Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-03-22
Personal.

The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs LAM
oREux is seriously i'll with diphthcria.
Master WILL, Son of Senator DAVIES is
experiencing Il turn with the SCARLET fever.
JAMES Z. HALE is much better, and it is
hoped will soon be out.
PROF. MoTFAT will lecture on temperance
in the Presbyterian Church this evening.
JIM MITCHELL, of Canton, spent yesterday
with friends in this place.
c. IT. ALLEN and family spent Sunday with
friends in Tio%a county New York.
The NJ. l.. Church Wns dcnScly packed last
evening with an intelligent audience drawn
thither by the announcement that an eloquent
scotchman would lecture on Temperance.
1t was evident chat something more than or
dinary was anticipated, and none went away
disappointed. The speaker, Prof. MOFFAT,
Ganeral Agent Of the Temperance Alliance
an organization which aims TO unity and uti!-
izc the efforts of MI temperance societies
took for his text the following passage from
the 2Sth chapter of Isaiah:
"Givc We car, and hear my voice; hearken
and hear nay speech. Doth thH pioWm"n
plow nll day TO sow? Doth he open and break
the clod9 of the groundy When he hath made
plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the fitchcS, and scatter the cunlmn. ana cast
in the principal wheat and III" appointed bar
ley and the rio i'll their p!@cc?
To understand the fun force and meaning
Of these words it must be remembered that
the Prophet had been dcrounciug the nation
al sins Of Israel, the most glaring and prond-
ncnt of which was intemporancc, and conclu-
ded by making use OF this familiar truth n
practical agriculture TO more pontetlly illus
trate the important truth that means must he
emplyod to the accomplishment Of an end.
If intcmpcrancc is to be cradicatcd from this
land, the evil must he thoroughly understood
and the proper remedy applied. Men seem
to overlook the simple fact that drunkenness
is the result of drinking: that in orderto cure
the evil the cause must be cradicated. The
fashionable and moderate drinking uSagcS Of
Sociv OccaSioned all the drunkenness; the
moderate drinkers should be bcld Responsible
for the degrading and drmoral2ing effects Of
drunkenness. The cost of sustaining the Mo-
| iOcn lnlClnpcTanP COulu EpL D' Hitt WIN
property, ii must have human victimSand no
| family in the land was exempt from the de-
mands OF the demon, so long as the monster
was tolerated. The speaker said his innate
Scotch principle of fair play" would not
permit him to lay all the sin at the door Of the
rum-Scller; the example OF the respectable
drinkcr, who could leave it alone when ne
plcasctl,was more rcprihcnsibc; he was doing
the devils work without remuneration, while
! The seller engaged in the ncfarious trafic from
the hope Of pccuniary reward.
! The Professor emphasized ispoWerful ant
! eloquent arguments with apt illustrations
and held the large audience spc-bound fol
an hour and u half hy his vivid word pictures
and inimitab|e Scotch el0qucncc. The i'm
preston made cannot but result in lasting
good.
This brief and imperfect review Of the
able and logical discourse, affords hut fain'
outline OF the matchless effort. The Profes
sor must be seen and heard TO be appreciated
He lectures in the Presbyterian church thi
evening.