Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-07-24
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MEETING

At the Bible study Wednesday
morning, led by Prof. Haig of Rolla.
the lesson, as has been the custom this
week, was chosen with reference to
the drink habit. All through the
Bible, he said, this evil, it's conse-
quences and condemnation, are
brought to our notice.
In Prov. % chapter, SO verse we
find the habitual drinker so truly por.
trayed that no answer is required tn
the questions: ''Who hath woe :
Who hath SORROW p. and so on.
While the warning against strong
drink could not be more plainly ex-
pressed in any language at any time
than it is in the 1st verse, 20 chapter
Of the same book, he then turned to
Galatians 5th chapter where in Parils
enumeration of the works of the flesh
are found some of the consequences of
this tarrying two long at the wine
and in John 14th chapter comfort and
consultations tor all life's ills and
troubles is given. Edifying com
ments upon the passages read were made
by Mrs. Howe and others. The after
noon session was omitted because Of
the exercises connected with the lay
! ing Of the corner stone of the girls
club building.
Mrs. Howe was asked to give the
opening address. The w. c. T. o.,
was farther represented in this worthy
enterprise by the gift of a small Bible
and their last annual leaflet bound. to-
gether with the white ribbon-these
to be among the contents of the box
which will be placed beneath the cor
ner stone.
Yesterday morning the Bible study
was conducted by Mrs. Swift. She
chose for the foundation Of her talk,
Isaiah 32nd chapter or Goods call to
the women of Isreal,' not the busy
ones, explained Mrs. Swift, but the
careless and idle women. She thinks
women are about the same nov as
they were at that early date in the
worlds history, tnat they need the
same call to arouse themselves out Of
their ease and apathy concerning the
great evil of intemperance, and what
gains has been made in the temper
ance reform is mostly due to the fact
that some Of our women have been
| thus aroused. What we need is to
| git people to thinking; many do not
see the need of an awakening along
these lines and so remain in state Of
! careless ease described in this chapter.
An earnest talk by Mrs. Howe on the
Importance of early training, the
wonderful aptness for acquiring
knowledge during the first few years
of the child's life, and the retentive
memory of this same period compared
with that Of later years, occupied per-
haps half of the afternoon hour. She
asked if we had ever realized how
much a child learns during the first
two years of it's existence; in addi-
ton to it's general knowledge, it has
mastered a language, and any one
who has tried to learn a foreign
language knows what that means.
It is therefore through the Loyal
Temperance Legion and the G. branch
Of the w. G. T. U. that the most
effective and lasting temperance
work is accomplished.
Following Mrs. Swift's talk was a
lively discussion on n~on-alcoholic
medication. Is alchol in any form
necessary in the treatment of any
disease? The physicians employed in
the temperance hospitals, of which
there are three in the United States,
claim that it is not, and in proof Of
their profession and practice, show a
lower death rate than in those institu-
tions where alcohol is often admins
tered. In answer to the query:
"Wha shall we use as a substitute p
Mrs. Howe referred her hearers to a
little booklet by Mrs. Allen entitled
Safe Remedies and sold by the
Womans' Publishing association,
Chicago. The topic for this after.
noon is anti narcotics; this will be
the last of the W. G. T. U. meetings