The Monitor., 1891-04-17
Miss wlliard's FIRST Personal Appea

Time Of meeting Y. w. c. T. Z. Monday
evening at I3u O'Clock
Mi>s WIZARDS First Personal appeal.
To the Local Unions:
BELOVED COMRADES AND FhIENDs:-As
you knov, the Worlds W. C. L. L Con.
ventiou is to be held in Boston. Nov. 70
1891 on the day preceding that of the
National W. C. T. L. As President of the
society am obliged to expend large
amount for postage, stationery, clerk hire.
ETC.. and have not a penny in tie treasury
with which to meet the bills | am conf
dent this state OF things will not continue
when the auxiiiaries in our own aud othei
countries know that have been from the
first greatly straitened in the eff8It to carry
out my plans as President. Ii the dues
Ga cent a year from each member of local
unioi) had been paid, should not iind N.Y.
self in the present dilemma but our men,
bers have not yet formed the habit of pay
ing these dues Hoping and expecting to
resign my office when the convention shall
meet in the autumn, most earnestly de-
sire to do this without entailng any bill Of
expense upon the new administration IT,
deed. rather than that this should be So
will pay the bills out of my own earnings.
1t is, however, true that the calls upon me
are SO numerous thatI am never abl c to
meet current expenses from my current
income. This is the first time in my seven
teen years Of temperance work, that |
ever made any appeal for help. Many
times | have asked for oihels, but not for
myself, nor do | now ask as a personal
matter. but only as President of the Worlds
W. C. l. L. Nor would | seek your CO.
operation financially i'll any way that would
draw money from your own purses or from
your local treasury. This | would never,
under any circumstances, dream of doing.
but most earnestly | urge that you shall
hold meeting in the interest ofthe Worlds
w. c. t. L., and at the clese thereof take
a collection, frankly stating these circum.
stances, and if you choose, read this letter
to the audience. am sure that such
meeting will be of uuquestiOned service
to your work by showing its large aft liza
tions with the sistefhood of W white. rib boners
ia all counties. Whatever increases the
cosmopolitan as against the provincial
spirit is oi decided value TO every person
thus helped to q wider outlook, and to
every society thus related TO great human
tarian interests. This is the age when
the solidarity of human thought and action
is taking the name of a universal brother
hood rendered possible only by the develop
ment Of the Gospel of Christ in human
hearts, customs aud laws. Will you not,
therefore, on Sunday, the 24th of May.
have the proposed meeting? carrying out
The program given below. circulating the
great pt tition with which we hope to festoon
Fremont Temple, Boston, at the Worlds
w. G. 7. L. Convention before mentioned.
ana also giving cut copies Of the Union
Signal w hiclI we will try 20 adapt especi
ally to this occasion. As you know, our
paper is the organ OF the Worlds ". G. T.
L.. aud we will arrange to Lave the num-
Ter for May Il Of especial interest and
value for the public meeting. Please notice
that this meeting is in the interest of uni
versal total abstinence and the universal
Outlawipg Of the liquor ffic aud the
opium trade; also for the uplifting of mau-
Kind TO the level of the White Gross
pie dge, and the protection of the home
Fom lis t8o allied enemies, intemperauce
and impulity.
Yuufs i'll the Love Of God, of Humanity
aud cur sacred cause,
FRANCES Z. WILLARD,
Pres Worlds w. C. T. L.
PROGRAM OF MEETING IN THE INTEREST
OF THE WORLD : W. c. TT
MAY "a, 1891.
N B.-lf possible, get your pastor to
preach general temperance sermon, il
not, to allow You to have meeting in the
evening, but if that is not practicable have
it in the afternoon Try also tn make a
specially of a Worla's W. c. T. L. meet
ing i'll the y society, and in the Loyal TEN
perauce Legion.
l. Hymn. "Christ, the Lord, is Risen To-
Day" Tune. Mozart.
q
}. Prayer.
4. Song
There are bands of nbbon white
Around the world around the world
5. Select readings from The Worlds w C. T
L. number ofthe onion Signot of Mayl4
C. Address: Subject, MARY Clement Leayitt
and Her ork,
:. Hymn, Onward, Christian soldiers"
9. Address: subject, Lady Henry Somerset
and Her Work =
If not practicable to have addresses ON
these subjects have one or two general ad.
dresses ii there is a Sermon let it take the
place of the foregoing addresses
Q. Reading of fletter from President of " ol,d's
W.C.T.T
10. Collection Speech for Worlds W. c. Il. L..
composed by Anna ordon, to be recited
BY member of the Loyal Temperance
Legion.
IL. Collection; distribution of literature: cir
culation OF W orlds Petition.
II. Temperance doxology Renediction.