New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-29
WORKING ron TEMPERANCE.

MEETINGS II THIS CITY AND BROOkLYN.
ADDRTssis BY WILLIAM L. DODGE AND DIR. PRIME
~ The CALVARY BAPTIST CHUR, H-APPEALs ~
HAvEgLY's THEATRE.
A largely attended meeting one in serlos Of re-
vival temperance MEETINGS begun IN this city un-
der the direction of the National Temperance ,oc.-
ETY.. wa, hea last evening at the Calvary Baptist
Clutch No. 80 West Twenty-thirG-st. Addresses
we're made oy william L. Dodge the Roy. d.. :. l..
Prime the Rev. d. Il. :. MacArthur and John Y.
stcarn-. of BROOKLYN. Mr. Dodee presided. After
passages from the Bible hal been read by pastor
ana a prayer had been delivered by DR.. Prime Mr..
Dodge said in su stance:
The National Temperance Society has fe'- n
pr per and useful 10 mold sue cssIon OF sabbath
evening ing, III yariou, parts OF the city and Do
l1Irrcni churches. To bring before the Christian
pub 10 Its duty ana rc'pons biltrs ~ tn" mailer of
intrmpcTance. Peopc are so accustomed to SEE ON
every corEer places whore intoxicating IL
quors sold that they fail - r.aiIe
the progress of this tremendous owl. There
are in NeV-York more than 1O.O)O plices
where liquors sold. TO prevent dl>rD. r1gcmcnt
t. temperance workers il Is well to cGl attention
to what dong elsewhere. and 10 note he progress
that has been made here. For fifty years Dis WORK
of temperance has been making distinct progress
Those of us who nave reached IN ddle age well re-
member what formerly were the tcmpftiluhS If the
HOLIDAYS, what tn, nab!t o. our fam and what,
maybe were our OWN llabIts. 4 gTea change mas
been wrought ~ the middle Circles of society; IN
fashionable circles probably the change ~ not
so marked. iHrrc are thousands OF Ia nil :
that formerly never failed % regard the prenra-
tlOn OF the various kiidS OF intoxicating liquors rs
necessary Ia the Inequalities OF the season but to
a large extent the offering of liquors at receptions
mas Decn stopped; here are hundreds OF towns
and cities s. here the sale of liquors has been pro-
hibited. Kansas, that young and no lie state, by a
MAJORITY o. 10000, has lorbidden not only the sale
but also the Manufacture OF liquor In recent VS.
70 Kansas saw no eyIdenc. OF the P''sence o!
intoxicating ihquor. In New-Enlidnd and
NcW-Jerscy there are iiourlshiGG communities where
hquOr-scllIng Is prohibit, eel 81 where the laS
empty. la many counties of Maine the Jai.s have
no inhabitants except the keepers and their FAM
lies. What need herc ~ a realizing sense OF our
duty. W. may feel strong enough to use
liauOr ourselves. but all around u
a.c those VINO may he influenced
10y our example There ~ a certain percentage of
men and women VINO cannot use intoxicating liquors
without gong TO excess. am not here To say that
for Il Christian man or woman 10 crin6 hqG,r IS a
SIN IN itself Dut do say tnat there are circun-
stances wuen { does become a SIN.
Jonn y. Strarns. secretary and general manager
OF the publication department Of the society, made
a snort address IN winch he explained the work ac
compilshed BIZ the Distribution OF temperance lit
erature. and gave gurrs to show the vast extent of
that work. he also sad that the publication de-
partment wanted permanent fund Of $4,000. of
which Mr.. Dodge had agreed to give $4,000 in
case tn" rest Is secured
The Rev Dr. Prime said that the man vino does
not add Temperance to his other VIRTUES does not
know the rudimentS OF Christianity; the Cnurch
ought to be tine great temperance society. | do
not remember" said he when it was the custom
for church members to commit murder or 10 swear
much, but do remember the time whom it was the
La bit of church me nUers TO get tight In my mem
DRY II was not unusual for ministers habItuay TO
become so overcome with WINE at dinner
as to make il convenient to have some one
to that theY reached home safely, espr-
caiiy if 1T was slippery. Ana it didn't
hurt their regulations BIZ. Now there is not q
minister Ncw-York whore reputation would last
"A fed e
snCh thing would not be tolerated a moment. The
dlsSpaied young man is the exception now he was
the rule then. We fnd back sheep now ; ihcn the
flock was black The Rev DR.. MacA1thur cx-
pressed his undyIng hostility to mtemperance.
The gathering in Havery's Fourteenth Street
Theatre Yesterday was much smaller than usual.
Aaron VI. Powell, secretary OF the American lem
pcrance Society. spoke for more than an hour He
III god people, now tnat party issues had been set
tied by the elections to work zealously for the
forming of public sentiment winch would make
prOhbtUry legislation possible. Inc J,GJ2
dlsters, the $3.50 brewers, and the 10000 re-
taIlers. VINO are heutenanIs to the other two
classes" he sad make an oiRarchy which in |
some mysterious way finds expression III our |
Legislature and defeats all our at empts at reform
while ago The Republicans IN this city had n mag
nIfceut parade, OF when the whole cOuutIy WAS !
am follower 10000 men. / he |
police records show that IN this city there is pro-
resson OF nearly equal numbers marching annually |
PRISON cells and paupcrs' graves IN CONSCIENCE of
alcoholic drinks: Tine hqour olgarchy must be de-
strOI eel II will destroy the Nation" he Rev. H.
;. Macarthur also made bret address.
The Christian temperance Brotherhood began the |
sixth year OF It's work IN Brooklyn by rousng |
meeting At the Tempe, IN Clermont ave, !
Yesterday afternoon. The services were led |
Dy the Rev. 1. W. Conway The Rev. |
Dr. j. ID. Fulton, the Retiring president of |
Inc Brotherhood, made farewell address and |
James Morton, the newly elected president de!lv-
cred an address. lie SAID that the policy of the
Brotherhood would be 10 rcsis. all iamperiug ith |
The present Excise Law until II was |
certain that they could get something |
better. But they were determined that |
the law rs It stands now shall be enforced |
md would do all they could To assist Cen
;Tal JOuidan IN carrying ont ITS PROVISIONS.
ihr Rev. Or. Goldman, OF Newt Orleans, spoke OF
he WORK of the temperance relormers among the |
,Oorcd people of the south, and made an appeal IN
behalf 81 tue COlored Orphan Asylum OF Louisiana.
over 1000 persons attended the meeting. Some
.uj,yaDlc singing was iurnlshed by the Jubilee
singers, OF New Orleans.