The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-13
TEMPERANCE.
second Annivers,ry OF the women's
Temperance Lesgue-Review of the
work By Thomas Hornbrook, Esq.

The second anniversary of the Wo-
mems Temperance League was held In
the lecture room of the Fourth st. III. Z.
Church yesterday afternoon. Mrs. DR..
Kelley, President OF the League, pre-
sided.
The room was little more than half
filed, and the meeting was opened by
the singing of q hymn, after which, Mrs.
Rev. Ball, offered up prayer. Miss
Sallie J. Meholen was introduced, and
she proceeded to read q review OF the
women's temperance movement in this
city. prepared by Thomas HornbroOk,
Esq. ..... ST..
MR.. THOMAS HoRNBRooK's REVIEW.
To the Laaies of the Women'S Temper
ance League Of Wheeling:
Your request that should, on this
secoad anniversary of your organization
as a temperance body, give the history
thereof, leads the mind back to the ex-
citing scenes then occurring in Ohio and
other sister States along with the cru
SADIE movement. Thought recurs to
those labors of your sex in other portions
of our land, where heroic deeds were
performed, and the contumely, reproach,
insult and assaults of those VINO
were undermining society by sranc
| which we believe has proved itself to
be an unmitigated eriL, and after the
thought this deduction follows: Ii 1t
be such an evil, is it within the licensing
power of Christian people? An army
WAS in motion far off as we'll as around
US. Not as of old, when Peter the Her
NIT had reused the Christian world with
a cry of deliverance for the Holy Land,
but we had npurished and strengthened
a viper until it had bitten US, and It's
fangs had pierced nearly every house.
hold. Nothing but desolation seemed to
await those who dared single handed TO
oppose it, while its siren song lured TO
eterna as we'll as temporal death all, even
our dearest, who smeiled, slipped, tasted,
drank and died.
1t is hardly necessary for me to say
that have long bad the temperance
cause at heart; been fired almost to the
point of evil speaking while watching Its
Communicating influence upon this COM
muaity. Frequently wondering how
minister of the Gospel of Christ could
tolerate in his fold, or church, any one
who was wilfully leading his brother into
sin, and then, perhaps, concluding that.
there was only a name and that no gen.
uine Christian, since the light OF tenn
perance broke upon our nation, thirty
or forty years ago, had continuously or
for any length of time, engaged IN that
traffic. ! had met your late worthy Pres
ident, Mrs. l.. A. Hagans, on Main street.
The removed lecturer, John b. Cough,
had been here. The Rev. j. J.. Thomp-
son had been fired by the contact with
the blaze which the mothers, wives and
daughters of Ohio had kindled. Mrs.
Hagsns and others here, had been seeing,
hearing of, and reading about, the ex-
tions of the women crusaders in our
sister states; and thought that part OF
efforts of the Home Mission Society, over
which she presided, might be wisely di-
rected in that way. The public mind all
over the country was highly infiamed
by the subject and to show you with
what ..argus-like eyes the local editors
watch for an item, quote the following
from the HatelLigencer of March Q, 1874,
The Prayer Test"
"a rumor is current upon the streets,
that a considerable SUM of money has
been pledged tc assist the whiskey crusad-
ers, should that movement be inaugural
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traced to any authentic source, however.
We are inclinded to think the ladies of
this city have no idea whatever of engag-
ing in the moral revolution" But the
Offset to the local idea was penned by
him on the second day after
his "idea" was published, and
reads: Preparing for Prayer.
"For some days past several proml
nent ladies in this city have been quietly
at work canvassing the subject OF organ
izing a crusade similar to that now agl-
tating various Ohio towns. The result
was evidently satisfactory to the ladies,
as quite large number of them met in
the Grant House parlors, yesterday, for
consultation. What transpired at this
meeting we are not prepared to say, as
no reporter was admitted; but we
are informed that the first prayer
meeting will be held in the
English Lutheran Church near the
Postotfice, this afternoon at 3 o'clock
Now if the first quotation proved the
perseverance, with which Local pur-
sues an item the second demonstrates the
ability of the ladies to keep their own
counsel, as the Local. admits, for several
DAYS The engineer had decided that
the route was practicable, the advance
guard was prepared to hold the first
council of war, and like the Christian
hero, they first sought strength in prayer.
The public press said: about one
hundred and fifty persons, the majority
of whom were ladies assembled in the
English Lutheran Church to lnaugur-
ate the meetings proposed TO
be held in this city. Rev. Bar
ntz, on behalf OF the ladies, requested
Rev. Bristow to preside. The latter
gentleman came forward, read the fifth
chapter of lst Thessalonians, and after
the singing of CORONATION" offered
PRAYER. The Chairman then remarked,
That as ne was stranger W HOsI vi
those present, he would avoid any spe-
cisl invitation by giving general one,
and hence requested all present to vol
unfairly engage in exhortations and
prayers. He hoped there would be no
hesitation on the part of any one in the
audience in giving their views, as it was
necessary that general expression of
opinion should be obtained in order
that harmony and success might be
SIRE.
After singing "How Sweet the Mama
of Jesus sounds" Rev. Bsrultz led in
prayer and fervently asked that the |.
members of our City Council might De
enabled to stand up for Jesus and in
duced to resist the evils of incompetence. /
Sweet Hour of Prayer" was then sung,
and Rev. J. b. Clark, of St. Johns Epis- |
copal Church, petitioned the Throne of |
Grace. This was followed successfully by |
other hymns and prayers, in which Rev. !
Motiat said they must mot adjourn with