, 1874-03-09
for them, 10 anything to advance tho worlds

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for them, do anything to advance tho worlds
civilization.
l'ho word cr,aado w.a poouliarly appllcablo to
.ha nrosent wnr agnnst ,ntemporoi,co, an tho
wo1nou Who were engaged thoroIn Ind gono body
md ao,,l in.o tho nloyolnent and rolled mainly
bis LewIs WHO caltned to 10 tic oyga,lizor Of tho
ormnntIn Ind tntnn warm iutoront in tho work,
M irtofost which ho would hardly give up Oh
long AZ It continued to paY him at tho ratio Of
did n Lecture. Tho fricuds Of tic movement
claimed Tint m,,cil good Ind boon done by 1t,
tnt tlfat wAs. to eay tic least, very doubtful.
Tho movement wae too Bpaamodio, and 1t would
doubt1oBs very shortly collapse. Tho looturer
Thought that tho ClIcaeo Methodist miniBserA
showed tI,oir good sense by going baols OIL tho
wo,aen by leaving thom to carry ont the work
by themselves alone. and with tho grace ut God.
Tho lecturer thought this action was most stn-
gnlar among Doly Of mon who profnsscd to
t1nco implicit fnitll In the ellicnoy of prayer Flo
thought Tint Ii thoso men exhibited a lack OF
nerve, tlioy Mt 1cas showed themselves possessed
Of aoWAd Judgment.
It VIVA nAld TINT John b. Cough Was decidedly
opposed to tho 1novonont anil tl.nt ho thought
Dir. Dio LowiH' naln motiye In loadng 1t waa a
n,orconary QUO, an opinion which. coming from
tho 1oadisg temperance man Of tho day, wna Gil
titled to respect. But Tho lngal sito Of tho case
more legal right to intorioro, with tic business
OF Tho bnrkeopcr tl,nn baud Of trne- blue Press
byteranB would layo to invade meeting hold
by the Roy. Alr. Swing for Tho purpose Of con-
yostins him from tho peculiar doctrines ho
Tllcse cr,1sados would not only fall. but thoy
would bo followed by reaction. Old oatlses
produced old effects. The passage Of tliH tidal
wavo Of temperance reform might apparently
le OF aotue nvuil, but ita reaction would cR1lse
much more harm than II 1t Ind mover occurred.
The question nrose: Can temperance be pro-
! noted by prayor2" was tho victory giyon to the
goneral who prayed tic bost: or tq n him who Ind
Napoleon was said to have boen a firm hol,over
In the efficacy Of religion Oh au au to tllo war
| rior, but then It must be remembered that he
| onco sententioubly romarted TINT "provMenco
il ovor OH tho a!dc Of thu largest battailons.'..
| Tho Lecturer thought that PRAYER was too often
tile reliance Of lnzy people. Tho Inv Of ro-
nlunoratton was go nicely balanced In thia world
tint no ona thoroitl got more than ho earned.
The lecturer doscr1od the efficacy Of prayer by
showing whnt confusion would bo croated on
Garth il ovcry mnn and woman .praycr could bo
answered. inBtancing the caso OF tho owi'ors of
ndacolit farn1s praying one for sunny, the other
Tor rainy, wcathor.
One might % vol oxpect in answor to Q
prayor tlicrcfor, new residence fully furnished
! throughout rs any othor favor asked for direct
| ly from God. 1ntomporanco was i'll reality
strong morbid alsease, which no QUO 70, could OK
roiorrcd to tic Workings Of tho prol,ibitory lnws
! in tho Eastern States, which ho lad carefully
studied. 1n most large placos tlo breaking Of
| the Inv was wi11kcd at tho small country p!nces
baing the only Identities whoro it WAS respected
and rigidly enforced. This was tho case ospe-
chilly in massachusetts,, whore Its rigid euforce-
mont in the lnrge cities would cattse ts repeal Mt
| the noxt session OF tho Legislature. The loc-
turer had geen M much bigotry au,ong tie pro-
monlbors Of tho severest religious sec.s.
It waB cln!med that the lll-succoss OF the CRU
sade movement in tho EnBt was caused by the
! apathy of the clergy, thcy like tile Methodist
work on BY themselves, aud hanging on until
tho probability Of itB s,lcccsa bccamo apparent.
Tho lccturer thought that OH effect Of tho
wonan's crusade which WIS to bo regretted, was
Tint tlat it would do'Ay tile advent Of woman suf
IIo held TINT tho question OF temperance Was
purely ono Of morals, mud TINT it lost It's poiut
when it was mado plank OF 4 political platform.
It must BIO remembered that nine-tenthH Of lnan-
kind took stirn1lantH Of ono kind or
forgotten BY those WHO wanted to make s,,cl,
0 sweeping roform as that proposed by Tho cru
saders. Tho lecturer referred to the growth OF
tho temperance movement since its inception III
Massachusetts In tho year 1878, when the first
association was formed, up to tho present time.
After all That Ind been done. tho question, still
remaiuoa to DO answered, " In what way eau
iutomporauco 10 destroyod?" Tho lcoturar
| held that with liquor nj with every othor conf
modify, tile demand would equnl tho supply. Il
| was tlo craving for tho stimilnnt which created
tile nlanufnctiiro, aud to stop tho evil w0 must
strike ut tho appetito.
10 hope to tlimiuish intemperauco by staying
mo1nont tho sas of tho liquors WIS like trying
to euro bcrofula by rubbing ointment upon thu
sores. Tho lecturer referred to the British
Wockmou Clubhouse system, in which tho
comforts Of a pleasant homo, with the conconi-
tants oil strong ten and coifeo. and Cheap meals,
wore found to DO tho inost potent antidote to
intcmperanco yet known.
oraaicatiug tho OWL lay in the educating of tile
o,su.H"So tS;aS LII :p ~ .;1,,t A 6Ne"N w 1
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