The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-11
TYPOGRAPHY Oss REV. John
RANKIN.
var. RansxIn's a.IberaIIay.
CHAPTER XXI.

of his salary to give the church of
Ripley the whole of his time. To
found q college at Ripley he gave
two hundred dollars. To q turn
pike road he gave a hundred dol
lars. To build the second church at
Ripley he gave four hundred dol
lars, and preached TO the eongrega-
ton year without requiring any
salary. To Iberia college he gave
q hundred dollars. He paid for
house rent fifty dollars for u poor
family. To the church OF New
Richmond he forgave three hum
dred and fifty dollars due TO him for
his services in that church. In adj
dition to all these contributions he
gave literally to the benevolent in
situations of tie church. After Civ
ing up the church OF Strait Creek
his salary, on an average, was not
more than three hundred and fifty
dollars year. II IL BE asked how
could q man with large family to
support and educate, donate so
much as is stated above on q sal
airy of three hundred and fifty
dollars9 The answer is, he had an
industrious wife and children, and
had forty.fOur years in which to do
1t. In short time, and with so 1T
tie means as he possessed, so much
could not have been done.
THE FORMATION OF WHAT Is BELIEv-
Ed TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY ORGAN
lied WEST OF THE ALE
GHANY MOUNTAINS.
In January, 1922, Mr.. Rankin set
tied at Ripley, Brown county. Ohio.
At that time Ripley was 3 small viii
lage, and very immoral, aud was
badly infested with retailers of ar
dentIspirits. In the pulpit.and in pri-
vate intercourse Mr.. Rankin oppos-
cd perseverinely the common use of
spirituous liquors and all those
drinking establishments of the place.
When Mr.. Rankin saw that the re-
tailers of intoxicating drinks were
determined to perseVere in their
business, he determined to organize
a temperance society. And lest 1t
should be deemed q Presbyterian
movement he privately prompted
John G. Poage and Charles Porter,
members OF his church, to solicit
some prominent members of the
Methodist church to unite with
them in forming temperance soci-
ETY.. They obtained the asd of
Archibald Liggett and George
w. King, members ofthe Methodist
church, and a temperance society
was organized, with q pledge of to-
tal.abstinence from distilled spirits.
Mr.. Rankin gave It air the aid In bis
power. Some time after its forma-
ton Mr., Erhart, q young school
teacher, came to Ripley, and by his
zeal and efforts gave q new impulse
to the temperance cause.
One OF the most efficient members
was Archibald knight, who was not
q church member, but was a sup
porter of the Presbyterian church,
OF which his wife was q member,
and he attended public worship.
He had some good traits OF charac-
ter. He was moral and benevolent.
He and his wife have both gone to
eternity. Joseph McCarty was a
member of that society. He was q
magistrate, and exercised his office
well; was q moral and decent man,
but he was not q member of any
church. He has passed out of life.
John G. Poage and Charles Porter
were men of fair christian charac-
ter, and It Is believed that both OF
them have passed into endless hap
piness. Nathanial Collins was an
original temperance man, and g
member of the Presbyterian church,
aud sustained his profession down
to the end of life. He died, as is
believed, in the hope of eternal life
Joseph N. Campbell was an original
member of the temperance society
lie was an elder of the Presbyt
an church, and sustained a fair
christian character, and died, it il
believed, in the hope of eternal life
Another early sustainer of temper
ance was Theodore w. Collins, who
still lives, and IL q jealous christian
man and an elder Of the PresbYteri.
an church, and is now in old age,
waiting for q crown of glory.
Robert POage, an elder of the
Presbyterian church, was early in
the temperance cause. He is now
old, and looking for q crown OF
life. Archibald Liggett and Geo
w. King, it is believed, still sus'
tain christian characters, and are
now in old age, and are expecting q
crown of righteousness, which the
Lord the righteous judge will give
to all them that love him.
Rev. James Gilliland was tenn
perance man long before any tenn
perance societies were formed, and
had induced the people of his charge
to abandon the use of ardent spirits
at their public gatherings. He waI
promoter of every good work
lie now rests from his labors, and
wears q crown of life.
From early boyhood Mr.. Rankin
absIained from the common use Of
distilled spirits. And although he
is now in his eighty-third year, be
is able to preach twice on the Sab
bath without suffering injurious IA
tigue. 1t IL the result of q temper
ate life.
Such az are described above W ere
the men who formed the fret tenn.
perance society west of the ALE.
ghany mountains. 1t became Wash.