San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-05
The Daily Eight.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1890.
w. c. T. U.
Afternoon Session First Day--Thts
Mornings Work.

AFTERNOON session FIRST Day. MS
Mornings Work.
The afternoon meeting was opened
yesterday by the song, Jesus LoveC
me When Stranger" After prayer
by Mrs. Fry, Mrs. NJ. l.. Wells, of Vir
ginia, who is one of the seven nation
al organizers of the Union, was INTRO.
duced, and delivered an intere ting
talk on THE Promises" taking for
the text the beautiful l4th chapter OF
st. John, and discoursing on the
promises of reward for Christian ell.
deavor. After Mrs. Wells address, a
query box was established and several
questions were handed her for answer,
as below:
@. "HOw many departments of
work does the w. c. Il. q. embrace ?"
A: FOrty-one, covering all ground
suitable to the end for which the union
was formed
q: ut is said that the w. G. II. L.
is political or bipartisan organization
A: The union is not political, be-
cause its members have no vote, and
is partisan only in taVOring any party
| that tavOrs prohibition.
@: "How many does the union
number, and has 1t fallen off through
its alleged degradation from its origi-
nal purpose9.'
A: The answer to the last part of
the question was, emphaUiCally, not.
The union numbered, year before last,
POO, 900 members; last year showed a
roll of go, 900 members, not mention
ing auxiliary societies
/. 81 am opposed TO license IN any
FORM
So was Mrs. Wells, and in this con-
neCtiOn the recent license ordinance
Of the city council was disappr0ved.
The afternoon meeting was closed by
devotional exercises.
EVENING MEETING S T.. VI.
The evening meeting was more
largely attended than the preceding
ones, and was opened by music by
Prot. and Mrs. Harper and prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Gibbons. Mrs. Wells then
took the stand and made well de-
livered speech on the subject, "An
Enemy in the land" She drew a
striking picture of the martyrdOm of |
st. Ignatius in the Roman amplthe- |
atre where he was devoured by roaring |
lions and drew comparison between |
his fate and the fate of society of the |
present day, which is being torn to
pieces by the whiskey demon. With |
laws that tend to make us the most
moral and enlightened people on
earth, all is rendered nugatOry by the
legal recognition of the liquor !
traffic, and wondered how long
a government could last that |
was so shOrtsighted as to tole-
rate an enemy that so freely preyed
vi a1, T.,
she brought man from the
moon to Nashville, Tenn, and
after showing him the church, school
and home and all that made the
people the geatest nation
on earth, and after allowing him to
see the evil wrought by the liquor
traffic, pictured his surprise and in
dignation at such cupidity on the part
of the government. Mrs. Wells fur
ther stated that it was in the power of
the women of the land to put the
: OVernment in right tune, and al
though she held man not guiltless.
she held women more guilty for not
using the power and influence over
man to work reform. Mrs. Wells is a
good teacher, OF pleasing address
and a rich voice, and can be very
eloquent. but somehow or other, the
LIGHT man managed to sit through
ler we'll rendered speech without
from his anti-prohib. ten
lencies.""
Devotional exercises closed the
ervices for the evening.
THIS MORNING.
MORNING MEETING-sECONDD DAY.
The meeting opened with usual SER
ices, and music by Prof. and Mrs
leyer, Mrs. Wells the speaker of
he morning. Subject: The Crusade
'salm," which was adopted as the
Ong of the organization at the incep-
ion of the w. G. 7. T., gave general
utline of the history, the beginning
I the Union in 1873, and with this for
Ter subject made an interesting talk.
his crusade psalm is taken from the
47th Psalm.
NOTES.
The programme for this evening at
10 is as follows:
Music and devotional exercises.
"Why am | sutfragist," by Mrs.
elizabeth Fry.
Song.
Lecture, by Mrs. NJ. $. Wells.
BenedictiOn.
Miss Ida Clothier, national organ
st Of the societies of christia en- ,
eavor, is to make an address at /
. m. on young wOman's work.
Mrs. Bella French Swisher, a tai
nted authOress of Austin, is to make
n address on woman's duty to vote
t the tomorrow afternoon meeting.