News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-01-14
W. c. T. u.

AN EPITOMIZED HISTORY OF THE WON
ANS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
This organization, the offspring of
the WOman's Crusade, was born i'm
the city of Cleveland. Ohio, on the
18th of November 1874. Delegates
from almost every state in the Union
assembled in one of the churches of
that city. Earnest and hopeful were
the prayers offered for success in their
undertakings. A constitution was
framed and a list of resolutions a
dopted, that their labors should be
for the cause and success of temper
ance. All difficulties were to be over
come by prayer and patient continu-
ance in well doing. The name of the
Woman's National Christian Temper
ance Union was adopted. Mrs. Annie
Wittenmeyer of PENNSYLVANIA was
chosen president, Miss Frances Viii
lard OF Illinois corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. W. A. Ingham of Ohio
treasurer and vice presidents from
twelve different states. They made
themselves strong 1st: by establish
ing a paper, End: bya plan of organ
ization in every town and villages and
3rd: by appealing to all the women
of the globe. Now their paper, the
Union Signal, has a circulation of
hundred thousands and their publish
ing house in Chicago annually turns
out millions of pages of matter, such
as books and leaflets. Each local
is so like the national that a struct-
ure has been formed which is both
strong and lasting. The Worlds w.
Z. L. L. comprises organizations in
England, Canada, Sandwich Islands,
China and Japan. In 1876 Frances
Willard was chosen presidents of
National Union. Possessed of a
charming manner and an energy that
never tires, she has become, as j Joseph
Cook has said, "the most widely
known and best beloved of American
women. She Is a native of ROches-
ter, n. Y, but removed to the west
during her early childhood. Her
mother, a New England woman su-
perintended her early education. At
eighteen she entered the Northwest
ern female college at Evanstown, III.
Graduating from that institution she
taught for a short time in a district
school but she was soon president of
the college where she had been a stu
dent and finally dean of the Woman's
college ofthe eNorthwestern university
at Evanston. On her resignation she
entered into the temperance work
with zeal and now she stands at the
head of the Worlds w. c. Il. L. At
the National convention held at At
lanta, Georgia in the fall of 1890
there were 400 delegates and presi-
dents of State Unions from 30 states
and two territories. It's lines of work
are broad.
For God, for Home, and Native
Land is the motto and now there has
arisen an organization so mighty as
to comprise 10000 local unions and
a membership of a quarter of mil
lion not including honoraries. There
is now in process of erection in Chi
cago the Temperance Temple costing
81 100000. In November 1891 was
held in Boston.
THE FIRST WORLDS CONVENTION.
Old Faneull Hall never welcomed a
more notable body of women, GER
tainly not one representing so many
nations and so high and holy a cause,
as it did Wednesday, November IL,
1891 when representatives of the
Worlds white-ribboners assembled
there. And il was decked in holiday
attire to welcome them. The old
historic portraits hung on its walls
Washington, Peter Faneull, John and
John Quincy Adams, Edward Everett,
Abraham Lincoln, John A. Andrews,
Massachusetts, war governor, Web
ster addressing the Senate in reply TO
Haynes grand men all; but now the
womanly element comes in and min
giles with them emblems of woman's
work for humanity. All around the
hall was festoOned the Woman's Pc
titiOn to the governments of the
world to protect the home; banners
emblazoned For God and Home and
Humanity" and kindred notices
abounded; q flower formed world en-
circled with white ribbon formed fit
ting background for her who has so
encircled it, Mary Clement Leavitt.-
Union Signal
Boston Advertiser says of this
Convention
"One of the most noteworthy events of the
present week has been the great dual Con-
vention of the National and the Worlds dele
gates of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. Even those who are not in full sym
pathv with the methods and utterances Of
this important branch of temperance work
have doubtless been impressed by the single
heartedness and the genuine enthusiasm
which have so constantly been manifest dur
ing the Conventions proceeindgs. 1t is rare
Iv that a convention representing so many
different countries. churches, races and creeds
is assembled anywhere. The boast that was
made of the British Empire may, with mt
least equal truth, be made Of the countries
represented in the W. c. r. L. The sun new
er sets upon its territory and tho @ who
watch with interest the accounts OF the pro-
cecdings Of the Boston Convention are to be
found in every zone of the earth and near ev-
aI v great parallel of longitude.
There are other temperance societies whose
work is well worth praise, among them the
temperance organizations connected with the
Roman Catholic and the Protestant Episco
pal Churches. In the W. {. +. T., however,
the work, while done in the name of Chris
tianity, is identified with no single branch Of
Christianity, aud is perhaps for that reason
able to accomplish work which cannot be
done by either of the other great organiza-
tions for Christian temperance work.
The Christian at Work" says;
"The leading ideas which gave force and
f,rvor to the great and noble utterances of
the W. G.. II. L. at its recent Convention in
Boston assembled, might be included for
simplicity of statement under two great
head principes-Self-sacrihc and inspiration
Let MS give up our liberty that Others may
he free let us work under the banner Deus
VuIt. feeling that we are called to this special
work-called TO it by God himself. In her
fine sermon before the Convention on Sunday
afternoon, Lady Somerset struck this key
note in her description OF the spiritual leader
aud his essential qualifications for leadership.
These qualifications of sacrifice and inspira-