,canadian ,institute for ,historical    
,microreproductions4     ,,why ,,and    
,,how3  ,a ,,hand-,,book ,,for ,,the    
,,use ,,of  ,,the ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,,unions  
,,in ,,canada4   ,by ,,mrs4 ,,addie     
,,chisholm1  ,,president ,,ontario ,w4  
,c4 ,t4 ,u4     ,,contents4   ,,chapter 
,i4  ,,suffering  ,,chapter ,,ii4       
,,awakening  ,,chapter ,,iii4           
,,organization ,,and ,,work  ,,chapter  
,,iv4  ,,our ,,canadian ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4 
,,chapter ,v4  ,,why ,,women ,,should   
,,work  ,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,how ,,women  
,,may ,,work  ,,chapter ,,vii4  ,,how   
,,to ,,form ,a ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4          
,,chapter ,,viii4  ,,questions ,,and    
,,answers  ,,chapter ,,ix4  ,,young     
,,women',s ,,work  ,,chapter ,x4  ,a    
,,dream  ,,chapter ,,xi4  ,,conclusion  
,,constitution  ,,by-,,laws  ,,order    
,,of ,,business      ,,the ,,temperance 
,,hand-,,book  ,,for ,,the ,,use ,,of   
,,the ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,,unions  ,,of        
,,canada4      ,,chapter ,i4            
,,suffering4   ,it has been said ,woman 

has a capacity for suffering1 and during
 all the years of the past1 in all      
countries and among all nations1 woman  
has been proving this true4 ,since the  
dark day when there stood by the cross  
of ,jesus1 his mother1 and there came to
 that mother's heart the agony of       
bereavement1 the human disappointment   
and pangs1 whose torture only the       
,father ,god could understand1--from    
that day till the present1              
disappointment1 trial and sorrow have   
entered largely into the life and       
experience of women4 ,but of all clouds 
that have darkened their lives and among
 all sharp swords that have pierced     
their hearts1 the cloud of the liquor   
traffic has been the darkest1 and its   
blade the keenest4 ,myriads of women    
have looked with anguish on sacrifices  
offered and loved ones slain1 not to    
save humanity or to draw men nearer to  
,god1 but destroyed at the hands of a   
tyrant as relentless as death1 and as   
pitiless4  ,in heathen countries1       

children have been left to float out of 
existence1 an offering to the gods1     
while the mother has turned sadly and   
sorrowfully away2 in ,christian         
countries1 children have drifted with   
the tide of social customs1 or inherited
 appetites for strong drink1 out of the 
boundless sea of evil and wretchedness1 
while women have wept and wondered1 have
 pondered and prayed4  ,mothers have    
seen their sons1 strong and brave in    
their young manhood1 venture on this    
stream of rapid currents1 have watched  
them with sad eyes1 and called to them  
in pleading and terrified tones1 as they
 were carried on and on by the rushing  
waters4 ,at last1 it was too late even  
for mother's love to save1 and they were
 drawn into that terrible vortex1 from  
which there is so seldom escape1        
despairing hands have reached out for   
help1 the cry of the soul has been an   
appeal for mercy1 and another loved one 
has gone down a victim to the nation's  
greed and a sacrifice to the nation's   

sin4  ,out from a sheltered1 sunshiny   
home has gone the tender1 trusting      
daughter1 in her glad girlhood1 her     
heart all aglow with true hallowed love 
for him1 by whose side she has chosen to
 spend the coming years4 ,the future has
 looked so bright1 as together they have
 thought1 and planned1 and built their  
airy castles2 but the clouds have come  
and passed1 and come again and more     
frequently1 till1 at length1 the young  
wife has sat continually in their       
shadow1 the brightness and the sunshine 
all gone out of her life1 as her husband
 has yielded to the influence of strong 
drink4 ,she has realized that she was a 
drunkard's wife1 her place by a         
drunkard's side1 and1 with white lips   
and breaking heart1 she has moaned out  
her prayer to ,god for deliverance4 ,and
 who will say that the fond mother1     
sitting in the old bright home1 has not 
felt every pang1 every blow that reached
 the daughter's heart as she saw all    
that the dear one in loyalty to her     

husband would fain have concealed4 ,this
 experience comes home to most of us1   
and we easily recall not one case but   
many in which wives and daughters have  
suffered at the hands of this cruel     
destroyer4  ,homes have been invaded1   
not with noise of drums and clash of    
arms1 but silently as by the stealthy   
step of death4 ,their purity and peace  
have been destroyed1 their idols laid in
 the dust1 and the place that was       
designed to be a sanctuary for humanity1
 a rest from the weariness of life and a
 refuge from its storms1 has become1    
instead1 a dreary abode of waiting and  
watching1 of enduring and weeping1 often
 a very ,gethsemane to patient loving   
souls4 ,in time the domestic life of    
families is destroyed by this enemy1 so 
strong1 cruel and determined2 in many   
cases1 the elegant abode gives place to 
a poorer one2 the comfortable dwelling  
is exchanged for all that is comfortless
 and forbidding1 and there is no longer 
a home4 ,cardinal ,manning1 in his      

address at the temperance congress      
recently held in ,england1 says3 ,as the
 foundation they laid deep in the earth 
was the solid basis of social and       
political peace1 so the domestic life of
 millions of our people is the          
foundation of the whole order of our    
commonwealth4 ,i charge upon this great 
traffic nine-tenths of the misery and   
the destroyed and wrecked homes of our  
joyless people4 ,what is true in        
,england is also true in our young      
country4 ,the ,boys' ,homes and ,girls' 
,homes in our large cities furnish      
evidence of our destroyed homes4 ,it is 
safe to say that nine-tenths of the     
inmates of these institutions are there 
provided with a home at the expense of  
the public1 because strong drink has    
robbed them of the love and care of     
father and mother1 or both1 and taken   
from their innocent childhood all the   
delights and happiness of home life4 ,as
 women1 age after age1 beheld their     
loved ones thus taken from them1 and saw

 their homes in the hands of this       
destroyer1 it was not strange that at   
last there arose from their hearts a cry
 almost of despair4 ,it was a cry that  
entered into the ear of ,god and brought
 a dim sense of coming help1 a          
consciousness that ,god knew and cared  
and had something better in reserve4    
,the plough of pain had torn up the     
fallow soil of woman's heart2 the harrow
 of suffering had mellowed1 and tears of
 agony1 wept for ages1 had moistened it2
 now the seed of thoughtful and         
determined purpose was ready to be sown1
 out of which was to spring the         
plentiful harvest of action4  ,behind   
were the long dreary wastes of agony1   
marked with the myriad grave mounds of  
lost loved ones1 over which woman's face
 had bowed low1 while the heart within  
was breaking2 before stretched the wide 
unknown1 full of possibilities4 ,should 
it unfold the same sad story of patient1
 passive' suffering1 or grow bright with
 the burnished armor and glad with the  

hopeful songs of women gathering to the 
battle1 filed against the fell destroyer
 of their hopes8 ,as the ,spirit of ,god
 brooded over the primeval void and     
brought therefrom order1 light1 beauty  
and life1 so the spirit of suffering    
brooded above the torn and saddened     
heart of womanhood1 till at last the    
angel of awakening appeared1 and the    
heart that had dumbly1 patiently        
endured1 stirred to the impulse of      
defence1 and opened to the thought of   
freedom4 ,the hour had struck1 the call 
had come4 ,the arrow had been hidden in 
,god's quiver1 waiting ,his time4 ,when 
,his ringers guide to the mark1 what can
 the arrow do but fulfil its mission8   
,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,awakening4   ,in the 
history of oppressed nations1 it has    
often happened that years of suffering  
have but kindled the desire for freedom 
and kept it alive1 fanned by every fresh
 act of cruelty and injustice1 until1 at
 last1 it has burst forth in a fire1    
which has destroyed the wrong1          

illuminated the right1 and the oppressed
 people have gone free4  ,in individual 
lives1 there are not wanting those who  
have come through the white heat of     
affliction1 purified and made free from 
the bitterness and selfishness of earth 
and crowned with a noble purpose-- to   
relieve the sufferings of others1 to be1
 in a sense1 ,god's voice1 ,god's       
messenger to the helpless1 and to be in 
,his hands for the deliverance of the   
oppressed and enslaved4 ,so in this     
temperance cause4 ,for years women had  
asked1 as ,paul had asked1 ,lord1 what  
wilt thou have me to do8 and it had     
seemed that the answer came only in the 
closer pressing to their lips of the cup
 of suffering4 ,as they still pleaded1  
spreading the white wings of prayer over
 their dear ones1 suddenly there came to
 them the inspiration1 which led to the 
crusade1 an inspiration from the heart  
of ,god4  ,in years past1 indications   
had not been wanting of some such       
possible uprising1 as drops precede the 

full shower1 for1 in #ahef1 at          
,rockport1 ,mass41 some #bjj women had  
assembled and1 proceeding to several    
places where intoxicating liquor was    
sold1 had entered and destroyed the     
liquor they found4 ,that was an impulse 
born of suffering1 and finding          
expression in action impulsive and      
unusual2 but1 not being followed up by  
organization1 it soon ended4 ,in #ahfi1 
in ,rutland1 ,vt41 and at ,clyde1 ,ohio1
 the women organized to suppress the    
liquor traffic1 visiting saloons1       
securing pledges1 holding prayer        
meetings1 etc41 but the great movement1 
which has given to woman new power in   
this temperance work1 and opened up to  
her new avenues of usefulness1 so long  
closed1 is known as the ,woman's        
,crusade4 ,it began about the same time 
in three different places in the month  
of ,december1 #ahgc1 ,fredonia1 ,n4 ,y41
 ,hillsboro1 ,ohio1 and ,washington     
,court ,house1 ,ohio1 were the first    
scenes of action4 ,there the first      

contests were waged and the first       
victories won4 ,timid ,christian women1 
who had never heard their own voices in 
public prayer1 were suddenly called to  
the front and a message given them of   
,god4 ,dr4 ,dio ,lewis visited          
,hillsboro in ,december1 #ahgc1 and     
there gave two lectures1 one of them a  
lecture on temperance1 in which he      
referred to his mother's struggles as a 
drunkard's wife1 doing her best to      
support her family1 and finally1 with a 
few other praying women1 visiting the   
saloon-keeper who sold liquor to her    
husband1 and pleading with him to give  
up his business1 with which request he1 
at last1 complied4 ,at the close of the 
lecture1 ,dr4 ,lewis called upon all1   
who were willing to follow his mother's 
example1 to rise1 an invitation to which
 about fifty ladies responded4 ,many    
gentlemen in the audience promised to   
stand by them4 ,a meeting was held the  
following morning in the ,presbyterian  
church1 at which ,mrs4 ,judge ,thomson  

was chosen leader4 ,after much prayer   
and consultation1 the ladies started out
 in procession1 seventy-five in number1 
and proceeded1 singing the familiar     
hymn1 ,give to the winds thy fears1     
first to the drug stores1 and then to   
the hotels and saloons1 which they      
fearlessly entered1 asking permission to
 sing and pray4 ,in nearly every case1  
the permission was given during that    
first day1 and a few saloon-keepers     
yielded to the entreaties of these      
earnest ,christian women1 and promised  
to give up selling liquor4 ,as the days 
went by1 the thirteen drinking places of
 the town were reduced to three1 while  
in ,washington ,court ,house1 ,ohio1 in 
one week1 yielding to the persistent    
appeals of the praying women1 all the   
drinking places were closed1 the three  
drug stores selling only on             
prescription4 ,here1 while the ladies   
went in bands from place to place1      
meeting often with insult and abuse now 
that the saloon-keepers had recovered   

from their first surprise1 the gentlemen
 remained in the church to pray4 ,as the
 fresh toll of the bell announced that  
another prayer had ascended to heaven in
 their behalf and for their success and 
protection1 these women were encouraged 
and became strong to do all that they   
felt had been committed to them4 ,after 
a time their approach to a saloon or    
hotel was the signal for the doors to be
 locked and entrance was denied them4   
,then1 outside1 on the public pavement1 
in the snow of a bitterly cold          
,december1 they knelt and prayed for the
 saloon-keeper and his family1 that he  
might see his error and be persuaded to 
do right1 for those who were in the     
habit of frequenting that saloon1 and   
for the downfall of the liquor traffic4 
,it was not very long before the        
liquor-sellers found that prayer1 even  
outside their premises and outside of   
locked doors1 was having its effect1 and
 in order to put a stop to it1 they     
lodged complaints against the women1 the

 burden of which was that they were     
obstructing the highway and interrupting
 business4 ,off the sidewalks1          
therefore1 the women went1 and in deeper
 snows1 and with more dauntless faith1  
prayed on1 singing1 occasionally1 a song
 of praise and thanksgiving4  ,to a few 
cities belongs the disgrace of          
imprisoning some of these noble         
,christian women1 yet in all this1 a    
form like unto the ,son of ,man was with
 them1 and the unseen presence was their
 stay4 ,they were soon released1        
however1 and found that the news of     
their arrest and imprisonment had only  
increased the interest of all and the   
anxiety of many concerning this work4   
,requests for assistance came from other
 cities and ,states1 to which the ladies
 of ,hillsboro and other places         
responded1 till in almost all of the    
,northern ,states there was a common    
crusade against the liquor traffic4 ,for
 about six months this remarkable       
movement lasted1 meeting with varied    

success and closing saloons and bars of 
hotels in #bej towns and villages4      
,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,organization ,,and  
,,work4   ,,in ,,the ,,united ,,states4 
,gradually these active workers in the  
temperance cause1 conscious of having   
received a mighty power1 a special      
baptism at the hands of ,god1 for a     
special work1 began to look for         
something abiding in organization when  
this unusual movement should have       
ceased1 something in which all          
,christian women could unite for work in
 this special cause4 ,in the winter and 
spring of #ahgc-gd this wonderful       
movement1 known as ,the ,woman's        
,crusade1 took place4 ,in ,august of the
 same year many of these crusaders were 
gathered together at ,chatauqua1 to     
spend a few days there in the tented    
grove1 on the occasion of the ,first    
,national ,s4 ,s4 ,assembly4 ,as they   
talked over the work done1 and the work 
which the world still had need of1 the  
thought came to one of the band of the  

possibility of uniting all the women of 
that land in temperance effort4 ,acting 
on this suggestion steps were at once   
taken to form such an association4 ,a   
public meeting was held on the grounds1 
afterwards a prayer and a business      
meeting1 at which latter a committee of 
organization was formed1 and a circular 
letter authorized1 asking ,the ,woman's 
,temperance ,league of the ,north to    
hold conventions for the purpose of     
electing delegates to an organizing     
convention1 to be held in ,cleveland1   
,ohio1 ,nov4 #ahth1 #aith and #bjth1    
#ahgd4 ,at this convention in ,november 
,mrs4 ,jennie ,f4 ,willing presided1    
three hundred delegates and visitors    
were present1 and amid much enthusiasm  
the ,national ,woman's ,christian       
,temperance ,union took its place with  
the hosts of the ,lord1 to lead on to   
victory4 ,its first officers were3      
,president1 ,mrs4 ,annie ,wittenmeyer2  
,vice- ,presidents1 one from every      
,state2 ,rec4 ,sec41 ,mrs4 ,mary ,c4    

,johnson1 ,n4,y42 ,cor4 ,sec41 ,miss    
,frances ,willard2 ,treasurer1 ,mrs4 ,w4
 ,a4 ,ingham1 ,ohio4 ,a constitution and
 by-laws were adopted1 the preamble to  
which read as follows3  ,the ,christian 
women of this nation1 conscious of the  
increasing evils1 and appalled at the   
dangers and tendencies of intemperance1 
believe it has become their duty1 under 
the providence of ,god1 to unite their  
efforts for its extinction4  ,this is   
the thought that since then has nerved  
the ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4 women in every city1
 town and village of the neighboring    
,states1-- ,appalled at the tendencies  
and dangers of intemperance1 to combat  
this evil they have given their time and
 strength1 their influence and their    
prayers4  ,for five years ,mrs4         
,wittenmeyer presided over this society 
of earnest workers1 and during this time
 contributed greatly to its success by  
her wise and loving counsel1 endearing  
herself to the hearts of all4  ,in #ahgi
 ,miss ,frances ,willard was chosen     

president1 and under her able           
administration and remarkable skill in  
leadership #ajj1jjj women organized in  
unions are now marching onward to the   
goal of prohibition1 bearing with them  
the hopes and prayers of many who would 
be in that procession if they could4 ,we
 know that in the houses of many1 even  
of the liquor sellers1 sit pure women   
whose prayers go up quietly1 but none   
the less sincerely1 and with no less    
faith than those of the white ribboned  
army1 for the downfall of the liquor    
traffic1 and for the triumph of the     
gospel of peace and goodwill to man4    
,it was largely through the effort of   
the ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4 women that the      
,state of ,kansas1 on ,nov4 #bnd #ahhj1 
adopted the amendment to the            
constitution of the state1 prohibiting  
the manufacture or sale of all          
intoxicating liquors1 except for        
mechanical or medicinal purposes4  ,in  
,ohio1 in #ahhc1 the whole campaign for 
the constitutional amendment was planned

 and directed by the president of the   
,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u41 ,mrs4 ,mary            
,woodbridge4 ,in this she was ably      
assisted by all the ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4     
women throughout the state4 ,such was   
the earnestness and spirit of sacrifice 
manifested that when1 at one convention1
 the question of finance was discussed1 
it was unanimously decided that they    
would go without gloves for a certain   
time1 that they might have more money   
for this campaign4 ,it is worth while   
for us to observe here that1 in this    
contest1 great importance was attached  
to the distribution of temperance       
literature4 ,we are told that leaflets1 
cards1 and circulars went out by the    
bushel4 ,printed appeals were sent to   
all corporations and companies of any   
size1 sermons were preached on the      
subject not on ,sunday only1 but in some
 places on every day of the week4 ,on   
the day of the vote the ladies visited  
the polls1 furnishing lunches to all1   
and gave out the ballots for the        

amendment4 ,over #bj1jjj was raised in  
that ,state during that year for the    
work undertaken by the ,w4,c4,t4,u4     
,although they were not successful in   
gaining the amendment1 the returns show 
that in many counties fraudulent count  
had been made1 and it is believed by    
those in a position to know that an     
honest count would have carried the     
amendment by a large majority4 ,as it   
was it received #cbc1afg votes1 while   
the license amendment received but      
#ih1jej4 ,a majority of any votes cast  
at the general election was necessary   
for adoption4 ,in ,florida the passage  
of the ,local ,option ,bill was due1 as 
one of their legislators testifies1 to  
the influence of the ,w4,c4,t4,u4  ,for 
five years the women of ,iowa1 under the
 leadership of ,mrs4 ,j1 ,ellen ,foster1
 had planned1 pleaded and petitioned    
against the licensed system of that     
state4 ,on the #bgth ,june1 #ahhb1 the  
people adopted the constitutional       
prohibition amendment by a majority of  

#bi1gei1 the ,supreme ,court however    
declared that on account of some        
irregularity in the legislative steps of
 the passage of the amendment1 it was of
 no effect and void4 ,in ,march #ahhd1  
however1 the ,iowa ,legislature passed a
 prohibiting law1 which came into force 
on ,july #dth of the same year4 ,and so 
another victory has been gained by the  
temperance women of the ,united ,states1
 and prohibition has been secured to    
another important state of the ,union4  
,for years the ,n4,w4,c4,t4,u4 has been 
pressing for the insertion of one       
temperance lesson per quarter in the    
,international series of ,sabbath-      
school lessons1 but without success4    
,at the recent ,i4,s4,s4 ,convention1   
which met in ,louisville1 ,ky41 yielding
 to the appeal so eloquently urged by   
,miss ,willard1 the convention          
recommended that the committee on       
preparation of lessons be instructed to 
include the quarterly temperance lesson 
in their series4  ,temperance text books

 have been added to the books of the    
public schools in ,michigan1 ,new       
,hampshire1 ,vermont and ,new ,york4    
,this has been done under the management
 of ,mrs4 ,mary ,hunt1 aided by the     
presidents of the different ,state      
,unions4 ,this victory was the result of
 a systematic plan laid down by the     
,n4,w4,c4,t4,u41 the principal points of
 which are mentioned4  ,the             
,n4,w4,c4,t4,u4 has also established at 
,chicago1 a national organ1 ,the ,union 
,signal1 edited by ,mrs4 ,mary ,b4      
,willard1 which is considered to be one 
of the best conducted papers known4     
,these are some of the successes gained 
by this society of active ,christian    
women1 the contemplation of which led   
,j4 ,b4 ,gough to declare that after    
forty years of observation1 he believed 
the ,w4,c4,t4,u1 was doing more real1   
solid work1 than all other temperance   
societies combined4 ,the work of the    
,n4,w4,c4,t4,u4 is classed as follows1  
each department being under the control 

of an active lady superintendent3--     
,heredity and ,hygiene4   ,scientific   
,temperance ,instruction4               
,sunday-school ,work4   ,juvenile ,work4
   ,free ,kindergartens4   ,temperance  
,literature4   ,suppression of ,impure  
,literature4   ,relation of             
,intemperance to ,capital and ,labor4   
,influencing the press--,signal ,service
 work4   ,conference with ,influential  
,bodies4   ,inducing ,physicians not to 
,prescribe ,alcoholic ,stimulants4      
,efforts to ,overthrow the ,tobacco     
,habit4   ,suppression of the ,social   
,evil4   ,evangelistic4   ,prison and   
,police ,stations4   ,work among        
,railroad ,employees1 ,soldiers and     
,sailors4   ,use of the ,unfermented    
,juice of the ,grape at the ,lord's     
,table4   ,young ,woman's ,work4        
,parlor ,meetings4   ,kitchen ,gardens4 
,flower ,mission4   ,state and ,county  
,fairs4   ,legislature and ,petitions4  
,franchise4   ,southern ,work4   ,work  
among ,foreigners4   ,work on the       

,pacific ,coast4   ,work among the      
,colored ,people of the ,north4         
,national ,organization4   ,,in ,,great 
,,britain4   ,the influence of the      
,woman's ,crusade1 and subsequently of  
the ,n4,w4,c4,t4,u41 spread rapidly to  
other countries and led to the          
foundation of ,women's ,christian       
,temperance ,unions in ,great ,britain1 
,canada1 ,australia1 ,india and ,japan4 
,in ,dundee1 ,scotland1 the first       
,british ,w4,c4,t4,u4 was formed4 ,as   
the news of the whiskey war in ,america 
reached the women of that city1 they1   
too1 resolved to do something in this   
work4 ,under the leadership of ,mrs4 ,m4
 ,e4 ,parker1 they obtained1 in six     
days1 the names of #i1hjj women of the  
city to a petition1 asking that no fresh
 licenses be granted and that many be   
withdrawn4 ,marching in procession to   
the ,court ,house1 they presented their 
petition1 a scene never before witnessed
 in ,great ,britain4 ,four hundred      
members were immediately enrolled as    

members of a working society1 and the   
influence of the ,dundee ,w4,c4,t4,u4   
was felt far and near4 ,afterwards1 a   
,british ,woman's ,temperance           
,association was formed1 of which ,mrs4 
,parker was president4 ,this            
,association now has1 in ,england1 #aie 
branches1 with a membership of more than
 #aj1jjj2 in ,scotland1 fifty branches2 
in ,ireland1 about the same number1 and 
a few also in ,wales4  ,their work has  
been to use their influence in every    
possible way1 in favor of temperance1   
with the medical profession1 with       
,parliament1 corporations and companies1
 and with ministers of religion4 ,in    
#ahhc1 they presented a petition in     
favor of ,sunday closing1 containing    
#ahd1jjj signatures4 ,they have issued a
 cookery book1 and a number of          
miscellaneous books and papers4 ,mrs4   
,lucas1 sister of ,hon4 ,john ,bright1  
has been president of this society for  
the past few years1 and her stirring    
appeals to the women of ,england1 have  

roused many to a sense of their         
responsibility1 and kept them thoroughly
 alive and earnest in the work4 ,mrs4   
,lucas' meetings1 public as well as     
others1 are always well attended1 and   
the greatest interest is manifested by  
her audiences in the subject which she  
presents with much tenderness and power4
 ,other lady speakers1 from the ranks of
 the ,w4,c4,t4,u4 in ,england1 do good  
service in addressing meetings1 both    
public and private1 and the urgent      
invitations for help in forming         
societies are so numerous1 that the     
constant demand is for more workers4    
,one of the great needs of the          
,association has been 7as the secretary 
stated from year to year7 a paid        
organizer1 whose time should be at the  
disposal of the society to visit the    
various branches and places where new   
,unions might be formed4  ,the officers 
of this ,association are in             
part3--,president1 ,mrs4 ,lucas1 ,no4 #g
 ,charlotte street1 ,bradford ,square1  

,london1 ,eng42 ,secretary1 ,mrs4       
,bradley1 #af ,memorial ,hall1          
,farringdon4 ,w4 ,london4  ,besides this
 society there are other associations in
 ,england composed of women only1 who   
are doing good work for temperance1     
notably ,the ,liverpool ,ladies'        
,temperance ,association organized in   
#ahfd4 ,the special object of this      
society is ,to reclaim women of every   
grade of society1 who have fallen into  
habits of intemperance1 and to prevent  
those from falling who are already in   
circumstances of danger1 by visitation1 
watchful care1 and by every means which 
can be devised2 also to spread          
,temperance principles in every possible
 way4 ,they have six or more            
,missionaries constantly at work1 and a 
,general ,superintendent1 who acts as   
secretary1 and1 with the assistance of  
ladies of the ,committee1 takes charge  
of special cases1 which from the social 
position of the parties1 require to be  
carefully and delicately dealt with4    

,this society is doing its work more    
quietly1 perhaps1 than many others1 but 
a work very much needed1 and a service  
requiring much thought and patience1    
,christian sympathy and tact4           
,president1 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,parrel1 #bd      
,waverley ,road1 ,sefton ,park1         
,liverpool1 ,eng42 ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,h4
 ,spring1 ,office--,no4 #b ,y4,m4,c4,a4 
,buildings1 #fj ,mount ,pleasant1       
,liverpool4  ,the ,woman's ,union of the
 ,church of ,england ,temperance        
,society1 with ,rev4 ,canon ,ellison as 
,president1 is also in a flourishing    
condition4 ,eighty-five branches have   
been formed1 also a ,servants' ,branch1 
a ,branch for young women engaged in    
houses of business1 and a ,branch for   
girls at restaurants and railway        
refreshment bars4  ,drawing-room        
meetings have been held with great      
success1 some in the mansion of the     
,duke and ,duchess of ,westminster1 and 
in the drawing-rooms of ,lord and ,lady 
,brabazon4  ,the ,working ,women's      

,teetotal ,league1 which has also been  
in operation for about eight years1 has 
for its object to spread teetotalism    
amongst working-class women4 ,many      
thousands of pledges have been taken1   
and benefit societies have been formed  
under the guidance and supervision of   
this society4  ,the ,manchester         
,w4,c4,t4 ,association is also doing a  
good work among the young1 and in       
rescuing women from the thraldom of     
drink4  ,the large and crowded cities of
 ,great ,britain present opportunities  
and demands for work of this nature1    
with which our younger country is not so
 familiar1 but the motto of the         
,b4,w4,t4 ,association bears a message  
to us equally strong ,the ,master is    
come and calleth for thee4     ,,chapter
 ,,iv4  ,,our ,,canadian ,w4,c4,t4,u4   
,history and ,present ,condition4       
,,ontario4   ,the first union in        
,canada1 of which we have any record1   
was formed in ,owen ,sound1 ,ont4 ,in   
the spring of #ahgd1 shortly after the  

first note of the crusade had been      
sounded1 a few earnest ,christian ladies
 of that place1 stirred by the report of
 what ,god was doing through their      
sisters in the ,western ,states1 meet to
 devise some plan1 by which they could  
do something if not to prevent1 at least
 to lessen the evils of intemperance in 
their town4 ,at this meeting1 held on   
the #bjth of ,may1 a ,w4,c4,t4,u4 was   
organized under the presidency of ,mrs4 
,doyle4 ,the first work done by this    
,union was the general circulation of   
the pledge1 and petitioning the council 
against granting saloon licenses1 also  
asking that the number of tavern        
licenses be lessened1 which request was 
granted4 ,petitions were also sent to   
the legislature at ,toronto1 asking for 
amendments to the license act1 and the  
resolution to submit the ,dunkin act to 
the people of that county was the result
 of the persistent efforts of the       
,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,in the campaign for this  
purpose these ladies nobly assisted and 

stood side by side with other and older 
temperance organizations laboring for   
the general good4  ,picton ,union was   
formed in the autumn of the same year1  
and the ladies of that ,union aided     
largely in securing the passage of the  
,dunkin act in that county 7,p4 ,e474   
,from this time unions were formed here 
and there1 but there was no bond of     
union1 no provincial society for        
,ontario until1 in #ahgg1 ,october #bcrd
 and #bdth1 a conference of the existing
 unions was held in ,toronto1 and it was
 there decided to organize a ,provincial
 ,woman's ,christian ,temperance ,union4
 ,delegates were present from           
twenty-five unions1 more than two-thirds
 of the local unions thus showing their 
interest in the object for which they   
had met4 ,at this conference ,mrs4      
,letitia ,youmans presided1 and at its  
close the officers elected were3        
,president1 ,mrs4 ,l4 ,youmans2 ,vice-  
presidents1 one from each county2 ,cor4 
,sec41 ,miss ,phelps1 ,st4 ,catharines2 

,rec4 ,sec41 ,miss ,alien1 ,kingston2   
,treasurer ,mrs4 ,judge ,jones1         
,brantford4 ,for five years ,mrs4       
,youmans was the beloved president of   
this provincial union1 during which time
 she travelled extensively through      
,ontario1 ,quebec and the ,maritime     
,provinces 7as well as in the ,united   
,states71 organizing unions1 and doing  
very much by her earnest and eloquent   
addresses to convince the public mind of
 the unrighteousness of the liquor      
traffic1 and the necessity for its      
overthrow4  ,during the last few years  
,ontario has shared in the general      
growth of temperance sentiment1 and in  
common with other temperance            
organizations the ,w4,c4,t4,u4 has      
received an increase in membership1 and 
has obtained a surer1 warmer place in   
the hearts of the people4 ,recently1    
owing1 no doubt1 to the agitation of the
 ,scott ,act contest in many counties1  
and owing1 too1 to the earnestness and  
energy of many of the county            

superintendents of the ,provincial      
,union1 the number of societies has been
 more than doubled4 ,the ,ontario       
,provincial ,union now comprises        
ninety-six unions1 with a membership of 
about #b1fjj4 ,the attention of this    
,provincial ,union has been largely     
directed to the importance of           
introducing scientific instruction in   
our public schools4 ,dr4 ,richardson's  
,temperance ,lesson ,book1 and other    
text books on this subject1 have been   
widely circulated in teachers'          
conventions and elsewhere2 petitions    
have been presented to school boards1   
literature on the subject has been      
widely distributed1 and during the      
spring months1 while the ,hon4 ,minister
 of ,education was visiting the public  
schools at different points1 he was     
waited upon in many places by           
deputations from the ,w4,c4,t4 ,unions1 
asking that temperance text books be    
introduced into the schools of ,ontario4
  ,the committee to whose care this     

branch of the work is committed1 also   
had an interview with ,hon4 ,mr4 ,ross1 
,minister of ,education1 and presented a
 petition from the ,w4,c4,t4 ,unions1   
and other temperance societies1 asking  
that scientific instruction in          
temperance be given to the children of  
the public schools4 ,the ,hon4 ,minister
 informed the deputation that a book on 
,physiology and ,hygiene1 having special
 reference to the effect of alcohol on  
the human system1 was now in course of  
preparation1 and would be introduced in 
the course of study for next year4      
,medical conventions and assemblies have
 been approached1 and correspondence had
 with synods1 conferences and           
assemblies1 on the medical uses of      
alcohol1 and the use of the unfermented 
juice of the grape at the ,lord's table4
 ,many thousands of tracts have been    
sent out from the literature department 
of this ,union 7which department is just
 in its infancy71 and a large number of 
newspapers supplied regularly with      

temperance items4  ,general ,officers of
 the ,ontario ,w4,c4,t4,u4--,president1 
,mrs4 ,a4 ,chisholm1 #bah ,albert       
,street1 ,ottawa2 ,ex-,president1 ,mrs4 
,letitia ,youmans1 ,picton2 ,first      
,vice-,president1 ,mrs4 ,tilton1        
,ottawa2 ,second ,vice-,president1 ,mrs4
 ,cowan1 ,toronto2 ,recording           
,secretary1 ,miss ,orchard1 ,galt2      
,corresponding ,secretary1 ,mrs4        
,fawcett1 ,maple2 ,treasurer1 ,mrs4     
,brethour1 ,milton4  ,three ,y4,w4,c4,t4
 ,unions in ,ontario1 at ,hamilton1     
,ottawa1 and ,essex ,centre1 are doing  
good work in this temperance warfare4   
,boys' night schools1 girls' sewing     
schools1 and bands of hope are          
successfully carried on under their     
supervision4 ,there are eleven          
departments of work in connection with  
this provincial union1 corresponding to 
some of those so successfully controlled
 by the ,n4 ,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,u4    ,plan of 
,work and ,lecture ,department1 ,mrs4   
,tilton1 ,convener4   ,literature1 ,mrs4

 ,pratt1 ,convener1 ,hamilton4   ,prison
 and ,jail ,work1 ,mrs4 ,rutherford1    
,convener1 ,toronto4   ,legislative1    
,mrs4 ,youmans1 ,picton4   ,press1 ,miss
 ,m4 ,phelps1 ,convener1 ,st4           
,catharines4   ,unfermented ,wine at the
 ,lord's table4 ,miss ,wilmot1          
,convener1 ,milton4   ,county ,fairs4   
,s4 ,s4 ,temperance ,work and ,juvenile 
,unions1 ,mrs4 ,andrews1 ,convener4     
,presenting ,claims of ,temperance to   
,influential ,bodies1 ,mrs4 ,m4         
,fawcett1 ,maple4   ,scientific         
,instruction in ,temperance1 ,miss      
,orchard1 ,owen ,sound4                 
,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,work1 ,miss ,scott1    
,ottawa4   ,,quebec4   ,in the year     
#ahgg1 a ,w4,c4,t4,u4 was organized at  
,stanstead1 ,p4,q41 by ,mrs4 ,charles   
,w4 ,pierce1 of ,boston1 who1 for a few 
months1 also filled the office of       
president4 ,this ,union was composed of 
members from three villages1 viz43      
,stanstead ,plain1 ,rock ,island1       
,p4,q41 and ,derby ,line1 ,vermont4     

,public meetings were held from time to 
time by this ,union1 prominent lecturers
 engaged1 and a lively interest in      
temperance matters was manifested by the
 general public4 ,very much of the      
success of this ,union is due to the    
counsel and instruction given by ,miss  
,willard during her visit to ,stanstead 
in #ahgh4  ,the next ,union formed was  
the ,huntingdon ,union1 but it was not  
until the winter of #ahhb-hc that the   
,w4,c4,t4,u4 work may be said to have   
gained a foothold in this ,province4    
,during this winter1 ,mrs4 ,youmans     
visited many places in the ,province by 
invitation of the late ,rev4 ,thomas    
,gales and prominent ,christian ladies1 
giving public addresses and urging the  
ladies to more active work in this      
particular branch of ,christian         
endeavor4 ,the result of her labors was 
the formation of sixteen ,unions and a  
general quickening and awakening to     
temperance truth4  ,these ,unions were  
soon at work4 ,the education of the     

children in temperance principles       
received their special attention4       
,public temperance meetings were        
promoted1 literature distributed1 free  
reading rooms established1 petitions    
circulated against license1 temperance  
picnics1 cottage and other meetings     
held1 and a great amount of individual  
work done that has greatly aided and    
strengthened the cause of temperance in 
the ,province4 ,a ,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 was   
formed at ,point ,st4 ,charles1 which is
 engaged in active work and will be     
found to be a social power whose weight 
and influence for good cannot well be   
estimated4  ,on the #afth and #agth     
,october1 #ahhc1 a meeting of delegates 
from local ,unions was held in ,montreal
 for the purpose of organizing a        
,provincial ,union for the ,province of 
,quebec4 ,thirty-five delegates were    
present2 encouraging reports were given 
from the different ,unions represented1 
showing a total membership of about     
#a1jjj1 and a ,provincial ,union was at 

once organized with the following       
officers3-- ,president1 ,mrs4           
,middleton1 ,quebec2 first              
,vice-,president1 ,mrs4 ,dunkin1        
,knowlton2 second ,vice-,president1     
,mrs4 ,walker1 ,montreal2 ,corresponding
 ,secretary4 ,miss ,lamb1 ,quebec2      
,recording ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,r4 ,w4    
,mc,lachlan1 ,montreal2 ,treasurer1     
,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,mc,kenzie ,forbes1       
,montreal4  ,in the organization of this
 ,provincial ,union1 ,mrs4 ,e4          
,mc,laughlin1 of ,boston1 ,miss ,anna   
,gordon 7,miss ,willard's secretary7 and
 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,w4 ,foster1 of ,knowlton1   
rendered valuable assistance4  ,the     
departments of work arranged by this    
,provincial ,union1 are as follows3--   
,heredity and ,hygiene1 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,v4   
,lucas1 ,supt41 ,montreal4   ,scientific
 ,work1 ,mrs4 ,norton1 ,montreal4       
,juvenile and ,s4,s4 ,work1 ,miss       
,rhynas1 ,montreal4   ,temperance       
,literature1 and ,influencing the       
,press1 ,mrs4 ,jack1   ,chateauguay     

,basin4   ,evangelistic ,work1 ,miss    
,knowles1 ,east ,farnham4   ,prison and 
,police ,work1 ,mrs4 ,dean1 ,quebec4    
,work among ,intemperate ,women1 ,mrs4  
,barker1 ,knowlton4   ,social ,work1    
,mrs4 ,c4 ,t4 ,williams1 ,montreal4     
,legislation1 ,mrs4 ,geggie1 ,quebec4   
,each ,county ,vice-,president is1 to a 
certain extent1 responsible for the work
 in her county1 and in this ,province as
 well as in ,ontario1 they have proved  
themselves to be a band of faithful and 
efficient workers4 ,in the short time   
which has elapsed since the formation of
 the ,provincial ,w4,c4,t4,u41 and the  
election of county vice-president1 with 
the assistance of their president1      
twenty new ,unions have been added1     
making1 in all1 thirty-seven ,unions1   
with a total membership of about #b1cjj4
 ,of this number1 more than #a1cjj are  
in the ,city of ,montreal4 ,in this     
particular ,union the fee is optional1  
which may account1 in some measure1 for 
the seeming disproportion in members4   

,,the ,,maritime ,,provinces4   ,the    
first local union in the ,province of   
,new ,brunswick was organized in the    
town of ,moncton1 in ,december1 #ahge1  
,mrs4 7,rev47 ,j4 ,e4 ,brown being      
president4 ,work among the children has 
largely engaged the attention of this   
society1 while they have been faithful  
and persevering in their efforts to     
educate the public mind by means of     
lectures and distribution of temperance 
literature4 ,they have also visited     
those engaged in selling liquors1 and   
have reasoned with them1 to some        
purpose1 on the unrighteousness of their
 course4  ,unions were formed shortly   
after in ,st4 ,john1 ,fredericton1      
,portland1 ,carleton and ,st4           
,stephen's4 ,in all these places much   
work has been done1 and general         
temperance sentiment very materially    
advanced4  ,in ,october1 #ahgi1 in      
compliance with a call issued by the    
,fredericton ,union1 the delegates of   
the local ,unions in that ,province met 

to form a ,provincial ,union4 ,twenty   
delegates and visitors were present1    
representing five ,unions1 and the      
,prov4 ,union was at once organized1 the
 following officers being elected3      
,president1 ,mrs4 ,dunham1 ,portland1   
,n4,b42 ,vice-,presidents1 ,mrs41       
,march1 ,st4 ,john1 ,mrs4 ,mc,williams1 
,carleton1 ,mrs4 ,cunard1 ,portland1    
,mrs4 ,philips1 ,fredericton1 ,mrs4     
,wade1 ,woodstock2 ,secretary1 ,mrs4    
,steadman1 ,fredericton2 ,treasurer1    
,miss ,lockhart1 ,st4 ,john2 ,auditor1  
,miss ,carr1 ,carleton4  ,since that    
time the work in this ,province has gone
 steadily forward1 some new ,unions have
 been added1 and a deeper interest in   
temperance shown1 by many who were      
formerly indifferent4  ,in ,september1  
#ahhc1 the ,annual ,meeting of this     
,provincial ,union was again held in    
,fredericton1 at which1 invited         
delegates from ,n4,s4 and ,p4,e4,i4 were
 present4 ,here it was decided that for 
the best interests of the ,union work in

 those ,eastern ,provinces1 the         
organization should be made ,maritime   
instead of ,provincial1 representing    
,nova ,scotia and ,prince ,edward's     
,island1 as well as ,new ,brunswick4    
,this was done1 and the following       
officers were elected3  ,president1     
,mrs4 ,dr4 ,todd1 ,st4 ,stephen4        
,vice-,presidents1 one from each ,local 
,union4 ,secretary1 ,miss ,ella ,l4     
,thorne1 ,fredericton1 ,n4,b42          
,assistant ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,denistadt1
 ,moncton1 ,n4,b42 ,auditor1 ,mrs4 ,w4  
,w4 ,turnbull1 ,st ,john1 ,n4,b42       
,treasurer1 ,miss ,jane ,lockhart1 ,st4 
,john1 ,n4,b4  ,there are ten ,unions in
 these ,provinces4 ,the exact number of 
members is not furnished1 but if we may 
judge by the work accomplished1 there   
must be very many workers in behalf of  
this cause in these ,eastern ,provinces4
  ,the lines of work followed have been 
similar to those laid down by the other 
,provincial ,unions4 ,the ladies of ,st 
,john ,union have1 however1 with the    

assistance of other ,unions1 and private
 subscriptions1 erected a drinking      
fountain in their city at a cost of     
about #hej4 ,this is the first fountain 
erected by ,w4,c4,t4,u4 in ,canada4     
,the ,portland ,union has built a hall  
for its own use1 where all ,union       
meetings are held4  ,coffee houses and  
temperance hotels have been established1
 libraries have been opened1 and much   
attention paid to the scientific        
instruction in temperance to the        
children of the public schools4  ,the   
,provincial ,union of ,british ,columbia
 was formed in #ahhc1 and comprised two 
local ,unions1 one in ,victoria1        
organized at the same time as           
,provincial1 and the other in ,new      
,westminster4 ,total membership #abj4   
,in addition to the branches of work    
undertaken by the other provincial      
,unions1 this society has declared in   
favor of the ballot for women4          
,president1 ,mrs41 7,rev47 ,pollard1    
,victoria1 ,b4,c41 ,cor4 ,sec4 ,mrs4 ,d4

 ,a4 ,jenkins1 ,victoria1 ,b4,c4  ,in   
,manitoba two local ,unions have been   
organized4 ,one in ,winnipeg1 ,mrs4     
,monk1 president1 ,mrs4 ,somerset1      
,secretary2 and one ,union in ,brandon1 
,president1 ,mrs4 ,davidson2 ,secretary1
 ,mrs4 ,bliss4 ,these are just beginning
 the good work1 but at the end of       
another year1 will have1 doubtless1 a   
record to give of many useful measures  
planned and executed1 by means of which 
reformatory1 educational1 preventive and
 legislative work will have been        
effectually accomplished4 ,our ,canadian
 women gratefully acknowledge the aid   
given us by many of our sisters across  
the border1 who have greatly assisted us
 from time to time with wise counsel and
 stirring words of appeal4 ,especially  
do they remember the inspiration and    
fresh courage that came to them with the
 presence and influence of ,miss        
,willard4 ,the formation of the         
,dominion ,union was largely due to her 
counsel1 and to her visit and eloquent  

addresses we owe the ,british ,columbia 
,union1 provincial and local4 ,mrs4     
,emily ,mc,laughlin has also won the    
hearts of all with whom she came in     
contact during her visits in ,canada1   
and a large accession to the membership 
of the ,unions has always followed her  
powerful and persuasive utterances4     
,,the ,,dominion ,w4,c4,t4,u4  ,for some
 months previous to the meeting of the  
,ontario ,provincial ,union in ,october1
 #ahhc1 a correspondence had been       
carried on between some of the leading  
temperance women in the different       
,provinces1 regarding the advisability  
of forming a ,dominion ,union4 ,all were
 in favor of taking this step if any    
additional good could be gained1 or if  
it would be of benefit to any4 ,with    
this feeling1 and acting upon the advice
 of ,miss ,willard1 president of the    
,n4,w4,c4,t4,u41 who was present at the 
meeting1 the ,ontario convention        
appointed a committee consisting of     
,mrs4 ,chisholm and ,mrs4 ,strachan1 to 

confer with the executive of the ,quebec
 ,provincial ,union1 for the purpose of 
forming a ,dominion ,union1 ,at the     
interview with the ,quebec ,provincial  
,executive1 it was stated that from     
private letters received from other     
,provinces1 there would be no difficulty
 in the way of organizing the proposed  
,union4 ,it was also suggested that1 in 
the event of such organization1 no      
meeting should be called before #ahhe1  
as some of the ,provincial ,unions had  
so recently been formed1 and would need 
all the thought and care that could be  
given them for a time1 at least4  ,after
 some questions and explanations1 with a
 little discussion1 it was decided that 
a ,dominion ,union be organized4 ,a     
constitution was drawn up1 similar to   
the one in use by the ,n4,w4,c4,t4,u41  
of the ,united ,states1 and the         
following officers elected3 ,president1 
,mrs4 ,l4 ,youmans1 ,picton1 ,ont42     
,vice-,presidents1 ,mrs4 ,a4 ,c4        
,chisholm1 ,ottawa1 ,ont42 ,mrs4        

,middleton1 ,quebec2 ,mrs4 ,dr4 ,todd1  
,fredericton1 ,n4,b42 ,mrs4 ,rev4       
,pollard1 ,victoria1 ,b4,c42            
,corresponding ,secretary1 ,mrs4 ,major 
,tilton1 ,ottawa1 ,ont42 ,recording     
,secretary1 ,miss ,renaud1 ,montreal1   
,p4,q42 ,treasurer1 ,mrs4 ,judge        
,steadman1 ,fredericton1 ,n4 ,b4  ,the  
aim of this ,union will be to unite more
 closely in their work1 the ,christian  
temperance women of the different       
,provinces1 and to devise plans for the 
general good1 these to be largely       
carried out by the ,provincial ,unions4 
,its first meeting will be held during  
the session of ,parliament at ,ottawa in
 #ahhe4     ,,chapter ,v4  ,,why ,,women
 ,,should ,,work4   #a4 ,for their own  
sakes4--,in the years that are passed   
women have been to a great extent1 run  
in moulds like candles1 and have been   
long threes or short sixes1 just as     
society chose to make them4             
,occasionally1 one and another have     
refused to be run in the old mould1 but 

seeing the need to be so great1 and the 
workers so few1 have stepped outside the
 narrow circle set round them1 and with 
their faith and courage and persistent  
loving labor1 have brought a new        
inspiration to the world's workers1 and 
a new hope to the world's weary ones4   
,this ,w4,t4,c4,u4 work opens up to     
women avenues of usefulness that for    
their own sakes they ought not to       
hesitate to enter4 ,thus engaged the    
circle widens and widens until the      
possibilities of usefulness are almost  
limitless4 ,as the boundaries are set   
further on the thought and sympathy of  
women reach out gradually to their      
limit1 broader views of life and of     
humanity are taken on1 and a deep1 great
 love for all ,god's suffering ones is  
added to the love of the heart for      
family and kindred4 ,in this work is    
found something of real fellowship with 
,god1 and we are enabled to understand  
something of ,his great love1 even for  
the unlovable1 and to rejoice as in the 

presence of the angels of ,god1 over    
,his repentant1 returning children4  #b4
 ,for their ,sisters' ,sake4--,it is a  
sad fact that we gather from the        
statistics and police returns of the    
large cities of ,england in relation to 
the drinking habits of ,english women4  
,referring to it the ,archbishop of     
,canterbury calls it ,the very dark     
shadow dogging the steps of the ,church 
of ,england ,society4 ,if1 said ,his    
,grace1 drinking is introduced among the
 women of our middle or still higher    
classes1 by means of grocers' licences1 
we need not think it will confine itself
 wholly to them4 ,no1 depend upon it1 if
 any practice of women's drinking comes 
into use1 we shall see it in its most   
open and shameless form4 ,those of us   
who have tried to do any work among     
drinking women1 must admit the painful  
truth that a small number of such1      
comparatively1 are ever recovered from  
the habit of drinking1 and a very small 
proportion are rescued from the haunts  

of vice4 ,when we think of this1 and    
think too1 of the hereditary taint1 the 
craving for drink1 transmitted from     
these mothers to their children1 and of 
the lives of sin which1 too often1      
follow1 we do not wonder at the alarm   
expressed in the recent report of the   
,house of ,lords' ,committee on         
,intemperance in these words1           
,intemperance among women is increasing 
on a scale so vast1 and at a rate of    
progression so rapid1 as to constitute a
 new reproach and danger4 ,while this is
 true of ,england1 and while we grieve  
over the drinking habits of women in    
other countries1 have we not reason to  
fear that our ,canadian women are not   
free from this vice4 ,every district    
visitor knows1 every city missionary is 
conscious of the fact1 that the poverty1
 the distress in so many homes is not   
solely because ,father drinks1 but often
 because ,mother sells everything for   
whiskey4 ,and the drinking among women  
is not confined to the class mentioned1 

for can you not think of ladies of      
wealth and position in your community1  
whose names are always spoken in a sort 
of twilight tone and with a little sigh8
 ,do you not know that while ladies go  
from our large cities to spend months   
abroad1 in some cases1 these months are 
spent in inebriate asylums1 while their 
friends fondly hope they may return     
cured8 ,there are homes where the father
 dare not allow his daughters to attend 
an evening party1 for fear that they may
 disgrace the family by taking too much 
wine1 and acting in a silly manner4     
,while we know these things to be true1 
we can not put them from us with a sense
 of freedom from responsibility4 ,let us
 then for our own sakes individually1 in
 order that we may be made unselfish and
 loving1 and more like the ,divine      
,christ1 step forward into this work4   
,and for the sake of women1 our sisters1
 let us come out of the narrow path of  
custom2 let us brave opposition or      
ridicule1 which is harder to bear1 and  

be true-hearted and whole-hearted in    
this temperance work4  #c4 ,for the     
,children's ,sake4--,to women is largely
 committed the care of children in those
 first years of their lives when        
impressions for good or evil are readily
 received1 and habits easily formed1 and
 during this time principles may be     
firmly imbedded in the fresh soil that  
may grow to be a hedge against evil1 a  
barrier between them and wrong in the   
coming years4 ,mothers have a great     
responsibility in this matter1 and one  
from which they may not escape4 ,if our 
children see the wine-glass on the home 
table1 in the side-board1 at our evening
 parties1 will they not think           
wine-drinking right and safe1 and will  
there be any fear in their hearts of    
that which at the last stingeth like a  
serpent and biteth like an adder8  ,the 
hardest blow ,i ever received1 said a   
devoted mother1 occupying a high social 
position in our land1 was when my eldest
 boy turned to me in answer to my       

expostulation with him about taking too 
much wine1 and said1 ',mother1 you know 
,i learned to drink at home4' ,so many  
have said1 ,if ,i had only known then   
what ,i know now1 how different my home 
would have been1 ,i would not now have  
to reproach myself for the wrongdoing of
 husband or of sons4 ,recently a member 
of one of our ,christian churches1 a    
lady of wealth and refinement1 whose    
home was a home of luxury1 and on whose 
hospitable board the wine-glass was     
placed as a matter of custom1 during the
 long years of married life1 was called 
to pass through a very painful          
experience1 a very ,gethsemane4 ,her    
eldest son had grown to be a little     
wild1 would go from home occasionally   
for a day or two1 causing his parents   
great anxiety concerning him4 ,on this  
occasion nearly a week had passed since 
they had seen him1 when a message came  
to the mother from one of the city      
policemen4 ,she hurried with the        
messenger to the gaol1 there to meet her

 darling boy1 the one in whom her       
fondest hopes had been centred1 and for 
whom her brightest dreams had been so   
many times thought out1 the boy she     
ceased not thinking of other than true1 
loving and pure1--to find him battered1 
bruised1 and bleeding1 with clothes     
disordered and torn1 a sad example of   
the transformation which strong drink   
can produce4 ,some one writes1 ,it is   
sad to be disappointed in those we love1
 but who can tell the agony of that     
mother's heart as she looked at her     
shattered idol1 and cried out1 ,my son1 
why will you drink and break my heart8  
,i shall not soon forget his reply1     
,because you gave it to me at home1 nor 
can ,i forget that mother's face as     
there came over her soul the awful      
realization of all that the             
thoughtlessness of custom had done for  
her boy4 ,as we passed out she said1 ,no
 more wine at our table1 ,god helping   
me1 but while children still at home may
 be kept1 it is too late for the eldest 

born4 ,to day he is a wanderer from     
home1 and mother1 and ,god4 ,while human
 hearts and human prayers follow him1   
,god's mercy alone can reach and save4  
#d4 ,for the safely of ,home4--,home is 
emphatically the kingdom of woman4 ,here
 she is queen1 and can order all its    
belongings as she deems best4 ,to a very
 great degree its inmates are subjects  
of her kingdom1 and acknowledge her     
sway4 ,the cases are few1 perhaps1 where
 her wishes are not respected1 her right
 acceded to in all home arrangements4   
,but to ensure a perfect home it is     
necessary that purity and peace should  
guard the threshold1 that nothing unholy
 may enter1 and that the noise of the   
world's strife pass not through4 ,here  
there should be rest and peace4 ,the    
liquor traffic is the avowed enemy of   
the home4 ,while this exists not one    
home is absolutely safe1 not one        
household is quite free from danger4    
,this enemy does not scruple to enter   
the rightful kingdom of woman to rob1   

murder1 and to destroy1 and to lay in   
ruins all that before was bright and    
beautiful4 ,the strong man is made      
helpless under its influence1 all       
loveliness withers at its touch1 the    
darkness of its shadow shuts out the    
sunlight1 and its breath of death is    
over all4 ,while this is true we ought  
surely to act as if we believed it to be
 true1 and do all in our power to bar   
the door against this destroyer4 ,as    
women to whom ,god has given reason1    
intelligence1 the blessings of a        
,christian education and much influence 
in our homes1 we dare not bow down      
longer to a custom so fraught with evil 
and so ruinous in its effects4 ,a bird  
will be quick to discover the approach  
of the serpent1 and will spread its     
wings over the nest to protect its      
nestlings1 and shall we not shield the  
dear ones in the home nest from the     
approach of this serpent1 whose nature  
it is to kill and to destroy8  #e4 ,for 
the sake of ,society4--,while woman is  

queen of the home realm1 she also reigns
 in society1--society which is made up  
from the homes of our land1 ,if all     
homes were peaceful and pure1 society   
would have no evils1 there would be less
 necessity to warn and protect the      
innocent1 and our newspapers would need 
small space to tell of moral wrecks1    
despair1 murder and suicide4 ,but until 
that time shall come1 there is need for 
the influence of true1 earnest women to 
so mould society that men and women     
shall be made nobler and better for     
being in their presence4 ,the influence 
of such women is like the gentle dew1   
refreshing and enriching tender plant   
and opening flower2 her example is as   
the sunlight1 warming the heart and     
quickening the life to nobler deeds and 
guiding the wandering feet heavenward4  
,all over our country1 homes are        
constantly sending out their young men  
into business1 into society1 and the    
home life is exchanged for something    
new1 ,day by day we are meeting these1  

receiving them into our homes1 making   
them welcome to our parlors4 ,what shall
 our influence be upon them8 ,a young   
man comes to a city with good           
recommendations2 he has high hopes1 gets
 into a good business1 is made much of  
in society4 ,he is a pure man1 such as  
mothers would choose as companion for   
their sons and daughters4 ,how many     
hopes and prayers have come with him    
from the home hearth1 and how glad and  
proud his best friends are to know that 
he is doing well4 ,as he spends his     
evenings in our homes1 those evenings   
that would otherwise be very dreary1    
what will the home do for him8 ,shall   
women1 who rule society1 use their      
influence to disappoint all the bright  
home dreaming1 to check all his high    
aspirations1 and to make it very easy   
for him to become a victim to this      
appetite for drink8 ,not that this is   
ever intentionally done1 but the history
 of many men1 given years after in many 
of our ,gospel temperance meetings1     

proves that this is terribly true4  ,i  
never offer anything to any one fond of 
liquor1 not even on ,new ,year's day1   
said a lady1 but none of our young men  
are4 ,are we correct in saying that of  
any circle in society where wine is     
tasted1 none of our young men are4      
,women do not know1 even the mothers in 
the same home do not know what young men
 know of each other4 ,we do not see how 
the glass of wine at the evening party1 
where he can take a little1 not too     
much1 is followed later in the evening  
and till the daylight hours1 by glass   
after glass of stronger liquor1 taken   
amid far different surroundings4  ,many 
young men date their downfall from the  
first evening spent in society in a     
strange city1 for while they could      
resist the temptations of young men     
companions1 they have not been able to  
refuse the wine-glass at the hand of    
their hostess4  ,in view of all these   
facts1 so sad1 so pitiful1 ought we not 
for our own sake1 for the sake of       

innocent children in our homes1 for the 
sake of other women's children and other
 homes1 and for the sake of society at  
large1 in order to lead men and women1  
as best we may1 towards all that is pure
 and holy1 and away from all that is    
debasing and evil1 ought we not to give 
our influence and our active help to    
this temperance work8     ,,chapter     
,,vi4  ,,how ,,women ,,may ,,work4      
,every human being has influence1 and we
 may not know the effect of our words or
 of our silence4 ,the fact being        
generally known that one is a member of 
the ,w4,c4,t4,u4 has sometimes a great  
influence4 ,recently one of our         
temperance workers spent a few weeks at 
the sea-side4 ,she had no occasion to   
speak of her temperance principles1 but 
as the little white envelopes marked    
,w4,c4,t4,u4 went out from the office of
 the hotel from time to time1 it soon   
became known that she was a temperance  
woman4 ,mrs4 ---- one morning was very  
much interested to hear as she passed a 

bathing house near her own1 ,here1 take 
some brandy before ,mrs4 ---- comes     
down1 and the reply1 ,mamma1 she don't  
take any1 and the bathing don't make her
 sick4 ,it was thought a necessary      
preventive in this case1 but there was a
 silent influence that conveyed its     
disapproval4 ,yet there are many ways in
 which women may exert more than a      
silent influence in this work4  #a4 ,in 
the ,home4--,the time has gone by1 when 
it was thought absolutely necessary to  
have the brandy bottle on the sideboard 
and in the kitchen1 and when it was     
thought to be flying in the face of     
,providence if one made a voyage or took
 a journey without this companion4      
,years ago even temperance people dare  
not exercise quite enough faith and     
common sense to enable them to put this 
thing quite out of their homes1 so for  
every ailment1 for spleen and spasms1   
for tooth ache and toe ache1 for head   
ache and heart ache1 this wonderful     
remedy was used4 ,this greater than all 

quack medicines1 for some of these do   
stop at some point in their healing     
power1 but this was thought to be never 
failing in its virtue to alleviate1 if  
not to cure4 ,women in the last few     
years have been wiser than the doctors1 
for while they looked only at           
alleviation of pain1 wives and mothers  
began to look beyond that1 at the       
probable acquirement of the taste for   
drink1 and now this prescription is     
becoming less frequent4 ,let the women  
of ,canada banish this liquor from their
 sideboards and kitchens1 and from their
 medicine chests4 ,let it be given as   
medicine1 only as a last resort1 and by 
the advice of a careful physician4 ,let 
temperance papers be taken in the home1 
that young and old may see and know all 
that is going on in the world in        
relation to temperance4 ,we have our    
political papers1 our church papers1 our
 fashion magazines1 let us have1 too1   
our temperance papers1 books and        
magazines4  ,encourage the children to  

become members of a ,band of ,hope1 and1
 if possible1 go with them occasionally 
to their meetings1 thus showing your    
interest in their particular work4  ,we 
are glad to think the custom of         
supplying farm hands with beer is not   
prevalent in this country1 but there may
 be places here and there where this has
 been customary4 ,here farmer's wives   
may provide a substitute in oatmeal     
drink1 cold tea or coffee4 ,these are a 
few of the many ways in which women may 
work for temperance in the home4  #b4   
,in ,society--,to exercise an influence 
for good it is not necessary that we    
should always sit pledge books in hand1 
and talk on the subject of temperance1  
but while this question occupies such a 
large share of public attention as at   
the present time1 there will be few     
communities where it will not form one  
of the topics of conversation4 ,then a  
quiet declaration of principles is the  
stand we must take4 ,if we wear the     
white ribbon1 the badge of our ,union1  

it will often save us annoyance1 and    
help us when necessary to speak the     
whole truth4 ,it very often happens that
 our position is assailed1 and then we  
should be able to give a reason for the 
stand we take4 ,to this end our women   
should read and search out for          
themselves arguments based on scientific
 investigation1 with which to meet      
opposition4 ,we need to inform          
ourselves1 not only as to the evil      
effects of alcohol on the human system1 
but how it produces this effect1 the    
waste to the country in drink1          
difference between communities where    
prohibition is in force1 and where      
licence reigns1 c4 ,in giving and       
attending entertainments1 parties1 c41  
be outspoken in your disapproval of wine
 drinking4 ,this is no longer running   
the risk of being singular in society1  
for some of the highest dignitaries of  
this land and other lands have banished 
strong drink in every form from their   
tables and entertainments4 ,mr4 ,moody  

said recently1 ,eight years ago it was  
difficult for me to mix in ,english     
society without being constantly pressed
 to drink wine4 ,now1 ,i may say1       
broadly1 ,i am never asked to touch it1 
and at many places where ,i go1 it is   
not even on the table4 ,much of this    
change has been brought about by the    
influence of ,english ladies of rank1   
and by their warm espousal of the cause 
of the ,blue ,ribbon ,army4  ,some of   
our ladies do not receive much company  
in this way1 and have not this          
opportunity for helping on the right1   
but in quiet visits to and fro1 their   
influence may accomplish much4 ,to speak
 of a good temperance book to a friend1 
a book which we have just read1 and in  
which we have been interested1 to offer 
to lend it1 saying you are sure she will
 be as interested in it as you have     
been1--this is not much1 perhaps1 but it
 is the sowing of the seed1 which may   
produce fruit1 such as we have not faith
 to think of1 in the days to come4  #c4 

,in the ,school4--,we have faith to     
believe that the schools will yet       
constitute one wing of this great       
temperance army1 for we can never       
succeed fully without them4 ,the voters 
of the present day may place a law upon 
the statute book1 and temperance men and
 women will do their best for its       
enforcement1 and find it a task beset   
with more or less difficulty4 ,but the  
boys and girls in our public schools    
will be the masses of to-morrow4 ,let   
them be taught now the nature and       
effects of alcohol on the human system1 
and to-morrow they will vote            
intelligently on this question1 and will
 stand by the laws they have made4      
,many of our best women are engaged in  
teaching these boys and girls1 and thus 
have a grand opportunity for good work  
in the temperance cause4 ,if a text book
 on this subject be not in use1 there   
are still ways in which a conscientious 
teacher1 thoroughly alive to its        
importance1 may convey to the minds of  

her pupils much of the truth about      
alcohol4 ,she may procure ,dr4          
,richardson's ,lesson ,book1 or ,dr4    
,ridge's ,primer1 so largely in use in  
the schools of ,england1 ,dr4 ,steele's 
,physiology and ,hygiene1 or the book   
authorized by the ,educational          
,department of ,ontario1 now in course  
of preparation1 and from any of these   
prepare a lesson1 occasionally1 for her 
scholars4 ,different phases of the      
temperance question might be put before 
them1 in a very simple form1 as subjects
 for their compositions4  ,recitations1 
with this end in view1 might be had from
 time to time4 ,in the town of          
,pembroke1 ,ont41 one of the public     
school teachers has enrolled all the    
children willing to join1 in a ,band of 
,hope1 with the name ,pembroke ,public  
,school ,prohibition ,army4 ,the        
,w4,c4,t4,u4 of that place contributed a
 very handsome banner to be carried by  
the little ones in their occasional     
processions1 and to have in their place 

of meeting4  ,then women will have      
influence with school boards and        
trustees in many places1 and may1 by a  
simple request1 gain their consent that 
temperance lessons be given by the      
teachers4 ,sometimes a general petition 
may be necessary1 7always to be signed  
by a majority of voters7 and this may be
 successfully arranged by women4 ,where 
the school is a denominational          
institution1 it is wise also to approach
 the synod or conference to which it    
belongs4 ,by patient and never tiring   
effort in city and country the schools  
will one day rally as a body to our help
 in this work4  #e4 ,in the ,union4--,it
 has been said so often by busy women   
whose hearts were nevertheless with the 
temperance work1 ,i will contribute to  
the funds of the ,union1 but it would be
 of no use for me to join1 for ,i could 
not find time to attend the meetings4   
,yet1 after all1 it is better to join1  
better to be known as a member1 if you  
go only once in three months to a       

meeting4 ,it is better for the ,union1  
better for yourself1 and better for your
 influence at home and in society4 ,and 
let the members of the ,union feel that 
the meeting is in part theirs1 and that 
they are responsible for its success as 
they would be for the success of a party
 given in their own house4  ,in both    
cases there are many circumstances which
 we must control or make the best of1   
and ,christian politeness should never  
be absent4 ,outside of the meetings     
there is a wide field not only for      
general temperance work1 but of special 
work for the ,union4 ,as we pay our     
social visits we may talk of the        
interesting meetings of the             
,w4,c4,t4,u41 or of any special work we 
have in hand1 inviting our friends to   
come and visit the ,union1 even if they 
do not wish to become members4 ,let this
 be done in an offhand way1 and not in  
this style1 ,now ,i've come to tell you 
how wicked you are to drink wine1 and ,i
 want you to sign the pledge and join   

the ,union4 ,people cannot be scolded or
 driven into a new faith1 but must be   
won by patience and love4  ,the ,loan   
,library of the ,union ought to be kept 
in constant circulation among those who 
are not members1 as well as among       
ourselves4 ,mrs4 ,s4,m4,i4 ,henry's     
,voice of the ,home1 and ,mabel's ,work1
 have exerted an influence for good over
 the women of our country1 and in one   
community the reading of these books led
 to the formation of a ,w4,c4,t4,u4     
which has done good work1 and rendered  
valuable assistance in the ,scott ,act  
contest4 ,the circulation of works of   
this kind with those of a more solid    
nature will secure deeper thought on    
this subject1 and a stronger desire to  
unite with the women of our land in     
their efforts to banish the liquor      
traffic4  ,we can also be loyal to the  
,union1 and to every member             
individually4 ,while we see each other's
 infirmities more plainly perhaps than  
we see our own1 let us cover them       

carefully1 as far as we may1 from those 
not in sympathy with us1 and let the    
letters ,w4,c4,t4,u4 be indeed a bond of
 union4  #f4 ,by the ,pen4--,a          
,w4,c4,t4,u4 paper or periodical in     
,canada is one of our great wants1      
perhaps the greatest4 ,we have gifted   
ones in our societies1 who have it in   
their power to make its pages           
interesting and instructive1 but we lack
 the necessary funds4 ,the little       
,telephone1 the organ of the            
,w4,c4,t4,u4 of the ,maritime           
,provinces1 which has recently made its 
appearance1 is a credit to that society1
 as well as to its editor and publisher1
 ,mrs4 ,cowil1 a woman self-taught in   
the art of printing1 and full of faith  
and courage in their new enterprise4    
,all over our land there are women ready
 with their pen1 whose message has been 
long delayed1 and whose thoughts we     
need4 ,while1 as yet1 we have no paper  
of our own1 the best papers of our      
,provinces will open their columns for  

the contributions of thoughtful writers 
on this temperance question1 and we     
should take advantage of this in order  
to bring our ,w4,c4,t4,u4 work more     
prominently before the public1 and to   
help on the cause of truth and right4   
,in each county there might be found1 at
 least1 one woman who would write for   
the papers of that county1 or send      
selections concerning the work1 better  
if one such be found in each union4     
,very often incidents occur in the      
reformatory phase of the work the       
publication of which may have a greater 
effect on the public mind than the      
closest reasoning4 ,if our women will   
only use their pens in these cases it   
will tell for good4 ,then1 too1         
privately1 we may do much4 ,a little    
note to this one1 a friendly letter to  
another1 a few lines of encouragement to
 a weak one1 a warning of love to       
another1 these stay by one when the     
sound of words has passed away1 and who 
may estimate the result8 ,the most quiet

 and retiring may do1 those who for many
 reasons feel themselves shut out from  
anything more public4  #g4 ,on the      
,platform4--,this is what our ,canadian 
women shrink from4 ,one of our most     
distinguished clergymen recently said1  
,it is not because our ladies have less 
talent than those of other lands1 that  
they do not come to the platform1 but   
because they have so little confidence  
in themselves4 ,while this may be so    
there is still another reason4 ,we know 
that in this country there exists a     
prejudice against women speakers1       
stronger than even in ,england1 and     
certainly greater than obtains in the   
,united ,states4 ,this knowledge has    
deterred many from yielding to the      
conviction of duty4 ,dear sisters1 this 
should not be4 ,the first commission    
given to women was from the risen       
,saviour1 ,go and tell the brethren4 ,if
 to-day there are those among our number
 who have received a message from the   
,divine ,one1 if to them the command has

 come to tell of the love of ,god to    
suffering humanity1 are they doing well 
who refuse8 ,if we have something to say
 let us say it in the fear of ,god1     
whether man will hear or forbear4 ,as   
county superintendents or               
vice-presidents there is scope for the  
exercise of this gift4 ,all our counties
 need to be thoroughly canvassed1 and in
 many places addresses given on this    
subject1 in order that people may be    
roused to their duty1 and that new      
unions may be established4 ,there are   
few of us that may be called to leave   
our homes for the public platform1 but  
there is often a necessity at our very  
doors1 and if the opportunity1 the need 
come to us let us with faithful         
earnestness and prayerful faith give to 
others our best thoughts and our wisest 
counsel in relation to this great       
subject before us4     ,,chapter ,,vii4 
,,how ,,to ,,form ,a ,w4,c4,t4,u4       
,there are1 at least1 a few earnest     
,christian women in every community who 

are thoroughly convinced of the great   
benefit such a society would be to the  
place in which they live4 ,in many of   
the counties of ,ontario and ,quebec1 a 
vice-president or superintendent is     
appointed for county work4 ,it would be 
advisable to correspond with her on this
 subject1 and an invitation given her to
 meet the ladies with a view to         
organization4 ,in some counties no      
vice-president has been appointed1 but1 
because it has not yet been done1 let   
not ladies be deterred from having a    
,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,send to the ,provincial   
,corresponding ,secretary for           
constitutions and plans of work1 and    
then ask your pastors to announce that a
 meeting for the organization of a      
,w4,c4,t4,u4 will be held at time and   
place designated4 ,it is well to see the
 pastors of different churches1 and     
solicit their aid in this undertaking4  
,and it is also wise to spend some time 
in interviewing ladies of the different 
congregations so that there may be a    

general interest4 ,a notice similar to  
the following may be inserted in the    
daily paper1 as well as announced from  
the pulpit1 a week previous to the      
meeting4  ,a meeting of ladies in favour
 of the temperance cause will be held in
 ---- on ---- at ---- o'clock1 when the 
advisability of organizing a ,woman's   
,christian ,temperance ,union will be   
considered4 ,nearly #e1jjj ,christian   
women of ,canada are banded together in 
,w4,c4,t4 ,unions1 for the protection of
 their homes1 and for the good of       
society4 ,the influence and help of the 
ladies of ---- is needed4 ,mrs4 ---- of 
---- authorized by the ,prov4           
,w4,c4,t4,u4 will address the meeting1  
on the history1 aims and methods of this
 work4 ,the presence of pastors is      
cordially invited1 and all ladies are   
earnestly requested to attend4 ,if no   
such speaker is expected this part will1
 of course1 be omitted4 ,one of our     
strongest ,unions was organized by a    
,christian lady of the town1 who had    

heard and read and thought much of the  
work of ,women's ,christian ,temperance 
,unions4 ,before the time arrives ask   
your pastors to share with each other in
 the opening exercises1 but if none are 
to be present arrange with one of your  
number accustomed to such exercises1 to 
open the meeting4 ,have some one ready  
to lead the singing1 let a suitable     
portion of ,scripture be read1 ,crusade1
 ,psalm #adfa7a71 ,parable of the ,good 
,samaritan1 or other fitting selection1 
prayer offered1 asking the ladies to    
repeat the ,lord's ,prayer1 with the    
leader at the close4 ,one of the ladies 
will then move that ,mrs4 ---- be       
chairman of this meeting4 ,this will be 
seconded and put to vote1 and the       
chairman will take her place4 ,a        
temporary secretary will be elected in a
 similar manner1 who will keep the      
minutes of the meeting4 ,in the event of
 no speaker from a distance being       
present1 the chairman or some lady who  
has prepared it will state the object of

 the ,w4,c4,t4,u4 its history and its   
work1 giving an outline of the different
 departments with their work4 ,items may
 be given from recent issues of the     
newspapers showing the alarming         
prevalence of intemperance and the      
necessity for all to use their influence
 and talent in opposing it4  ,after this
 has been done1 a few minutes may be    
given to answering any questions that   
may be asked1 in order that all may see 
clearly what they are doing4 ,in this   
way the doleful experience may be       
avoided1 ,yes1 we were organized1 but we
 do not know what to do4  ,some one will
 then offer a resolution that a         
,w4,c4,t4,u4 be organized4 ,this motion 
will be seconded and put to vote by the 
chairman4 ,we have been accustomed to   
vote by the uplifted hand1 while our    
,american sisters vote ,yea and ,no4    
,the sound of the human voice is        
helpful1 and voting in this way may be  
more satisfactory4 ,then read the       
constitution1 by-laws1 and pledge4      

,explain fully the membership fee of #ej
 cents per year or #ab #a_/b cents per  
quarter1 half of which goes to the      
,provincial ,union4 ,explain that the   
committees of ,provincial ,union being  
all at work1 money is needed to pay     
necessary expenses of these and of the  
general officers1 some of whom give the 
most of their time1 without             
remuneration1 to this work4 ,explain1   
too1 that an organizer is needed to whom
 we can pay a salary1 who will organize 
new unions1 and visit all unions        
regularly4 ,if #f #a_/d cents per member
 is sent quarterly to our ,provincial   
,unions1 it will provide the means for  
thus enlarging the work4  ,take time to 
answer all questions on these points4   
,some may object to taking the pledge1  
as their physicians sometimes prescribe 
it as medicine4 ,we pledge ourselves not
 to use it as a beverage only4 ,some may
 be obliged to administer it to others  
as medicine4 ,this does not violate the 
pledge4 ,other objections may be stated 

and met4  ,when constitution1 etc41 have
 been adopted by the meeting1 send out  
ladies1 previously requested so to act1 
and provided with pencils and paper1 to 
solicit members4 ,should any be         
unprepared1 the fee may be paid another 
time1 and may be made payable quarterly 
or yearly4  ,the election of permanent  
officers is next in order4 ,if it is    
thought best1 a committee on nominations
 may be appointed by the chair1 said    
committee to represent the different    
churches1 and who shall report at some  
near day fixed by the meeting4 ,it may  
be desirable1 however1 to proceed at    
once to ballot for officers1 and by this
 method a truer expression of opinion is
 generally reached4  ,the president duly
 elected then takes the chair1 and      
vice-presidents are elected4 ,these     
should be one from each church in the   
place4  ,then the secretaries1 recording
 and corresponding1 and treasurer are   
elected1 also superintendents or        
committees of the different departments 

which may be thought advisable4 ,it has 
been found to work well where the       
vice-presidents1 one from each church1  
are made conveners of these committees1 
or superintendents4 ,these conveners of 
committees or superintendents of        
departments with the general officers   
constitute the executive4 ,in a small   
place it may be as well to transact all 
business in an open meeting of the      
union4 ,our ladies are supposed to be   
loyal to the ,w4,c4,t4,u41 and will not 
make public matters intended only for   
the ,union4  ,the place of next meeting 
will now be determined and announced4 ,a
 meeting of the executive committee will
 also be appointed by the president1 to 
confer upon the details of the work4 ,a 
very good quorum for the executive and  
for the union1 consists of such members 
as shall be present at any regular or   
special meeting1 due notice having been 
given of such meeting4 ,a motion will   
now be made to adjourn1 and carried4    
,the ,president says1 ,the meeting is   

adjourned to meet-- naming time and     
place4  ,the doxology may be sung or a  
short prayer offered at the close4      
,,committees ,,and ,,their ,,work4      
,executive ,committee will plan the     
general work of the ,union1 and attend  
to any special business that may be     
brought before them by the corresponding
 secretary4 ,this committee will meet   
weekly1 and report through their        
chairman to the ,union4  ,committee on  
,finance may be composed of ladies and  
gentlemen1 who will devise ways and     
means for raising funds for the general 
work4 ,the finance card and envelope is 
one of the best methods by which to     
educate the people to systematic giving4
   ,,pledges ,,for ,,temperance ,,work4 
,dear ,friend4--,the evils of           
intemperance are sufficiently startling 
to cause every good man and woman to    
seek for their removal4 ,many homes are 
ruined by it2 many children robbed2 many
 men and women reduced to drunkenness   
and death2 even those not yet touched by

 it are not sure that they shall remain 
exempt4 ,it threatens every child1 every
 home1 every youth1 every man4  ,the    
,women's ,christian ,temperance ,union1 
mothers and sisters1 to whom home means 
so much1 have banded themselves together
 to do what they can to oppose it4 ,we  
do our work among the children1 by      
teaching1 distributing temperance       
literature1 etc4 ,we seek out the       
intemperate and ask them to reform1     
assisting them with pecuniary aid when  
necessary4 ,we use our influence to     
purify the homes and to put away social 
drinking customs4  ,we are willing to   
work4 ,will you not help us with your   
means8  ,please mark with an ,x upon the
 sum you will give ,,each month of the  
coming year4 ,be it little or much1 it  
will aid us4 ,and we do wish1 that every
 woman to whom this appeal is made1     
would become a member of our            
,w4,c4,t4,u41 and encourage us by coming
 into our meetings4  ,please write your 
name4  ,residence4   ,,fifty ,,cents ,a 

,,year ,,and ,,signature ,,to ,,our     
,,pledge ,,constitute ,,membership4  ,as
 the months come round1 take the        
envelope bearing the name of that month1
 put in the amount pledged1 and deposit 
it as directed by the person circulating
 these cards4  ,if you have neglected   
any month the empty envelope will remind
 you of it4 ,don't destroy it--use      
it--put in the money and deposit it4    
,the ,,lord loveth a cheerful giver4    
,committee on ,literature will secure   
suitable temperance literature1 and     
distribute it in hotels1 cars1          
reading-rooms1 depots1 stores1          
restaurants1 at public meetings1 from   
house to house1 etc4  ,committee on     
,juvenile work should be composed       
largely of young ladies enthusiastic in 
their work4 ,there should be a          
representative secured1 if possible1    
from every ,sabbath and day school4     
,they will organize ,bands of ,hope and 
circulate the pledges 7triple1 if       
possible71 in the ,sunday ,schools4     

,they will also see to the introduction 
of temperance books into ,sunday ,school
 ,libraries4  ,committee on ,public     
,meetings and ,entertainments will      
arrange for lectures1 readings1         
concerts1 temperance mass meetings and  
gospel temperance meetings on ,sabbath  
afternoons1 mothers' meetings1 cottage  
prayer meetings1 etc4 ,at very many of  
these meetings it is desirable to have  
the pledge circulated4  ,committee on   
,new ,members will endeavor to secure   
new members for the ,union1 and will    
also visit those who may have been      
absent for some time4  ,committee on    
,benevolent work will look after the    
poor of the town1 especially after those
 families suffering from the effects of 
intemperance4 ,where there are purely   
benevolent societies in the town1 the   
work of this committee will be only     
supplementary4  ,press ,committee will  
select extracts from temperance books   
and papers1 to be published regularly in
 the columns of the local papers1 also  

to specially report the work of the     
,w4,c4,t4,u4 both local and general4 ,if
 the committee cannot itself reach the  
newspaper1 perhaps it can through the   
aid of some influential honorary member4
  ,committee on ,scientific ,instruction
 in ,temperance will visit school       
directors1 and authorities in public and
 private schools1 and urge the          
introduction of ,dr4 ,richardson's      
lesson book1 or the new temperance      
lesson book to be issued by the         
,education ,department of ,ontario4     
,suitable literature on the subject     
might be judiciously used on these      
visits4 ,an informal social reception of
 teachers in the town might be held or  
arranged for by this committee where the
 subject might be discussed4  ,committee
 to secure the unfermented juice of the 
grape at the ,lord's ,table will visit  
not only the pastors1 but influential   
leading members of the different        
churches1 not to argue the matter1 but  
to ask1 as the ,n4,w4,c4,t4,u4 does1    

that in deference to the ,golden ,rule1 
and the ,pauline doctrine of regard for 
the weaker brother1 the fermented wine  
be no longer used4 ,suitable literature 
on this subject1 as on all others1 may  
be had from our ,literature ,department4
  ,committee on ,coffee and ,reading    
,rooms will1 if desirable1 provide a    
place of this kind1 putting it in charge
 of a suitable person4  ,other          
committees may be added as the work     
demands4 ,let each committee read up and
 thoroughly understand their subject1   
the convener especially should know just
 what she wants1 as she goes about this 
branch of the work1 and be able to tell 
just why it is needed4 ,this will1 in   
the first place1 be a gain4             
,politicians1 potentates1 and preachers 
will not be able to put us off or       
confuse us by asking many questions in  
connection with the work that we are    
unable to give4     ,,chapter ,,viii4   
,,questions ,,and ,,answers4   ,q4--,why
 should our ,union be auxiliary to the  

,provincial ,union8  ,a4--,we are       
convinced that the affiliation fee and  
the reasons for requiring it have not   
been properly understood by our ,unions4
 ,they have said1 ,why should we pay    
#f-a_/d cents per member1 quarterly1    
into the ,provincial ,union fund4 ,we   
answer1 ,because without it the         
,provincial ,union could not exist4     
,q4--,why should it exist8              
,a4--,because there is strength in      
united effort4 ,if local ,unions here   
and there in isolated places exert an   
influence for good1 a large band of     
workers sending their representatives to
 a central place to consult together and
 devise method8 for the extension of the
 work throughout the ,province will     
certainly wield a greater power1 and do 
more good4 ,all our church              
organizations1 our various charitable   
and reform associations are based on    
this principle1 and the wisest          
politicians assure us that system and   
organization is worth more to their     

party than argument or brilliant        
speeches4 ,union is strength4 ,as the   
delegates from local ,unions come       
together to discuss matters of interest 
pertaining to the work1 to devise plans 
and to compare notes1 a new confidence  
is gained1 a more enlarged view is had  
of the temperance field1 and a more     
intelligent understanding of the general
 need4 ,then1 too1 it is impossible for 
the workers thus to come together       
without realizing the benefit that      
results from the interchange of thought 
and ideas1 and from the influence of    
mind on mind1 and the inspiration thus  
received is imparted by them to the home
 ,unions1 and all are helped4           
,q4--,what is done with the money8      
,a4--,in #ahhc1 #ie were paid into the  
,provincial ,treasury of ,ontario       
,unions1 by local ,unions1 as           
affiliation fees1 which sum covered     
merely the postage account of general   
officers and expenses of committees4    
,all other expenses of travel and of the

 convention1 about #bjj1 were met by    
collections at the convention1 and by   
special contributions1 ,mr4 ,gordon of  
,ottawa sending a cheque for #ej4  ,we  
need also an organizer1 who shall be    
able to give her whole time and thought 
to ,union work1 who shall organize new  
,unions1 and visit all regularly4 ,these
 needs cannot be met without money1 but 
if our thousands of temperance women in 
,canada will make this a personal matter
 to see that #f-a_/d cents are sent each
 quarter to the ,provincial ,union1 we  
shall soon be in a position to employ an
 organizer1 and thus do better work4    
,q4--,how shall we distribute           
,literature8  ,a4--,divide the place    
into districts1 each lady or two ladies 
taking a district4 ,have these districts
 as small as possible4 ,the visitors    
will visit every house in their district
 regularly1 leaving suitable literature1
 as they will soon ascertain something  
of the tastes and needs of those whom   
they visit4 ,sometimes the pledge book  

may be presented and members solicited  
for the ,union4 ,a book from the ,loan  
,library of the ,union may often be lent
 where a leaflet might not be           
appreciated4  ,another way is to send   
through the post office to those whom   
you wish to reach4  ,sometimes1 our     
ladies have stood at the entrance to    
factories1 foundries and large          
establishments giving a leaflet to each 
man as he came out4 ,advantages of      
,temperance is a very good small leaflet
 to be given in this way4  ,on all our  
fair grounds there should be a stand of 
temperance literature4  ,in hospitals   
much of this work should be done4 ,many 
have leisure there1 recovering from     
illness1 that they never find outside   
its walls1 the heart is softened and    
ready for the dropping of the seed1 and 
the door stands open for the entrance of
 right influences and loving sympathy4  
,in gaols1 in depots1 barbers' shops1   
post offices1 steamboats1 anywhere we   
may obtain permission let it be done1 if

 possible1 by our ladies themselves4    
,in ,sabbath ,school ,libraries ask     
permission for the ,union to send a few 
good temperance stories1 or1 better     
still1 let a suggestion be offered to   
the librarian or committee on new books 
to purchase some temperance books as    
additions4  ,q--,how shall we raise     
money for our work8  ,a4--,first with   
the ,finance ,card4 ,take a ,union of   
#bj members1 their membership fee brings
 them in #aj1 of this #e goes to the    
,provincial ,union1 so they have only #e
 left4 ,they will want more4 ,now let   
each member take ten finance cards1 and 
from among her friends and acquaintances
 ask ten to contribute something monthly
 to the funds of the ,union1 suppose it 
be only #e cents each per month1 that   
will be from ten persons #ej cents per  
month1 or #f per year4 ,if each one of  
the twenty members should get no more   
than this1 they have then #abj4jj per   
year coming in for their work4 ,it needs
 a little thought and attention1 but it 

pays4  ,apron socials are popular and   
generally help to increase the funds1 as
 there is always a demand for useful    
aprons4  ,pound socials have been       
successful also4 ,to this each person   
contributes a pound of something useful1
 all of which is sold by auction during 
the evening1 causing a good deal of     
amusement4  ,an evening with a          
celebrated author is very much in vogue 
now1 and is helpful in many ways4 ,for  
instance1 an evening with ,dickens is   
observed in the following way3 ,a number
 will personate the leading characters  
in any of ,dickens' works1 talking only 
in language and tone suited to the      
character1 the invited guests           
ascertaining from his acquaintance with 
,dickens just where they belong4 ,this  
can be done with or without costumes4   
,light refreshments are served by the   
,dickensites during the evening4 ,the   
usual fee taken at the door4 ,new       
,england ,kitchens may be made to bring 
in something to the funds4 ,here you    

will need several old-fashioned         
dressers1 the shelves furnished with    
rows of plates1 the more old-fashioned  
the better1 and everything to make it   
look like a real ,new ,england ,kitchen4
 ,refreshments will be doughnuts1       
pumpkin pie1 brown bread1 pork and      
beans1 and such like4 ,it would pay to  
have it in a city for two or three days1
 open at the dinner hour4  ,floral      
,festivals pay very well in the early   
spring1 before people generally are     
supplied with plants4 ,let the room be  
nicely decorated with evergreens1 flags 
and bunting1 small booths arranged      
similarly trimmed1 in which the flowers 
and plants shall be placed1 some music  
furnished1 #aj cents admission charged1 
refreshments and plants extra4 ,the     
plants can be bought by the #ajj at a   
very cheap rate4  ,if at all possible1  
let all our social entertainments be    
opened with prayer4  ,q4--,how shall we 
help in ,scott ,act work8  ,a4--,most of
 all by the faithful distribution of    

temperance literature1 and by providing 
funds for its purchase4 ,by educating   
the children in regard to it1 giving    
them at their ,band of ,hope meetings1  
in simple language1 the reasons why     
every one should work and vote against  
it4 ,many a father has been won by his  
child4  ,by selecting articles on the   
subject1 and having them inserted in the
 daily papers4  ,by praying for its     
success in your church prayer meetings1 
and encouraging others to do the same4  
,by prayer as a ,union1 and by private  
prayer4 ,by looking after every branch  
of the temperance work more closely1 so 
that every influence may be brought to  
bear on all classes and conditions of   
society4  ,q4--,can ladies be received  
into our society without signing the    
pledge8  ,a4--,the suggestion has been  
made that such be received as associate 
members or well-wishers having every    
privilege except the vote4  ,q4--,when  
scientific temperance instruction is    
introduced into the public schools1 what

 remains for the committee on that      
subject to do8  ,a4--,to see that the   
law is enforced4 ,the schools should be 
visited at the hour when this study is  
on the programme4 ,conscientious        
teachers will welcome your presence4    
,q4--,should the executive of a local   
,union arrange and finally decide       
matters without consulting the ,union8  
,a4--,the report of the meetings of the 
executive should be read at each regular
 meeting of the ,union4 ,every member   
has a right to object1 or to ask for    
explanations and the report will be     
amended1 received or rejected as the    
,union shall determine4  ,q4--,shall    
accounts be paid without the sanction of
 the ,union8  ,a4--,certainly not4      
,,chapter ,,ix4  ,,young ,,women',s     
,,work4   ,it is very important that the
 interest and sympathy and active help  
of our young ladies be secured in this  
work4  ,there is in the heart of every  
human being a yearning for something    
higher and better4 ,coupled with this   

yearning in the heart of woman is the   
desire to do for others4 ,ever since the
 days when a woman washed the feet of   
the ,holy ,one with her tears1 when the 
fever healed patient arose and          
ministered to them1 when the ,marys     
prepared sweet spices and ointment for  
,him they loved1 ever since that time   
have women delighted in service for     
others1 and thus1 in the highest1       
broadest forms of ,christian            
philanthroxphy1 they may come to be more
 like the loving ,christ who went about 
doing good4 ,we covet for humanity the  
influence of our young ladies1 for in   
the home and in society this influence  
is needed on the side of all that is    
good and pure4 ,then1 we would for their
 own sakes1 enlist them in temperance   
work1 because1 engaged in this or       
similar service they gain for themselves
 a breadth1 an expansion of views1 and a
 truer thought of life4 ,many have not  
given the subject a serious thought3    
they graduate from our seminaries and   

colleges where every hour has brought   
its work and every power has been in    
action1 they come back into quiet homes1
 and ,what shall ,i do now8 is the      
question presented to their minds4      
,society soon fills in their time with  
imperious but frivolous demands1 and    
while the mothers enter into this       
,christian work1 young ladies soon come 
to think it is not for them4 ,in time   
they drift into wifehood and into       
positions of responsibility of training 
bodies and souls1 with no decided       
principles in relation to this question1
 and no intelligence as to the evil     
effects of this great scourge of        
intemperance4 ,how sad it is to hear    
such an expression as this1 ,oh1 ,i     
rather like a man when he has had just  
enough liquor to be jolly4 ,yet1 that   
was the remark of a fashionable young   
lady not long ago4 ,her listener was a  
young man who took strong drink1 and for
 whom his friends were anxious1 but in  
his heart there was no respect for this 

foolish1 thoughtless speech1 and his dry
 ,ah1 do you8 savored just a little of  
contempt for her1 and pity for himself4 
,take a different scene4 ,recently1 ,i  
spent a day with a few ,christian women1
 most of whom were young ladies1 members
 of the ,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,it was         
delightful afterwards to remember that  
on that occasion no word of faultfinding
 or of gossip was spoken1 no frivolous  
or fashionable talk1 but the hours sped 
by on wings as they talked of earnest   
work done1 narrated incidents and       
planned for the future4 ,these were     
young ladies in society1 bright and     
happy in their experience1 not those to 
whom disappointment has come in some    
form or other1 and to whom the world    
offers no attractions4 ,i recall the    
words of one who was talking earnestly  
of a scheme to raise money for their    
work4 ,but the best of all is1 said she1
 in this way we can get ,mr4 ---- to    
work with us1 and if he will only sign  
the pledge it will be worth more than   

all the money we make ,is not this a    
lesson to us older workers1 who are     
disappointed sometimes when what we call
 large results do not follow our        
undertakings8  ,a young lady in the city
 of ---- joined the ,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4     
during the winter of #ahha4 ,at a       
sleighing party shortly after wine was  
offered her4 ,i cannot take it1 she     
said4 ,i am a member of the             
,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,many were the          
exclamations1 for she was a favorite and
 an acknowledged leader among her       
companions1 but she had thought it all  
over1 and had her reasons ready4 ,if you
 won't take wine we won't1 said one4 ,if
 the ladies don't take it1 we won t1    
said one of the gentleman1 so coffee and
 hot lemonade were served instead1 and  
to-day most of that company are taking  
the safe path1 and the gentlemen are    
honorary members of the ,w4,c4,t4,u4    
,when young men come to see that young  
ladies expect them to be total          
abstainers1 they will lift themselves up

 to a higher plane and to a purer       
manhood4  ,dear1 young ladies1 will you 
not give to the temperance cause a      
little of the time which sometimes hangs
 heavily on your hands8 ,will you not   
consecrate to its service a portion of  
the talent with which ,god has endowed  
you8 ,will you not join the band of     
sister-workers1 who are endeavoring to  
bless and uplift humanity1 and by voice1
 pen1 and influence help to make earth a
 little more like heaven8  ,there are1  
at present1 three ,y4,w4,c4,t4 ,unions  
in the ,province of ,ontario1 and one in
 ,quebec ,province4 ,hamilton           
,y4,w4,c4,t4,u41 the first organized1 is
 now two years old1 and has #ej members 
besides #fe honorary members4 ,their    
work is1 first1 night schools for boys  
employed during the day time2 second1   
sewing schools for poor girls2 third1   
band of hope2 fourth1 flower mission4   
,these branches of work with occasional 
social entertainments keep them very    
busy4 ,to these socials1 honorary       

members and others are invited1 papers  
on the temperance question are read and 
discussed1 the pledge album presented1  
refreshments served1 and the result is  
an increase in numbers and in interest4 
,ottawa ,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 was organised in
 ,october #ahhd1 has #ej members and #cj
 honorary members4 ,the work of this    
,union is similar to that of the        
,hamilton ,union1 in addition to that1  
however1 the members of this ,union meet
 twice in the month in a reading circle 
for the purpose of gaining information  
on the many phases of the temperance    
question4  ,essex ,centre               
,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 has been in existence   
only a few months1 but is doing a fine  
work among the children4  ,point ,st4   
,charles ,y4,w4,c4,t4,u4 is in          
connection with a ,young ,ladies'       
,mission ,band of that place4 ,this     
united society is engaged in active     
work1 and will be found to be a social  
power whose weight and influence for    
good cannot well be estimated4  ,these  

,unions report that boys under #ab years
 of age attending the ,night ,schools   
and ,bands of ,hope in connection with  
these ,unions in some instances have    
come to the meetings under the influence
 of liquor1 and nine out of ten         
attending the ,night ,school1 smoke     
their cigarettes or chew their tobacco  
up to the last moment before entering   
the room4 ,our young ladies1 however1   
seem to have had a magnetism over these 
boys1 their obedience and affection have
 been secured1 and an interest also in  
better things1 a result which older     
hands have tried in vain to accomplish4 
,this is shown in the marked improvement
 in manner1 cleanliness of person1 and  
the giving up of tobacco and signing the
 pledge4 ,the ,flower ,mission has      
brought a glow of pleasure to many a    
sick face as the little bouquet has been
 offered by the young ladies in the     
hospital wards1 in the sick room of many
 homes1 and sometimes in the jails4     
,into all these places the beautiful    

gifts of ,god have been taken1 each     
cluster of flowers bearing with it a    
floral text of scripture1 and the       
earnest prayer of glad young hearts1    
that ,god would speak through their     
offering1 to forgive1 to comfort1 and to
 save4  ,miss ,scott1 #bf ,albert       
street1 ,ottawa1 is ,superintendent of  
this ,department4     ,,chapter ,x4  ,a 
,,dream4  ,no4 #a4   ,i went to the     
regular meeting of a ,w4,c4,t4,u41      
called for #c ,p4,m4 ,i entered as the  
clock struck4 ,the room was full of     
chairs and benches1 a large room with   
few windows and dark corners4 ,there    
were three hymn books on the table1 and 
a dusty ,bible4 ,the clock ticked on1   
five minutes passed1 ten minutes1 and   
one timid woman entered1 took no notice 
of me1 but sat with her eyes fixed on   
the floor1 a sad faced woman ,i saw as  
,i looked more closely1 a tired1        
hopeless expression in the droop of her 
figure4 ,five minutes more and two busy 
women came in with a rush4 ,what6 nobody

 here8 ,i wish people would be punctual1
 said one1 ,i can only stay half an     
hour1 ,i have another meeting1 said the 
other4 ,the sad faced woman and ,i were 
invisible1 it seemed1 as neither by look
 nor act did they acknowledge our       
presence4 ,then three more strolled in  
leisurely1 one saying1 ,oh1 ,mrs4 ,a41  
is this meeting at three or half past8  
,i really forget the hour4 ,afterwards a
 few young ladies came in1 and seated   
themselves in a row1 keeping up a       
whispered conversation in which the     
pronouns he1 she1 and ,i1 were often    
heard4 ,at half-past three the          
,president came in1 saying1 ,i am afraid
 ,i am a little late1 my watch does not 
seem to be quite right4 ,taking a hymn  
book1 she asked1 ,what had we better    
sing1 ,mrs4 ,b41 have you any choice8   
,no choice being signified1 the leaves  
were turned over and over1 and ,plunged 
in a gulf of dark despair selected and  
read4 ,will some one start the tune8    
,mrs4 ,c4 will you8 ,mrs4 ,c4 looked    

around1 waited a minute1 and then asked1
 ,is it common or long meter8 ,another  
pause4 ,the little timid woman began a  
familiar tune1 and had the privilege of 
singing the first two lines alone4 ,the 
hymn finished1 the ,president said1 ,as 
it is so late1 we will dispense with the
 reading of the ,scriptures4 ,i will ask
 ,mrs4 ,a4 to lead in prayer1 at which  
,mrs4 ,a4 shook her head4 ,mrs4 ,c4 then
 will you8 ,excuse me1 said ,mrs4 ,c41  
so to the back of her chair the         
president prayed in a very subdued tone1
 and ,i knew just when she was through  
by the little rustle and moving of the  
chair as she arose4 ,the secretary now  
read the minutes1 after which the       
president said1 ,those in favor of the  
minutes will signify it4 ,two or three  
hands went up4 ,the treasurer's report  
was then presented1 but no action taken 
on it4 ,although this was a large town  
there seemed to be no committees at     
work1 but each member had been furnished
 with a pledge book1 in which to obtain 

signatures4 ,no one had any success to  
report1 had quite forgotten it1 except  
the little woman mentioned4 ,she        
produced her book where the names of    
half-a-dozen were scrawled with a good  
thick pen and plenty of ink4 ,her report
 was received in silence4 ,the          
president1 secretary1 and treasurer     
talked across the table in very low     
tones1 the rest of the company whispered
 a little1 finally ,mrs4 ---- said1     
looking at her watch1 ,my half-hour is  
more than up1 ,i must go4 ,she walked   
out1 followed by the young ladies4 ,the 
low tones at the table ceased1 the books
 were closed1 the ladies put on their   
extra wrappings and went home4 ,the     
little woman and ,i were left alone4    
,will you let me see your book8 ,i      
asked4 ,oh yes1 said she4 ,i got some of
 the young men boarding with me to sign1
 and ,i hope they'll keep it4 ,i pray   
they may4 ,i thought the sisters would  
be glad4 ,i wish ,i could do more1 but  
it does not seem worth while for me to  

come to the meetings4 ,i cannot talk    
much1 and ,i have so much to do at home4
 ,i can work quietly there and among my 
acquaintances4 ,as ,i passed the young  
ladies on the way home1 ,i overheard one
 say1 ,i am not going to the ,union     
meetings any more4 ,two or three do all 
the talking1 and we can't hear what they
 say4 ,that evening1 as ,i heard in my  
dream1 the president said to her        
husband1 ,i think once in two months is 
often enough to hold our ,union         
meetings4 ,there seems to be nothing to 
do4 ,then ,i thought1 in my dream1 that 
another year had passed1 and ,i came    
again to the same town1 and wended my   
way to the place of meeting where ,i had
 been aforetime4 ,meeting a gentleman   
near the door ,i asked him if the ,union
 still met there4 ,oh1 said he1 the     
,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,that died out months ago4 
,women don't know very much about       
business1 you see1 it is hard for them  
to keep together4  ,was it all a dream8 
,a ,,dream4  ,no4 #b4   ,a bright spring

 day ,i thought it was and ,i walked to 
the room of the ,y4,m4,c4,a41 where a   
,union meeting was to be held4 ,it was  
not quite three o'clock1 but ,i met     
three or four ladies going in1 who asked
 me if ,i was coming to the meeting1 and
 upon my answering ,yes1 if ,i may1 she 
said1 ,oh1 certainly1 come right in4    
,one of them placed a seat for me as ,i 
went in1 and brought me a hymn book1    
asking if ,i was a stranger in town and 
if ,i was a member of any ,union4 ,as ,i
 said ,i was a member of ---- ,union1   
she said1 ,oh6 then1 you must tell us of
 the work there4 ,then moving away1 and 
coming back with a lady1 she introduced 
her as the president of the ,union1 and 
the president expressed her pleasure at 
meeting another sister interested in the
 work4 ,looking around the room1 ,i saw 
a bouquet of flowers on the table1      
writing materials and reports4 ,just    
then the clock struck three1 the        
president took her chair1 gave out the  
hymn1 ,work for the ,night is ,coming1' 

read the #adfth ,psalm1 and engaged in  
prayer4 ,the secretary then read the    
minutes4 ,as the president asked1 ,is   
there any objection to the minutes8 one 
lady said that the first resolution at  
last meeting was moved by ,mrs4 ,b41    
instead of ,mrs4 ,a4 ,this was corrected
 and the minutes approved1 no other     
objection being offered4 ,the           
treasurer's reports and reports of      
different committees were read and      
adopted4 ,the pledge books produced1 and
 many signatures had been obtained4 ,the
 president said1 ,let us sing the       
doxology over this1 and it was sung very
 heartily4 ,i noticed that all the      
members spoke to ,mrs4 ,president1 not  
to each other1 and there was no         
whispering4 ,the officers at the table  
spoke so that all could hear4 ,a short  
paper was then read on ,how we may best 
help in ,scott ,act work4 ,at the       
invitation of the writer this paper was 
discussed1 some points objected to1     
additional methods proposed1 and every  

body was interested and had learned     
something4 ,the chairman of the         
,literature ,committee said she would   
exchange books in the loan library at   
the close of the meeting4 ,miss ,s4 was 
asked to prepare a paper for the next   
monthly meeting1 and after a few words  
of earnest prayer offered by a young    
lady at the request of the president1   
the meeting adjourned4 ,the president   
walked quickly to the door and shook    
hands heartily with each member as she  
passed out1 asking kindly after sick    
ones and erring ones of the families4   
,you must come and see me to- morrow    
morning1 and tell me all about it1 ,i   
heard her say to a troubled sister4 ,it 
was now ten minutes past four o'clock4  
,as ,i walked along ,i overtook the     
troubled one1 and said to her1 ,you had 
a good meeting to-day4 ,her face        
brightened as she replied1 ,oh1 we      
always have4 ,i would not like to miss  
one of our meetings4 ,it always helps me
 to go there and hear of the good work  

being done1 and it makes me stronger to 
do my share of it4 ,these meetings make 
you feel as if somebody cared for you4  
,a group of young ladies were chatting  
with some gentlemen at the opposite     
corner1 and ,i heard a clear1 sweet     
voice say ,we want you both as honorary 
members of our ,w4,c4,t4,u4 ,we are     
going to have some readings from        
,dickens and we need your help2 you will
 join1 won't you8 ,to which the         
gentlemen replied they would be         
delighted1 etc4 ,then my dream took me  
to a cozy home where a young man1 just  
out of his teens1 was saying to a lady  
,i had seen before1 ,mother1 now the    
warm weather is coming1 and you are not 
very strong1 you had better give up your
 meetings4 ,oh1 no1 my son1 the lady    
said1 there is so much to be done1 and  
it is such a pleasure to work with our  
ladies1 we must keep right on4 ,in my   
dream ,i came again4 ,this time the     
,union met in a beautiful room of their 
own1 furnished as a bright1 pleasant    

parlor1 with flowers and pictures and   
piano4 ,their numbers had increased1 for
 the ladies came in groups till the room
 was nearly filled4 ,i saw some of the  
old faces1 the president was the same1 a
 little older in appearance1 her walk a 
little slower4 ,as she took her place1  
the sun shone out full in my face and ,i
 awoke4  ,was this1 too1 only a dream8  
,,chapter ,,xi4  ,,conclusion4   ,to    
every child of ,god there comes a time1 
sooner or later1 when a light from      
heaven having shone round about him1 and
 seeing the great need of the world1 he 
stands4 ,paul-like1 before ,god1 and    
asks3 ,lord1 what wilt ,thou have me to 
do8 ,as the answer came in the olden    
time1 ,i will shew him what things he   
must suffer1 so the answer comes in     
these later days1 and many of ,god's    
dear children have come to this         
,christian temperance work through      
suffering4  ,as ,christian women1 we    
have come down from the mount of        
consecration1 where we have talked with 

,jesus1 and at its base1 have been met  
by the demon of ,intemperance in every  
form4 ,friends have brought their loved 
ones to us1 beseeching us to cast out   
the evil spirit1 or1 it may be1 the     
monster has come into our homes1 and    
household treasures here and there lie  
prostrate and helpless in the dust      
before ,god4 ,with sad1 shrinking hearts
 we look for a moment1 then1 with a     
twofold incentive1 we take up our work4 
,for the sake of our dear ,saviour who  
did so much for us1 whose face1         
sometimes1 in our holiest hours1 by     
faith we see1 and whose voice we still  
hear1 ,lo6 ,i am with you always1 and   
for the sake of the loved and the lost1 
or1 more happily1 the loved and         
reclaimed1 we come to our work4  ,this  
work is intensely practical1 and brings 
into requisition all the forces which go
 to make up ,christian character4 ,it   
means patient1 persevering1 persistent1 
self-denying labor2 it means an         
intelligent consecration of time1 money 

and ability which ,god may have given   
us1 to be used in the carrying out of   
the good at which we aim2 it means      
entering into fellowship with ,christ1  
7in a very feeble sense1 it is true17 in
 ,his broad sympathy with humanity1 in  
,his sacrificing love2 it means1 many   
times1 to have our names cast out as    
evil1 to brave the sneer and ridicule of
 fashionable society1 to be willing to  
be misunderstood by those nearest and   
dearest to us2 to some it means all this
 and more2 still1 with a firm conviction
 of duty1 of being called of ,god1 we   
come to this work4 ,it may extend no    
further than our own homes1 our own     
circle of friends2 but if each build    
over against his own house1 how strong  
the walls would be1 how quickly they    
would rise6  ,we look out into the night
 and see here and there a star          
glimmering in the darkness1 and we say1 
,how dark the night is2 how few stars   
are to be seen6 ,we wait and watch1 and 
soon the clouds are rolled away2 we see 

the stars one by one coming out from the
 blackness1 until the blue vault above  
us is covered with heavenly diamond     
dust1 and we rejoice in its brilliancy4 
,so in our work4 ,we see here and there 
a star coming out of the darkness2 only 
a few to be seen after all the working  
and watching4 ,by-and-by1 ,god1 in      
answer to our prayers1 and giving the   
reward to faithful toil1 shall roll away
 the clouds and mists that gather so    
thickly about our work here4 ,we shall  
see not only here and there a star      
glimmering1 but a host of shining ones1 
that ,god hath brought out of the       
darkness and covered over with an arch  
of ,his promises1 where ,he has written1
 ,they shall be mine in that day when ,i
 make up my jewels4' ,in that day1 when 
we shall be permitted to see the        
polished gems in the keeping of the     
,holy ,one1 we shall realize that no    
work for the ,master has been done in   
vain4 ,here we toil amid the damp and   
fog and darkness1 often underground1    

with no lamp save the promise of ,god1  
which is a lamp to our feet1 and a light
 to our path2 there we shall be with    
,him and behold ,his glory4 ,here1 the  
sadness1 the weariness1 the             
discouragement1 the ,why1 ,lord8 and    
,how8 there1 the ,well done6 ,enter     
thou6 questions answered1 longings      
satisfied1 eternal rest and peace4      
,shall we not1 for this joy set before  
us1 consecrate ourselves anew to this   
,christian work1 that1 at the last1 as  
,paul stood in his later days1 we may   
stand and say1 ,i have finished my      
course8 and1 following closely in the   
footsteps of ,jesus1 our great ,teacher1
 giving all the praise and all the glory
 to ,him who is our strength and our    
righteousness1 we may be able to say1   
reverently and with deep humility1 ,i   
have finished the work ,thou gavest me  
to do4     ,,constitution1 ,,by-,,laws  
,,and  ,,order ,,of ,,business ,,of ,a  
,,woman',s ,,christian ,,temperance     
,,union4  7,,local47   ,,article        

,i4--,,name4  ,this ,association shall  
be known as the ,woman's ,christian     
,temperance ,union of ----1 auxiliary to
 the ,w4,c4,t4,u4 of the ,province of   
----4  ,,article ,,ii4--,,objects4  ,the
 objects of the ,union shall be to meet 
together for prayer and conference1 to  
educate public sentiment up to the      
standard of total abstinence1 train the 
young1 save the inebriate1 and secure   
the legal prohibition and complete      
banishment of the liquor traffic4       
,,article ,,iii4  ,any woman may become 
a member of this ,association by signing
 the ,pledge and ,constitution1 and by  
the payment of fifty cents per year into
 the ,treasury4  ,any woman1 practically
 a total abstainer1 but having an       
objection to signing the ,pledge1 may   
become an associate member of this      
,association1 by the payment of the     
regular fee4  ,gentlemen may become     
honorary members of this ,association by
 signing the pledge and by the payment  
of the regular fee4  ,honorary and      

,associate members are entitled to all  
the privileges of members1 except the   
vote4  ,,pledge4  ,i hereby promise1    
,god helping me1 to abstain from all    
distilled1 fermented and malt liquors1  
including wine and cider1 as a beverage1
 and to employ all proper means to      
discourage the use of and traffic in the
 same4  ,,article1 ,,iv4--,,officers    
,the officers of this ,association shall
 be a ,president1 ,vice- ,presidents1   
one from each church1 when practicable1 
a ,corresponding ,secretary1 ,recording 
,secretary1 ,treasurer1 and ,auditor4   
,these officers 7excepting the          
,auditor71 with the ,superintendents of 
the different departments1 shall        
constitute the ,executive ,committee4   
,,article ,v4--,,auxiliaryship4  ,each  
,local ,union shall pay to the funds of 
,provincial ,union a sum equal to six   
and a quarter cents per member1         
quarterly1 this amount to be taken from 
the fifty cents membership fee4         
,,article ,,vi4--,,annual ,,meeting4    

,an ,annual ,meeting shall be held in   
the month of ,september of each year1 at
 which reports of ,secretary and        
,treasurer shall be presented1 which1 if
 possible1 shall be published afterwards
 in the daily newspapers4 ,at this      
meeting1 officers and committees and    
superintendents shall be elected for the
 ensuing year1 and such services held as
 may tend to promote the objects of the 
,association4     ,,by-,,laws4          
,,article ,i4--,,duties ,,of ,,officers4
  ,section #a4 ,president4--,it shall be
 the duty of the ,president to preside  
at meetings of the organization1 and    
supervise its general interests1 and she
 may with any three members of the      
,union call special meetings1 due notice
 being given to the members4  ,section  
#b4 ,vice-,presidents4--,it shall be the
 duty of each ,vice- ,president to      
preside in her turn in the absence of   
the ,president1 and to enlist women of  
her own church in the work4  ,section   
#c4--;,it shall be the duty of the      

,corresponding ,secretary to conduct the
 correspondence of the ,union1 and      
report to the ,corresponding ,secretary 
of the ,provincial ,union quarterly1 on 
receipt of blank forms 7having first    
submitted her report to the local       
,union71 giving such items of general   
interest as will enable said ,secretary 
to judge correctly of the condition of  
the ,union4 ,she shall also prepare the 
report for the ,annual ,meeting of the  
local ,union4  ,the ,corresponding      
,secretary shall also prepare a short   
report for the ,provincial ,convention  
in ,october 7first submitting it to the 
local ,union71 and sending it with the  
delegate to the ,annual ,meeting1 or    
forwarding it to the ,provincial        
,secretary two weeks before the date of 
meeting4  ,section #d4--;,it shall be   
the duty of the ,recording ,secretary to
 keep a record of the proceedings of the
 ,union1 and notify members and the     
public of its meetings4  ,section       
#e4--;,it shall be the duty of the      

,treasurer to collect all membership    
dues1 and to devise ways and means to   
increase the funds of the ,association4 
,she shall receive and hold all money   
collected for the use of the ,union1    
keeping an exact book account and making
 a monthly report of the same4 ,she     
shall pay no bills1 except on an order  
signed by the ,president and ,recording 
,secretary4 ,she shall forward regularly
 the quarterly fee to the ,treasurer of 
,provincial ,union4  ,,article          
,,ii4--,,election ,,of ,,officers4  ,the
 officers shall be elected by nomination
 and ballot4 ,nominations may be made   
either by a committee appointed for that
 purpose1 or on motion of any member4   
,if there be more than one person       
nominated for any office1 a ballot shall
 be taken1 tellers having been appointed
 for that purpose4 ,the one having a    
full majority of all the ballots cast   
shall be declared elected4  ,if there be
 more than two persons balloted for1 and
 the one having the highest number of   

votes1 has not a majority of all the    
votes given1 then the one having the    
lowest number of votes shall be struck  
off before proceeding to the next       
ballot4 ,more than one name may be      
struck off1 provided that the sum of all
 the vote--so struck off is not equal   
to1 or greater than1 the number of votes
 given to the lowest remaining one4     
,,article ,,iii4--,,departments ,,of    
,,work4  ,if the demands of the work    
justify it there shall be the following 
departments of work3 ,juvenile ,work1   
,temperance ,literature1 ,influencing   
the ,press1 ,evangelistic ,work1 ,parlor
 ,meetings1 ,heredity and ,hygiene1     
,scientific ,temperance ,instruction1   
,kitchen ,garden1 ,flower ,mission1     
,unfermented ,wine1 ,inducing           
,physicians not to ,prescribe ,alcoholic
 ,stimulants1 ,relation of ,intemperance
 to ,capital and ,labor1 ,prison and    
,gaol ,work1 ,young ,woman's ,work1     
,work among ,railroad ,employees1 ,work 
among ,soldiers and ,sailors1           

,legislation and ,petitions and such    
others as the needs of the locality seem
 to call for and recommended by the     
,provincial ,union4  ,,article          
,,iv4--,,meetings4  ,the regular meeting
 of the ,union shall be held weekly1    
fortnightly or monthly1 as the ,union   
may decide4 ,the first meeting in the   
month shall be a devotional meeting4 ,if
 possible1 mass meetings shall be held  
quarterly4  ,the ,executive and other   
,committees shall meet as often as may  
be deemed advisable4  ,,article         
,v4--,,quorum4  ,a quorum shall consist 
of such members as shall be present at a
 regular or special meeting1 due notice 
of such meeting being given to the      
members4  ,,article ,,vi4--,,delegates  
,,to ,,the ,,provincial ,,union4        
,delegates to the ,provincial ,union are
 received on the following basis3 ,two  
for each ,union1 and one additional     
delegate for every ten paying members of
 each ,union4 ,the expenses of general  
officers for postage1 stationery1 etc41 

shall be borne by the ,union4           
,travelling expenses of delegates to    
,annual ,convention1 shall1 where at all
 practicable1 be borne by the ,union    
sending those delegates4     ,,order    
,,of ,,business4   ,devotional          
,exercises4  ,reading ,minutes of ,last 
,meeting4  ,treasurer's ,report4        
,unfinished ,business4  ,reception of   
,communications4  ,reports of           
,committees4  ,reading of ,paper on     
,temperance ,question  ,discussion4     
,regular ,course of ,reading4           
,discussion4  ,miscellaneous ,business4 
,adjournment4       ,transcriber's      
,note3 ,the spelling philanthrophy      
occurs in the original4 ,also1 in the   
list of numbered items in chapter #f1   
the numbering skips from #c to #e1 but  
no content seems to be missing4 ,we have
 left these as they were in our print   
copy4