The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-08-18
ANNUAL MEETING w. c. T. U.
Held in the Baptist Church, Brook
ingS, Aug. II, 1904

Annual report of the Brookings W.
c. T. L. The year just drawing to
close has been a very busy and withal
a very profitable and satisfactory year
for the Brookings union. Satisfac-
tory not because of the new members
that have come to us, but few have
joined our union for being a Christian
organization, we cannot offer the at
fractions and the beneficiary consider
ations offered by other orders. But
satisfactory when we think OF the faith
fulness and the loyalty of our MEM
bers.
With what diligence in business and
fervency of spirit the superintendent
of departments have pushed forward
the work along their lines. Holding
public meetings, preparing programs
that have been so interesting and in
structive, and when we think OF the
number of meetings held and the
interest in the same, OF the amount
of money we have collected and ex-
pended wisely we trust and OF the real
good we have been able to do. When
we think of these things we can but
feel that "our labor has not been in
vain in the Lord"
The public meetings held by the
superintendent of purity and mothers
meetings have been so helpful. No
Young mother could afford to miss
them. The experience and advice Of
those christian mothers in the educa-
ton the training and the care of the
little ones were of real value.
The loving work done by the super
intendent Of flower missions in taking
flowers fruit and delicacies to the sick
and destitute reminds one OF the words
of our Savior "inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one OF the least OF these
my brethren We have done it unto me-. :"
None less important has been the
work of the superintendent of scientific
Temperance instruction or the superin-
tendent of non-alcoholic medication.
OF our regular business meetings
omitted and these for good and sutfi-
cient reasons. The meeting for Sept.
24th. was omitted on account of the
state convention at Redtield and the
Carnival that was raging on our streets.
The meeting for Dec. 31st, was omitted
because it fell on the day before New
Years when we would be preparing to
entertain our friends, and on April
24th heavy rain prevented our get
ting together. To offset the three bus
mess meetings not held we held a
public meeting, Feb 18th, in memory
of Frances f. Wizards heavenly
birthday and on Sabbath evening,
July 24th, we conducted public services
in the Baptist church, entertained
the district convention, held two ice
cream socials carried flowers fruit and
delicacies to the sick, flowers to the
iail, carried Christmas dinner to three
young men at the hospital. Took ice
cream, cake and flowers to the young
man who lost his foot in the accident at
the depot, took warm dinner to inebri-
ate's wife and two children. Sent S30 in
money, two quilts and score of gar
ments to the Orphans Home. We
have donated eleven good books to the
states prison library at Sioux Falls;
have provided pocket and kept ii
well filled with good literature at the
depot, have helped to pay for the beau
tiful ice. water fountain presented by
the temperance women of our country
to the city of st. Louis. Have taken
20 copies minutes of state convention,
Union Signals, one copy School
Physiology Journal and one copy
Rams Horn for the Jail, and these
things we will do if God permit: We
will mot grow weary in we'll doing"
Our union has suffered somewhat from
deaths and removals and at present
we have but 80 members and honor
arv members and last but most
important of all perhaps is our white
March 10th. We have not accom-.
plished all we could wish this yeal
year; but believe it can be said of us
we have done what we could" We
hope to do more the coming year
May we each as we enter upon another
year-determine as did the Apostle tC
the Gentiles, "This one thing will we
do forgetting those things which are
behind and reaching forth unto those
things which are before, press TOWARD
the mark for the prize of the high call
ing of God in Christ Jesus"
CASSIE l.. SANDERS, Sec.
Temperance Meeting