, 1908-05-27
From st Thomas Bulletin.

paper, a report of the anniversary celebra.
ton of our Temperance Association, com.
blned with a resume of the first public meet
ing in the new year of the Association. We
We're en- fete on Wednesday the 9th inst, for
on that day we set up our second ~anniver.
sary milestone, and celebrated the event at
Nisky. Our members assembled at the Be-
thesda school-room n marched out with
flags and banners, accompanied by the Nisky
contingent. which, headed by the Revd. A.
b. Romig, had come to meet and welcome
US. The afternoon was spent most pleasant
ly In games and athletic sports under the
kindly and sympathetic eyes of our ministers.
and while we at no time forget our parti-
cular denominational names, this was one Of
the frequent opportunities afforded us to
remember that eve are one in Christ"
Healthy exercise prepared the way for
the speedy disappearance of the refresh
ments served us as the evening drew on,
and this safely accomplished, we, with our
friends filled the Nisky Church and had the
pleasure of listening to Rotations, very
creditably rendered, and earnest and stir.
ring addresses by the Revds. Petersen and
Coward. Appropriate and we'll rendered
songs were in%terspersed, conspicuously by
the Nisky temperance choir.
Our Association, now, with a membership
tested and strong, enters upon the third
year of its existence. May it continue to
prosper and to grow
The public meeting was held in the
Theatre on the 18th inst. The Chairman,
the Revd. A. B. Romig, was supported on
the platform by tho Right Rev. Bishop
Greider, the Venerable Archdeacon Hutsou,
and the Revds. Perlee, Petersen and Coward.
We hope there will bs lasting memory
and real good resulting from the carefully
selected and very ereditably rendered songs
and recitations, which formed the part of
the programme leading up to the address of
the evening.
The title Mr.. Coward gave for this
earnest address was: "Not under control"
and his reference to a ship at present in our
harbour driven 1900 miles by the elements
to these shores, at the same time explained
the title and secured the sympathetic ear
of the assembly.
Then applying himself to the master
piece of Gods creation, the speaker pointed
out that the condition, "Not under control"
is contrary to the Divine purpose and call
ing, and at variance with the Apostolic pre-
cept and example, i. ~ keep my body
under" (PauD.
Two telling extracts we're given to il
~lustrate the terrible power and ruinous
result of the drink habit. In one we were
shewn q servant of God, fallen from the
high and honorable position of a preacher
of the Word into the condition of helpless
drunkard, filed with despair lost Gould
there be more dire effects?
In the other extract, the victim had been
an intelligent American, at one time an ar
dent and conscientious temperance advocate,
but. mastered by the drink-demon at 70 years
of age, his end the death of an inebriate.
The testimony of prison warders and Gov
eminent officials was cited to prove the
fact that by far the majority OF criminal
cases brought to their notice are directly
caused by drink, and this statement is COR
roborated by one of England's chief judges.
who declares that 'The root of all crime Is
drink. Mine tenths of the crime OF that coun-
try is engendered inside the public-house."
Iceland, our sister dependency, was placed
in pleasing contrast to ourselves. Its thli7-
ing population, o~utnumbering us in the pro-
portion of 8 to l, requires no Jail, no peni-
Tertiary, and there is but a esingle policeman.
Does this seem strange? Not a drop OF
LIQUOR is manufactured on the island, none
ia imported. The man who drinks abandons
moral endowment: he is"Not under control"
AT the close of this address, the Ven'ble
Archdeacon Hutson, in f~elicitous terms, spoke
of the benefit our Association has derived
through the labours Of the retiring Secre-
tary. the Revd. F. w. Coward, and this the
audience acknowledged by a standing vote.
We wish Mr.. land Mrs. Coward continued
success in their new field Of labour.
The closing song, "Self deceived, by the
Reyd. J. Petersen showed the wreck through
drink Of a career once prosperous, some
magic lantern pictures marking the down
ward stages.
The benediction, pronounced by Bishop
Greider, brought the meeting to g close.
am, Sir. yours faithfully.