The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-09-29

The object of the wOman's Christ
ian Temperance .-iion is to educate
the public sentiment up TO the stand
ard Of total abstinence, train the
young, save the inebriate. and Sc
cure the legal prohibition and com
plete Punishment OF the liquor traffic
In order to accomplish this aim our
work is systematized and divided
There are more than thirty depart
ments under six general divisions as
follows: Organization. prevention,
educational, evangelistic, social and
legal We believe that in union there
is strength, and in organization that
strength can be used more effective
" The women are themselves or
ganized into local, county, district,
state, national and world unions, each
with the same general officers and
superintendent, each reporting to
the higher, the work OF the year, IN
til it is sumed up in one grand total
in the worlds Woman's Christian
Temperance union. They also organ
ize the children into Loyal Temper
ance legiOns and the young people
into senior legiOns and Young Peo-
pies Christian Temperance unions,
(called Us for shOTt)
We believe that prevention is bet
ter than cure; that formation is better
than reformation, so we teach the
laws Of health to the young, warn
them Of the dangerous pOisOns con-
tanned in alcoholic drinks and tObac-
CO. also in medicines through our
non-alcOhOlic medication department,
and teach the laws Of heredity to
young and old.
ment we see that scientific temperance
instruction is given in our public
schools as the law provides insist on
temperance instruction in Sunday
schools also, scatter literature, use
the press, hold institutes for instruc-
tors in methods Of work, hold medal
contests and publish and circulate
papers devoted to our work. Our
state organ is Our Messenger, a
monthly paper published by Mrs.
Alice G. Young, Of Downs, Kansas, at
twenty-five cents per year. Our nat
iOnal organ IS The Union Signal, a
weekly magazine published at Evans
town, Illinois, price one dollar per
year.
Under the head Of "EvangeIistic''
we emphasize the salvation Of Christ
which can redeem the lowest and
most degraded drunkard, we adyO-
cate systematic giving, we hold
/ Christian services in prisons, aims
| houses, shops and other places where
| there is no opportunity for people to
| attend regular church services; we
| try to secure a better observance of
7 the Sabbath day. teach mercy and
| kindness to dumb animals emphasize
/ purity Of life declaring for an equal
/ standard of purity for men and wo-
/ men, and that standard the highest
/ also insisting on purity in the liter
Il ature and art OF our beloved country.
/ Under the head Of our social depart
ment, come the social meetings Of
| all kinds, our flower mission work,
our departments at fairs and expOsi-
! tons.
We believe in moral suasiOn for
| the liquor taker, but in legal sua-
| sion for the drunkard maker, there
/ fore in our legal department We do
| our utmost for better laws to pro-
| tect our boys from becoming drunk
| ards and strict enforcement Of those
laws when secured. We believe in
| the right Of woman to the ballot;
| that Uncle Sans housekeeping would
| be much better done II woman's
voice had a part in systematizing and
| ordering it We believe in peace and
| earnestly long and pray for the time
when men will no longer destroy one
| another in bloody and brutal wars; We
| believe in Christian citizenship and
| that the Christian men and women
| Of this nation should rule this nation,
/ and all others, to the honor Of God
| and for the sake Of the homes Of this
and every land