The New York herald., 1877-07-22
TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.
GRAND OUTDOOR MEETING or THE woMAN's |
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.


GRAND OUTDOOR MEETING or THE woMAN's
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
OCEAN GROVE, N. j., July 81. 1877.
The third day OF tho Womau's National Christian
Temperance Convention held in the Bishop James
Memorial tabernacle The great hall again SO
densey crowded that hundreds unable 70 obtain
entrance and crowded about The open doors and wn-
dowa The meeting was led by Mrs Holmes. Mrs
Wttemeyer presiding Alter the opening hymn Sister
james offered prayer that the Christian under
the guidance OF the Holy spirit would be loyal to the
work and have self removed that their whole efforts
should be given to the temperance work that every SOIL
in Ocean Grove should ee tho divine influence up,i,
like tho waves of the ocean, their power should sweep
the land from end to end. Alter singing. ''what
friend We have in Jesus, Mrs. Holmes sad-.Not Of
works shall we boast, but let tho divine in
nuence touch every heart There is SO much
in tho Bible of tho glorious victory over sin that we
pray and read tue psalms and trust In God After
the reading OF the l03d and ll6th psalms oy Mrs
Holmes, "Come, thou fount OF every blessing tben
resoundcd In chorus OF over Elk thousand Voices
echoing through the grove, overwhelming the nces-
SAINT roar of the ocean. Miss Julia Coleman, Chairman
OF tho women's committee TO prepare the temperance
leaflets, said that from all over the country she
had received letters asking for the compila-
ton o such little leaflets temperance
as would feed tho country with temperance thought.
u
means purity of body US holiness means purity OF
spirit. SO there can DO no pure religion without
temperance; because. Z the BODY Is not pure, the
the hol.bed oi licentiousness Can God into the
hearts OF those VINO love tho wine cupY "Hc de-
heth the temple, him will God destroy" II is de-
filed by tobacco we'll II is not
enough 10 let rum aone, VIC must let aone everything
that denies tho body. rrohiblion comes In when we
lake those things away from people who resist
them Of themselves Now, in following up these
ideas We have prepared series OF leaflets giving d.
nCrW and nt md IN
OF the LORDS table, what each one can DO
and future Of tho crusade. They can be secured from
tho Womans National Christian Temperance Union at
age. We have no pecunary interest IN ,hcm but they
are valuable for local work, especially among pbysi-
clans who prescribe alcohol IN their remedies.
ALCOHOL IN MEDICINES
Mrs. Wittermcyer said The patent medicines OF the
day are largely composed of alcohol and We know
there Is no iood power In IT, Send these leaflets
tho doctors, showing the decision OF the Med
ca Congress TO that ELECT. send them to tue oicals
OF The churches who usc iermehted on the Com
munion table. ana then let them 90 down on their
knees and pray and then let them bay liquor for the
table It they Read those tracts nnd out which
VIII meet the case of some ono you know aud
send IL to hun or her
s'shal We Gather at the Rivcrn was then sung
pRrNKARDs AND IxRIDELs SAVED.
After the singing MRS. DR.. Rley OF Baltimore said
that a lew days ago. In WILMINGTON, a man came to
work In q distant town. He one who had been in
a mission meeting there and had been carried homo,
But he had heard her words. When he got sober he
signed the pledge and was saved. She
luod another instance OF who was
watching her in the inquiry meeting Shc
found that hc was believer in Voltare
aud Tom Paine. She prayed for him night and day,
but he would not give up his books He was raised
Cat hoic but would not take IN the doctrine OF inia-
hbiily, and therefore went TO inhdelity. But wo
prayed st ior him, aud AT last he got the spirit
and pued up his inlde books ana burned them. Now
be s member of tho Christian Church. and wrote mo
u letter lew days ago stating that he would 20
back to inidcliiy II he could The letter was read
and created great feeling oil encouragement in tho
work OF Gospel temperance.
PRAYERS ASKED.
A lady from New Jersey said - The spirit of Cod Is
moving among the people Of Ocean Grove. Three of
my friends have como to Christ through tho blessed
Influence Of this Women National Temperance Un0n
Mrs Denman sad 1t VIZ mothers nli spoke Tor our
children could never get through; but have re-
ccivcd postal card from mother asking prayers ior
boy in The school at Norwak, Conn., Tor the boys
thorc do not to communion. Another asked prayers
for a drinking man In Jamaica and another in Brook
lyD, both oil whom are almost hopeless cases.
WORK STATEN ISLAND.
call then made Tor volunteers to go to Staten
Island speak Sunday (today) IN the great IN
pcrance revival 10 be started there Mr. Loosev and
several others accepted the CALL aud loft on tho even
ing train The services closed with the singing of
"who's on tho Lords Sldo" and benediction.