Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-09-21
A GREAT PREACHERS
EXTRAORDINARY CALL
Rev. E. L. Eaton, D. D., of Pitts.
burg Wanted For Leader.
NATION WIDE ALLIANCE.
of Prominent Temperance
Parts of the Country Hail Unique
Educational Forward Movement OF
Prohibition National Committee.
Especial Correspondence.l ]

Prohibition National Committee.
Especial Correspondence
Chicago, lll.-No man in reform work
In America in recent years ever re-
ceived more inspiring and nation
wide testimonial Of admiration and
confidence than has the Rev. Il. l..
Eaton, ID. d., of pittsburg. during the
past sixty days The mere announce
ment that this brilliant preacher and
lecturer may possibly accept an i'm
portant call to the held of Prohibition
agitation has brought an avalanche of
letters to Prohibition national head
quarters, urging aud appealing for his
engagement and plcdging voluntary
contributions to assist In securing his
services and getting well under way
the new movement which it is now
hoped he will personally lead.
a ministerial Prohibition Alliance to
unite Americas 10000 preachers In a
life and death struggle With the liquor
traffic is the plan which has developed
itself spontaneously during the past
year in different parts OF the country
DR.. Eaton first astonished his own
conference last fall, where his impas-
stoned leadership struck through the
had long restrained his fellow minis
ters, and the first ministerial Prohibi-
tion Alliance was born, with over half
the ministers of the conference en-
rolled at the outset Here are the
straightforward aims of the new move
ment as first adopted by the Pittsburg
Alliance:
The New Aims.
First.-That we may know each other
better and gain the stimulus Of personal
sympathy and cooperation ip temperance
and Prohibition work. q"
Second. = That we may advance the
cause among the members OF our con-
ference and strengthen the purposes OF
our brethren in breaking from the old
parties and publicly espousing our cause.
Third.-That we may aid in securing a
thorough representation OF our cause at
q public meeting to be held during each
session OF our annual conference.
Fourth.=-That we may support each
other In campaigns OF aggressive work
FOR temperance and Prohibition among
our churches and people,
No sooner had the news of this or
ganization gone out than it seemed at
once to strike popular chord among
the preachers of many other confer
ences. Not only that, but ministers of
other denominations hailed the idea
with enthusiasm and Immediately start
cd demand for the extension OF the
Alliance to include the preachers of all
churches and denominations through
out the country. Within the past few
months the preachers of several other
conferences have been thoroughly Or
ganized under the new Alliance plan.
In every instance DR. Eaton's personal
leadership has resulted in the enthusi-
astic undertaking of the movement,
and the demand for his services has
now become practically nation wide.
Who DIR. Eaton IL.
DIR. Eaton has been we'll known
ProhibitiOnist for over quarter of a
century. Signally successful in pas
torates during the past ten years over
leading Methodist churches at Des
Moines, Ia., and Pittsburg, Pa, he has
everywhere fearlessly and ably cham.
pioned the Prohibition cause and the
Prohibition party. DR.. Eaton during
the past few years has responded to
the demands for his appearance on
Chautauqua platforms, and In this way
has won thousands of new friends In
nearly every section Of the United
States.
Making 1t Sure.
The Prohibition national committee
is making Il strong effort to launch this
movement, which must be financed en-
tirely by the voluntary contributions OF
Individual Prohibitionists, temperance
and church people everywhere. Al
least $1,000 will be required for the
first year, and $500 in new contribu
tiOns must be secured before the ma
justified In adding this new field OF
work to its already large fixed ex
penses. Subscriptions and contribu
tions made payable to the order ol
Felix I. McWhrter, treasurer, should
be sent to National Chairman Charles
b. Jones, $50 The Temple, Chicago, Ill
The Opportunity.
The national committee is very muct
gratified ut the increase in the nationa
fund for 1906 during August The list
of S01 contributors up to Aug. is now
by the addition of 345 names, increased
to 1,146. whj" 81 ,s34.91 has been added
to the funds total, which now reaches
$7,5Ss.43. This breaks all monthly rec
ords of the year in both the number Of
new contributors and the amount Of
new contributions.
The receipts during September vii
bear vital relation to the success of tn,
work throughout the whole of the new
year of agitation which begins at thi!
time. The committee desires the i'm
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