, 1874-03-16
THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
Chicago Ladies Still Busted in
Circulating Petitions.
The Churches Organizing for
the Onset.
Mcotings in tho Methodist Church Block
and First Baptist Church.
Addresses Of Dr.. Thomas and Others.
Enforcement Of the Sunday Law In Phil
adelphia.
Addresses Of Dr.. Thomas and Others.
DIR. Dio Lewis In Buffalo.
IN CHICAGO.

THO movement which was started ut tho meet |
ing hold In tho Methodist Church Block friday |
aftcrnoon hnHnot stopped in its sonward progress.
All day yoHtortlay tho ludios of tho various !
churches woro busted in occurring signatures to |
tho petitions PRAYING tho Council not to ognlizo
tho aalo Of liquor Sundays. and those papers |
wero circulated on tho stroet.cars, aB woil NJ |
tahen from house to house, /
After morning services at tho various Evan
geIical Churches, tho ladies remained aud held !
private meetings, iu orlor to provide for oirou-
lating petitions aud insuring good representa-
ton ol their congregations At tho meeting which
III to ho hold to-day at tho Methodist Church
Block. lilo euptoct was not genorally discussed
iu tho pulpit, tho principal Hertnon OIL tho SUBJ
ject being tho ono delivorod in Trinity Episcopal
Church by tho Rey. Edward Sullivan.
SERMON DA TIE REV. DIR. SULLIVAN.
The Rov. Edward Sullivan, in lla sermon at
Trinity Church yesterday morning. the subject
Of which was tho Homon's Crusade" took for
his text tho ninth yorHo Of tho fourth chapter Of
Judges:
Anil ho safd, will surely 60 with ttce: notwith-
standing Inc journey UT tS M as ass sa not lq ,Sd Of
hnud Of u wumAn.
p1p1E WOMEN.
In opening, tho preacher reforrod briefly to
tho story Of Jael and Siaera and to tho fact tint
In tho Bible women woro not seldom ohoHon Us
the instruments for tho performance OF Gods
will, In tho cnso Of Jaol tho fundamentally
yaB apparently wenk hut in reality strong, and
tho story illustrated tho principle That whom tho
occasion required it woman wos strong. Tho
Now Testament allowed them even moro thnn
tho Old. Tho Virgin A1arywas tho first gront OK
ample, md her namo must always bo hold In
yepcration by Christians. st. pnul frequently
mon:iouotl women as co-workora In tho cause OF
Christ. The proachor CONNECTED his opening
romarks with tho temperance reform ut present
boiug conducted III Ohio. and popularity known
ha
THE =" MOMENTS cnusApE."
Flo vns compelled to 1,o briof, aa l,a had M ap-
pointment, but in the few nlinutoa fo Ind, he
would saY that ho could not apoak Of sweeping
approval nor T.; wholesale CONTAMINATION To- OF the
which no ono could foil to admire. Flrst was tho
zeal with which tho women had grapplcd tho
fearful vice Of incompetence. Tho strong, denp
boliof which these women Ind shown in tho
had 1nid hold OF the dogmat,o Insertion that
whatevor il asked In God'a namo, thnt would bo
granted, anl strong in thor faith thoy had Us.
sailed, with apparont auccoaS. monster owl OF
tho age.
QUESTIONABLE FEATURES.
But whi1o according prniso to these features
Of tho movement there woro others which could
not fail on Thoughtful consideration to meet
with dlaapproyal. Ono Of thcso things is tho
excitement attending it; tho emotional sensa-
tiounlism 10 peculiar to American life, which
raised strong doubt al to tho lasting effect Of
tho alleged CONVERSIONS Tho proachor con-
trastcd tho excitement attendant upon tho cru-
6ado with tue unpreto0tiouB why's OF our ShVlor
~ 1aH 1tf1Nf harn n
overthrow iutomporance, surely it would bo as
cflicacioua in tho Ennc.uary aB dragged into tho
public streets aud subjected to tho 3eers aud
SOOTHING Of unbolioyora. It waa not by Vhrowing
brought home to thoin Our Savior said: ''Giyo
not that which is holy to dogs, ncither cast 70
poaria before swlno." The preachor did not
refer to tlo liquor-ao'lors, but to those WHO
Of tho crusaders. or my othor sincoro attempts
at promotiug tho cAuao OF Christianity.
TIE REACTION.
Tho yory HucoosB which has attended, the move-
| mont furnishes ts own condemnation, III tho
parable Of tho sowing OF tho soea 1t will bo re-
! lnoulhorad that throe-guarterB Of the seed was
lost while aomo OF It shot up and was scorched
In tho HUI because there was no depth Of earth.
30 In tliA movement there was no dopth. Tho
breaking up Of hogshead Of whisky by q 81.
ioo1- -eapor was not tic result Of conviction Of
error but rather Of emotional oxcl.omont, or be-
cause somebody elso tlad dono so, or bocauso
| they wcro good-nntnrod, or porl1npB because
| they Ind boon paid to doit: Tho fear Of q re-
action was very great, and whom 1t sot in it would
bo truly found that "the lust stage OF that man
| WAS worse than the tlrss."
Legal. ARpEcTa.
Au the point %he 1 t nat not nq
u1unity whore the low logali2ed tho liquor trac-
| fic no ono Ind right to Interfere with It. SO
| long AZ tho Halool,-koaporH kept within tho
bounds sct for tflom by tho lawt 90 long woro
| ross pgainht all outaido interforonco. The
| prcnchor hoped no one would think lfp WAS 1lp-
holding intemporanco, to Which io considered
lino-tonthn of tho misery Of this world was due.
II 1t ay III his power lie would abolish 1t immo-
| diatoly.
| PROPER MEANS OF HuppnESafoN. ..
But he thought that tho right moanH Of aup-
pra4slou EIti not boon atloptod by tho crllsaaers
preaoIor 1t suggested tho following: Who're tho
moral touo Of tue community would permit of 1t,
tho total Suppression Of tho traffic; aud whore
| tl4 IL not possible then tho reduction Of tho
owl 10 minimum OF heayy charges fer loonBe;
tho llquor-sollor through wboso business public
or private disaator had arrived; tho suppression
Of Sunday ltquor.solng tho cheap education
Of the public mind; aud, la1tlY, and most I'M
ality could avail by itsolt, tho bringing tho Cos
| rel to bear upon It, Tho preacher thought that
the oluroheH OF tho ntnotoenth century woro
| too Ariat0oratto. Tho ot0r OF tic poor man .
garment wab not rolialed in tho nanotuary, aud
Ia tlia respcok tho ohurcl, of to-day oontrastod
very poorly with tho church Of tho first century.
IIo wiBklod that tho mon, wonson, and ohildren Of
tho congregation would go among tho poor living
west Of Htate street. and brlng tl,en to tho
church. They wore to 10 found Ia that looaiity
| by tho thousands. struggling ln u sea OF sin and
misery, mud with no hand offered to holp tLem
ont OF tholr dlstreHH. lie invited tllem to moot
hin, Tuesday morning for tho purpose of organ-
lzitsg iu nd of the poor. Thore wore EolsroBont-
atiyes OF about two hundred famtllos IN tho
c!,ulch. II each Of those fhmllies would Goyoto
some Of their Hpare tmo co the ooling utter tho
spiritual wants OF ono OF the fanilioB west Of
Aiato ntreot, low much good would DO accom-
| plAloa by tNa Gonoortad antton.
| i nUh1OA GoNTNAp1CTEp.
During the Aoryloo. tho 1lov. Nlr. Sullivan
stated that he had l~ard it r1mQrea that he waa
in sympathy with tho Toformod Eplhoopallar'
Oh9rol. n.oyoment. lie conttadioted the rumor,