New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

lor Crosby delivered the sixth of the course OF
Monday lectures at fremont Temple, Boston,
the Temperance Question and his lecture was
an aIraignment of total abstinence theories on
prudential and moral grounds. At the close he
remarked: II have now endeavOred, in very
brief way, to point out the reasons why the
total abstinence system as cure for lntem-
peranoe will not and ought not to be adopted.
OF course l am, therefore, bound to propose q
system that ought to be adopted. lido not dodge
the issue. No man is more keeniy alive to the
frightful Iavages OF drunkenness than am,
total abstinence crusade is hndeiIng the cure OF
the evil by keeping just methods from the field
and by disgusting mems minds with the vely
name of temperance, so cruelty bemired, that !!
denounce it, and ask good men to rally around
q tIuer and purer standard. The right system
must be one that recognizes practically tho
difference between excess and moderation, and
the difference between injurious and harmless
drinks, and will they appeal TO the common
sense of reasonable and thinking men. 1t must
be system that deals honestly with history,
science, and Scripture, and does nOt invent
theories and then support them by garbled quo
tations and imaginary facts. Ii must lie
manly system that has no cant OF tOOery Of
orders and ribbons, degrading matter OF high
principle to the hOcus-pOcus of chld's play.
Such q system " Ould be found in the exclusion
OF distilled liquor from common use as bever-
age both by public opinion and by law, and the
wise regulation in society and In the State OF
the use of vinOus and malt liquors. Society
should put away oil the drinking usages that
lead to excess, such as furnishing many wines
at an entertainment, or treating Others or
putting branded wines upon the table, and the
State should limit tue number OF licensed sellers
to at most the proportion of one to thousand
inhabitants of each town, and these sellers
should be under heavy bonds not to sell to
minors or drunkards, and not to allow dIsrepu-
table characters to gather at their places. Inc
law should likewise make the collection OF evil
dence against licensed seller easy, and the
penalty of breaking the law should be lmpris-
Onment as well as fine. On basis like this,
that does not sweepingly condemn every drink
that has alcohol in 1t, the great majority OF the
people could work uccOrdantly, and therefore
effectively. Tie wild Iadicalism OF the teetO-
talleis is just what the rum-sellers and their
advocates enjoy. They know that this absurd
extravaganza disintegrates the army OF order
and renders it pow erless that 80 long as tenn
perance IS made to mean " total abstinence from
everything that can intOxicate," the great null
tlude of Order-lOving men Will shElnk from
joining any temperance movement, ana hence
these wholesale destrOyers of the race can go on
in their netariOus work with impunlty. Now
what il needed is the union OF all good men who
desire to stop the fearful drunkenness OF the
land with its attendant crimes and misery.
hat union never can be Effected on the pI1n-
ciples of the total abstinence propaganda. But
it can be effected on the principles OF truth and
common sense, and they who prevent this union
by their tenacious adherence to false and IA
natical system are responsible before God and
man for the spreading curse"
A WORKING PARIsH.-The revival of the
Church OF the Advent, Boston, is the greatest
achievement of the American RitusIists. AS the
story is told by The Boston Herald father Graf
ton began his work III 1871 with no brilliant
prospects. The parish had, for ValIOus reasons,
become much run down. Its actual cOmmuni-
cants numbered hardly morn than 200 persons.
Father Grafton had three assistant clergy, and
the Rev: }: w. Hill, the pIecentoI M hiil is
still with him, and his present assistants are the
Rev. Arthur G. A. Hall, the Rev. Edward Us
borne, and the Rev. William l.. Gardner. Ihey
established themselves in q house in Stamford
s., placed at their disposal by Or. ShattucK,
the senior warden at the Advent and nave
lived there in community ever since Lay
brothers attend to the duties OF the household;
each priest has his own room; the ample library
on the second floor. stocked with one or tbe
most valuable theological collections TO be found
in the United States, is their common parlOr;
behind the library is the private chapel, and
below are the reception room and reiect0ry, ar
ranged as such rooms usually are where COM
munity rules are observed. No money is need
lessy spent on furnishings. 1t Is evident at q
glance that these men have something 10 i've
for beside the enjoyable things of this world,
and, if one should look at the weeks bulletin in
the hall he would SEE that not an hour in any
day of the week was one OF the clergy unem-
Moved There are no wives, no children, no
servants, no worldly distractions of any sort.
The clergy wear cassOcks both indoors and out.
Ii IS the habit OF the brotherhood. 1t need NOT
be q surprise to any one to hnd that, nnder sucD
auspices the Advent parish has picked up from
200 to $50 COMMITMENTS In eight years, or that
its agencies for helping people in their souls and
bodies have multiplied IN every direction. The
whole parish is one vast hive ut spiritual IN
dustry. The Bow dOin-st meeting house long
since became too small for what was going on in
it, and q new church became o necessity. The
ground tor this building on BIimlner-st. was
broken on the festival of St. Benedict, March
81, 1870. Tie chancel end OF the new church
was completed shortly after, aud the house Is
now going up as rapidly as bricks and mortar
can be put together, going up, too, from the
savings OF the " hole parish. and soon TO be COM
pleted without dollar OF debt.
MIR. MURPHYs WORK. Murphy gives at
this "reminiscences OF his recent iabors
at Troy: "Onu man there, an artist, had mar
ried a good little wife-and most men who
drink are generally successful in getting good
wife, The reason of it Is that women don't
think so much of themselves as men do. VOL,
this rts; had drank himself ont OF nome, ana
he had taken bis wife to the pant shop. lie
had put I'D partition i'll it, and there they
lived. One night he crept into the fall where
we were holding n meeting, lie had on 0iu
clothes and was almost ashamed to 6e seen; !
took him by the hand and told him he had
better sign the pledge. No. he answered,
guess not. | couldn't keep it, Yes, YOU can,
[ said, God will help you / guess I'll try it,
he said. lie signed it, and SAID | wanted d to
see him aI the hotel after the meeting was over.
The GOOD women of that town had set me mp |
in the dry goods business. bad any quantity |
of shirts, and coats and neckties and hats. 1t
is no use 10 speak of the gospel if you don't put |
a coat on mans back. 1t is no use to try to |
feed hungry man on tracts. What | wanted
with thIs man was to give HIM suit of clothes. |
NV son had offered him some money IN the hotel,
but he would not take it, saying he didn't sign to |
eel money or to be insulted. ! got him into my |
loom, and got near the door, for he was |
bigger man than am, and told him wanted
70 give HIM suit of clothes. He stOImed, but |
| arguei tile case with him, and finally got him