Naval temperance Society, which is itself a branch of the National Temp"xance League, gave a free entertainment at the Temperance Hall evening. After grace had been a liberal supply of tea, cakes, and fruit had been partaken of, the Rey. Thomas Taylor took he chair at'8.30 p.m., and called on the Rev. J. M, W, Farnham, D.D., to open the meeting with prayer. The then sung Hymn No. 36, "Sowi seed after which the Chairman said that as on a recent occasion he had had an opportunity of expressing a wish that his hearers might enjoy " Merry Christmas, he now hoped all present might have a Happy New Year. (Applause.) His duties that evening were not onerous, and although he thought that he should be seen and not heard, as little boys had been frequently told glad and honorad to be 2 member of an or-they should be, yet he must say that he felt
ganisation which was connected with the name that must go to the heart of every sailor—of one who had done so much good—that was Miss Weston. And he hoped that the effects of her kind words and good advice would not be weakened by the fact that she was hundreds and thousands of miles away, but that all sailors would carry out her advice to the full. He then called Mr. Ewen, who sung a Scotch sony, 'A good new year to one jand all," in' very good style." Miss Lena Laisun then sung ' Jessie's Dream" 50 well that the applause of the house amounted to an encore and she repeated the last verse. Miss Laisun played the accompaniment: in an artistic style in this piece, as also in others subsequently, The next thing on the programme was the reading of a report of League Work by Mr, Cranston, which was as follows In order to rightly understand the work of our auciety, let us go back to the year 1873 when the Nutioual Lonperance Ledgue enced Temperance work in the Royal.
with Miss Weston to superintend and it on for them her first avaual ions the rived of auch a society, dent of the Royal Naval Ter pye en Weston yeolf responsible for its well-being iv every way. England's Nuvy is acknowledged to her defence, sind that which, to a gerst ex: tent, maintains her prestige, The tural force in @ sinn, Lat December, 1873, comprised About 239 ahipe, carrying 1,789 by 25,398 elficers and men, 6,043 marines, and, 2/843 boys, making the large number of 34,989.
this large body of men should be thoroughly smart and efficient in every way is every Euglishimau's desire, The days, well remembered by e, when seaman landed with; leuty of money in his pocket and the one desire to yet drunk, have happily—thanks to the wise administration of the Admiralty, the exertions of commanding officers, andi the great improvement among the meu—passed {away. Sailors do not land, either with very large sums of money, or with the single idea of ting it in riot; but the snare of the country:
still the seaman's snare, and anecutit, as an fenmertal bel who looks to him her protection foreign foes, he needs every help against country's most dauyeroua enemy—"stron drink.' 'There are some on board every ship to whom the drink is the terrible stumbling-block; courts-martial, the defaulters' book, and leave-brool mark its power, There are others, especially the younger men and
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