The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-08
TEMPERANCE CAMP MEETING
4 GA7HERTNG or WOMEY CONsPICUoUy
~ THE ONO CRUSADE


tton- and triti.isms- Brother Steele = ell.
Ing what Good Temri.rs have Done.
SEA CLIFF, July 7.-Nothcr Stewart, tho
Ohio crusader and tho Womcns Christian
Tcmperan.v Union took a loading part in the
meetings here to-day. Mother Stewart ia n host
in hcrsrli and her pres nce gives great in
tcrost and spirit 10 the meetings Her manner
is calm. but earnest and determined. Whcn-
ever any ono Of the speakers says anything
that sho docs not Ike. she is very prompt in
expressing her disapproyal and the offender is
sure to get n stern rcprimand. One Of tho
speakers approved of the use Of tobacco. and
Mother Stewart gave him severe tongue chas-
Using before the whole congregation. This re-
mnrkabe woman IL resident of Springfield.
Ohio. in which city she distinguished herself
by her work in the temperance crusade mOve-
mcnt in 1874. She then address Il large thrOngs
from the balconies Of tho hotels. She Is n rigid
prohibitionst and SAYS she has no faith in
halfway measures Another conspicuous wo-
man in competition with this temperance camp
Of tho WOman's National Temperance Union
crusade If 1874.
Susannah Evans was one Of the leading
spirits in to-day meetings. She began de.
lvcring temperance speeches in Wales and
England when only thirteen years OF age. Her
been in Canada. Other women temperance
VI. r.
brooklyn. Mrs Mary q. johnson OF England.
Miss NJ. T.. Wnslow Of New York, and Mrs.
Anna Randall Dehl Of Long Island.
Although the members of the SONS Of Tenn
p'rNncc appear in lurgc numbers nc these Sea
GIN camp meetings. the Good Tnmpiars are
{. steele gave ms SUI correspond"nt he fol-.
lowing facts ana figures in regard to the Good
Templars IT Is not gen rally known that this
organization originated in lthaca. y. y. The
Rev DR.. Bristol. Of Oneida wrote lis ritual and
iqic%oniunn ton WIN me key; iiIeroa 7 Barnes
OF Oncid and DR.. Charlce ;. Miles OF New York
city originated the society, which has spread
far and wide in America England. and other
1000 sol persons have been initiated OF this
number 1i5uOO have kept the temperance
pledge. Tier arr at pr sent in the order al
urr in the United states 3Os.7ll: in Scotland.
GO.OOO; in ENGLAND. lGl 400; in ireland. 0 800; in
1annda Il 900; IN Victoria, ljOOO; and in Now
Mrs. annie wiucnmyer presided over the
meetings to-day, d. liycrng. a speech in which
shc cNpr 'sscd u belief that the present temper.
nncc movement would prove one OF the greatest
uprisngs OF the kind ever known in this
Miss NJ. T. Wnslow. editor Of the Wo,nani
| THtOn. spoke briefly Of what she deemed the
| Importance OF the work OF women in the tcms
Miss Julia Colman. a Quaker-lle Indy. and
| AUTHOR IT temperance tracts. said: The State
! lnrc before The Maine Prohibition law pissed.
! the way 10 insure tho success Of the present
/ trmnpranoo revival IL To iuundate the COUNTRY
with ira Is. Tho power oi the printing press
/ must hr inNohcd. The press is ono OF the Lords
! nlghiiest engines in the Temperance work
! lnopi" sometimes mako great mistakes in civ.
| INK the wrun- kind of tracts to people. tenn.
/ l"run go ""rgymun If my acquaintance who
| never drank a drop Of liquor, was once pre-.
! s"nt'd Wltn y tract entitled. An Appeal 10 the
/ Drunk. ri Tint tract. of course. was wasted"
Mrs. Nhtcnmyer said SHE had received re-
/ IN sis Tor prayer from many parts of the coun.
! Try Th' requests were complied with.
Several other women related their experiences
| in the temperance work.
No mon wore allowed 90 speak to-day. but the
| Rev. Alfred Taylor was permitted to play thu
organ AMI lead the singing.
Tn" programme Tor tomorrow Is rs fnOws;
| Preaching IN the morning. by q. ". Fowler,
| II. d.. La. ID. at o'clock in the afternoon
! general mp"runr love feast. conluctcdby Mrs
Annin Wittenmyer. In the evening the Row
/ DR.. j. Kendre" Keiley Of Baltimore will
| speak, ana Mrs. Pollock. the temperance vocal
| ist Of Now York. will sing.
| There VIII be- extra steamboat accommodations
| between New York and sea Gin tomorrow.