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[For The Sunny South.]
A DAT.
BY KENNETH Q.
This day is but a bastard, spurned
By every season, and unwelcomed by the earth;
Resigned to doom, and fate-ward turned
Its sphinx-like face. Above the hills is seen the birth
Of Winter, in the hardening of the stony skies;
And southward, through a rift, look back
Departing Summer’s sad, blue eyes.
This day, so bleak, will die to-night;
But never fades it from the ihce across the way—
The face that erst was summer-bright—
So young, so old, set ever in this day of gray:
A rift of what has been—a tear, and this the sum
Of all—“ only a woman,” lone
And waiting for the night to come.
[For The Sunny South.]
To North Carolina and Tennessee.
tory. They are so large and unwieldy that they
take a circle almost as wide as their length to
crawl round in their shortest orbit. But no liv
ing creature comes within reach of their sight,
but they can draw it to them. Their color is as
various as the chameleon, which seems to the spec
tator to change its color by every position he
may view it in, which proceeds from the piercing
rays that blaze from their foreheads so as to
dazzle the eyes; for in each of their foreheads
there is a large carbuncle which not only repels,
but they affirm sullies the meridian beams of the
sun !” We beg pardon of Adair's shade when we
confess that the exclamation point is ours, not
his ! We cast our eyes greedily around in quest
of one of these “bright old inhabitants,” eager
to do battle with him for the possession of his
“ large carbuncle,” but we found him not.
Ere we descended the Blue Ridge, we cast a
parting gaze far back at the summit of the pic
turesque Mount Yonali, peering up on the south
ern horizon, with regret that we could not stand
on its summit and tnke a peep at the town of
Clarksville, which the instructive old author of
TEMPERANCE.
OFFICIAL. ORGAN OF THE I. O. G. T.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Let each Lodge subscribe at once for two cop
ies of The Sunny South.
A man was shot and killed at Cedartown a few
days ago, in a whisky-drinking and a whisky
selling party.
Look for a man that drinks whisky, and you
will find him out of a situation; as no man, not
even a bar-keeper, will give him employment.
The scales are falling from their eyes at Wash
ington City, also. Some high officials have come
up “heads off” recently for drunkenness.
Dr. J. Wylie Quillian, of Homer, Banks county,
has been appointed and commissioned by the
G. W. C. T. District Deputy of the Ninth Con
gressional district, vice Rev. W. R. Williams,
who was forced by his business to decline to
serve. Dr. Quillian is already out at the work,
and will soon have arrangements for a conven
tion in his district.
There will be over one hundred public meet
ings held under the auspices of the various
Good Templar lodges in this State during the
Christmas holidays. Lithonia, Clarkesville and
various other lodges have invited the Grand
officers to attend.
Etowah Lodge, No. 221, initiated forty mem-
„ „ ,, _ , Historical Collections of Georgia asserts can be
General L.ong«treet-Onr TraveUng Party- HeeQ therefrom And the tragil . fiite of the In _
Mt. Yonali—Camping- 1 The Bine n dian lovers, Nacoochee and Laceola, as told in
Interesting Old Book—A Snake Story—Mor- | same romantic volume, came vividly to mind.
P*»F» *• C.—The Marietta and North Geor- ; jj u ( our p ar ty speedily wheeled down the tortu-
gia Rail-way—Speeches and Barbeene, Etc. ! ous roadway of the steeper northern slope, leav-
Earlv in the forenoo^e set forth northwardly >8 at least the grand outline of the massive
from Gainesville. At the Richmond House, | » lue dlstance - The evening sun
where we had sojourned the night before, we | a . r ,‘f e , otizoq as we greeted Hon. C. J. i
between the States ” is one of the records of I co ®?v- . ,. .. , ,,
Southern history. We had never met him be- I We pushed forward m the direction of Mur-
fore and found a brief conversation with him
yery pleasant. He will bring ont in the future
an account of the part his command took in the
sanguinary battle of Gettysburg, which will shed
additional' light on the history of that affair, and
render full justice to the brave heroes who there
followed him into “the jaws of death.” ■ 0 ... . . . ,,
Our traveling party was an extremely pleas- ; Speedily we passed into the Old North State,
ant one to the writer, whose campanions were Reached Murphy at ten o clock on the 2d
the accomplished State Geologist of Georgia, Dr. ! mstant , ' Ve fo ' lnd the handsome little town the
Little, and his assistant, Frof? Bradlev, recently 1 8cen< ? ot * gathering of some three thousand
one of the Faculty of East Tennessee University. I P eo P le ’ The - V had met to hear glad tidings of
THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE.
A SERMON BY REV. E. W. WARREN,
Pastor First liaptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Preached on the
Eighth Anniversary Atlanta Lodge No. 1,1.O.G.T., Oct. 31.
I am unable, for want of time, to enlarge upon
the moral evils to the community, to families
and to individuals that follow in the wake of
this appalling evil. The souls that are. over
whelmed in perdition, the desolating blight of
adversity that comes to families, the engulfing
waves of sorrow that drown so many hearts, the
wretchedness to widows and orphans, might here
be so presented as to arouse your sympathies and
make you “weep with those who weep,” and
fill you with indignation against the “raging”
monster who brings all this ruin among us.
May I pause here and appeal to my friends who
are engaged in helping on this evil. These men
This is one ot the “hedges” into which men of
God can come and “compel them to come in.”
2. Another objection to some is this:
Ihe order is composed principally of persons
who do not occupy high social positions, and
therefore the objector would not find pleasant
and congenial associates.
My reply is that a very high pleasure might
be enjoyed by doing good. But this is an old
objection — as old as Christianity itself. Who
were the apostlesV Why, most of them “fish
ermen of Galilee”—“ignorant and unlearned
men.” Paul, the only scholarly man, said: Not
many mighty, not many noble, not many wise
men are called, but God hath chosen the weak
to confound the mighty, and things that are
not to bring to nought “the things that are.”
“ Have any of the rulers believed ?” was a ques
tion asked by the Jews. Have any of the first
families joined the Good Templars ? might now
who are agents in all this ruin are many of be asked. If this objection is good now, it was
phy, N. C., long after the “shades of evening ”
had fallen over ns, over a very hilly country,
until we reached the hospitable Owenby's, seven
long, long miles beyond Blairsville. Here we
found entertainment for ourselves and our jaded
team. We had breakfast at the very peep of day,
and were soon on the road to North Carolina.
from Cartersville, and its representatives are al
ways present at Grand Lodge or convention,
thus accounting for their prosperity.
Hon. N. Shellnut. D. D., G. W. C. T. for the
five upper counties of the Sixth Congressional
district, is doing noble work in visiting lodges
and lecturing to the public. He lias recently
visited several of the lodges near Bowdon, and
general prosperity is reported as the result of his
labors.
The district convention in the Fifth Congres
sional district will convene at Barnesville on the
15th of the present month, instead of the 16th,
as announced in our previous issue. Let every
Uli U W A til V A UU Will AJOO V A VUUUOOUV VZ AA ItUiOllIT, ,| . • . , . . • . « I . UO (til ii U IllivCU AU UU1 » 1V UO lOO UC. JJVl C V Cl >
These gentlemen were engaged in the Geolog- *| ie P ros P ec stive construction of a railway through | j od be represented. Col. J. J. Hickman, R.
ical Survey of the State; an3 frequent halts “f th «^ s ^ uded and t mou “ taln - '°« nd ~ ° ~ F “ 2 —
the vehicle* which bore them over the pictur- “^-meeting, as it was well desig-
esnne eonntrv occurred, while these innnisitive I Dated, was called in the interest Of the proposed
extension ot the Marietta and North Georgia
Railway to Murphy—there to be met by the pro
posed railway from Ashville, North Carolina. It
was held in a beautiful grove near by, under an
organization as follows: President, Prof. C. D.
esque country occurred, while these inquisitive
observers, with their hammers, broke fragments
from the outcropping rocks, and proceeded to
give to each its scientific designation. The peo
ple of Georgia may well congratulate themselves
that these gentlemen, so highly competent to
the task, are actively at work. The result will
be the development of mineral wealth in this re
gion unsuspected as yet by the most sanguine.
As we
Smith, of Franklin, N. C.; Vice President, John
Barker, Graham county; G. G. Bristol, Clay
county; J. W. Tatham, of Cherokee county; and
ususpccieu ao vci uy me most siuigume. i T r t> i • . ,, .
wheeled rapidly alo'ng over the fine roads I 3 ‘ L - Robinson of Macon county; all of North
in Hall county, we could scarcely refrain from Carolina; John B. ***** Fannin county; A. M.
keeping an eye on the roadside to detect the Hammett and Mr. Withers Cobb county; R. B.
glitter of a native diamond in the brilliant sun- i Pa >’ n f’ Ch^okee county; John Ingland, Union
shine. Would it not have been “ grand” to have | c n onnt ?’ and ,^- <*• MoAdoo, of Baldwin county,
picked up one rivaling in splendor and value , Georgia; and Secretaries, P O Hughes, J. W
Jhe celebrated Koohmoor? The upholstery of ! Levi L °' e ’ of . North Carolina, and
nnr imagination had heen so (Tarnished bv Dr. 1 1 *P S > ° Georgia.
Ihe large assemblage was successively ad-
our imagination had been so garnished by Dr.
Stevenson’s glowing accounts of the native dia
monds of Hall county, that we lost hope only
when the county line was behind us, and the
undiamonded territory of White county had
been penetrated for several miles.
Late in the afternoon, we passed through the
dressed by Gen. Wm. Phillips, of Marietta, Ga.;
Gen. R. B. Vance, of North Carolina; Prof. C. D.
Smith, of North Carolina; W. G. McAdoo, of
Georgia; Hon. J. L. Robinson and Dr. W. L.
Love, of North Carolina.
The audience, composed in part of as fine an
capital of White county, a pleasant village for- xne auuiem-e, cumposeu in pan oi as nue an
merly known as Mount Yonali, but whose name ™semblage of handsome ladies as we have seen
is now changed to Cleaveland. We are forced to 1 ln man / » da >*’ and tlde fakers and all ad-
regret the selection of the name, inasmuch as joumed at an appropriate period to partake ofa
there are about twelve other places in the United ■ fine barbecue dinner hospitably spread in
States so designated. Nothing is so confusing ! f ove ^ar at hand, and afterward resumed
in American geography as the frequency with business of the day. Late in the afternoon
which the same name is used on our national the meeting was adjourned at«e die, but not until .
map, where the name of the illustrious “Father i a v A er - v lar « e subscription of railway stock to the ■ olution in relation to intemperance and in favor
of his Country ” appears no less than 254 times, enterprise. This enterprise is sure to succeed, of unfermented communion wine: _
It would have been better to have retained the The country is beautiful and healthy uncon#-I Resolved, That the curXe oT IhtempenJhce is
handsome Indian name, Iona*, leaving the ; m ° nl - v 11 f m f mineral resources, and blest with
,_• , ' vallevs of extreme lertilitv. Mnrnliv. the seat
W. G. T., and J. G. Thrower, G. W. C. T., will
be in attendance, and will visit Forsyth while on
the trip.
Capt. R. M. Mitchell, of Acworth, one of the
; most zealous advocates of Good Templarism,
j has been appointed and commissioned District
| Deputy for the Seventh Congressional district,
I vice Wm. A. Hansell, of Roswell, whose business
I engagements necessitated his resigning. Capt.
i Mitchell is equal to the task, and will call a con-
i vention in the Seventh at oc$*» He has sixty-
! one prosperous lodges in his jurisdiction, and
' more will be organized soon.
The Religions Bodies Taking Action.
The Long Island Association, which embraces
forty-one churches and 8,200 members, at its
annual meeting, held in Williamsburg, October
19th and 20th, adopted the following temperance
testimony:
Resolved, That since the curse of drinking
habits is so sad and so widespread, we do ear
nestly request every pastor to preach frequently
upon this subject, and every church member, by
voice and practice, to discountenance the use of
intoxicating drinks, and seek, through prayer
and personal effort, to banish the curse from the
community.
The State Convention, which met at St. Paul
October 5th and 6th, Adopted the followia
mountain peak, near by, the designation of Mt. j va “ e y?. of extreme fertility Murphy, the seat
Yonah 1 of justice of Cherokee county, N. 0., is situated
We met some gentlemen at the substantial ‘ in a £ ertlle P lain “ ear ^ e confluence of the riv-
brick court-house, who courteously gave us in- | re Hlwasst e and ' alley In that county are
formation in regard to the roads. mauufactones “ d inexhaustible beds
An hour of travel beyond Cleaveland brought I °J. * he fanest “°“ ° te ’ ^bile in the same imrne-
the afternoon sun to the verge of the horizon, I ‘Rate region rich deposits of gold, silver, lead
and set a golden crown (but a fading one) on the a ^ d th ® P urest whlte mar ^e aye ready to reward
.?Ai. t- i_ -—_ — j; — . ° L , __ the enterprising miner. Excellent mineral water !
summit of Mt. Yonah, receding now behind us. i ^ euierprismg miner. i.xceneni mineral waier
We selected a spot by the wayside and pitched \ abounds here and fashionable resorts will spring
our tent for the night beside a fine brook Durst- | n P JP the pathway or the “ he
ing from the earth. Accepting the hospitable
offer of our geological friends, who carry with
them a comfortable tent, we spent the night a la
milUaire. The colored driver, Charlie, proved
iron-horse ” when he
‘ shall arrive.
We sojourned for the night at the excellent
the cause of misery, poverty, ignorance and
crime, and is directly opposed to the salvation
of men and the spread of the Gospel, and calls
for the activities and energies of the Christian
church to resist and abate its power, that we are
in favor of all righteous means for its suppres
sion, and that we recommend the churches to a
use of the pure fruit of the vine only at the
communion.
At the recent Indiana Baptist State Conven
tion, held in Evansville, the following was
among the resolutions adopted:
“ Resolved, That we regard intemperance as a
great national and social curse, productive of
himself an accomplished cook as well as driver.
Soon a ruddy blaze sent its gleams through the
increasing darkness, and in due time, a good
supper responded to “ the keen demands of ap
petite. ”
On the following morning, we rose “ere the
morning star,” struck our tent, had an early
breakfast, and set out with renewed vigor in a
northward direction.
Davidson Hotel. Bidding an affectionate adieu - most pernicious consequences, affecting all the
to our geological companions, who were setting | interests of our country most disastrously, and
out on their return trip to Georgia, we pursued j that we will do all in our power to suppress the
the direction of Bishop Berkeley’s “star of em- I manufacture, sale and use of all intoxicating
pire,” Westward, to Ducktown. For miles before j liquors.”
we reached this great centre of copper-mining ;
operations, a dense volume of smoke revealed
the site of Ducktown; and beyond this, under
the setting sun, stood the great Unaka Moun
tains, through which we were to pass on the
morrow. We drove near the huge copper-
A journey of a very few hours brought ns smelting furnaces glowing with heat, and caught
alongside the Blue Ridge, whose massive wall, i a , g« m P se of the workmens figures moving in
seen at a distance, seemed to forbid progress be- £ er y gi are hke spirits of the lost in a region
yond it. To our left, for miles in close proxim- j we he 1 ard mentioned in the Christian pulpit
ity to its huge granitic wall, sometimes covered man y y e . ars a «°’. but now 18 ne ver alluded
with trees or shrubs, nnd in other places pre- ; to ’“ R,! is out of fashion !
senting vast areas of herbless stone, we drove ^ The following day s journey to Cleveland,
onward until we reached the steep ascent of our ! Tennessee, carried us through the tremendous
road to the celebrated pass known as “ Tevnatee ■ S or S e ®ut by the river Ocoee, sixteen miles
Gap.” Here we dismounted from the vehicle i through the massive and lofty Unaka range of
and walked. Following the lead of Prof. Brad- j Mountains, and almost every foot of this dis-
ley, we divulged from the tortuous main road, tance this wild and impetuous little river con-
and reached the summit of the pass after many
a weary upward step to the altitude of 3,300 feet
above the sea-level. Resting here, the vehicle
soon made its appearance. Vast peaks shot up
on either side of the gap to far greater altitude.
One of these was enveloped in the folds of a
dark rain-cloud. Peals of thunder and the roar
of the heavy rain-fall came down to our ears,
subsiding gradually as the clouds floated further
away along this huge mountain-crest. Whilst
halting here, we observed some fine specimens
of Leptandra Virginica, a vegetable which has, of
late years, assumed quite a useful place in our
Materia Medica; and the very handsome Rubus
Adoratus, or flowering raspberry, which we hah
never met so far southward before, and whied
deserves to be cultivated in our flower gardens.
The flowers of the latter were in bloom. While
gazing from this high stand-point on the exten
sive sketch of territory on either side of the
Blue Ridge, we recalled some passages in that
interesting old book, “ The History of the Ameri
can Indians,” written by James Adair, who styles
himself “ A Trader with the Indians and Resi
dent in their Country for Forty Years”—from
1734 to 1774. His book was published in London
in 1775. His “Account of the Cherokee Nation”
is particularly quaint and forcible. He remarks:
“ The Cherokee mountains look very formidable
to a stranger when he is among their valleys, in-
circled with their prodigious, proud, contend
ing tops; they appear as a great mass of black
and blue clouds, interspersed with some rays of
light” We found this description exceedingly
applicable. This quaint old narrative continues:
“In thiB rocky country are found a great many
beautiful clear, chrystaline stones, formed by
nature into several angles which commonly meet
in one point I found one stone like ruby as
big as big as a man’s thumb, with a beautiful
dark shade in the middle of it.” And the dear
old narrator's snake story is worthy of himself
and of the scene. He continues: “Between
two high mountains, nearly covered with old,
mossy rocks, lofty cedars and pines, in the val
leys of which the beams of the sun reflect a
powerful heat, there are, as the natives affirm,
bright old inhabitants, or rattlesnakes, of
more enormous size than is mentioned in his-
stitutes one continuous roaring, foaming cas
cade.
A more inviting route for a lover of the
grand in nature could not be found than this
mighty chasm. The scene must be doubly en
chanting in the early summer when the rhodo
dendrons, kalmias and umbrella magnolias,
which decorate the shores of the river profusely,
are in full bloom.
Late in the afternoon, we reached Cleveland,
Tennessee, the land of the railway and the tele
graph wires, with gladness. W. G. M.
Mllledgeville, November, 1875.
Hints to Honsekeepers.
Throw away nothing that can profitably be
made use of.
Keep all cooking utensils scrupulously clean.
Be punctual and orderly. Have a place for all
things, and after using return each article to its
proper place.
In making purchases, remember that a good
article, although the firstjeost may be more, is
usually found the cheapest in the end—and that
poor food is dear at any price.
It is always important to know how to choose
meat in buying. Ox beef should be of fine grain
or fibre, the flesh or lean of a bright red color
and firm, the fat white, and distributed through
out the lean. It should not be yellow or semi
fluid. If the meat is entirely lean it will be
tough, and its nutritive power is low. Veal, if
fresh, should be close grained. If the meat is
moist and flabby, it is stale. Mutton should be
of a clear deep pink tint, firm and with a liberal
supply of fat. Fine wether mutton may be rec
ognized by the presence of a small mass of fat
on the upper part of the leg. It is more nu
tritious than ordinary mutton, and the darker
the tint the better the flavor. Fork should be of
a pale pink tint, and the fat very firm. If it is
soft, or if the fat is yellow the meat is bad. If
it is semifluid, the animal has probably been fed
on flesh.
The discovery of what is true, and the practice
of what is good, are the two most important ob
jects or life.
District Convention.
Office District Deputy G. "VV. 0. T.,
Seventh Cong. Dist*- Acworth, Ga.
A District Convention will be he held at Dal
ton on Wednesday, the 29th day of December.
This is in pursuance of the action of the Grand
Lodge. Please have your lodge to elect two del
egates to this Convention immediately upon the
reception of this circular, and send their names
to R. B. Stegall, Dalton, Georgia. The Conven
tion will probably be in session not longer than
one day.
Half-fare over the railroads will be obtained,
and homes will be provided th^ delegates in
Dalton.
It. W. G. Templar Hickman, G. W. C. Templar
Thrower, and other prominent Temperance men
and orators, will be present. Don’t fail to have
your lodge represented. As this is one of the
series of District Conventions to be held in the
State during this Grand Lodge year, let us rally
as one man, and put a ball in motion which is
destined to be a strong element in the advance
ment of our holy crusade against our common
enemy—Intemperance. Let your delegates be pre
pared to give an intelligent idea of the condition
and prospects of your lodge, and also whether a
new lodge or lodges cannot be organized in your
locality. Yours, R.-M. Mitcheel,
D. D. G. W. C. T.
The Lodges are Responding.
We give below the names of the lodges which
have responded in behalf of their official organ.
All of them will respond. None are too poor
to take two copies, and some will take many
more than two. We shall publish all that re
spond, and keep them standing in type. Social
Lodge, located at Jewells’, sends up $10 for four
copies. Let us hear from all at once.
Lodge 174, at Jewells’ Mills, four copies, $10.
Lodge No. 225, two copies, $5.
Lodge 257, at Bartow, two copies, $6.
Lodge 387, at Jonesboro, two copies, $5.
James Lodge, No. 355, six copies, $15.
Lodge No. 254, Waynesboro, two copies, $5.
Western Star Lodge, three copies, $7.50.
The World Watching (Js.
The State of Georgia is making rapid strides
against the drink-traffic. The influence of the
Good Templars, under the lead of such men as
Col. J. J. Hickman, J. G. Thrower, S. C. Robin
son, Judge Underwood, and others, is having a
powerful effect upon the community.
Out of twenty-seven towns where the vote was
taken during the last Grand Lodge year, just
closed, twenty-five were carried for prohibition
—only two for whisky.
Dalton, a growing city on the W. and A. R. R.,
the southeib terminus of the East Tennessee,
Georgia and Virginia Railroad, voted no-license
a few days ago. The growth of temperance sen
timent in Georgia has been wonderful.”
them, perhaps all, for I do not know them all,
gentlemen—meu of human and kindly feelings,
honest and honorable according to the stand
ards they have erected. They would not injure
their fellows, they are not enemies to their race,
and yet they are leading thousands to ruin and
eternal death. Why ? They have not yet seri
ously considered the subject. Think, think, my
friends, of the amount of moral and social evil
that now exists as the legitimate fruits of vour
profession. Think what a “ bar ” it is to all that
is good, what a source it is to moral ruin.
Is it surprising that the cry of distress which
comes up from two hundred thousand dying
drunkards, from thirty-five thousand widowed
hearts and two hundred thousand orphaned
children should touch the heart of humanity ?
Would it not be strange if these cries were to re
verberate throughout our land and philanthropy
and Christianity both be deaf to its wailings?
Shall the demon of intemperance kill five hun
dred of our citizens every day, and no one care
for it, no one raise a hand to stay this terrible
waste of human life? Shall no blow be struck
to paralyze the monster? Shall patriots, phi
lanthropists and Christians sit still and be un
moved ? No, thank God! The great heart of
humanity is beating with warmest sympathy,
while its mighty arm is raised to rescue the vic
tims from the hands of the destroyer. This
sympathy is taking shape,—it is organizing for
earnest and effective work—it intends to be felt—
it is now being felt.
The Good Templars compose one and the
most effective arm of that service which is doing
valiantly for the deliverance of the victims of a
crazed brain and a depraved appetite. On the
2Htli day of October, 1867, the Atlanta Lodge of
Good Templars was organized in Atlanta with a
membership of thirteen. Its struggle has been
long and brave; but like the heroes of our glori
ous Revolution of ’76, they felt their cause was
just, and to its maintenance they pledged their
honors, their fortunes and their lives. Their
labors have not been in vain. This prolific
mother has given birth to three hundred lodges
in the State, with an aggregate membership of
twenty thousand. There are now about forty
thousand members in the State who are faithful
to the pledge of their order. Fifty localities
have been freed from the traffic through our in
fluence, and at least two hundred bar-rooms
have been closed. We are thoroughly organized
and terribly in earnest. We have drawn the
sword and cast away the scabbard; we will
sheathe it no more till the traffic surrenders.
But our warfare shall be manly and honorable.
We ask the enactment of no prohibitory law by
the Legislature. We want only the local option
law, which leaves to a majority of the voters of
any given district, town, or city, as to whether
traffic in ardent spirits shall be licensed. Our
Savior coerfced no one to become a disciple, to
abandon evil or to go to heaven. We would im
itate this noble pattern.
We are so strongly persuaded of the righteous
ness of our cause, that it involves the best inter
ests of humanity and society, and that when
once fairiy before the better feeling and think
ing portion of our population, that it will be
sustained, that we are willing to leave it to the
public and trust it for a righteous verdict.
Aye, further. We believe there are numbers
who are now engaged in the sale of ardent spir
its who, when the issue is made, will vote for its
discontinuance, while hundreds whose steps are
rapidly tending to the drunkards grave are
holding out their hands to us and crying for
help.
In the name of the order I have the honor to
represent to-night, I invite the positive and act
ive co-operation of the men and women who
hear me this evening. If I had their ear, I
would call on the people of this glorious com
monwealth to give their moral support in the
suppression of an evil infinitely worse than “the
pestilence that walked in darkness and the de
struction that wasted at noonday.”
We would inquire,Who is on the Lord’s side?
who has a heart to feel ? who has the courage
and unselfishness to dare to do right? We want
the sober Christian men and women of our city
to give us the moral support of their names and
influence. We want men of speaking talent and
virtuous reputation, whose powers of argument
and persuasion shall be brought into requisition
to increase our numbers. We want men and
women of social position and refinement to aid
in excluding the poisonous cup from the social
gatherings where young men and youths of cul
ture and promise are tempted irresistibly as they
cannot be anywhere else. We want the great,
strong heart and powerful influence of the com
mon people, where lies the vital element of so
cial strength. We want him who reels and tot
ters in his steps—whose wife is in poverty and
sorrow, and whose children are hungry and in
rags. Yes, we want that poor, fallen brother—
we want to raise him up and make a man and
husband and father of him. We desire the bless
ing of that sorrowing woman and of those poor,
suffering children; we desire to gladden that
household by turning the pandemonium into
an Eden.
I am in earnest when I ask the order-loving
members of this congregation to unite with our
order, and aid us in this great reform. It is not
enough for you to be temperate and order-loving
in a private way. We ask you to light your
lamps and put them on the table, not under the
bushel—“ let your light shine before men.” In
union there is strength. Let us combine our
moral force together, and thus become effective
in opposing the moral contagion of drunken
ness.
But some object to becoming members of our
order. Let us state some of the objections, and
see if they are good:
1. The church is a temperance society, and
does not need the aid of any other organization.
I reply, the church is not a reformatory insti
tution. It was never designed to embrace per
sons whose habits were immoral in any respect.
It is for the “called,” the “chosen in Christ
Jesus,” the “believers on Him.” It is the duty
of a church to “withdraw from those who walk
disorderly.” Drunkards are disorderly, and
therefore it is the duty of the church to with
draw from such. The Good Templars is a re
formatory institution. They can take in any
man who desires to live a sober life. When once
in, special efforts are made to impress his mind
and guard him against former habits and known
weaknesses. We take men from the gutter and
wash their garments and cleanse their lives from
habits of evil, and labor tenderly to lead them
to better thoughts and a higher life. And some
times here, by the divine blessing, they are fitted
for embracing that more enduring reformation
which comes from a new heart. As a Good
Templar, I have reached many men whom I
could never have touched merely as a pastor.
then. If it is good against temperance, it was
good against Christianity. I may state this also:
Most of us are members of your churches, and
are grateful for the Christian fellowship which
we enjoy. When we united with the churches
we did not understand that religion broke down
all or any distinctions in society, nor do we hold
a different opinion as to the order of Good Tem
plars.
It may also be stated that reformations ordi
narily begin with the masses. There is the
weight of population; there is the greatest abuse
of privileges, and the most ardent types of
piety. As sin is most obvious there, so also
philanthrophy and Christianity are most posi
tive and active, so that reformations begin first
where they are most needed. Then, as the
leaven which dift'ases itself thoroughly through
the meal till the whole is leavened, so moral re
forms work up and down until all the strata
of human society are reached and effected more
or less. How much easier it is for you to come
down to ns at once and aid us, than for us to
climb gradually and slowly up to you. But we
are coming, and shall not tarry at all, but push
upward and onward till we reach all classes.
We are not seeking position or popular favor,
but the good of fallen man and the happiness
of our race. In this, we look to God for suc
cess; and waiting patiently in the midst of our
toil, we expect a grand consummation.
THE MOTHERs’lN COMVEXTION.
At the second annual convention of the
“Woman’s National Temperance Union,” held
in Cincinnati, Ohio, from the 17th to tne 20th
of November, there were one hundred and two
properly accredited representatives, representing
nineteen different States, all of wnom were
married ladies except the following three: Miss
E. E. Mitchell, M.D., of Pennsylvania; Miss
Rose Wood, of Ohio, and Miss Auretta Hoyt, of
Indiana.
We make the following extracts from the series
of resolutions adopted by the Convention:
“ Whereas, The survey of the work accom
plished through the Woman’s Temperance
Unions the past year inspires our most earnest
and devout thanksgiving to God—our deep self-
abasement that we have not done more, and firm
determination to work and pray unceasingly for
the triumph of our holy cause, until the king
doms of this earth shall become the kingdoms of
our God and his Christ; therefore,
“■Resolved, That the results of labor for the
reclamation of inebriates and the drinking classes
convince us that a great work has been and may
be done in this direction, and that nothing is too
hard for the Lord. To this end, we recommend
gospel temperance prayer-meetings; cheap lunch
and lodging-houses, free reading-rooms, Wash
ingtonian homes, temperance reform clubs, the
circulation of the pledge, and, above all, contin
uous individual effort with individuals, apply
ing the gospel remedies, which cleanse from
all sin.
“ Resolved, That whereas prevention is better
than cure, and the hope of our country lies emi
nently in the home training of the children, and
since temperance is of the first importance as a
conservation of the morals, strength, purity and
integrity of our republic, therefore we urge the
women of America to train their sons and daugh
ters in the cradle and around the home altars to
forever abjure all that can intoxicate.
“ Resolved, That as the rum-power is the great
est obstacle to the advancement of the Christian
religion, we look to the ministry and churches
of the land to aid us in the prosecution of this
great work.
“ Resolved, That we recognize the existing tem
perance organizations of the land as fellow-
workers, and pledge them our cordial sympathy
and co-operation.
“ Resolved, That realizing the precious reflex
blessings that have come to our hearts and homes
from engaging in this work of love, we urge our
sisters everywhere to co-operate with our
Woman’s Unions, and to unite with us in banish
ing from our social circles and culinary prepar
ations everything that may engender the taste
for intoxicants.
“Resolved, That, as we deem the circulation
of temperance literature of the utmost impor
tance, we not only disseminate our own paper,
The Woman's Temperance Union, but endeavor to
secure a place in the columns of our secular
newspapers, and that we recommend the intro
duction of the publications of the National Tem
perance Society into all our public schools and
public libraries.
“Resolved, That we recognize with gratitude
the true statesmanship of the Postmaster-Gen
eral in removing from his department all assis
tants addicted to alcoholic beverages.
“ Resolved, That we recommend each State to
memorialize Congress upon the appointment of
a National Committee of Enquiry, to investigate
and report the effects of the liquor-traffic, and
that it shall prohibit such traffic in the District
of Columbia and the Territories. Said memorial
to be presented by a committee of one person
from each State, to be appointed by the Execu
tive Committee of such State, on the 1st of March,
1876.
“ Resolved, That, whereas the object of just
government is to conserve the interests of the
governed; and, whereas the liquor-traffic is not
only a crime against God, but subversive of every
interest of society—therefore, in behalf of hu
manity, we call for such legislation as shall
secure this end; and while we will continue to
employ all moral agencies as indispensable, we
hold prohibition to be essential to the full
triumph of the reform.
“ Resolved, That whereas women are among
the greatest sufferers from the liquor-traffic, and
realizing that it is to be ultimately suppressed by
means of the ballot, we, the Christian women of
the land, in convention assembled, do pray
Almighty God and all good and true men that
the question of the prohibition of the liquor
traffic should be submitted to all the adult citi
zens of this country, irrespective of sex; not as
means of enlarging our rights, nor antagoni
zing the sexes, but as a means of protecting
ourselves, our children, and homes, from the
ravages of the rum-power.
The Rev. Dr. Irvine, of Augusta, preached be
fore a large audience, including the Grand
Lodge, at Gainesville, a sermon from Acts xxiv,
25: “As Paul reasoned of righteousness, tem
perance and judgment, Felix trembled.” The
lodge gave Dr. Irvine a very enthusiastic vote of
thanks for the sermon. He was asked to repeat
it at Louisville, which he did, and has had sev
eral requests to report and publish it He has
finally consented to give us the manuscript for
our columns. The first installment will appear ^
in the second or third week of December.