Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-05
THE OPENING DAY,
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Our so-called Christian government per
mits great wrong in the land, but the
united and able efforts of the Christian
churches called on the Lord. and as a re
suit the tide is being stayed
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was not satisfied, but it was still il
the field, and it would not retire until the
last licensed rum shop had disappeared
This had brought down very harsh criti
cism, but the fight was still going ON, and
would go on.
She spoke of the efforts TO secure female
suffrage and said that step had met and
was still meeting with the earnest opposi
ton of the saloon men, who saw in the ac
complishment of equal suffrage the end OF
the saloon She said the cause was moi
being aided as it ought by the secular
press, which tended TO keep in the back
ground the efforts of the saloon and liquor
men, while belittling the efforts of the
Christian men and women of the land; but
she returned thanks that the religious press
was not thus trammeled, and while its eaI
was open TO what was going on, the public
would be kept informed
In closing, she entreated her hearers tC
persist in the work of securing temper
ance, and predicted triumph would even
tually come 10 them.
| 1.-THE annual address of the President,
Mrs. Jane 0. Johnson, of Parkersburg,
was next in order. Mrs johnson, whose
health is unfortunately not of the best,
prefaced her remarks by saying she
would not attempt to deliver her address
in its entirely, but would content herself
with dwelling upon few salient points.
She then said:
If were asked for an expression that
most completely embodies the spirit of the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union, l
should answer, mOther-hcdIted For mother
| like it broods tenderly over the innocent,
providing for their safety; and reaches out
wisely and beneficently after the erring
and unfortunate.
IL is more that a guild of mothers; il isl
/ training school for motherhood. Instead
of distracting woman from her home
duties. il quickenS her perceptions and
intenSifes her convictions; thus securing
la more faithful discharge of these duties.
| Institutions are established, and amply en-
dOwed, for equipping our sons for the va
rious avocations they may choose in life.
Law schools are provided for lawyers,
medical colleges for physicians, agricult-
ural and mechanical schools for the
| farmer and mechanic. But where is the
institution in which our daughters may
I ANNNAfN AAAN ANNN'neNAe tANteAAeNA'AAf 80 NAAN
one avOcation-home making-to which, by
common consent, she has been relegated .
Or what bearing has any part of girls ed
ucatiOn, upon the special sphere in life
] filed by wives and mothers. Ityou answer,
the home is that school; / ask who are the
specialists in these homes, that are to give
this training. Are they not the girls of the
past generation who have come into the
estate of wifehOOd and motherhood, as UNI
skilled and untutOred as the girls of the
present generation. How many moth
ers in this audience learn their
daughters the lessons of self
restraint, and self-government, that
are 10 fit them for governing others. How
many are teaching their daughters the les
Ions that are necessary TO make bright and
! happy homes. Is il not lamentable fact
that great host of mothers are more anX-
| ious TO secure husbands for their daughters
/ than fit them for the duties of wifehoOd
/ Do not these mothers deny themselves and
their families the comforts and even the
neceSsaries Of life in order TO provide their
daughters with an outfit equal TO that worn
/ by "a more fortunate associate. And vet
| these homes are the schools in which many
of our girls are to learn the beauty and I'm.
! seltiShness of real life.
/ l believe the Woman's Christian Tenn
perace Union, with its diversity of depart
ments, reaching out like an arterial system
I into the domestic, social and political world,
recognizes and provides for this training as
no other organization or institution within
my knowledge. The department of Hy-
giene and Heredity confrOnts the mother at
the very threshold of maternity and says
''You owe 1t TO your child, not only to haveit
well born but well bred" 1t I'M
wells TO her the law Of inheritance;
and insists upon the best conditions
that hygienic living and dress
can produce, for the sake Of the life cur
rents that are to flow out through her TO
her offspring II says to her: Let the
time that is past suffice for women TO be
lieve that ignorance is innocence. Let not
the sacred truths of life and love come 10
your children from strange and profane
lips, but tell of them as Gods plan, TO be
revereutly spoken and obeyed.
The kindergarten, with its system of I'M
| folding truths, made beautiful and attract
/ i've by its vari-colored balls and geometrical
! figures, is Il source Of unfailing pleasure TO
the children, and of helpfulness to the
mother.
| The Loyal Legion gathers the children
/ in as the cross the threshold of the home
into the busy thoroughfareS, teaching them
the nature and effects of alcohol and to-
bacco, and the sin of profanity, through
| lesson manual and experiment; through
song and text; and finally puts them on the
safe side by solemn pledge of total alb
stinence.
In the school room the department of
scientific instruction makes provision for
| a higher knowledge Of the huLIan body,
and a more thorough investigation Of the
| laws that govern it. Here science demon
strates the truths and enforces the precepts
that have been given in the Loyal Temper
ance Legion.
For the great school of opinion the de
partment of literature sends out millions of
| pages of carefully compiled statistics and
arguments. The WOman'S Temperance
| Publication Association alone printed over
/ ~. 0OO.O 900 of pages during the past year :;
and these leaves are for the healing of the
nation
And yet in the face of all this array of
educational work and the reports at the
last National Convention show a larger
amount done than any preceding year, we
are told that the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union has forsaken the an
cient land marks and gone exclusively
into politics The fact that it has been
grossly maligned, and its beneficient aims
and magnificent accomplishments wilfully
and wickedly ignored, no more diSproves
these aims and accomplishments, than the
charge of the chief priest against our di-
vine Master. He hath a devil" proved
/ Christ's mission on earth to be one of sin
| lister selfishness.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union is an evangelical organization God
stands first on the calendar of objects for
which it labors, and the departments for
securing recognition of His sovereignty and
cultivating "a spirit OF work and worship
are given special prominence. Witness the
EvangeliStic Bible Reading, Day of Pray
/ er, Sabbath Observance and Sabbath
| Departments
Ii is domestic: Home" stands next to
| God in our motto.
1t is patriotic: Native Land rounds out
the blessed trio, for which we watch and
work. and wait and pray. And because we
are patriotic we haye been forced into pol
tiles But we are there, gentlemen poll
ticians. 10 weary YOU with our impOrtuni-
ties until God and Homen are recognized
in the government of our Native Land. j"
In closing, Mrs. Johnson said;-
For two years past against my own con
yictions of what was best for the cause, /
have allowed YOU TO re-elect me 10 the
office of President. | have come TO this
Convention with the settled determine
ton, born of my knowledge of the work
and its needs. that my name shall not be
considered in connection with that Office.
The work has been taken as far as the pen
will carry il. If il advances, you must
have a leader who is able to visit, and
personally instruct and encourage the
women. IL will be mistake TO choose
woman 10 90 in and out before you, who is
numbered with family cares or hindered by
eufeebled health. repeat West Nirginia's