The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-23
". c. T. U. at Paxvilie.
Editor The Manning Times:

The ". C. T. L. of our town is NOV
ing on. The meetings are very inter-
esting and well attended. New names
are being added to the roll. Our presi-
dent, Mrs. J. W. Minis, is untiring in
her efforts to make our Union pros
porous one.
The following IS a paper read by Miss
Eva May Curtis at our social meeting:
W. T. Z. WORK AND ITS NEEDS.
"What are we as an organization
and as individuals most in need of at
the present time to the end that we
may be fully equipped for the conflict
before US, and that our beloved Union
may be increased in numbers, in power
and in efficiency for the Masters work
to which we are called?
First, in common with all other So
cieties which are seeking to do His
will and to hasten the coming Of His
kingdom in the hearts OF all mankind,
We need a deeper, more utter consecra-
ton of ourselves, our all to His work
and will, giving up of self and selfish
interests to the great work before US.
We need the burning conviction
wrought into every fibre of our being
that this is really and truly work for
God and Home, just as much as any
thing that can be done:
"W. c. T. L. work should not be
put off until the last day, at the elev-
enth hour, and then be met with TOO
tired TO do it. I forgot is never an
acceptable excuse from white rib
boner.
"We must have an earnestness of
purpose. a steadfast determination, that
no matter what the obstacles in our
way, with Gods help we will conquer
tho we die. We need holy enthusi-
asm. an immense love for the principles
that we have espoused, adeep-grounded
conviction that we are surely right and
therefore must succeed. Opposition is
met with on every hand, but it is good
discipline for US. The blood of the
martyrs was the seed of the church
Was there evera great reform that did
not 60 through persecution to success?
Can we expect to win in such contest,
vet rest on 'flowery beds of ease?' No,
some who have espoused this cause will
wade through bloody seas ere the end
cOIllSS. L
believe that the unnatural rush and
hurry of our time is in large measure
responsible for the drifting religious
thought of these days. The very air is
electric with unrest. The Christian
people of our land must awaken from
their lethargy or else this rising tide OF
religious unrest, which is only form
of unbelief and skepticism to the 'natu-
raj depravity of the human heart, to a
desire on the part OF man to dlvest him.
self of all responsibility for his actions
and to sever the relationship with God
which holds him to account for his line
of conduct. Faith and works must go
together: faith without works will
never overthrow the rum power and
take the world for Christ.
1--WE need to be fitted with grace.
furnished with all the fruits of the
Spirit, and girded with strength from
on high, to prepare Us for the bitter
conflict that is before Us. Again, we
need to have pride in our organlza-
tion and a Jealous love for the standard.
We need to study carefully, thought
fully and prayerfully our marching or
ders as laid down in the Word of Life:
there we shall find counsel to aid us in
every difficulty, and statements so clear
as to dispel every doubt. and nowhere
within its pages shall we find that we
may compromise with evil for price.
Let every officer, every superintendent,
strive to become specialist in her own
department and let every member
study, work and pray as if success de-
pended upon his or her own individual
efforts. Above all things let Us not be
afraid nor dismayed by reason of the
great multitude arrayed against US. for
the battle is not ours but Gods, and
while we toll on in faith and hope, let
Us remember that behind the dim un
known God stands between the scad-
ows and will keep loving watch over
His own
Miss DORA LEWIS,
Cor. Sec.