St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-29
w. c. T. U.
The Annual Election of Officers, Sec
retary's Report and Arrangements
tor the Murphy Meetings.

The annual meeting of the Women's Christian
! Temperance union was held at the Y. NJ. c.
room yesterday, and the following report wa
submitted by the secretary:
| The Womens Christian Temperance union
have been engaged the past year in various de
partments of labor. The prison and workhouse
the Sunday school temperance work; providing
| temperance literature; securing temperance
| speakers. In the prison religious meetings
| have been held on the Sabbath; the prisoners
have been regularly visited and supplied with
reading matter; the sick cared for, and those dis
charged have been counseled, encouraged and IN
some cases supplied with employment, or trans
portatiou to their friends. Letters have been re-
ceived from some thus helped, who seem to be
doing well, expressing gratitude for the 1nstruc-
ton and kindness received and affrmlng tnelr
present good purposes. Many have gone out
pledged to total abstinence, doubly needful 10
them, as almost without exception, indulgence
in strong drink has led them to evil doing and to
prison. This work was done by Miss Pain I'LL
about May Is, when impaired health made it nee
essary that she should go abroad. Since that
time other ladies have had it in charge. The
society feel il is due to Miss Pain to express
their appreciation Of her abilities and devotion
Whatever has been written in praise OF the la
bors of Elizabeth Fry, in Newgate, may with
LOVING efforts and counsels of Miss Pain IN our ST.
Paul prison.
To the present earnest workers
we can only wish correspond
ing success. At the workhouse the
services held every Sabbath but three during the
year, have been of interest and apparent bless
ing. Over one hundred have pledged themselves
to temperate living. Some at first hard and in
different have been won to listen
While these results have to be received with
allowance, we believe the truth to have entered
some hearts that will lead to better lives. Tenn
perance literature has been procured and clrcu-
lated to some extent. 1t is felt that much more
can be done in this line to advantage.
| The introduction of the study OF the effects OF
| alcohol upon the human system into the higher
classes in the public schools has given great
satisfaction to many parents.
The Sunday school temperance lessons have
been furnished to various schools in the city
and county, to the extent Of 1000 copies. Other
schools supplied in their lesson helps with
temperance lessons can secure them from the
society or at the Temperance Publishing house,
| 161 La Sale street, Chicago. Large numbers OF
| pledges have been supplied to the young people
in our Sabbath schools. Various public speak
ers have been secured by the society during the
year, among them Miss Willard. Mrs. Burlin-
game, Mrs. Yeomans, Miss Kimball and Mrs.
| Wlttenmeyer In behalf Of the society,
MRS. d. w. INGERsoLL, Secretary.
| The following officers were elected:
President-Mrs. P. B. Groat
Secretary-Mrs. Frank Farwel
Treasurer-Mrs. W. D. Ingersoll.
Arrangements were also made for the series Of
| temperance meetings to be held by the diStin
guished Francis Murphy. The opening service
| will be at the Opera house next Sunday at pm
The meetings will continue during the week, ant
| perhaps two weeks.