Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-21
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From New York.

New York, March 2l-Ater prayer
meeting in Plymouth church last evening
business meeting was held. Letters from
Dr. Storr's and DR.. Buddington's church,
es were read, inviting Ply mouth TO send
Bcecher and committee to the congregation
al COUNCIL but iutimating that they would nave
no voice in the proceedings, except III contra
iictiun Of ulis-stutcmets and furnishing intorma-
ton that might be asked for TIE mcctlng
then resolved, that the calling Of this cxparte
council, to consider the affairs OF a church
which has aot deciiued mutual council, is the
consumuation of u cause Of proceedings against
which, as irregular and unwarrantable, we
have ielt bound to protest from the DeglnnlDgi
that we recognize 10 the statement and In the
invitation, as in former COMMUNICATIONS ad-
| dressed To US, persistent attempt 10 put THIS
church under accusation aud % trla', anu tha'
We cannot accept the invitation OF these Two
churches to appear before council, 10 the
calling of which we have been permitted to
take no part, 10 which we have not been offer
ed the rights of equal members and in which
| we are not even allowed to be ordinary detcn-
dants, but only to be witnesses to correct errors
aud answer questions propDunded to Us. =
DIR. j. q. Holland has written letter IN re-
DIV to a recent circular Of Archbishop Purcell
on the existing temperance movement among
women. He asks: "What in Gods dear
name was there left for them to do, but ust
what they are doing % and adds, IF the
leaders of the Christian church had done their
duty and the leaders of State and national poll
ties had done theirs there would not be a
dram shop to-day between Canada and the
Gulf. The whole business has been left to
| God and the women, and the latter are praying
| in the churches and 10 the streets and pushing
on their divine and peaceful crusade because
the men of America have failed to DO their
duty. Shall Christian man in high station
or low lift his voice against them 2
DR.. Holland quotes the scripture against the
Archbishop's quotations, and, in the closing
paragraph Of his reply to that prelate, says
II trouble to think OF the stumbling block
which you in your circular have placed before
the tempted and deceived. There is not q
whiskcy mill in the Union which does not stand
Grmer on its foundation in consequence OF it.
There is not whiskey seller in the country
who does not approve of it, and feel easier 10
his business because of it. There is no clergy
man who INDUCES 10 vine to the destructloH
of his Influence as temperance man who does
not see 10 it his justification. There is no young
man Just beginning a course OF dissipation who
does not find his downward steps easier for it.
All those who respect and revere the tempe
rate practices Of your life are grlcycd by it..
You have made mistake which you can hard
Iy rectfy in life tune. Your influence has
been given 70 the wrong side IN this contro-
versy between the powers OF light and tho
powers of darkness. You have given strength
to the forces organized against natloual purity
and moralItu ~