The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-04-02
The Temperanee AEestinr.

During the past week in our city hayi
been held as usual, and We learn have al
been well attended. The Ladies' Leapu,
met regularly each afternoon for PRAYER
On last Sabbath evening temperance meet.
ings were held in the Methodist, Disciple
and Lutheran churches.
The large NJ. E. Church was entirely
filed. The first speaker after prayer and
singing was Rev. w. J. Park, who spoke
briefly, claiming if people wanted to ban
ish liquor from use they must put it away
from their own tables and sideboards. He
expressed himself In favor Of total absti-
hence. After prayer and singing Rev. w.
A. Smith, Of the Baptist church, comment
ed on the command, Thou shalt not kill"
He believed each of ne was responsible, to
a certain extent for his fellow man, we
should all obey the will Of God, and our
legislators had a great responsibility in
this regard The congregation joined in
singing the hymn, Am la soldier of the
CROSSE" after which Rev. E. Herbruck pro-
nounced the benediction.
The meeting at the Disciple church was
well attended. The singing of q temper
ance ballad was first in order. Rev. In
gram, the pastor, read one of the psalms
appropriate to the occasion; Rev. Laverty.
OF the Episcopal church, offered up q
prayer. After singing another hymn, the
same gentleman spoke about twenty min
utes In advocating temperance. He re-
fsrred to Jesus casting the dumb shirt ont
Of the boy, and hkened said spirit into in
toxicatlng drink, inasmuch as it caused a
man to foam at the mouth, to fall in the
FIRE, and to cast himself int the water
He said that prayer was the only Weapon
which could battle successfully against
king alcohol; thereforeh he advised ali those
favoIing the temperance cause, to prav
earnestly and continually. After sinoin1
another hymn and an earnest PRAYER bV
Mrs. Welker, Mr.. Cassidy spoke for thirty |
minutes or more with much force. In
speaking of the suferings whisky had
caused, he referred TO q delicate and refined
lady of this city, who was compelled to
leave the corpse of one of her children. at
II o'clock at night, and 60 to q saloon af-
ter her husband, and that after she |
had got him home, while he was
yet lying in q drunken stupor, another
child died. Mr.. G. W. Huntington fol- |
lowed shortly IN some remarks, saying he
lad been q temperance man, q Leetotaller, /
from his youth up. He showed to young |
men the advantage of such q course in a
peeunlary point of view. He demonstra- |
ted that it did not pay to drink, he referred |
to himself being struck by q drunken
young man, and said that cost the young
$1S4.
The English Lutheran church was also
very much crowded, and after an opening
voluntary by the choir, came prayer and
an appropriate hymn. Rev. jackson was
the first speaker, who held forth some ff-
teen or twenty minutes in a mild, impress
sive manner, urging upon all the import
ance OF the cause, and the duty of every
one to aid it. G. W. Raff, Esq, spoke Of
legal status. He claimed the present
laws were fully good. if they were only
lived up to. The trouble was, the laws
were disregarded and violated. Rev.
related an anecdote showing that
every n should act, and act promptly,
not ritter away opportunity. Mr.. G, D.
Essig spoke q short time, claiming there
was no neutral, no middle ground. There
was a necessity for a forward movement,
1t was every good citizens duty to as
slst. Rev. Laverty spoke some twenty
minutes. He asked what right any man
mad to engage in traffic and iDiure persons
family, and community byi it. He re-.
terred TO the demoralizIng and debasing
effects upon society of alcoholic drinks.
Between the addresses was singing by
The choir and the congregation.
At the meeting in the Baptist church
Tuesday evening the speakers were
Mcclure, of Wooster, and Mrs. Reese,
Of Alliance. The attendance, we learn,
was very large.