The New York herald., 1877-07-07
TEMPERANCE AT SEA CLIFF.

GOOD TEMPLARs, SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND
THE woMENs TEMPERANCE UNION HOB
NoBBINo-THE ARMY AND NAVY IN FAVOR
OF COLD WATER OR SODA.
SEA CLIrr, l. l., July o. 1871
In the putting of old truths freshness be I'm
parted to them by speakers which the truths them
selves do not possess In preaching temperance
truths think the women have decidedly tho better Of
the While tho eutire ten days TO be spent In
advocating temperance principles. each day will be
occupied by distinct organ zations
THE Goop. .rxNpIARs
For instance, the Good Tsmpars led the way on
Thursday A. ). Draper PRESIDED, aud addresses were
made by MIRA J. G. Parks Mrs. susannah Evaas-Peck
Mr.. \. d. Ropes and others. The address OF
Mrs Peek was the principal OF the day. she Is
young Welsh woman, . polished speaker aud very
eloquent To-day the Sons OF Temperance had the hold
TO themselves The Rev. W. Z. Steele engineered all
the incetiuss and presided in the morning. when
addresses made by Grand Worthy Patriarch Par
sons p. W. q. p Rev. a. NJ. Pamor, oi NewarE Con-
ference Methodist Episcopal Church. &C. Leigh. Of
Brooklyn, and Mr.. Steele Brother steele glad to
SO many persons present. but others were surprised
TO few. The 0raer OF tho SONS of Temperance,
OF which he IS tho chct, has during its existence
gathered 200O, COO into It's ranks Brother Parsons
took an article from a morning newspaper as a text
drew contrast between what temperance and RUN
drinking does NOBODY, no. the drunKards taem-
salves, would deuy bis propositions. and yet
he set up straw men Que alter another and
Knocked them down again 10 ms entire sats-
faction Ho told Us how many slssses
seventy grams OF corn and pahet!cnly referred
10 tue young man who began bis downward career
toward drunkard's grave by cating brandy peaches
prepared by his mother. Ot course, alter tnis 20
house wife w preserve her wutor peaches in brandy.
Gu thusiasn was shown az the morning meeting was !
manifested toward Profe u. = Wceks, who leads
the singing sings the temperance rungs craudly.
AFTERNOON MEETING.
Tho afternoon session better attended than the
mornng and the meeting was more en1h husss.c w Gen.
initcd presided and made an address Of
ability. hc showed good sense however, in robakins
the hurry and hss0 OF some workers IN thS cause TO
break up the habits and customs OF generations. He
did not expect this temperance reform 10 succeed
within or three generations. The young must bo
educated TO temperance, rhe Sons OF Temperance,
though now thirty i've years IN this work. have only
begun 10 hgEt, aud since The Order has admitted
women Their success has been greater than ever be-
tore.
navy as un apprentice. under Admiral Eoote. when
that gallant oioer cut of The whlskey ratons OF HIS
men aud served them with apple sauce instoad. Ho
told the audience and caught their attention A.
once. Then he told them why for other he
was enlisted IN this temperance army He had lost
onc drunkem spree OF had robbed him Of $8,OO0
lie never know an Incorporate man who came to any
thing The Captain auuIcSs nao t4o auultlouaI merit
Ol brovity
THE OLD ORIGINAL
sMother Stewart, " the original crusader from Ohio
was l0und be ''s0n" OF temperance. The temper
ance people had made all sorts Of things Of her Out
in ohio tney reformed club oil her. She agreed
with the OF Brother Booe last night when he
said that when the women engaged in this temperance
work the LORD Jesus christ came into II and de
w stay. n efrn af
Mss North, OF Brooklyn, read q well written poem
OF her own aud another ny G. w. Bunguy, both on
tne former having special reference to
: 4 AM q
course will not drink Father Gleason OF Brook
yn the veteran Indian missionary, now IN hts eighty
Irst year, made lew remarks. Hc was followed Dy
his son. Mr.. L. W. Gleason, who raped Brother Leigh
over the knucxies for MS political references Tue
biggest devil the Church has TO bght he believed
has entered into tho temperance organization is the
political whicn has the Sous OF Temperance
down from $4,000 in 1871 10 less tEan ten thousand
to-day.
KILLING DRyII.
Somebody found bottle OF whiskey m tho grove
tho audIence for their amusement and to illustrate
how he would 1eh that devil The Rev Alfred ray-
or referred TO the Dutch Church Consistory, which
let's Two OF us 10 rumseers aud runs prayer
ting up stairs daily where prayers arc offered Tor
The over hrow Of the trattic in
In the evening Mother Stewart and Mrs. Evans !
Peck delivered addresses The principal speakers ad-
verti sed have been here except the women, who
seem have much more interest IN this Cause than
Ihe Tomorrow Saturday tue W woman's Chris
dressed by Mrs Annie Wittinmyer, Of Philadelphia;
Mrs Mary Q. Johnson OF Br0okly Misscs Green wood
W usow ana others. And on SUNDAY, DR.. q. II. Fow-
Ter, OF New York and DR.. Mckcndre Klley, OF Bslti-
more will pfeach morning and evening. and addresses
Will be given in the afternoon by MIS- Wisnmyer and