The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-14

the devil. or share in tho revenues of
a house of III fame.
The church house that can only
! be built by liquor money should go
unbuilt the church that can only
! be kept up by liquor money should
| go out of existence; the preacher that
is dependent for support upon liquor
money should seek another field or
! go to tentmaking. Tho blood Of souls
| is on all such money; it is unspcak-
| ably filthy: the curse of God is upon
| It. and for the church of the Jesus
/ Christ TO go into partnership with
/ the devil is an outrage on common
/ sense, common decency and every in
| stinct of our holy religion.
We know the practical difficulty
| involved of taking money from the
| lady members Of the liquor mems
| families. If the money Is derived
| from this source, kindly but firmly
| refuse It. If 1t is derived from other
source, take IL. It should be clear
| ly understood that the church can
not and will not, have any partner
| ship with the traffic that is sending
men to hell, or share in its profits
Louisville. Ky. T.. S. buckingham
| in the Christian Standard (Cincin-
! natD of August Z. 1909.
| GA special issue of the Nashville
| Tcnnessecan (the lamented Carmack'y
paper) was printed July 1. II gave
much valuable Information concern
ing the probition movement in Ten
nessee and tho United States. and
stopd squarely for the prohibitive
! law. The paper was In such demand
I that IL was necessary to print a second
| edition. Mrs. Holman, state w. G.. r.
| u. president, with her usual foresight
| ordered 1000 copies for free distri-
| button. Across the first page was a
great headline quoted from Senator
! Carmack, THE saloon has slnncd
away It's day of grace" on another
page with reproduced the cartoon
representing the W. G. r. L. as rid
ing the temperance wave before which
the saloonkeeper is fleeing. On the
same page, under the above caption
is an article which answers the qucs-
ton so often asked, " What Is the w
G. Il, U. doing anyhow" A part of
the article is here reproduced
Editor)
Although many factors entered into
the success that finally crowned the
efforts of the temperance people of
Tennessee, II must be admitted that
the women of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union had a large share
in the victory and their part was one
that could not have been performed
by any other element. Under the
leadership of that superb Christian
woman. Mrs. Silena NJ. Holman, these
women have worked faithfully, con-
stantly and effectively for years to
rid the state of the legalzed liquor
traffic, and they have never once
wavered i'm their determination to aC-
complish the purpose of their organ
ization.
The w. C. n. T.. was organized
i'm this state i'm 1882. In the years
since its organization its speakers
have visited almost every city, town
and village in tho state, speaking
to people along temperance linet
Many of the ablest women in the nat
ional work have visited and worked
in the state, giving public addresses
and building up the organization.
The local unions organized have
radiated their influence over whole
counties; often further. These unions
keep the question before the people
by frquent public meetings, and In
various bther ways Their iMNda
Contest work. where young people
give temperance recitations from
books furnished by the w, G. II. L..
their Gospel Temperance meetings
their Christian Citizenship meetings
their Mothers Meetings; their worl
along the lines of their other varOu!
: departments always keeping the tenn
perance question to the front ha'
greatly helped.
The white ribboners secured tn,
law raising the age consent to ogh
teen years, They did much TOWARD
creating the sentiment that gave "a
: our splendid cigaret law They have
! worked faithfully in every effort Il
! secure the extension of the four-mil'
{ law. They have done valiant service
in almost every campaign of not'
to put the saloons out of our towns
, and cities They secured the passage
. of our scientific temperance instruc
l ton law. which requires that all th'
8 children i'm the public schools of th'
t state shall be taught the effects o
r alcoholic liquors and narcotics on tn
! human system.
= Not only have the children of Ten
y nessee had this teaching, bnt 70
: twenty-five years the children of thi
o entire nation have had il. The child
Q rem who first had tins teaching hav
j. grown to manhood and womanhood
and are now among the politicians
e the voters. the rulers of the natior
n Is II any wonder that the teach