February 27, 1908

The Temperance Work

EGW

“We need to have the temperance question revived among our own people. It would be a good thing if at our camp-meetings we would invite the members of the W. C. T. U. to take part in our exercises. This will help them to become acquainted with the reasons of our faith, and will open the way for us to unite with them in temperance work.PUR February 27, 1908, par. 1

“I have had some opportunity to see the great advantage to be gained by connecting with the W. C. T. U. workers, and I have been much surprised as I have seen the indifference of many of our leaders to this organization. I call on my brethren to awake. We can not do a better work than to unite, so far as we can do so without compromise, with W. C. T. U. workers.PUR February 27, 1908, par. 2

“By holding ourselves aloof from the workers in the W. C. T. U., our people have lost much; and the members of the W. C. T. U. also have been on losing ground. . . . In some matters they are far in advance of our leaders on the important question of temperance.”PUR February 27, 1908, par. 3

Mrs. E. G. White, in Unpublished Testimony, dated September 2, 1907

“Let us strive to reach their hearts--not through the learned arguments of ministers, but through the wise efforts of women of influence and tact who can devote time and thought to this line of work.”PUR February 27, 1908, par. 4

Mrs. E. G. White, in Special Testimony, dated April 18, 1900