The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-10

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nuufees was made by Rev. A. r. Pretty
man. OF Delaware City, In which III,
Importance Of the work and the need
OF The Society were duly pointed out
VIM. M. Field also made short ad
dress In which he alluded to tn,
needs OF combined effort to meet no
only the spiritual but the physlca
wants Of the people. as thousandl
were now out OF employment. and b,
believed scenes would yet DO enacted
py hungry crowde that few persons
Dad sny conception OF, and their
would be work for all, who are chart
tably disposed, to do.
10 him the future presented darl
picture, on account Of the genera
parslyzatlon OF business, and he be
lieyed the working people would suf
Ter as they have never before suffered
IN our favored land. Something hav
ing been said about good wlvee. b.
said he too had good wife, when I
protlier responded, Il believe 10"
cHupRns's MEETING.
At 1.3o tho cbildren's meeting wa,
opened by singing Jesus the light Of
the world" accompanied by Mas
George on the organ. At the soliclta
tion Of Rev. Mr.. Short several ladies
Nuhhu Oh bhu piuilOtul " hnHict III liz
singing. the plea being made that hle
her dear boy should ruin his throat
Rev. Henry Sanderson led In prayer
! After singing, Mr. Short explained
the construction OF watch and the
material of which IL 10 made In suot
way as TO afford great deal OF amuse
ment as well es OF Instruction. He
COMPARED the watch to the body, and
showed thnt the one should be treated
as carefully as the other, to keep them
in proper order. The exercises con.
Guided with singing, a collection. and
the benediction. The meeting was Q
very enthusiastic one and wish was
expressed the same enthusiasm could
be impaired to all the others.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
TIE temperance association occu.
pied the platform OF D. M, Mr..
George W. Todd presiding. After
singing My Country 1t 10 of Thee.
&e., prayer WINS offered by Rev. Mr..
white. Ur. Hubbard stated this after.
noon had been given up to temper.
ance. He understood that MIR. Ven
Bennett came IRON Kansas In that
State in building a houee provisions
were made for cyclones by digging a
dug-out into which they went In case
OF storm, shut the door and pulled
In the string. In this State we had no
idug-outs and therefore, II we have q
cyclone You must stand and take 1t.
President Todd introduced Mr.. Van
BENNETT In an appropriate address.
Mr.. Van Bennett said his subject was
Dare to te q Daniel" He told various
anecdotes which put his auditors In q
good humor, and then proceeded to
arraign the political parties for their
inaction In regard to the sale OF strong
drink. He gave sketch Of his early
lie. when he swore, drank strong
drink, was an intidel and Democrat.
! He Was finally converted. when he
threw away his tobacco and cigars,
and he has never used either since. and
had never sworn an oath. He asked
his wife how he could be a ChristiaD
and remain Democrat She said,
Take the matter 10 God" oh" he
said, that is not necessary, as God
saith "W hosoever puts the bottle to
his brothers lips shall be damned"
That settled the matter. and lie had
never been Democrnt since. He was
equally severe on the Republican
party, and argued that men should
become Prohibitionists. and thus the
saloons would soon be closed and the
boys saved.
He related the dellverance of Dsniel
from the lions den. the deliverance OF
Shadrach. hleshach and Abe1negu
from the fiery furnace, because they
obeyed God rather than n man. In
conclusion he compared the Republi.
can und Democratic parties to Goliah,
and the rising Prohibition party to
David. who with small stone dealt
the giant death blow, and he imag
ined that his last words were Il never
had anything like th0t to enter any
head before" His speech was closely
listened TO, and preachers as well as
people. appeared to he highly pleased.
HOW TO SAVE Our noYs.
The temperance service opened at
7.3O p. N. Tho tabernacle was we'll
crowded to henr John Van Bennett on
the subject OF Our Boys and How
shall We Save Them
George W. Todd presided and Revs
,Quigg and Hubbard occupied seats on
the platform. After Mrs. Benson had
sung: 20, Where is My Boy To.
hightf' the speaker was introduced. He
said in opening: In opening my talk
tonight will say that there Is only one
way which the boys can To saved, and
that Is by Jesus Christ.
"A boy wants to be O man. You
never saw a boy yet who wanted to DC
woman. But you see before you q
man who wanted to be a woman. His
remark caused ripple of laughter
throughout tho circle. He cited an
amusing incident OF boy who always
lett the service, but when he became o
man his experience In the christian
life was SO Christ-like that be brought
many souls TO Christ through his
testimony.
1.-The reason why l want to be q
woman is that may do more work
for Christ. Who is 1t that does the
most In the Church OF Christ? Who is
1t occupies the cells of our prisons?
Who WIS 1t who performed that kind
and loving act for our Lord Jesus? A
woman; and II am born again want
to be a woman.
All boys want to be men. They do
Just as they see their parents do. and
II they are sinners and see 1t in their
sons they ask what's the matter with
my boy? say II is not the fault OF
the boy but Of the parents"
lie condemned the tobacco and
liquor trade, citing Il number of Incl.
dents which alone had demorallzed en-.
tire families,
The hoy wants TO be good man, and
he would be II he was only given all
opportunity. just as the lawyer, me
chnnic, laborer wants to better him
SELF SO tho boy does. The liquor
trade Is the worst Cnemey the boy has
to-day. Annually there are so, 600 PEG.
pla who go down to q drunkard's
grave. Many OF these were boys who
wanted TO become good men, but the
examples OF their parents prevented
them.
What shall we do with the boysPwe
can't allow them to be thrown on the
world and go down to destruction,
Let us get around them. and we pa.
rents especially, do all We can to cave
them"
He related an Incident where he
found a hotel keeper WHO kept no bar
On inquiring from him he learned
that he wanted to keep hotel, and
not saloon. The farmer doesn't
want to run saloon, the mechanic
doesn't want to keep bar to sustain
his business, nor neither does the boy
who wants to be man.
Fathera- II we want to save our boys
the only way is to become saved our.
selves. There IL only one who can do
the work and he is the Lord Jesus
Christ. Let US make the story OF
Jeeus more plain to the boys and they
will inquire more and more into the
way OF life until they are saved by a
constant trusting In Christ
We want more hearts In this work
than we have heads. Holding up the
Bible he said 1t contained the great
platform of Gods Kingdom. Paul
says 1t Is the contest of this life and
there lie no other. What Is politics 2