The Press., 1891-04-16
w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.

s~sz=<<s t@ " -----7 " " =. r. WHY SHOULD BELONG TO THE W. O. T. U. i?
 It is question busy women ask each other, and ask themselves.
 "We have all the duties there is time and strength to perform. Shall we neg lect our homes and children for the w. 0. T. U. ?" say some of our best women when they are asked to become members of the union. There are two distinct reasons why every intelligent christian woman should, because of her relation to the home, belong to the w. c. T. U.
 1st. Home is the center and source of life, and woman is the home keeper. Whatever concerns the home, therefore, is of vital importance to her.
 2d. The enemies of home are her en- emies, and she is called upon to defend both it and herself against them. Intem- perance is acknowledged to be the great est enemy of the home, the leader of vices in'whose wake many deadly foes follow.
 Butwhy is woman called to combat the evil? Why cannot men regulate the affairs of the world and leave us to the management of the homes?" az
 Partly because they cannot; partly be- cause they will not The world is simply a collection of homes. Possibly for every ten happy and well-ordered households, where man is industrious and temperate, there are five where man is improvident and intemperate. The women of these homes are helpless, the children grow up in tainted atmosphere, and so go out to curse the wor1d by their own sinful lives, and by their influence counteract much of the good otherwise existing. It is very plain. The mother-love that shields her own child must also shield her neighbor's child. She is prepared to do this by her own self-preservation and that of her home, and by that Christ-like- which, for the sake of the lost, seeks to save them.
 But intemperance has always been combated by good men and women. Why is the w. c. T. U. better organization than any other?''
 Because it is organized mother-love and Gin union there is strength ;' in or. ganization there is power, Nearly two hundred thousand christian women in the United States have banded together and say: "We are the home-keepers the children are ours; the saloon is our en emy, and the saloon must go!"
 "How has all this been brought about ? The Crusade was the first personal work of women for temperance. True, socie. ties existed, and much work was done il retaining drinking men. The Crusade women virtually said "The drunkards must not. be made. We will pray the sa loon-keeper not to sell intoxicating drinks We will save our husbands and sons anc brothers" The spirit of the Lord was upon them and great good was accom- fplished. Into the temperance work { strong spiritual element was introduced | and women were shown the power of or ganized effort. The w. c. T. U. was the | outgrowth of the Crusade. So ready | were women for this work that twelve l states responded to the call for the firs1 national convention, held at Cleveland il | 1874. The blessing of the Lord has beer constant, and the earnestness and devo tion of the women without parallel. ~5
 The national W. c. T. U. is now orga nized in every state and territory, witt nearly 10, ,00O local unions. Much of this success is due the untiring labors of tn, national president, Miss Frances E. Will lard, but much also to the faithful wome1 who make up the rank and file of tn, army. s a<s2.. 4t..... ..a-
 | By means of these unions the homes O the women themselves are directly infiu enced, children are better taught, public opinion is educated, 8 large amount o temperance literature is circulated, ant the power of the liquor traffic is being un dermined. .....
 l What the home-keepers of the countr. decide must be done, will be done. The, have said temperance is part of religion and it's blessed truths are being taught il Sunday-schools, and children are earl, learning to take and keep the pledge they have said temperance is a part of ed ucation, and numerous states have mad it's teaching compulsory; they have sai' temperance is the foundation of the tru home, and health and the training of chil dren are emphasized as primal duties.
 All true work for humanity is for Christ The mothers of Judea brought their chil dren for his blessing, and it fell upon then also. When the mothers of to-day brin, the home to Christ, his blessing shal abide within it, and the "heel of the ser pent"-the serpent of the saloon-so lon, bruising the heart of woman, shall itsel be bruised and banished from our believe, | land.
 Pledge we then our faith and love, pledg
 it still anew,
 To our country, to, our homes, to ou
 God, be true! -E --' A ..
 Not till victory comes lay our armor down Bear the burden till the cross shall be crown. -Esther '. Ho1sh.
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