Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-07-04

and be considered as honorary mem
beers suf the Union. Allow them to
form their own constitution, with only
the proviso that they work for the
temperance cause, along temperance
lines. Let them have weekly meet
ings; open your houses to Them; lei
! YOUR association with them be on the
k"iilty mothers 10 one boy" principle
VIZ: let each member of your auxllia-
| nv have as many mothers as there are
members of your Union. Open your
home and heart to them, and take my
worI tor it, they will ill both with the
sunlight OF love and the summer OF
perfect peace. Let them arrange pro-
grams for each meeting; music, read
ings, Rotations discussions, etc. And
| ia providing for their mental and
moral development don't beg OF YOU
forget the physical. Remember the
days OF your own youth, when | ann
sure you realized that all work and
no play makes jack duh boy" and
aILcr the menLll and musical per
| formances are over, give them an hour
or two of some good, wholesome, jovi-
al amusement ! make no definite
suggestion AS To what that amusement
shall be. Different churches and COM
nlunitIes hold different views on this
subject, and in that case what is one
mans meat may be another man 5
poisun;" therefore, do not select the
meat, but 1 do earnestly urge upon
you to provide in this way Tor the
home against the saloon" Let the
home hold sunshine, and laughter, and
flowers, and pictures, and music, and
gay young company, and innocent
amusements, and your own boys will
want to stay in it, and other women's
boys will want to come TO 1t, and will
lind in it strong fortress of defense
against the allurements of vice.
And first, last, and all the time, don
forget the children. Our hope for all
time To come is in the proper training
of the children. See TO it that each
Union has its Juvenile department.;
and let your Superintendent and all
workers in this department be men
and women who love children-love
them truly-weil enough to under
stand and sympathize with all their
| little Joys and woes. Don't appoint any
who have been here so long that they
have forgotten they ever owned dolls,
marbles, tops and kites; rode on stick
horses, made u racket, got dirty, tore
their Sunday clothes, and cried when
they lost their marbles aud the SAW
dust fell out of their dolls. Get every
child you can into the ranks. Go out
INTO the highways and byways and
pers6lde them ~ come III. The poor
er and more degraded their parents,
the more need to enroll them in
The. temperance army. And deal most
tenderly with these little stray lambs
in no way can you so surely reach
| the parent as through the heart OF the
child.
As soon as possible appoint officers
from among the juvenile members,
and let them know that they rise from
the ranks ON merit. Encourage them
to bring in other members; lei them
practice a short scripture reading and
give il at meetings; let them repeat
the Lord : prayer on opening or at
close OF meetings; give sucn AS have
good voices d prominent place in the
music; let them feel their own i'm
portance. and they will work twice as
we'll. Give special attention to the
singing. Appoint orgalnist and chOris-
ter, and get good temperance song
books. A child will gain quicker and
retain longer AN impression made by
a familiar song than one obtained in
any other way. Get up public enter
;Iinments, mass meetings, picnics,
concerts, etc, and let the children take
an active part with badges, banners,
ETC., which will clearly indicate their
position and duties.
There is urgent need of effort in re-
gard to temperance instruction in our
Sunday schools. Let us see to it that
our children be rooted and grounded
III Bible temperance.
Secure if posi- BILE, a Secretary in each
Sunday to aid the Superintend-
enL Have Sunday once a month,
once Il quarter, or, if you cannot get
that, us often us you can, get 1T devoted
to temperance teaching. Have con-
certs, reading, addresses and singing
by the scholars. Look after the intro
duction of temperance papers and
books, and try to have a temperance
paper distributed monthly or quarter
~ among the scholars.
In some of the smaller towns in
and action among the ministers. the !
morning OF the first Sunday III every |
month Is given TO union temperance |
service. All the churches in the town |
save one are closed, the ministers of |
the different churches occupy the pull |
PIT on alternate Sundays, temperance
sermons are preached, temperance |
hymns sung. temperance prayers pray
Ell, and the benedlctiOn pronounced |
upon the workers for the cause the |
world over. Try if you cannot bring |
the ministers IN your town to be thus |
of one mind.
Secure, If posslb BILE, a temperance col
umn In your local paper, and select |
Tue woman among your number best |
htted to edit 1t. Help her all Won can
oy suggestions, and interest the Union
10 nelp her watch for bright eliupines |
ana plthy FACTS. Cultivate a home in |
terest by mention of work in vo,,r |
state. When meetings are held try |
10 nave your editor report them. ar |
report them yourself. Interest vour
aIi'Nlllafy society to help, with original |
Contributions, or selected articles. |
uather All items of general interest.
give prohlollon arguments where Won
can, give scientific arguments y6ara
you can, ana at all times uphold the
honor and dignity OF the Organizations
IL which you belong. ''0''
Lastly let me urge upon YOU what
seems very small thing in the dom
but is mighty IN its significance Is
each member always wear the white
ribbon, not only 70 Union meetings
bat habituslly. A small piece Of man
white ribbon on the watch chain. in
the button hole, or in any way most
convenient Il will soon become a
matter OF habit with Won, so that YOU
will not feel right without it And
let ID be to YOU a sign Of sisterhood !