President's Message

White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 May 1948, Page 3

President's Message

Dear Friends, — “Send a portion to those for whom nothing has been prepared.” I suppose that, at the present time, means “Food tor Britain,” and so it should, but without in any way diminishing our efforts for the hungry overseas, we car. find a very large number of folk right here in New Zealand who have not yet received their portion of scientific instruction on the evils of the beverage consumption of alcohol. What are YOU doing about it? Now’ is the time to educate so that a good grounding will be established before the next Poll. When you read Mrs. Hictt’s address, delivered at Convention, did you take particular notice of the emphasis she laid on the urgent need for a membership campaign? Have you read that address in your Union yet? And how many efforts have we each made toward obtaining new members? Even if \ou meet with refusals you will at least have been able to tell few facts about our work. I have not been able to get any new members yet but T have had two refusals. That means that two people know a little more about the liquor trade than they did. * A lso it means that I must get to the next on my list as soon as possible. Do let me know how you are getting on in this matter. With prayer and faith and work this mountain of iniquity (the liquor traffic) will be removed, and it may be sooner than you think Mrs. Peryman was fond of quoting these wo r ds, “Wherever you see an evil, hit it.” Even if w*e are not good marksmen we can all hit a haystack and the liquor trade is so large that if we cannot hit •t right in the middle we can knock off a bit of thatch. Through Christ you shall have dominion, but you have to be willing

to take what He offers, whatever sacrifice has to be made the victory will be well worth it. Yours in White Ribbon service, G E. KIRK, Dominion President.