Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-23

gulf waves lap a shore, where every
sand grain is converted into flashing
gem by the scintillant rays of rising
Prohibition sun. The end Of this long
night of weeping and prayer isHt hand.
We have told the Lord like Jacob of
old. Il will not let thee 20 except thou
bless me-" and | believe the blessing is
at hand. il we will put forth our united
strength and grasp it. Like David,
the women of Mississippi have gone
forth armed with the spirit of the
Lord to meet this modern Goliah and
Prohibition is the smooth stone we
have put in our sling to deal the death
blow to the whisky traffic in our loved
State. Daniel O'Conner, who believed
in agitation, said, 1--WE must ask to
the uttermost and we are sure to gain
something" The Christian Temper
ance people of Mississippi asked for
Prohibition, and they now have the
dramshop law; they will ask the next
legislature for Prohibition. and by the
help of God we will have Prohibition.
Women of Mississippi, pause not up
on the threshold, but prepare to enter
and take possession. g. counties that
have entered this elevated state. come
to us burdened with the cluster of
Eschol. the pomegranates and figs.
They tell us that since the people have
crushed out the traffic. their counties
are flowing with milk and honey, they
do not bear the discouraging message
that the Sons of Anak are mightier
| than we. but they herald the procla-
nation of Caleb. "Go at once and pos
sess it, for we are able to overcome it. ="
So many who carried the standard, the
pure white banner of temperance, at
| the beginning of this march through
the Wilderness. have fallen in the fray
before the faint rim of fulfilled prom
Used marked the sky. Others have
stood upon Pisgah's heights and viewed
Mississippi under temperance govern
ment. but many who are before me to-
night will look upon this great bless
in with their own eyes and not an
others. | bring to the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union this message,
Give to the winds thy fears, be not
dismayed." To the kind hearted peo-
pie of Greenville. we thank you for
your generous hospitality. and this
convention can testify you have heed
ed the admonitiOn of Paul. BE not
fOrgetful to entertain strangers; for
thereby some have entertained angels
unawareS.' You have not entertained
angels. but you have ministered to a
band of earnest women whose mission
is Angelic. and who came among you
strangers. but leave you as friends.
But is this all for which we are indebt-
ed to Greenville? Is this all, this
Christian hospitality: Oh, no; the
Union of Mississippi owe to Greenville
a debt of gratitude it can never repay.
For several years you have given to us
our State President. Il woman who is
not only eminently gifted, intellectual
ly, for this position. but better still, a
woman whose cOnSecrated Christianity
is as pure and tiawless as the snow
drift upon an Alpine glacier. One who
combines the nobler traits of both
Martha and Mary. Like the former,
she is numbered with many domestic
cares. and like the latter. she has
found time from her daily duties to
| kneel at the feet of her Master and
! learn of him. One whose selfsacrific-
ing loyalty to Christ and our cause.
can never be measured here, but when
! time ends and eternity begins. when
/ the mists have all cleared from our
vision, we shall behold her with eyes
unholden, in the wOndrOus beauty of
redemption. ladened with sheaves,
white ribbon sheaves, to lay before her
/ Father, your Father, and my Father.
/ We thank God, and Greenville, for our
loved and honOred president, Mrs. L.
S. Mount.