Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-14

was the divine right Of motherhood.
Graphically he told the sad story
or the Crtst wo was crucifed on CAL.
vary, reaching the climax of the trag-
edy as he said. ut seemed that the
divine Son oil God was deserted by
all the world; that He was to 90 down
into the hour of desolation alone, but
no, at the foot of the cross, In the
great crisis Of His need. was the fig.
ure of Mary. mother of Christ. The
darkness and the wrath and the hatred
of men were not able to keep a loving
mother from the side of Him whom
she loved-the mother love did not
fail. And so today because OF this
great institution, the cardlnas instinct
OF which Is mother love, this temper
ance movement Is irresistible and
this cause will succeed"
Mrs. Stevens, in responding, said
we could be comforted In our regret
at the absence of the chief executive
by the knowledge that he was not
staying away because he was not IN
sympathy with us, that he had often
and emphatically expressed himself by
| word and by act as IL friend. In re.
ferring to the happy allusion of Judge
Bruce to Home, Sweet Home As the
keynote of the w. c. 7. u, she asked
| Mrs. Frances Graham, national music
al director, to sing that song which
belongs to no state and no nation, but
like tho w. G. T. U. is loved the world
over. After prayer by Rev. Bruce
Jackson, Mrs. Deborah X. Livingston
gave a message from New England
white %ribboners; Mrs. Elizabeth y,
Hutchinson. National treasurer, spoke
for prohibition Kansas: Miss Anna
A. Gordon, vice president at large Of
| the national w. G. II. u. expressed her
| self as glad to be in a state that takes
! care OF its children instead of taking
| care of its liquor traffic, Mrs. Frances
p. Parks, nationals corresponding sec
rotary, spoke of the .o.i VI larrying in
, state that represents what the w. G.
#. Y. hopes to see realized in all the
| states of the Union. Mrs. Sara II,
| Hoge, assistant recording secretary OF
the national w. C. T.. U. and president
| of the Virginia organization, brought
greetings from a state which is work
ing toward prohibition, and Mrs. 81
lena NJ. Holman, president of Tonnes
see w. c. T, U. spoke of the progress
in her state. Mrs. nellie Burger, IN
speaking for Missouri, told OF the
artist who ,onged to paint a picture
which should be imperishable. FOR
months he sought for a pigment with
which to carry out his purpose, and
at last opened a vein and with his life
blood painted it. "And that" said
Mrs. Burger, lis what the women of
the w. G.. +. U. are doing, creating a
work which will never perish"
LAS tired heads were laid upon the
pillows Monday night, it was with a
feeling of satisfaction with the days
experiences. Good measure, pressed
down and running over had been the
hospitality of our North Dakota friends
and the evening devotions by different
groups through the long trains were
services of praise and gratitude to
Him who with loving care watches
over the white ribbon travellers, who
guides us in u work, and shall In His
own good time lead us to victory ovel
the Great Destroyer OF our land.
THE note of victory was sounded
all along the line-in speech, IN song
in the rich strains of the golden cor
net. Even the hube locomotives that
pulled the two great trains of n!ne
coaches each, laden with their prec'
ious burden of over three hundred