The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-10-10
1.-THE NEW SCHOOL
OF TEMPERANCE
HiIlsbOro, the Crusade City OF
1878, Enjoys Another
Awakening.
MOTHER THOMPSON ALSO In IT
Meetings Under Auspices OF the
Interstate Blue Button
Army--No Politics
or Creed.
BY H. ". FAUICONER.
Pastor of the Crusade church,
MOTHER THOMPSON ALSO In IT
BY II. ". FAULCONER.
Pastor of the Crusade church,

Hillsboro, O., Oct 5-The largest
and most entertaining meetings ever
pacity OF the largest churches and the
Opera House during the past week. At
several of the meetings hundreds could
not get within sight or hearing OF the
speakers.
"The New School of Temperance"
has raised its banner here, In this old
city that started the crusade in 1873,
and "Mother" Thompson. who pre-
sided at the first meeting, twenty-nine
years ago, is deeply interested and has
been present and presided at one of the
afternoon meetings with old-time grace
and zeal.
Every minister here has not only CO.
operated during the present crusade,
but last night at q mammoth mass
meeting at the big Opera House, which
could not accommodate half who de-
sired admission, the clergy laid aside
their priestly robes and joined Colonel
Hadley, of New York, and Captain
Stanley, of Baltimore, as common peo-
Pile talking to common people, and each
minister, without word of preaching,
gave short personal testimony Gust as
the rescue workers did, which de-
lighted and thrilled the large audience,
composed OF church people and hun.
dreds who seldom enter church.
The meetings are held by the Inter
state Blue Button Army, under the
leadership of its General, Colonel FL. 81
Hadley, of civil war fame.
Colonel Hadley and his brother, Rev
S. Il. Hadley, are today the most noted
rescue workers In the world.
At the WiHona Lake conference las
month they were both asked to speai
to 1.2O0 ministers there assembled.
The latter has been for sixteen year
superintendent of the famous Jerry Nc
ICauley mission in New York. Hi
brother, the colonel, was converted
there sixteen years ago, and has sine,
started sixty rescue missions, and TO
leight years was superintendent of St
Bartholomew mission OF New Yorl
lCity.
The Call for Colonel HadIey.
Upon returning from Winona Lake
lRev. Fl. n. Faulconer, pastor of the oil,
Icrusade church, which Is the Firs
Presbyterian church Of Hillsboro, con
Isulted the other ministers of the city
land q call was unanimously sent 3
Colouel Hadley to come, with his as
Isistant, Captain Stanley, the converte'
Icomedian, to explain and illustrate tn
new school OF temperance.
The first meeting was held on Sunda
levening, Sept 2s, In the First Presby
terian church, with Colonel Hadley a
the speaker. Hundreds stood through
Iout the service. The impression wa
good, and the ministers, as well as tn
Christian people, were enthused wit
the subject
The plan of the Blue Button Army
that each minister ask for company
OF ten or more members who are will
ing to cooperate as opportunity offer
to win one drinking person during tn
looming year into some church Of hi
choice.
They also each try during the year
win one other Christian 10 wear th
little blue badge of courage as test
mony to others and TO encourage thos
who are weak.
Growth of the Army.
During the past nine years the Nj
tionsl Christian Abstainers' Union, ur
Ider whose auspices the Blue Butte
Army works, has grown from twely
members to 100000. These have du
ling that time been asked by SO,Ut
drinking men for pledges of total a
stinence, and over {, 1000 Of them ha,
come into the churches.
Politics or creeds are not allowed
enter into the army principles or met
! lods.
The first three days were devoted
an explanation Of the principles, o
ljects and methods, which are simp
but unique and novel. Then came u
Illustrations in the opera house. II
meetings, already large, were st
more densely packed.
1t seems as though the army mu
have had two or three miles Of speci
films for moving pictures and q tho