The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16

Keep not the little hearts from loving me-
Hold not back the little hands from serving
me. l need them. OF sNch is my kingdom.
If we as a nation will live for the chill
dren, this will be the brightest, purest and
beneath the skies. Each law that goes upon
the statute books will have for its end the
peace, the safety, the happiness of the
young. Each ballot cast will mean pure men
in office honesty in all public trusts. The
righteousness that exalteth a nation will
shine respondent in city and national gov
eminent. and not the sin. not the tempta-
ton, not the vice and fraud that are ready
on every side TO entrap and entangle and
drag down. The worlds manhood is secure
when we have gained its childhood a ma
ton is safe in so far as 1t lives Tor It's
children.
But not only as q nation, not only as
a church, must we live for the children.
Bring it closer home TO the family, home
10 the individual. / speak not to parents
alone. No one of US is free from responsible
ity in this matter. Either as relative teach
er. friend or neighbor, you cast a SHADOW
or brightness over some childs life. Not
long ago childless woman, who was care
less about her church attendance, said to
her neighbor, the mother of year-old
baby, When that tot is little older III
have to go TO church every Sunday or he II
think I'm pretty bad and then she added,
That makes me think of our old family
doctor in Boston. He was very busy man,
but found time to teach a Sunday school
class of boys One day he said; II have to
watch myself and walk pretty straight be-
fore my boys. If I should charge a cent
for my calls | make on Sunday. they would
think they had a right to earn money on
that. day, too" A noble man and true
teacher, so living his own life for the sake
OF those boys that they might find in him
no questionable example.
The workers conference, which occu-
pied the last hour of the session, was con-
Quoted by Miss Lura V. Thompson, the ma
tional organizer of the G. w. 3. M. Miss
bilites of those who are laboring in the
cause of the c. w. B. M, and particularly
of those whose province it is to organize
new auxiliaries She called upon a number
audience sneak
cial topics bearing on the general subject
and the meeting became what is termed a
rousing one. Miss Anna Hale, of Illinois,
made a three-minute talk on the subject,
'"The Field Worker" in which she deliv-
cred number of taking epigrams, such as
keenest eyes and yet be blind" That is.
she should be alive to all the possibilities
of a situation and be unconscious of the
tongue and still be dumb The art of
knowing when to talk and when not is a
valuable acquisition to the worker.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Miss Mary A. Lyons, of Ohio, talked about
the preparation an organizer should have
for her work. She said she should have an
intelligent knowledge of the work, and that
while she must necessarily be a good
speaker it was not to be forgotten that
the ability to teach is a prime essential to
success. How Shall She Find a Placer
Newcomer, of Iowa. The speaker thought
the worker must be walking encyclopedia
of information and should be thoroughly ia
miliar with the field. Miss Rachel Crouch,
of Iowa, gave her ideas as to how the work
of the c. w. B. M. should be presented.
She laid stress on the fact that the worker
should get in touch with the church MEM
bers and adapt herself to the local situa-
ton. Mrs. Thurgood, of Pennsylvania,
spoke of THE Local Worker, and ex-
planned to the convention an ingenious
acrostic charter that hung above the plat
form.
What Standing Committees Shall We
Have?" was the subject of some remarks
by Mrs G. w. Tucker. of Wisconsin. She
thought that each auxiliary should have
committees on programme, increasing MEM
bership and social features. Mrs Virginia
Hedges of Missouri, spoke on the topic,
els 1t Just Ten Cents?" The dues of the
members of the c. w. b. NJ is 10 cents a
month, and the speaker thought that the
members should not feel that they are es-
topped from making larger donations to
their treasury
The afternoon meeting closed by the an
swering of questions in convention work by
Miss Lois White, Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Dick
il.son and Mrs. Christian.