Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-23
ELDER GRANDFIELD.

AULLvILLE. Me-, Feb. 10. 1873.
EDIroR IsTKLLIGENCER We had, Monday
night, February 18th, one of the ablest temper
ance speeches that has ever been delivered In
Lafayette county. by Elder GrandHeld, OF Car
rollton. He has been holding . very interesting
protrscted meeting III this place for two or three
weeks. He is = very able Campbelllte preacher
of the gospel of Christ. He received q petition. :
signed by dfty of the best young men in the COM
mnnity, requesting him to deliver a temperance
lecture, at such . time a. would best suit his
convenience. He accepted the invitation, and
set Monday night AS the time TO speak ON that
subject. Al an early hour the house was liter
ally packed. and quite a number Of people left.
being unable to gain Submission. The Murphy
ties were out in full force. expecting to hear an
out and-out Murphy or total abstinence speech.
In this they were disappointed. But they. and
all thu large audience. did herr one Of the most
eloquent temperance speech.s ever mede by any
man IN the state of Missouri. He held up the
drunkArd in a most horriiyinR form: showed
how drunkar's made widows and orphans; filed
the poorheuses. jails, and supplied the Railows;
1 that the use of intoxicating drink destroyed the
| peace and happiness OF millions. and was the
cause Of NOR. souls being sent TO hell than any
other one thing mar used or handled. While he
was thus picturing these scenes of drunkenness,
| lei u OWS Coulo atuos z Nv SAHhN'hs
| Of the chains and tn. scresms Of the drunkards
In hell, crying for water to cool their psrched
throats. Al this point the speaker paused, and
the whole congregation seemed to be In n per-
feet state OF mesmerism. Here the speaker held
up the bible rs the only remedy to sober and re-
form the drunkard. and to save his soul from
hell. The bible and he church Of God was the
only safe society or refuge by which the drunk.
ard could be reformed OF saved from q drunk"
ARDS grave; that the dying Lamb of God had
given the dsprsved drunkard and rebellious
world u church, and 3 pledge to sign: for his
guide the bible. and that the bible would save
him here on earth. ant in heaven at last; that =
religion, ~ taught by the bible, failed to reform
the drunksrd. there was NO human plan or sys-
ten which could be made to save him; SO il IL
with the sinful man aud woman; that the Son 81
God died, establishing everything that man need
cd to make him coed. temperate and happy on
earth. and save him in heaven. This grand ser
MN ON the subject OF intempersnee ought to be
published throughout the civilized world. 1t
would do more to save the dru lksrd thar all the
Murphy pisns that could be thought Of OF put in-
to practice.
Elder Granddeld, by both petition and re-
quest. Of many OF our citizens. repeated. last
Sunday. the discourse he preached some time
since. on the subject OF Moses leading the Is
r~asli,es out Of Egypt, and crossing the Red sea.
1t was . sublime discourse. sloquently deliver
ed. and. At its clsse. . lady and gentleman went
forward. and enlisted in the grand army Of
Christ, that is marching through the wilderness ,
to the promised land. Elder Grandfeld is a
valuable preacher of the gospel OF Christ in this
+ grand old reformation; he sticks closely to the
old landmarks and the old ship Of Zion. His
mestisg closed last night. His closing sermon
, was grand and solemn; its subject was. The
destruction Of the world by fire At the end Of
. time" This meeting will long be remembered
by our community. CITIZEN.