The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-15

10 have shared with ven in these rnemnriil
| naee-nss. only 10 have endeavored TO bring to
mem something of the spirit which she
would pray must reign: but you meet in
IoneAness and you meet in difficulties and
eas, you meet with differences grave and
great ana my earnest prayer goes up to God
that wisdom and strength may be given TO
those VINO stand at the helm of your vast
oIg5Hization and patience and perseverance
70 me many who are enlisted in your ranks.
But although absent from our sight |
cannot put feel that her spirit will be in
your midst, that that beautiful presence which
Always brought with il a sense of harmony
ana peace will be allowed to hover round you
| that she VIII direct your counselings with a
greater power. keener foresight and more
heavenly wisdom that she did even when she
stood in our midst It is difficult Ito bless
MS noiy rame fer all those servants de-
parted THIS life in His faith and fear" but
although II be with binding tears and broken
voice: We can each one of US plead that we
may De given grace to follow their good ex-
HeavanI ThI wsth them re paTtakers OF mat
message that l can wave 10 you across the
Atlantic today is
MESSAGE OF PEACE.
Not peace at any price" but rather peace.
because that is more precious than possession.
The real monument TO the memory OF
FRANCES Willard can never be built with
! hahos, can never be made of bricks and
mortar, but must be reared in human hearts
ana human lives; and it is the great associa
uon that we represent today that is her
noblest memorial. Therefore l pray that your
corporations may be carried on with the
rlghtness. with the determination to build up
the spiritual rather than the material, and 10
| peleve that the welfare OF the Woman's
christian temperance union was the dearest
thing her heart held. I know the great bill
lows that are breaking over you; know how
hopes seem TO be fading in your midst. how
aILlbltons are vanishing l well remember
when urst went 70 Chicago the pride with
which looked upon the Woman's Temple
ana then also remember how often look
or sadness would come over the face OF our
blessed one, and a little culver in her Zip as
she would say, "Tilne is good. she meant
well, but she built too large; ii is a burden
that cont know how we are going 10
carry; and then she would hope against
hope and she would believe that when the
money was collected the women would own
the Temple; but all the while knew that at
the bottom of her heart she dreaded the out
come. am writing quite frankly, have no
motive for doing otherwise l am no partisan;
only loved Frances willard and ! love her
still. and l think 1t right TO put before this
great convention In unvarnished terms just
how
KNEW SHE FELT
about II. In 1894, when last I was in America,
I went with her to Philadelphia to meet Mrs.
Carse. and the object OF the meeting was TO
plead with Mrs. Carse TO drop the idea OF
owning the Temple and TO try so TO arrange
that the women should own their own floor
and Willard h6ll6 but that everything else
SnOuiu 20. row WILL remember tie ou44uGJ
morning when FraEoes asked me TO interview
Mrs. Carse, how She rocked back and forth
in her chair, saying, Il wish Title would do
what / want, 1t would lit such burden
from US. and We should own all we want Of
the Temple and there Is something bigger
after all than houses made with hands"
But Mrs. Carse. loyal TO her great ideal with
a spirit which has always seemed TO me ab-
soluteiy undaunted by want OF success ana
one never TO recognize failure absolutely
refused to listen TO Frances. Anna and MRS.
Stevens were present and will bear out all
I SAP. Often and often after that We dis
cussed the matter and while l know that her
the enterprise, back OF Il there was great
dread az TO whether IN the end Il might not
prove disastrous 10 greater work.
She believed that after the bonds were re-
deemed the women would have the control
ing power In the building, but We know now
shat such would not be the case, and II Is
this knowledge that must make you pause
before you proceed with that which in the
end viii bring no real pecunsry beneht 10
the W c. T. T.. ard which may cause sucn
division in your camp that the dearest wish
OF Frances Wizards life and the holy work
that she built up may be frustrated and de-
molished. Ny sisters. you have always been
so good to me that dare to speak plainly l
ADMIRE THE ENERGY
that Mrs. Carse has given to her great de-
sign; but I cannot believe It wisdom to push
an enterprise which does not seem to me
TO be for the best interests now Of the So
preservation Of the W. T. P. A. Miss VIII
lard's whole mind was bent. over and over
she would say and write that that was the
arTnDry where the weapons and ammunition
for the work IS stored and / pray that every
effort may be dire-ted towards building up
that which Considered so essential
a part OF your work. But apart from that
enterprise the great spiritual forces OF the
W. c. T. U. must stand a mighty leverage
70 uplift the people, and therefore you must
for the future II seems to me- keep clear
Of
may involve loss gain save the great
gain Of souls and the loss OF all that can
hinder or weigh down your work. May God
grant you wisdom 70 act, as seeing Him
who is invisible who dwelle.h not IN temples
made with hands. Whose you and Whom
you serve" and may every word that shall
entered upon, be in the sweet charity Of our
dear saint who never said a harsh word OF
any and who Ike her Master when He was
reviied. "reviled not again" l have a deep
sympathy with those who have given their
life TO the enterprise which is under discus
sion. but | believe that all work done for
God is never wasted. but that in the future
perhaps the very building you may never
own may yet be allowed 10 stand as a me-
given to use sometimes when clasp our
hands in prayer and let the treasure 20 than
when We eagerly grasp the thing our Heav-
emily Father does not design for us at the
moment
MAY COME Up AGAIN.
How tenderly think Of all your workers
OF the dear well known faces, OF the kind
hearts. Of the strong words. OF the keen de-
bate, which I remember 30 we'll in years
gone by. trust II God gives me health or
strength I may yet be with you another year
and I am almost looking forward 10 the pos
slblity. IL IL is His will. Of coming to you
at your next convention.
] pray for dear Mrs. stevens in her Diff
cult task None valued her loyalty 10 her
sinEleness OF aim or her strong purpose more
than our blessed Frances and none knew bet
ter her sterling worth. OF Anna I hardly
dare to speak. God comfort her for He only
can. know how tenderly you will surround
her who was 50 near TO our beloved. OF
Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Hoffman
and Mrs. BeauchRmp. ! think with true af-
feC.ion. and 70 you dear siters ! send my
hearts love and loyalty, for we are bound not
only by our common cause. by the knot OF
white ribbon that wear. by our aim BY
our holy vow. but we are bound % that world
where she who IL still cur leader holds out
beckCnlng hands and bids US arise and follow
TIN we too kneel az the feet OF her Lord and
ours. Your sffectionsce and loving comrade
Isabel Somerset
SAW IT WAS A TRAP.
That part OF the letter referring TO
the writer's sympathy with the w. c.
T. L. was appreciated by all. as was