The times., 1898-03-21

| Iamline NJ. e. Church was crowded
! with white ribboners and friends of the
| temperance cause yesterday afternoon,
who assembled for the twofold purpose of
! celebrating the anniversary of Neal Dow's
birthday and honoring the memory Of
! Frances f. Willard.
| The meeting was a successful one, both
in point of numbers and the amount of
interest displayed.
Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, president of the
local branch of the organization. presided
and called the meeting to order.
Seated on the platform were Represent
atives Johnson of North Dakota and Todd
of Michigan, Rev. ]. J. Muir, pastor Of
the E Street Baptist Church; Rev. Joseph
Brooks and Mrs. Thatcher, national su-
perintendent of the work of the union
among sailors and soldiers.
Music was furnished by a choir of
twelve young colored ladies, attired in
white gowns and mortar boards. When
they had sung the opening chorus Mrs.
Fletcher read the 96th Psalm, begin
ming, Praise the Lord
The choiS sang selection entitled Save
the Boy after which Mrs PIatt stated
the purpose of the meeting. She referred
to the movement now on foot to pay the
debt on the great temperance temple in
Chicago, and said that as soon as the nee
essary $500. 900 has been raised the building
will be named Willard Temple, as a fit
ting tribute to the great and good woman
who has done so much for humanity.
Representative Johnson, Representative
C1Il
dresses.
Representative Johnson said in part:
Men are naturally and properly hero
worshipers, and being such, they are nat
urally imitators. The principle of imi-
tation lies at the foundation of improve
ment. This impulse leads men to build
monuments and cherish the memory of
departed leaders. This possibly consoles
us somewhat in the loss we feel so much
today. Workmen may fall, but the work
they begin goes on. The blood of the
martyr is the seed of the church. -
Mr.. Johnson spoke at length of the
workings of the prohibition laws in North
Dakota, and in closing added beautiful
tribute to Neal Dow and Miss Willard.
He said temperance workers have much
great leaders had fallen, others would
take uD their work.
Representative Todd said that the
Christian religion was not the only one
which favored sObriety. The Mohamme-
dan and Buddhist religions also deprecat-
ed intemperance. He said "the influence
of temperance had wrought a healthy
advance in public opinion in the last iifty
years It's influence has done more for
the advancement of mankind materially
and morally, than the greatest statesman
who has occupied the Presidential chair,
for the temperance cause ministers to hui
manty."
Rev. Muir said, among other things:
Americas s queen has passed uncOronat-
ed. From a busy life consecrated to the
betterment of humanity she has gone to
receive the well done of the Master.
whose footsteps she followed in life. Null
titudes live for the material, but not so
many for the ideal in life. Frances VIII
lard's epitaph would be: Born woman;
died world philanthrOpist.
Mr.. Muir then referred to the temple
project and said il could not be a memo
rial to Frances Willard, as not mortar
and brick, but human hearts, contained
her memorial. but the temple would be
splendid tribute To her memory.
A collection for the fund was taken and
1916 obtained. Mr.. Hiram Price and Miss
Martha Moore each gave 800 and the
Northwest Union gave $50.
The meeting was closed with an address
by Rev. Joseph Brooks, on the subject
Some Lessons Taught by Neal Dow
Mr.. Brooks said: THE names of men
and places are synonyms of thought Ma
poleon and Caesar suggest the warrior;
Greece is the equivalent of art and cult
ure; Rome recalls the majesty of civil
law; Jefferson means craftsmanship, free
dom and independence; Calhoun is fruit
full of thoughts of State sovereignty.
while the word Lincoln suggests the idea
of a compact of communities, and in like
manner the name of Neal Dow suggests
to the friend and foe of the open saloon
the suppressing by State of the manufac-
ture and traffic in intoxicating liquors.
THE first lesson OF Neal Dow's life is
that If the temperance cause would win
the strong arm of the civil law must be
called into requisition. The power of NOR
al suasion should be used and must pre-
cede the final day of triumph. The people
must be educated as 10 the nature and
pathological effects of the liquor traffic
The appeal for temperance must be made
to the enlightened judgment of our fell
lOw-men."