The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25
INTERESTING BREvITjES,

IN cnEo JNo 6RcvIUJeSs
THERE are four free church minis
ters in Glasgow who will not admit
drink sellers to church membership
Messrs Ross, of Cowcaddcns, Mackay,
of Trinity, Andrew, of the White
Memorial. and Dobbie, Of Blochairn.
''SEE the capitalists riding along in
their fine ca1riagcs!'' yelled socialist
speaker at a meeting in Chicago sub.
urb the other evening. ''Where, l ask
you, are our horses and carriages?"
''S'loon keepers drivin' mine round"
responded maudlin and red-nosed re-
former of society, with detection, and
the orator changed the subject
Mrs. CHARLOTTE WOODBURY., superin-
tendent for the national Dcmorest medal
contests, is doing a grand work in ad.
vancing the cause of temperance. AL.
most every state has a superintendent,
who is vigorously pushing the work.
The unions everywhere are holding
testing to the interest taken in the
speeches made by the children, who
are contestants for the silver, gold and
diamond medals offered as prizes for
the best defamation ON the temper
ance question.
Miss ACKERMANN visited school be.
longing to Japanese, who formerly
carried on large brewery, but some.
where heard the Gospel. One of his
neighbors had also heard about the
Gospel, and they studied the Bible to-
gether. They became convinced that
it was the true religion and embraced
Christianity. After time the brewer
turned the brewery into a school. In
the back part the school and chapel
were established, the latter seating
about six hundred or seven hundred
persons. They had no altar or seats
for the chapel, but missionary sug.
gested that the watts should be made
into seats and the wine press was con.
verted into an altar.-Union Signal.
Ruined by Rum.
sketch two men that you know very
well. The first graduated in one of Our
literary institutions. His father, mother,
brothers and sisters were present to
see him graduate. They heard the ap.
plauding thunders that greeted his
speech. They saw the bouquets tossed
70 his feet. They saw the degree con-
ferred and the diploma given He
never looked so well. Everybody said:
What noble brow! What fine eye!
What graceful manners! What bril-.
liant prospects, All the world opens
before him the cries of ''hurrah." Man
the second. Lies in the station house
tonight. The doctor has just been sent
for to bind up the gashes received in
fight. His hair is matted, and makes
him look like wild beast. His lip is
and bruised wretch that was picked up
Ly the police and carried in, drunk and
foul and bleeding? Did call him man
the second? He is man the first Rum
destroyed his prospects. Rum trans
formed him. Rum disappointed par
entail expectation. Rum withered those
garlands of commencement day. Rum
cut his lip. Rum dashed out manhood.
-Talmage, in N. Y. Observer.
Take Sides.
1t seems to me it is about time for
the seventeen million professors Of re-
ligion in America to take sides 1t is
going to be an outrand-out battle be-
tween drunkenness and sobriety, be-
tween heaven and hell, between God
and the devil. Take sides before there
is any further national decadence; take
sides before your sons are sacrificed
aud the new home of your daughter
goes down under the alcoholism of an
enbruted husband. Take sides while
your voice, your pen, your prayer, your
vote may have an influence in arresting
the despoliation of this nation. If the
seventeen million professors of religion
should take sides on this subject it.
would not be long before the destiny OF
this nation would be decided in the
right direction: