Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-20
w. C. T. u. MEETINGS
In Interest of Purity and Temper
ance Were Great success.

III interest OF Purity ana temper
nnce Were Great success.
The series of temperance meetings held
in our city during the past week were a
success and rare treat along the line of
temperance work. The program as
printed in our last issue was carried out
without change, under the direction of
the w. c, T. u, Mrs Ada Unruh, National
organizer and lecturer, proving herself
more than represented and the pastors
and musicians of the city giving their help
and cooperation as far as possible.
The opening meeting of the series was
held in the Baptist church Saturday aft
ernoon. where Mrs. Unruh was first in
troduced to our people. She proved her
self good speaker, fully oonversant with
her subject and spoke with earnestness
that carried her thought to the hearts of
her audience. A goodly number were out
to this opening meeting and listened with
close attention to the talk from IAN hour
in Babyland' and all could but feel bene
fitted and helped to purer nobler lives
and living. She spoke more especially to
the young ladies of whom there were
goodly number present and the talk she
gave them was plain, practical and help
full and just what every mother would be
glad to have said to their daughter.
Saturday evening a good audience filled
the Baptist church and listened with close
attention to Mrs. Unruh's address on,
Snap Shots from Tramp's Kodak,
she drew many interesting points from
Salt Lake city, the Mormons and the
negro of the south, with which she was
perfectly familiar and which she brought
to her hearers in way to make them al
most feel that they had been there too,
and while she closely combined the vein
Of fun and pathos, she at no time lost
sight Of the thought that there was a
purity Of life and nobleness Of living far
above that presented from the Tramp's |
Kodak.
Sunday afternoon she again spoke, this
time at the Congregational church where
her theme was The Leprous Taint' and |
again purity Of life and living was the
keynote. Mrs. Unruh referred far less to
the subject of temperance and intemper-
ance than the usual lecturer, bu; could the
thought Of noble living as presented by
her fully permeaee the lives of the youth I
of our country, there would be no need
for temperance lectures and organizations
in the years to come.
Sunday evening there was large
audience at the Disciple church for the
closing meeting Of the series, after prayer
and scripture reading, the first finely |
rendered temperance solo by Mrs. Henry |
Fredly and later Mr. Joe Berry sang
my Peace give unto You.' to house
so still that it seemed the peace Of Christ
had indeed touched them. At this meet
ing Mrs. Unruh spoke upon The American
Boy" the sul Jet was large one and she
gave some grand noble thoughts on it,
that could but prove helpful to the boy and |
make the fathers, mothers and sisters
realize how well worth helping were these
boys our lawmaker and citizens Of but a
few years to come. Mrs. Unruh is not a
recorder Of statistics as are many leotur
ers but giver of good common sense,
helpful thoughts for purity Of living and
nobleness of life that if accepted would
accomplish more in oyer coming the evils
of intemperance than all the statistics
ever published.
The W. C. T. U. are to be congratulated
upon securing the services Of so talented
a speaker and our people for having been
given the privilege Of listening to these
able helpful addresses.