Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-26

rThese notes are printed as furnished by the
press representative OF the State W. &; I; U, and
this paper Is in no manner responsible for their
statements. w @. a.
"Who hath abolished death. and
hath brought life and immortality to
life through the Gospel. I'll Timothy |
l. 10. f. ,.--4 -
1--WE can not believe in our Christ |
for ourselves unless we believe in Him |
for all the world. Phillips Brooks.
In "Chat with Workers" in the
Union Signal. 1.-THE Busy Woman"
thus expresses her opinion of our
obligations:
sit 10 not fulfilling our duties as
members Of a local w. 9. i. Y. to
sign pledge and pay dues. Every
woman donning the white ribbon ought
TO lay aside tho time for attendance on
the regular meetings MS sacredly as she
does the hours for church worship.
Sickness, home duties, &C., must of
course have their way. But outside OF
these the writer firmly believes almost
rothjng should come between US and
our appearance in our lot and place.
"Well says some one, suppose you
were in full sympathy with the Union
and much desired to attend the meet
ings, hut were prevented woek after
week and could not always, nor often
tell an hour beforehand what you could
Co. what then?
NOW, no understandings please.
There are host of women bound hand
and foot who gladly pay their dues and
wear the white ribbon. 1t is all they
can do and all honor to them. These
women count for something. But the
women who needlessly stay away-why
can not the earnest president and her
co.workers arouse them to better doingf
because they have no deep-seated cen
victions on the subject OF incompetence
and the mission of tho W. G. 4. Y.
1.-The Busy Woman has, we think,
correctly stated the cause of the nom
attendance of meetings by some OF our
members. For if all who pay their
dues were deeply interested in the work
Of the w. q. r. u, our meetings would
be better attended, and there would
not be the lack Of co cooperation which
| sometimes exists.
"Deep. seated convictions on the
subject OF intemperance" do not
| always bring pleasant results to the
possessor, for. few such escape mis-
| INTERPRETATION sometimvs from those
whose kindlier understanding is de-
sired. But earnestness is not fanati-
cism, and earnestness 10 be effective
must have as its foundation intel.
Iigepce. And yet, with earnestness and
| intelligence, the wbite-ribbon woman
peeds discernment of the proper time
10 express her convictions, and
wisdom in the manner of doing so, in
one word-tact. Not to needlessly
parade our opinions, but, when silence
would be disloyalty to our Master, to
spenk-no matter what the results to
ourselves, should be our aims
The Saviour of men estimated His
| friends by their obedience to His COM
mands, and in extremities in our lives
| those who come to our helr are valued
as true friends. And so, the test of
| devotion to the principles for which
the white ribbon stands lies In the
sacrifices We are willing to make to
hasten their triumph.
The Union Signal Of April 18th an
nounces in the following manner the
change of National W. G. 7. U. head
| quarters:
ron Monday, April 9th, the head
quarters of the National W. @. T, U.
were moved to Rest Cottage, Evanston.
Evanston is the pleasantest, best
known suburb of Chicago. 1t is easily
reached by steam and electric cars |;
the fastest trains from Chicago either
by the Northwestern or Milwaukee q st.
Paul, take about 90 minutes time.
Tho trains are very frequent, some
| portions Of tho day running as often as
every 10 minutes. Evanston is Of itself
a beautiful city Of some SIS, 600 in !
| habitants. Rest Cottage is situated
on one of its fi:est avenues, midway
between the business section Of the
city and the Northwestern University.
| While Miss Willard's home and the
north side addition to the cottage,
which will be devoted to the head
quarters, are both under one roof, they
have separate entrances, and the
4 original home, or south side of the
present double cottage, built by Miss
Wizards father and occupied by the
family for more than 80 years, will be
kept Just as Miss Willard left it in
1882, after the e-going of her
mother. Miss Wizards will provided
that the entire property, after life
use by Miss Anna A. Gordon and Mrs.
Mary b. Willard and her DAUGHTERS,
should revert to the National W. g.
I. U. and by purchasing from Mrs.
Willard and her daughter their life
interest in the estate the National W.
G. T. u. now owns one-half Of the
property, the other half being held by
Miss Gordon during her lifetime. The
arrangement by which the National
W. G. II. u. OCCUPIES the north side
of the cottage and Miss Gordon keeps
up the south side is entirely salts
factory to both parties, and friends
who call at headquarters will always
be welcomed to Miss Wizards old
home and gladly taken through Its
rooms, full OF sacred associa tions.
"We have every reason to believe
| that the change will Prove most nd
vantageous. The register at Resi-
Cottage proves daily that the distance
from Chicago to Evanston is no barrier
to those who wish to visit the place. u
The Georgetown W. @. T. U. made
quite an advance in its recent sue
: cessful medal contest, in the award o.
/ two medals instead Of one, Both were
gold, and we're won by Miss Mant
Sharp and Arthur Swain. All honol
to them, and the other four CON
testants who did so nobly. ''.''
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Rev. John Reid, Jr, of Great Falls Mont, rec
commended Ely's Cream Balm to me. can en-
phasize his statement. at IL a positive cure TO
| ratarrh il used as drccted."-Rev. Francis W
Poole Pastor Central Pres. Church. Helena Mont
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