Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-06
MIR. SPEARS ADDRESS.

He Speaks to a Large Temperance
 Meeting on "The Forces That
 Win.o
 W. H. Spear, formerly city editor of the
 Morning News, spoke at the Howard ave-
 nue Baptist church last evening on tenn
 perance to large audience. MT. Spear
 spoke on "Foroes That Win" His address
 abounded with logical arguments against
 the evils of intempsrance, and was inter
 larded with interesting anecdote illustrs-
 tive of the points he desired to force home.
 Among other things he said:
 Among the winning forces are sincerity.
 A man must be sincere if he would accom-
 plish anything in this life. His whole soul
 and energy and heart must be united in the battle. The force of individual exam pie Is wonderful power for good or for evil. There Is not a man nor woman but
 has power for good if rightly directed. But to accomplish the results sought sin cerity must underlie every effort in the way of moral reform.
 Another of the forces that win is per sonal bravery. There has not been bat sAo-AO1o 6AdoC eAO Oo"A Ol Al6lOIJ Uus uAS witnessed deeds of gallant heroism, and victory has come only through the bravery of true hearted men who offered their lives as a sacrifice for human liberty. Love of humanity was named as another of these forces. as were obedience to God,
 moral integrity, willingness to work, and Christian charity and benevolence. The speaker, in outlining the losses which came to a man through drunken ness, said that first of all came the loss of good name. Many man starts out in Rum robs him of it and leaves nothing be- hind to replace it. With loss of good name comes the loss of self respect. The man becomes discouraged. Rum has gained such 8 complete mastery over the victim that he becomes disheartened and goes down under it's blighting touch until all self respect is gone and the brutal
 forces of his nature triumph.
 With the loss of self-respect comes the | loss of usefulness. The victim finds him. | self stranded. His hand has lost its cun- ming, his work is botched. The appetite | for strong drink has gained the mastery of him and it's scorpion lash has scourged his very soul. With the loss of usefulness comes the
 loss of home. The man is unable to plan | and care for those dear to him. His money
 is gone, his usefulness has departed, and ! sooner or later comes the inevitable loss of 1 home and kindred ties. Then comes loss of health. The victim has become 8 phy-
 sical wreck, a sad warning of rum's blight l ing touch, and in thousands of cages he sinks into drunkard's dishonored grave,
 and his identity is swallowed in a blight ing ignominy.
 And last of all comes the loss of soul. Oh, the sad warnings that blot the pages of l the worlds history; plead in eloquence most pathetic against an evil terrible in its
 black reality.
 There is a fight now raging beside which that of Sedan and Waterloo and Getty ysbury and Bull Run were but ehild's play. It involves billions of treasure and the lives of martyred innocence. It Is battle of the soul against the powers of evil; of
 home against ruin; of social and religious
 ties against chaos and inadelity and agnos-
 ticism. God hasten the day when the powers of good shall triumph and the forces of evil shall be overthrown. About sixty people signed the pledge.