Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1879-02-06
the use of your choir, and which choir,

you, at each Of your regular meet
ings; than which, is none sweeter,
grander or more enobling, in old ca
thredal or storied abbey.
Your committee is able to report
most gratifying progress in the work
of construction of a tabernacle, for
the use of your Union and the libra
ry, which Is its twin and hand maid
en-, while no detailed statement of
the work or progress of your COM
mittee in regard to this grand pro-
iect, could at this time be; ;intelligent-
ly given, and if it could, perhaps it
were better that it should not be
done, your committee feel confident
that before the close of the current
year the tabernacle will be fully COM
pleted and occupied by your Union,
and the temperance library, the conf
3 dent hope of your committee is, that
it will be so completed, that, within
its walls and under its roof, on the
next national-natal day, the celebra-
ton of last year can be repeated with
renewed thankfulness and rejoicing.
And now at the close of its term,
, your committee can truly report, that
at no time since the organization of
. your Unien, has it been as strong, so
completely and compactly organized
or in more fiourishing condition or
, so absolutely commanding the conf
! ,'ence and respect of all citizens,
who ther members or not, whether for
W. oao INST us; at no time have your
meefings heen so large, or interest
;nn or 81 an, husiastic as now.
Yonr tamno, 'ance army of over
four thousand m. .' .in ann ~ ao
file, so organized un> ei my 'ne Inios vs.
banners of your Union, e. ou I"noon % GO
it is of such true men and ', ' ~ a; %
only your city can furnish, al ,,ean
rection to which, in part, has L, =
given by your committee, was neve.
better organized, more completely
equipped or more happily modified,
nor its morale more perfect, was ney-
er more eager for the final decisive |
engagement, which shall place the
banners it bears. upon the last de-
tense and protection of your enemy
and to hold them there, unfurled. |
floating out upon Gods pure air,
under His sun, making their shadows |
to fall upon the last slave and victim
OF intemperance, redeemed, regen-
Grated and dlsenthralled.
Were your committee to retrospect
the past, it could scarcely fail to per-
ceive, and perceiving would not fail
to declare that ''the hand of the
Lord had been in your work, and
His arm had underlaid all your eff
forts, as errors, apparent discomfit-
ures and signal losses have been over
ruled to the greater good of all, and
the surer, and stronger progress of
your work.
You will remember, as an illustra-
ton, that in the early autumn of last
! wear hy remnunl from ya1l,, city, you
lost the great power for good, WELD /
ed and controlled, by that most ven-
cradle, able and eloquent divine, the
Rev. DIR. B. T. Lacy. 1t was true
that by reason of physical infirmity,
he could, neither often or long, stand
upon the platform, yet he was a pow
er in defense ard support of your
cause, and when lie left the city YOU
telt,-- your committee felt that your
Union, your great cause, had lost
one of its chiefest pillars of support.
and it was painful and thoughtful
enquiry made by your committee,
how shall this sad breach, in your
walls be repaired?
Yet, scarcely had your hands grown
cool, after your brothers warm, fra
ternal, parting grasp, before tie op- ;
Grafton of the peculiar polity of the
Methodist church, brought into your
city and to your aid the Rev. T. j.
Gooch, and while your hand held his.
in cordial welcome, and before con- ,
graduation ceased, at the call of the 8
Presbyterian church, came TO your
city, the Rev. DR.. Grasty, and YOU ,
reached out your other hand, to well i
come him to your city, your Union. j
your work so that; while with tears q
we mourned the loss of our venerable +
Bro. Lacy, those tears glistened like r
pearls, with joy, when you knew, that g
In the place OF one whom we had lost, d
had come to your aid, in healing the l
broken wall, two brethren in middle
life, robust health, each with profound 4
learing, ripe judgment, persuasive t,
and commanding eloquence, and all n
a glow and throbbing for active SER Il
vice in your cause, prompted by d
hearts OF love, for the salvation of the Il
erring and the fallen, and each of
whom, has already struck herculean Il
blows, upon the very foreheads of the {,
opposition to, and enemies of your Il
work, making them to reel and stag n
ger in their reduced energy and
strength therefrom, like drunken men. G,
And now, your committee, looking tc
over your lines of march a
and fields OF engagement and con-
fiicts, during the past year, can d.
find nothing recorded, but ardent en- a,
deavor, heroic endurance, and an un- O,
broken line and series of grand and
victories, of which anv W
people and city might well be proud, d,
is it out of place, that your commit
tee, with word of parting and cheer OF
TO exhort every member of your I'm w
on, this grand eonquering army, to bl
De true to the history and sweet he
of the past, buckle on still de
closer his armor, and all, like Samp- We
'on, between the pillers of the tenn th
Die of the Phillistine's God, toll with th
Ill his might, in the coming months, 20
o tear away and remove the last sup
,orts Of the temple of intemperance, ia,
o make your victories grander and mi
more complete, and the spoils of war bl,
AIKEN by you, vastly more valuable su
md golden, than any in the past. on
All of which is respectfully sub
nitted. nn
Y. O. FORREST, P.W. HARDING,
!. M. MARMApuKE, B. T. RopMAN, lin
EDGAR FRosT, eu
Ext Committee.
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