Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-16
Methodist, had been taken III in Montreal and
| that his place would be taken BY Rev. James
Pickett Of Leicester.

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Methodist, had been taken III in Montreal and
| that his place would be taken BY Rev. James
Pickett Of Leicester.
SPIRITUAL AND MORAL QUESTION.
Mr.. Pickett held that primarily the temper
ance question was spiritual and moral. 1t had
also political character. The good order of
the community was bound up in the liquor
traffic The right Of the state to regulate it
was universally conceded, and it followed that
it also had the right in case Of necessity to
| abolish 1t altogether. How long would other
evils live If they did not fatten on intoxicants?
| The duty OF the church was to create healthy
sentiment, for that always crystallized into law.
As Mr.. Pickett finished his address dozen
or more would-be speakers we're on their feet
clamoring for recognition and Bishop Wayman
| recognized Bishop Gaines Of Georgia, A. NJ. Z.
church. Thank the Lord" calculated the
great Georgia bishop, as he realized that his
| turn had come to speak.
BISHOP GAINES REMARKs.
In his address he took the ground that II the
southern colored people broke up the whisky
traffic they would do as much good as the
| northern men who broke up slavery. Success
| must come through alliance With one or the
other political parties. That was the result of
his experience in Atlanta. Whisky must be
conquered was slavery. The liquor traffic
| was doing more harm to the negroes than to
the white men, because the latter got better
| quality of whisky. But the best white mon Of
| the south and the colored men would join hands
in the fight, and fght they would until they
conquered
Rev j. G. Simmons of the M. T. church
south. Santa Rose Cal, was the next speaker.
He said he was temperance man by birth and
| blood. He inherited his strong convictions on
this subject Methodists everywhere, north,
eouth, east and west, on this side of the Allan
tic and on the other, are Of one mind in re-
gard to this subject. Why then has not the
| temperance cause succeeded better! 1t was
because the friends Of temperance had been
| led off on side issues. They have been firing
at shadows, making great rents in their own
houses while the wolf 10 destroying their
| children.
RIGHTS MORE SACRED THAN THOSE OF PROPERTY.
Rev. W. D. Kark Of the Bible Christian
church, Isle OF Wight. England, saw evidences
of a great public awakening 20 the evils of the
liquor traffic, but as soon as the question was
approached the rights of property were trotted
out We're not there rights more sacred than
the rights OF property, oven II to protect them
| the government mus. tread on the rights OF
property? Even radical as MIR. At
kinson would admit that.
Rev. DR.. j. W. Haney, Methodist Episcopal
church, illinois, announced that he was n tenn
perance man and that license high or license
| low was vicious in principle, a failure in prac-
| tice and could never be- lcgaEzed without sin.
Christians of Canada had a right to legal pro-
hibition and they did have it in localities. Be
| side the national law there were local option
| laws. 1t was the fault of the Christian people
therefore, if they did not have prohibition
| everywhere in Canada. The trouble was that
Christians preached and prayed temperance
, and then voted for party. There use to
| attack the saloon keeper. the only remedy lay
in the ballot.
Rev. DR.. JOS Nettleton of London said that
If the IN inv OFF in, oil no OF 1i.f
puipits they would be turned off in the saloons
Rev. Z. v. hoss, NJ. E. church south, Nash
vile. said that Of the 200 itinerant preachers
| In his church there was not one who was not q
total abstainer. He did not believe that the
church should ally itself with any political
party.
PROHIBITION IN TEE WEST.
Rev. ]. H. Lockwood of Kansas told how pro-
hibition had been attained in Kansas by a
majority of 1000 The liquor men made their
mistake when they agreed to submit the ques-
ton to popular vote.
Rev. Samuel N. Griffith Of North Dakota told
how prohibition had been secured in North
Dakota The Christians in 1888 had been de-
feated by money brought into the state. In
1889, when the question again came up $50, 900
was sent into the state by the liquor men, but,
| owing to chickering's, it was not used TO ad-
vantage and the prohibitionists triumphed.
The great danger the prohibitionists had to
face In all states was money sent into the states
by the whisky trade.
Rev. Philip A. Herbert, A. n. E. church, Dem
yer, and Rev. Samuel McComas of Dublin, Ire
land, spoke urgently Of the necessity for tenn
perance reform, the latter telling Of the bless
ings attending the passage OF the Sunday clos
ing bill. He also denounced the limited liza
bility system of conducting the liquor bust
ness.
Hon. J. ]. Rogerson of Newfoundland wanted
the church to go forth in the fight and close
| every liquor store in the world.
wEsLEYs RULES COMPEL TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
MIR. Jno. H. Lille Of England held that Wes-
ley's rules obliged ministers to be total absti-
nence men and he insisted on that proposition,
notwithstanding Mr.. Atkinson's dissenting
voice.
Mr.. Atkinson was the last speaker and during
the confusion that followed his remarks the
congregation managed to sing tho doxology
and the session adjourned amid the greatest
disorder.