Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-06-06

Dedication Of Temperance Hall.
| Temperance Hall was formally dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies on Wsdnes-
day evening Nay a9nd. After prayer By
the Rev. J. II. Noorss and other opening
exercises, the meeting was addressed BY
Rev. w. H. Lyon. The speaker said that
it 10 sometimes claimed that the temper
! ance reform movement Ii . narrow one,
and II had somesioss seemed 20 to him !;
but he was convinced that is u not narrow.
He related story Of . very dirty cobbler
who worked In very dirty shop. His little
daughter cleaned one pane ID the window
through which the rays of the sun came 10
and fell upon huge pile OF dirt on the
door. The pile looked 20 bad that the
cobbler removed 1t. The result was that
he did not stop till he made his whole
premises neat and respectable. So Il 10
with msu. II you can get him to make
one spot Ia mis- lite and character clean, the
chances are that be will not stop there
but will reform In every respect. He
wished to dedicate this Hail to noble man.
hood and u pure womanh0od.
VIM. P. Joy spoke Of the temperance
cause,its grandeur, It's importance, ts mag.
nitude; he spoke Of the temperance reform,
reform which srraigned the drinker for
his example, the drunkard for his drunken
bess, the doctor for prescribing liquor, the
lawyer for defending 1t, the politician for
trading upon It; which arraisped business
for its selnshness, society for Its heartlcss.
ness, the church for its marked indiffer-
ence to reform second only to that great
reform led by the Savior himself; . reform
which arrsigned the liquor traffic OF this
country as powerful, corrupt and coward
iy-x traffic which struck the man when he
was . boy and blinded him; reform
which airalgned the liquor traffic upon the
ground that ''he who looks upon the wine
when 1t is red is not wise,r "but woe unto
him who giveth his nelghbor (stronR)
drink" which arraigned the liquor traffic
upon the ground that, to drink is criminol,
10 sell is infamous.
Mr.. Joy briefly reviewed the temperance
Struggle from the beginning. to show that
this distinction between the drinker and
and seller, Is the crowning glory Of the
temperance reform, and les only safety. He
believed the distinction to be absolutely
vital to the cause and spoke very warmly
and earnestly.
j. c. Chilcott said Ii Is great deal
easier to prevent wrong doing than It Is to
cure 1t after it has become chronic. He
quoted from Longfellow:
"Were half the power which fills the world
with terror,
We're half the wealth bestowed on camps and
courts,
Given TO redeem the human mind from error,
There were no need Of arsenas or forts"
Men. he said, value their business accord.
Ing 10 the showing OF carefully prepared
schedules of assets and liabilities. II men
would value the habit OF drinking liquor as
beverage in the same way, It would be-
found that the practice is sll liabilities or
disadvantages and wholly without assets
or advantages. lie challenged tho ~e.'A
,
meu nave sotie 'uo'''e 'ot 'neii Peipes
'ion; but in this, none. Because lntem-
persnce Is the only Vice which offers no re-
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