Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-13

eerances DR.. Landrith kept the prohibit
uon-sympathizers in his audience in
GOOD nuraor the while that he defantly
hung at the enemy the challenge, Let
nobody stand above my rather capacious
grave when / am dead and iugubriousiy
whine, Everybody was his friend for
tnae would not be true, and If it were
true II would not be complimentary.
Moody ever did anything worth doing.
or courageousiy undid anything worth
andoing without mourning the enmity OF
tne vicious. 4 man is often better
known by the enemies he makes than by
the company he keeps; though poli;i-
clan is best known by the company that
keeps him.
In concluding his remorks Dr. Lam
drith told the striking story of the gen.
esis, spirit and triumphant nationwide
crusade OF the Flying Squadron of
America; how II had prepared last sum-
mer and printed its itinerary Of rs cities,
including every state capital, and how
without any supporting organization or
financial backing II had met thus far
every engagement, had spoken n many
towns not on the schedule, had kept
a small army Of salaried advance men
IN the field and OF clerical workers in the
Office. and had still been able to pay the
travelling expenses OF speakers and sing
ers. although we have not yet received,
nor co We expect. more than one-fourth
as much income as we surrendered to
go into this fight" he concluded. we
mean to keep up the fight unit, June s,
or until the saloon dies, OF we die, and
We ara not going 10 die; for. reverently
be it said, John G. Patton. the hero Of
the Hebrides, was right. a man is i'm
mortal until his wo,A is DONE
Dr.. Wilbur r. Sheridan
After DR.. I-andrith. Fred Butler
sang another solo, then DR.. Wilbur F.
Sheridan Of Evanston, Ill, spoke. DR.
Sheridan is general secretary OF the
Epworth League Of the Methodist
Episcopal church. He has held some Of
the highest past0rates in the country
and holds an env;able position IS an
orator. He has always been an out
spoken and aggressive champion Of
the temperance cause. He IS logica.
and eloquent and the people of Angus
ia who heard him will be glad that
they were present on that occasion.
DR.. Sheridan said in part:
The liquor traffic, far-reaching as
commerce. and rernorseless as a grave.
debating politics, terrorizing trade,
Substituting newspapers, municipal
courts, city councils and state legisla-
lures. and bidding open defiance 10 all
law, human and Llvine-here is an
evil Sc vast, so gigantic. as 10 chal-
lenge the heroism OF every lover Of
God and man.
And let It not be forgotten that no
man can be a good lover who is not a
good fighter. The courage that defends
the hone IS as divine a thing as the love
that creates it.
This fight for the destruction OF the
saloon furnishes the Church of Christ
with that heroic element. that moral
equivalent OF war which the late Profess
sor James OF Harvard called the great
est need Of modern society. TIE in.agi-
nation OF the manhood OF the church
needs 70 be kindled and the moral nature
galvanized into robust action By this mil
liant appeal. Men have iron in their
blood. They like to he aligned against Il
visible foe. Wherever the churches have
thrown themselves wto,e-icartedly into
the fght against the saloon. it has turned
the hearts OF & saultitudes Of men towards
the church. T.,e, whole life of the church
has felt ne reflex influence as of q
mighty electric current. Hence. our
churches. III lining up for the overthrow
Of the saloon. are not only saving s1cie-
". but are saving themselves
Never before in the history OF the ma
ton have the moral forces % or coan-
try had before them SO ciear,!- define /
and 50 great an objective. And never
before in tire history OF the republic
have the forces OF good beer 50 COM
pleteiy fused ard nassed together For
be it remembered that good men were
found o. 10th sides Of the slavery issue.
But TO-DAY the good nle- Of BOTH North
and South, of every political party, are
arraEed together against this common
destroyer. and are marching shoulder to
shoulder for tie nationwide destruction
of the saloon"
DR.. CAROLYN Z. Geisel % Battle Creek
Sanaroriun was the third speaker OF the
afternoon and evening. and devoted her
self principally 10 Alcohol and the
Man" DR.. Geisel is a graduate OF Ann
Arbor University and also studied in
Russia and the Pasteur Institute in
Paris. She has three medical diplomas
and has been with the Battle Creek Sar-
at"r.urn since 1879. Sh= is an able and
convincing speaker and won many friends
in Augusta. In the afternoon. Soloist
Butler sang Down with the Brewery.
the People Shall Rule" and in the eve
ming he sang "Arrno- Song from robin
Hood" with temperance words and God
Give Us Homes