el, we
hail with gratitude to God the many indications of the revival in the
interest of temperance reform which exists in various portions of our
country, and especially do we rejoice that the women have been awakened
to the vast evils thereby entailed; and, relying upon divine guidance
and support, we feel that the present time is particularly auspicious
for that renewal and vigorous action on the part of friends of
temperance which the exigencies of all so urgently demand; therefore,

_Resolved_, That we, the temperance women of the State of New York, do
organize a state temperance league, in the belief that we can the better
aid, encourage, and fortify each other in the suppression of this
growing vice, and in the creation of a universal and moral sentiment for
temperance and sobriety; and to this end there should be much earnest
prayer for God's wisdom to direct, His power to insure success, linked
with persistent personal effort.

_Resolved_, That it is our duty and privilege to stand firm in our
example of total abstinence by abandoning the use of all intoxicants
from our tables and from every department of domestic life.

_Resolved_, That, in the judgment of this convention, one of the great
hopes of the ultimate triumph of the temperance reform lies in a
thorough training of the youth of the land in such principles and
practices of temperance as will show them the fatal danger of drinking
and the criminality of selling liquors; and we earnestly entreat the
friends of the cause, and especially pastors of churches and
superintendents of Sunday-schools throughout the state, to take
immediate measures in their respective cities and towns for the
formation in perpetual continuance of temperance societies to be
composed of youths.

_Resolved_, That the educational authorities of the state be and are
hereby respectfully and earnestly requested to cause to be introduced,
as soon as practicable, into all schools, text-books treating of the
nature of intoxicating liquors and of the effects upon the human
constitution, and that Sunday-schools introduce into their libraries
literature inculcating positive principles which will develop wholesome
temperance sentiment.

_Resolved_, That we earnestly ask all good men to cooperate with us in
our labor, and also by their votes to complete the work to which all our