The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-17
THE METHODIST MINISTERS ON
TEMPERANCE,

The Rev. J. T. LanSingS maiden speech before
the Methodist Preachers Association yesterday on
the temperance question was great success. lie
clearly indicated the necessity for such crusade
as the Ohio women have begun and as New York
and Brooklyn women are Planning. The ruined
hopes, the broken hearts. the desolated homes
the 100000 graves filed annually with drunken
husbands, brothers, sons or fathers, have
cried out Tor vengeance against this accused
traffic. The women OF the land. who have suffered
most from it, have at last been awakened to a
sense or their own power and to the Importance o.
graphing with their deadly foe now, ere we be.
come nation OF drunkards. Mr.. Lansing consid-
cred also the character of the work and Of the
persons engaged in IL; their liability to Insult,
which he contended is not half so great as the in.
suits ana suilcrings they have to bear from
drunken husbands, brothers and fathers; the al.
legged prostitution of prayer, which some deem Sc
sacred exercise that 1t should be INDUCED only
in the privacy OF the closet or the family, or il
social Christian gatherings III churches or PRAYER
meetings. He showed, however, the untenable
ness OF this objection by considering that prayer
and that vocalized prayer is SO framed in all our
public gatherings as to reach the ear and aifect
the hearts OF the listeners. He gave lnstanc OF
this in the ministry OF the Lord Jesus Christ at the
raising OF Lazarus and in His tinal prayer Tor HIS
disciples and the Church. The speaker considered
also the results OF this campaign III ONO, which
more than justly the extraordinary means used tG
prodnce tnem: and, finally, the effect upon the
politics OF the country, which must hereafter be
very largely influenced by this sweeping revival.
He cited Instances of
TIE INFLUENCE OF THIS REFORM
upon real estate owners in this city and Brooklyn,
who, in leases which they now give on their prop
erty, prohibit the sale. storage or manufacture OF
liquors on their premises. There came TO his
knowledge an instance Of New York property
owner, residing in Kansas, who lately sent to his
agent here to see tnat sucn q prohibition was in
Guided in his leases: so that this influence is fei
far and near. rhe speaker wished the women the
greatest success in their work.
The Rev. M. french mas niece IN HllsDOrO.
Ohio the vile OF the Mayor OF that town, VINO Is
actively engaged ia this temperance movement.
She has suffered thousand deaths, he said, as the
wife OF Il former husband who was addicted TO In
temperance. The Lord. he remarked, was bring
ing the women out into the streets to combat this
demon OF rum. Bioodshedding, he believed. must
come, 80 that the moral portion of the community
may see, as they saw III the case OF slavery, the
annus OF the traiic. 1t must come II this work IL
OF God. The women will hold on and endure
the insults ana injury that may be offered them by
the other side until there shall be such an uprising
OF the men that 1t VIII reach out to our legislators
TEN will be abolished from our land Our govern
ment now lives upon the torture or women, max
ing them the wives Of drunkards and robDing them
OF every womanly right Tor the sake OF the revenue
1t derives from the traffic in ardent spirits In the
Ninth district of this city the enforcement OF the
laws has
SHUT UP EVERY DIsTILLERY
there. Nevertheless, the government receives
Will nave TO look at this question through blood
and indignties offered to women. Coo has
greater question 10 Settle WIN THIS country on the
matter OF rum than lie had on Slavery. applause
and cries OF ~ believe TN Men have proved
their pluck on the battle fields OF slavery and now
God Is calling the women to show theirs III the
against rum.
Rev. John Parker said some of the ladies' pres
ent VINO are engaged IN this crusade did not want
TO be told what they should DO. but rather what
the Methodist ministers OF New York ana Brooklyn
intended TO do IA this matter.
Mr.. French-WeI make lint Tor them, as they
did Tor u.s.
Rev. John Dickinson was amazed at the waste
OF time over the ONO women's war, instead oil
bringing the question practically home to their own
doors. de feared @ reaction III the West. Drunk
enness is both institutional and constitutional.
Some men are predestlned from their mothers
WOMB 10 be drunSafds unless saved thereirom by
the grace OF God. lie would have ali women who
have suffered from intemperance, whet they
be Christian or heauhen, engage IN this crusade.
II seemed TO- Dr.. 0sbon mat L we IN this region
being walked up by Him. The movement by inc
women o! the West is maniesGly movement IN
movement here we had better wait ana iet inc
thing alone.
THE PREACHERS FOR TEEToTALIsM
number Of resolutions were adopted expressive
OF the meetings. sense OF the value OF the lapors oil
women in this movement. disowning the action OF
the Association Ea ciergy's meeting las. week,
and reallrmng their own latin In the doctrine OF
total abstinence. The Rev. Mr. Harms believed
that nine ientns of all the Methodist preachers in
the country are teetotaers and could not endorse
the resOlutIous adopted the meeting referred to-
A committee, consisting OF KEYS. Mr.. Steel Mr..
King, Mr.. Foss, Mr.. Parker ana Mr.. Lull, was APP
ported TO take cnarge OF the several resolutions
and our of them to frame some practical resolution
expressive OF the sentiment OF the preachers on
this great question. The Rev. Mr.. Lul was ap-
pointed TO continue Inc uepate Oh III AcXI Mon
day. ,..
temperance meeting, invited the brethren TO "A
union temperance meeting In Calvary Baptist
church, West Twenty-thrd street, on Tuesday
March "a at hall-pdst ten A. NJ, Jour- and quarter
to eight l. Nj.