The Republican journal., 1895-09-26

ed women, working for the elevation of
humanity and for the glory Of God.
Mrs. Ara Cushman of Auburn respond
ed for the State Convention as follows:
Madame President: In behalf of the
Woman S Nom Partisan Christian Tenn
perance Union it should be a pleasant
duty to respond to the cordial welcome OF
the Belfast Alliance, given us in the kind
here more closely identified with the
Unions in whose behalf am asked to re
spond. and who have done 50 much more
of its work, that feel that | should be
nearer rather than a speaker.
Mrs Brown, and ladies Of the Belfast
Alliance: We heartily thank you for the
courtesy OF this generous reception and
welcome, and bring fraternal greetings
from the Unions which we represent.
From different parts of the State, and
from various fields of duty, where differ
| ent kinds OF Christian work are needed,
and different methods employed. we have
come to greet and confer with each other,
to report progress in our work, and to en-
courage each other by the success which
any are able to report.
| We are gathered here in the interest Of
tie work for which our organization was
formed, which, in common with your AL
| lance and other similar organizations, is
to promote morality and good citizenship,
and in every way we can TO enc 3urage the
unfortunate and to reform the vicious,
/ and. as far as we are able to uplift hui
manity, and make the world little bet
ter. We congratulate the Belfast Alliance
on the good work it has already done.
| This organizations five years ago started
with thta SO1n Host p1lnbnr nf n the
! State, and now has a membership of over
! Gle hundred Since that time it has
given instruction to a large number of
women ard girls in the cooking and sew
! ing schools established manual training
school. and conceived and carried ont the
idea Of a home for homeless girlS-truiy a
grand record to make. 1t is Il work
much needed, and one that has been ac-
complished ny the eXertions of public
spirited individuals banded together and
working for tile good Of humanity. There
Pre- many girls in our towns and cities,
! who. if trained TO habits Of neatness,
order, thrift and general intelligence in
household matters, thev lives would be a
blessing to themselves and others. For
lack OF these opportunities they cannot
secure work except OF an inferior grade,
and that even is apt TO be unsatisfactory
to the employer, and theil pay must
! necessarily be too small to secure them
the comforts which make life happy and
desirable. Without this training they
help to make the class from which come
many of our paupels and criminals. As
with the gin. 50 with the boy A boy if
he has manual training in connection
with school work is tar better develope,l:
he knows how to use his knowledge and
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constantly required, he acquires cleanly.
orderly habits. Concentration. industry,
and aNactness are qualitieshe knows the
meaning Of. He has correct ideas Of
things and the talents he has he can use.
The work ot reform in any direction is
not the work If a day Or generation. 1t
is one that viii be needed as long as the
greed of man 1inds it for his pecuniary in
terest to furnish his brother man that
which causes his ruin. 50 long as this
continues there Will be work for earnest
Christian men and women, too. Educate
public sentiment to the true relation that
the liquor seller and tile liquor drinker
occupy to society and the general opinion
of that society will be more potent than
any other agency in preventing intemper-
ance. May we not hope. if we do the
work well that seems ready for us to do,
that in the not far distant future many Of
the evils which are in the land will be
done away, and wholesome. comfortable
life will be possible for all. If it locks to
you as an impossibity, and YOU do not
clearly see the way before you, remember
the little band of followers. in whose
hearts was left the redeeming hope Of the
world. They did not see how their work
was to be done, but they had faith in the
~,
Their work was TO follow in His footsteps,
but it was lot more truly their work than
it is ours to-day. 1t is an encouraging
sign t. see men and women Of the finest
intellect and tie noblest hearts working
fcr tie good Of humanity. We do we'll to
Join their company. and If we have the
ability to organize and command, to deal
with social problems that test the clearest
brains and stoutest hearts; or it it be ours
to simply follow in the light they give We
do equal duty. The work to be done may
seem Herculean, requiring time, money
and energy, but to those who work wisely
and we'll the reward will surely come.
and tie great reforms which now seem to
require long years for their success will
follow.
To those who, like myself, must work
in smaller ways, the minor details Of work
that sometimes seem insignificant are a
part of the great whole. Whatever we do
to help the lowly and unfortunate, filling
their hearts with nobler aspirations,
higher thoughts and grander purposes,
places us in unity with the noblest and
best. Let us SO work that our lives may
be like the day, more beautiful in the
evening, or like the summer aglow with
promise, and the autumn, rich with
golden sheaves, where good works and
deeds have ripened in the field.
Mrs. A. c. Paul Of Fort Fairfield read
her address as follows:
Madame President. Ladies of the Con-
vention, and Friends: We had just re-
turned from the tenting grounds Of large
party of excursonists, one evening in the
early summer, feeling too weary with the
fatigue Of the long sultry day to even
peruse the little pile Of letters which lay
on our desk, when one among them, bear
ing the postmark of Belfast, especially at
tracted our attention. We opened and
read:
AT their meeting, Friday, the ladies of
the Belfast Non Partisan w. G.. I. ALI
ance voted unanimously to extend,
through you, a hearty invitation to the
State organization to hold its convention
Of IS with them We shall welcome you
right royalty. Come without money and