Two Decades

t the meeting held at Brooklyn in February, 1875, when the name was changed from the "Chris

mmittee of seven, all of whom were to be elected in such manner as might be determined from time to

s elected for that especial purpose the executive committee, these to be nominated in open convention and elected by ballot. The terms of auxi

union. The basis of representation was fixed at two delegates for each local union. The financial basis of twenty-five cents per member was agai

ur general officers and three others elected by the convention. In this year the executive committee was made to consist

ormal ballot. The basis of representation to the state convention was changed as follows One delegate for every local union having fifty or less than fifty paying members, and one for every additional fifty members. The time for election of officers was fixed for the morning of the last day

ers or trustees, in harmony with the society's articles of incorporation. A basis of representation at the state convention and auxiliaryship for the Loyal Temperance Legion was also established, viz: "One delegate for every thousand members of the Loyal Temperance Legion, s

iary fee of twenty-five cents per member, as established

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in an eminently high spiritual and intellectual atmosphere, she was well qualified for the positions which she filled so acceptably. She was preceptress in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, New York, associ

s also receiving a blessedness in return. It was during these busy years that she organized temperance work among the Indians on the reservation in Western New York. She has many gifts and graces, and has kept even pace with her husband (who is the author of several theological works of standing authority) in both literary a

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