Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-09

verify of the winter would have beer
less taxing upon US than last year.
The loss of our own church flock |:
being met by the rapidly growing con.
seriousness or precious flock of ovel
forty ministers families. to say nothins
of the large body of splendid laymer
and their households, and then tn,
great company OF the unsayed out be.
You'd.
The responsibilities Of q Presiding
Elder brighten US. His opportunitie:
enrapture us. The labors of the offic,
have lett us with little reserve fore.
more nights in the year than any wor.
we ever tried to do That God will
show US how to spend and be spent
economically. judiciously, for Him is
no small burden Of our daily prayers.
EAST MAINE CONFERENCE SEMI.
NARY.
/. Name. F. NJ. c. Seminary. .
Grade. Academic, College Preparatory
and Commercial. 3. Location, Bucks
port, Me. Name and title of Principal
5. A. BENDER. i. d. 4. When founded
1850. Number of Instructors, 10
Whole number Of students, 80. Value
of Grounds, $25.250. Volumes in Ii
brary, over 5000. Value of apparatu s
5000. Number of Specimens in Cabinet
$500. Income from Tuition. S3,25S. In-
debtedness. $500. Patronizing con-
ference. East Maine. Time of COM
mencement. June Is. 1904.
The conference then went into an ex-
ecutive session. al but members of the
conference being excluded.
At 1.3O p NJ, this afternoon, occurred
tho Temperance Anniversary, with Rev.
l.. l.. HanscOm of ROcEland, Me-, pre-
siding.
After congregational singing of the
old and familiar hymn. Grown Him
Lord of AL" Rev. G.. f. Edgett of Bel
fast. offered prayer.
Rev. L. G. March Of Woolwich. rem
dered a vocal solo in his usual pleasing
manner.
The address of the afternoon was by
Mrs. l.. NJ. \ Stevens of Portland pres
ident Of the National w. C. T. L.. on
the subject. Total Abstinence and Pro-
hibitiOn. tho Two Oars of the Temper
ance Reform" Mrs. Stevens gave a
very clear version of the temperance
question and was frequently interrupt
ed by bursts of applause.
Mrs. Stevens said in part:
HI" consideration of the temperance
question by the Methodist church ana
tie Method t conference is 10 nov
departure. John Wesley. the father Of
Methodism, declared that those en-
C,ll in In
prisoners general. driving Gods sub
jects to destruction. The Methodist
Conferences have declared and are
reiterating that the liquor traffic can
not be licensed without sin, ana the
Rock of Books says. Woe unto him
that siveth his neighbor drink that
rutteth the bottle to him. ana nlaketh
him drunken" Woe to him that
huildcth town with blood, and
establisheth n city with iniquity."
1T is today generally admitted that
the two fundamental principles of the
temperance movement are total absti-
hence and prohibition. These two are
closely interviewer. for the ligical out
come of total abstinence must be total
prohibition. The pioneer temperance
workers did not understand this fact
3S do the temperance specialists of to-
day: neither did they understand that
temperance meant total abstinence
Some of the Old time moderationists
still live. Recently had letter from
one OF them who is n professor in 4
New York University, suggesting that
the w. G. T. L. was not rightly named.
that the name should be Woman's
shriC
the word temperance belonged to that
class who were temperate in all things
and who could use liquor in moderation.
l politely replied that the w. c. T. L..
were well satisfied to keep the word
temperance that there was TO dam
ger about the present day people con-
STRUNG the word temperance to mean
moderation. and added that it would be
i'm order for those who did rot wish to
join the temperance army. if they de-
sired to have an organization. to name
ii the Moderation Society.
In proportion to the growth of total
abstinence ideas prohibition ideas
advance and keep pace Total absti-
nence is involved in the Gospels
and the whole trend Of the
found in the prohihitory law against
the liquor traffic corresponds with tn,
shall not" found in the Ten Com
mandments. and the spirit OF the pro-
hibtory law is in harmony with the
golden rule of Christ.
Those engaged and connected with
the liquor traffic resist ana resent every
effort to restrict or prohibit the busi-
ness. They clamor for Sunday opening
in New York and for the repeal of the
closing in Chicago. and they
violate all of these prohibtory features
In Chicago the saloon has been allowed
by law to sell liquor all day and until
II o'clock at night but they did not
close at l. o'clock rs the law requires
When the official conscience Of Chicago
was aroused few months ago by the
tcrr. be tragedy of the Iroluois Theatre
the cause of which was due to viola
ton of law. there was an effort to en-