The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-05


rcer - the number and character IL
the men IN the ranks The most e.
fective servants Of the temperance
cause viii never he enshrined in any
nall Of fame. They are the plain
people. Of conviction and altrulstie
passion. who have not en1oved the
applause which comes 10 public
speakers. and who have not had IN.
distinction Of office bearing. but who.
IN multiform WAYS. anG most Of all Ny
Example, have consistently fought thls
great curse Of our civilization The hrs,
quality of sincere devotion 10 ans
cause Is willingness 70 merge ones
self and labors into the general pros
perity OF the enterprise. BY this stand
ard the heroes and h%eroines II tenn
peranCe have been legion. We see
mothers and teachers. IN countless
host, leading the van.
For a boy or a young man 20 come
into touch with a great woman is To
inherit a priceless treasure Of Rivalry.
Frances Willard had this enec, upon
ieglonS. She was a Queenly woman.
Slfted IN all the graces that make
womanhood beautiful. Her personali-
ty touched with inspiration countless
lives, especially OF. young men. To
know her was to believe in the ideal
ism OF W~omanhood. One look into her
great, beautiful eyes. filled with tears
as she pleaded for the cause 10 which
she had devoted her life. was enough
TO consecrate a man TO the service OF
his fellows in fighting intemperance.
If this inspirational quality, which
was the rich inheritance beQueathed
to the temperance movement by Miss
Willard. could be shared by all women
there would be no woman question
in our time. Frances Willard made
knights Grant OF men.
Tongue, pen and ballot are tho
weapons that will win the new temper.
ance war. I
All who look beneath the surface
: of things see a new formidabIeneSs
in the temperance movement because
, it has become one with the whole vast
! and irresistible struggle for social
4 welfare. More dispassionate than re
old crusaders and welding new forces
Of scientific knowledge, the present
S day s~ociolOgist is condemning intern
perance because it is IN anti-soCial
r force. It hurts the common good. It
3 is OF a piece with vile tenements,
n sweat-shops, child-labor and white
a slavery. The inexorable social surveys.
with their relentless facts, are proving
O anew the case against the saloon, that
it is linked up with crime and pow
q erty, and that it is wholly ~uneconomic
wasting both the money and the physf-
d cal vitality Of the worker. If the
r | Ody > VI III W SoAloi q
ton is to win, and no observing per
son doubts this, hen the saloon Is
oomed So we should add To the
roll Of the noble servants Of emper-
" ance all the social reformers. whose
number is legion.
S~elf-denial is the first characteristic
of heroism. Anybody who disregards
his own taste and comfort for an
others sake belongs in the ranks OF
temperance heroes.
Tagging somewhat behind lndivi-
ne dual reformers, the church has yet
IN swung into line for h temperance
cause. One Of the great occasions Of
r. the recent Presbyterian Congress N
Toronto was when that vast BODY 6
leaders put itself enthusiasticallN {
record as committed unreSorNedIS
re an aggressive temperance warfare. II
- the United States the most definitely
effective Of all temperance agcncle:
has come to be the A~ntI-Saloon league
an which is a league of the churches
having no life apart from tht
- churches. 1t has repeatedly demon
- strated that when the churches q
to any community are united and arous
ic ed they are irresistible. Ultimately
I'D all moral battles are up TO the chufcl
When the temperance cause is mad
whole-heartedly her cause, then IT
~ victory will be complete and abiding
ay
~ There is one man who - seldom
~ called a hero. and whose struggle
-. are too often counted fair game 70
-, the humorists. This is the victim o
-. an appetite for strong drink. who ~
nH wristbands the temptation. IN all IN
~ wide realm of temperance, there IS n
Drawer, nobler figure than the perso
who reSistS the fiery craving for alec
hol.
Slowly. but with ever-increasin
certainty and rapidity. W. are hullC
ing a better social order. free fror
all that hurts and binders life. 1t
ne now entirely conceivable thar theT
or can he q human society like that pr,
10 infested hy the ancient Hebrew seer
'P- In that day all the world, a wori
uncontaminated by alcohol. Will II
herit the laborS and sacrifices Of a
e rha- haS-u- ScExod The IL .4n