The daily gazette., 1877-08-08
FIRST EDITION!
TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE.
MEETING AT THE NINTH AND LoN-
BARD STREETS TENT LAST EVEN
ING--ADDRKssEs. &c.

The attendance at the Alliance tent at
Ninth and Lomb bard streets, last evening,
was moderate, but the attendance Of
musqutoes w9s vely large, they SEEM
ingly being out in full force, and those
VINO were present were kept constantly
busy in keeping them off their person.
The meeting opened with the usual de-
votional exercises of singing, praying
and reading chapter in the bible.
Just as reporter of this paper arrived
at the tent stranger wss speaking who
closed his remarks substantially as fol-
lows: He said that he attri buted all that
he was to the early teachings of his
pious mother, and he had lived strictly
in accordance with these teachings, and
he had no doubt his sainted mother look
ed down from her home above and bless
ed him. He had never been drunk in
his life because she had told him terrible
things about the evils of drunkenness,
and he never would take drink as long
az life lasted, and the very gates of he'll
should not prevail upon him to do 30.
Inc temperance reople had a great
work before them and they must look to
Jesus for help and salvation. Go for
ward and take the name of Jesus for
our watchword, and keep going onward
until we gain our crown.
"In the Cross" was then sung.
y. 5. Wheeler was the next speaker.
He related his experience. He said he
had been drinking man and through
that had lost very fine business. He
recollected that on one occasion he was
going up Market street ON an errand
when he met one of his friends who
asked him into saloon to take a drink.
AT first he refused but was finally pre-
vailed upon to enter, and there he met
two county officers and several others.
or course, after taking the first drink it
was treat all around. When he had
poured ont the last drink he held it up
before his face and told those present
that that was the last drink that should
ever pass his lips that would make drunk
come, and those present laughed at him,
thinking he was only in fun, but he
thanked God from that time (Which had
been over three years ago. up to the
present he had remained true to his tenn
perance principles. For while after he
quit drinking it was an uphill business !;
frequently as he walked along the street
he would meet those who would invite
him in to take drink, and he finally
had to tell them not to do it as he had
stopped 1t forever.
A short time after he had stopped
drinking he was sitting at the supper
table when his wife asked bim to 90 to
church, place that he had not been for
four years, that evening With her, and he
promised her to do so. They went, and
he had hardly stepped inside the door
before a strange feeling Came over him
and in less than an hour afterwards he
was fully converted to God. That event
occurred about three years ago, and he
would not change back to his old life
under any consideration. He felt that
he had home in heaven and he expect
ed to gain it. If man is converted truly
to God he will not need liquor; but there
are great many that we cannot get into
religious meetings and he thought that
they should go out after them and bring
them into the meeting and get them to
give their hearts to God, and then they
would never have a desire to touch whiS-
key again. The temperance people are
certainly doing some good, for the rum
sellers are already complaining that their
fills are not as heavy now as before this
great movement commenced. He closed
his remarks by exhorting those present
TO come up and sign the pledge and then
give themselves to Jesus.
"The Light of the World is Jesus,
was then sung.
Mr. Grey was the next speaker. He
said that he loved all the means which
make people temperate and religious,
He was in favor of what the former
speaker had said about going out and
bringing in the tent those who were not
in the habit of attending church; he be-
heved that it woald result in great good
If there were any of those kind present
he would advise them to first sign the
p -dge and then get converted. Before
| he was thoroughly converted he had
made many promises, but they were al
ways broken. Just as soon as he had
given himself into the hands of God all
promises that he had made were faith.
fully kept. He had been In a great many
hard places, but through the mercies OF
God he had come out all right, and that
is what gave him his hold. Look where
his children were to-day by having giver
themselves to God. One of his sons was
standing on the watch wall Of Zion
preaching the gospel of the Lord jesus
| to dying people. He closed by saying
that he had not said much but what ht
had said came from God, otherwise he
could not have said it.
"Praise the Lord" was sung.
Rev. Mr., Latrobe, the next speaker
said that he did not think he could give
a personal experience, as they did not dc
that in the Episcopal Church, but he die
not see any reason why they did not.
We read in the 5th chapter of the
Gospel of st. John, of q certain i'm pc
| Ue0t man, VINO mao Ooeu SICK IOr 90 years
and he had been carried down to Ger
tain pool which at certain times an ange
went down and troubled the waters, ant
whosoever then first, after the troubling
of the water, stepped in, was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had. This poor
man who had been sick so long laiC
lalongside of the pool, and no, one woulC
help him int O the pool, he being too in
firm 10 help himself. Then it was tha'
our Savior looked down upon him in in
finite pity, and with his great love sale
unto him, Rise, take up thy bed ane
walk" and straightway the man did a.
he was commanded. That miraelespeak
volumes to US. and if there is heart
broken soul in. this audience tc-nigh
that pray for, it viii be healed, because
God has the power 10 do SO. We have
those in our midst Il might, who ar
stricken down, and we pray that Jssu
will come oown and heal all of those sin
stricken souls in this city. Ii you hav
not found Jesus, go to him tO-night, an,
pray that he may come to you; he stand
knocking at the door of your heart read
to enter if you ask him.
He then spoke of the Immortality ofth
J soul and said that that subject seems t.
be the discussion in this community a
J the present time. If it was an immortal
ty of woe, then it was curse. He trem
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