Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17
The Week Of Prayer.
AN EVENING FOR TEMPERAN CE AND THE
NEWSPAPERS.

NEWSPAPERS.
The week of prayer of the Y. M. C. A.
closed on Sunday afternoon with q meet
ing led by Capt. H. L. Hoover. That on
Saturday night was led by Mr.. w. Fl.
Peyton, and that on Friday night was led
by Mr.. Geo. E. Baker. The subject Fri
day night was prayer for temperance, edi-
| tors, authors and so forth, and the leader,
| Mr.. Baker, in referring to the first sub
ject, related the fact, with some warmth
of feeling, that a gentleman, while taking
drink in a saloon, gave his son liquor to
taste and also offered his, the speakers,
little son the same.
Capt. II. l.. Hoover aptly illustrated the
! danger of trifling with Intoxicating liquor
by an anecd0te, the facts Of which are
familiar in our county, of man who had
a box of rattle-snakes eXhib lifting them at
the Stribling Springs. One of them
struck him and directly all that were in
the box also fanged him with the rapldity
of lightning. He died in great agony that
night. So it was with intoxicating drink;
a man handles it with the delusion OF
safety, when the fang of habit strikes him,
and in quick succession the fangs of idle
ness, poverty and crime, and finally death
is relief. Mr.. Hoover also spoke OF the
power Of the press and of it's faults. He
alluded to the light tone of levity with
which it alluded to sacred things. Many
things that were respected twenty years
ago are not regarded by it now. Irrev-
erence for old age, the church, honor, and
even the purity Of women, and irreverence
for God, could be found in the papers.
clothed so delicately and with just enough
of wit and humor as to disguise their OBJ
jectionable character from the hasty
reader.
Mr.. J E. Guy also spoke Of the power
Of the press and it's faults. It's PERSONAL
ties had the character and evil tendency
of gossip. He thought that while we
prayed for the press, we should look to
ourselves and see if demoralized press
was not chargeable to q demoralized peo-
pie. We should not encourage the press
in publishing Objectionable matter. We
should remember that evil communica-
tions corrupt good manners and should
give serious Importance to the cho.ce of
newspapers that should not be objection
able reading in the family circle. We
should consider it our duty neither to
read nor to patronize them, for if people
refused to take them they would be with
out an audience and harmless.
GREENVILLE Y. M. C. A.
Notwithstanding the snow Sunday even
ing, the room of the Greenville Associa
tion was well filed, and a number of ladies
were present. The leader, General r. D.
Lilley, read the Sth chapter Of Mark, his
comments upon the chapter were as usual,
entertaining and instructive. Rev. j. G.
Jones, of the M. e. Church, also made
timely and appropriate remarks. Prayers
were offered by Gen. Lilley, J. W. Miller
and DR.. Davis. 1t is a noticeable fact,
that the more inclement the evening, the
more fully do those present seem to enjoy
these meetings, the room is always warm
and coy, and aside from the CONSCIOUSNESS
of proper observance of the Sabbath even
ing, they seem to realize the preciousness
Of the promise recorded in the Goth verse
of the 18th chapter of Matthew. MI. S.
W. Robertson will lead the meeting next
Sunday evening, lesson, 9th chapter of
Mark.