Of this there came to them a deep assurance; and in the great calm that fell after the rush and excitement and wild confusion of that first movement against the enemy, they heard the voice of God calling to them still.

And, as they hearkened, waiting to be led, and willing to obey, light came, and they saw more clearly.

Not by swift, impetuous impulse, but through organization and slow progression was the victory to be won.
In the language of Frances E.Willard, in her history of "The Woman's National Christian Temperance Union," to be found in the Centennial temperance volume: "The women who went forth by an impulse sudden, irresistible, divine, to pray in the saloons, became convinced, as weeks and months passed by, that theirs was to be no easily-won victory.

The enemy was rich beyond their power to comprehend.

He had upon his side the majesty of the law, the trickery of politics and the leagued strength of that almost invincible pair--appetite, avarice.