The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-05-01


evergreen leaves and branches. All
in all the inside appearance OF the
hall was really pretty.
The opening exercises or morning
session of the Convention were con-
Quoted by the President, Mrs. Caro-
line 4. Merrick. Prayer was then
said and hymn sung.
The following different committees
we're then appointed
Finance Committee = Mrs. B. +.
White, Mrs. j. j. Lyons, Mrs. Alice
liable.
On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. B. + White
and Mrs. w. Ii. Goodale.
Auditing Committee - Mrs. Alice
liable and Mrs. Mary Randolph.
On Plan of Work Miss Anna Cor
don, chairman Miss Pauline Newman,
Mrs. Sklotield, Mrs. DeLee, Mrs. Jar
reau, Miss Kennedy, Mrs. G. W. Car
ter, Mrs. Town, Mrs. E. W. Grant,
Misses Town aud Kate Fullilove.
On ResoIutions-Mrs. w. II. Good
ale, chairman; Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Cole,
Mrs. Town, Mrs. DeLee, Mrs. Town,
Mis-. E. Williams, Mrs. G. NJ. Lyons,
Mrs. Atkinson, Misses S. L. Lyons
aid Helen Harp.
The President, Mrs. Caroline E.
Merrick, then called upon Judge w.
f. Blackman, to thank him for kindly
giving them the use of the Courthouse
and then called on him to- speak. The
Judge made a few appropriate re-
marks, after which, on motion, he
with all the other gentlemen present,
were made honorary delegates. the
following persons were called upon to
address the assembly, viz: Rev. Ly-
ons, from Boyce, Mr.. Goodale, Mrs.
Chaplin, Rev. H. G. Duncan and Rev.
Valvankenberg, after which an adj
dress of welcome was read by Miss
Lizzie Pickens, aud response made
by Snzie Lyons. We publish both
in full:
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Dear Friends and Sisters-No garden OF
lilies ever lifted their pearly petals more
eagerly to catch the first kiss of the ORR
ent, as the day god was mounting. his
chariot in the eastern sky, to march Ill
the conquest of night than we have look
ed for your coming, and the tears on oul
ieyelids, like nights dewdrors on the flow
ers, would list to no wooiug away like
he suns morning beams on the lilies
kissed them INTO rainbows of promise, the
fnfilmeut of which promise we nov
} realize.
You come from the fields of the sowing
J aud reaping, to this, your annual meet
ing. to tell of trials and of triumphs, t.
tell of tolls and success; to say words o
comfort to the sorrowing, words of en-
courag cement to the worker, and of hope
10 the doubling. May April skies bean
brightly on you! May sunny faces NEE
= Won everywhere and may the God OF trut!
and beauty bless in arranging for anoth
er years battle for "God and home an'
native land" Sisters
: s.With outstretched hands we meet you
, With loving hearts we greet YOU!
Hail! all hail to the noble band,
Who, led by Gods own loving hand,
2 Now work for God, and Home, aud Nativ
Land"
RESPONSE.
} Plato thanked God for three things
/, first, that he was a man, second that II
. was a Greek, and third that Sophracie
was his contemporary. l, too, to-day fee
like thanking God for three things. First
that | am u woman, second, that l am
W. c.. Il. u. woman, and third that hv
g in woman's century, an age that IS free
ing woman from the prejudice and abns
of centuries, and is lifting her into he
!. natural sphere, where she can eXerclS
her powers, her talents and her humanit
! for the good of the world, and the glor
Y OF her Father in Heaven. l am so GA
that can come in for part OF this we
), come, so heartily extended to us to-day
b and that can help even if ever SO It'll
- 10 do Tie good work we hope to accom-
= plish by our meeting together. We liV
: in peculiar times which offer peculia
I help to both good and evil.
g Our cause which is Christ's cause, need
u wise workers, and this wisdom we ca
a only get sitting at the feet OF the maste
= and learning of Him.
u We are striving to bn!ld a great wa
It round those we love to protect them tro
r all the evils of Intemperance; it is grow
. ing stronger and taller, and reaching III
'" Their round, but do we women realz" tn;
}. every one OF us is needed in the gre;
n work that each has part to perto|
l. and that if you fail in doing yours, or
fail in doing mine, that the beauty al
= strength of the whole Is married. WouI
u you have it thus, through fault of yours
n Would you like it to he said that yC
O were responsible for the weak places an
:. the gapss You may think that what yc
could do would be unimportant, that yo'
a sphere is very humble, but remember G'
l. only wants now and then a Frances Wi
y lard, Salle Chaplin, a Caroline Merrit
II and Mary GOodale, but He alwa
= wants and needs IL vast number of sci
IL denying, humble workers, who are vii
D. ing to bury their lives i'll eut of the W;
Is places, and do their work faithfully, ho'
l. ever trihing 1t may seem. Michael Amg
SIS 10 saws that tritle> make perfection, al
IS perfection is no tribe. Remember
~ 'It is not the thing you do, dear,
20 It's the thing yon leave nndone,
u Which gives 20 IL bit of a heartache,
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