The Florida agriculturist., 1885-05-06
A Pleasant Tribute.

On Monday of last week company of
Christian workers. about one hundred and
fifty in all, called upon the new mistress of
the White House-Miss Elizabeth Cleveland.
By her own previous arrangement they were
shown at once into the blue parlOr, and she
abridged her customary noon-hOur reception
to personal friends in order to meet them,
proceeding to the green parlor for that
purpose, and receiving their greetings as
they passed through to the east room.
Mr.. Hosea b. Moulton, president of the
District Temperance Alliance. took his place
at her left and made the presentations, while
Mrs. Sarah ID. La Fetra, of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union. supported her
on the right. When all had been presented
Mrs. La Fetra offered, in the name of those
present. a small autograph album, bound
in red plush and bearing the following in
scription: This album contains the ad-
dress, pledge and signatures of company
ofrepresentativeC Christian temperance work
ers, presented to Miss Cleveland at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, Washington. D. c., Mon
day, March 49, 1885, The address reads as
follows:
Miss CLEvELAND:-We, a company Of Chris.
tian temperance workers, thank God that a
Christian lady is mistress of the Executive
Mansion, and that she Is in full sympathy with
all the Christian workers who are seeking to
free this nationfrom the cui Sc eofintemperance. Of
We regard 1t no small thing to be the most ex.
allied, the most influential and therefore the
most responsible lady in this mighty nat ion of
$4,000 900 people, and are confident that in that
respect your feelings are in perfect accord
with ours. Your opportunities in virtue of
your exalted position for honOring our com.
mon Lord and Master are, of course, very
great. We wish most truly that other nations
than our own may feel the force of your great
influence for good through their representa-.
tativeS in this our national capital CITY, Your
responsibility to God and the nation is not
overlooked by the Christian people.of this re-
public, and it is our sincere wish and devout
prayer that when your occupancy of this man.
sion shall be thing of the past, there may not
be in your mind single pang of regret over
unemployed and misspent talent We bid YOU
Godspeed i'll serving both Gcd and our nation.
The pledge reads: I'VE, the persons whose
names are hereinafter inscribed, pledge our
selves to pray for Miss Cleveland that she
may receive from the throne of God the full
est supply of grace to meet her daily needs
in her responsible and difficult position
Among the signatures were those of the
Rev. Richard COpp, a Methodist missionary
In South America now visiting Washington,
and two Syrian gentlemen named Arbeely,
sons of a native missionary teacher and Bib
lical translator III the Protestant Greek Col
lege at Beirut. Fifteen States of the Union
were represented by the ladies in attendance.
Mrs. LaFetra stated that they came merely
to pay their respects and to express their
entire confidence in Miss Cleveland as a
Christian woman, and that as mistress of
the White House she would be actuated by
Christian motives.
Miss Cleveland accepted the little gift, lis
tened with serious interest, and replied that
the sympathy and kind feeling she had met
on all sides were gratifying and strengthen
ing to her, whether expressed or unexpressed,
and that she thanked them for the good taste
as well as the good spirit of their expressions
toward her. She added that the President
would be as glad to shake hands with them
as she had been
At O'Clock President Cleveland came