HOW CAN A WHITE RIBBONER BUSY WITH HOME DUTIES HELP THE CAUSE?

White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 240, 18 June 1915, Page 7

HOW CAN A WHITE RIBBONER BUSY WITH HOME DUTIES HELP THE CAUSE?

(Pearl Chenoweth, Jennings, Kansas). History and Scripture attest to this truth that God has never called upon the lazy or the idle when help was needed for His service. When He has important work to be done He goes to those who are already at work. When Jesus wanted James and John for lli> disciples, He found them busy mending their nets. When God sent for Saul to be king over Israel he was found searching the hills for his father’s lost beasts. When He wanted Gideon for one of the deliverers of Israel he was busy threshing wheat. When He wanted a prophet and sent for Elisha, they found him out in the field ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. When God wants some great work done for temperance, He often asks it of the woman who has many household cares. Fir>t. She can pay her dues, which help in carrying on the work all over the world. Second. Since no influence is so potent as example, the busy woman can live temperance every day in the year. Third. She can wear the white ribbon on all occasions, thus preaching temperance and purity to all whom she meets. Fourth. The very busy woman might talk in an interesting way of the work of the W.C.T.U. to callers, visitors, and to anyone who comes into her home. Fifth. Pile busy woman might occasionally ask the Union to meet in her home and invite neighbours who have not been interested, thus creating a wider interest in the work. Sixth. The home worker can teach the principles of temperance to her children, making sure that none will go astray from her household. If possible, get the boys and girls to sign the pledge and wear the white ribbon. —“Union Signal.”