Evening star., 1901-10-28
TEMPE GRANGE SUNDAY
Sermons Yesterday Against the
Saloon and the Drink Habit.
CONCLUSION OF REVIVAL SERVICES
Request of Anti-SaIoon League
Honored by Church Pastors
SOME OF THE TIL E NJ ES

of the District, the Catholic church joining
in the observance for the first time Ac-
cording to a custom of several years
standing, the Anti-Saloon League of the
District of Columbia requested all the pas
tors to preach a sermon the last Sunday
in October on some phase OF the temper
ance reform. This day was preferred be-
cause the liquor licenses of the District are
renewed annually, beginning in November.
The Sixth Annual Anti-Saloon League Re-
vival," under the auspices of the league
was concluded yesterday by the deliverance
of temperance sermons-the one delivered
in Calvary Baptist Church by the pastor,
Rev. Samuel H. Greene, DID, LID, at
the evening service, concluding the series.
The officers of the league constituting the
committee of arrangements for the revival
attended this service.
DR.. Greene's text was, BE not overcome
of evil, but overcome evil with good" lie
said in part: ''In this chapter from the
most vigorous of the apostles he has been
speaking of our duty to God, our duty to
ourselves and our duty to our brother man.
He has been telling us that the Christ OF
God teaches men to live godly, spiritually
and righteously. He has laid emphasis
upon many Christian duties and limited the
line Of many Christian activities. The text
teaches us three truths, which desire to
emphasize tonight. The first is that evil
exists in the world; the second, that evil
threatens to overcome men, and the third,
that 1t need not overcome us, but We may
overcome it. Now L suppose no time should
be wasted in discussing the question wheth-
er evil is in the world. We have the best
of evidence that it is here; that 1t is
present aggressive force; that il stands at
your door every day of the year; that it
hangs over your life like an ominous cloud.
ready to break upon you with its thunder
and its lightning flash; that it is no mere
theory of preachers, but that IL exists
wherever man exists.
Now. tonight we are to consider our
share of that evil, the phase to which this
organization especially presses our atten-
ton. The liquor traffic is thing that no
where bears the finger marks of God; from
beginning to end it has been evil in all its
tendencies and all its characteristics. IL
stands condemned in the eyes of God and
of every honest soul, and the most mar
velous fact IN connection with it is that this
traffic which has continually wrought only
evil without any attendant blessing, should
have been tolerated by men for single
hour.
Paul warns the Romans against this
very danger, and he eXhorts them not to be
overcome of evil That same difficulty eX-
lists today. We are in danger of being over
come by evil. 1 want to suggest three di-
rections in which we are liable to be over
come in this matter of intemperance: First,
in the custom and habit Of home. / really
think that the evil of intemperance is
largely fostered by decent and respectable
men and women who move in good society.
1t is the well-dressed man, the respectable
representatives of the professions or trades,
the great financiers who, il enlisted on the
side of this evil become a great power to
lead others down. The record to the great
majority of liYes proves conclusively that
there is only one safety from intemperance
and that lies in total abstinence.
Second. man is overcome when he al
lows his home to be used for anything but
the highest and holiest of purposes; when
he allows the destroyer in any form to
cross his threshold; when he does not look
into the eyes of his boy or girl and warn
them of the awful danger that results from
drink.
Third. A man is being overcome when
he allows himself to be the tool of the
liquor party. Now you will be face to face
with this danger-some of you soon-when
men will ask you to sign a license which
will help them to damn, perhaps, your
neighbors boys and your own. Stand up
against such a perversion of your power
and influence; dare to be true to yourself.
What If 1t is policy? We have an obliga-
ton to our boys, our neighbors' boys, and
to the entire community in which we live.
We have an obligation to God, in whose
presence We shall one day stand"
DR.. Greene closed with a most hearty in
dorsement and commendation of the Anti
Saloon League
Other Baptist Churches.
In addition to the services at Calvary the
day was observed in one way or another at
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. N
u.
Church, Rev. Isaac Toliver, pastor, and at
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. Rev.
Walter N. Brooks, DID, pastor. DR.. Brooks
preached at his morning service on Some
Facts About the Use of Intoxicating Liq-
uors."
At the Brethren Dunker) Church, corner
of 4th street and North Carolina avenue
southeast, the pastor, Rev. Albert Hol-
linger. preached an appropriate sermon.
Catholic Churches.
Cardinal Gibbons. in response to a letter
requesting his cooperation, sent the fol-
lowing reply to President Ewin of the Anti
Saloon League:
His eminence begs to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of October 3. He
desires me to say in reply that he indorses
heartily any plan that will reduce the num-
Der of saloons. He does not wish, how
ever, to appoint any subject for his clergy
men as text for their discourses. He has
not been accustomed to do so. II, however.
any of his priests wish to speak on this
subject, he would approve OF 1t.
Christian Churches.
At Ninth Street Christian Church (north-
easD, Rev e. b. Bagby, pastor, and at
Vermont Avenue Christian Church. Rev. F.
d. Power. DID,, LID. pastor, substan-
TALLY one and the same theme was dis
cussed at morning service. Mr.. Bagby took
as his theme 1.-The Church VS.. the Saloon"
DR.. Powers theme was Church and Sa-
loon," and his text Rev. 30: 2, THE leaves
of the tree were for the healing of the
nations"
Speaking to his text DR.. Power said:
THE gospel the church. the tree of life
stands for the healing of all the sorrows
and disorders, the woes and wounds that
affiict the human race. Where there is a
colossal evil producing fearful destruction
of bodies and souls christianity must come
with its leaves of healing. You cannot di-
vorce this movement from the church. The
men and women that have led Il from the
beginning, who Graded it and nurtured 1t
into mature manhood have been Christian
men and women. The archbishop of Cam
terbury. Newman, Hall. Farrar. Wilber-
force, Lyman Beecher, Edwards, Mott.
Cough, Dodge and Jewett, Spurgeon and
Moody. Neal Dow and Frances Willard.
have all been representatives of the body Of
Christ. The w. c. I. u and the Anti
Saloon League are Christian forces, church
forces. religious forces united against a
stubborn. entrenched. merciless inexorable
and diabolical foe; and when the Church of