| Show WRITE RIBBON MOVEMENT in reply to letters received at tb the e headquarters of the white ribbon movement waking making lor for information an ae to SO its iti origin history and methods of work francos france E willard Wll lard the president n ban baa issued a statement to the public ri r questing the be press to give it publicity bil elty the movement move meat Is said to be a lines of the wo homans womans manile temperance edmeade asade of A meeting from which the call majl lr for permanent organize orga olza uon was sent forth was waa held bejo at chantal qua in august 1874 and the national comans womans christian temperance union of the united states was organized november 18 19 and 20 1874 in cleveland ohio the society was incorporated march 1 1888 iu in wash ington D C it has forty nine auxiliary state and four territorial unions beside that of the district of col sibbla slid and Is the largest society ever eam composed posed exclusively of women and conducted entirely by them it has been organized sed in every state and territory of the slat aaion lov and locally in about towns towne and cities at the last laet national convention the paid up op membership was reported as ail faut but this by no means meane represents the full number enrolled there are white in the united states with a direct following of as ae many more besides as an many children and thousands of brothers in law and brother helpers 0 each member is ie required to slen elen the pledge and pay the annual morn mem duer which vary in different states tut lut are usually about fifty cents or of this amount a certain percentage la Is paid into the state treasury and from toe the state treasury ten cents per member la in paid into we the treasury of the national end and a penny apiece into that of the worlds world a comans womans christian temperance now dow introduced into fifty countries the national motto is ie for god bod and home and native land ladd 11 1 1 the badge is ie a knot of white 1 albor and was adapted in the convention 01 03 1877 the hi ur is the noontide hour of gisyer when each white the world over is expected to lift her heart to gud GA in prayer for his hia blessing on the work and workers and for the overthrow of the liquor system and ita allies the gambling batem system bud the house bouee of shame one great object of the appeal to the public Is to secure contributions on abis subject the Pre eldine lady judy say nothing is ie more needed in our work than a missionary fund to carry the gospel of temperance to the more remote sections of our country coun iry for although the W ca C T U organizations have been formed in all the territories yet there are large lai he sections of the country which must tor for some time to come be wholly missionary ground what in true of the territories and foreigners is equally true of the colored people 1 1 I he national W C T U has not neglected these fields though until the current year not a penny of missionary money as such has ever been received the needs are not only imperative but immediate prominent in the creed of the white ribbon association Is id an article about the he equality ot of the sexes their equal rights and one standard of purity for both principles which good men and women io in civilized society recognize as true rue even those who consider it str anite that the advocates advocate of those principles do not add a declaration as ae to equal responsibility before we the law which would seem to be a necessary necea iary corollary or are equal rights possible without equal it Is IB a sad ad reflection upon the chris of the world that societies oi 01 this thib kind and many others similar to it should be called loto into existence for the sake asks of saving mankind from sin oppression oppre islon and error were popular Christla christianity vity genuine there would be no need in he abe christian world of those auxiliary supports As christ it in contains the divine eo his gospel comprises a or lunes of all that which is needed joi the he temporal and eternal well balul of men and women to speak of the immediate need ot of some other ncy gluey is in to admit we the absence or of that thai divine remedy of all evil which alone Is effective at present we are living in an ago age ot of societies and unions ex peri on the suggestions of luman wisdom perhaps when everything has been tried and found useless the world will tremblingly stretch forth its ita hand band to touch the seam beam of the garment of the great physician if so BO it will be healed not till then |
