The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
CORRESPONDENCE.
w. G.. IT. II.

1u0 IllutIGGubll VI JuO
Vermont W. G. T. U. was held in Beth
and IA, 1898. One would be asking
much of September to give two more
perfect days. Including officers and del
ega5es 81 responded to the roll call. The
many visitors from adjoining towns was
expressive of the interest in temperance
work. President, Mrs. Ida H. Read, pre-
sided with her usual ease and grace, and
is thoroughly interested in the cause she
represents. By request will give you a
few of the meny good words spoken at
the convention:
The expression of the meeting in the
conservation services was, ito give our
selves to God, living sacrifice, and aim
to lift the sinner to higher plane of liv-
ing, und as the wear shall roll away and
we again gather at our annual meeting
we may not bring weeds but golden
grain"
Words of welcome were right royal
from the president of Montpelier Union,
from the president of the County Union,
and of the pastors of the different
churches.
"The W. G. T. U. seems like Divine
institution, it has turned the channels of
reformation and made temperance what
it is. We are glad for what it has done
for Montpelier; we now have a cleaner
town than we had few years ago; a
beautiful spirit has come over our
streets; it may yet be a model town for
temperance. In many cases the cider
barrel is banished from the cellar, and
liquor from the medicine chest and cook
room"
''The Ensor and Kelley Institutes are
picking men out of the ditch, and your
institution is keeping them out. They
all need white ribbon woman to preside
at the fireside. The world is not only
better but perforated with the sentiments
of the ". G. I. o. We shall not know
until the books are opened, how many
boys are saved by the temperance in
struction in our schools"
"Over the best that has been done there
is yet wider scope for work. The dea-
mon traffic is yet in our midst, and, THE
graves thicken where his footsteps fall,
the accursed beverage of hell''
"Vermont has 4SS licensed saloons,
paying revenue to the United States.
Oh, the shame To legalize the making
of poverty, suffering, sorrow and dis
grace in so many homes"
One of the resolutions endorsed Feb
ruary 2nd, 1885, by the Bethany church
reads: Resolved, That we refrain from
Intoxicating liquors. No one shall be a
member of this church who manufactures
or sells liquor,-it shall be considered a
scandal"
BE not discouraged because the arch
fiend is not extermInated. Hast thou
not heard that He is not weary or dis.
cOuraged; we have faith i'll our leader,
who says: Grace and peace be multiplied
unto you; multiplication increases faster
than addition. For l am with you al
ways" l like that present tense. We
have great reason to be encouraged in
our work in all of the departments. Our
work was started under the Holy Spirit,
and the Evangelical department must not
be neglected; everything that hinders
our heart from taking courage, should
| be put away.
"If the low clouds hide the mountain
top, the mountain has not moved. Let
us remember it is Gods WORD which
saith, He that keepeth thee shall neither
slumber nor sleep There is an average
of 1000 L. T. L.. encourage the children
and the workers in this important field.
The good seed has been sown with i'm.
perfect hands, but willing hearts,"
The temperance question could have
been settled long ago if the pulpit and
pew had been united in the great cru.
SADIE. Every Union should lengthen its
cards and strengthen its stakes by par.
Tor meetings. Through the flower mis-
sion the bud and blossom has cheered
the sick, whose head rested upon pillows
of down; also, the prisoner in his lonely
cell. Vermont is first in many things
in 1873 the temperance crusade started in
Montpelier, later at ST. Adams, and then
other towns took up the echo"
Two reclaimed drunkards of Mont
pelier spoke in high terms of the cures
saying: 81 was not ashamed to grasp the
life line and be brought on board the to
tai abstinence ship. now have no more
desire for liquor than l have for coal oil
With many this treatment is the lasI
plank that saves them from perfect
wreck. The memories of the past are
almost overpowering; to think of nine
teen years of failure, of the sorrows
have suffered; but the innocent are the
greater sufferers"
We received greetings from our honor
ed president, Mrs. E. t. Housh, of Bos
ton, Mass, Hebrew, xiii :20-21; also
from our National president, Miss Fran
Ceb IL w llldTu from OWlGZerlduu, Ill Ue
half of her mothers native State.
Miss Emily Harvey, missionary from
India, said: mission work and temper
ance work go hand in hand its effort
are to raise fallen humanity, and the w
G. T. U. work in all its branches are il
that faraway land. The opium dens arr
the most deplorable."
Of the music both vocal and instru
mental, and the many bright sayings, ont
cannot pen, but just enjoy. have givel
but sketch of the dOings of our w. G
T. U. State meeting; it has been Ii ke try
ing to comply with the requst to brinl
the fragrance of the rose to a friend, :
we may describe its beauty and fragra c.
but they can hardly catch the soft per
fume. You may fully appreciate tina
the meeting was feast of reason and ;
flow of SOUL" but you fail to catch tn
enthusiasm. Mrs. K. B. STAFFORD.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.