Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-02
THE w. G.. T. u. COLUMN.
DEAR SISTERS OF THE w. AND Y. W.
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| want to present to yOu Our Col
umn in the BUTLER CITIZEN | beg
you will all give it more than pass
ing notice and that YOU will pause tc
become acquainted with 1t. | call il
"ours" not rs belonging to our Union
here in Butler alone, but SIS belong
ing to all the Unions throughout the
county. Ipasmuch as the CITIZEN is
not local but a county paper we
could not do less than extend To you
this righttui privilege, trusting that
you will eli give it right royal wei.
come, and that it may prove bond
uniting Us more closely ia every good
word aud work. Could we ail fully
realize the necessity of keeping our
work prominently before the public
and the advantage which the public
press affords over every other means
to affect it, | am sure there woald be
a more general effort to move forward
along this line of work. The press is the
acknowledged educator of he,people
Imagine tue result, could we turn the
tide and bring this influence to bear
en- mdSSe against the entire liquoI
traffic Certainly its power cannot
be over-estimaJed; let us WELD it as il
conscious of its power in the great
crisis which is before US. Satan oc-
cupies the vantage ground. but he
does not present so able front as he
once did. Slo WY but surely he is
being driven back by the deadly aim
of our flying missiles. Temperance
and prohibition papers are now in al.
most every State, doing faithful
work. The Womsn's Temperance
Publication Association is making
itself felt as never before Seven
presses are kept busy by day besides
doing much night work, and still
comes the call for more printing in
addition to its books and numberless
leaflets, The Young Comrade. for the
children, The Oak and Icy Leaf, for
the Us (wlSe) The Deutsch Ameri-
kaaer, for our foreign born, and
graudest of all, the Union Signal,
with its one hundred Thousand sub
scribers, bearing upon its white wings
even TO the uttermost parts of the
earth, tidings of great conflict, the
peaceful war of the White Ribbon
army upon the saloon, the brothel
and the gambling table, the great
enemies alike of the home, society
and the church. May the God OF
peace speedily perch victory upon
their banner, that many weary. wait
ing ones may See of the travail of
their souls and be satisfied Oh, that
with q trumpet blast we might
awake the sleepers to come up to the
"help of the Lord against the nigh
ty," to kill this hydra, headed mon
ster and consigL him to the pit from
whence he came. Let the hum of
our printing presses never cease by
day or night but may it ever increase
until the air shall be filled with their
winged messenges, heralds of the COM
ing C d better day. How shall this
be done? 4 few months ago this
question would have been difficult to
ausw wer bat now the way seems to be
made plain, The Temperance Tenn
pie at least goes a long way towards
solving the difficulty. With the
Temperance Temple an established
fact for the headquarters of the
w. T. p A. with an annual
income of two hundred thousand dol
lars. what may we not hope for. In
our ranks are many workmen that
need not be ashamed" but to Mrs.
Matilda b. Casse belongs the honor
OF the sublime conception of this stu
penduous plan. Though deeply i'm
pressed with the weight Of responsi-
biliJy resting upon her, her dauntless
spirit never falters no matter what the
encouragement, resting all with Him
who she believes called her to the
work, calling to her as truly as He did
to Cyrus the King of old when He
charged him 'to build Hin an house
in Jerusalem f" And now comes the
appeal to US as it came to the Jews
centuries ago. Who is there among
you Of all his people? his God be
with him and let him go up and build
the house of the Lord God of Israel
And whosoever remaineth in any
place where be sojourneth, let the
men Of his place help him with silver
and with gold, and with goods and
with beast, besides the free will offer
ings for the house of God that is in
Jerusalem"
What shall be the response? 1t
largely rests with our State and
County officers Grandly have many
of them responded with personal
gifts and assurances of most generous
donations throughout their States or
districts. | fear, in this matter, our
own State will not be abreast of her
usual record if such dolorous articles
on the Temperance Temple as the
one contained in the initial number of
the White Ribbon be often repeated
in its columns. Such articles should
not go unanswered, and | hope will
not. That some should take dis
couraging view Of the matter is not