Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-01-12
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
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DRINKING usIGEs OF SOCIETY.
The parlors Of VIM. E. Dodge. of New
York, were recently filled with an asse m
| blags of well known business men, lawyers
and ministers who went to listen to Rev. DR..
Omission, the lecturer of the evening, on
the subject of temperance. DR.. Ormiston,
called attention to the great Importance OF
the temperance movement, the terrible i'm
portance of the temperance movement, the
terrible evil Of intoxication, and the necessi-
ty that the churches should take a chief part
in the contest against that evil. He spoke
of the difficulty Of rsclaiming the drunkard
though work to that end should not be
given up, as each rescued man was grand
trophy-and urged that the beginnings of in
temperance should be resisted everywhere
and afwsys-at the social board as well as in
the drinking saloon, in the party which en-
couraged it as in the darker shadows which
encompassed its worse forms. The masni-
tude OF the evil, in its financial, social, moral,
and spiritual results, was incalculable.
In the United States 330 000. 900 of gallons
of liquors, costing $3.50, 100000, were con-
sumed annually-S20 to each man, woman,
almshouses were there in consequence of in
temperance. Vagrancy and bsggary had
their main source there, and 80 to ~ per
cent of all criminals connected their course
of crime with intemperance. DIR. Ormiston
gave full statistics sustaining these views,
and spoke at length OF the evils arising to
the individual drunkard of the influence OF
drinking against religion both at home and
abroad, and of the fact that moderate drink
ing was only the introduction to excess. He
also dwelt upon the duty Of all parents, for
the sake of their children, to make earnest
efforts that they be not entangled in this
crime.
The Rev. Mr.. Bevan, who has Just come
from England to be pastor of the Old Brick
Church of this city, spoke briefly Of the pro-
gress of the temperance cause in England
and especially the progress of total dbstlh-
nence among the clergy of England
DR.. Willard Parker made some remarks on
the physiological results of drunkenness on
the individual, and especially of its effects
on offspring. 1t became disease in the IN
dividual. and, ike consumption, became
hereditary. He spoke with praise of the
efforts of the Catholic clergy to restrain this
vice in their parishioners.
The Rev. DIR. L. L. Cuyler, following.
thanked Mr.. Bevan Tor the stand he had
taken In tnl5 great Work IN En1niAnd anu note-
He need not be ashamed of standing with
DIR. John Hall, DIR. Ormiston and DIR. Taylor
in this matter. DIR. Cuyler trusted they
would have more OF the same class from the
older country. He offered the following re-
solution
Resoired That this conference. in view Of the
great peril involved in the ipjarious social custom
Of drinking intoxicating beverages, especially upon
New Years Day, earnestly implores all who dis
oltin. liquors, and that hereby respectfully in
vito the clergy and the press Of this and other
cities to give the widest possible publicity to this
our appeal.
This resolution was heartily adopted.
Mr. Dodge spoke briefly of the work done
in this cause by the Young Mems association
and OF the publications under its auspices.
and said that the more they reflected on this
evil the palmer the duty became to them as
citizens, patriots, taxpayers, and Christians
to contend against it.
DR.. Prime being called on turned aside the
demand for speech by = motion of thanks
to Mr.. Dodge and the previous speakers
The Rev. DR.. Hitchcock. in seconding this
motion, urged that the children of light
should have something of the wisdom Of the
children of this world in applying practical
remedy to this great evil.
DIR. Babcock. of Philsdelphis, spoke at
length OF the effect OF the establishment of
cotfse-houses in that city counteracting in
large measure the evil influence of liquor
saloons and with constantly increasing bene-