Daily Republican., 1884-03-10
TEMPERANCE MEETING,
MRS. j. helen FOSTER AT THE
OPERA HOUSE YEsTER.
DAY AFTERNOON.

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tain Temperance Union of Delawar,
was held in the Opera House yesterda
afternoon and was we'll attended ever
seat being filed, while numbers wer
Obliged to stand. Had the weather bee
iair,lt Is probable there would have bee,
hundreds who could not have gained
admission.
Mrs. Annie II. Martindale presided
and seated on the stage were a numbe
OF ministers and prominent workers il
the temperance cause. The exercise
opened with singing the hymn com
mencing "All Hail the Power of Jesus
name" followed with PRAYER by tn,
Rev. Walter Underwood, b. D., rh. ID
after which two stanzas Of " "Nearc
my God to Thee" were sung by til,
audience.
The object Of the meeting was ther
stated by Mrs. Martindale, who ais,
told of the work Of the Unon, and in
troduced the speaker of the occasion
Mrs j. HELEN Foster.
Mrs. Foster opened her address Ly
saying that before our Saviour went
away, he promised to send the comfort.
er, which is the Holy Ghost, but this is
delayed sy the curse of intemperance.
The people of the Temperance Union,
desrun, I advocating the coming of
Chrlsts 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
liqnor, and the women, many of whom
have been born IN the church and
brought up in it, havejoined together to
put 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 a Tree
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 ministery. Her mother,
like many Methodist minister's wives,
journeytd with him, and assisted him
by making his home happy, and rails.
ing their children. but one day an an
gel came, and she gently fell asleep and
passed to the better land She thought
that If it were possible for their disem-
bodied spirits to be present at this meet
ing they would rejoice to see that their
child was standing before tins large
audience, and advocating this great
cause OF total prohibition.
The temperance lecturer Of few
years ago had no argument, except to
hold the poor drunkard up to rldlcule,
ann make frequent appeas for his SUI.
tering wife and children. They would
tell you that the sin was not in the use
but in the abuse of liquor, and they
did not condemn the moderate drinker.
But since then science has come to TIE
aid OF the temperance cause, and show
ed that alcohol is as poisonous az Prus-
sic acid. The microscope has been
compelled by Joseph Cook, TO flash out
upon the white canvass a nagnited
drop Of drunkards blood, and showed
the truth Of the Bible that "s,rong
drink is raging" The intention Of the
microscope never thought of this, bu,
God did, and thought it out in his own
good time.
The man who wants to soc this country
grow, and our civilization raised to ii
higher standard, must take the ground
that men and women must abstain from
intoxicating drink. If any one would
take th. trouble 70 writs to anv of th.
Iarre life insurance compamrs 1hnv
wollll send statements of how ian, ~.
,nivht be exnpcted tn live AMI what
they would insure them for, if they did
not drink at all . and how Inny ha
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