Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-29
W.C.T.U. Notes

State Motto: l am but one, but
am one. l cannot do everything, bu
l can do something. What / can d.
I ought to do; and what l. ought to do
by the grace of God i will do.
Under the above heading the loca
w. c. T. U. will henceforth edit I
column in the Wednesday evening is
! sue of the Tribune, this space having
been granted us by kindness of tn
management Of this paper.
Press work is one of the forty o.
more departments carried on by tn
w. c. T. u. Through it's ministry
perhaps more people are reached thar
! by any other one department.
We invite the readers of this papel
to turn regularly to this column ant
give it their careful perusal. 1t shall
be our aim to make it interesting, in
structive and in every way worth
while reading; setting forth the prin
ciples and methods of our organiza
ton; bringing before the reading pub
lie facts, illustrations, statistics and
quotations directly and indirectly
helpful in educating the public mind
and conscience along this line of re-
form, and providing the readers with
the latest and most important news
concerning the w. c. T. U. work in
every department.
What is the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union?: 5
1t is an organization Of Christian
women banded together pro-
lection of the home; the abolition. of
the liquor traffic and the triumph Of
Christ's Golden Rule in custom and
in law.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
We believe in the coming Of his
kingdom whose services perfect free
dom because his laws written in our
members as well as in nature and in
grace, are perfect, converting the soul.
We believe in the gospel of the
Golden Rule, and that each mans
habits of life should be an example
safe and beneficient for every other
man to follow.
We believe that God created both
man and woman in his own image,
and therefore we believe in one stand
ard of purity for both men and wom-
en-, and in the equal right of all to
hold opinions and to express the same
with equal freedom. :
We believe in a living wage; in
courts of Cancellation and arbitration;
in justice as oppQseAs to greed .vof
gain; in peace on earth, good will
toward men,"
We therefore formulate, and for
ourselves adopt the following pledge.
asking our sisters and brothers OF a
common danger and a common hope,
70 make common cause with US, in
it's reasonable and helpful
precepts into the practice of every
lay life: I hereby solemnly promise,
God helping me, to abstain from all
distilled, ,fermented and malt liquors,
including wine, beer1an& cider; md to
employ all proper means to discour-
age the use Of and traffic in the same.
To confirm the rationale Of this
pledge we declare our purpose to edu-
cate the young; to form a better pub
ic sentiment; to reform, sof ar as pos
,ible, by religious, ethical and scien-
ific means, the drinking classes; to
|eek the Transforming power of divine
race for ourselves and all for whom
We work, that they and we may WILL
ully transcend no law Of pure and
wholesome living; and finally pledge
ourselves to labor and to pray that
IL these principles, founded upon the
gospel of Christ, may be worked out
nto the customs of society and the |
avs of the land.
The w. C. T. II. met on Tuesday
;fternoon with Mrs. N. J. Walper. An
meeting was held. Mrs.
rank Smith was elected president.
t was decided to hold a food sale on
December 2. The next
meeting will be held at the home OF
he president on December rs.
10 long as we can hear the clink
OF base, ignoble chains,
10 long as one detested link
Of license law remains;
10 long as on our city streets
One rumhole stands In view,
70 long, my friends, there's something |
yet,
For temperance folks to do.
CALL 81 |
ror Finest Groceries,. Bismarck De-
'artment Store. -. g..
Free instructions in the latest me-
hods in stenciling during demonstra'
ion now going on at A. w. Lucas 90.
SPECIAL MEMS GLOVES.
One lot mems lined gloves, soc
Iuality, to close at Csc. Wednesday
light at BERGESON'S.