 The General Conference of 1872 constituted her a member of the board of managers of the Ladies and Pastors' Christian Union, and the Newark Annual Conference of 1875 made her Corresponding Secretary of the Conference Society.For some years, she was deeply interested in the temperance cause, speaking and writing in favor of its advancement.As her children grew up, she devoted much time to the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).