The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-15

Miss WiLLARD's LECruRE.-A fair audi
dience us to numbers and a weighty audi
cnce us TO character assembled in the
Fourth Street Church last night TO listen
Ito Miss Frances Z. Willard o n Every
Mans War" There wa some choice
singing, led by Mr.. Beach, and q prayer
was offered by DR.. George, who also In
ttoluced Miss WILLARD.
The lecture sketched the antagonisms
existing between a Christian civilization
and the saloon and all that the saloon rep
resents. The rum business might har-
monize with paganism, but not with the
Church, the school, the home, and all the
things we most prize. Toovercome the rum
power and to save humanity Is the hush
ness, first OF all, OF women. There is nc
life insurance on humanity to save any
woman's home or any wonlan's son from
the blight and curse Contemporaries. Ev-
cry woman is interested. The women,
moreover, are q powcr-a power numert-
cally, socially and rcligiousiy. The saloon
asserts its influence constantly, every day
OF the week, year in and year out; the
force must be persistent which oyercomes
the education OF the saloon. The con-
science and the hope OF Immortality are
educated out OF men in the saloon. The
children must be saved, tho home
and the church, and is not this
woman's work? The church Of God,
Of which all philanthropies are born,
must prosecute this war. 1t Is also q tax
payers war. The liquor business taxes us
us nothing else. Tie business man must
feel that he is interested in this struggle.
The touch OF Midas turned everything into
gold. The saloon turns gold to dross and
wastes all the resources OF the State. 1t is
the wa Of patriotism. The liquor bust
ness is IL national curse and shame. The
saloon is an evil in any land but under j
Republican government it is u powder
mine threatening destruction. Every
man is u living stone in the pyra'
mid OF our power, but is the
drinking man fit for the duties OF citizens ?
| What kind OF voters are made by the So
looms? This is the patriots war. Christ
and country demand cverybOly's help.
Gray hairs exempt nobody, boys and
girls come up TO regulation height. AL
classes arc reached by intemperancc, and
all classcs must join in reiorInatory work
| We must sympathize with and help those
victims OF intemperance who arc tryingto
reform. The ribbon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
but has a profound significance. All oil us
] should unite ourselves to such a movement
The strong point Of the liquor traffic is the
money which is in it. That is the Gibral-
tar OF the traffic. 1t has no brains, no
conscience and no heart, but it has nerves
twining around pocketbooks. We must
strike with prohibition directly at the pro-
III which Is in this business. Capital is
timid us well rs strong, and when il
sees danger it flies. All the weapons OF
our warfare are spiritual and Biblical. No
evil is so strong that it can withstand an
enlightened public sentiment. Public
opinion is getting reused, and puts down
lis feet like an elephant. The Church Of
Christ sees that it has something to fight
for along this line.
The lecturer closed with M earnest ap.
peal to tho women to persevere in their
work, and especially TO the young women
TO exert all their influence to purify and
Il Y society. Miss Willard is q ready, at
tractive and powerful speaker, and her
discourse was heard with the closest attcn-
ton and produced the finest effect.