NBWTA Report 1903-069
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133 132 1 nd statesmen, ili military experts, teachers, c lergymen L and at the startling statistics of national, are appalled aie on ical, and mental deterioration. rs Pee y Cooker a but of, talked is sion a Royal Commis nite ae ae would be much more effective — a mission a throu; m proclai and food, of kinds t of differen ralué i ie e iene anid breadth of the land the simple ae ne ee “y s 100 on fed are people the as long as and comes, thing ee Ae raised ey bone, and brain-forming materials, physical and has fa : x days ancient of curse The result. bly inevita ration must ee pay people The The staff of bread is broken. our land. ne The . satisfied not are and eat, and bread, not is that which pee edg mo of lack for ng failing through ignorance, and are perishi cae the one it is the duty of women to dispel this ees ‘ the race depends upon the feedin i g of the children, an ‘ ro Pe this to regard with ibility respons awful nue g realizin ex: Oe study the important subject of Dietetic Reform, and by their ale Peer ote pure, “ use general more the procure ce influen and oe ‘ : ea a foods, they would diminish National Physica eterioration, people, ediakncee dis drunkenness and disease which are degrading the ss. happine and peace of homes into and transform abodes of misery O women, brave and true, Hear ye the battle call. The world has need of you. Mark how the children fall. O women, strong and true, The battle has begun ; Gird on your armour bright, And victory will be won. May YATES, Superintendent. mother never teach you anything of the sacredness of your body, and warn you of the dangers to which it may be exposed ?’ and almostinvariably I have been answered in the negative. It was with deep thankfulness that some little books of the Gospel Purity Series came into my possession, pub- lished by the N.B.W.T.A., 47, Victoria Street, Westminster, at 1d. each. I shall always thank God for them, especially for those written by Mrs. Atkey, ‘ My Little Friends’ and ‘A Mother’s Love.’ I should like mothers in every class to read them. “One result has been that we invited a lady from the Association to address our Mothers’ Meeting on the subject of Purity. Our women sat spell-bound ; their hearts responded to the tender, spirit-given words of the speaker ; and not only did they eagerly take the little books she had brought, but they were glad to buy others of the series the following week, and begged that she might be asked to come again. I am more and more convinced that, to reach the children, we must first get the mothers to realize their responsibility. “A VICAR’S WIFE. “ London, The Lady Speaker referred to above is Mrs. White Bamford, Purity Superintendent for the South Metropolitan Union. But she has not confined her labours to that district. Croydon, Woking, Aldershot, Chingford, Bushey, Henley, Bedford, Surbiton, West Nor- wood, Yarmouth, Report DEPARTMENT. for 1902-3. Some crops take longer to spring up than others, but as we we reap, and the harvest is sure. It is six years since I was e on at ae superintendent of this department, and the beginning was ae Now at last there seems to be a breaking down be ee work. ‘ and workers, though they are still too few, are muc : Cane hae a wives the amongst movement Especially I notice a great F A F the Established Church, one of whom wrote a letter a co must I but full, in quote could I wish I about our work, which myself to a few extracts :— ate ai i “One is bowed down with sorrow at the open and une , But who is to blame ? of many of our young people. 2 their i chi ildren and teach them i ts are the ones best fitted to guide Many a girl has come to me bowed ge yet Hees Chee truths. j sorrow and shame, and J always now ask her this question : Ipswich, Felixstowe, Dulwich, and Forest Hill have all been visited by her, and also various Churches and Mission Halls in London. Mrs. Hallowes, of the Cambridge Union, has held several meet- ings and sold literature, but regrets to find the members of the B.W.T.A. in her district more backward in the work than outsiders. The Leicestershire County Union has adopted the department of Purity, and appointed Mrs, Caven, of Leicester, as its Superintendent. Mrs. Cayen has a real concern for the welfare of young people, and is determined, as Miss Ellice Hopkins puts it, ‘to erect such a strong fence at the top of the precipice of Impurity that they shall have no excuse for falling over it.” Mrs. PURITY N,” Barrow, of Southport, reports that addresses haye been given at Mothers’ Meetings, when parents are urged to guard their children from questionable books and papers and evil companionship, and shown that it is only by leading lives of self-sacrifice and self- control themselves that they can be fitted to guard them from the many pitfalls that are sure to beset the young, Mrs, Barrow mentions among her helpers Mrs. Robert Stephenson, of Birkdale Vicarage, Southport, and the well-known worker and follower in her parents’ footsteps, Miss BH. Ryley. The Northumberland and Durham Union has a splendid Purity Superintendent in Mrs. Penrose, of Barnard Castle Vicarage. The past year has been one of steady work in her district. She hag organized a lending library, sent out circulars to the branches, held meetings in towns and dales, and enlisted other workers. This month she held meetings in Kidderminster and Birmingham, assisted by her friend, Dr. Mary Sturge. At the latter city, the chair was taken by : Mrs. Sherbrooke Walker, of Christ Church Vicarage, Summerfield, and |