The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-08
PLENTY OF COLD WATER
at the Moundsville Prohibition
Assembly Yesterday
BUTT DIDN'T DAMPEN The 1RDOR
OF the Good sized Audiences--Plenty
of Eloquence TO Thrill and Wit 70
Entertain Them.-..Two Colored
"samsn on the Programme.

Yesterdays programme at the Assem-
bly, Hall at Moundsville did not lack in
interest as compared with the days
past. The W. CT. D. again occupied
the morning hour. Mrs. Jennie Nc
Ciurkin gave a parliamentary drill
which was instructive as well as inter
esting, The was followed by the class
of physical culture, under the instruc-
ton and direction OF Miss LYDIA ]. New
comb. If Miss Newcomb's superb form
is in any degree due to physical cul-
ture, she well recommends her work.
Att q. m. Rev. DR.. Work, Of Dayton,
Ohio, minister Of the Presbyterian
church, touched the temperance ques,
tionagain, and diditwitht The grace and
power which had characterized all the
addresses preceding his. His subject
was Regulation by license and taxation
morally wrong and in practice failure. "
The afternoon meeting was opened
with song, ring out the joyful Bells, !
by the uuartette. Rev. DR.. Work led in
prayer, and the quartette followed with
a popular song, "God help us to say
No." Prof. Hawks then amused the
audience with some humor and anec-
dotes. He recited ga scene in morn
ing police court" which was very Affect
ing and contained a good temperance
lecture.
REV. L. G. JORDAN,
colored, of Texas, was introduced and
gave short talk, which was roundly ap-
plauded.
He said that our forefathers, when
they established this government,
thought it not best to unite the church
and the State. How much worse 1t Is
to unite the State and the saloon. He
referred to the license system. He was
a prohibitionist because he did not like
the methods OF the other fellows in
fighting the saloon. The speaker re-
ferred to an item in paper OF an Incl
dent which occurred in the prohibition
State OF Iowa Monday. A man had
started a saloon in town in that State
and an Episcopal minister and his son
went to induce him to close it up. The
saloon keeper was insolent and refused.
The minister started foran officer, when
the saloon crowd assaulted him and his
son and beat them nearly to death. He
had spoken on the subject OF temper
ance in a little town in Pennsylvania
the other day, and the crowd threw
eggs at him. Mr.. Jordon exhibited one
OF the eggs which had been SHE'D at
him. He said il fell in q mud hole,
which prevented its breaking. he had
it carefully packed in cotton in neat
little box. He also related how he
had been treated in southern
State, where on one occasion
they threatened to shoot him: Mr..
Jordan kept pretty close to the religious
phase OF the temperance issue, and with
his argument spiced with wit merited
the applause he received. But Rev. j..
Hector, OF Pennsylvania, was the draw
ing card for the afternoon, Mr.. Jordan
not being down on the programme.
Mr.. Hector had been well advertised
and drew a crowd ofabout one thousand
persons to the hall. He is also colored
man, and very large one at that. He
is an ex-union soldier and said
he carries three balls in his body as
SOUVENIRS OF THE LATE uNPLEAsANTNEss.
Mr.. Hector said his voice was not in
good condition, yet it was pleasant to
listen to. Like his colored brother, he
spiced his talk with witticisms, which
relieved it OF monotony, ii there be any
monotony in the subject, which was,
"The Christians Great Duty" He got
hissubject from the ninety-fourth psalm,
twentieth verse. You have stamped
on the golden face Of your coin, In
God we trust" Men in foreign countries
look upon it and think We are a
Christian nation, but il they come here
they will find out better. If we are q
Christian nation we ought to support
laws which are in keeping with
Christianity. / want you to use the
power of your citizenship to prohibit
the rum traffic from running the boys
and girls of our land. Professors Of re-
ligion want to get on Gods side Of this
question. Gods word all through its
pages teaches prohibition is right. He
said he had no faith in the man who is
professor OF religion and who is on
the fence on this question. The tenn
perance question had got TO be a
barbed wire fence, and the professor
OF religion who could sit on the fence
on the question OF prohibition had q
pretty hard-conscience. The Chris
tian's relations are grand. He has God
for a father. 1t don't make no differ
ence If God makes man SO black you
have to strike light to find him, you
are his brother. / want you all to get
acquainted now, else you will run the
angels to death in introduc-
ing you in heaven. The liquor
traffic stays here because the church
does not do her duty. He remembered
before the war there was lot of old
awfully pious preachers who said that
slavery was ordained OF God and n
divine institution. You find q lot OF
old d. DIS who say the same Of tn
liouor business. He did not boom an
denomination, but he thanked God til,
the Methodists were opposed to licens,
and II there was any Methodist preachet
or church member present who was not
in favor OF prohibition he had better get
his certificate and scoot. What we want
is to get men OF moral courage to stand
up 10 the. principles Of Chris
tianity. No church bells should
be rung in the country until the saloon
is wiped out. He didn't see why they
ring them now, anyhow, unless 1t is to
let some OF the old weakened, dollar
eyed preachers know that there is fire
for them in the other world.s You
needn't think God is going to let you
o,et nttk of vnIir duty What we want Ia
to get thoroughly on Gods side and not
be ashamed Of it. BE was preaching
in Washington City, and on entering