President’s Message

White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 3, 1 April 1949, Page 3

P resident’s Message

My dear Comrades, As I greet you for the first time in this new capacity, I feel deeply conscious of the spirit of friendship and loving-kindness with which the members of our Women’s Christian Temperance Union have so graciously enwrapped me throughout the years of my service as Organiser and co-worker. I appreciate it very deeply and thank you for it. * m Another mile-stone in our work, our (Jnd Dominion Convention, has been passed; and I think that to most, if not all of us, it will be a memorable one. The gracious and outstanding leadership of our beloved friend, Miss C E. Kirk, set a remarkably high standard of efficiency; and carried fresh enthusiasm and encouragement to every heart. To Miss Kirk, and Mrs. Hiett, as they retire from their respective offices, we would pay a heartfelt tribute of love and gratitude for their long and devoted service to the Union, and to those who have been privileged to work with them for God, Home and Humanity. In accepting the call to be your President, I feel that God’s call has come to me through your voices; and so, together, relying upon the Lord 'esus Christ for salvation, and trusting in God for strength, we go forward to the task awaiting us. The present position in our own country, and w'orld-wide,- revealing a spiritual, social and moral landslide, which, if not stemmed, will bring very serious consequences, is causing much concern. The late Dr. S. D. Gordon "aid, in 1933, “Tne direction ui which the moral finger of a nation points indicates what will happen to that nation. The moral hnger of the world is pointing downwards. Something terrible must happen” A WORLD WAR HAPPENED. The W.C.T.U. has, as its chief aim, that “ righteousness which exalteth a nation.” In all our work that aim is kept in view. Against the dark background of today, the W.C.T.U. stands out as a beacon, pointing the people back to God and His good way, wherein they w’ill find rest ot soul. Let us then continue to stand fast aga.nst every evil thing, unafraid; pray and work unceasingly until the forces of evil arc driven back and out. 1 BELIEVE WE CAN ONLY COMBAT AND DEFEAT THE FORCES OF evil on the spiritual plane. The W.C.T.U. Forward Movement, OCR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, approved by Convention, will be placed before all the Unions in detail. “ Life with its way before us lies; Christ is the path and Christ the prize.” Yours in His cause, CATHERINE M. McLAY.