West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-07

ful stlmulants and checks In the
grand onward progress of the Tenn
perance reform.
THURSDAY EVENING -ADDREssE BY
MRS. BUELL. AND MRS. JOHNSON.
After delightful music by the
church choir and prayer by Rev.
l.. w. Bicknell, Rev. T. G. John.
son, of Charleston, presented to the
audience Mrs. |. HI, Johnson, State
President of the w. G. T. u, who
made an earnest plea for woman's
work in the Temperance reform.
Mrs. G. B. Buell., of New York,
was next introduced, and by her
eloquent address soon won com.
pletely the hearts of her audience.
She set forth the especial need of
Temperance work among women
as well as men, showing the great
prevalence of drunkenness among
women of high places as well as
low. Her earnest pleas were list
ened to with eager delight to the
close, after which liberal collec.
ton was taken.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2-sEC-
oND DAY.
Devotional exercises, led by Mrs.
j. M. Staunton, of Charleston, after
which the business of the Con.
vention was taken up.
EvANGELIsTIo WORK.
A normal class in Evangelistic
work was conducted by Rev. T. G.
johnson, of Charleston, and papers
read on important points, by Mrs.
w. l.. Moore, Mrs. j. K. Middleton,
Mrs Staunton, Mrs. Swinburn, and
others, of Charleston.
Mrs. Buell. gave as definition
of Evangeistic work, "bringing the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
to the people," and said that is
the work the w. c. T. U. is doing.
Mrs. Johnson suggested that in
addition to its being the duty of
the Superintendent of this depart
ment to see that the Gospel of
Christ was sent to the homes of the
people, she should also see that
our work was brought before the
members of Synods, Conferences,
Associations, and so on.
Mrs. Buell., in answer to a ques-
ton, explained that the Superin-
tendent of a department was not
expected to do the work, but to
have the faculty of planning and
getting other people started in the
work.
Mrs. Jackson, of Maiden, men
toned how difficult it is to get
people to come where they will
hear Temperance sentiment, unless
we have these systematic evangel-
istic efforts. Many interesting
points were brought out on this
topic.
Mrs Buell. was asked to give a
program for a Gospel Temperance
Meeting. She answered that the
first thing would be TO get SUIT
able place in which to hold your
meeting. She mentioned meet
ing she had attended in one of the
churches of a city. The people of
that church composed the audi
ence, and the people they wanted
to reach were loafng along the
streets. So she would suggest that
you always get a hall in preference
to church. Have good singing.
Let the singers begin, and the mu-
sic will attract the outside crowd.
Then have people of kindly ma
ture to do the talking. AS we diff
fer in temperature as much as we
differ in our faces, in selecting
men and women to do this work
we must choose those who are kind
and loving and full of the spirit of
Christ. Always try to have short,
pithy speeches, and do not allow
too much singing. Have just
enough to make the audience 60
away wishing for more.
YOUNG woMEN's WORK.
The next item on the program was
discussion on Young Women's
Work, by Mrs. G. B. Buell.. Young
ladies were urged to come into this
work that they might be ready to