Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-10
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA.
From the WOman's Christian Temper
ance Union.

From the WOman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
The WOman's National Christian Tenn
perance Union have set apart the 23d of
December as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer to God for the rapid advancement
of the temperance cause throughout our
country and throughout the world. The
progress has been so marvellous of what
was a few years ago considered such a for
lorn hope, that God has surely been in it.,
working upon the hearts and cOnsciences
of men and women and stirring them up
to duty and the performance of His Will.
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears,
The sons of earth are waking
To penitential tears.
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from afar
OF earth's remOtest nations
Prepared for lions war,
And the.light that is breaking is so full
of pro mise to the wretched and hopeless.
to the captive and sin burdened, to the
innocent and defenseless and to the suf-
fering and perishing, as TO appear almost
like the second coming of the Star of Beth
lehem.
Let Gods people then everywhere take
courage, and, rejoicing with thanksgiv
ing. take 0Olu anu uelp dlOuS III Juc WOGk.
We call upon the State of Georgia to re-
turn special thanks for the glorious vic
tories gained and the benefits received.
Our sister States are looking towards us
with interest and for example. Let us
with Gods help set them a noble one of
speedy and lasting reformation.
The day set apart is the anniversary of
the WOman's Temperance movement in
our country. And as it falls upon Sun
day the ministers throughout the State
are requested to preach Gospel temper
ance sermon, on the morning of the 23d of
December. And the people are requested
to have temperance mass meetings in the
afternoon or at night, at which collections
shall be taken as thank Offering" to
the cause, and donated to the WOman's
Christian Temperance Union, to help them
in their work.
The funds thus collected will be mostly
used in distribution of temperance litera-
ture, for the purpose of arOusing and
keeping alive the public interest upon the
subject. Many good people may be will
ing to help us who are opposed to total
abstinence and prohibition. We hope
they may help us, and we ask them most
earnestly that if the original blessing of
pure stimulants has been turned by mis-
use and adulteratiOn into the most blight
ing curse to the human race, and is so
reckleSSly destroying Souls LnaJ are so
precious in the world to come as to keep
two kingdoms-heaven and hell-at con-
slant warfare for the possession of them,
then is it not right to ask Gods deliver
ance from such an evil, and to do all we
can to Danish it from our midst?
If we are lcrOng in our plan of work
may God pardon it and bring it to moth
ing. If right, may He bless and direct
and prosper.
To those who are opposed to us we
claim leniency for the sake of our motive
and the expected good. To those who are
in sympathy with us, we ask their prayers
and their encouraging help. And, as the
23d is day set apart for this especial pur-
pose, we hope the efforts will be made in
our behalf throughout the entire State.
We earnestly beg that temperance
people, especially will exert thems elves
to make arrangements for the occasion.
Respectfully,
MRS, w. G. SIBLEY,
State President w. G. I. u, Augusta, Ga.
Miss NJ. IL. STOKES,
Secretary, Atlanta, Ga.
MRS. NJ. A. MCCALLA,
treasurer, Atlanta, Ca, care McCalla
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