Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-29
THE TEMPERANCE TEMPLE.
,wedtcatea WITH Appropriate Ser
Vices Yesterday.

dedicated WltM ARRADKAA~S ~
vices Yesterday.
The Temperance Temple, buildin
erected by the ladies of the W. @. 7. .
ia this part of the State, at the corner Q
Temple and Fort streets, was dedicate'
Yesterday afternoon. Special service
for this purpose were held in the chapel
which forms a feature of the building
About seven hundred people were pres
ent. The services began at about half
past 3 O'Clock, with the singing of thu
anthem, "Hear us, our Father" by th'
choir of the Fort Street Methods
Church. After the prayer, a quartett'
from the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation sang. The Rev. VIM. H. Pendle
ton read from the 9Sth Psalm, and also
from the book OF Zachariah.
Mrs. Keys, the president OF the local
organic alton, acted as chairman OF the
meeting, and, after vocal solo by Mics
Leila Breed, introduced Miss Henrietta
G. Moore, of Ohio, who is one of the
lecturers for the National organization.
She delivered the principal address OF
the afternoon.
Mrs. Moore said that she brought
greetings from all parts of the Union,
and the cheering hope that the time was
not far distant when the law-shielded
liquor traffic should be brought to an
end. ''From every part of the Union" {"
she said, there goes up cry for the &C
complishment of the end for which this
temple has been erected, the prohibition
of the manufacture and sale of liquor.
The time has now come when the ac-
complishment of the work is almost at
hand. Even in unworked sections
where there has been no speech-making
for temperance, and no circulation OF any
literature, have found strong prohi-
bition sentiment. The day of the har-
vest is at hand, and it is day of Gods
ordering. There are those who believe
the old lines of temperance work the
best. They favor moral suasion, which
i believe is now about fifty years behind
the times. But the change Of circum-
stances means change of methods, and
we must fight now in our own way, the
best way at the present time. There is
more in the liquor question than the
closing of the dram shop. To US it
means the evolution of a
finer manhood and womanhood.
AS the work is to go on under Gods or
dering, those who aae opposing it may
as we'll be resigned to it. We say to the
politicians, who are Che strongest allies of
the liquor men, that they must make up
their minds to the coming of the day.
Now, we women are known to have spe-
cial powers of intuition. We see the situ-
alton as it is. Do you wonder that 250,-
900 of US are pushing forward in q firm
organization to accomplish these aims?
Every change in the position of woman
necessitates a change in the position of
man. Women have changed from their
position of stoical Indifference as regards
the liquor traffic, to one of determined
combat, and the attitude of man must
change also.
The projection of such building tells
the men tnat women have brains to con-
ceive and muscle to execute the plans
which they advocate. God speed the
day when women shall be able to speak
in such halls as this, for the up.building
of divine sentiment in this nation-de-
manding purity in our homes and in our
Government"
The lecturess closed by quoting poem
Of Whittiers.
The Rev. Chas. w. Heisler congratu-
lated the women of the organization ON
the work which they had done. He was
thankful that Southern California con-
tanned women who had the energy to ac-
complish such result. The building was
q credit to tho city, and honor to the
cause which 1t commemorated.
The Rev. J. L. Russell said that before
he came to Los Angeles he had been
told that Southern California was greatly
behind the rest of the country in the
matter of temperance, but when he saw
this building he knew that the story was
false. He believed that this hall would
be the rallying point for temperance
in this section.
The Rev. r. ]. Hutchins made short
speech, touching especially upon the
power and influence which was now ex-
erted by women in the work of making
the world better.
The Rev. r. S. Cantine said that the
ladies' needed $1,000 to complete the
of the building. The speaker
agreed to give 500 if any one else would.
Prof. Snow aad Mr.. Little subscribed $50
each. Subscriptions of $25 each were made
by A. M. Armour, DR.. Hutchine, j. L.
Mrs. M. Dodsworth, Mrs. M.
H. P. Sweet and the Fort
street Methodist choir. Twenty dollars
was offered by Mrs. F. E. Bayright and
Jesse Yarnell.
Ten-dollar subscriptions were given by
Mrs. Gillette, Mrs. Whistler, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Strohm, J. @. Zahn, Mrs. w.
T. Brown, Mrs. o. G. Round, Frank Por-
ter, Mrs. Rsnsome.
Five dollars by the following: Mrs. M.
Bixby, Mrs. A. 8. Boyd, Mrs. McAlister,
Mrs. r, Wilson, Mrs. Archer, Mrs. A.
L. Sifton, Mrs. Alice Weaver, Mrs. L. j.
Mrs. II. Walker, Mrs. G.
81. Percy, Mrs. NJ. E. Taft, and several
others.
A number of subscriptions of cash were
made, the entire sum netted being about
5000.
THE CENTENNIAL.