The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-19

Ieatcu VIC euDlcCl from u UlOTul Hhd SUI
cntiilc plane, and made an excellent speech,
and one that would 'rcad well in print
We took full notes of the Doctors speech,
but are admonished by the latencss Of the
hour to pass on with this brief and unsatls-
factory notice.
The next speaker was Mr.. Penn. Here
garded the vast crowd in his presence as a
powerful temperance speech of itself There
was, clearly, a new awakening among the
people. Enthusiasm was intensitying, and
he never before saw as many red ribbons in
Cairo as since the arrival Of DR.. Reynolds.
The saloons of the city tempted the passers-
by with snowy signs announcing the
attractions within. He proposed that the
temperance folks try the effect Of adyertis.
ing, themselves. Let every man put on his
red ribbon that it might tell the passer-by
that he had decided to be good to him
self" and that he dared to do right. Mr..
Penn then related an incident illustrative
Of the variety of causes that move men to
abandon their cups. A small boy, fortified
| by three verses from the Bible, was the in
strument that won two hardened and bcsot-
ted men to the paths of sobriety and de-
cency. The labors of the club, lead by Dr.
r. were achieving world of good; but if
the salvation of one man were all they
could point to it would be grand and no.
bic rccompensc for their work
The congregation then sung mo. 49,"
at the conclusion Of which DR.. Reynolds
stepped forward, and related humorous
anecdOte. A rural merchant visited New
York, and concluding his purchases Satur
day night concluded to stay over Sunday
and sample New York preaching. He en-
tered gorgeously appointed church; soon
the minister appeared, and opening
his Bible, announced as his text: Isl
mons wife's mother lay sick of fever"
Not relislling the sermon particularly, he at
tended different church in the afternoon.
when, much TO his surprise, the same little
preacher came from a side door, entered
the pulpit, and opening his Bible, an
nounced his text, which was as follows
"Simon's wife's mother lay sick ola fever
The rural merchant was wedged in way
forward, and couldn't work his way out, and
the result was, there he had to stay and suf-
er the infection of the identical sermon he
had heard in the morning Going to an
other part of the city in the hope Of getting
a mouthful of fresh gospel
he entered third church, TO listen 10 the
evening sermon Imagine his CONSERVATION
and horror when that same ubiquitous
pertinacious little preacher again put in an
appearance, and in the same form announced
that he would found his evenings discourse
on "Simon's wifes mother lay sick Of a
fever" The ruraiist stood the torture of
the sermon the third time be-
cause he couldn't help himself. Next
morning while awaiting the depart
ure of the cars at the depot, the neigh
boring church bells tolling the while, that
same undodgeabe preacher approached
him MY friend" said he, addressing the
rural merchant, "can you tell me why those
bellsare tollingl" II can" replied the ru-
ralist, do that very thing. Simons wife's
mother is dead" The DR.. rcsuming, when
the laugh had subsidized. said be was not
unlike that preacher. This was his third
night in Cairo. Everything thai could be
said had been said about temperance and
intemperance, and the audience must cx-
cuse him should he, like the New York
preacher, give them little too much of ST.
mons sick mother-in-law The time was
when men and women had not
learned from the press and the forum the
enormities Of dram drinking; but such was
not the case now. From every pulpit, from
every speakers stand in the land had the
degradation, the misery and ruin wrought
by alcohol been proclaimed, night and day
week in and week out; and what ever
may have been the case in former
years no man could now
say he had not forsakcn his dissipated way.
because he had not been informed Of thc
disgrace, poverty and wretehedness that
were certain to follow as consequence
No man can say that; for the frightful ex.
ampes are before him on one side, the dam.
nation and woe Of drunkenness; and the
better and brighter, grander and nober ex
ampcs of men released from the alcoholic
meshes of hell, happy, prosperous, respect
ed men, are before him on the other side.
1t was our purpose, on the onset, to give
full outline of DR., Reynolds remarks but
on the very threshold of that pleasant labor
we find ourselves confronted by obstacles
we are unable to overcome, viz. q full pa