Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-26
those women will some day have to go to

those women will some day have to go to their pastor with streaming eyes. asking what can be done to save their children.
 Take the little boys and show them that nicotine is poison, no matter whether or not 'spapa smokes." You may say, why do not the parents do thisi" Well, parents are often color blind; their Jennie or their John- nie is always just right. The only ones they can see any evil in is in the boys of the fami- ly just around the corner.
 The whole aim of religious teaching is much different now than what 1t was fifty years ago. Can't is at . discount and re- ligious whining has gone out of use. There must be system in teaching children, and l what can be better than that adopted by the Christian Endeavor unionsi
 A Vigorous Temperance Address.
 The next address was on "Tsmperanee" by Rev. W. P. Elsdon of Waterbury. Hs spoke with vigor and force and said: Ny friends, wish ts talk to you this afternoon upon new vision of he'll. Dantes' hell is msdi@val, an- tique. We have a nineteenth century hell right at our very doors, in the saloon. Why, it will take Q man and just poison his whole life.
 The Spirit, Hot the Letter.
 A stirring address from Rev. Dr. Chapman followed on "The Pledge Binding Every whers." The spirit of the pledge is simply consesration to Christ, Dr. Chapman said. The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life, and when think of the soc, GOO members of this society, young Christians, 1t seems to mo that no mere important question can be
 considered in this convention than this: Is
 the pledge to be observed in the letter or in
 the spirit9 The infrnity of the church in all
 ages has been in devotion to tho letter at the
 expense of the spirit. These thoughts were
 eloquently elaborated, and the speaker elesed
 with a brilliant appeal for higher spiritual living and working.
 At 1S o'clock the delegates toek recess fer dinner. A large number dined at the va rious hotels, but about 500 of the delegates partook of a dinner provided at Loomis' Temple by the local union. The streets in
 the center were very lively at Aoen. Dels- gates. cheerful, smiling and bright-eyed.
 rying to get somewhere, all wearing the State
 badge and the local badge and some wearing four or live pinned together. There were
 delegates from every part of old Connecticut,
 from the cities, the hillsides, the farms and the country towns.
 The Sentinel at the Door. While the speaking was going on at the armory, tho entrance doors were kept closed for greater quiet, the sentinel in charge re-
 sistins alike manfully the appeals made by means of gentle tapping from timid ladies and the resolute knocking of the men. Some of the speeches were over half an hour long, and some of the waiting fair ones on the outside grew weary and disconsolate and went away. The rule, was however, neces- sary, as otherwise the meeting would have been frequently disturbed. s@ The scene at the meeting was imposing. It was vast audience. Everybody seemed
 mentally alert to drink in the spirib of the ! occasion. On the speakers platform, which was on the north side of the building, was 8 large array of divines and eminent laymen. The Committee MeetIngs. SHORT ADDRESSES. From 1:30 until 2:30 yesterday afternoon the members mot in various churches to dis- cuss Endeavor methods and the work of the committees.
 Rev. O. E. Torrey of Norwalk presided at the officers meeting in Center church, and short addresses were made by Joel Witter of Danielsonville, HI. Baker of Bridgeport, 'Dr. CIV. .Griswold of Manchester and George H. Stoughton of Thomsston.
 The lookout committee met in the College
 street church. Addresses were made by Charles E. House of South Manchester, s. T. Noble of Rockville, John Haynes of East Hartford, Edward o. Stoughton of Thomas ton and Mrs. Clara Child of Woodstock. The prayer meeting committee met in Cal-
 vary Baptist church. There were addresses
 by Owen Brainerd ot Higganum, T. I. Pease
 of Thompsonville, Mrs. W. O. Woodruff
 of New Hartford, W. R. Downs of New
 Haven, L. l.. Richardson of Lebanon and Eli Mauobaafor ip Of Navv Hovan The eocial committee met in the First Methodist church. Addresses were made by Mrs. Emily L. Ely of Windham, Miss Stella Johnson of Mansfield, A. O. Williams of Yale college, Mics Bean of Norwalk, Rev. F. L. Knapp of Danielsonville, Mrs. Bsrstow of Windham and Rev. A. Fl. Hall of Neridsn. The Sunday school committee met in K. Brainard of Thompsonville, Prof. Harper of Yale college, W. H: Hall of weat Hart H. J. Hoadley of East Canaan. The missionary committee met in United church chapel and listened to addresses by Miss Mary Fl. Hopson of Kent, Charles N. Ransom of Colchester, Miss s. J. Hume of New Haven, Rev. 8. l.. Blake, D. D., of Now London and Charles W. Chspin of New London.
 The helpful and methods committee met in Calvary Baptist lecture room. There were addresses by Rev. H. N. Kinney of Winsted, Miss Annie Sooville of Stamford and F. Al, Fuller of Springfield, Mass.
 Tho Anerneos Meeting. ADDRESS BY ANTHONY ooMsrocK - OTHER ADDRESSES
 At the close of the committee meetings all
 the delegates repaired to the armory, and 8 host of them there was. The doors were
 opened at about quarter of 3, and from that
 time until o'clock the people kept pouring in until she vast congregation numbered | about 4,000.
 At 8 o'clock President Kinney introduced MT. Anthony Comstook. Mir. Comstock as
 he stepped forward on the platform was
 greeted with loud and prolonged applause.
 His subject was "The Work of tho White Cross Committes." He said: ''The White Cross movement is an infant
 less than seven years of age. but of mann mouth growth. Allow me to premise by
 saying that the White Cross, like all other | efforts of moral reform is in the church for
 Christ and humanity, and not above or be- fore the church of the ever living God. England in 1883 by the good bishop of Dur-
 
 It quickly spread over England, Scotland
 and Ireland, being strongly supported in such | seats of learning as Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh.
 India, Africa, Australia, Canada and other
 English colonies were soon quiokened into .
 lively interest. Japan has recently wheeled | into line with recruiting station at Nugata. Tho Young Mems Christian association in
 the old world, as we'll as in America, have l taken up this movement with great zeal, and | of the 250 branch Y. N. 0. As of Glasgow every branch has Q White Gross, with a mem | bership of over o,000.
 In March, 1885, the Y. M. O. A. of Now York city, at a meeting which thousand young men attended, organized White
 Cross band. They now number over 2,000
 members. Since then the Y. N. 0. As in
 all the larger cities have followed their ex- ample, while all over the land there are re-
 cruiting stations ofdoered by Christian work
 CTS enlisting our young men to join the purity army.
 Let me present few of the beautiful off- | AL