TEMPERANCE WORK IN PETALUMA.
By L. M. Hall
Two societies of temperance workers besides the juveniles, have been formed in Petaluma, the Ladies' Christian Temperance Union, and the Reform Club. By special invitation of the Ladies' Union, Mrs. E. G. White spoke to a good audience in the M. E. church the evening of March 20, and at the Theater Sunday afternoon, March 21. The meeting at the church was opened with prayer by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Dille, who, after an appropriate piece was sung from a collection prepared by the Reform Club, introduced Mrs. White to the audience. The standpoint from which the subject was taken up, and the manner in which it was treated being so different from that generally adopted by temperance lecturers, commanded more than usual attention and interest. The audience at the Theater was still larger than at the church the previous evening, although the appointed hour was too early in the afternoon to secure the attendance of those connected with the Sunday-schools. Many were the expressions of appreciation for the new impetus given to the work here. And it was remarked by an active member of the society, at the close of Mrs. W.'s first lecture, that the keynote had been struck. Another, a lady on a visit from the East, in speaking of the wonderful things she had seen and heard since coming to California, stated that what she had heard at these temperance meetings was the climax. May the good cause of temperance prosper in Petaluma.