The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-07

mination to stifle truth, and they tore
down the. bills as fast as they were put
up. As it was not possible, in the lin
tied time at our disposal, and worn out
as we were with constant labor, to ad-
vertise by going from house to house,
we made no attempt to apprise the citi-
zens of a second lecture, further than
the announcement that we would speak
again if we could arrange to accommo-
date the people. This we failed to do,
so in the evening we met a couple of
dozen friends at the courtroom, where
for an hour we enjoyed "sociable" that
renewed our spiritual strength and
sent US on our way rejoicing.
When the time shall come that the
so-called "leaders" in The Dalles
churches get imbued with more of the
spirit of Christ, and good deal less
with the spirit of Ishmael, they shall
see that their boys on the streets will
behave less like heathens, and more
like Christians, too. The worst boys to
be found anywhere are those that vege-
tate in community where bigotry
bars the churches against the woman
movement. And no wonder. The boys,
God bless them, are not to blame. Their
| spiritual advisers are greater heathens
than themselves, else they would set
better examples.
In La Grande, Baker City, Union,
Cove, and all other places where the
churches were open to US, and the
preachers and choirs assisted at the
meetings, the spirit of progress had dis
pelled the spirit of hoodlumism, and we
encountered none of it. "Wo unto ye
scribes, Pharisess, hypocrites " Verify
ye have your reward.
But enough of this. We met, in the
Good Templsr's hall, over sixty active
wide-awake members. A temperance
revival is in progress that is very en-
couraging to its friends and the friends
of progress generally.
Mr.. WOrsley, young man of an en-
terprising spirit, has inaugurated, and
for the past year, carried on a city
library, which speaks well for it
protector. All the leading newspapers
and many standard books and period
icals are here. We certainly wish tn
gentleman success in his enterprise
Anything that will tend to break tn
fossil shell that encrusts so many of Th
Dalles people should be literally sus
tanned by its men and women of brai
and enterprise.
We cannot close this letter withou
making special mention of courte
. sizes received from Colonel Fulton an
, Robert Pentland, Esq, two friends {
, human rights, who are public-spiriteC
leading citizens of the place that ought
! with the help of the Methodist preacher
to redeem it from churchanity, an
, place it on the broad platform of
, Christianity which is only bounded b
. the Golden Rule.
. OF course the saloons prosper her
, They always do where Pharisees col
troll the churches
In spite of excessive WEAKNESS, "
canvassed portion of the business pa
of town for subscribers and renewals o
Wednesday, with very gratifying SUI
? cess, and on Thursday returned to Por
land, to home and holidays and kindl
! greetings. A. ]. D.
!. SIN proof of this, we refer our readers
the prosperous condition of the saloons in u
e heart of Portland. The woman movement
. tabOoed in the churches in this city, and eve
> word that we have said of The Dalles churc
v anity applies with equal force at home.