The Monitor., 1885-04-24
Another Successful Temperance
Meeting

The hall OF the W oman CHRISTIAN lem-
perance Union was completely nlled with
an appreclative audience, composed OF
representative men ana women OF the
churches and the borough, ON last Monday
evenlng,to ilsten 10 temperance ADDRESS py
the kev. A, IL. Semoower, pastor OF tne
First BAPTIST Church, Saiem. our nighly
esteemed divine, the hev. j. L. WILSON,
PRESIDED conducting the ueFoIloilai cAel-
cises, and introducing the speaker OF the
evening in happily chosen words, ana with
a grace ana manner CHARACTERISTIC OIL per-
feet gentleman.
Mr.SemDower began MS ADDRESS py quot
ing the twenty-third verse, chapter NTH,
OF the Book OF Judges: curse We Meroz,
said the angel OF the LORD, curse ye bitter
ly the inhabitants thereoi; because they
came not to the help OF the Lord, to the
help OF the Lord against the mighty.
The speaker in prefaelng his remarks lor
the evening also referred 10 Depofan, ana
to Jael. blessed above women snail Jaei
the wife OF Heber the hemte pe, Diessed
shall she be above women III the tent.
with strong emphasis, clear ringing
voice, and nicely modulated tones; again
with great force ana tremendous energy,
he portrayed the eV1ts OF lhtehperalce,
gave startling statistics, uttefances that
thrilled with thelr pathos' statements
brlstllng with almost lhcredipie lacts-ili-
credible IN the Dlaze OF the clVliizatioh OF
the nineteenth century, yet something rau-
lcally wrong III this poasted clViilzatloh,
which permitted serpent, issuing from a
licensed still. to leave lts damnapie poison
to do its deadly work III almost every nome
in the land. How, as government we,
had sold ourselves TO an enemy, ana Ior " nat
paltry price. Whilst the Golfers OF the Z.
). treasury were increased oy perhaps seV-
enty millions, the people paiu annually
over the liquor bars, at retail alone, hlhe
hundred and forty-four milliohs OF doliars.
Where we paid one dollar per capita LOT
all kinds OF rellglous work, we paid nearly
twenty dollars per capita as tiloute 10
King Alcohol. AS the eloquent speaker
proceeded the idea flashed INTO our minus
that we are nation OF loois, slaves, TO DC
thus sold, bound hand and foot. The rea-
son why so little had been zone 10 over
come the monster OF iniquity was the IN
difference OF some, laziness OF otners, ana
hypocrisy of many. His description OF
lazy man was as irresistibly funny as 1t was
true. His remarks OF churches and pas
tors holding back because OF difference
of opinion as to methods was sweeping III
invective and severe in Remuneration AS
an illustration he gave the history oil a
church he was well acquainted with-a
church which refused 10 cooperate win
other churches in the prosecution OF the
temperance work. how Tor years that
church never grew, III TACT rather decreased,
its type OF christianity became very low,
its spirituality lost its life It was virtually
dead, every effort OF a religious revival was
an ignominious failure, its chief financial
support become the burden OF but few.
the church simply existed, more as social
organization or religious club than wide
awake, Jealous instrument for the saliva
ton of sinners. Not long since, SAID
Mr.. Sembower, Il visited the church. /
found the walk leading from the gate to
its doors oyergrown with weeds and tufts
of grass. God cursed 1t because 1t came
not to the help OF the LORD, to the help of
the Lord against the mighty
Speaking of the woman Christian
Temperance oniohs, he designated them
as SO many Deoorahs gong out 10 hght
valiantly against the enemy OF TOD ana
man; that Jael would he believed, yet
arise who would strike the Sisera OF the
nation such deadly blow that he would
never rise again to exert MS power. one
would gather from what the speaker said
concerning class OF persons VINO deserted
woman and her work, VINO looked upon
Woman's Christian temperance Unions as
sort of innovation, or perhaps as en-
croaching upon their privileges ana prerog,
atives, as narrow-mlnded, selI-concelteu