TEMPERANCE IN NEW YORK.
By M. C. Wilcox
Something has been done in the cause of true temperance in New York. Some pledges have been taken and resolutions passed at our recent camp-meetings, and it now remains for us to carry on the good work we have begun. Will we do it? We are very anxious that the work may still go forward, and to this end system and promptness are required. Local clubs should be organized all over the State during the coming winter. Every Seventh-day Adventist should be personally solicited to sign the pledge. In this work we can do no better than to follow the plan adopted by the Michigan H. and T. Association, as stated in the following: “We appoint all our ministers and tract directors who have signed the teetotal pledge to act as agents to form H. and T. clubs. We do not ask you to do this work to the neglect of other important duties, but we do ask you to give it that attention it demands. It is a part of the last great work in which we are engaged.” Hunt up the isolated ones, and get them to take hold of this work. All who obtain signers to the pledge, or who organize clubs, should send the names and addresses of all who sign the pledge to the State secretary, Miss Isadore L. Green, Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., specifying those who have paid the membership fee of twenty-five cents. All money received from this source should be sent, without delay, to the State secretary. This is absolutely necessary, in order that each member receive167his certificate. All officers of local clubs should report at once to State officers. We desire the address of each member. We are inexperienced in this work, and earnestly desire the co-operation of all who love the truth. If we work unitedly, energetically, and wisely, we shall be successful. We solicit correspondence from all our workers. Let not the Empire State be behind in the H. and T. work. Let “Excelsior” be our motto. God help us to walk in the light. M. C. Wilcox, Pres. N. Y. H. & T. A.
Oxbow, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1879.