The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-14
NATIONAL ". {. T. L.
Resolutions. Speeches, Itc., of the
Convention at ST. Louis.

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press. Where the pulpit and lecture hail
reach hundreds and thousands weekly, the
lapers and magazines reach million daily.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
at very early period Of It's existence rec
usnn@.u 'ne inpoltuhce OF securing this
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as follows:
RESOLUTIONS
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Uonven1v Father for IIis Io,,Irg cara .o,.
ing grace and constant g,,idarco H., a.,
, mast we the r,enhors oS Tho Na,,onaI
/ Woman's Christian Temnorance Iuionn Il,
convention assembled do horebv consa
crate ourselves anew TO God and ho,no
and native land. determined that no fors
shall daunt us and no d;fficulti,s dotnr
Until our nrincInies have tri,Imnhed ani
humanity is brought into harnonv Win
I Christ cur Lord
These principles include total ahstincnce
for the Individual: prohibition for Inc
state and Nation by law and by marty.
cuual standard of r,ritv for men and wo
men: equal wages for canal work without
regard to sex: opposition TO lvnrhinp ar
hitration between nations; education along
I temperance lines and cultivation of pub-
lie sentiment; the Holy Bible as our stand
ard of faith and the recognitInn of the
Sabbath as a day OF rest; Christian citizen
Total abstinence-We believe that total
abstinence from all intoyicants and mar
cotics is the duty of every individual Sci
ence and experience combine eheir testi-
mony that it is the only safety, and that
it would remove prolific source of in
sanity and physical degeneracy.
pROHIRITION
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