The gold leaf., 1897-06-24
Temperance Department.
Edited by the Superintendent Of Pres
Work. Henderson ". 6 +. L.
The Convention OF the Woman 5
Christian Temperance Union.


president Mrs. Mary Z. Garland.
Music. rcadlu. the crusade P-aim.
prayer Dy Mrs. Craven. roll call, i'll
PRODUCTION Of Rev. I. Il. Johnson,
Eev. \. McCullen and several others.
who spoke words Of cheer, consumed
the afternoon.
Friday evening addresses Of well
come were in order. The first address
by I. NJ. pIttmau WAS Instructive and
entertaining. Capt. ". b. Shaw fol-
lowed with words that seemed the
muse Of some Aeo.Ian harp and tuned
to sil.r praises to the good and lovely.
Then DR.. Huffman, Of Tie Baptist
church, poke III lis ever touching and
sympathetic style, that could not tau
10 strike II responsive chord IN every
heart. Mrs. Cary Page Harris. pres!-
dent O the Henderson Union, then de
livered her address. Its earnest.
heartfelt tone bespoke a most cordial
welcome to the W. G. I. /. Her "AIl
Hail" WAS beautiful and delivered so
eflectuaIly that it seemed the very
spirit Of Him. who Inspired her. Mrs.
Oadwaladcr responded to these ad-
dresses Of welcome in her own happy
style. Would that space permitted US
to give her remarks; they were enjoyed
as much as anything that was SAID at
the convention.
Saturday morning Mrs. Russell, wife
oi the Governor, and several others
were introduced, greetings read, etc.
Then the address by the State presl-
dent Mrs. NJ. +. Garland. \ few
notes from this address will show her
consecrated thoughts and devoted life.
She said:
"God does not measure by quantity
but by quality. There is no ground
between right and wrong, but a battle
ground Ii success does not come to
us as rapidly Il, it shouid-why not:
We need more metallic sympathy IN
our work and eXpectant faith. There
is a union between the divine ani the
human, Il union Of sex, IL union OF the
church, Il union of reform and il union
Of home. The nations are united IA
many great movements. There are
forty nations organized for the eXtcr-
mination Of the liquor traffic under the
banner of the w. G.. L. /. \ thOus-
and women in North Carolina last year
spent about 5000 90 in the temperance
cau>c.'
Mrs. Craven responded to Mrs. Cart
land III appropriate remarks, calling
her "Our battled SCARED vclerau.'
Rev. y. II. Shaw, OF the Presbyte-
rian church, and DR.. Snyder, a return
ed missionary from Africa, DR.. Nc
Cracken and Prot. Gilmer, were intro
duced to the convention. Dr.. Snyder
said there were from 300 to 800 cases
Of gin sent to these heather to every
3 or I missionaries. Mrs. Stephenson
then gave a most interesting Bible
reading on the human aspect OF Chris
reading tie sixth chapter Of John.
Saturday afternoon reports were
given from various departments of the
work. If there was space we would be
glad to report them all.
Mrs. Della Blair, of Raleigh, in her
report on Prison and Aims house work,
said there were 400 conTiCts under 90
years of age in the pcnitentary at one
time and 80 still younger than this.
The youthfullness OF these criminals
was the saddest knowledge we received
during the convention. Liquor seemed
to be the power behind the throne that
sent them in the flower of their youth
to disgrace. The rec!aimin. of these
young criminals is only one of the 40
departments Of work done by the w c.
L. L.
The memorial service for the hon
ored dead was very touching. DR..
Peas. one of that number had given
s. 900 to the industrial school at Ashe-
vile. He only received salary enough
to take care of himself and wife and he
refused a salary Of 5000 offered him,
saying his mission was to help helpless
girls. Nine girls he had helped stood
around his dying bed and sang his IA
vorite song. The other faithful dead,
no less than he, seemed as truly con-
secrated to the cause. Even on the
tomb of one was cut the white ribbon
badge, which she so faithfully repre-
sented.
The annual sermon to the conven-
tion was preached by Rev. I. NJ. john
son on Sunday night. Knowing that
no words Of ours could do it justice, it
is printed in this paper.
\ resolution of thanks was offered
by the convention to the editors Of the
State who have so nobly helped in this
temperance cause. The w. G.. L. t.
recognize the power OF The press as the
greatest human power.
Hearty resolutions Of thanks were
offered the people of Henderson for
their hospitality. \ rising vote Of
thanks was given Rev. L. NJ. Johnson
and Mrs l.. G. Edwards for the four
monogram welcomes to W. G. I. L.
y very pleasant feature of the couven-
tion was the presentation Of large
EOquet of flowers to Mrs. NJ. +. Cart
land State President. The flowers were
artistically arranged by Mrs. Cary Page
Harris, president of the Henderson
Union ard were presented by Rev. I.
NJ. Johnson in most appropriate Ian
guage.
The Henderson Union were then
asked to come forward and be presented
to the convention. Mr.. Andrew Har-
RS and Mr.. sam Harris responded and
made the Henderson Union feel very
proud Of them.
Miss A.kcw then thanked the presi-
dent of the Henderson Union for her
faithful leadership, saying without her
we would have been as sheep without
a shepherd,
The convention claspel hand.. sing
lng "God be with you till we meet
again" The W. c. I. L. benedjction
was then repeated IN concert and thus
closed the fifteenth annual convention
ct the w. &. Il. L.. which vii ever be
a pleasant memory to the Henderson
mon.
REV. I. II. JOHNSON SERMON.
Text-Matt. 18th chap. l>t clause OF
2Sth verse: 20, woman. great is thy faith:
he it unto thee as thou wilt.
The text is both promise and Il
prophecy. The general promise is a
prophecy. Her faith was very great. |