The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-02
LEADER OF w. C. 7. U. WAS
PRAISED BY SPEAKERS
Interesting Ceremonies Were Beauti-
fully Carried Out Yesterday Afternoon
At the Centenary Methodist Church;
AddressBy Rev. G. A. cahoon; Tenn
rerance Drill BY Sunday School Chill
dren; Other Features Of Meeting
From Fridays Daily.

great leader of the Woman's Christian
Union, were held yester-
day afternoon in the parlors of Cen
tenaryl Methodist Episcopal church,
under the auspices of the local union,
and were largely attended. Mrs.
Charles Elliott, president of the local
union, opened the meeting with a
short talk on the object of the meet
ing, and presided during the program.
Mrs. B. G. Parmalee read the Scrip
ture lesson, and Mrs. G. A. Pepper
gave an interesting paper on the eff
fects of liquor, and the question of
prison labor. Rev. G. A. Cahoon de-
livered the Memorial address, an elo-
quent talk on the life of Frances
Willard.
at is real pleasure to speak on
the occasion of the memorial services
to that noble, gentle Christian queen,
of the Christian Temperance
Union, Frances Willard. She worked
for every home and every land, and
her labors were blessed" said Rev.
Cahoon. He then outlined, her early
life spent in wisconsin, and spoke of
her educational attainments and re-
markable intellect. When, she was Of
fered the choice Of two positions, one
that of lady principal of college at
a salary of $2,400 and the other the
presidency of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, she unhesitatingly
chose the latter, preferring to engage
in this great work and sacrificing the
large salary which would have ac-
companied the other position. Rev. Ca
hoon described the scene when true
came to Frances Will
lard when she was very ill and waV-
ering between life and death, and how
she decided to dedicate her life to
God. She who had studied books now
studied humanity, and made the little
great and the weak a power. She be-
gan with nothing and in twenty years
organized the women of the country
into one great organization, with sixty
different departments and methods OF
activity.
What Her Mind Created.
"The movements that the mind and
will of Frances Willard created are
beyond all measure" said Rev. Ca
hoon. "She said, Everything is not in
temperance, but temperance is in
everything In my student days /
heard her speak i1i Minneapolis. She
was there with Lady Henry Somerset
and John G. Woolley, and they spoke
in Westminster church. Ihave always
been glad that / was privileged to hear
her. Lady Somerset called Frances
Willard the greatest woman philan-
thropist of the generation, and she
was always welcomed in England as
the greatest philanthropist of her
time. Hugh Price Hughes, the great
London preacher, said of her, On the
lofty mountain tops, where she habit
ually walked with Christ, narrowness
and smallness, and unworthy senti-
ment were impossible. The microbes
of jealousy and rivalry, of worldly
ambition and petty strife could not
live on the sunlit heights where she
saw God face to face" Describing
her later life and final hours Rev.
Cahoon stated that the last words OF
IUlS UODic WCi INV USS~UeA
full it is to be with God"
Sacred solos were sung by Misses
Mildred Sawyer and Mildred Parma
lee, and were beautifully rendered,
each singer playing the piano accom-
paniment for the others song. Miss
Marietta Shefk gave pleasing temp
erance recitation, and a short talk on
the work of the union was given by
Mrs. Parker.
The Temperance Drill. :
A pretty feature of the program was
the temperance drill given by twenty
FIVE little Sunday school children,
each bearing a pennant representing
a state of the Union. A short temper
ance verse was given by each child,
and then the little twin daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Thompson came
to the front each bearing pennant,
which Mrs Elliott explained to the
audience. One little girl held pen
nant covered with ugly black marks
which represented Minnesota at pres
ent dotted with saloons, and the 9TH
er little girl carried a pure white
pennant which represented Minnesota
when the saloon would be abolished.
The children closed the program by
singing very nicelv. Temperance
BOYS. and Girls Are WEI