The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-16

pleased TO see-a Temperance prayer meeting. He
hoped however that the work would prosper, and thai
would prove temperance revival meeting there were
revivals permeasng the land and CHANGING like she
over ocean, there ought also to DO temperance rsv
val He instanced the fact that Chra Jesus himself
tee.osAer in every matter Of evil Why should not his
followers be 20 toos great thing that they were
permitted the heavens opened and the spirit Of God
pouring down upon them was as glorious e the slgG
Divine master assembled out Of the water and the heavens
opened and the spirit Of Goo descended upon his head
This sight mot confined 70 one church but hoy were
wss tim. ( wScS ne iisnds Of the cause should srd
ana taking up tner cross aresh 60 form into high
BE asked in ooncusiou whether ths time for the
Oh l. srow followed in the expression OF the joy he
tended many rsViv prayer ecnss and day. the
John street meeting he heard the devoted prayer OF one
Sep rsnsrfns how drcns was lis prayer from that
the grocer the dry goods merchant or any other lawful
ssss Any 81 dr ss 3ss his
could the mseier, who knew he was mixing poison,
pray that GOO would help him 70 impose upon the pubc
here should be prayers only for the sinner
seller but for Christian rumseller There Co.,
600 rum drinkers in the country Of whom $4,000 die an
rate drinkers When intelligence OF murders coming
in upon every wind, WAS time that drinking Of spirits
should cease He hoped this would In hs life Time
that he might know that he le his children free from con-
Prayer was then said by Mr.. TRACY, after which gen
teman the coDgregato offered remarks the
enormity Of the evils which flowed from this vice Of
drunkenness; and Of all the "sms" that afflicted
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heathenism, any other
" ism"-there was none worse than s'ruuism"
The prayer meeting having hesn brought to conclu
was begun by the reading of letters apo0getic gen.
temen who were expected but who had not been able
70 attend The first Of these was from , ss Governor
of and wishing the society property, but
regretilng bis inability to be present similar letter
DR.. Typg who was 70 preside also said to be una
vodAby absent The chair occupied instead by JOIN
TArPAN Esq He said, he ot an orator he would
not be able TO do justice great subject; but he
would try TO be like the poor and humble tnoughoble
from under the wheels OF omnibus that in q few
mens would have crushed 1t to DEATH and when asked
/. her child, replied" No, but it is somebody's
chilli" They were there that night for similar pur.
pose-o somebody's children from death Of ntem-
perance. (Appause II was nov fifty three years ago
since he remembered being the ocean, sailing from
New York TO London. One morniog on coming deck,
the far distance great OF hing white,
looking like snow which took 70 be ICE he sought the
eyes was ce," and added that he had never seen
before The ice increased rapidly on them that day. and
by O'Clock the ship was surrounded With 1t; and then
ii was that the evil OF drunkenness appeared. The
captain the bowsprt directing the movements Of
spirits and became so drunk that he fell down at the
speakers feet The consequence that the vessel
struck upon the ice and was stove in and forty minutes
and otherwise and with twenty men women and chill
dren the bottom For three days they in the
ice, exposed 10 dreadful prvaons And strange may
appear drunken mate who had been the of all
distress with them he had blundere1 into the
and he there they could not throw him
board This was only one case But be had seen SO many
OF the disasters Of both BY land and that
he could never be Silent when the matter WAS being
ssitated He then nstanced the fact that In his native
town there Of education and very highly re-
spectacle position doing business merchant This per-
contracted habits which eventually lead 10 drunken
When his friends With him he would feel
ashamed and say be only took social glass. The prac
tce however grew upon him. and In the end his affairs
became eutanged and embarassed and went to pieces
In six months Afterwards he became SO low and abandoned
that he enlisted in the United States army as common
soldier and stationed with his regiment Governors
Island One night he got leave and into the city,
where he found the means OF gratifying bis vicious inc
his shoes and falling into the hands OF the night
guard he taken TO the station house. where he died
This another instance Of the effects Of incompetence,
and he hoped II would serve as a lesson For his own
part, he opposed 70 the drinking OF spirits OF any
amy-not because be could not afford IT, quite
different He knew too well how the inclination
for drinking increased on those who were at FIRST mode
| rate. There was one man who by drinking became
wretched aud british that he actually picked up
the filthy tobacco which dirty Irishman had spat
in high life, q member Of Congress, who was such
drunkard that be employed man TO watch over him
continually, that when be got into his drunken dts he
should have mid. Once this absent, and he
obliged 10 supply his place with negro, and me night
and roasted him in the dre until the man yelled for
pain He concluded by relating an aneciote OF q
drunken man who went TO sh % a barrel, but IN.
fell in with his knees sticking up 70 his chin in a
most udcrous attitude &c had trouble extri-
cate himself and kept back from his dinner half n
hour and be got home late 70 elr his what he
been engaged in. any one kept empty barrels about
they would catch drunkards in the way. was the
nrsi time he had ever seen q drunkArd In trap. His
experience OF temperance was that for the last thirty
Eve years he had NOT been under the doctor and for moro
than thirty he had had 10 take medicine
OF any kind.
Dr. MNcal, after Offering few observations touching
the ntrepdy OF Colonel Snow-tha old veteran In the
cause who had labored with much untiring zeA-pro
ceeded TO the annexed abstract from the annual
port
The report recognized the present extensive revival OF
religion throughoutthe country, and consequent cheering
prospects Of the temperance Cause ntempeance Is one
OF the mghtest antagontc forces 70 the spirit OF God
merely destroyer OF the bodies but OF the souls NJ
men, and when the spirit OF God moving upon the cod
munity, that tide OF woe and desolauon Will be driven
backward Every hopeful convert may safely be counted
on the side OF temperance. Thirty years ago not
OF men While men were taught believe tina; alcoholic
liquors needful and useul, they would use them
after conversion a. well as before Hence thirty years
ago the churches, in revvas, repenished with
~ converted hearts, but often daily moderate drinkers.
The plague festsred. fhe cry went up 70 heaven for
Dence principle was adopted the only remedy Tenn.
perance societies were organized aud spread over
The land Churches thankful for the blessing shut their
doors aganst moderate drinkers and venders AMI now
at the end Of thirty years. evangelical church,
pulpit or Christian heart admits them 70 fellowship con-
verts multiplied drops Of morning dew, nov, az
they are born into kingdom OF God, usually decided
on the temperance principle This has been our work
the work OF the "poor wise man, Who by his wisdom,
has saved the city but say "Not unto u.s. not unto
us but thv name, lord, be all the glory" The
report ~ resented detail the long and arduous efforts
secure protection from the temptations OF the liquor
uafnc. Moral suason useful 70 keep back the
tempted but Of little power with the tempter The pco-
pie demanded protection OF the STATE They obtained
a. For Eve years the State OF Maine richly
oyed H. otber states claimed the boon and procured H.
Even the Empire state, with her mighty com.
mercia metropolis, had II given her. The dragon
bound with great chain but it's howiings terrific.
combination OF wckdness, mighuer than any
before Witnessed formed every bar and bolt
rven and the people fooled in thor effort for proec
ton by prohibition. There was no failure In their prnc
pie cork. They only foled for q season. For
than years they have been looking about them
70 what they could do. New York, and Maine
voutionized have been offered protection by well regu-
lated licensed traffic but they have scorned would
lamb the protectiou of well regulated licensed v,f