The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-15
LAST NIGHTS Revival.
What was Seen and Heard Last Night at
the Mabee-EngIish Temperance Meeting.

What was Seen and Heard Last Night at
the AIabee-Enslish Temperance Meeting.
Religion, like politics, makes queer bed
fellows, as was evidenced by peep ia ON
the assembled congregation at the First
Baptist Church on Grove street, where Ma
bee and English the temperance reviv4lists
held forth last evening. A TATTLER re-
porter happened past the church just
about s o'clock. He alighted the steps,
opened the door and stepped into the
centre aisle. About 100 people had assembled
up to that time. Mabee and English were
singing to the air of some very good music
from parlor organ placed on the plat
form for the occasion. On the left of the
aisle, in the rear of the church sat lawyer
James Chapman, who looked as though
he felt content that he was q very
devout man. Presently the door
opened again and in strutted Ex-Gov-
ernor Bedle, fresh from the scene of his
legal fray in the cause of the great and
whole-souled Corporation, the Morris &
Essex Railroad, at Trenton. The august
Ex-Governor and Elk Judge had scarcely
cleared the door when the Rev. James
Boyd Brady, Holdings gracious pastor,
made his appearance and took back seat
on the left side of the left hand aisle. EGov-
ernor Bedle had previously taken seat in
the right side aisle. Mabee and English,
meantime, had finished the hymn. Mabee
had read bible lesson and the venerable
pastor, Rev. DR.. Parmley, had made
an earnest prayer, when DR.. Quimby,
conspicuous mainly as a part and parcel
of the Long Haired Crank Association,
walked into the main entrance, looked
around, angled himself in the direction of
the right hand side of the church and took
a seat several rows to the rear of Mr..
Bedle. This venerable apostle of crank
ism had not got fairly seated than in
limped Mrs. DIR. De Hart. He took a seat
on the opposite side of the same aisle with
his companion in general-Dr. Quimby-
and had scarcely seated himself when he
poked the aforesaid companion in general
in the RIBS with his crutch cane. 1t was of
no avail, the Doctor didn't tumble to the
racket or him or to the cane. So, like man
always does when he feels cheap at what
he has done, Mrs. DIR. De Hart quickly
drew back his cane and grinned like a
schoolboy conscious that he has done
something funny.
There had been singing, biele reading
and praying; it was now time for an adj
dress. The address followed. 1t was by
Revivalist Mabee. Mr.. Mabee told long
story of what had been accomplished by
the temperance movement. He evidently
thought he had hard nut to crack 10
Jersey City. for he said, eff had time
should like to count the lamp posts in
Jersey City, and then count the dram
shops. l venture to say that the latter
would outnumber the former" Somebody
must have given him the tip, for he seems
have struck it very nearly correct. Then
he told how the temperance movement
had progressed under the influence of the
Washingtonians and later under Father
Matthew and John B. Cough, and the
women's crusade against the liquor traffic.
He recited how Gen. Grant on the
occasion of the reception rendered him
upon his return from his trip around the
world, turned his wine glass down; the re-
form created in the White House by Mrs.
President Hayes, and several other inter-
esting incidents 'sAll Of which," ex
claimed the revivalist, ''goes conclusively
to prove that the temperance cause is ac-
complishing much good. The audience
at the conclusion of Mr. Mabee's
remarks. His co-worher, Mr. English, sang
in excellent style the hymn entitled "a
Thousand Y ears, My Own Columbis. Fer
Which he also Was appl ,uded. A coilec-
ton was then taken up, Rsy. DR.. Parmley
pronounced the benedlction, and the meet-
ing was at an end. About 225 people were
at the meeting