Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24

| their first gun in TIE temperance crusade
| they proposes To Htkff fhis winter The
| thirteen tents ;sfs Nh District were well
represented and th&r tsslorsi of white for
| the women and red white and blue for
the men gave AN inspiring theme for the
pastor.
The church redifse, was, well filled and
the humor and pathos of the speaker had
telling effect on the audience. and rs
result ten namesl were secured for a
tent of Rechabites in that section of the
city.
Past High Chief Ruler William r. Hunt
announced the PURPOSES of the order and
urged those in the audience to give the
organization their support. The pastor,
Rev j. II Hyatt. read the 35th chapter
of Jeremiah Sfriptural lesson. and for
his text selected the motto of the order.
Temperance, fortitqde. Justice He said
in part:
Il consider it an honor to address this
honorable order. l am proud of your char
acteristics The tribe upon which your
order is patterned existed more than three
centuries before Christ. The word Rechab
is a Hebrew word meaning strength. John
| the Baptist was Rechabite and followed
the Recha bite precepts. The prophet of the
tribe was man of strength.
1.-The question of temperance is one that
directly affects the firesde And is not
now treated meaning to refrain from
excuses but means to shun the dram shop.
Consecrated Christian thought must be
brought to bear on this question. 1t is
more than political question.
"A PruSsian proverb says: He that earn
eth money to be placed in bag with holes
shall come in want, and 10! we find large
ma jority of the workingmen of this coun-
try doing that very thing.
1T is claimed that the revenue derived
from whisky is necessary to run the gov
eminent That argument will not stand
| before court of reason or the throne of
God.
"The drink bill in America amounts to
81. 800 100000 annually. The habit neccs-
states three-fourths of the charity.
Recently a man struggled home in
maudlin condition and smashed a sewing
ma chine which his wife had bought with
savings from her labor at the wash tub.
laboring man recently came home in
toxicated. killed his wife and crushed the
life out of his babe
These are samples of every day hap
penings brought on by this monster evil.
"A committee of temperance men few
years ago We're allowed an audience be-
fore the congressional committee von labor.
They pointed out that every laboring man
could secure home within ten years with
the money spent for drink.
The Proposition is Not Denied
IF the money spent for liquor were
placed in the treasury all taxes could be
abolished.
1.-TWO hundred and thirty-two thousand
dram shops in America, with their bar
keepers, including the employees of brew
cries and distlleries, are supported by the
laboring men. They cannot prosper end
pay such bill
"A certain young man recently died and
a card was found in his pocket on which
was written: A wrecked life. Do not in
quire my name The undertaken received
200 letters from anxious mothers inquiring
about his description, each thinking he
was her boy.
"a dollar bill was recently turned into
the treasury on which these words were
inscribed: THE last dollar 1 have to my
name out of $4,000 left me by my uncle;
may it end its life better than l. Beware
of drink
Il have a proposition to make. If the
twenty saloons that located within Il
short distance of this church will close
l will take their receipts, estimated at
$219000 per annum, and beside giving EN-
ployment to hundreds and donating to the
poor, will buy each Saloonkeeper a resi-
dence and present him with $1,000 in
money.
advocates of temperance are the econo-
mists of the county. and not the cranks.
properly, will eradicate the liquor traffic
ton. 90 conSecra ion
At the close of the meeting the pastor
invited High Chief Ruler Moore to the
platform and exhorted all who intended to
live total abstinence lives in the future
to come forward and grasp them by the
hands; almost the entire audience did so.