The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-10
HOWARD CLOSES HIS
WORK In MARION
Last Meeting was for Voters
Only.
A Large Number of Men Assemble
In the Tent to Hear
Him.

A great audience of men only
gathered last evening to hear Clin-
ton N. Howard in his closing ad-
dress. Mr.. c. N. Howard who spoke
for an hour and a half, in part as
follows:
cit is a great Joy to be turned
loose. Songs in the night! The best
speech | ever made was on that
subject. II you want to know how
to sing, open the Old Book and see
the songs in the night. Turn to the
18th Psalm and then go on to the
34th. Psalm, which opens up with
this note, will bless the Lord
at all times; His praise shall CON.
tlnually be in my mouth. The night
songs are the seweetest. Glory to Gcd
in the highest on earth peace, good
Will toward men, 7.'
Now 1t is night on Calvary and
the Son OF man is giving up His
life for the world. Did He think of
Himself? Yes, He did but last He
turned to John, and said, Behold
thy mother. He said 10 the thiefl
en- the cross, because ne was peni-
tent, today shalt thou be with me-
in the heavenly Kingdom. In behalf
oil His murderers He prayed bless
ing, Father, forgive them! and then
last Of all, He thought OF Himself,
and said i thirst whereupon they |
put a sponge into some sour wine,
and put it to His lips, but He
would not drink It,"
Mr.. Howard exclaimed, "There
ihs never been time when the
church had so good right to sing
as now. Fifty-seven years ago, Neal
Dow, up in the state OF Maine, pulled
the throttle on the prohibition train.
To-day some man asks, WHO was
Neal Dow? But the time Is coming
when the children will never ask.
who was Dow? | never believed in
any OF my children after a
great man, till the man was dead.
am the father of seven children
and | called by first boy John
Cough, the second boy, Horace
the third, Neal Dow Then
came three girls all in row II en-
we had another boy, and the Grad e
becoming old, I told my wife | was
going down town to get new one,
and she said Get good one, one
that will Last Fifty-seven years ago
Neal Dow pulled TIE throttle on the
prohibition train, and you can't
match the quality of the men in the
state of Maine. was there recently, y
and II has improved since | was
there, and II is improving all of the
time. Here tie speaker swayed the
great audience of men for some thir-
ty or forty-fiye minutes with his
eloquence, as he proceeded to pay
the most glowing tribute TO prohi-
bition Maine, calling up the long
delegation Of noble men in the Unit |
ed States senate ana house, laillng
from that state He said, "The high.
est test of civilization is the home
Here in this country, in 225 Of our
largest cities, only FOURTEEN fam
llies out OF 100 own their own
ZONES; while in Prohibition Maine, II
forty-nine families out OF 100 own
heir own homes. II
"They tell u'. II you vote Marion
Dry, you will then have blind tigers.
Wei would rather have a blind
tiger than one that can see. Tfey u
tedl us prohibition VIII not, and
Toes not prohibit, even in the state
1f Maine. Well, the dirst prohib-
tory law was broken by Adam. and
yet God did not repeal the law. II !,
you are going to vote Marion dry. II
see that you lave, public officiq's
who will work in harmony with the
'eople' and enforce your laws