Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-17
4 LARGE ATTENDANCE
Ar THE PROHIBITION ASSEMBLY ADJOINING
THE CAMP GROUND,
Yesterday Afternoon and Evsning-nlusHa'ed
Sermon BY Rev. Trey Of the Baptist Church.
Last Evening.


the surrounding country, at the Prohi-
bltion Assembly meetings, adjoining
the Moundsville camp grounds, both
Yesterday afternoon and last evening
Those located upon the camp ground
for the summer also turned out In good
ly numbers, especially at the evening
services.
An innovation was made in the pro-
gramme of the Assembly in the holding
of Prohibition love feast at 9 a. m.'
conducted after the fashion Of Meth
odlst Experience or Glass meeting.
DR.. Villars, OF Illinois, man full OF
zeal and Prohibition fire, led the speak
ing, while Prof. Chambers, Of the quar-
tette, presided at the organ. Under the
inspiration of the splendid address, OF
the fine singing and of the large conYo-
cation Of the faithful, the nine o'clock
meeting, in the language OF noun,
! tain man, was "Whooper'
| Religion, politics, prayers, hymns,
amens, and halleluiahs, consumed the
time until the 1890 preaching service
| BEGAN, much to the wonderment OF
| large audience, many Of whom had
never saw prohibitionists, like Solomon,
arrayed in all their glory.
The burden OF the talk was that they
were on the Lords side, and that theirs
was an abiding faith in the ultimate
| triumph OF the cause OF prohibition
| Some amusement was caused by one
| brother thanking the Lord for convert
ing him from sin and the Republican
party. The Democrats were one ahead
until another brother thanked the Lord
! for converting him from sin and the
Democrat party.
The large Assembly hall was com
fortably filed by fine audience a.
1920. After singing of the hymn,
Come Thou Fount of Every Bless
ing" Rev. G. w. Grimes offered a
prayer. The Silver Lake Quartette
sang one OF their sweetest selections,
when DR.. Geo. +. Bristor, Of New York,
preached fine sermon from John xiv:
'Philip said unto him, Show us the
Father and it sufliceth u.s." The SER
mon was attentively listened to.
At 2:30 considerably larger audience
than in the forenoon welcomed the
Rev. Ward 3. Packard, OF Buffalo, n.
Y, who preached from the Ten Com
mandmentS, the best sermon, so pro-
nounced by many, that has ever been
preached at the assembly. PRAYER by
Rev. Geo. HILBERT, and the singing by
Mrs. Graham, OF Rockport, n. Y, and
the quartet proceeded the sermon.
DR.. !. Vlllars, of Illinois, spoke in
the evening from James xyiii-9,
and laid down the precedent that the
home was Gods basis of church and
State, and held that anything that an
tagonized the home was an enemy TO
God, church and State.
No enemy stood out so conSpicuously
against the home as the American dram
shop. There is but one issue to-day,
namely, the Home versus the Saloon.
The cry OF "fanaticism" is not new.
Every reiormer at whose grave stands
granite monument attestiDg the affec-
tionate memory of the people. was in
the day OF his struggle TO bless the
world called fool, fanatic, conscien-
tious lunatic, &C., sc.
"Seven rival cities contend for Homer
dead,
Through which the living Homer begged
his bread.n
DR.. Villars held that Jesus Christ was
the typical citizen. The Chinaman
spoke of the Christian as Jesus
Christ man" So the Christian was
called, as q citizen, not to reflect his
own conscience with Limitation OF judg-
ment, etc, but the conscience OF Christ
upon questions involving moral princi-
piles.
On the proposition that between two
evils choose the less, the doctor
challenged such to be found in any
accepted text book in moral science, or
where in the word OF God such
a proposition was admissible.
The whole loaf and half loaf then
went to the wall with the statement
that the politician docs not offer a half
loaf or pure prohibition loaf, but. a
falsely called half loaf soaked In high
license whisky. Between big devil
and little devil the doctor said he
would not choose a devil at all. The
address was spiced with illustrations
that enforced the doctrines advanced.
He could not see how a
political compact that was
made 10 satisfy the liquor power could
pos Ole be satisfactory to truly Chris
tian conscience. Paul said we cannot
drink the cup Of the Lord and the cup
OF devils. Nor can we drink the cup
of the Lord and vote the cup OF devils.
The attitude Of the man, physically,
who attempted to ride two horses at
the same time gong In opposite direc-
lions, was the same as he who attempt
ed to pray one way and vote in an OPP
posite dlrectlcn-that is, pray heaven
ward and vote helward. The Doctor
related several incidents in closing that
deeply impressed the audience, that
space will not admit Of publication.
The Doctor has been for thirty-ive
years citizen Of Illinois, familiar with
it's temperance legislation aud -particu-
larry that phase of II in the shape OF
high license, which he regards as the
worst blow ever struck at true temper
ance reform. He holds that OF all the
States Of the Union the high license
States are farthest from prohibition.
The liquor men ofsNebraska, Missouri
and Illinois hold that high license is
bar to prohibition.
He spoke Of liquor men living in pro-
h!bition suburbs of Chicago who give
their money 10 keep the saloons out OF
their suburban homes. Likewise the
St. Louis brewers have summer re-
sort, where the deed to property for
bids the presence OF a
saloon under pain of reverted
OF property TO original owner. II it
is good for liquor dealers that saloons
be not located near their homes, it
is good that they be not located any
WHARF.
DR.. Villars deals logically with the
question, aud makes his appeal TO
reason and conscience.