New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-20
A TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE FROM ENGLAND


A TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE FROM ENGLAND
TIE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH GOOD TEMrLARs WEI
coNro uFRr-TEMPERASCE ADDRESSES.
Representatives of the Grand Lodge OF Coca
TemDiars Joined with the American Temperance Union
nj Cooper Union yesterday. IN welcoming bF r. H. LAVE
OF London chief Tcmplar OF England ana the hoV W.
Stephen Todd chaplain Of theorderwho h"NeJusl
I'm this country. Dr. Lees was received WIN Ions cou
,,,r,d arpjause lie said that he had come from a
country wacre the temperance movement was opposed
by conseryatisn.s When tho movement was begun IN
Eualpud forty wears ago. IL resisted by men high
I'm MACE both IN Church and state. THOSE WHO
preached temperance were dcridrd "a foolsh' Now
he said the temperance movement had become so power
fu that t controlled the Government III had eaiheu
the support of SCENT fc men, the clergy, the press ana
even the courts In reference TO the temperance WON
in this country. Dr. Lees said In part j
must to the American people as nave s'T i 10
my own countrynen, WHAT you SOW you reap 1, W.
Temperance Is ne III is 'm" ore Tesponsiblc in.
temperance has been produced py socla ', ~
ncd "'d there viii Viz be intemperance. You mock
God when you pray TO have lntcuPeIancf Ues'vaeu
man is moulded, more or less 10y suIfouhuing
and the example Of men Who drink mooeratSy j. VIC
most powerful influence lt can inc ri to the uamor
traffic. SO we do in EngLand O4t Um ann, g new
ern here, and you are all responsive; GU
must put down the Traffic you have sanctl med before
profession OF temperance principles, YOU cannot STOP
short al prohiUury laws. You must vote always lUF
uv0lhifu!y measures. NOnT motto must ne y MY pI'l
nav faIl hut humanity viii rise" IChecrs.l -
Al the meeting OF the American Biue RlDOon temper,
onca Union at rammany Hall, Colonel A. W Scott sid
Iat he had recently secured 5000 to the Murphy
edgc Mrs Saslnnah Peek Evans favored the OK lIpa,
lion of all wiuC-pIOduclug as the spredlost ethoI
of having at the root OF the evil snc huVtcatu
neral suasiOa the people and legal sdaslOh LOT tue
traffic. 49, A., H.. o5droso ~
Tiron the arrival Of DR.. Lees, after his address ~
Cooper Union resolutions OF welcome were auopeu' nc
aid that he had learned after fifty years service as u
nuIic man that il did not matter what other people
thought or said to the methods OF reforms lne
work was pursued correct principles. 'cItdih
clerpympn had stated recently that inc temperance
| movement could only he successful Wien Daseu Oh
Christian principles HIS doctrine was that no man h!u
true ZION until lie had espOused temperance III INC
world was willing he saved by temperance II couid ne
saved aud IL not, II must take the consequences
meyer tyrd fools. He permitted men 10 cooperate WIN
him but they must do their full share OF inc work
Iurmuerauce wac cuIslng Engand to-day, ana uhiess
immediate reforms made, there was huch cause 10
fear that she would lose her great power as haIoh
At ST PauI,s NJ f. ChUrch, last evening, the Rev Dr.
Tiffany addressed his congregation on Temperance as
related To the NewYOIk Christian Home lOr nCupc!-
ATE Men" He declared tAa III tins work not phahtnuI9
ajnne needed but DencvOlenCe animated Dy acloh
rho Christian must not alone reform ICl'oM-
man but he must also remove telnplatlol Ia
order that the fallen he truly elevated the Chhc
must not only make speeches nut IL must Worh II mus
nav il must prepare institution where inc ueSrue
can be converted well a. reformed . ,
C. A. Bunting detained report OF the oi
the Ncw-YOrk Christian Home. IL was loulutu
in Nav 1877; 1l2 mebTlates have become inmates, anu
ouy ~ have become incorporate again; situations nave
hccn oItaued Tor 49, and OF these the steadtist NUN
ber6 81,