Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-15
TEMPERANCE TALK.
An Interesting Lecture Before a Lara,
Tabernacle Audience.
THE DRAM SHOP AND IT'S EVILS.
John q. Woolley. the Temperance Evan.
geli'', The Speaker.-Tlie Founding
aud Purpose of Rest Island.

greeted John O.. Woolley, the noted tenn.
perance evangelist, at the Tabernacle
last night The great crowd Of interested
listeners was made up OF the better
classes OF the community without
reference TO church or pollilca.
President George q. Cannon PIC.
siued, and ON the stand beside himself
were John q. woolley, Revs. lin,
Mnoey, McNieoe, Steelman, Clay,
u IL. Parsons, President Angus NJ.
Cannon, G. w. Penrose, Bishop Pres.
ton, Geofg Goddard aud others.
The big choir was out In force aud at
The opening sang with fine effect, the
anthem, Praise yo the Father.
Prayer was then offered by DR.. Illii
after which the cholr gang Glorious
Is Thy Name.
PRECEDENT Cannon then introduced
Mr. Woolley who addressed the meet.
Ing for upwards OF an hour-ani was
listened TO with rapt attention. No
temperance speaker was ever heard In
this region who spoke more earnestly
or eloqucntly and II was apparent
from commencement to close That his
heart was In his work. His pictures
a, ,,..,u =, a,t,,, -. .,i-,,',,..
drawn aud no WILDLY were they DE-
picted that they were terrible to COM
template.
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"O"N w '"o e"eeI's'
"Hechtioh TOT MN 10 nfsume indiiier-
ence TO the fact that the audience be-
fore him waa the larvest dist,nctiveIv
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epe'"nSO s".neii"s W "hich no nhu
over Spoken lie thanked God Tor the
opportunity OF appearing before such a
meeting, because IL meant preat oooa
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~ '.e f.oP'o VI S'"n "hu ooueu evii 10
the raihc which no hated with all the
intensity Of an earnest nature.
The great ouestion M tho ba,ds m,
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w. whs, ~ rs MI, Pevpie ueelywnete
49, W w WIN wy liquor pusi-
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h,' hi,s auoueu anu iorsotten
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~ nSou 1917 'ne nusDanu was
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MI. a I'm, , w,e,ehou cohuilion
n'o noi. mn M w years hso ne was
go. 80 49,, w. d..t. anu temper
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|" su'1 wo'so .nan uea,n was Iiiteu
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s,nnLis ~ "a, "as inns tnAt
,,'' ' hs"ieu iess on
IN $500 e'o y. sne coming OF
suo So oeSupy 'no premises ior
syou LIN 10 s"ai' eoniu. ~ was une
800, ' $3.50 W p'.Io icense 10
1917 "a 1 ~ snouiu DC uohe
a"ayi ~ wv ~ oish h otneI men Iof
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x,,., NJ woaiI!v hoa , as ,"e.
iecinrs Prssident 1soy,e a. Tann n,s
a nrouncaJ ,hot NJ, Go,i,.,,' hn',
80. ',' D., Isi.,,J a., nau
p'Aeu ~ 80 'no .is.'ss'ppi,
ioi Ieiorineu uIuhAarus anu tlN " hau
been suggested that ne say something
OF u.
MIR. W0olley then said; give
years ago / was shelterless, homeless,
Goddess, and when | commenced my
I went TO my friends for
assistance and got money enough 10
buy snail island In the Mississippi
river, sixty miles below Minneapolis.
The island contains about 400 acres OF
land. | converted 1t into farm and
q place OF refuge for drunkarda. NV
friends gave me horses, cattle and
poultry to stock 1t and got clothing
and other necessary articles from
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