Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-09-11
w. C. T. u. DEPARTMENT.
THE w. @. 4. 0, CONVENTION,

Quite a number of Local Unions have
sent in the names of delegates, but
from many Unions no response has been
received to Mrs. Ervin's circular letter.
The names should be sent at once that
homes may be provided 1t will not do
to wait till the lost week. Those
Unions that can send no delegate should
send letter.
A slight error in the circular lettet
to the Local Unions has perplexed all
of the delegates. The dates and days
of the week did not correspond again let
it be reiterated. The State w. C. T.. U
Convention Convenes Fridas morning
10 o'clock Sept. "A, and closes Sunday
night Sept. 26.
A letter from Mrs. Mary Clardy, an
nounces that she will be present at the
w. C. I. U. Convention which is to be
held in this city September "a, 25, 26
Mrs. Clardy has been in Texas and
Louisiana on w. c. 7. U. busines.
The Issue says: Prohibition is
bound to win because the motherhood
of the country is at its back"
There are no sweeter words than
mother, home and heaven" One must
become insensible to the influence of
those words before he can wish the con-
tinuance Of the saloon-rule.
There is never the body of man,
how strong and stout soeyer, if it be
troubled and infamed, but will take
more harm and offence by wine being
poured into it.-Pgutarch.
We strong ly Recommend to all to vote
as they pray then they can pray as they
vote. It is contradiction that should at
once and forever end, that Christian
man will pray in one way that God will
remove the liquor traffic from our midst,
and the next hour vote to perpetuate it.
-General Conference ofthe United Meth
odist Church, held IN BelzeuiHe Ontario,
1884.
As long as the monster intemperance
has body guard of three or four thous-
and grayessand disciplined legislators to
defend him, how can the friends of hu-
manity, of morality and religion, follow
up the work they have SO auspiciously
begun and rid the land of his carcass?-
Heman Humphrey, D. d.
The argument against the license
system is direct and conclusive, leaving
no room for doubt. There are no abstract
or unsettled principles in the case on
which the mind can linger in suspense.
Hon. Mark, Doolittle, Mass.
And 0 Lord grant that we may not
despise our rulers; and grant that they
may not act so that we can't help it.
Dr.. Lyman Beecher IN public prayer.
What powerful persuasion to sin are
the license laws! How idle to hope
that men engaged in the traffic will
abandon it while these laws are unre
pealed Many will cherish a spirit Of
self justification under the shield..of the
law will aid in perpetuating the evil
Hon. Garnet Smith an 1888.
Towhat good is it that the Legislature
should pass laws to punish crime, or that
their Lordships should occupy them
selves in trying to improve the morals of
the people by giving them education?
What could be the use of sowing a little
seed here and picking mp weed there
if these beer shops are to be continued
to SOW seeds of immortality broadcast
over the land, terminating the most
frightful produce that ever has been al
lowed to grow up in civilized country,
and [ am ashamed to add, under the
fostering care of government.-Lord
Brougham, IN 1889.