Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-28
THE PRAYER CURE.
The Progress of Moral Pressure,
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-The prayer /
cure movement is rapidly taking shape |
here. A number Of meetings have been |
held already. A joint meeting of all the |
committees has been called for Monday of |
next week. At a meeting held last night |
it was agreed to copy and publish all sig |
natures to liquor petitions, and in case of
forgery to prosecute the forgers.
Waiting for the Storm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The temperance
crusaders in New YoIk are patiently
waiting for the storm from the West, and
expect to begin work in earnest with the
opening OF next week. Last night the
Sons of Temperance gathered in mass
meeting. when in an address the Rev. w.
| c. Steele said that the Mayors wife, the
District Attorneys wife, CFosby's wife and
| DR.. John Halls wife could sweep the
saloons before them as the first women Of
the Ohio towns were doing. On Monday
| in the Seventeenth Street Methodist
Chuch daily temperance prayer meeting
will be begun. Sunday afternoon a tenn
perance experience meeting Will be held
| in the Fourth Street Church.
| 4 New Plan Of Campaign.
Nearly two hundred ladies of high
social Standing in jersey City met yester-
day and organized q woman's temperance
league. They are not connected with the
ladies' praying band that visit the saloons.
Their plan is to district the city, visit the
families and urge men, women and child
ren TO sim a total abstinence pledge.
At a mass meeting in DR.. Cuylers
church in Brooklyn, Tuesday, DR.. Talmage,
DR.. Burlington, and DR.. Duryear, will
speak. A few evenings later. the Catholic
Temperance Union Of Brooklyn will have
a great demonstration in the Academy OF
Music under the patronage Of Bishop
Laughlin.
BrOtherIy Love.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says the
wOmen's temperance crusade in that city
and State continues to be the all-absCrbing
topic. The Christian ladies of one portion
of the city have perfected their arrange
ments. Between 800 and 500 women OF
the best society will take part in the war,
1t is expected at least 1000 crusaders will
be enlisted within a week. Besides the
women's movement another will be started
directed under the auspices of the temper
ance organization. The plan of operations
will be similar to that adopted in Ohio.
, 5000 Catholics Reform Themselves
\ great public progress demonstration by
the Catholics Of Jersey City was held las
evening in St. Michael Church. Three
thousand persons were present. Th'
President Of the Catholic Total AbStinanct
, Union of America, Very Rev. Dean Byrne
of Trenton, made most emphatic speecf
urging Catholic citizens TO arise unitedl!
and do battle against the great public foe o
r | American liberty and of the christian re
: ligion. They owed it to the honor of then
name to show how they could crush out
the great evil now striking terror into th'
: heart of every American patriot and chris
tian man. He called upon them to take
the religious abstinence pledge as Arch
bishop Manning had done, and as th'
| bishops and priests We're doing in this coun
try. The large crowd rose and then knel
e in front of the altar and took the pledge
, Sympathetic.
ITHICA. y. y, Feb. 27.-Dio Lewis anC
, | others addressed a sympathetic audience
here last night. After adjournment, circu
: lars were left at nearly every house, urgint
the organization ofpraying bands.
: Bells and Bellies.
/ LATER.-The women temperance move
: ment is fairly started. At o o'clock thi
: morning the bells were rung, and the peO
: pie, in large numbers, assembled at Librar,
f Hail. DiO Lewis explained the manner o
: organizing, and conducting the movement
: and short speeches were made by the cler
e eymen and prominent citisens. Ladies G
e leading families were on the stage and ais
: spoke.
The Fever Extends TO Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 27.-All the saloon
of this city received postal cards to-day, an
{ nouncing that unless they close by the Is
, of March, a committee of ladies woul'
: wait ON and pray in each.
: Ottumwa-
CHICAGO, Feb. PA dispatch from OF
a tumwa saws a small party of ladies and gen
/, tIemen visited the saloons and principa
a | business places there to-day and invites
n persons TO attend the revival meetings nov
! in progress there, and promised to visit tn
5 saloons again.
: Fort Madison.
/ At Fort Madison, few days ago, salOO
= keepers received postal cards warning theI
T to cease operations, or they would be Wis
! ted and praved with to-day. These card
e were afterwards ascertained to have bee
sent I,v some person as a joke, but hearin
e Of If. a number of ladies organized pray
t. ing band and to-day visited three salooI
and held services in each one. They WEI
met by crowd of lOafers, who dance
,r while they sung and drank while the
70 praved. but the women stood their groun
r and prayed till the confusion ceased.
n At Attarleo, Iowa, the women have
,e ganized, and will tomorrow visit the S
il looms.