St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-25

several churches in this saving movement.
| Christ Church Last EveninD.
| The Rt. Rev. Bishop Thorwald, Lord Bishop
of Rochester, England, addressed large audi
ence at Christ's Church last night on the subject
| of temperance. The exercises of the evening
were opened with appropriate music, followed
by prayer, lead by Rev. w. c. Pope, of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, after which the
Rt. Rev. Bishop Whipple, in few appropriate
remarks, introduced the Lord Bishop of Roches-
ter, one of the originators of the temperance
movement in the Church of England. In appear
ance the Lord Bishop is very commonplace
| looking man, but his pleasant manner of delivery
and address, well modulated voice, and his thor
ough knowledge of the temperance work is
| enough to place him OH good footing with any
| congregation.
After pleasantly acknowledging the introduce
ton of Bishop Whipple, Bishop Thorwold turned
his attention to his subject. If any one should
ask, said the distinguished visitor, why the peo-
pie of the church took such an interest in the
cause of temperance-and he thought the ques-
ton a fair one-the answer would be that there
were several reasons. One is that the evil is of
two kinds, and therefore complicated. Intem-
perance not only injured the soul of a man and
|
the physical man was also great. A man became
not only a slave of habit, but of appetite. In
temperance touched all sides of life and all classes
of society, and the mother of all evil.
AS to the effects of intemper-
ance he claimed it filled our jals,
in England it fills the work houses and in all the
nations of the world it filed the asylums.
After dwelling for few minutes upon the
causes of intemperance, the speaker said there
| was no need for him to waste time in common
place remarks upon the misery of intemperance.
| He had not crossed the ocean to look his con-
gregation in the face and scold them for faults
| which were found upon the other side, but he
wanted to say few words to the people who
were attempting to keep back the tide, which, if
not checked. would sweep over the land. In the
first instance be wanted to explain what they had
done in England; not because it must neces-
sarily be wise because it was done there, but be-
cause it was good to compare experiences.
The church of England had appointed COM
mittee thirteen or fourteen years ago to come to
! this country to collect Inflammation to intern
perance here. its causes and results. This COM
mittee composed of men of independent
spirit and of religious connections. They did the
work assigned them, completed the report, and
nothing had ever been accomplished there
before which equaled it. This re-
port had been of great service to
them. The speaker fonnd that one reason why
more progress was not made in the cause of
temperance was because the two classes which
compose the temperance army did not cooper
| ate. He referred to the moderate drinkers and
the prohibitionsts. The latter, in their ardor,
often used harsh words in regard to the former.
They wanted to protect not only the drunkard,
| but also to remove the temptation to drink
They expected the people to at once give up a
privilege which they had used for years. The
other class did not favor extreme measures, and
/ off or .ha
say that they would prefer not to have their help
at all. As consequence the temperance work
| ers were divided, and played into the hands of
the liquor sellers. He advised them to unite,
and he was certain that the temperate drinker
would soon be willing to forgo his privilege.
The speaker explained the progress made by
the temperance workers in England, and turned
his attention TO the respective merits of prohibit
ton and high license He was not so sure that
they wanted prohibition in England. The peo-
pie knew that when a prohibition law
was passed they would have tc live under it, and
for that reason none were slow TO act. What
was the use of passing @ law to-day, and repeal
ing it tomorrow? If they only had the law in
| England as they have in America, to compel the
saloon keepers TO close their shops on Sunday,
to restrain them from selling liquor to minors,
and to men who were drunk they would be salts
fed for fifty years to come. He would not touch
prohibition with pair OF longs The people
mature action would probably canse tn loss of
the advantage already gained. We should re-
member that it was impossible for the immi-
grants who were daily reaching our shores to Le-
come Americanized in day, and TO quietly SUBJ
nit to what they thought an oppressive law
When the Irishman would become N American :;
when the German would forget that Germany
was his native land, and remember that he was
an American; when the foreigners who reach
our land should become nationalized then would
be the time to talk of prohibition. He thought
the plan which would accomplish the most good
at present was high license. He wanted to hear
when he reached his home that the people had
arranged for a higher tax. Prohibition was moi
what was wanted, but reduction. Would any
one say st. Paul could not do with a smaller
number of houses. Raise the tax until the
limit was reached and reduce the number.
During the course of his remarks the speaker
said the use of liquor steadily decreasing in
England. Very little was now used in the col
leges, and its use after dinner was greatly
lessenedi Gladstone, man who usually knew
what he said to be true, had made the statement
two years ago that there reduction Of
CO, 600 900 in the of the state, due to the
growth of temperance.
Mr.. r. Graham. of New York, secretary Of the
Church Temperance society, was then introduced
to the audience and delivered a short address
This was followed by a collection for the cause O
temperance, and the congregation was dis
missed.