The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-07-07
An inaugural Address.

At the last meeting of the ElKton w.
G. t. IT,, Mrs. l. NJ. Haines, the newly
elected president, upon assuming the
duties of that position, read the follow
ing inaugural address. which on motion
was ordered to be published:
According to time, honorcd usage and very
high precedent propose giving you IL short in
augural address. You all unite with me | know
in appreciation of the many excellencies of nv
predecessor and share in the affectonate regard
she inspires in those associated with her Guild
ing our union from infancy until it has passed its
second anniversary we feel she has meritei our
gratitude for her unremitting Kindness to us AMI
her devotion to the cause, for which we are
banded together. May fill the Office she has
vacated in ii manner to win similar reyart,
Your president alone however, can do but little
to make our meetings a success, and to spread
abroad that influence that should emanate from
a society protesting, do, to be Gods instru-
ments in retaining the land from the foul blot
lntemperance. that blackenS so much of what He
made so fair. To do this and to make our meet
ings so attractive, that even the most apathetic
member or the casual visitor will feel they must
be present at our next meeting. will REQUIRE the
active, earnest work of all. And if each one is
thoroughly aroused and will labor diligently and
preservingly we will accomplish the work allotted
us and when it is finished will hear that sweet
well dOne!' II each would add her mite TO the
entertainment OF the evening those who sing
giving us a good temperance hymn or song, our
supernteddents telling us OF what they have
done during tn past month or OF what has been
done elsewhere in their departments and others
reading or recitng short selection or giving
their experience in the temperance work not Tor
getting TO ask Gods blessings on our labors. we
wOnld 20 from our meetings so strengthened and
encouraged that our enthusiasm would be con-
tagious and our union would wonderfully in
crease in numbers and usefulness
No woman, especially christian woman.
should stand with folded hands and silent lips
and view the awful agony and sin occasoned by
the demon Kun. Jesus said to visit the widow
and the iatheress in their aftictlon and looking
down from heaven and seeing the sorrow and
misery of earth, He says to us Save the wife
from being widow and the children from or
phanage and the mothers heart from being
broken through Strong Drink
To we cheerfully accept this work and are we
thankful that our Heavenly Father has chosen us
to this field of labor that is Just truly mission
AIRY work as though toed amid the deserts OF
Africa or the junges OF India And a more i'm.
portant duty is it fol it for fathers our hus-
bands, our sons and our brothers,
Come labor on
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
While all around him waves the golden grain,
And every servant hears the Master say
Go. work today.
Come labor on:
The laborers are few the hed is wide
New stations must be filled and blanks supplied
From voices distant, far, or near at home
The call is Come
Come, labor on;
The enemy is watching night and day
| To SOW the tares to snatch the seed away
While we in sleep our duty have forget,
He Slumbered not.
Come, labor on:
| Away with gloomy doubt and iathless fear;
| No arm SO weak but may do service here;
! BY ieebest agents can our God fulfill
His righteous will.
Come, labor on:
| No time Tor rest till CLOVIS the western sky
While the long shadows DER our pathway lies,
And glad sound comes with the setting sum-
Servants, well done,'
Come, labor on;
The toll is pleasant, the reward is sure:
| Blessed are those who to the end endure,
| How full their JOY. how deep their rest shall be
Lord, with thee,''