News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-02
W. c. 7. L. Convention.


County W. C. 7. I. was held IN ii
M. b church in Morrisvile last Thurs
day and Friday. The attendance
was not large, but much interest was
shown by those present and the pre-
gram was carried-as for as possible
as printed in our last issue. Much
credit is due to Mrs. A. A. Niles ano
Mrs. Perley Fellows for the tasteful
manner in which the church was dee
GRATED, also to Mrs. A. NJ. Burke anc
Mrs. 0. W. Davis for their untirine
Efforts in making the arrangements
The election of officers for the year
ensuing, which occurred Thursday
afternoon, was az follows :--Presi
dent, Mrs, J. D. Farrell, Johnsc n :;
Corresponding Sec'y, Miss Mable
Smith of Morristown Treas, Mrs. B.
B. Blake of Eden; Auditor, Mrs. C. A.
Patten of MorrisvIle.
Thursday evening the church was
well filed and an interesting programs
was rendered. The meeting wat
opened by singing of the hymn, Rock
of Ages, which has been called The
"White Ribboners Hymn" since the
organization of the W. C. T. Z. After
the reading of the 10th Psalm by Rev.
NJ. 5. Eddy, prayer was offered by
Rev. Mr.. Tabor. Mrs. Fisk rendered q
solo in her usual pleasing manner after
which Mrs. Reed of Shelburne, Vt,
introduced Miss Christina |. Tingline
of London, Eng, who was the speak
er of the evening. Miss Tinglirg ex
pressed her pleasure at being asked
to address this convention, for one
reason, that it was the first conven.
ton of the W. G. T. U. ever held in
Lamoille county. After a few open.
ing words in which she told some OF
her experiences as a lecturer for thu
"White Ribboner's," she chose for the
subject of her address the one WORD
"Serve."
She said, in part, if we could put
into one word the whole duty of man.
the only word that would fill the
position would be S rye. We womer
can all serve our Union. 1t is not
necessary that one should be either
rich or clever to be a "White Ribbon
or" II we Just do our best to hell
the cause that is all that is required
of US. We can do this even if we art
ever so busy in our homes-here are
ways provided for the "home women"
who are so full of care. Youcan first
OF all wear your badge everywhere.
Never be seen without it. As an illus.
tration OF the power of the little white
bow Miss Tingling told of going one,
to strange city where she was to
address a W. c. II. U. convention.
She was alone, and not acquainted
with a single person and as she wat
getting out of AGAR at astreet corner
she saw a policeman and went to him
and asked to be directed to certain
place, and, after he had given the d.
rections he looked at her bow of white
ribbon and asked hen what it meant.
She explained to him that it stood
for band of Christian women who
were working for one another and
helping to bring souls from sin to
light and happiness. The policeman
then told her that he too was a
christian and asked her to give him
a good christian hand shake, which
she did, and she said it was all be-
cause she had worn the little white
bow. The speaker then drew some
good practical lessons from the fact
that we must not be dissatisfied with
ourselves. Do you ever wish you
were somebody else? That is sillv,
foolish idea my dear White Ribbon
er's. If we can't do some noble act
that will bring US fame, we can learn
from those who have, and be willing
to fill our humble stations in a way
that will do us credit. 1t is not what
we cant be; but what we can be. Be
what you ought to be, and that is
enough. Get new members for our
societies let every one get two more
and so on till we make an endless
chain and then see how many we can
add to the W. c. T. U. Don't be a
neutral character and hinder a good
cause. Go to the highways and by.
ways and work as God intended his
children should do. God has a plan
for each life and why should we hin
der his plans? Now as true White
Ribboners let us urge all ofour friends
to sign the pledge and be "tee. tota-
lers" from this time on. 1t will be a
help to the fallen ones and We can af.
ford to do it for Christ's dear sake.
The audience was dismissed with the
benediction, pronounced by Rev. Mr..
Gregory.