The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
The Sunday School Temperance Ali

dcating the children and youth in the
principles of total abstinence and the
evils of the alcoholic drink traffic.
With a distinct purpose and at least
quarterly exercises by the entire
school and pledge signing at the close
Of the meetings, the attention, inter-
est and finally active cooperation of
nearly all Is secured. This has been
demonstrated in many communities
ID the last two years where the Sun
lay School Temperance Alliance has
been taken up in one Of more schools.
1t is not meant to take the place of
any existing society already doing
good work, or to crowd out any good
movement desired, but to suggest to
the thousands Of Sunday schools in
our land that are doing little or moth
Ing practical in temperance educa-
ton Q simple method to do effectual
work. The quarterly temperance les
son Is often neglected in Sunday
schools; that Sunday being used for
made Q most interesting day to all in
the Sunday school. The Alliance
purposes to enroll the entire school
and make it 3 temperance army OPP
posing an ever-present and aggressive
enemy. Young people are ready to
study s. live subject. They cooper
ate quickly in aggressive work for
some good purpose. The church has
its great opportunity in forming
Christian character and pure lives in
its Sunday school work. No evil SO
takes our young people away from
participation in Christian Endeavors
as does the social drinking habit Or
The influence Of the saloon and those
! that begin to frequent It. With the
spirit of wine" in the Spirit Of
! God" has no room. The National
Temperance Society publishes
?. pocket leafiet, No.. 50, entitled
Save the Children" which has had
the record Of Just such a society as
the Sunday School Temperance ALI
ance purposes, for over forty years.
Every Sunday school euperintendent
should read it. We shall be glad to
furnish q copy with a suggestive
method and constitution of the Alli-
ance to any pastor or superintendent.
Every church and Sunday school
should be alive to this great question
and should be training it's army Of
children and youth for aggressive bat
tie against the alcoholic enemy. How
about your Sunday school reader? Is
1t measuring up to it's duty and oppor-
tunity in thir warfare against an ev-
erywhere present and active foe to
all good and Christian influences? =
Send freely to the National Tenn
perance Society for information and
suggestion.-The National Advocate.
! Catholic Attack Smiles Saloons.
Clergy and layman Of the Roman
Catholic Church, as typified in the
convention Of the Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union of Illinois, held in
Chicago, have put their shoulders to
the wheel to crush out the saloon in
America.
In laundering resolutions and in
oratory, which for unequivocal con-
demnation of the liquor business
probably transcribed anything ever
before put forward in a similar Cath
Ollie gathering Of equal magnitude,
the liquor trade and the persons en-
gagged in it were scored without mer-
cy. The saloon business raj declared
a scandal which had endured too
long, and now must be crushed for
the safety of the children Of the
church.
Catholic clergymep Of note in Chi
cago rose to their feet to announce
their intention of setting forth upon
the highways and byways of the ma
ton to spread the total abstinence
movement on behalf Of the church.
The whole weight Of condemnation
Of the convention as a body fell upon
societies within the church which
permit Saturday night dances and
Sunday picnics under their auspices
at which intoxicating liquors are sold.
Bad Effect on Students.
One of the indiana counties which
has lately banished the saloon is
Montgomery, the co%unty-seat of
which, the historic city of Crawfords-
Vile, is the seat also Of Wabash Col
lege, one Of the best known of the
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