The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-01
w. q. T. U.

with the appeal of our much loved sister.
Leland for our Florence Crittenden home
and trust it may meet with your hearty
cooperation. We need the support of
every white ribbon sister in the state and
when that is given we shall have no diff
ffculty in meeting all the requirements
of the work, and save many precious
souls for the Master. We need your
money-your gifts from the products of
the farm and dairy-your contributions
of clothing, linen, etc., and last but not
by any means least, your prayers, that
those in charge of this work may have
the wisdom, mercy, justice and sweet
ness of Christian character. That will
enable us to bring the sweetness of the
Christ love in the lives of every one who
seeks shelter in our home.
| would like to bring before you the
benefits of the five cent per month plan,
given by our good sister Mears before
she left the work. We have in our ranks
more than :, 900 w. c. T. U. woman of
the state. Five cents per month for each
woman means more than 1920. With
this amount the home would b /: in fair
way to do much more good than it is do
ing. Since convention time we have had
to refuse several cases from the lack of
funds to meet necessary expenses. Now
dear sisters, cannot some pl m be brought
forward by which we can have this five
cents per member. Cannot each union
pledge itself to see this amount sent to
the home in quarterly payments? There
may be some unions that feel they can
not do this; others are doing and have
done much more than this ever since the
home opened its doors to our unfortun-
ate sisters.
Our matron's salary must bepaid. We
pay our matron IS per week; our assist
ant matron 81 per week, making SO for
each week, or total of 1886 yearly SAL
ary for both-when either one of these
consecrated sisters could command bet
ter salaries at most any other kind of
work, but they feel the need of the work
and are willingly giving themselves to
help save our girls.
In addition to the salaries must be the
expense of fuel, lights, milk and drugs
thugs that cannot be sent in boxes.
Many questions come to the workers
from the unions-One of which will trv
to answer: "What class of girls do you
receive at the homer To classify our
work it would be impossible. Let us
look at one of the conditions of MIR. Crit
tenden's gift that made our home possi-
nle. no needy woman to be turned from
our door without some effort to help her.
That does not mean to always keep them,
only to lend hand and give shelter un-
til they find some place to go.
Sisters we are not all sinful, because
we are needy-but no one is more in
need Of help than the sinful. Do not let
us forget that Jesus came to save sinners.
Some say you encourage sin. Yes, we
expect to meet the criticism of the world
and sometimes even church members
say encourage sln." Why-oh why
do they not say the same thing of the
men who are the cause of robbing and
spelling our fair innocent girls, and tax
ing from them all the purity and sweet
ness of their young lives-Isaiah 42-22.
When Christ was here in this world.
he was not only criticised, but he was
unpopular, and they who do His work
the same as He did it, must expect to
be criticised and be unpopular.-John 8,
2-ll. Luke z, 36-,u.
If any person stop and consider, they
will see that this wreckage and ruin has
been going on through the centuries and
ages-and, if we, as Christian people,
professed followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ, do not respond to His call to
preach the gospel to every creature, it
will not be question Of what he will do
with these perishing girls-but what will
he do with us, who have neglected to
respond to his commandments and
teachings. We find the conclusion and
answer to this in Eccl. 12-13-l4. be-
lieve there is only one course to pursue,
and that is, as long as any girl wishes to
live Christian life, we must take her by
the hand and lift her up. just the same as
our Master would do.-Mark 9-27.
There is nothing but Christ and his
cleansing blood that can save the SHINING
and sinful. 1t is not reformation but a |
Sisters, let US rally to this work as |
never before-realizing that in our efforts
we are educating the people up to the
standard Of clean, white, pure life for
two. MRS. JEENIE A. BENEDICT,
President Florence Crittenten Home /
Board.