Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-06-24
THE GOOD SAMARITAN. LAST NIGHTS MEETING
NEW APPLICATION OF THE
OLD PARABLE.
Mrs. Barney's l.eciuAre-The Jeri.
clio Road The wounded, tire
Robbers, the Priest and H.evite,
ana the Good Samaritan.

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1t was 9.15 last night before Mrs.
II. Barney began her lecture at tn
Grand opera house. For some unac
countablc as well as inexcusablc omis
sion, the hall was ncithe. lighted no
opened until almost the whole of the au
dience were crowding the sidewalk, stair
way and lobby.
There was good crowd present, how
ever, when the lecturer began.
After singing, "All Hail the power o
Jesus name" and prayer by Rev. c. W
Byrd, Mrs. barney was introduced b,
Mrs. l.. M. Pease.
The speaker took as the foundation OF
her lecture the parable OF the Good Sa.
maritan,' and began by calling atten.
tion to the uniycrsal application of the
words of Christ.
The old picture Of the Jericho road,
with its roughncss and rocks was vividly
drawn, fitting well the name given il,
"the bloody road"
The man who el among thieves" tor
robbcrs) represented that innulnrrabic
and ever increasing class who have tray
clcd down the ages in the road of ntcm-
perance, covered with its inevitable
wounds, woes and dcgradations.
Ibp ''rnbharct IL Ia. L.. 4
saloons that crowd and curse the land
with their presence, and bring untold
sorrow to the homes and shame to the
persons of their victims.
The priest and Lcvitc represented that
large class who see the wrecks these
robbers are making in every home,
ana yet pass on the othcl side" and re-
llisc to give their help IN cxtrrnlinaliuu
the tralfic in liquor in this country.
The good samaritan" represented the
laitiAil and earnest band of W. {. I. u.
women and other temperance workers,
VINO are dong what they can, not only
10 alleviate the wants OF hose suffering
from the wounds OF strong drink, but
also to erase from the statute books
every line that Icgalizcs the sale OF liquor
N all its forms.
Many portions OF the lecture were truly
eloquent, and many eyes were sulluscd
Nth Lears al the pathetic rccit,qs by the
speaker OF the clircls OF the whiskcv
traffic.
The picture drawn ui "a woman's
crown OF Slory-thc coming of child"
the tender and touching love of the
mother Us she watched ii grow to baby.
hood, boyhood, manhood-the dcpart-
ile lor school-thc first letter home
to mothcr-thc decreasing frequency OF
these cpistlcs-thcir final cluslup-thcn
the hcart-crushing news borne to the
mother by the father that their boy
had been expelled because OF his drinking
and card playing-and then the prison
bars and the blasted liic--was touchitR,
III its tender truthtulncss.
While not 50 masculine in its strength
"i grasp, or So compact and perfect in it's
arrangements as some lectures by other
ladies who have spoken in Ashevillc ON
the temperance question, Mrs. Barney
was thoroughly womanly and mothcrly,
ana her talk came from q heart saturated
with ITS subject. warm, torcibIy and tecl-
inSly said.
The following resolution was offered
and adopted at the conclusion of the lee
turc
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
bc rendered to TuE AsnEyILLE CITIZEN
and Ashcville Journal" for their courtesy
IN SO kindly opening their columns to the
ladlcs vi The union"