The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-13
THE w. r.u.
Paper read at the fifteenth anniversary of
lola Union by Mrs. Lizzie Hankinsl

lola Union by Mrs Lizzie Hankins.l
II our vision were limited to our
own little local work. although we
feel sure some goad has resulted
theretrom, MS we call to mind the
change In public sentiment toward
us since our beginning, slil we
might feel the results are not as en-
couraging as we would wish to see,
and hardly justify the efforts required
to keep mp the interest of our Union,
but looking beyond our circle we see
agreat body of christian women, more
than two hundred aud fifty thousand
bound together by the white ribbon
tie, working, not only for the over.
throw of the liquor traffic, with its
attendant evils, impurity, and every
form of sin, thus reaching out in more
than forty lines of work for the up
lifting and betterment of humanity.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union Is the most complete and sys-
tematic of organizations in its man
agement. We verify believe that
nothing short of an inspired mind, as
we have come to regard Miss Will
lard's, could have conceived, then car
ried out the practical plans of our
organ ization. The Crusaders learned
before they finished those prayer.
meetings of '73 and IA that works
must go with prayers, for great evil,
so strongly entrenched in politics and
protected by our government, would
require giant effort to remove it.
And so the call was made to enlist
in a life time warfare, If need be.
To meet this call the first requisite
was conservation to the work, as Gods
work. They had felt the call of God
in the Crusade, and had been baptis-
ed, many of them, with the baptism
of the Holy Spirit for this special
work. They must be- temperance
women, which means total abstinence
from all intOXicanis as beverage.
They must be united in this one pur-
pose the overthrow of the liquor traf-
ian Union. AS the effect of this
curse Is felt in the homes and causes
more suffering there than elswhere,
the work must he for the home. As
the evil of II reaches to all parts of our
land, it must he for native land, hence
our motto, "Eor God and Home and
Native Laud." The lines are, orgAni-
cation, preventive, educational,
evangelistic and social. Like a great
machinery with wheels working one
within another, If each local Union is
faithful in doing her part the whole
thing Is kept moving. First, Local
then County, District, State and
National, also Worlds w. &. Il. L.
l can merely touch upon our depart
ment work and give brief mention of
very few in this paper. The Depart
ment of Preventive works through
the lines of Health and Heredity aud
Non-A lcoholic Medication The De-
partment of health and heredity aims
to teach the highest developement of
life, physical, mental and spiritual,
the right of "a child to be well born.
Under iNon-A lcoholic Medication, it
is being demonstrated by our National
Temperance Union in Chicago that
diseases of every class can be more
successfully treated without alcohol
than with it, and the work of this de-
partment is to teach this, ana hasten
the day when it will be known that
it need not he manufactured for this
purpose.
Under Educational comes first,
scientific temperance instructions in
schools ane colleges, which aims to
secure nation of intelligent total alb.
stainers, through compulsory educa.
ton as to all laws of health, in
Guiding the effects of alcoholic drinks
and other narcotics. j wish / might
tell something of the hard work it
has taken to secure this law, revise
text books, the fight with publishers,
etc, bat too much time would be
required. The women sof Illinois
through our Department OF Petition
and Legislative brought thirteen
thousand woman power to bear on
not exactly an enthusiastic Legisla-
ture and secured a temperance IN
struction law, strong enough to take
hold of the great cities and force COM
pliance; and now there are sixteen
million children under school age un-
der temperance law in the United
States all through the energy and
perseverance of our very efficient
Miss Mary Hunt, national sTperinten-
dent. Resu is? Who can estimate ?
1t is almost wholly seed sowing,
therefore II work of faith. Under
Educational comes also temperance
in Sunday Schools. Its aims to