Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-16
THE WHITE RIBBONERs.
Interesting Session Today st Foundry
Church.

Interesting Session Today ct Foundry
Church.
The first morning session Of the convocation
Of the white ribboners held under the auspices
Of the National woman's Christian Temper
ance Union began at Foundry Church at II q.
m. today. Inside the railing around the plat
form were placed number of large palms and
the reading desk was draped with the stars and
stripes. Above the desk on the wall was a big
white banner with the text printed upon it: 20
woman, great is thy faith; be it unto Thee even
as Thou wilt"
The church was fairly well filed when the
opening hymn, Nearer Ny God to Thee" was
sung. Mrs. T. A. Williams presided at the
organ and Mrs. Cohen made the opening
prayer. Mrs. Geo. L. Clark. the District su-
perintendent Of the department Of evangelistic
work. presided at the meeting, which was de-
voted largely to Bible reading and a consecra-
tlon and prayer service to begin the work OF
the week in a manner i'm keeping with the aims
and methods of the w.C.T.U. Mrs. Sarah
j. c. Downs, president of the New Jersey VIC.
T.U., was to have conducted the Bible reading,
but she was detained and will not be able to
reach the.city until tomorrow morning. So
the reading was by Mrs. s. II. Martin repre-
senting the Maryland union, superintendent of
the state department Of railroad work, and the
| conservation and prayer service led by
Miss Jennie Smith, the national superintendent
of railroad work.
WHAT THE UNION MOST NEEDS.
In opening the service Mrs. Martin read from
the book Of Joshua and made number of COM
ments and then went on to make an earnest
| temperance address. She said that what the
union needed most OF all was a fuller and more
perfect consecration to the work and she prayed
! that they might all go on to q more earnest and
faithful feeling Of their duty in fighting the
great enemy, firm in the belief that they were
sustained and encouraged by the strong right
| arm Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The hymn '.Rock Of Ages" was sung and
then Miss Jennie Smith began her remarks.
She said that she was SO much impressed by the
need Of courage in the good work and she was
SO glad for the little letter "a for il meant 80
| much, BE Of good courage"
She thought that perhaps in her line Of work
she had received an understanding better than
others Of the necessity for courage. She had
been greatly assistedand enlightened by the re-
| cent convention at Atlanta and che ssW 90
clearly the need Of conservation.
She had seen in her own work the value of a
| soul, whether il be the soul of the president Of
great railroad corporation or Of the humblest
toiler with the shovel or the broom. In every
line Of life, the highest well as the lowest,
| there are those who can influence their own
class. and that one can do more good than any
| ten outsiders
She did no. think that there was city they
had visited where every trade and industry had
not been touched. They had worked with the
more drunken women during the past few
| months than ever before.
| WHY soME ARE AFRAID.
Some people, she said, are afraid to enter the
work from a feeling of timidity. But timidity
under certain circumstances becomes q crime.
Some are afraid to go 10 work for fear Of doing
| something they ought not. such people should
give the benefit OF the doubt to the right side
| and start in to do their duty. The time is
coming when we will all find il harder to an
swer for our sins Of omission than for our sins
| of commission.
What is needed is the open hand of friend
ship and fellowship held out by the good people
of the land just as the saloon keepers hold out
their hands. There is a great deal in the warm
hand grasp OF friendship and il should not all
| be left for the saloon keepers Of the land She
called upon all those in the audience
who wished to be annointed afresh
for their places of duty in life to rise. Thank
God" said Miss Smith, that all who have not
risen have raised their right hands. And now
before We go to prayer do not some Of you wish
to ask for some one blessing from the Giver Of
all good gifts"
MANY MAKE KNOWN THEIR DESIRES.
number of women rose to make known
their desires One wished for prayers for the
secular press of the city. The papers are car
rying full and fair account of the convocation
into all the homes Of the city, to those who are
opposed to the work and even into the midst of
the saloon keepers.
She wished her sisters TO pray that some
among the latter might be called TO q sense of
the error of their ways and turn aside and leave
their present occupation in life. One wished
prayer for herself that she might work with
fuller grace and success with those with whom
she came in contact; one asked prayer for
young man who had signed the hquor
pledge, but was hesitating to sign the
tobacco pledge and another for the abolition
of the sale Of whisky drops 70 small children
in the city Of Washington.
Mrs Martin and Miss Smith PRAYED earnestly
and eloquently for the advancement of the
temperance cause, for all those who are in
| temptation or who have fallen, for the MEM
bers Of the union and its blessed president, for
those who had spoken at this convocation and
those who are to speak at the meetings that are
yet to be held
number of individual prayers were made
BY various members Of the union, and Mrs. s.
ID. La Fetra, president Of the District C. T. O.,
made several announcements. Mrs. La Fetra
introduced Mrs. Mary T. Burt, president Of the
New York W.C.T.U., who made brief address
on the matter of the great meeting ct the
Metropolitan Opera House In New York city
The meeting closed with the hymn, Come.
Holy Spirit"
rHn KvKHIx0's sRssIoH
At the session this evening ct 7:90 ct Foundry
Church Miss Frances T. Willard viii preside,
Mrs.. Sallie r. Chaplin viii make an address on
Temperance in the South" and Mrs. Zerslds
@. Wallace viii speak ON 'Womans Ballot"
Senator Hoazpt 8e<Hpr.