The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-16
THE PROHIBITiONISTS
yesterday tho Attondauoo Record
at Moundsvino was Broken.
PROF. 4. A. HOPKINS WAS SPEAKER
OF tho Afternoon AID His Discourse
was Listened 10 With Remarkable
Attention-Dr Leonard Had Not
Arriyed-Dr. S1esd's Mornins Scr.
mon-Tbe Saturday Proceedings
Notes Fson tho Camp Grounds

Yesterday was the fourth day OF the
prohibition assembly at tho Mounds.
vile camp meeting grounds aud 10
point Of attendance It was the beat of
the four By far. Special trains during
the morning carried thousands to the
famous grounds 10 hear tue well known
prohibition orators who were billed to
speak. The weather though hot every
where else was comfortable on the
grounds.
Prof. A. &. Hopkins. Of Hartman,
Tenn, was greeted by the largest audi
enee in the history OF the assembly as
he stepped to the front yesterday after
noon and attempted to answer tho ques.
ton "Why arc temperance meetings
and temperance camp meetings neces'
sary in these years OF intelligence and
social prosress?" His answer he OK.
planned by the fact that society is com;
posed OF three forces. The organized
moral forces, the organized political
forces ahd individual man. The main
tenance oil society demands harmony
between tho organized moral and the
Organized political forces. This har.
mony can only come through,th third
factor in society which 10 the individual
man.
Tho organized moral forces consist Of
the home which is the unit OF organ
ICED society. and to have 9,moral society
YOU must have moral Gf6mes. Demo.
ralizc tho home and you dcmoralize the
very foundation OF tho state. You must
maintain tho homo 10 its purity If you
would keep the nation moral.
Tho school Ia nn organized moral force
higher than tho home. Hero the moral
forces Of the home are emphasizcd aud
extended. Eliminate from all tho text
books OF all the schools all that is OF
moral teaching, yet the school TO be OF
service to the state must OF necessity BIO
moral.
The church Is The highest form oil
moral organization. Here are gathered
anil concentrated all the moral teach
ings OF the home and school. From it
90 the forcors that tend TO build up tho
moral fabric OF tho nation. These arc
the three primary moral organized
forces-aII others are secondary and
exist, simply because ono or all OF tho
three mentioned have failed to do their
duty. We have to deal only with tho
primary forces.
What are tho organized pelitica!
forces? They arc the political parties,
and they express their organized senti.
ment by tho expression which We call
law. For tho maintenance OF sound
government they must be in harmony
with the moral forces. If their ex'
pressed sentiment result in laws con.
trary to tho welfare OF the moral forces
it proves political sentiment existing
that ia antagonistic to tho homo, the
school and the church. Have We such
a law? If 80 We must have an organized
political force behind it Of which 1t is
the expression. We have law on our
statutes licensing the liquor traffic-be.
hind 1t stand the two great political
parties OF tho nation. Is this law tho
friend or foe OF the moral forces? II a
foe then tho parties OF which it 10 the
expression are ne organized political
forces the enemies OF the home, the
school and church. Il the licensed sa.
loon the friend of the home? Does it
make 1t better, moro intelligent and
spiritual? II so 1t is good. II not it is a
foe and should DO dealt with ne such.
Is 1t a friend OF tho school? 1fso We
ought TO have one as near evcry school
as possible. What arc tho facts? Docs
not every law in tho land discriminate
against the saloon, and driving It away
from the SCHOOL testify that IL is IN
open enemy to tho school?
Is il the friend Of the church? Docs
it mako tho church member better.
moro regular in attendance, more able
to contribute to its support? Every
preacher here knows better. The tosti-
mony of all the religious bodies OF tho
nations"is against il. What Ia the ro-
suIt-disharmony and discord until tho
moral aud political forces DO harmon
lied.
When and how can this DO done? I
will say il cannot DO dono in the
churches. Neither the secondary or
auxiliary forces like tho W. G. T. u,
tho Good Templars and kindred
organizations, You can harmouizG
them only in ono way and at one place
ana tunL ~ tNH VItul point OF all EcIluU'
lican govorument-the ballot bOx-and
you can only do this through tho third
force in society aud that is tho Judi
vidual man.
And II tho man be dcmoralizcd, how
can you accomplish this" 1t is my
honest conclusion, after years Of study.
that there arc more mon demorallIGd
through tho influence OF tho saloon who
now enter its doors than tho cntirn
patronage OF tho saloon. Men who &C.
cupy high and honorable positions in so
ciety, who would scoFn to enter . So
loon, who quail before its power and
influence. and for financial or political
reasons refuse 10 raise their protest
against it.
WhiIo tho amendment campaign in
Michigan was in progress, man OF high
position and regular worshippor In
ono Of the city churches, stood up in tho
opera house. 4 few days before tho alec.
ton, and made iii argument against
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