The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.

a Worthy Tribute TO the w. c. r. U.
The growth of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is the most
astonishing of all moral enterprises.
indeed. 1t may be said that the world
has never seen so influential an or
ganization for the promotion of what
is high and good. In the character.
too. of its membership. composed of
women wholly, II enjoys n unique dis
tinction among the international asso-
Citations. or purely humanitarian
origin and of disinterested principles,
It has gone forward ever widening
and increasing in power and efficiency
till II has become universal in it's use
fulness. 1t would seem that there
must be some underlying and vital
foundation for this marvellous sue
cess. Recently. while endeavoring to
discover what that basis of prosperity
might be, the explanation came sud
denly to me as the revelation of a
new truth. though it NAV have oc-
Cured to many. II was this: Women
are in a situation which gives them
peculiar advantages for appreciating
the grief. infamv and ruin of intem-
Derance. Their lives are spent in the
home where they must necessarily
come into close Quarters with the VIC
tins of drink. Thew are. hence. the
suDrcme sufferers. Men observe their
fellows wasting their substance in
riotous living: thcy see them stagger-
ing along the streets and note unon
the unmistakahle tokens Of the inc
briate. but unless these unfortunate
ones are members of their own fam
lilies, they viii not be apt to give them
attentive thought But. in the quiet
and sacred precinct Of home the
mothers. wives. sisters and daughters,
endowed with more sensitive minds
and unable to resist or esoape. evpe-
rience bv far the heavier share cf the
want noverty and shame which are
the bitter fruits of strong drirk.
Herein. believe Is the source of the
magnitude and irresistible power of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. When a promising young
man goes tho downward path of the
drunkard. it Is tho mother. who
nursed him in her bosom, that feels
most poignantlv the deep sorrow: It
is she that takes tho brunt of the
blow. When her fair and darling
daughter is mated TO an inebriate. it
is the mother great, loving ana sVm-
pathetic heart that Is instinciiyelv
wrung with anguish When tho coal
bin is emDty in the drunkard's home
and the little ones are suffering fnr
food and raiment. il is upon the wife
that the terrible weight of misery
falls. Is it any wonder. then. that we
have the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and that it exists through
out the Christian world? For women
have had the tragical story of intem-
perance burned into their hearts and
the scars will remain.
Thus the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union is not only a demon
stration. but an indication. It is the
handwriting on the wall. This great
work CT women indicates that storm
is arising; that its arrival is inevit-
able. Thick clouds burden the west
ern horizon. The voice of the NUT.
tering thunder is heard. Ere long
the lightning will dart forth upon the
earth. the clouds will burst. till at
last the saloon shall be destroyed and
the land redeemed