, 1874-03-24

IaAoIEioE4 "pi9 ncbHl! ny L1n baAEibA u tAo
hymn, Ny faith lools mp to Tlloo!"
Tho audience lhcn jo!nod with tho lley. N1r.
Doeoher in prayer, which lnBted beYornl niinutes.
Tho Roy. Artlnr Edwards waB elevated to tho
dignity Of the Bccrotaryship Of tl,o meeting.
OBJECT or THE MERTiNn.
Tho Chairman, after yainy inquring whotlior
Mr.. b. f. Jacobs was i, the hat, stated that tile
tnasB.mecting rms called by tho cloraymon Of
tue city for tllo purpoHo OF giving moro impotus
to tho cauBo Of Bob1ety aid virtue. He con-
THE nEy. stn. uttAstnEn1,v.
That gentleman HAid lo was ono Of those who
carno there unprepared to srcnkt ''lt ho would
tr.lnt 10 the magnetism Of tho moment. 1Ie
living doti. Women had commenced tic holy
cruhade, but 1t had grown wider ID Its aigntffca-
tiou, and now ombracod. the cnrnost OF both
sexcs. His con1donup In tho movement was In
in it we're friends OF tho Lord jesus C!irintt-
praying souls, wlioeo zcnl carrtcd thotn iuto tlio
middle Of tile a!rife. uo Ind watched with
interest tho progress Of tho movement in Ohio and
other placcs, where women giraedl 81 On the sword
rum. They had taften caro- to extract from
cvofy converted rmn1-sellor written pledge thnt
lle should no mora engage ~ 1t during hts lie:
[Applause.] hforogool Ind boon accomplished
tllan during the whole time OF otnor agltations
for tito same object
There should ontor into the movement an olo-
mont Of magnificent carnestnoss, thcy should
consecrnte themselves to victory and should
be- dishoartcno bcca.lse Of thor first failure with
the Common Council Of Chicago. They should
try again. For his own part, before closing, lo
would confess that during hia five years' PASTOR
ato in tho city, ho Ind not stood BY tho cause Of
temperance as heartily ns he might hnvo done,
but be would pledge thom there ana then to
stand with them, In that cause, from that hour
until his dying day. [drcat apnlauao].
THE REV. Dr. T1foMrsoS
WAS next introduced, and rotated M anecdote
relative to d ateam.engino and u wntor-spout.
He was bofoie tIlom in tho uncomfortable posi-
ton Of not being prepared. He had not lad
tinc even to strap on Q Babcook Extingnisllelr,
but, whatever tho stream E. ..a!7l might lack u
IN prostytorian c1onrnesa Of doctrine.
He recommended, above all things. earneRtnose.
No man should onlist in tile ranks Of that moye-
mcnt unless prepared to enlist for Tito. loud
to devoss 5 her har s s har M
hope. her afl to tho conversion Of tic people
from the demon Of intomporance. ECheors.l It
was llko all groat movoments, gaining slow
volume but gaining It At III. Gaining IT 1ilie tho
tho foo; first their blue lines, then fragments Of
ranks then reformed ranks. thou waveriug
lines Of fro, nud, finally, the onward march to
vlotory, mud to ending glory Enthusiastic
AIkb! EallEAtE ~ - Ats eAN A0H@N0A*
proceeded to Introduce the
REV. Ill., RYDER,
who deprecated any aldBion made by preceding
speakers to spasnaotllc periods Of excitement.
despondsnoy. On tho contrary, ho thought
t!,oro waB good ground for hope. Truo, people
thought they would dospnir because tho Common
Council lad not at once surrendered. He saw
no ground for despair in that. Had ho been
clocled on that tiokct, no did not know, II no
were au Alderman, how lie might vote. Laugh
tori As for tho Mayor, ho might 10 tho
best MN in tho world, for all that
he knew, but what was tho hlayor elected for
but for tho Ragposn Of ths haaor
not tho mon to Ga b]a'nod. The question was,
Wlat did they lo,-wl1era were thoy on tho iny
Of election Tho whole result Vas back Of Tint
election. He did not think that tho Mayor and
party in allowing tho blinds to be put down and
the front doors to be Closed, compelling
their constituents to crawl into saloons
by tue back door. tGrost 1aughtor.1 He
would say-ron up tho b!lnda, throw back the
the world might SEQ WHO they wero that drank
on tho Sabbath day IN tho City of Chicago
[Great cheoring.] He did not want them to
consider BECAUSE saloong did not closo up at
ouco tllat thoy wero defeated. They llad great
themselves entirely to the saloons, but to ling
the radiance OF their enthusiasm everywhere,
.hut the world might 10 purified irom rum and
ruin. lApplausc.] "
foot quite ns injurious. Ito warned thom that il
ever the filthy proposition to llconse tho social evil
were to become lav, they might look for the
licensing of overy other illumination in the
world. Loud cheers.l DR.. Ryder closed with
q beautiful pororation, III which he drew glor--
Gus pioture Of tho growth Of great reforms, and
resumed his seat amtd storm Of applause.
THE nEv. MR. M'cNKsNEy
was the next speaker, and commenced his dis
course by tocllnieal dsquisition on the
TINT not alone should the saloons he
visited, but certain dsuggiats, who had ho-
meopathio medcinal WY Of making drunk
ards, ought to be !ayorod with o prayer-meeting.
saloons. aud tlero were also tho proprietors Of
the buildings in which snloons waro kept These
were tile men who ought also to bear tho brunt
Of the crr,bade. 1Ic illustrated Lila discourse
by several amusing anecdotes relative to "cona-
promise cars, noses of u rubicund hue, and
Bone uf their spiritual inspiration from aboyo,
and good dcal moro from bolow.
Agninat them, too, should the crusaders nuke
their raids. :, flo hoped they would continne to
Of final victory. [Great cheeriug.}
Tue Uhnir1nan, at this portion of the pro-
coolings, announced that five niinutea would DO
devoted TO monetary exercaos-tle collection Of
The ney., Drs. Cheney aud Northrop having
failed to como forward, tho Chalr introduced
tito
REV. T1IoMAs X. BEEcHEn,
brother Of the great Drook'ya divine, to tho
audience. DR.. Boccllor Hnld thAt ho had no timo
to make an eloquent spooch. hut would
mike some general remarks on tho question OF
the hour. lo said that tho outclat drunknrd
could not, III human nature, fail to feel touched
at seeing good, pure women seeking to redeem
mia ffa 3a6 fhn