to-day the |
hopeless victim Of the wine-cup.
Rather far that his eloquent lips are /
sealed in death than that they should t
be soiled by the maudlin iabbering
pf the drunkard Rather far that lie
should pass away III the first, fair.
rosy dawn Of manhood than that
or old-age should find
him ensIayed by the cankering.
,ruel. relentless drink-habit. There
5 not woman in this society, how
syer young she may be, III this town.
Il this county, i'll this State who is
lot aware. from observation, of some
i the evils Of intcmpcrance. 10
snow nothing Of them would be to
i've with closed eyes with deafencd
,ar;, Or with hearts 50 cold and IN
ympathetlc that the breaking Of
'ther heart-strings near were incapa
'le Of calling forth a throb Of com
alseratlon from on. selfish souls.
he life or happiness of every one
resent is more or less III danger
rom this evil. Intemperance. The
ather who welcomed his frst-born |
18th tenderest paternal affection.
lay, under its influence, forget the
'elf;lre Of the child Of his bosom. !
he brother who would willingly !
ave yielded his young life for the
ifety Or good name Of fair young I
ster may, when intoxicated, reyile j
lat same dear being. The husband 5
-iio proudly led to the altar the 5
.0scn one Of his heart and his life, f
.ay, bv it, lie transformed into such f
monster as to take the life Of that
ite The son whose ruby lips )
ere velvet to our touch in tic DAYS {
his infancy, whose prattling words 5
ere music to our ear, whose form i
csh from the hands Of his Creator \
as faultless and beautiful as that ]
Apollo Of old, from the chisel of i
le sculptor, may, by the demon Of f
rong drink, become an infuriated |
lid beast, desolating the home, ,
asting the fortune, and breaking :,
le heart Of the mother who bore i
m. And who will dare say that !
III Or | shall be exempt from one 4
: all Of these evils !? Who, with i
,ophetic ken, can read the vista Of !
,mrng years and find who is to be + i
jared and who to be sacrificed. n
nong all our loved ones, in this !
eat National slough of degrada- t
9n and despond? All who can B
II? !; !
| once heard a young mother, b
acing her arm about her little p
y and with lips quiyering with
'epest emotion, exclaim, "Oh'. if / Il
lly could always thus shield him r
ON the temptations and allure fo
ents Of the world" Alas alas ci
less than twelve months that ii
other was a corpse and in fifteen &C
ars her baby-boy, verging on to- n,
srds manhood, had been known to ia
lgger on the highway because the ia