The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-20


sent 1t, but the devil brought It." [Grel
applause. The old lady was right. Thl
great and muniacent God made use
= !nM young man as an instrument 10 r
heye SUFFERING. 30 about this law. VIII
40 VIC care II It emRnRted from O drunke
OF . sober LegiSlaturep II is an hone
70 the men, and shall honor them as Ion
: as l live. ''''
we want legal suasIon 10 help morl
suasion. We must force people. Nc
say, why don't the ladies 10 Wheeling n
complain what the ladies In Ohio hAy
done They cannot accomplish what III
ladies have In Ohio, because In Ohio ther
are no licenses. There they have q ript
70 disturb a liquor seller as much as the
please; and they don't dare 10 offer an
resistance. But Il q man in this city b
molested, he says that his buAiness
iegaliZed. The City Council has sol
MIN, for q small confederation, Ii
right to make all the paupers, a
the criminals, he can. BE cannot b
disturbed. he Is a respectable Gill
zen. be has his character In bis pock
q, and can faunt In your face certihcatl
o. his good moral character" which
Council has given him. That Is TIL
reason the ladies here cannot accomplish
what the ladies in Ohio have accom-
plished.
II they are not allowed TO pray in the
saloons, they still can do q great and
mighty work in this crusade against in
temperance, what we, as men, cannot do
and what we never have done. think
sinner as lam, that the head OF this move.
Inent should DO In the Church. Every
Church should be temperance society ;
every member Of that Church who either
sells or drinks liquor should be prayed
with, and demonstrated with, and
II no persists, he should be ex-
PEELED. A volce-"How about the rev.
enue?"l Well, that kind Of revenue
never built many Churches. [Protracted
applause. One such man does more harm
than forty other people, Therefore, l say,
temperance should begin in the Church
The ladies are more honest, they arc
better Christians, more constant, more
persevering, and have more common
sense than We have got When they take
notion to do a thing, they will do it
when ma woman Tnna Wills she will, you may do.
And when she wont sho wont, and there's and
And say, go ahead ladies, and may God
bless you ! happened to be in this hall
tho other evening when my friend Ches.
ter D. Hubbard referred to the trials of
the children Of Israel, and told you that
you would have the same troubles. So
you will. You are not going to accom-.
plish what you desire in q day, a month,
or . year. But just as sure as there ia a
God your work will be accomplished,
You have an arduous task before YOU.
Sometimes the way looks dark. But keep
on, Just as you. begun, and the goal will
be reached. The Bible tells us-now /
know more about law books than l do
about the Bible, am sorry to say-but the
Bible tells US that Of all the mighty hosts
OF Israel, only two, Caleb and Joshua.
reached the promised land. Very likely
some OF you may not live to see the day
that this grand end is reached. II you
train up your children in the way that
they should go; teach them above all
things TO avoid temptation; teach them
that to drink whisky or anything intoxi.
eating is disrespectful; teach them to ~
from the haunts Of rum seller as from a
house on fire; and il you do, not live
to see this In the body, you will have the
pleasure OF looking down from above,
when the goal Is reached, the scepter OF
King Alcohol is broken, and man stands
out redeemed. Then will be heard songs
Of joy, and 1t will with truth be said
Peace on earth, good will toward men,"
At the conclusion Of Judge Ferguson's
address, Mr.. John Mcclure announced
that he had been requested by the Finance
Committee Of the Temperance Band to
state that all who wished to contribute to
The cause OF temperance, could either
enclose their money in an envelope I'D.
dressed to Mrs. Chester D. Hubbard,
Secretary, or leave 1t with MIR. John
Bailie, under the Mcclure House. Mr..
Mcclure stated that over $500 had already
been expended, and they should raise
81 900 in order to put the work on a good
basis. The committee considered this
The best plan, as they did not want to
take up collections.
The following resolutions, adopted by
The Temperance Band, were read:
ReSOlUed, That we unanimously tender
vote of thanks 10 Captain Davis, Chief
d Police, aud his corps Of assistants, for
heir uniform kindness and courtesy ex.
ended to this Band. --sr -r
ReSoleed, That We are especially indebt.
I'd 10 Mr.. james Henry for kindness and |
attention shown US on last Tuesday even.
ng, in escorting us to and from Council. |
The meeting then closed with the dox-
ology and benediction,