Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-25
TEMPERANCE SUNDAY.
Civic League Secretaries in Caroline,
Pulpits Sunday.

PuIpits Sunday.
The churches of this city yesterday |
observed what is known as ''World's |
Temperance Sunday" Secretaries H. |
N. Pringle and Edward H. Emery OF |
the Christian Civic League of Maine |
passed the day in the city, speaking |
both morning and evening. In tho |
evening union services were held at
The First Baptist church and Free Bap- |
fist churches. These meeting were adj
dressed by the secretaries and the adj
dresses We're illustrated by over 100
stereopticOn views. At 2.30 p. Nj. there
was a union service at the NJ. f. church
| under the auspices of the local w. G.
| T. u. for the children of the Sunday
schools. which was addressed by the
president of the local w. c. T. u, the
pastors and others.
Edward H. Emery of Sanford spoke
at the Congregational church Sunday
morning upon the subject Good Citi-
zenship." In speaking of Sabbath des-
ecration he said: We are not using
the Sabbath as it was intended to be.
When the Sabbath is turned over to
the pleasure seeker and TIE dollar
seeker it is not long before the dollar
| seeker predOminateS."
| Referring to the temperance question
he said 1.-THE temperance question has
| two phases. the habit of drinking and
the business of selling. They require
different methods of treatment To say
what men snail eat and drink is a deli
Icate undertaking but the business of
selling liquor we all have right to
Isay something about. Your right to
use liquor is not seriously questioned
By the speaker. but you and have no
fright to conduct business in this city
that will injure all people"
| II believe that any man. who is open
to conviction will find upon invest-
cation that we have under prohibition
the best method of dealing with the
liquor traffic, yet. although we have
no open saloons | saw some evidences
on your street last night that the law
was not as thoroughly enforced as it
, should be- l have been lately in New
| HAMPSHIRE, where they had open sa
looms and in the city Of Dover, with
only $1,000 population there were s.
open saloons l talked with the police
=, commission, the newspaper men and
business men there and all agreed that
> every evil that exists under prohibition
exists under license in the city of
dover. In Maine we have the Blind
Tiger, but in Dover under license we
i have the Elind Tiger and the open sa-
loon as WELL
. Rev. H. N Pringle of Waterville was
1 the speaker at the First Baptist church
Sunday morning. His subject was
l.. "Christian Citizenship" Among other
: Things he said:
;. "The average man needs to know
). more about the processes of govern
;, ment or law, more about the duties
dele gated to the different officials in or
der to effectually participate in gov
: eminent. Often officials, who are doing
n well are discouraged by unjust criti
: cisms. Often these criticisms come
d from people. who err from not knowing
: that a judge, sheriff or county attOr-
}. ney alone cannot enforce the prOhibi
IS tory law, that it needs all three work
, ing together. The law cannot Solv,
a every problem that confronts the tenn
r perancc worker. The WashingtoniaI
J. movement with its pledges and person
n al appeals emphasizes work that w,
= have left largely undone.
II The union service for the Sunda,
Is schools of the city was held at the NJ
Is f. church Sunday afternoon at go ant
III was conducted by Mrs. Sarah G. Payne
I'd the president of the local w. c. T. u
About $50 Sunday school children wer
present as well as a large number O
grown people. The exercises opene,
with the singing of my Country I'll
AZ of Thee" by the Sunday school chill
dren. Prayer was offered by Rev j
Fl. Clifford and the children sang
Where There's Drink There's Danger
A short temperance address was give
:. by Mrs. Payne and Miss France
!" Mitchell gave the children an instruc
tive talk upon temperance. in whic
T. question and answer played an import
" ant part. Mrs. l.. II. Clarke sang Yer
e. effectively The solo. "A Child Outsid
ne the Door" after which remarks wei
m made by Rev. Horace r. Hayes of til
e. Free Baptist church. Rev I.angdo
&c. Quimby OF the Congregational churcl
Rev. !. r. Clifford of the NJ E. Churc
and Rev. l.. II. Clarke of the Bapti.
81 church. The exercises closed with
III song by the children of the Sunda
schools and the benediction Was prt
~" nounced by Rev L. H. Clarke.
ad
he The union services Sunday evening we
IN largely of an instructive nature ar
planned to inform the audiences of I'll
work done by the Civic League Of Mali
and the many excellent stereoptict
y views shown were to illustrate tie SEQ,
Ill, - 80
q, Of this work. In the union service at Il
ION Baptist church. prayer was offered al