Evening star., 1898-09-22
THIRD SUNDAY IN OCTOBER
Suggestion by, Anti-saloon League That 1t
Be Dedicated to Temperance.
Appeal to the Churches for Observ-
ance of Temperance Sunday
A Changes in Date.

The Anti-Saloon; League of the District
of Columbia has issued a circular letter to
the pastors of this District recommending
the observance of the third Sunday in Oc-
tober as Temperance Sunday"
Two years ago a call originated with the
London Sunday School Union for the OBJ
servance of the fourth Sunday in November
annually as the worlds temperance Sun
day. The suggestion was indorsed by the
highest bodies of several religious and tenn
perance organizations, including the Anti
Saloon League, and that day was observed
to large extent in 1896. It's observance,
however, led. so President Ewn says, to
objections to the date from many infiuen-
tlal sources. One of the objections was that
the date was not suitable for general OBJ
servance in this country because 1t follows
instead of preceding, as it should, the an
nual elections in the states and the begin
ming of the license year in this District.
Accordingly, in 1897 the Anti-Saloon League
recommended the observance of the third
Sunday in october as temperance Sunday.
The recommendation was quite largely
adopted throughout the District. The Star
of the succeeding lay published sympos-
fum made up of extracts from the sermons
of leading clergymen of ten denominations.
This year the arrangements on behalf OIL
the Anti-Saloon League are in charge of a
committee composed of the president, Jas.
l.. Ewin; the vice presidents, Mr. A. N.
Garfield, Mrs. Clinton Smith and Mr.. A. L..
Swartwout, and the secretaries, Mr.. Jesse
c. Suter and Mrs. Martha B. Hamln.
Letter to Pastors.
This committee last night issued the fol-
lowing circular letter:
ITO the Pastors of the District Of Colum-
bia:
Correcting: Your favorable attention and
cooperation is again requested with refer
ence to the annual observance Of one and
the same day throughout this District as
Temperance Sunday
"O For simultaneous prayer that our
young people may be kept from the begin
nings Of the perilous drink habit; that
those who profess to be followers of Cod
may be freed from all completely in the
crime of misunderstanding; that those who
are already the victims of intemperance
may be reclaimed; and, especially, that we
as community may have grace, wisdom
and power from on high to do all that can
be done to close the places of temptation
to indulgence in intoxicating drinks in our
midst; with like blessings throughout our
land and the world
'(2) For sermons and exhortations in agi-
tation of the question of personal responsi
bility for the drink evil of our time the
PRONUNCIATION of the attitude of the church
with reference to the drink habit and the
drink traffic, and generally in furtherance
of the temperance reform
CD For offerings in support of the local
or denominational temperance work of the
individual church. or, it may be, that of
our Anti-Saloon League as the representa-
tive not only of it's 1o5 affiliated churches
temperance societies and other anti-saloon
bodies, but of the community at large. In
aggressive opposition to the liquor traffic
The Anti-Saloon League of the District
of Columbia earnestly requests you to OBJ
serve as such occasion Sunday. the 10th of
October, 1898, this being the third Sunday
in ~oCober, and coming Immediately before
the opening, November 1, of another Ii
cense year with its possibility of ad-
vance in soberness and righteousness in
our community.
You are also requested to announce to
your people, or to bring to their attention
saloon revival under the auspices of our
league will follow Immediately after tenn
perance Sunday. the evenings of October
1923, with an address by Lou. J. Beau
champ of Ohio each evening, and to urge
that conflicting engagements be avoided:
and you are personally invited to attend
any of the meet ings of this league to IA
miliarize yourself with it's workings"
Personal Appeals.
Cardinal Gibbons has been personally ap-
pealed to in behalf of the observance of
the day by the Roman Catholic churches
and Bishop Satterlee has been approached
in like manner with reference TO its OBJ
servance by the Protestant Episcopal
churches, as The Star is informed by Presi-
dent EWin. Replies have not yet been re-
ceived from either of these dignitaries but
1t is believed they will join in the observ-
ance of the day suggested, in common with
other denominations.