The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-09
ChgntelIfgeucer.
,r,o coming state Temperance
luz Convention.

ttlIiN NH'' =,
'.,. throughout West Va, asking then
m.,t in Convention in this city on til,
,;,r and lG.h OF the present month. Thu
,,,.eI Convention is to be held in th'
G,,, House on the days named, and viii
AIl during that time day and evening
...i,,., Among other prominent per
e,pcc,ed to be present are Ex'Sena'
,,WaIey and Ex.Gov. Pierpoint, both
,fsbgm will, we presume, deliver ad'
j.,..,, before the Convention,
Tie object Of the Convention is under
.u,Jnbe to form State Temperance
,,.,.ialion, and along with it to in
,a,g[,lc plan ior forming Local
o,,Dily societies in every county in the
s,,, Thi. il somewhat on the plan oi
A. A.W,,hins,onian temperance league or
,.,,i,,ion that had such an extensive run
many wear. ago, Those who belonged
ni, plelged themselves not to Use any
i,,o,icating drinks, and to exert their
influence to prevent and reclaim others
from using them
Tbi. question OF total abstinence re-
,,ll. a discussion that took place in the
Church Congress at London u few
J,r. ago. The question before the
con,,., was "What can the Church
Al IA wun,cract drunkenness% 1t
"a, argued that it could do COM
p,ratiyely little as long as clergy
men drank wine, and thus set an exam
ple 70 men who looked up to them for
ruilancc. Drinking wine and brandy is
, much more prevalent custom among
the clergy in Great Britain than in this
country. Indeed, as n rule, American
preacher. make very little use Of stimu-
ltOs drink"
# rcm, that Cardinal Manning, the
highest diguitary in the Catholic Church
in England, sets the example to his
clergy Of total abstinence, which fact
call, to mind Bishop Whclan'a we'll
known temperance sermon Ot the Cath
elral here in the spring Of 1871, which
sermon was among the last, II not the
very last, sermons he ever delivered.
Ever since that memorable occasion the
temperance people Of this region, OF all
cpelc. have preserved a very kindly
recollection Of the }ishsp,
TiRJcgs Migr;iac, commenting OIL the
doing, oithc Church CongresS,claims that
itis useless for preachers or any body
else to inculcatc temperance unless they
thcmelvc1practice abstinence. Because,
says the writer, the most Of mankind are
30 aninalish aud unreasoning in their
views a. To be almost incapable OF dlS'
between the Use and the
abuse oil anylA'ng' he Tie same lOou or
drink. Their reasoning is on this wise,
ii one glass oI beer viii don man good,
two Will do INN more good. %c'
some one mas 'aIi that II temperance
sever to MAKE permanent headway III
The world 1t must begin lower down than
II ha'cyer yet reached In other words,
that it' hopes lor the future rest IN
Impres'lns the juvenile menl'
Oer''llp oil society It's contended that
In 'I''' respect the temperance people
must make Use ot the wisdom exhibited
BY that Glaze Of reIisioni'ta who believe
mat they can have control OF the youth
oI The land until they reach their early
'ee0', they can SO impress them during
'naItIme wlIhthe dogmns that the elect
VIII 'e"lIn lor lie, all other influences
hereafter to the contrary noIwlthStanu'
'og, y preliminary Step to gaining
'uc0 an influence over the rising gene
''''on VIII be the general improve
"'o' o' their social condition ny.
H'io' oil entertainments a boys
rH'E I'ie must not be made rs barren as
'a' the late VICE Prc'Idcnts' Where one
wy t''e'uhuer SucIl surroundings, ascore
taSe 'Lenl III search oil the eScitemehtS
' 'Otol,Iden Pleasures AS MIR. Beechcr
'"'e 'alo, as long as the Devil has all the
I''ac'lyc music, and so many oil the
measures oil lille that people really enjoy,
III I''' ''de, The LORDS people Will never
O"lN" WIN NM II was on TINS ldea
"a' W. McCoSiI' Pre'lueht oil Princeton
.o,Cg'' acted the other dayi when he
lad a lot Of billiard tables put in the
.ollcgc gymnasium. lie found, lie said,
hatncarIy all college boys naturally took
o billiards It was a game that gave
exercise and certain sorl
II mental discipline. II lie did not pro.
ide thi, iayorite nmusctnCnL lhnv wnuld
eek it amongst very doubtful and de-.
noalting associations.
Good physicians contend that every
taving Of nature when a man ia sick is a
lin, or r.,,.,,.,t-. -.