Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-23
AFTERNOON SESSION

The meeting was opened with prayer by
| Mrs. 5. c. Cole, after which came the read
ing OF the minutes of the forenoon session
and the singing Of duet BY Miss Lemon
and Miss Lane Miss G. |. Lsdd, OF this
city, then read an essay on ''Pu bic opinion
| opposed to temperance, and the best meth
| DDS of c0unteracting it" After refer
ring 10 the opposition Of public
sentiment to temperance the essayist
| spoke of total abstinence as q desir-
able test Of social equality. Public
| iOrbearsnce encourages an evil-ss slavery,
| for instance. We can best utilize our in
| ducnce by experience and by observation.
We may secure lecturers from abroad. We
may have gatherings for literary and must
cal exercises. We may circulate temperance
literature. We msy keep the subject con-
stSntly asitatet. Housewives may Danish
everything in the nature of intoxicating
liquor from the culinary department, and,
much more, from the table. We must take
care of the moral culture of children. Let
not teachers and mothers be too busy about
other things to attend to this vital point.
The work. individually and collectively,
gives the assurance OF our final triumph.
There Is no place left to stop in :he work
now As Christian women We are pursuing
the right course let US, then, labor on.
and we have our Lords promise that we
shall not fail.
The next speaker was Mrs. +. G. Green. OF
st. Adams, of whose remarks the following
is brief abstract The passage, And
little child shall lead them" suggests the
work to be done by US. There is no surer
method Of fulfilling the promise than by
education, We have mucn mental, but
little moral culture. Scientists. after years
of investigation, tell US that alcohol is a
poison. Not only science but the jsils and
the pententiarles cry out to US. Let US
look to the moral education of our boys.
The church should lead the world, and not
the world the church. The Supday-scbool
can be made most efficient weapon. Let
US thoroughly instruct our youth in the
principles Of temperance. This can nowhere
be better Effected than in the Sunday
school.
Mrs E. A. Sturteyant, of Middlebury,
said that this was the first county conyen-
ton of the kind ever held in Vermont, and
she felt that it was day for thanksgiving.
Seven new Unions have been formed in the
State this year--a larger number than in
any previous twelvemonth. The work brings
its own reward with it. To you who are
new in the work, would say that there is
no royal road to the temperance reform.
But let the agitation be kept up. Be active
in the work. Build up the character CT
your Union. DO whatsoever your hands
find to do. and then trust to Gods power.
Let no opportunity escape, but DO some
thing. Women can have temperance, but
they must strive and work for it, and enter
upon it in right spirit. Every one has
her Influence let her exert it rightly and
vigorously. Women are not half awake to
the consciousness of their power. Let US
each find our work and do it, and lose no
time, for the night cometh. We need cour-
age and earnestness Let US make q right
use of the opportunities which We possess.
After one or two reports and some dis
oussion the present organization was made
permanent, with Mrs. Kent as president and
Mrs. Hammond, of Milton, as secretary
Mrs. Davis declining to serve; and the next
meeting was appointed for the second We'd
nesday in February, 1880.
The meeting then closed with the singing
of the DOxOlOgy