Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-13
Observation-Disclosures Refor.,,o..

| Shall We have tenn perance reforma
ton or not? II the temperance peoplt
will forthwith say within . day Of
two, rent the main auditorium of thu
Masonic Temple at $40 for meeting q,
O'Clock p. M, Sunday week; get Mr.
Whitaker In Kent's building at IS, u
print them reserved seat exchange
tickets, price 8 cents each, TO be- scId
through and by members of their lodge,
and school children, and get ous a very
great audience of men, women and
children (and the latter will be delight
cd when they come to see, hear and
know me in my new estate,) will
manage, instruct and lecture to you,
meeting, and give you such revival OF
temperance as has not been In VIII.
mington In years.
If any man will hand me the SIS to-
day or tomorrow III do 1t, and l tell
you can do 1t. 1 don't think can do
1t II you wait few days, and doubt If l
should try. speak not Of or for my,
self, but representatively. The Holy
Spirit. that can and will produce this
revival, II the people please, moves
instantly. He does not stop to "think
IT over" and find out whether it looks
fashionable and satisfactory to the
devil, 80 as to be beyond all criticism.
For the same reason yOn need not be
afraid of the "Opera House. for q re.
liRious meeting Except such ligiouso?
folks as go there betimes when thew
are ashamed to couple their conduct
with the spirit OF prayer anu Worship
You cannot put great audience, the
Holy Spirit and me in there, and give
me time enough, without reformation
and Salvation being produced even If
temperance be the text ana the ia,
OF saving immortal souls be the
Lords day. Better save souls in the
" Grand Opera House" than to leave
them to be lost. And 1t is o fact that
. great company will go In there that
does not frequent ohurches-if once
you get them started-and such, as q
matter Of fact, you are not now saw
Ing In the churches.
But there must be as many warm
hearted Christians moved by the Holy
One to be there as He sends, and they
must be allowed to express themselves.
don't know that l have any hobby.
Temperance Is not my hobby; but
mean q bonafde temperance meeting.
Ia as soon take temperance for text
out of the Bible as any word. It's the
hoiy CplTlt JuaJ Saves inc SOULS. ALI
you have to do is to be there. The man
who feels compelled to hand said $751;
over instantiy-or the three that do SOL
10 the business part of grand revival
If temperance. JOHN G. HARDNESS,
Principal Harkness' Academy. |
10a. mp. SIT does not make a |
'cintilla Of difference to me, whether
I'm handed the S15 or not. I've done
ny duty. There Ia more work to do
han ! can dc. If the fifteen or twenty
thousand reading people, out of city
II over forty thousand, worth in the az.
sregate many millions of dollars, have
lot SIS TO spare, 1t ia all the same to me
They can keep their Sl5 and die richer
The entire proceeds of the aforesaid
ive-cent tickets shall be paid SIS to the
party who provides the same and
balance az said party may order.
Or the admission fee may be dispensed
With IL donor 30 orders, same as the
MON Prayer meeting gives free ad.
mission next Sunday at 4 p. m.
l offer all the foregoing In my Saviour's
lame. My method creates no personal
Ibuse.