The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-15

full and complete success.
NJ. NJ. MARLNo,
Moderator.
MARCUS ORMoND, Clerk.
Alter reading these minutes the Rev.
Mr., Ball suggested that a vote of thanks
should be returned by the audience to the
Clergymen comprising the Presbytery Of
Wheeling for this expression OF their
sympathy and good will Tor the temper
anCe movement In this community. Act
ing on this suggestion, the Rev. Mr.. LYDIA
moved that the audience hereby return
its grateful thanks and acknowledge
ments TO the Presbytery Of Wheeling for
It's expression OF interest in the temper.
ance movement in our midst His mo-
ton was carried unanimously by rising
vote. Rev. Mr.. Ball then announced that
Rev. Marcus Ormond, q minister Of the
United Presbyterian Church at West Al
exAnder, Pennsylvania, would address
the meeting.
Mr.. Ormond on coming forward said
that he ielt willing to add what little Of
interest and influence he could command
10 the success oil that good work, in which
the Christian women oil the land were
engaged. He presumed that the subject
had been so fully discussed al the various
meetings, that but little Of argument could
be or need be added TO show the baneful
effects of intoxicating drink. Alcohol,
even In It's purest condition, is deleterious
TO the human system. It's effects is first
10 stimulate and then narcotize our sen.
sibiliues. Men use it 10 destroy psin; 10
produce an Unnatural feeling; to excite alb.
normal action in their blood. Statistics
show that this cannot be done with i'm.
punity. The same amount will not pro.
duce the same effect for any length Of
time. 1t takes more and more ali the
time. The system is losing It's natural
tOne-its deliCacy-ltS susceptibility, and
more and more alcohol is constantly
needed. There is but one end to the
craving thus aroused, and that is gradual
and certain destruction Of body and soul.
The earliest history Of alcohol, even when
used in its purity, shows that it cannot be
tempered with without degradation and
shame following as natural result
Noah planted vine, and he drank Of the
fruit thereof and was drunken. The dis.
grace Of Lot under the same influence is
familiar TO Biblical readers. Men OF God
though they we're, they were not proof
against the seductions, the dangers and
the disgrace Of intoxicating drink.
The taking Of the first drink OF LIQUOR
is a very small thing, apparently, and yet
it is the first drink that makes the drunk.
ard. He would never become one with.
out it. BE must take the first wrong
step. Everlasting events are suspended
on one act very often in our'lives, Just as
the result oil battle is decided by right or
wrong movement at certain critical
moment. One drink follows another; the
appetite grows as we crafty 1t, and we
become weaker and weaker after every
qualification. There are six hundred
thousand drunkards in the United States.
Think oil this immense army Of worse
than useless men; think OF their influence
on the wrong side of morals aud religion;
think Of this dead weight upon progress
and advancement. What an addition 10
the load that the world has 10 carry with.
out them. And yet very many OF these
men started well In life. The ranks OF
these 600, 900 drunksrds are not recruited
from the scum Of society. They come
out Of respectable families; out Of chris
tian families; but, alas, out oil families
where they were tempted by the presence
Of Intoxicating drinks in the house. There
are good people who see fit 10 keep ardent
spirits in their houses and who permit
their families 10 use II; but in this they
make great and often fatal mistake,
In conclusion Mr.. OrmOnd expressed
his earnest hope for the success oil the
women's temperance movement. He
spoke Of what II had done in Oxford,
Ohio, where he had once lived. He also
spoke Of the fact that the church with
which he was connected was a temper.
ancc church. he did not sec how man
could be a christian and not be temper
ance man. The christian churches oil the
land should be the best temperance socie.
ties. In o spirit Of prayer and devotion
the christian women Of the land had en-
gagged and were still engaged in the great
work. He hoped for their complete sue.
cess.
After the singing Of hymn, Dir, Ball
called on the Hon. Q. D. Hubbard for A
lew remarks In responding from his
place on the floor Of the hall, Mr.. Hub.
bard said that tho question that was be.
ing discussed night after night was one
Of such transCendent importance to our
welfare as people that no one could
afford TO ignore it. 1t might not come
home TO many Of us individually, and vet
we knew not how soon II might take
even that shape. Temptation met those
who were near and dear to us on every
hand. A common danger threatened the
well being Of society. The men who
were engaged in this traffic knew ia dele.
FERROUS influence. They did not want
their sons or their sons.in.law, or any
who were near 10 them, for patrons
They would rather remove them from
the temptation than subject them 10
It. lift was thus bsneful In its effect upop
their families, and 10 be dreaded because
It was, how could they fail to understand
and appreciate the solicitude that other
people felt to preserve their families from
exposure 10 temptation. He heard in
street car the other day some one COM
pairing this temperance question 10 the
currency question, in which so many per-
sons feel such a deep interest at this time.
BE realized that the former was much
more important question than the later.
Fifteen hundred millions OF dollars change
hands every year In the liquer trade. We
actually consume $S00,000,000 worth,
This money is worse than wasted, Il
would pay the national debt in seven
years Mr. Hubbard spoke OF the bene. |
ncial influence Of the Building AssociS-
uons OF this city IN Inducing men 10 save
money mat they formerly spent for drink. |
40 some instances the recei pts Of saloons
naa declined 90 per cent. This was