New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-09
A RREEZY TEMPERANCE MAN.
HIS NAME is WOOILEY AND HE COMES
FROM THE WEST
THE vrf.L.KNowN MINNESOTA EVANGELIST
STEAKS AT MASONIC TEMPLH-A SifiN
ING PERSONALITY COMMON SENSE
HELPFUL TALK

4 fair-sized audience. composer OF the he"loe.'
Of the American Temperance Union ana ,hel
friends welcomed John @. Woolley' the celeora'e"
EVANGELIST from Minnesota, in Masonic Iefnpe'
Twenty-third-st. and Sixth-ave.. yesterday AFTER
moan and listened 10 a lecture on temperance that
,,fll he regarded by those who heard II as one OF
M host that We been delivered In these parts upon
a subject on which il seems so dlfncult 10 say any
thing new Mr. Woolley would never be MISTAKE"
for any other than American ana "es'ei"
American at that. He is reported TO be one oi "'
most successful OF Temperance reformers' whch Is
owing no doubt to his transparent sincerity anu
the readiness with which he can call up anecdotes
and give apt and telling illustrations mere "'u
not seem to be anybody in Masonic ieHip'e Vs.
dav who needed to be rescued from "hsKey' i"e'
were made up principally Of men ana women VINO
themselves have been engaged In the rescue WORN
for wears and whom Mr.. Woolley urged 10 npuoe
othora n become missionaries In this field OF ear
nest endeavor as Jealous they themselves are
j. A. Bogarlus president or the 1en'Peia "ee
Union referred In his Introductory speech 10 'hc
Nestor Of the temperance cause. which was Ms
manner of referring 10 the man from Minnesota
and as soon as Mr.. Woolley got chance 10 pe
heard after the applause subsidized ne had spoken
little when il was plain TO be seen that his power
over an audience in the cause OF Temperance wa
unm!stakable There is little time TO applaud 10,
he flies along at rapid rate. evidently certain VI
tho road he is travelling and rot waiting to gee
,bi-tv-seven wears oil and looks. as he hiinseii
said man in Chicago told him. like commercial,
,,ovellc-" lie is ~ n nervous temperament h""
gasticnlatos now with his hand. now with MS "hoe
hoa, which he bends and swings at times III Il
way that is not common TO orators VINO practiSe te
arts of persuasion within the restricted "'''' W
platforms erected in the effee East
..The shame OF the church OF Jesus CHRIST u"
dav &c said he that too many OF her priests ana
elders are praving with lambs that are not clean
There has been too much refined ana techn'' al ''
search into physical phenomena ana 100 "'''e "
tho nrac,lcal embodiment OF the spirit ana uS'iu'
ness Of possible things Too much poohh'ep'"s
and too little business. as we say In chicago So'"e
times. too much dealing in theological options anu
MARGINS and futures. and too little Christian her-
cbardise delivered in the market in this country
The man who says there are such thlnES -
recessary evils talks nonsense or lole"'H -.
or else ne lies (Applause) There Is no SUN ai'r
q. necessary evil or II there be. then there n'N"L
vas a. unnecessary a thing as inc ne anu ut
~ Icsus Christ. You can only compass w ",
nance OF the saloon by sacrifice ny edn.al'o a az"
h, christian hcrosn \ drunkard ~ not 50 uluDn
,,bon, an ounce 81 prevention would DC worth "a
round Of cure The church should noi IRA ,nt9
question as sonnet hing be quarantincl anu lu''
tta,.d rutsii, ~ herself II the polltlcal caucus
harpens ON the prayer meeting night thr a.
man ought 10 cut the prayer-meetins II NH -
here to-day n christian man VINO - IN W. lnnrh,
with drink even In the remotest peHr'c' ~ -,
nj least to keep his mouth ciosch rom IT,, ~
clean handed and women VINO h'' ,.if,,,sa
hast arht thev can against the hyena. 'Applaus
N rroter,Ive tariff will Great" good cohh'"iN ~
tn. American laborer ~ raVlN a. ~,
saloons viii direrentiatc against his interests