Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-12-26
"Set Thy Heart Toward the Highway

"Set Thy Heart Toward the Highway"
This beautiful text formed the sub
ject of one of the simplest, yet grand
est sermons it has ever been our priv
ilege to hear for long time. 1t was
not a temperance lecture, but a mes
sage from the Master direct to the
hearts of the people, so full of purity
and truth and wise counsel to the
young, and indeed, to all men, that if
it were needed, there would be no need
of striving with people against The sin
of intemperance or wrong living in any
of it's forms. With ones heart set to-
ward the highway, there is encourage
ment and hope and happiness at every
step.
Besides the many excellent things,
the minister said the thought present
ed itself that the only sure way of set
ting the heart toward the highway is
through the portal of prayer. What
can not be accomplished through the
earnest appeal to the Father for help
and guidance ? What good thing would
He refuse?
AS we near the sacred Christmas
time, the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union also nears it's twentieth
anniversary. IN the 23rd of Decem-
Der, 1873, it was born of prayer, and
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soul has been saved from eternal ship
wreck by it's tender appeals to a mer
ciful God in behalf of poor, weak hui
manity.
The Union Signal of December 14th
is so full of good things about this
wonderful crusade of twenty years ago
that it is pity our two columns can
not have it all complete, but that is
impossible and only little can be ex
pected in these columns.
Under the heading of "The True Sc
cret," Rev. j. H. Ecob says, when the
crusaders knelt in front of the saloon,
the great hereditary destroyer of man
kind met its true foe.
"Policy, expediency and self-protec-
ton had done much; but when the
souls of those godly women laid hold
upon the sword of the spirit, then
royal and victorious warfare began. For
when we prau we make God a party to
our purpose. If we continue in prayer
He will not suffer us to make false is
sues. He will not permit our eyes to
be darkened to the central truth of
things. His indwelling spirit renders
us clairvoyant and prophetic. Here
lies the secret of this miracle of the
nineteenth century, the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. 1t is the
Lords doing and it is marvellous in our
eyes. Here lies the secret of it's ever
enlarging work, the variety of it's agen-
cies, the dividing and subd ividing of
its branches, till like system of nerves
it is embracing the entire life of Chris
tian womanhood. 1t is working every
day better than it knows because it is
led, taught and illuminated by the Di-
vine Spirit"
What are we of Mississippi doing to-
day to enlarge our membership Have
we gone out to our friends and neigh
bors to tell them anew of this wonder
full work and ask for their help and
their names to enroll as members of
our band If not then let US every
one before the sunset of this day go out
and earnestly invite at least one to join
us and go to work in the great cause
that should number every Christian
woman in the land.
Let us indeed ''set our hearts toward
the highway" today and earnestly ask
some friends to journey with us on
this grand mission for God and Home
and Every Land.
Let US feel that whenever we can
help poor, unfortunate fellow being
into a brighter, higher realization of
the privileges and joys of life here and
hereafte, or whenever, we can engage
some dear friend who has not "belong-
ed, to come and join us in this work
for the good of others, that we are
pleasing the Master-we are helping
ourselves-yea, verify we are stepping
heayenward."
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