, 1876-12-24

A young man was teaching in a district school
when one day the following conversation took
! place: Teacher ito little girl whom he sees
weeping violently" What is the matter,
F. ES9oyI ttd fss Teas6cs s
Johnpy-"No, sir" Teacher But she says
that you werc,,' -"No-n-no, sir. He
w-w-w-was t-t--t-tryin' to kiss Mn
Maggie J-Jackson."
IS MOODY IN FAVOR or DRUNKENNESS ?
To ne Editor Of The Tribune,
CHICAGO, Dec. 23-In your issue Of Friday,
Dec. Is, find the following in the report OF
Mr.. Moodys Bible-reading OF the previous
afternoon. He had been speaking about secret
organizations:
he would not yoke himself With an nnbelievsr in
anything; nau rescued from intemperance by
a society not working On Gospel principles vas
aid apd 81 sue2 nssi man . was ' worse thin drunkard
In regard to the first part Of the above state
ment, I would say that am not member OF
any such secret organization, but believe, and
facts think will bear me out in the assertion,
that previous to the "Women'9 crusade" such
secret organizations were the only conserYator6
Of temperance In the country, and had been for
the thirty years previous. Statistics also prove
Chrrt:h Of Christ in this State than anV other
orpnnization ercentinp the S,1nday-school.
But It is not SO much nj. Moody's Statement
as to secret temperance organizations that I take
man rescncd from intemnernnce hy d society
not workinr on GOSPEL principlcs was
vorse tha1i 4 drunkard.u Can It be that 1fr.
Moody. who annears to be so Iarpe-hearted
aud practical in everything, made the
tiona can It be that he means ft3
Does he mean to say that man is better drunk
than sober # not q Christiau. for that is the
onIy Inference to be- drawn from his language
/ thoueht at first that your reporter had MIS-
conceived his laueuaee, but ind Oh consulting
thc Tins Of the sa1nn dafe that its rcnort Il
substantially the same as yours, and am also
Informed b.. persons who were present that your
fsPS bsT s s made e senRsfa ad m a
9sna it nax = sns e ts 1ad psdo, s5d s1 d0et1s Ct; r.
drunkard, reformcd by INV means, whether
be Is worse nov. than when he was drunk,
Let him ask the community in which he lives
whether he is not better nefghbor. better
citizen. better friend. and hefier man. let
him nsk lie ncn Nth whom he docs business
# lis credit isnot better and bis affairs more
Yes Let M M6odv ask SKI The e keepers Of or
iajIs, briaeWelis. and r,enifentiaries how many
mer came there throunh the i1fuercn Of drink.
and the: answer viii Sc: Nine out Of ten; and
yet hfr. Moody says that man Is better drunk
particular methods. ~ - N@N0
~ 1 nres,ime It viii he saf5 that tbe statement
IVES made ouly IN a rcllstoug point Of view,
But oven i it Was, will it stand! Is not & man
when hi brain is clear aad steady than when his
nerceptions are clouded and bis yeasonine facul-
ties hf1,nted with tie fumes Of alcoholf When
a man has freed himself from the shack1es Of
drink. ia he mol more capable OF looking after
~ Agai1, he b. says that it makes him "proiud."
Wej7. hns he not cause to be prol1d4 f there
anything SO yery wrong In the fact that i man
who has emancipatcd himself from the most
pernicious habit that curses the human race
bride. indeed. that has for its object the con-
scio,tsness IF right-doinr even In one
particular, and it Would be the
Freatest thing that could possibly
Happen to this country if every drinking man il
tion Of drnnkenness and sobriety is a social and
nolitica] Question. and onlv 4 religions oneNk 40
FAR as sobriety is branch Of m6raiity. for So
hrietv ia inst IA Essential "a honestv or anv
othar vjrtna FIR r. unionhtef1lv malca a man .
hetter menhar ~ comnon17;tT and a hetter iii
5on 0A ~ "40 oS''"1 ~''|
w While r am m thfa snhfec4 T xvonid ltka IN
sneaT m another noint. r is said that no TAM
Rssad an Ghretan;t1 oIotn eas r.t = +hot hot
~ r ~ = hassd n
Christian nrineinIes. "a for The scrintura % saith.
az thraaff ~, Rar,, !, ~ a,,d os+
surediy harmfng himself by drunkenness; and
secondly, tnas encn reformation Is permanent aa
!ong .aa tne NAP; aostalns rom
intoxlcants, and that IS all that can be claimed
that his ever been addicted 70 this easlaying
habit, II ne drinks at all, Will get drunk, That-