New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-20
IA Committee Of INQUIRY as

gross viii he asked TO give Committee Of Inquiry as
20 the effect Of the sale OF liquors on labor ana taxes
nrs Wittenmeycr said TWAS her privilege 10 hear Dr.
Hunts lecture the medical Effects OF alcnoh0 ana
thgt the doctors agreed that 10 has food power and Is
not good tonic cold water. We women nave
pretty broad Of the tcnpcrahcc question "bateNer
DR.. Searns may think aud nbw nave the pleasure 81
Introducing you MY dear frcIid Mrs Dr. Riley OF BAL
thnorc who will tell you her views. ,-,.-
Mfs. Riley said yoars agd myself entirely
Ia JESUS and he gave back h : eat deal wanted
Him to me, and when the tidal wave came from ONO
10 clrlo TO The Lord laid Eis band upon me ana
obcyed. In the darkest hours Of our work nave iet
thai WAS resting under the shadow OF His wing. ter
prayer Gtarted in the work asking my husband 10 u'
noilnce n meeting I'm our church. One hundred ana
eighty noble women came 10 tho front There the iord
Helped again. soon bad 10 leave Tor another Guy;
week Of PRAYER followed and tie women or all the
churches 10 help We went to the trst hOtS IN
The town W. snOwbaicl and seOieil Dnt we ktpt
hearts ft'd in prayer. We entered followed by a
great crowd Of rufan4 We were singing hymns, anu
before We len many OF the rough hsaas we're poMe
Wnen returned 10 the church, the crowed iolowcd
but different spirit. They followed is INTO tne
Prayer meetings and were benehlt@t we ~,
on with the work until numbered over l,'oV'
one day we went out In terrible snow storm
was be;ns ruined We prayed there until We
saw the owner shaking like bc s5aL@ar; re "osia
not acknowledge mat We had moved MN H. w. t
young signed the pledge who sa'd mat ne vas ~
MiHer's SELDOM Ia HillmspoTt lthat W. tns p,",,s
when ilo Crusaders first came mere ana i.l nose o
gotten IT, Since that first cTu3ade 600 souls nave been
saved IN h.lli4mspOr. Is INC CRUSADE "A ialitsi w
created moral scntimenI III Nhceing Va cIu'c" ny
the worst places of iniquity III the cites we we 20 We
nave and waited Tor the Lord trusting 70 Dc lcd O
rnOusand dollars worth 81 temperance literature
Then the great tdawave Of Reform swept Oh rom the
west, and we crowded To me WOFa ana men od - 10y
aenct the pledge can't keep this unless We get ND
9, Christ. This is good step, but We must take INC
better and got HIS help" Ihey Ga q" ana are s"ie
one young man, an inlde signed The pledge put Ie
pended on HIS own manly strength 10 s'Ppory Hl. vi
BOW prayed for him and with iim ana tle '.t n'ms
card hin that Ic about 10 connect hlhheii
with the fourth Street Methodist Chuf IA az NheGiihg
been saved and We feel rs eI Tho glad notes from
all over the land that 20 oh with the giea worN
i rccc., then taken unil $50 i. H., Wien M
Francis Murphy WAS anHoahccd ~ s!cdh.
EvFNING MEErtNG.
The evening meeting was held n the pavilion rs tho
tabernacle was large enough 10 hold the vast mum
Der OF persons assembled scrycewas opened by sing
ng "Come thou Fount OF Every nessine" after Whieh
Mrs stephens read selections from First Corinthians.
Mrs. Clifford Of Worcester. Mass, then invoked the iii
vine bcs,ing and "Sorcr ny Godto Thee" sung by
nearly 5000 voices. Mr. J. L. Southwic&, one
ar Mr. Murghy's philadelphia converts, followed
with BRIEF remarks. Mr.. Lynch, who had spent
2 fortune IN liquor Acknowledged his conTerS on
through Mr.. Murphy. Mr. Murphy was then
received with applaus, and in the 81 s addrrs,
said There joy IA doing good II there Il man
here who sells or drinks liquor have uukad word for
him. must have moral courGgt 10 do RI rlt ana 90
tyy Go H. ad Il nc ias let MIN aga. Rise up, re-
rhe first real secret nf me- Is ~ Tvs within yorr income
Beware u the drunlId making shops 81 Europe and
America. The FIRST thing wedid Nhen anGd IN America
was to pour down our thr0ats what steals away oar
brains. We BEGAN wrong, and N y week my money
gone, ana tlo landlord ddnt want me. IL l. 40 ah
through Young drink because they are sOc.-h.s
You mast do something more FOR young men
tAan Ia talk God 70 therL INC thIisii1ns
were soclabc in their churches the drr6ng men
are in the saloons what q wonderful revival would
nave. Somebody VIII ask them about their homes.
their mothers their work aud their associates, win
their confidence aud control them. In Ireland % IL tno
custom To O'r liquor al 5ll enlettulments Men woHd
be thought mean tcy al no do u. Oncdocs ~ ecause
another does bur if You have done never do IL again
The dawn Of the millennium Will 10 when
uOrs 81 al kinds discarded iOu our tables. NOu
are helpless 10 emancipa'e he world from me great
evil while son offer liquor YOURSELF" The speaker gave
sketch OF hs early lite, and OF his last night no his boy
hood home, moving his audience 10 tears. Don't for-ct
your mother my son., she said sAc blessed me. 81
was NY lies dream 20 stlew her pathway with h0Ners
and could have so, 1ut III" social habit ~ drinking
caI-ut me-" lie followed with strtcnc, Of incorporate
life AID the attendant misery when none came queuy
but some came ana said: " lock him mp" ION - 70
them and yea them ign the pledge. sign WIN them
and encourage them, ana God ia bless yOd the work
At the close the meetiug Mr. Murphy appealed 10
those who had signed tire pledge to come forward and
do 80. The effect eCCrlcdl hundreds pressed lUr-
ward sign their names, and the secretaries were kept
busy for several LOnrs. The meeting was concluded
with sin 5ing and prayer.