Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-10-04
Miss Mary c. Torrey offered the following
resolutions, which were adopted:

resolutions, which were adopted:
UhertG, In the all wise providence Of God. cur
sister Mrs. Harriet n. Haven, whose thong ht and
incomitable energy led to the inception and or
ganization Of the eOciety which repr, sent, hns
been so suddenly called from her place Its Proti-
dent, leaving not only its executive chair vacant,
but large place in its field oi effort, without its
most faithful labOrer,
Rtsoired. That We acknowledge with gratitude
her efforts for the establishment OF this Society and
the unwearied real with which she served IL To the
last believing that 10 her earnestness and unil
gins energy. and the courage which never knew
defeat, the cause of Temperance in this STATE
great debt,nnd her loss is that will long he felt
and cannot easily be replaced,
Resoir'd That we will remember with reEpect and
gratitude the single-hearted dev tion to every
Cause which she believed TO he identified with the
cause OF Christ, which character zed her LIE, and
the spirit Of active work which animated her and
transmitted her best thoughts and wishes ut once
into helpful deeds, and thst her memory shall
stimulate us TO the imitation Of those virtues which
have made go applicable to ler the testimony "She
hath done what she could"
Resolred. That as one after another, the laborers
iall in the Held, some Of them. preeminently
the case with our sister, lay in down the work from
yhH hand' only at the last mortal extremity. ii he
comes us who are left behni To take ii up where
they leave II, that the ripe harvest none If il TO
lest;
Res.hed, That we tender to her family. to the
church To which she was active and .aith
ful member, and to the Mission Board
Of which she was a devoted and Jealous
oiilcer, our warm and respectful sympathy,
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these resolutions.
Mrs. Afford. OF Brooklyn. prcscntcd the
claims for support Of the national organ Of
tho Unions, "Our Union"
An excellent essay on the Temperance
Education of Children" was read by Mrs.
l.. e. Partridge. Of North Bennington, fol-
lowed by discussion participated in by Miss
Bradshaw, Mrs. 5. Z. Cole, Mrs. Perkins.
OF West Concord Mrs. Afford, of Brook
lyn, N. Y. and Miss Mary Torrey.
MRS rAETRID5E's ESSAY.
This question implies that temperance is
an essential element of true education. and
Is so fundamental that it must begin with
childhood and bo wrought into tho whole
futurc life a. part of the warp and wool
oil the physical, mental and spiritual con-
stltution. But there is great encourage
ment IN the thought. that il this work is
wisely and thoroughly commenced in early
llie 1t will almost gssuredly be completed in
hrmness and beauty in rIDer years Some
poet has said:
"TO my inward vision things arr schieye, xhen tb,,
are we'll begun.
Tn" perfect archer calls tho deer his own while yet
the shat IL whIstling
Parents and guardians should realize that
the work Oi reforming and nstructlng the
world must Commence with tho children
Canon WIlberiorce, OF England, says: "Ii
you want to leavcn a nation, MS of no use
going to work with tho old, dried up men
you must go to the boys and girls and teach
them the principles you want to see spread
ing through the land"
This is just what God did with ancient
Israel. when by their disobcdIence they
proved themselves unfit to enter the Promised
Land. lie sent them back into the wilder
ness. and raised upa new nation by an e--
peclal religious training Oi the youth In
like-manncr may not we, under God.
become temperance nation BY our cs
pecial temperance training of our boys and
girls.
There arc many incentives prompting ns
to engage IN this work. among whi.h We
might notice.
/. The character Of the work. IL Is the
wOrk OF saving men, tho very work Tor
which Christ came to earth and which he
commissioned Ills followers to perform.
J. The time Tor labor is also propltioua.
The hearts of the people are stirred. NOT
only In this country. but in Europe. IL is
glorious to live and to labor when the gen