, 1874-03-23
CHICAGO.

TEMPERANCE MASs-MEETINa.
Il temperance ass-inceting WAS hold last
evening in tho hall OF tho First Methodist
Church, corner Of Clark aud Washington streots.
Aftor tho usual religious exercises md church
announcements, the 1oy. Dr. ThomaB said that
ho Ind pleasure In welcoming tic diroront tenn
pcranco organizations Of the city to his church,
Tile conduct Of the proceedings was entirely in
the hauas Of Sister Do0eor aud the other adioB
Of the movement, who would, donl,.Ie.a, stato
clearly and fully tho object Of tho mooting
AIRS. DE oEEn
then addrcsacd tho meeting, giving somo history
OF tho work of Chrlstianizing tho world-llot tho
least instfl1nent Of which was temperance. Sllo
was not thero to mako speech, but would in
truduco Brother ]. 0. Drayman, who was a
1aborer il the good CAUSE for thirty years.
NIL. nnAYMAN
said that ho had not expected to DO called upon,
but he was glad 10 spea1 from hlethodidt plat
form, becauso tllat denomination md mover
temporizod with tho demon Of drunkenness,
hut was ovor its sworn and uacompromising foe.
LApplauae.l Tho speaker went into some ac-
count Of tho rlse and progress Of tho temperance
ness and crime arising from the use Of alcoholic
stumllants It hal loan estimate by 6tltisticiana
that ono out of oyery eight Of the sous Of this
1and became a victim to rum. 1t might not be
Ills son or tho son OF any one present horo, but
it WAS somebody's son and tho evil was un-
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30 mauy porsonB who Wcro conquered by addic-
tion to strong drinkB. 1Io troanl,nccd n pane
n1 ~ ,no o,o no.i.n' a't es!s.infy ~
trout ranks. seeking to redeem the young mon Of
America from The horrible fnto with which they
were threatened by intoxicatiou: Tho movement
Was tue slcatcat over undertaken i'll this lund
and nll tho States wcro becoming aroused to tho
gravity Of tho situation.
The franchise had becn placed In thoir hantls,
anu Lnt 4 41ooics; uso 1y couu maae .! IL "nH @ to
cninpns auo sa!ool's ana tnulr pa!luIs' tloy
EAouiu not eoutlnue 10 Vote loE men Mnn ai1o"ed
pooEao WIG so'a ,ntoncaetng nquDta IT, neenso 70
pulhle tnelI 'fnohntious t1A1uo. MY 1aol, WHO
5anteu auc,i a!cohes wS1e ~! 'or All .o
oSeess ~ t1'hs Isu oceateu 'or ~ eno ,,d n;ots m
tn.t nan uoou pothotta.uu, NY . s.us ~ Haon ~
rnrtiG!lmpt" ~ ~ 'uo ulnao n; - .nes u.u not ~
soeai, aha @ r,, w 1t,,a ~ moioa' 'n' 'esos VI
e"'"a =" sno 10y ~ +,r,c, 1',.s"5u :. sI,,Iorv
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po "a,y ~ n1,'o - sora a @ 1u,a inr
aia eIa,1t oo"io' W oono 1o1""Ao aA" ia4''A LUZ
plgnso, ,oao,1 ,odu .,r4o, l., ,o,,o a,,., ,no,,
a., lne aloreaa'a tauy staItea " Go'u ooMn lsom
lno kuiIety ~iIicu, coas!uat1n6 euo Gto"1, %as
so'ne"aat teuIous PROCESS, ~ MIs. OooooE
ca.Iaa oa a1aotaee , uausneF & 81 ieinpetance 70
come upon tho platiofm anu sing tile "tastio
Lyman or lompolance' WHICH 5tlo ala, 70 ttfe A'f
Ct "John Brown" in very good fashio'i, the al-
alGneo Joining ~ sno wel-known rsiraln: h., o.
sa v se na nos "us ~ aver io e sr
fcci atlon oh tho y hhnlsel1er, "ifcA Nas snort,
but stlrridg.
In. THOMAS y noLniNa o., ,r.un-,
x vas next ntroaucod, as " l'ast Grand Worthy"
m INTRODUCTION was "enonsh To knock tho
devil out u any creature" 9ccause 70 much was
e1pccted from nun ile lnan4seu IN sory long
preface md fa'd that he did not 1uale .
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