Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-03
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At the regular meeting Of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wednesday afternoon, the devotional
exercises we're led by the president,
Mrs. Wood, after which the regular
business was taken up and plans Of
work were discussed. Delegates to the
annual convention of the Black Hills
District w. G. 7. u, to be held at Stur-
gis August cot % 81, were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. Sarah j. Wood, Mrs. Grace
Bear, Mrs. Schoonmaker and Mrs. John
Boyer.
ADDRESS BY JOHN q. wooLRY
The following extracts are from an
address given by John g. Wooley at
the Christian Endeavor convention at
Cleveland:
II will be a Christian. Henceforth
I'll stand upon the mountain top of
Paul's great verse, of which the famil-
lar version is: If meat makes M
brother to offend I will not eat meat
enough to hurt myself, though the
world perish.,' but which is written: 4
will eat no meat while the world stands
And drinking wine does cause my
brother to offend. From the first, the
strong, clean, moderate drinker has
been and is today, the weak mans
school master to lead him to the gut
ter.
"In the perpleXing movements of pa
triotic service I will keep faith with
Jesus Christ, though it cost peace,
pride, prestige, pulpit or party.
I will confess him before people, and
on election day, which in this land of
equal rights is mans day, I will show
myself q Christian voter, fit to repre-
sent unfranchised women at the polls.
1 will take up my cross daily-not semi
weekly-and will follow Him up the
long Calvary of criticism, suspicion,
uncharity and persecution, to the skull
shaped dome of the lands end of
Christian endeavor, and abide the
issue there. Cross or coronation, loss
or gain, pleasure or pain, glory or dis
grace, life or death, in my person, in
my property, and in my politics I will
be a Christian. I will go to Jesus
Christ, hear His words, and whatso.
ever He says unto me, I will do it.
Upon that rock I will build my politics
and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.
II will be a man, an active, definite,
persistent, self-respecting and respect.
compelling man. No snivelling, moral
coward, tremblinga at apolitician'ssneer
Twill be intelligent. I will
take a prohibition newspaper and read
it. will have an opinion and express
it. I will be consistent. II I keep
political company where saloon keepers
feel at home, I will be man enough not
to pray, The kingdom come on earth.
I will be Against the saloon and any
thing that favors, fears or ignores it
The liquor traffic is the foot-rot OF
civilization. Saloons are the progeny
of cities betrayed by party politics
I will renounce utterly and forever all
allegiance to any political party in
municipal government. Twill
trust no man in city politics who winks
at the saloon in national politics. =
= In national affairs I will belong to a
party and be true to it, SO true that
when it goes wrong, 1 will leave it and
go straight ahead until it catches up.
A man who is false to himself cannot
be true to anything, and a party that
asks q man to belle himself and speak
easy his convictions, will in time betray
both him and the country. A coward
is potentially a traitor. I will square
my politics to my church, or leave the
church. The man, the ticket or the
party that expects or desires votes
from the saloon shall have no vote
from me-"