The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-10-20
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unable to be present at the State Con
vention held in the Y NJ. {. hall of
Trenton from Oct l2th to 18th incm-
siye, this report is given. trusting that
from it some small amount ut least of
Importance shall be gained. If not,
come out to our Tuesday evening
prayer meeting, commencing ataquar-
ter of :, and interesting facts may be
listened to.
We who attended find il is almost
impossible to be brief III our account,
when we remember the wonderful
amount of work accomplished during
the past year Surely they have fol-
lowed the Masters command in feed
ing the hungry, clothing the naked,
ministering to the sick, lifting the fail
len, and though We have. il seems to
us, done little III our local unions, vet
when the mites are all collected they
make n grand total.
II was indeed inspiring to listen to
the various reports of the unions, and
when we think of the efforts made for
the suppression of vice in SO many
forms, we are uncontradicted when we
say, the world is better by far for having
an organization such as the W. c. T.
|. The delegates prayer and confer
ence meeting, at 3 p NJ. and the eX-
ecutiye committee was the opening of
the Convention.
Tuesday evening the meeting was
called TO order nj 40. The Hamilton
avenue choir rendered fine music.
Mrs II, NJ Anderson, president of
Trenton Union, cave words of welcome
which were hearty indeed Mrs. G.
NJ i. Wells, who represented Mercer
county unions. made lis feel like sol
diers who should never lack courage.
Rev. 5. NJ. Studdiford b. D., in be
half of the churches. welcomed rs in
his usual happy and cordial manner.
Mrs Eva G. Gebhart, of Clinton, re
sponded to these welcomes in fitting
words, after which followed the ad-
dress by John G. Wooley. of Chicago.
who was received with loud applause
The house was we'll filled. and rs it is
necessary to be brief, We may mention
but thought or two i'll connection
with this powerful address He said
among other things. God is fact, and
they that Worship Him must Worship
Him i'll fact He was afraid there was
too much bookkeeping aud too little
business, We should remember, My
Father worketh and work He nor
they that follow Him will fail. Gods
plaincst question 10 His people is,
"Why stand We idle all the day" The
times are full of victory for reaching
out after the fullen. Jesus Christ has
overcome this world There is no
necessary evil. For this WAS my spirit
manifest that he might DESTROY the
works of the devil. not keep il corked
up ON Sunday. What WIS needed was
christian heroiam There must be sue
ritiee. some one will Get hurt; but go
your gait, SOW the seed, and. don I dig
II up to see If. il i growing Bring
buck the temperance cause to the
church where il belongs, not to the
stecple; not to the pipe organ or or
ehestrn or any other wind instrument,
but TO the church We should renlizc
TINT the drunkard WIS not SO much II
freak rs II crop A fight against what
ever abuses wife, cheats child out
of RIGHTS mud privileges, betrays girl.
Is good enough gospel for any church,
and if not, it had better disband. fol
We want less of the half=past 10 o'clock
religion which is ms shiny as the toe
of st. Peter in the church of the Witt
can at Rome He cave mn illustration
which amused the audience Three
commercial men of Chicago who were
homeward bound on II train, had
turned the seats So rs to face each
other, and as usual with the drum
mers, had enjoyed the numerous jokes
when one of their number fell to nod
ding. His friends discovering the fact
and seeing his railroad ticket sticking
ont of his pocket, reached over and
took il out Shortly after they awak
ened the friend and said, Come, wake
up here comes the conductor; get your
ticket ready, and after considerable
nudging aud persnading he awakened
To the fact that he must either find his
ticket or pay his fare. The conduc-
tors attention was called awaya while,
and the one who had taken the ticket
said, You will have 10 buy another.
The friend replied, we'll UjH not. |
bought II ticket and ! W0HT buy AN
other. Well, he said, what do you say
TO crawling under the sent; and rs the
conductor would soon appear on the
scene, this man, who in n quiet frame
of mind under different circumstances
wouldn't think of doing such thing,
actually crawled under the sent FL
nally the conductor was handed three
tickets. He said, why do ! have three
tickets when there are only two pas
sengers? and they said, one is for the
friend who has crawlcd under the seat.
The conductor said, but why does he
travel that way Oh VAS the reply,
he prefers to travel that why. And so
II is with many good people; thcy have
crawled under the seat, but if they
We're more thoughtful, would there not
be better way? Some very pathetic
illustrations were given, facts and fg.
ures were appalling. and surely all
should 90 forth to work more dill
gently than ever before. spuIred ON by
this noble address.
Wednesday forenoon prayer service,
roll call, minutes Of Executive Com
mittee, appointment Of Committees
on Credentials, Courtesy, Resolutions,
Pages. Address followed bv Mrs.