CHRISTIAN
ference will meet there on the third necessary, and the mother church
Friday in May, 1884.
being appealed to, money was at
once subscribed for the building of
Bishop Kavanaugh, of the Metho a chapel, not only for purposes of
dist church South, aged eighty-two, Sunday-school work, but for- regu-
and hit* brother, aged eighty years,- tarpreaC^^
were in a pulpit together in Ken broken for a large frame edifice at
tucky, on a recent Sunday. The the cornor .of. Ralph avenue and
Bishop preached in the morning, Chauncey street, sufficient for the
and the Doctor at night,
accommodation of 800 people, and
Even in Italy efforts are now this is expected to be corilpleted
HERALD.
or. Among them were -mothers
and maidens, and by profession
housekeepers, dressmakers, millin
ers, teachers, ministers’ wives, and
the work of the latter I consider a
profession IF fightty exemplified,
and a doctor. Amen, amen, my
heart said all through that conven
tion. The Lord be praised that 1
have lived long enough to see
women able to think, act and do
.snui vUi ing.... .iDSkusndand
next.
The
cost
of
the
building,
.Ex
worthy of themselves and their
the Sabbath. Many places of busi
clusive
of
the
ground,
is
estimated
great
iuterest in humanity. And
ness are closed on the Lord’s day,
with the notice posted, “ Closed all at 815,000. The field is a good one, the cause of my rejoicing was
Sunday on account of adhesion to and the new enterprize meets with recognized and applauded by the
the humanitarian principle of Sun a hearty reception fronrthe neigh*' hnTmrablcand thinking men uf thr
borhood which it is located
community. One gentleman said
day repose.”
• ' *’
he had attended many conventions,
Temperance
Convention
at
political and others, but was never
The Presbyterian General Assem
Cheney, W. T.
m one before where so much cour
bly, which was held recently at
Bro.
Floyd
:
tesy and deference were shown by
London, was in every way a most
Mrs.
L.
A.
Switzer,
President
of
parties of opposite opinions, to
successful meeting. All depart
ments of work, Home Missions, the Local W. C. T. Union of Chern y. each other, nor where everything
Foreign Missions, Ministerial Edu W. T., requested me to write an ac was done in a more orderly busi
cation, etc., seems to be in a most count of the Temperance Conven- ness-like manner. Parliamentary
hopeful state. The colleges of the t-ion recently held there, for the rules were carried out to the letter;
......
....
... n Toronto, 1 U iJRiST tra H er ALC. Ac cordi n gly? "every ”?SEssibn ™WttS” opened' and’
denomination
at Montreal,
Kingston, and Winnipeg all report as follows: A contrast. Once upon closed with religious exercises, and
progress.
Large additions have a time, I passed a court-house and the presiding officer, Miss F. E.
been made to the funds and the yard, where a convention was to be Willard, Pres, of the N. W. C. T.
facilities of the institutions, and held. Men were standing around U. was never at a loss to know
measures are being taken to enlarge in groups concusing, using loud when or where to say the light
the work in Manitoba. Dr. King and profane language, sending forth thing. '
The Convention lasted over two
was appointed Principal of the Col mixed fumes of tobacco and whisky
lege. A very pleasing interchange with which to poison the atmos days. There were many strangers
of courtesies occured during the phere for tbepassers by. Tuis all present and about twenty delegates
meeting, of the Assembly.... The indicated their superior God-given in attendance, representing Union
Episcopal Synod of the Huron Dio qualification for wise, deliberate at Walla Walla, Dayton, Colfax,
Spokane Falls, &c. The call for
cese was in session in London at the legislation and execution:
Quite early on the morning of this mass convention had for its
same time as the Assembly, and Dr-
Hellmuth, Bishop of Huron, address July 20th I approached the Bap prime object the organization of
ed the latter body, a fraternal mes tist church of C jeney, where the. the W. C. T. U. for Eastern Wash
sage being also sent to the Presby Convention for the W. C. T. U. ington Territory. A full corps of
terian body.
The Presbyteiians was appointed to meet. A slight officers requisite for-this country
reciprocated the kindness of their pause and my ears were greeted by were elected ; and the minutes of
Anglican brethren by forwarding a low tones of prayer and religious such proceedings will soon be pub
A strange coincidence lished by Mr. L. E. Kellogg, editoi
return fraternal message at the song.
hands of Dr. King and Senator Vi thought I. A prayer-meeting be of the North Went Tribune, of
dal.
Rev. Principal Grant also fore a business Convention ! And Cheney.
The plan of work, methods and
gave an address at the Anglican one to be held by a body of per
Missionary Meeting. Such frater sons, who maintain in the majority, principles in the main of the N. W-
nal interchanges of Christian cour as an underlying principle, their C. T. U. were adopted
■ / and recorded
tesy and love are extremely refresh right to the ballot for women! A as significant of the intention of the
ing.
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------ -----— weapon, they claim it, with which women of Eastern Washington, to
to transform existing laws, made work in harmony with that body
The mission work established by by their husbands, fathers and for temperance, sobriety, law and
the members of Dr. Scudder’s church brothers, empowering the demons order.
At the close of the Convention a
on the lower side of the Twenty of earth to deal out liquid fire to
voto was (tesiied and taken giving
fifth Ward of Brooklyn, has develop their children.
I went in, and what think you expression to the meeting in regard
ed into a strong and vigorous church
organization. About two years ago greeted my eyes ? A set of Am to woman’s right to suffrage. There
a Sunday-school was established in azons, Hobgobblins, or large-eyed, were 43 approving and but 2 op
a building on Ralph avenue, near large-mouthed infidel women ? Ah posing it.
On the whole the Convention
Fulton, with George A. Boll, the no! the infidel women stayed at
well-known Sunday-school worker, borne—there was too much player was pronounced a grand success
as its head. Tre mission has since for them—but a convention of and will long be lemembered in
grown to such proportion that more modest, prayerful, intelligent per Cheney as not only an enjoyable
ample accomodations have become sons, wi h quiet womanly demean occasion, but as one recording a
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leaf of true moral import in its his
tory. A great many subscriptions
were taken for the Union Signal)
a paper edited in the interest of
temperance and as the organ of the
W. C. T. Union. Atso many teur-
perance tracts and pamphlets were
distributed. At the close of the
public lectures over one hundred
townsmen signed the temperance
pledge. Some of them were men of
infamous, dissipated habits. The
next day following the completion
of this work, saloon keepers were
heard to say, My trade has been
$50 less to-day than usual. But
there is responsibility about all
this. Many^nobie women went to
their home's'"realizing more fully
than ever before, the great amount
of work to be done in this country.
They went also determined to con
secrate their hearts and lives more
completely, tn God and humanity,
for the dissemination of truth, both
by precept and example.
And I’m sure with such an army
of noble- women, from- 75,000 to
100,000 strong, all praying and
working in unison, and with such
a platform on which to work,
“ Love to all and malice to none,”
and with such a grand banner in
their hands, “ For God and home
and native land,” the W. C. T. U.
must accomplish something in the
next ten years towards undermin
ing the liquor traffic, already super
seding every other kind of business
in lucrativeness.
Miss Willard’s and Miss Gordon’s
noble bearing and influence will
long serve as a stimulus to the
women of this country for per
sistent, untrammeled work, not
withstanding the sneers and tanta
lizing remarks of those who think
they,were only made for parasitic
vines, and without the calm
strength requisite to deliberate
thought, action and organizing.
Miss Willard’s lectures were
simply grand. They were full of
thought, clothed with quiet but
harmonious colors, yet glowing
with the warmth of tender love,
born as they were out of a burning
enthusiasm for humanity.
To Mrs. L. A. Switzer belongs
the credit for all that has been done
in this good work in this portion
of the country. Sne has sacrificed
energy, time, money, and 1 had al
most said reputation, for the past
three years, for no woman can work
faithfully, though modestly, for
temperance, as she Las, yet with
out arousing the jealousies and
consequent sneers of the less
efficient and opposers of temper
ance. May God bless her, as he
will, and every other true w’orker
for God and humanity. " •
M rs . J. A. C. M erriman .