Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-23

and applies every energy to our under
takings. Both Of these prime quail
tiles were manifest In the life and
character of Miss Willard. BY her
great wisdom and foresight she con-
ceived and formulated plans which
only her tact and dauntless courage
could put into effect. She boldly and
openly attacked sin wherever she
found it, whether in the political, So
cial or ecclesiastical world. Somehow
from her gentle, patient and reason
able way Of presenting the truth she
won her way to all hearts. Few re-
formers have been privileged to see
and enjoy as many direct fruits Of
their labors as our noble chieftain.
Even those who were enemies to her
plans and work seldom treated her
openly with other than the courtesy
and respect due to her lofty character.
Already over half a million White
Ribboners from forty different nations
have arisen to call her blessed. She
was the Queen Esther sent to the
Kingdom for such a time as this.
Truly she was the great apostle to wo-
men, and through her Christ has
shown to us what one woman's life, IL
fully consecrated to His service, can
do to alleviate distress by turning In
difference to yitalized energy. plant
ing knowledge where ignorance held
sway, supplanting vice by virtue. thus
moulding public sentiment and pre-
pairing "tbs way Of the Lord"
The Womans' Christian Temper
ance Union with its many and varied
departments Of work, with its route
sighted by the prophetic-eyed Frances
Willard, and guided by her steady
hand for SO many years has almost
completely routed that old bug-bear
prejudice against woman's liberty.
Under its mind-widening, heart
expounding, soul-deepsning teaching
and principles the pupils of its school
can truly say of their former prejudice
against women entering the general
fields of legal, industrial and evangel-
istic activity, II know not whence it
came nor whittier it goeth." Also it
has become perfectly respectable for
a politician to do a christian act and
they have quite outgrown their pleas
ure in being called "shy dogs"
1t is also thought proper for a
christian to dip ''just little" in the
murky pool Of politics. Under this
new system (which can never be over
thrown because Christ is in it, politi-
cal questions are becoming religious
ones and religious questions social
ones. This will continue as the petals
of the spring flower to unfold until
the new Law of Love shall rule in
society, in custom and in the laws Of
our land. When that golden time
shall come there will be no need Of
voices being raised against wars for
conquest or expansion Of territory; no
country's call to the christian boys,
who have been so carefully taught to
avoid combat with their fellows and
be Mortified at bloodshed; no drafting
into bloody service to be sacrificed on
some distant battlefield the very
flower and hope Of our land. The only
mode Of warfare then will be that
peaceful one whose banner is the love
of Christ, whose sword is His divine
word and spirit, by which even the
giant evils OF oriental ignorance and
may be slain, IL only
the Christian soldiery be true to their
great leader, the Lord of Hosts. When
this time comes and only then shall
we deserve the name we now usurp
"A Christian Nation
Dear sisters let US thank and praise
our Heavenly Father that our Or
ganization has survived the shock,