The Russellville Democrat., 1886-10-13
TWELFTH YEAR.---NO. SO
TEMPERANCE SABBATH.
A Temperance Sabbath and Day
of Prayer, October 16 and
IT, 1856.

To the Christian Public:
The Temperance Reform stands
to day "upon the heights Of answer
ed prayer" The arrest of thought
has come at last:
"The world is awake and its ear is set
Its lips are apart and its eyelids wet.
No intelligent person now believes
that the liquor traffic will be much
longer legalized by Christian nations
The watchword of the hour is: "Out
law the saloon--protect the home
No influence has so largely contribu-
ted to the present popular opinion
as the nurture afforded by the CHRIS
tian Church, the Sabbath School, and
the religious press. Next to these
mighty agencies ranks that sober
second thought of the Ohio crusade,
the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, local, State, National
and now world wide--for it is regu
larly organized in every English
speaking nation, and recently intro
duced into Japan, Scandinavia, and
Russia. This society wholly unsec-
tartan in character but made up OF
women Of all denominations, is to
day the expression of that love for
the perishing and devotion to the
triumph of Christ's kingdom, which
are the best fruits of the Church.
AT its annual meeting held in Phil
adelphia, October, 1885, forty States
and Territories being represented by
800 duly accredited delegates, re-
quest came from twenty one leading
pastors Of the city, OF nearly every
denomination, (among them Rev.
DR.. Poor, Secretary of the Presbyte-
Ran Board of Education, Rev. Dir.
Wayland, Editor of the National
Baptist, Rev. Drs. Wheeler and
Swindells, of the Methodist church, J
that the convention "designate cer-
tain Sabbath in each year, to be
known as Temperance Sunday
throughout the world and that the
w. G. t. U exert its influence in all
its local Unions 10 secure its observ-
ance in all churches"
These honored pastors urged the
following reasons, among others, for
such action:
"Believing your work to be closely
related to the work of God as prosecuted
by the Christian Churches, and that
your organization and the churches
would be mutually strengthened by a
close afiiiation, we make this request.
The cause of Temperance, thus present.
ed simultaneously in all pulpits and
Sunday schools, could not fail to awak-
en- thrill of interest and emotion
throughout the world. And may we
not believe that such a volume of prayer
as would go up from the affairs of the
earth would be acceptable to the Lord
our God and call down on our cause the
efficient energies of the Holy Ghost?"
In compliance with this request
and for the reasons given, we earn
estly and most respectfully suggest
to all pastors, Sunday school super
intendents and Temperance societies,
that Oct. 18th, the Sabbath prece
ding ihe Twelfth annual meeting of
the National w. C. L. U. at Mime
apolis, Minnesota, be observed as
TEMPERANCE SABBATH by sermons in
the morning, Sunday school exercis
es in the afternoon, and Union
Temperance meeting in the evening.
We also earnestly request our 10
cal Unions to observe the preceding
day, (Satarday, Oct. 16), as Day of
Prayer. Let the hours be from 10
to O'Clock, with a leader appointed
for each hour, and the following
subjects of Bible study, hymn and
prayer:
10 :00--ll 00.--Our National Sins-In-
temperance and Impurity.
ii :00--l2 100. Individual remedies for
these-Total Abstinence, White Cross
Pledge. both ''By Gods help"
~ :00-1 100. Noon Hour of Prayer for
the Worlds w. G. II. u, the success
of our Great Petition for the over
throw of the liquor traffic and the
opium trade; the continued health
and success of our officers and organ
izers in foreign lands; that the Queen
of England and all rulers and poten-
tates may become total abstainers and
advocates of our sacred cause.
! :00-2 100. Our National Sins; Our
National Remedies-Total Prohibi-
tion, Constitutional and Statutory !;
Sabbath Laws, the Bible in the Pub
lie Schools; Hygienic Education for
the Young.
? 100 -3 100 individual remedies for
National Sins; the Christian Voters
Relation to the Securing and the En-
forcement of Righteous Law.
3 :G5-4 100. The National w. G. I. u.
Its purpose, plans, officers and MEM
bers; its annual meetings, October
1926.
'Seeing then that we have a great
High Priest that is passed into the
heavens let us come boldly unto the
throne OF grace, THAI we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help IN time
OF need"
Earnestly praying that pastors and
people may be plenteously replen-
ished with Heavenly grace, we are,
on behalf of the Naional w. G. L.
IT,, your Christian sisters,
FRANCIS +. WILLARD,
Pres't.
Mrs. c. B. BUELL., Cor Sec.
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