Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-05-12

being followed by Rev. Carrel in his
greetings for the churches. Our church
es are working and willing to cooperate
at all times with the w. @. T. u. for its
membership is composed mostly of its
members. He spoke highly of the ef-
forts and heroism of its members and es-
pecially of those of Mrs. Willard.
The Presby terian choir next sang
selection.
Mrs. f. S. Pettyjohn read in her
usual pleasing way the fraternal greet
ings for the Missionary Societies, stat.
ing 1--WE know no society to which Mis-.
sionery Societies can give more cordial
welcome than to the w. G. L. u. The
hardships endured and the sacrifice of
Christian womanhood in both are very
similar.
After these remarks, Mr.. Stevenson
sang solo.
Mrs. A5ell presented a most interest
ing and original paper on the subject
"Why should church member belong
to the ". G. T. T." She said in part it
required cooperation on the part of both
to accomplish the work as designed.
Rev. Frances f. Townsley, pastor of
the Baptist church of Vassar, then gave
the address of the evening, her subject
being Where now and what next. She
handled her subject with great zeal and
tact. She surely is proficient in dealing
on the temperance question and is by no
means an amateur in the pulpit. Her
remarks were very helpful, being inter
spersed with numerous witty anecdotes
Her remarks were filled with good ad-
vice. She pointed out the various ways
of the w. G. T. L. advancement compar.
ing the progress of its workings and re-
suits from time to time in the last 100
years.
The w. O. L. u. is the advance guard
of the church
We are patriots because we are Amer
cans.
May her influence and excellent work
continue was the wish of the entire
audience.
The meeting was then adjourned un-
til Thursday morning.
The Thursday morning meeting OPEN
ed with fair sized attendance
Rev. Frances +. Townsley conducted
the praise service in her able and inter-
esting way, after which the secretary
read the minutes of previous session,
which was approved.
The greater portion of this session
was again taken up by the presentation
of Vice Presidents and Superintend-
ents' reports, all of which were received
with keen interest. Each report showed
marked progress in the work over pre-.
vious ones.
Miss Patterson at this junction sang
'I'm Nearer My Home" in her most
touching manner.
Scientific Temperance Instruction"
was then presented in most entertain.
ing manner by Mrs. f. A. Arnold of st
Louis. Her remarks were presented in
very able and thorough line of thought.
The appreciation of her ability in coping
with the subject was manifested by the
convention in re.electing her as superin-
tendent of this work.
Mrs. Annie S. Price of Pompei was
unable to be in attendance to present
her paper on L. T. L. work, however
her paper was read by the Secretary.
Mrs. F. NJ. Hetzman of Beebe present
ed her Evangelist topic at length, which
showed that great deal of work in the
preparation had been required.
Jail Work" and "Almshouse Work"
to be given by. Mrs. A. w. Russell and
Mrs. NJ. f. Waterbury were ON.
mitted, due to lack of time. Temper
ance in the s. S. by Mrs. A. G. Kirk al
so was omitted
Temperance instruction in the s. s.
was then given by Mrs. l.. p. Struble of
Alma. This paper too showed able and
thorough preparation. She pointed
out in her remarks that the time to be-
gin our work was when the children
were young and hold them to the good
principles impaired, keeping them inter
ested in the church and temperance
work and the Young Peoples societies
and by so doing accomplish the desired
end.
At this time invitations were read re-
questing the ladies to visit the college
museum and the Alma Sanitarium.
These were received with pleasure and
accepted.
Again the audience was delighted
with solo by Miss Ariadne McLaren
The music throughout the meeting
helped very materially to make the gath
ering grand success. The ladies express
ed hearty thanks to all who furnished
the same so freely.
Officers were next elected and the fol-
lowing were the ones chosen:
Mrs. Mary +. Waterbury, President,