Smyrna times., 1884-03-12
.uel NJ. Donohos TO local elders

1888, and a number of eulogistic ad-
dresses were delivered.
Resolutions of appreciation of the
labors of Rev. DIR. J. 5. Inskip, editor
of the Christian Standard, who died at
Ocean Grove Friday, were adopted.
THE ADDRESS OF MRS. j. HELEN FOSTER
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
The pulpits of the various NJ. f.
Churches Sunday were filled mainly
by members of the Conference, but the
great attraction of the day was the adj
dress of Mrs. Foster the gifted orator
of Iowa. The Opera House was filled
at 3 o'clock and every available space
of standing room taken with people
that seemed rivited to the spot by the
elOquence of the speaker. A number |
Of prominent lay and clerical temper
ance workers were on the platform, Mrs. |
Annie H. Martindale presiding, and |
DIR. Underwood making the opening
prayer.
Mrs Foster opened her address by
saying that before our Saviour went
away, he promised to send the COM
forter, which is the Holy Ghost, but
this is delayed by the curse of intem-
perance. The people of the Temper
ance Union, desirOus of advocating the
coming of Christ's kingdom, have
banded together to put down this
liquor traffic
The church and its work is hindered:
on every hand can be seen the curse of
liquor, and the women, many of whom
have been born in the church and
brought up in it, have Joined together to
pat down this traffic, and advance the
coming of the kingdom.
Mrs. Foster spoke of her father, who
she said had spent his life in going
around through the country with free
lance, spreading the gospel, until at
last the Master said it is enough, come
up higher. He had never asked for a
superanuated relation, or located dur
ing his whole mmistery. Her mother,
like many Methodist minister's wives,
journeyed with him, and assisted him
by making his home happy, and rails
ing their children, but one day an
angel came, and she gently fell asleep
and passed to the better land. She
thought that if it were possible for their
discmbodied spirits to be present at
this meeting they would rejoice to see
: that their child was standing before
= this large audience, and advocating
A this great cause Of total prohibition.
4 The temperance lecturer of a few
/ years ago had no argument, except tU
= hold the poor drunkard up to ridicule
i and make frequent appeals for his suf-
: fering wife and children. They would
5 tell you that the sin was not in the use
n hut i'll the abuse of liquor, and they did
e not condemn the moderate drinker
| Rnf .inoO thar, onionon hoC n fIf
: aid of the temperance cause, and show
o ed that alcohol is as poisonous as Prus
. sic acid. The microscope has beeI
II compelled by Joseph Cook, to flash Ou
c upon the white canvass a magnifieG
a drop of drunkard's blood, and showed
n the truth of the bible that "stron,
Is drink is raging" The intention of tn
Of microscope never thought of this, bu
le God did, and thought it out in his owl
A. good time.
y The man who wants to see this coun
n try grow, and our civilization raised t
at higher standard, must take tn
1T ground that men and women mus
is abstain from Intoxicating drink.
" any one would take the trouble t
write to any of the large life insuranc
companies, they would send statement
of how long he might be expected
al live, and what they would insure theI
for, if they did not drink at all an
how long he might be expected to liV
if he drank, and that they would NJ
IT. insure him at all. This is not becaus
these men are temperance men then
selves, but it is a matter of dollars an
= cents with them, and they know tn;
- alcohol is poison.
H. So also with nearly all the great raj
- road companies: they do not wal
~ men that drink, and on some of the
a man cannot obtain employment u
ne less he will sign pledge of total absi
ncnce. This is not because the Office
'e'' themselves are total abstainers, f
ei- they are not, and seldom do they hav
E. their special cars run out on the ROT
ui' that they are not stocked with win
and liquors.
1r- So that is not the reason, but Il
M M true reason is, because they know tn
III the hand must not be unsteady wi
drink that holds the throttle, al
s. drives the iron horse, The conductC
III IL must be temperance men, and so mt
Ine the brake men, otherwise they may &
sh- strOy hundreds of human lives, al
thousands of dollars worth of properi
She condemned the proposed hi
license system, and said it came frC
bar men who called themselves conserN
On tives, and she illustrated conservati:
90. by pointing to a book on q stand, a
col said that book would lay there forev
oor unless some one moved it, and that "
oII inertia, and conservatism is nothi
T. but inertia.
!, Illinois would have had prohibito
Er;- law to-day, were it not for the city
of ChlcagO' "here tney saiu IL Coulu
to suffer for one city. They said g
- of us high license law, but if any c
!, " thought high license would stop
sale of liquor they should look
,o, Nebraska, where the license is 81 O
ora The testimony of the leading brewC
ter published i9 their 9wp organ, she
~. that they even do better busin
mo than they did when the license v
I'D I'D low.-Some people said the Republic
~ 9So party in Ohio was defeated last
90 because they voted for prohibition.
bi"ns this was not the case; they were dcf1
- a ed because they did not advocate 7
- hibition. The Democrats were
1T favor of license, and the Republic
NObcu ilE - tdA 81 " was OLA VI
bos and half-a-dozen of the other, and II
ends is could get just as drunk on ta
~ liquor as they could on that sold un
lille, a license: I .,o,, h..o 80. .I,o.od
Y i'' sale Of any spurious liquors for the !
,h;. thirty years, aHd when LICENSES "
Pdia' ' granted, it was foF the sale of heeF
Iuio au wine, but It was soon asceFtaihed
-, Sun =. they would sell anything their en-
~" mers called for, and the tempera
...5 people now have an amendm
',O."i oi which goes into effect on the fourth
of next July, which prohibits the
~, or manufacture of all kinds of int
the the eating liquors throughout the en-
Wy State.
She exhorted the entire chris
eon, soans church to stand together in Opposi
etSHs to the liquor traffic, and the day W.
~ =" of come wHeH il mBst fgl.. She was
!" , Enc prised sometime ago IL ace the IN
~ t"s, ;. In the Toledo BLADE, of PplVeriEe
'" " Liquor Traffic." and she called u
Mr.. Locke, the editor. for an expl
-. ton. He told her that he had o nC
O""- Dor, a German, who was brewer
whom he had always had the grei
FL respect.
Which Sometime ago, in talking with
FeRce Mr.: Elocke SAID that he was Oppose