New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-08
TEMPERANCE WORK IN ENGLAND.
REMARKS OF The REV. DAWSON BURNS Al Is
CEprIoN GIVEN HIM BY THE NATIONAL TEi
PERANCr SOCIETY.

REMARKS OF The REV. DAWSON BURNS All RE
CEprIoN GIVEN HIM BY THE NATIONAL TEN
PERANCE SOCIETY,"
The Rev. Dawson Burns. well-known Eng
ceived Yesterday morning IN the parlors
of the Young Mems Christian Association
by representatives of the National Temperance
Society Among those present were William f..
Dodge president of the society j. \. Stearns, cor
responding secretary; james Black, of Pennsy-
Miss Framces f. Willard, president OF the Woman's
National Temperance Union w Clark. OF Kansas ;
Mary 4. Burt, secretary of the Womans National
Temperance Union A. NJ. Powell, of The National
Temperance 46rocatc; Mrs. c. c. Alvord, publisher
OF our Union; and Jabez Burns Of Newly oTk Alter
a prayer by The Rev. Mr.. Lawson, Mr. Burns was III
tfoduced by William T.. Dodge
Mr. Burns sand that his object in appearing before
those assembled was not so much TO advocate the
cause of temperance rs toglve lntornatcno me pro
grcSsit was making IN England. lie spoke OF the hst
definite organization of temperance work IN lSZo,
bu; pointed ont that before that time there hal Dce
many famous men who had made practice OF totai
abstinence and advocated IT, f0f years, ne Sdll'
The te nperance organization III England OnlN re-
qnircd pledge If abstinence from aIdeht
sprlts II permitted the drinking of wines and Ter
mcntcd liquors II total abstinence as lar as IL
went but it did not 90 far enough. By degrees
pledges were given binding hose VINO TOOK thein 10
abstain from drinking spirits and from entering
public houses for the purpose oil drinking any
other societies pledged their members not 10 drhk
more than pint of beer IN day,and ne remembered
q case where member OF one OF thOSe soclet,tS WIS
found IN lace where people do not generally eN-
pect to iud Temperance men, that is, in the gutter
"Uow came YOU here (" he was asked; :" You have
snroIv brol,Sn vonr pledge mo- he answered
| {" have not d" But one pint of beer would not
make Won SO dlunk7' "Wcll perhaps not but
then there is no use IN drnNlng pint every DAY, so
| saved up nine for week and drank IL All TO-
daV." After many such eXpedlents 1t was touhu
that the only safe way was 10 abstain from all IN
tOXcanis.
tioual One>-the BRITISH Temperance Leaguc ana
the National Temp rance League. me latlGr mus
its work mainly among the upper, middle ana higher
classes. Then there are the SCOTTISH Temperature
League, the IRISH Temperance League, various as
trict unions or leagues and local soClct!es through
| ont he whole land. lhey are al doin! gOou Work
| and daily increasing in usefulness For children
there are our Bands of Hope IN every district WIN
senior and Junior sections. The churches have their
! temperance societies also ana prominent among
! them now are those OF the ChlIcn oi Lheland III
the societies of the Church OF England there aret
sectOuS-Oue OF total apstalneTS. aud the othe; OF
| members who merely pIeuBe themselves 10 alu III
| removing the causes OF intenlperance. Our women
also AID us in the work, and we have the Brltsh
| Women's Temperance League and the Working
| WOmeu's Temperance League. -
AS YOU know however, we do not rely wholly
| on moral suasion. We have our United Kingdom
Alliance. organized to secure political action III our
favor, and its efforts have Deen rewarded AT l'st oy
the adoption of Sir Wllirid LaTsons local option
resolution We have also our sS Sgely O aTd
other societies organized for the purpose
of securing legislation in our favor prominent
feature of the temperance movement is ITS bene-
fcary societies One of these IS really an insurance
| company | speak of the Temperance and Generai
Proyldent SOCIETY," organized in 1910. For the first
ten years only total abstalncrs were permitted To
| become members but then ITS doors were thrown
| open to all. Abstainers and non-abstalneIs are
| kept In different sections, and the profits OF each
section are also kept separate. Every five years a
dividend is declared, and although there are only
abont 1O, 900 members in the total abstinence Sec
| ton while there are 5000 IN the other, the
profits of the former section as compared with the
| latter have always been much larger, showing the
influence of temperance IN prolongng life. lu con-
| cluson Mr. Burns said that the work III winch they
! were engaged one that must be carried on by
! the Englishs peaking races, and that 1t was EVIL
| IDENTIFY one OF the missions ii was gwen to them TO
| labor for. ~,
This morning Mr. Burns will preach IN the ri
grim Baptist Church. In West Thlrty-thlrd-St.