The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-08-16
REPORT OH TEMPERANCE.

The following report on tenn
perance was unanimously adopted
by the Mississippi Baptist State
Convention IN annual session ut
Columbus, Mississippi july 26,
1890.
"Convlction against the drink
habit I'd traffic has never been
50 near in accord with the teach
lngs Of science aud God word
as today. Upon this Joyous fact
we congratulate the citizenship
of on. great country.
! In our own State, of the seventy
five counties composing it, forty
have put the seal If disapprobauon
and rxeeratlon upon the deoauch-
ing drink traffic, aud the saloon
has been driven from their bor-
ders, 1t is hoped to never be re-
turnpd.
Ia The religious world, all non
i Catholic dcl ominatlns, save
+ perha one, has IN Its great con
eucalioHs autlawed, IN unmeaS-
ured terms. the sale and use of all
intoXlrants as a beverage. The de-
llveianecs Of these great religious
I bodies ale planning conyicli0ns 10
the hearts Of the people aud
quiekening the pubic conscience
TO gratifying degree.
Mr.. Claiborne, our own State 5
historian, has well said that no
"canse espoused BY the ministry
of any country has ever failed. =
We graIefullYltcord th God hon
oring fact that the mifstry o.
Mississippi Is practically a unit ii
coodennlng the dInk habit and
the drink traffic. Nc also rejoic.
over the fact tbpt those ministers
! who apologize for OF silently con
sent To the sale and use Of intoxl
Z cants have lost their nilrenc,
, with the greet moral masses ane
! are rcpudlated by Gods hosts, II
l by the phllauthropie patriotism O
the country.
10 the symp.t1ntIc rhistiai
L heart it is 4 blessed ruth tha
! where the christian womAnhou,
OF any country g Is on It's kuee
befle the Lord af victories it i
{ answer, 4 in answers of peace
t We rejoice that the christina
f w1manhuod ot this christian re
pa Bile is organizing to secure Tia
t safety of It's homes against tn
/ invasion 1f the dllnk tlafii3 an,
/ Its iuhut noes.
Y We bid our mothers, sisters
wives and daughters hearty Go
speed in their Chrisllv work. w
: b lieve uuder God, they are
e mighty faclor III the redemptio
: Of humanity from Iii, dink curse
= We pledge our influence an
}. persistent efforts TO the accom-
e plishmeut of the followi4g:
g l-t The protection by leg;
enactment Of all schools from th
: presence and influence Of iii
e liquor traffic. We heartily partic
q pate in the wide spread regle
if that the only womans school III
. der the patronage of the Srat'
/, has been denied immunity frot
= the open saloou-Our gnls, j
Y our peerless girl's school mu;
2 have the protection accorded ou
I boys.
n End Scientific temperance i
} structIon in all our schools, Stat
h aud private.
Ie Bird. Bible temperance. lns'Iu,
o tons among the negroes, espec
le ally the young Of that deprnder
+ race.
ID 4th. The complete abrogatlo
ot of the lnIquitous license system
N high or low, the partnership b.
ID tween the saloon and S ate.
5th. The suppression by a
honorable methods Of the soul-an
i body-destroylng drink habit.
\ 9th The Constitutional prCh
% bltlon of the drink traffic.
IN 7th Aud finally, we recon
+ mend and earnes ly plead for u
re constant agitation Of the tempe
: ance and prohibition questlc
J. throughout our State. In ol
"a judgment, no greater mistake ca
le be made by Temperance peop
than to cease to hold temperan,
he meetings in saloon or pruhlbltic
ID territory.
is j. H. GAMBRELL.
: Chairmal
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