Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-05-26

i have thought il wOuld be well tC
have the laws relating to these sub
jects printed in small leatiet and
distributed to our Unions and the re-
form leagues of the State, that we may
set to work intelligently for their en-
forcement. We have no voice in
making them, but we are citizens in a
sense sufficient to hold to account
through the proper officials those vio-
lators who strike at the peace aud pu-
rity of our homes. Of course it would
be more pleasant to have the men at
tend to all this, but in Mississippi
there is no leisure class, all are toiling
for the daily bread of their loved ones
in field or shop or profession. Since,
then, our men have brain and hands
full il caring for the material interests
of the home, it is not unwOmanly IN
us to see to its protection from those
foes more to be dreaded than cold or
hunger, that threaten the growth and
| life of the soul. We can do this and
keep the respect and esteem OF all
good men and women, though of
course those with whom we interfere
may cry out against us.
| OuI L w Vi thO
W. c. +. L. has grown rapidly under
the care of its superintendent, Miss
Belle Kearney but she has been call
ed to a wider sphere as National
Organizer and Mississippi can no long
er claim a monopoly of her time,
though her heart will still be with us.
| Our Juvenile Work under its super
intendent, Miss Anna SimontOn, Is
growing and developing but she
should have earnest cooperation from
the officers of every Union. The work
among the children is most important
and too few are interested in it. a
letter from Union in one of our larg-
est towns says: "Our crying need is
teachers for the children, and have
tried in vain to find any willing to
take up this work." do not see why
this is so except that it requires steady
and continued effort and self-sacrlhce,
and too many of us do our temper
ance work only when aroused to a fit
of enthusiasm by some great occasion
or brilliant speaker is on us.
Our State Evangelist, Mrs. Erwin,
resigned her position at the semian'
nual meeting of the State Executive
Committee and Mrs. Mary McGee
Smell was chosen her successor. Mrs.
Smell is eminently qualified. for this
work to which she has since received
a National appointment, and has
promised to go through our State and
visit every Union. am convinced
that the evangelistic feature of oui
work is necessary for ourselves as vel
| In nrHar IN th ~ a
permanency every Union should have
some distinctly religious work. L
should regularly hold Gospel prayer
meetings or work for the fallen il
some way. | see more clearly ever,
day that Christianity means giving
, ourselves for others. 1t is not enough
, to attend meetings, to- pray in on
, inner chambers for the conversion o
the world and the overthrow of TIL
kingdom of evil, to give of our mean
: to send the Gospel to those who sit II
t darkness. We must reach out on
own hands and try to lead some on
t to the light. A timely article in
} recent Union Signal by Elizahct
/. Stuart Phelps Ward pleads for wha
/ she calls the ''peTsOnal equation /
3 our work and warns us against fol
2 getting to work for individuals an
letting the machinery of organizatio
absorb all our time and efforts. A re
, cent letter of Miss Willard to the com
mander of the Salvation army eN
: presses the idea. She says:
/ "While others speak about reachin
the masses, You have actually take
: hold of them with warm, kind hands
, While others propose an army, your
is on the field and in full face of til
enemy. While still another class hay
| reached the point of helping tn
masses by 'tongs' reached out at arm:
J length to do execution for Christ, yo
, are illustrating to us by your every
, day lives the method of the Master
J which was to go about doing good, t
come in actual contact with the igno
J rant and miserable and relieve thei
distress-to get down to real work
, You do not sing Rescue the perishing
care for the dying inside the walls o
handsome churches, but in the yer,
slums and purlieus of iniQuity. 1t j
time this great object lesson is set be
fore our eyes. 1t has come, like all o
Gods wonderful ambassadors from
heaven, just when We could in safet.
J wait no longer"
| The chapter on Evangelistic Worl
in Mary Allen Vests School of Meth
DDS is very earnest and practical ant
recommend it, as we'll as all the lit
tie books to our Unions.
AS intimated in the beginning til,
financial is weak side of our work
, We now have more than two Thousand
: women in the Mississippi w. C. T. U
and yet the books of our Nationa
treasurer only give us credit for 81!
hundred and eighty, that being th
number that paid their dues last year
Now If our local treasurers felt thei
; responsibility as they should the due
) of all could be collected and sent +
: our State treasurer who in turn woul,
. forward its proportion to the Nationa
f and we could then seat more delegate
: and have more influence in the Ma
' tional Conventions. We would ais
: have more money for our State work
: A proposition was made to the Union
: by your Executive Committee, tina
1 every member should make free wi
offering to the State treasury of fort
: cents a month. Only about half
Y dozen women responded to this al
s peal. have received recently
S little pamphlet called Text book ft
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