Year: 1876

| before EayeCleVIite COUNCIL
No. 3S9 U. F. of T., by S.


Fritz Warren.


Worthy Primate, Officers ana


Members of the Couacil-My
experience in speech-making il


a very limited one; in fact ]


don't know that | ever made
any, unless it be one, or perhaps


two, addressed to what We style
associate members of this socie-
ty. The subjcctof Temperance.
too, is one rather novel to me.
/ confess that l never was what
you might term strong TEN
perance man. Yet since | am
connected with this society,
will willingly bring my mite tc
the furtherance of our cause
While | never gave the subject
much thought and attention, |
am fully aware Of the many and
great evils of Intemperauce; tC
enumerate them all, would be 9
task without end. We all know
them, perhaps they have come
near the door of many of oul
homes, yea, many of us our
selves, may have been near that
abyss, into which so many of
our fellow-beings have fallen.
But enough has been said or
that subject heretofore and ]
would now suggest to you, what
in my humble Judgment I re-
gard as the principal means to
check Intemperance. There are
two, one is, to build up a good
Lodge or Council, as you term it,
and the other to reform society


Would you let Temperance
lay strong hold upon this COM
munity? Then build up a good
Council. Perhaps some Of you
think that we have that already,
but allow me to say, that | rath-
er differ with you in that re-
spect. True, We don't lack in
numbers, nor do we lack in good
officers and members, but l fear
that some, yes many Of us, lack
great deal in zeal and loUe for
the great cause. Few of us
seem to realize the impor-
tance of our mission during our
Council meetings, and the love
Of order seems to be entirely
ignored. | have attended but
very few meetings, but even
those few ones have convinced
me of the idea, that if things
shall 90 on like they have been
going on, our Council is not
very apt to DC much good. In
stead Of a Council of Friends
of Temperance, [ find that we
have d sort Of Chatterbox So
ciety. where We all meet to
"gab" and TO talk and to have
a jolly time in general. [ would
earnestly make the appeal to
all, to preserve that good order
which should adorn all of our
doings. Let each member strive
to do his best, to make our
Council a meeting that we all
can love to attend. Let us be
inspired with the love for the
great cause, that we all have
espoused; it is surely a great
cause, which in grandeurcan on
ly be excelled by that of the
church. Think Of i'll to save
the human race from perhaps
the greatest Of all evils, Intem-
perance. Should it not cause
you to stop and think, should it
not cause to resolve, to hence
forth work and labor with una
bated zeal for the cause we have
at heart. Let our meetings

then be truly q Council, where
we can devise new plans, how
to add new members to our roll,
and to make our meetings both
interesting and instructive
While You may think that these
criticisms from a member who,
for so little a time, has belonged
to your society, are perhaps too
presumptuous,yet [ believe that
the pertinency of them is suf-
ficient excuse for me to have
brought them before yoc. My
remarks were by no means di-
rected against any one i'll par
ticular. ] think, that ne all
have transgressed, and ! sim
cerely hope, that you may take
these remarks in as we'll mean-
ing a way, as they are given.


But to come to my second
point. l regard as one Of the
great causes Of Intemperance
among our young men the bad