GOOD TEMPLARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 44, 14 August 1911, Page 3

GOOD TEMPLARY.

THE JUVENILES AND THEIR FRIENDS.

j Saturday evening was given up to thw explanation, illuntration and advocacy of this important branch of the work of the 1.0. G.T. Mrs. Douglas presided, and had a hearty and lively company to lead through an interesting and entertaining programme. There were also on the platform MUi Grimley nad Mr. F. R. Pepperell, the superintendent of juvenile work, and later Mr. G. Andrews, G.C.T. The meeting opened with the hymn "Dare to be a Daniel," followed 1 by a piano solo by Master P. Boulton. Mrs. Douglas, in her address from the chair, emphasised the truism that each can do a part in this great tempe-rut* work, even the child can do a part. She told of the seven-year-old boy in New Plymouth who was so filled with ! the desire to help that, with his | mother's consent, lie went out and got another mother to put her baby's name on the Temperance Cradle Roll and thus started another child on .the right road. But this was not all this youthful advocate did. He had a money box, and from it he took a shilling and laid 1 it en the table, saying that he wanted to give something towards the new Good Templar Hall. Needless to say, his spontaneous gift was glady received, and he got the official receipt of the same—a small document on which, in years to come, he may perhaps look with pleasure, and justifiable pride. Miss Grimley's topic was "Happy Homes," and she took rather a novel way of dealing with it. Her description of some of the places she liad been in during her work as a temperance advocate was a statement of a very sad and deplorable fact—that many people live in such small overcrowded houses that are not worthy of that sacred name "home." She ipointcd out that homes were not made by fine buildings and luxurious furniture merely, but that a kindly spirit and brotherly love would make a home in a very humble dwellim;. What marred this more than miv nth:T thing was the use of alcoholic drink*. She spoke of our bodies as our home—the home of our real self—and showed how drink defiled it. It injured the stomach, it overworked that already hard worked organ,' the heart; it paralysed the brain, what j she called the master of the house; it | put the whole system out of order; all I this was done, in many cases where there j was only what is called moderate drink- j ing, and no extreme drunkenness. She i concluded by inviting all to join the Good Templar Order; life 'adults in | the Lodge and the children #h tihe Juvenile Temple would all find a place. I The Lodge meets this evening at 7 p.m., and already one lady has declared her intention of joining then and 1 she hoped many more would do so too. < A printed invitation to parents to send i their children to the Temple was circulated, in which parents and guardians are asked for their consent to their children joining; none are received without that consent.

Mr. Andrews had a little to say in support of the Juvenile Temple. He explained the four-fold pledge against drink, tobacco, gambling and bad language which is taken by all juvenile templarsi

In addition to the items above mentioned, the Frtzroy Band of Hope gave a dialogue, "Temperance." Master Baden Moverley, violin solo; the South Road Band of Hope an action song, "A Splash in the Briny Sea" (encored); Miss Owen Blanchett, song, "Them Heavenly Bells" (encored). Of course there was the collection, and the meeting closed in good time by singing of the Doxology,