Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-14
THE LAST DAY.
CLOSING HxERusss OF fHE OHIO WALLET
PROHIBITION ASSEMBLY.
Hr. Lsshrop again Enthusss a Large Audience
An Amusing Exhibition at Night BY d.
Bools, Of New York-etnsr
Features.

Moundsville yesterday. 1no
was delightful for outdoor encampmen'
and everyone seemed to vie with eaon
other in their endeavors to make 'ne
closing scenes of the meeting as pleas
ant as possible.
At e:sO in the morning, the w. y. l.
IT. under the direction OF Mrs. jennie
sissop. was conducted, followed oy
lydia J. Newcomb, with her drill III
nhvsical culture and health exercises.
The usual morning services at IL cioch
were omitted from the programme. az
o.ao u. M, Mrs. ,Lathrop, OIL
MICHIGAN. spoke in the Taoer-
nacle on Prohibition. ms was
her third and last address, and she un i,
occasionally saved the best wine until
the last of the feast. 1t was one OF tne
most aupumentative and far reaching
addresses upon the vital question VI
prohibition delivered during the series.
Mr.. Mead, of the quartette, winch n@S
been rendering such sublime ana sou'
inspiring music during the meetings. III
troduced Mrs Lathrop to the audience,
After passing a few pleasantrles ne saiu
that he felt grateful to the newspapers
of Wheeling for the fair reports anu
the space devoted to the meetings.
They have treated US with kindness
They have reported the addresses Win
much care. Few, if any, misrepresenta-
lions of their words have been puoiish-
ed. so want to express our thanks lor
their kind words of the meeting.
The audience at the afternoon meet
ing was rather small, owing TO the eA-
IRENE heat of that portion OF the day'
and those who attended kept the at
mosphere in circulation only by the vlg-
orous welding of palm leaf fans. Tney
were, however, satisfactorily enter
tanned for having lent their presence al
the meeting.
Mrs. Lathrop said that she antlcl-
pated a small audience to-day, on ac-
count Of the warmth. But l Will sup
pose that there are 1000 persons pres.
ent, and say what l shall the same as II
there were that number present. Tenn
perance is of two kinds, Gospel Temper
ance, and political temperance, which is
secular. 1t is not supposed to be
sacred enough to preach. We believe
that those things which have been sepa-
rated must be combined before success.
We have seen no time in the last
twenty years when the drunkardS were
so far from the church as they are to-
day. The Christian Church is not In
proper condition to save drunkards,
when so much of the manhood OF the
church is favorng it. What do you
propose to do with the Christian ballot,
which legalizes the saloons to make
drunkards? That is the question that
has been knocking at the door OF the
church.
If we can expect nothing from the
church, who. then, can we expect II
from? The fact is, the drunkards are
not in favor OF us.
We are bound to build on greater
moral foundations than we have in the
past. When the Pilgrims of Plymouth
Rock came to this country they came
not for honor, because they
LEFT THE LAND
of kings and monarchs. Did they come
for money? Scarcely. But they came
for liberty. The temperance cause
came as it has to the government for
settlement because the moral agencies
have alone been inadequate to meet the
case. At the front OF those agencies l
want 10 place the Christian Church.
This is not as it should be. Please give
the Church the position that belongs to
her. 1t is not human institution. but
divine one; and then, on the other
hand, it is human one as well.
The Church OF Christ has been able to
offer no perceptible check against the
sturdy growth of the liquor traffic in the
past generation. The trouble is the
Church has been divided on the ques-
ton of total abstinence. John Wesley
was away ahead Of his day on this SUBJ
ject, but his disciples of later days did
not follow him.
We go to church and pray for things
that are Gods, but we don't do our duty
in teaching our children the danger of
the saloon just outside the door. Who
shall we hold responsible for this?
hold not the worst men responsible, but
the best men. l believe not in men
who are praying for Gods kingdom on
Sunday and vote for the liquor traffic on
Monday. On Sunday they pray to God
for light on these questions. What had
God to do with the West Virginia
saloon? The saloon is a civil insti-
tuition, protected by law, and who
made it so? Who sends the
legislators to the Legislature to make
LIQUOR laws in the interest Of the
saloon, upon your shoulders rests the
responsibility. We hardly feel the
power of the church at all.
The church is down on its back and
the saloon is running over the top Of it.
The saloon-keeper has more to do with
municipal government than the whole
Christian church. The crown should
be on the heads Of the best in this gov
eminent and not on the heads Of the
worst. What is the use of praying,
"How long, oh, how long" and then
| turn around and votes himself "How
long" On election day one comes with
his lips wet with the prayers Of home
and the other with blasphemy and beer
and shoulder to shoulder they stand al
the ballot box and their tickets both
read on the same side. On the
divine side the crown is off the
head of Christian manhood, and the
masses are going in the way of the
devil instead Of the way OF the Lord
There are fifteen per cent. of the young
men of our country who never see the
inside of church, and still the church
dreams on aud sleeps on. In the name
of God let us find an outpost for the
banner OF this reform. We tried Il
keep it out OF politics, but we can't dc
it in any other way. We have tried every
other way and failed. Am discouraged.
Scarcely. l believe that the child /.
born that will look on the barred door:
! - Al.