Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-05-26
W. c. I. U. NOTES.


Ii Ia good TO be attracted out of
| ourselves, 10 be forced TO take a near
view OF the sutferings, the priyat,ons.
the Efforts, the difficulties OF others. y
Charlotte Bronte.
Inc following hopeful appeal of the
Christian Endeavur World may well
resound all along our linea:
Doubtless the woman Mrs. Steyenal
who, by virtue of her office, anil Miss
Willards desire, ia taking up ip this
country the tasks laid down by those
untirlng hands, does SO with MANY
shrinking fears, yet sustained by the
same God that sustained the departsd
leader. Now let all friends OF tenn.
perance, within or outside the Women 4
Christian Temperance Union, reassure
her with expressions of hone and
courage. 1t is inGeed long, hard war,
ana many a general must fall uron the
neld heiora II 10 won, but won il must
be- The saluon must 60, has been
our slogan long enough. Let ne change
1t for the confident faith, The SALON
viii 60, and that speedily. 10 belieye
otherwise is to think that Christians
are forever going 10 resign to the
DEVILS minions the glory OF unanimous
action. 1t is to believe that always
motives of worldly policy and trpmors
OF unmanly cowardice are going 10
SILENCE Christian tongues and weaken
Christian hands. Not to be n radical
on the temperance question is to he
tue verlest mossbaclS; not TO lie an
ontlmist here ia to be pesaimist ia
garding the kingdom of heaven. Long
before another head OF the Wonen'a
Christian temperance Union has gone
to meet its great first President we
hope for stupendous news that she may
carry, news that will ring exultantly
through the celestial arches, tiiinps
that the last saloon has been driven
from the land. May we all be able 10
join, not shamsfacedly, hut an vic
toriouH lighters in that glad hosauna -
a recent number of the Union Signal
contains this announcement.
The National W. G. 4. u. tbrouph
its general officers, have accented the
Invitation of st. Paul, MINI, and will
hold its next annual convention in that
city next November, Besides tho local
W. G. 7. U. presidents, State and
county officers, the names Of the fol-
lowing societies and prominent persons
are appended to the invitation: Coz.
David Clough, Archbishop John Ire.
land, Daughters of American Reyo
luton, Catholic Sacred Thirst Ladies'
society, Presbytery OF st. Paul, Twin |
City NJ. II. Church Association.
Pastors and Citizens League, Federated |
temperance Organizations, Good Tenn.
plars, prohibitiunists, Epworth Leagues,
christian EndeRyo.s. Catholic Sacred |
Thirst and Total Abstinence Societies |
and tbs daily press of st. Paul. So il |
VIII be seen the convention is already
assured OF warm reception in the
capital city of the North Star State,
where many waters play"
Miss Anna A. Gordon sailed for
England, April 3Oth. She goes by
invitation OF Lacy Henry Somerset,
whose guest she will be whilc there,
N iss Gordon thus writes in farewell
letter to our siHterhood:
Ere many weeks hope TO he again
10 the native land | love and TO do ali
| can to help the work We cherish more
warmly than ever since Miss Willard
helps it from the other side. -
The May number of Good Health
contains the following editorial IN
Iotal Abstinence and Longevity I"
Many years ago DIR. William Farr
d England, observed that the statistics
Corrected by insurance societies ought
10 Time, to demonstrate whether or not
iotal abstinence is or ia not an aid to
longevity. The following facts pre.
iented by the Medical Standard leave
20 room for doubt, as to the vaus of
lie OF total abstinence, if one considers
ong life desirable. The Independent
Oruor of Rechabitaa is teetotal
~orkingmen's benefit society. 1t has
10 adult membership of 142. 0O0 and
Juvenile membership of 76. COO. II has
1eeu in existence over co years ami
ia highly prosperous. Its
mortality experience as calculated by
Mr. Nelson, this actunry. shows that
1t 10 years OF age, Rechabites have an
expectancy of lifo uf 80. GO years. while
recording to the registrar general, the
Expectancy Of all males of the COM
nunity is ALTO. and according to the
Institute of actuaries' life tables, that
u healthy males belonging to tbs wall.
o-uo classes. whose lives are insured
IND are at the age named, is 1890
'ears. If the Rechabite figures are
lucepted az true, very formidable
conclusion will necessarily be- drawn
rom them. They will be held, and
lightly held, to show that all maids IN
&c country over is years of age who
lss alcohol shorten their lives to the
'Steht, on the average of something
more than seven years each. -
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