The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-21

~.~tRt. AANcRChAAhH ocSfCldtl : ~ Va VI.
Mead, Treasurer, reports So active and 10 hon
orary members. 1t has taken up three depart
ments, Of which juvenile work has been the
The Us of Bavonne. Mrs. H. Colville, Pcesi-
dent; Miss A: Ellsworth, Corresponding Secre-
tary; Miss Ii. Coward. Treasurer, has II active
contest has been the most useful work. The
Lafayette Yfs havs not reported,
me total number of rnions is 10, z WIS and
Total number of members, $50; honorary
members "a.
Number Of reg liar meetings, 1865; public
gained During the year the County Union has
held seven meetings, one convention at West
Hoooken in April. one afternoon and evening
meeting for prayer. We have this year seven
teen superintendent of departments of work.
Miss Virgins closed with an earnest
appeal for continued Interest.
THE NEWSPAPERS.
The Chairman OF the Committee on
Press Work. Mrs. Raymond, gave an i'm
promptu report aud promised q more
definite one IL the afJernoon. The West
Hoboken Union arranged TO publish a
weekly department in a West Hoboken
paper, and pay for It's insertion. This did
not seem to amount to much, for the
same paper devoted eight columns IN the
same issue to an article on bre weries,
and an advocacy OF lager beer as . lem
perance drink. Besides, the editor re-
fused to publish much OF the matter sub
mitted, as per contract. The speaker
added that the Union would submit no
more matter and pay for just what had
been inserted. A brief and animated
discussion followed.
Mrs. Denman, first President Of the
County Union. aud President up to the
time of Mrs. Cairns. gave most inter-
esting and inspiring impromptu address,
telling OF her own conversion to tine tenn
Derance cause, through the instrumental>
ICY OF Il little child. and of the great work
prepared for women by the Creator. Her
words came from a tull heart aud a rich
experience aud carried with them deep
iunuence 10 action. AT the conclusion Of
her remarks she was rendered q vote of
thanks by the convention.
SUNDAY sCHooL LABoRs.
Mrs. Searle followed with u paper on
Sunday School work. She compared the
faithful teacher to the sower in tue Scrip
tural parable. and enlarged upon the
Importance of her work. She told how
she stood at a street corner one day aud
counted fourteen saloons within q stones
throw. u saloons which swera open
every day and all day, while the temper
ance folk had one honr every three
mouths to reach the Sunday school Gull
dren. Mrs. Scare urxed that Il special
Importance be placed upon the enroll
men5 of children upon temperance
pledges. and that appropriate ceremonies
be observed ut mat time.
Her regular reporg on the same sub
ject folio we'd. On the whole. the work
is more encouraging thai Before. She
contrasted two reports, one showing no
progress at all and the other showing
2.575 banners distributed, 1,2l5 tracts
xlven, hve temperance lectures delivered.
the regular lessons made very interest
ing. and 225 pledged children enrolled.
Sac described u particularly int resting
Fn..k @uA - -rvS . 80 NJ.
George Corfield. the celebrated worker
for children. at the Bergen Baptist
Church. II began with u blackboard
exercise showing the effects Of excessive
alcoholic indulgence. Then Mr.. Cor
field placed a bottle OF alcohol on the
desk and asked whether they would
serve King Alcohol. On re-
ceiving their answer the bottle was
placed on u bier. u four boys being
selected for pailbearers, the room vas
darkened. the bottle taken outside III
the midst OF deep silence, aud there
buried. The room was then brilliantly
lighted and a praise service held, the
whole forming a most impressive object
lesson. A vote of THANKS Was rendered
to Mrs. SeHrle.
Mrs. Cairns did not maks a regular
report on parlor meetings.. iile speaker
OF the evening, Mrs. j. K. Barney,
National w. q. 4. u Prison Evangelist,
WIS tnen introduced. Mrs. Barney
made herself the personal friend OF every
woman in the audience before she had
said ten words by her personal mague-
tism and evident devotion to the work.
Sue spoke of the influence of the white
ribbon badge. and urged all the man.
bers to wear it always. Mrs. Barney has
pursued her work under tue most trying
circumstances. and with the most salts
factory results, So that her talK tonight
| Will be full of real interest.
HEALTH HERDEITY.
. Mrs. Coupland followed with p paper
| on Health and H~eredity." There mas
been no definite work undertaken other
| thau the DISTRIBUTION Of literature aud
talks and readings upon the subject. She
| made AN earnest plea to mem0eFs TO live
closer to Christ. Her report was &C,
cepted.
A collection was then taken up. Mr..
| j, f. Sanford, secretary of Grace NJ. r.
| Sunday School, delivered a snort au-
dress and at twelve O'Clock Mrs. Denman
led in noontide prayer. This concIu ded
the morning service.
THE REST OF Fl Day,
During the noon period there WINS
general discussion. in which Mrs. Blck :
ford spoke for the Kings Daughters.
Mrs. Darling for the new temperance
society of the First Presbyterian Church
and Mrs. Saundry of the Baud OF Hope
told of her work ia this department.
Mrs. Saundry is one OF the most indefati-
gable workers in the couutry. having led
all the other schools with tue number of
children pledged TO total abstinence.
The afternoon session opened with o
responsive Bible reading, conducted
by Mrs. Cairns. After Miss
jackson had read the mornings
minutes. the reports of superitendents
were continued. Mrs. Billings read
an interesting statement of the wo.k ii
the Hudson County Jail and Peniten
tiary, or rather the WORK that was done
until the authorities decided that evan.
lgetical services should be Darreo out ir
future. Mrs. Billings told how men a
rescue meetings or upon the street hat
addressed the temperance women, saying
that by their labor they had been cou
verified in Jail. the speaker expressed the
4 fervent hope that in some manner rh
authorities would be influenced III tn
direction Of Christianity aud right.
Miss Il. jackson, the recarding secre
tary, reported on the use of unfermen Q
wine ia commission services. She SAID
that of 100 Protestant churches in the
county. there were t~Wenty-seven that
used nnfermentcd wine. The work OIL
the department 10 home work aud there
fore OF tue first importance. Miss JAck-
son. presented the subject in II clear au{