WELCOME SERVICE FOR THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 281, 18 November 1918, Page 5

WELCOME SERVICE FOR THE RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS.

1. New members are called forward by the President, and introduced to the Branch. Members standing. 2. Secretary then reads the Declaration of Principles, the candidate l aving previously signed the pledge. 3. President welcomes them as follows: —On behalf of all here present, 1 welcome you into the ranks of those who arc working for God, home, and every land. By the signing ef the pledge and payment of membership dues, you arc now a part of the largest organised body 01 women in the world, and have thus multiplied \our influence and effectiveness in Temperance work a thousandfold. As members of the Women’s Christian Temperance I n ion, w e love and wear the white ribbon bow.

It is the beautiful bridge of our organisation, heave*! born, to promote a holy cause. It is idso a blessed bond of fellowship, of which we are proud; a plea for purity tf life; it s a pledge for total abstinence; it teaches the prohibition of the liquor traffic; proclaims the Gospel of Peace; is a prayer for home protection, predicts a safe path for the children’s feet, and is an emblem of patriotism. It promises hope for the tempted, and help to suffering; it prophecies the coming of Christ’s Kingdom into all hearts, homes and governments. The members will then rise, and the President will give the right hand of fellowship to the new members, and pin on the bows. All will then unite in singing “Rl°st be the Tie that Binds” (in “The White Ribbon Hymnal”), or some other suitable hymn, closing with “The Lord Bless Thee,” etc.