St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-24
THE REFORM CLUB.
a Lore Feast and Thanksgiving SerUfce-
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The services at the Reform club meeting
at Harrison's hall yesterday took the form of
a love feast and Thanksgiving service. The
choir sang at the opening ''Oh, Bless the
Lord.'' Rev. Mr.. Satterlee read the 104th
Psalm, after which the choir sang another
anthem, ''The Lord is in his holy temple,
let all the earth keep silence" Mr.. Satterlee
said in looking over the past four years We
find great cause for thankfulness. The adj
herents Of the cause were not numerous, but
were men of faith and energy. God did not
measure man by his size, but by his faith
The world looks at size aud muscular
power while men are living, but
I'LL are measured by their faith
when they have passed away. Should we
ask the question why does America stands so
high among the nations of the earth the ans
wer must be because of her churches and
the grand work done by them, but the men
who do the most work In the churches are
few in number and measured by their
mighty faith. When God wanted a reforma-
lion in morals he chose a Luther because of
his faith, when he wanted to break up the
nations of Europe he chose a Bonapart
If we go back a few years and review the
work done, we can better understand its
magnitude and we will have greater case for
rejoicing. Sometimes We ought to be thank
full because Of antagonisims. We have
made many of our Republican
friends angry but they are now awake and
will talk the matter over. Many have been
nell ffaa oYrl3 w
lied the liquor power and aroused their anger
as never before. For all these things the
speaker saw cause for thankfulness. Men
will now begin to see that Gods hand is in
the work. The choir again sang ''Bless the
Lord His Way is Perfect.'
Rev. Mr.. Taylor said he had not been iden-
tilted with the Reform club, but rejoiced with
them in the growth of their cause. Tennessee,
North Carolina and several other south
ern states had adopted the four mile limit
law, which was powerful lever in the hands
Of temperance men again ST the saioon bust
ness. That law made it possible
10 prevent the location of a saloon
within the radius of three or four miles of a
church or school house. The churches
and schools which were numerous
were using the law to good
effect. The speaker compared the liquor
business in its political conduct toGolah
who had been daring the temperance people
for years and rejoiced that so many temper
ance Davids were throwing sling stones at
him. The whisky men rave at US and our
Republican friends are angry, but the car
moves right on. The growth of the cause
must not be credited to the activity of adj
herents to the cause, but God shand was in
it. The choir sang 81 will praise thee, oh
Lord.'
Mr.. Satterlee in introducing the next
speaker, Mr.. Durham, said that in a por-
ton Of the state where Mr.. D. had been
travelling the past month, new railroad
had Just been built The idea
of building road there twenty
years ago would have been laughed at on
account of the roughness of the country, and
the speaker predicted that prohibition rail-
road track would be built during the next
twenty years, where it is thought to be i'm.
possible now. Mr.. Durham attributed the
wonderful growth of prohibition sentiment
IN the country to the active work done by
the Good Templars. There had been great
growth within the past four years, the vote
having grown from ten thousand to nearly
two hundred thousand. Four years ago the
word prohibition was hardly mentioned in
any town in the state, but now it was freely
talked by temperance men everywhere.
"Scrap Iron Bill'' was called for and made a
brief speech and sat down amidst applause.