The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-07
CHAUTAUQUANS AND TEMPERANCE.
Address by Miss Kimbali, superin-
tendent of Sunday School Work.
Rev. o. p clifford on the Dangers In
the Path of Temperance.
Members of the Assembly Express
Their Presidential Preferences.
Especial to the Press

sunday SCHOOL was held in three divisions:
the advanced class in the auditorium, under
| the leadership of Rev. /. p. Warren, ID. ID. !;
the young people in Normal Hall in charge
of Rev. j. NJ Frost the primary class in the
Grove House parl0r under the instruction of
Mrs. ii. q. Westwood. The sermon at IL a.
m. was preached by Rev. L. A. Dunn, of
the Iowa Central Institute, whose lecture on
Saturday was so interesting description Of
Bible lands. The text was run, speak to
this young man." The chief thoughts were
that redemption was the great work for the
world, that we meet greater success by ask
ing the help of others, and that young men
have special powers for this work as for all
great undertakings. Later in the day
praise service was held. In the evening, at
the meeting in the auditorium, addresses
were given by Rev. j. M. Frost, of Portland,
and Miss Yates, formerly a missionary in
China.
The 9th normal hour at 500 this morning
was conducted by Rev. Mr.. Frost, of Con-
gress Street Church. Portland, instead of
Rev. A. L. Dunn. The 10th normal hour,
conducted by Rev. w. F. Berry, was post
poned until 4.45. Preceding that exercise, a
w. c. I. U. conference was held in Normal
Hall under the direction of Mrs. L. MN.
Stevens. Mrs. Stickney of Brownfield and
Mrs. M. L. w. Merrill of Portland and Miss
Yates were also upon the platform. Miss
kimball was the principal speaker and
answered various questions.
AT II a. NJ. the w. G. T. U. exercises in
the auditorium were opened with music by
the orchestra, conducted by Prof. w. f.
Morse. The State Superintendent of Sum-
day School work, and President for Oxford
county, Miss E. G. Stickney of Brownfeld
read a selection from the Scripture and offer
ed prayer. A song followed by Miss Cum
mings The address of the morning was
given by Miss Lucia e. F. Kimball, National
Superintendent of Sabbath School work.
She said: wise physician seeks not alone
temporary alleviation of pain but strives to
find the causes of disease. | need not saw
that there is a plague abroad in our land
with which the yellow fever or any disease
which is simply physical, is not to be com
pared. In the years since Lees surrender
fourfold more have fallen throughout our
landlfrom intemperance, than fell in all the
years of the rebellion.
Charts were exhibited showing the statis-
ties in the yearly expenditure of the United
Safes of S944, 100000 for drink, S6OO,0O0,OOO
D.
100000 for missions.
Back of all anarchy is the saloon. The
plans have been originated and perfected
there, and well might the saloons be draped
IN black when the Anarchists met their
fate. Don't think your children are safe be.
cause there are no saloons around you. Many
fathers and mothers have regretted that their
children were not early instructed in the eff
fects OF this evil. Often havo we heard the
cry of the father over Absalon, "Would /
had died for thee" Over and over again
have we heard, "If | had only known.
They never taught me of this danger" 1t
was the wine in the pudding sauce on my
mothers table. 1t was the cider barrel in
came to feel the need of reform.
When any great wrong fastens itself up
on nation, It must be met and overcome or
the nation ion will be. ruined: Gladstone has
wrong, let it be as easy as possible to do
right" Thank God that these Stars and
Stripes do not legalize the sale of strong
drink sIlLn IN Maine. If you should live in any
ence between that and Maine to be as great
as between darkness and light.
III our homes were all right there would be
no need for me to stand here today. All ed
ucatlon begins at home, but in this land are
10000 cradles rocked by vice and Ignorance.
by Kitchen garden, and kindergarten, and
juvenile societies we are teaching the chill
dren, but there is more hope for us in the
Sunday school. We do not ask for added
machinery in Sunday school work, but once
a quarter we do ask for the study of Gods
word from temperance standpoint. Pledges,
temperance literature. and an OccaSi Onal
concert do not detract, but rather add to the
interest Of the usual routine.
The Sunday school is the grandest organi-
zation OF our age, for out of the Sunday
school of today comes the church of tomor-
row.
Miss Kimball presented these Sunday
nnHnFa oIrnefl III
passed unanimously at the international
Sunday School Convention, held in Chicago,
in june 1887:
Resolved, That with emphasis we give express
sion TO conviction which deepens with the pass
ing years, that every Sabbath school should be in
TACT and effect, temperance training school, fit
ting tne rising generation for active and aggres-
sdVe eHort In TINS and every other department of
Christian work. We trust the time may speedily
come when every teacher ahd scholar in our sun
gay gay schools enc shall by example and precept, prac
uce anu promote temperance; when none shall
follow the bad precedent of him who asked, Gam
my brothers keeper?"
We highly approve OF the utterance of the COM
mittee's report, as it relates to temperance and
desire 10 record it as our conviction that that
sunday school which does notstand as a rock
against the denominations of the liquor traffic and
train up generation pledged to total abstinence
is missing one of its greatest opportunities for
usefulness.
MIR. GIFFoRD's REMARKS.
Rev. o. P. Clifford of Warren Avenue Bap-
tist church, Boston, was introduced The
whirligig of time brings strange revenges,
man from the high license State of Massa-
chusetts, is called to the prohibition State of
Maine, to lecture on temperance 1t may be
well for you so entrenched behind the walls
of prohibition to gaze upon man struggling
in the grievance of license. The first thing [
saw in Portland harbor was an empty W mis-
key bottle, suppose it came on the same
boat as did Thus, while you have pro-
hlbltion laws-you suffer great danger from
your neighbors-there is danger that liouOr
will be introduced from your sister States
There is danger, unless there is constant
temperance agitation, that you will shirk
from your laws and be unable to wear the
armor formed by your fathers. So while
Maine does stand pre-eminent in the States
OF the Union for prohibition there is danger
that there shall arise generation not equal
to the strength of their fathers. Your law
is In danger from two sources, from the new
life in the home and that which comes from
other countries with different customs from
our own. First, it is the duty of the moth
ers In the home to begin with their boys as
soon as they can understand it and trace the |
effect of alcohol on the human body degrad- |
ing, debauching, disgracing. This is neces- |
sary because of the laws of heredity contin- |
ually bring to our children the tastes of their |
ancestors.
l have three children-the oldest. a girl |
has gone back to her mothers mother for her |
face and temperament You don't know the |
sleeping tastes and appetites in your boy. |
You must so train him that in spite of TENN |
tation he may be held to the path of recti- |
tude.
You need to do this not only with your
boys but also with your girls that they NAV |
never trade the name their father gave them |
for that of man who is not pledged to total |
abstinence. Better that q woman should 20 |
heart hungry to her grave because she never |
meets the man she can love.
You say you cannot make good mince pies |
or pudding sauce without putting in wine or |
brandy. Then you are not fit to keep house. |
Ii your family enjoy food better because it |
contains wine or brandy, you are in danger, |
and If you do not find you like it better for the
addition, you are wasteful to use them. The |
love of alcoholic drink that came near |
landing me in drunkard's grave in New |
York was fostered by cider in a Christian |
fathers home. When you send your boys to |
Boston bearing the mortgage of love for |
cider, they will see to it that the devil. |
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