Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-15
W. c. 7. ..
EDITED by W. c. Il. U.
lis the rift within the lutte.
That make the music mute

L. U. machinery. This is to be ex-
pected. The Corlss engine does
not always run without friction, but
every once in while has to be oiled
up. readjusted, and then IT runs bet
ter than it did when it was new be-
cause little rough places always must
be run Off new machinery before it
can show up. But 1t is Corliss ems
CINE for all that, and It is the big-
gest thing out and thesbsst the
world has ever seen to date; if there
is little friction sometlmea. Just
50, as 10 WsCsr u 8
This great Corliss engine Of p w
Q L U moves the Temperance prk
Of q world;s spreads over 500 p90
square miles in the United Sts$es,
and thrills 60,00O,OOO lives withstts
power. Such an erea and populf-
ton necessarily represents thosss
sand divergent wants and purposes,
For these our National provides by
preserving intact our States rights,
We have no more to do in Missls-
sippi with all the question:. which
have entered into the life ofthe Ma
l b l4.t-
tional than we have tosdeai with
Russian encroachments or the Irish
| Question:, We touch only just so
much Of the work, as state, as we
vote to take up; just as each union
in the state may choose such lines of
activity as it feels able to manage.
! The platform of the W G T U IS
tho broadest possible Unity in essen
tials, liberty in non-essentials, and
charity for all.
| An astonished world look on at a
union Of 100000 white ribbon wo
men, moving enthusiastically in one
direction, the first great organization
Of women the world has known. 1t
is watching too for the first signs OF
disscnsion and disintegration. The
enemy we have most to tear Is the
one of our own household. The
household of faith. 1t has always
been so in the church of Christ. Study
it's history since S25 A. D. and an
swer! Suppose We do not approve
some actions Of the National W CT
U. That is only our opinion and
must go for what it is worth; and we
are not prepared yet to stand by the
infallibility of our judgment.
We simply wait tor the only proof
to be given of the wisdom OF its &C
tion, times verdict. No. We do
more, we wait with strong faith, and
hope that It's vision has been truer,
as it has been stronger thar ours.
We are temperance workers just
as we are christians, because we hear
the voice of Our Lord. saying. come
up higher We l@vo our W CTu.1
too much to cast vhe first stone, and
we are gong to stand by it, as the
bride by her spouse, 'tll death DO u'
part We are going to split Oh from
shades Of opinion. Our lives are
passing from one stage 10 another.
We are born many times, and birth
pages accompany each transitiof
This is true of organizations. as OF
individuals. God moves on and we
are trying to move with Him. Per
haps the day that decides the Wis
dom of the National W CT U may
find you and me and our beloved
president. God blessher. with all the
T U's standing side by side.
The W CT Y il the child OF pray
er: God is pldgod TO hear and answer
us, but we cannot dictate the way.
1t is true we are perplexed and
tried by doubts within and foes with
( out, and it is dark sometimes. But
the night shows stars and women IN
a better light.
| Perhaps all this is not logic, but
somehow all the logic OF my life is
resolving itself into little children
love one another and the victory
of lovc is the redemption Of the
world, not only from strong drink,
bit from ourselves