W.C.T.U. WORK AMID DIFFICULTIES.

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 271, 18 January 1918, Page 8

W.C.T.U. WORK AMID DIFFICULTIES.

Some of our country Unions just now are working with heavy handicaps, and yet doing magnificent service to our cause. One President writes: ‘*l asked one of our young members to act as Flower Superintendent, and she* said she would love to do it, but < mild not attend meetings, as she was busy helping her father to get the crops in. Her two brothers are at the war, and she and two si>ters help their father with all the farm work, including the milking of some* 80 cows. One sister is just the best Cradle Roll Superintendent anyone could wish for. They are samples of very many of our Union members. We are all producers, trying to do our part to win the war, and yet find time for much Union work. Fm proud of our Union. A member will offer to give a garden party for the Y.M CA. in a fortnight; then the next meeting day another offers to give a garden party for the mine-sweepers two weeks from our meeting; then another offers a home meeting for next time, saying, “I think there are one or two more neighbours 1 can get in.’ They are all so enthusiastic over the work, and yet most of them see the sun rise from their milking sheds, and see it set from the same place, crowding in a vast amount of work between. I don’t know that our Union is exceptional, but if it isn’t, I think we ll soon get Prohibition, for ‘We are out to win,’ and feel quite sure God will answer o*ir prayers.” This is the spirit that conquers all things. The same spirit that animated Captain Catherine Booth when she- s.ud to her heart, “You may suffer, you may bleed, you may break, but you shall go on.”