The Springdale news., 1898-07-22
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 ture, "From Bar-room to Pulpit. " As every one knows it deplcted the personal struggle and final triumph of Rev. Small himself, and was one of the grandest efforts ever heard. There was scarcely dry eye Ill the audience at the conclusion, and people were moved as never before.
 Following Is a synop- sis of Rev. Small's re-
 marks. Cold type cannot adequate ly express the pathos and burning eloquence of the speaker:
 An old man, a stranger, once en- tered an oriental city, and by his peculiar bearing and actions at tracted the attention of many who followed him wherever he went Entering the market place he cspied numerous gilded cages filled with bids, hutterlng and endeavor- ing to escape from their captivity. Watching them tor awhile he took from his purse a foreign com and purchased from the dealer one of the birds. Holding the cage np, he watched the little captive beat its wings against it's prison bars III a valn endeavor to escape. Finally he opened the door, and the cap tive sprang out. At first l.s wings failed to respond to its efforts and it tiuttered above the heads of the crowd, but at last nature came to its relief and 1t ascended into the ar, and clrcllng high above it spied it's mountain home in the far distance, and from it's little throat there came forth a glad song of praIse as it tasted the sweets of liberty and started for its home The old man purchased, one after another, every bird in the market place and re stored them to liberty. was once a captive myself and know the sweets of liberty. I am initiating the example of that old stranger, and attempting to lberate people from the bondage of strong drink. l know what 1t is, for 1 have been through it. 1 had a noble mother
 She led me by the hand, and watch ed over me and guarded me. l stood by her knee and was taught the blessed gospel of Christ, and knelt by her side in prayer. l was all right at home under her gu.d- ance and influence. I entered col lege and graduated. l went to the capital city of my state, gay southern city, to study law; pos sessed ample means and plenty of friends. l met friends of my youth and discovered strange things among them, and that they had appetltes and habits which in my youth had beer taught to shun. 1 reasoned over the matter, and found a singular contradiction between thls and my early training. If these men stood high, and occupied positions of power and trust without detrl- ment of character and loss of power, there surely could be no danger for me. And so l reasoned, and l attributed my early training to the zeal of my parents who were guarding me while young. Now l am man, coptending for success, fortune and fame, perhaps as sue cessfully as other men. And so 1 yielded gradually to temptation. was often met with the sneerlng assurance that there was no danger to the strong self willed man. God threw many warnings in my path. l saw strong and lusty youths confident of their powers struck down as suddenly as swim mer who is seized with cramps. They believed they were strong enough to overcome these dangers and perils. 1 have had fifteen years experience, and I have never yet seen a man who can give free rein to his appetite and recover his manhood by human will power.
 You had as well think of binding a raging llon with ropes from the sands of the desert. I often meet people who say they can stop drinking whenever they choose. They come to the hotel. am call ed to the bedside of men who are suffering from the ravages of this devil of strong drink. They stagger to the altar ln the church of God and throw my arms around their necks. l ask them if thelr trouble was not caused by strong drink. They all say no, 1t was some ter rlble something in youth which dragged them down. They say they can drink liquor or let It alone as they chose, but that's lie. fIfha.. l., l. ,l