The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11
w. c. T. U. of New Jersey.



OUR PLATFORM:
s.Total abstinence for the individual and constitu-
tiona prohibition for the state.
The enterprise and energy of the women OF
Newark in securing the new aud convenient hall
on Mulberry street cannot be too highiy coh-
mended. God has set his seal of approval upon
it by giving them more than score OF souls
converted since they took possession The good
work goes on and scarcely week but some
moor. debased victim Of the drink habit wanders
in and is saved by the all cleansing blood. While
we pursue other lines of work, htts seems to be
first in Importance and all others subserve to IT,
Flower and Prison day was observed with
Grand results The boquets, with their accom-
panying scripture texts, to the number OF loo
were distributed and the prayer service profita-
BILE and pleasant
Good words come from Gloucester City, Wash
ington, and othey places OF successes on our
special DAYS. These obseryanees bring usto our
common Father in similar requests, and the
promises of scripture seem to come TO US with
peculiar force ''Where two or three agree,
etc., must apply to us because not two or three
but thousands of earnest prayers ascend Ills
holy hill for blessing upon our work. SO we
are blest. and helped aud strengthened to go
forward.
Mrs. Pierson of England was announced as
the speaker for Sunday evening last IN Newark
her first public address in America. She VIII
sneak at both the summer meetings OF the State
w. CT. U. The first at Ocean Grove on the
9th and 10th of July and at Atlantic Highlands
on the 18th and 18th. She is connected with the
r Ear n ordinary
merit and power.
The "Band of Hope of Salem, closed It's
meetings with lawn party on the grounds OF
one of the officers of the w. G. L. U. The chill
dren were treated to lemonade, cake, ETC., ana
after recitations from them and kindly WORDS
from the teachers and friends, they were dis
missed until September. This plan is worthy OF
imitation.
The paper read by Mrs. NJ H. Crane on "How
to conduct w. c. I. Z. meeting, at Hdcketts-
town at the last annual meeting was printed IN
pamphlet form by order of the meeting. There
vet remains large number on hand. Any one
sending stamps for postage can have any num-
Der forwarded to them by applying to Mrs.
Crane, Asbury Park. Our new Unions VIII 90
well to supply themselves with this paper lor
gratuitous distribution. 1t cannot tall 10 assist
presiding and other officers.
The excursion of the Plainfcld Reform CLUB
to Ocean Grove on the 25th ult., brought the
..red ribbon men, into notice in this part OF New
Jersey as never before. 1t brought to our cot
tages by the sea, two notable gentlemen, Whom
we were proud to count in for the interests, not
only for temperance and prohibition, but Tor the
work of the W. C. T. T., both their wives being
members of the Union at Montclair. One OF
them, Mr. Crump, of the ''Crump Label Co.,
declines all connection with the liquor trade in
business transactions, thus curtailing the income
of his company by many hundreds OF dollars.
Chat kind of temperance work teils.) Ills
companion, Mr.. Merritt, is an active worker IN
the cause, to whom no obstacle for its advance
ment seems insurmountable. They are arrang-
ing for grand rally of all our forces IN the
state, at some central point, when some plan
can be agreed upon by which all classes OF work
ers can be brought into exercise ms Is one OF
the signs of the good time coming. 6od Diess
the red-ribbon brethren everywhere, and give us
more of them. Whatever place the W. Z. L.
U. may be given in the line of battle, count on
us to do our share of the fighting. "For God
and home and native land" is our motto. First
we fight as christians for purity and holiness in
all next as mothers and ,rt0es for our homes,
then as citizens for the land we love. that gave
us birth and under whose government (but for
rum rule) we find protection. Give us some
thing good to fight and pray for, and women,
though we be, will do valiant service for our
king
To those of our workers who take the Cnaon-
SIGNAL and read it, we commend the careful Pc
rusal of Miss Wizards letter, "Among the Con-
yentions" There are valuable thoughts there,
and suggestions which, while designed for other
states, will apply to as with striking force As
the time of our annual convention is approach
ing, which will be the proper occasion for the
introduction of new plans of operation, let US
read and digest, and see what will best subserve
the cause, and come up with plans matured for
more aggressive work than ever.
Mrs. Ellis prophecy that we should enrol
twenty-five new Unions this year, has already
been fulfilled. God has been dealing graciously
with us, but may we not ask for still more at
His beneficent hand? There is much more land
to be possessed. There are counties in this state
with no organized society of any kind Let us
60 forward.