The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-21
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TEMPERANCE ANNIVERSARY.
SATURDAY EVENING, April te

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Goodwin, of indianapolis
The first speaker in the place of Hon
John o Donnell not present, made the
''womans crusade" his theme, consider
ing it the latest and most powerful advance
in the history of this reform. His outline
sketch of the rise and progress of the re-
form from the first move in Saratoga coun-
ty, n. y, through the Washngtonian, the
Sons of Temperance movement. and po-
litical action, such as the license system,
local option, and prohibition to the
woman's crusade prepare his way for an
effective speech in behalf of woman. the
mother and wife, and sister suffering more
than man. The sympathies of vast
audience were with him. Rev. Mr. Cush-
ing took up the same train of thought, say
ing that he had great respect for woman,
while she remains woman. Her instincts
are stronger, her loves IRE purer, and her
power is greater than those OF men in any
moral reform which fact he illustrated by
the part in the political contest brought to
close in the Massachusetts senate through
the Influence of a woman sent on from
Washington on that work. Your reporter
was instrumental of bringing on to the
platform the third speaker who gave us an
account of the womans movement in
Indiana, how independently of DR. Lewis,
and before he began his work in Ohio, a
r., all, la1 Loot
son by intemperancc was the occasion of a
prayer meeting made up of fourteen
mothers whose sons were Incorporate. and
after three fourlhs of an hour IN prayer,
the first lady suggested that they 60 in a
body to the saloon where her son had been
supplied with the rum that caused his
DEATH and plead with the man. They did
it, This was in Shclbyville, Indiana, and
the beginning of the movement in that
state. 1t is the opinion of these speakers
that this wide spread and almost simulta-
neols movement is from God, and though
| it may be in its present form short-lycd,
l it will eventuatc in great and permanent
l good on fathers and sons, on the authorities
l in our cities, countries anG IN the legisla-
| lures.
SUNDAY, April 10.
A conference lovefcast was held from 0
| to 10 NJ, the floor OF the audience room
being occupied with interested and deyout
worshippers. 1t was an occasion of great
religious interests the testimonies being nu
merous, clear and encouraging the sing
ing such as body of Methodist ministers
can give
This service over, preaching services
were begun Rev DR. Reid of New York
reading the hymn and off ering prayer The
Scripture lesson was read by DR. J E KinG
and the Bishop. Bishop Foster took fol
his text John 4:14-"We have seen ant
do testify that thc--father lent the son to bt
the Savior of the world" Words are i'm
portant III proportion as tEey express thu
truth, and truth seems clear and forciblt
according as the words express it. Oui
text enunciates the greatest and profoundes
truth, if it be truth. This is by some ques
toned. We will look at it. We are no
born to the heritage of truth, bat rathc
the evidences of truth and to the duty o
| personally examining those evidences. W
have no occasion to fear the contest o
truth and error, but to rejoice rather, be
cause truth will ultimately triumph. |
| our text be untrue, then | affirm that W
have no consciousness of God that is wort
having. If Christ has not revealed tn
| Father then God is unreveaed in thought
in plans, in feelings, and in love to ma
whom he has made, and a great cloud @
mystery wells Him. But Christ having II
| vealed Him the great cloud is lifted.
Second-If the text be untrue we llno'
nothing of Immortality, whether there be
| great future or not. Though an idea {
G mortality is universal, yet out of Chr
G there is no proof of the thing, only strou
probability.
8 Third-Jesus calling himself the Lord {
v God is one fact. But is it true? Was
sent of God to. be a Savior is anoth
@ | thought. Is it true ? There are fol
k grounds Of knowledge what falls with
# the range OF the senses is known VIII
v | passes in our thoughts Is known what
self-evident, aXioms, intuitional ideas a
known; what of the past is retained
=" memory is known. Belief is not know
edge, but may be as certain, as assured
:" knowledge. There is a rational faith a
an irrational AS of knowledge so of faitl
certainty Is an element. The apostles knC
Jesus. We belive in him and the truth
testimony in this rs in other thin
"a is the ground of our faith. '
have the written and documentary recoi
as testimony in the matter. And cur fla
~ is strong But is Jesus the Savior of S
ncrs? Yes. Not because you say so d
~ Nv believe it, not because Jesus says SO d
" believe it. | go back of these, and I
10 these as corroboratyes only. God says
~ in the prophecies fulfilled in, and by Chr
y and in the attesting miracles wrought
Him, and in the pure morality preached
Him.
~ This sermon OF great power was follow
-, by the ordination of sixteen young men
''N the Office of dcacons in the Church of G
it'll AFTERNOON SERVICES.
)ar AT 2:30 p. IN. Rev. G.. w. Cush
IDS preached from John 1890. at is finishe
lg- These words conclude the account of
as most wonderful tragedy in the history
, is the world. Others have suffered as grea
but not so wonderfully as Christ. He S
viii fered not as dictator, a corrupter, trail
LIST not as irreligious, nor as inimical to
in church or to humanity, but as a doel
re- good, teacher of truth.