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Show TEMPERANCE TALK, An Interesting Lecture Before a Largj j II Tabernacle Audience. 'jfl TIIK IlItAM MIUP AMI I1M EVILS. 1 jl John . lloolley, Iho Temperance Trnn. '1.-9 Rcllil, Iho Speaker. Tim 1'oimJing 3 H aud Purposo or Itest Island. jj H AntiiJIencoofntleait 10,050 pojple i lU greeted John U.Woollcy,the noted tern. t ffl iwrancn evangelist, al Iho Tabcrnaolo ) ('sB latlrilKhUThogreatcrowdofinteretled " '' listeners was mada up of tbo better , 'JS classes of thu community without 1 klM reference to church or politics. J 'H President On rge (J. Cannon pre. j !jH aldeJ, and on Iho tland bcilJo himself j H wero John U. Woolley, Ilevs. 1110, I 'IB MAoy, MoNlece, Steelman, Clay, j vS O. II. Parsons, Presldont Angus M. I IjH Camion, C. W. Penrose, Illtliop Prej- 3 HJ ton, (Jcorga (Joddard and others. tJB Thoblgcliolr was out In force and at j ity theoenlng sang with lino illect, the 1 'Hj anthem, Praise yo the, Father. w3 Prayer was then oll'ered by Dr. Hill I'M alter which the cnolr gang- Ulorlous i'H Is Thy Name. ) IB PrtttJiiit Cannon then IntroduceJ ,'H Mr. Woolley who nddriesud Ibe meet- . 'jH Ingfor upwards of on hour aul was tilVJ listened lo with rapt attention. No HJM lemjierauco speaker was ever heard In 'jil this region who spoke moro earnestly j M or eloquontly and It was apparent Jt'fl from commencement to cloiu that his tl'lH heart was In his work. His picture! H'H of tho evil of drink wero splendidly if'H drawn aud to vividly were they de- Vtaol plcted that they wore terrible to com- , lirH template, tu ofl Ho said It would bo tbo sheerest li'l aflectatlon for him to assume Indlfler- 'j'lfl enco to tbu fact that the audience be- ITUiB fore him was tbu largest distinctively HwH temperance gathering to which be had llVtal over spoken. Ho lhankod Uod for tha .Tsl oportunlly of appearing before such a M melting, becauso li meant great good Jfj to the ii-oplo of Utah and boded evil to ,l M the trslllc which bo hated with all tbo & M Intensity of an earnest nature. i M Tbo great question at tbo bands and M H hearts of Christian people everywhere 3 HI was what to do Willi Iho liquor busl. IH ncss. Ho was well qualified to sreok UsHI on tbo subject because he had served H tbe drink demon through tbe best pirt H ol his life. Hu at first hsd gradually H gone down, then rapldly.tothe nctliur. 4sHI most part cf tho bottomless pit of hope- . H lessness. Wife, children, father and Hi mother were ubindoned and forgotten ' H by him. His wile sat at the aunts cf ' H her lonely homo In that awfullest of ,' H widowhood where tbe husbaud waa J H not diad aud where hu would not die. l VH When lu that wretched condition n H lltllomoru than live years ago ho was I H convirtod to Christianity and temper- it H anco aud Ihu darkuesa and misery ef i H H state werso than death waa lilted I H from him and thu light of life aud I H hope followed. It was the duty uf tbo H church to drlvu Ihu dramshop from H the earth. Whin ho said Ihu church H he didn't mean u pllo of brick and 11 stone, a graveyard, pipe organ and H other wind Instruments hut ho meant H an onanlzstlon of live aggressive non- M tilplliigmemUrs. It was tlmo that H students of thu blblo figured lest on ' H Ihu exact date of thu coming of jiH tbe Bivlor and occupy Ibe premises lor jH good until be sballcome. It waa tlma j when Iho right to purcharo license lo 'H tenit a wiak man should bu dono i away. Hudid'nt blame other men for H breaking his mother's heart.crucll) lug . ' H his wile's love uud turning his hack ''1 upon his f ether's Uod, but lie believed 'H It was wrong to allow men to tempt 'tlsH clbirsaud bo protected by tbe law lu "aH doing so. ,l Hu believed that Ihu dram shop was I ,H golug aud every system ol politics aud 4 H religion that harbore J tho liquor evil IbH would go with It. Christians often 'H mado splendid resolutions but that was i iH about as far at they wont ns a rule. B Alter Mr. Woolley bad concluded bla ,H lecture President Ueorge (. Cauuon M announced that Mr. Woolley had a aH place ou Itest Island, lu Iho Miitlsslpj I, M for reformed drunkards uud that It had been suggestid that ho say something H Mr. Woolley then said: "Five H yearangol was shelterless, homeleiis, '4H Uodlees, aud when I commenced my ' reformation 1 went to my friends fur ig asilstaui'a and got mouey enough lo M buy n small Island In Iho Mississippi 'jH river, sixty mllra below Minneapolis. M The Island contains about too acres of LLH laud. I convened It into a ftrrn and a place or nfuge for drunkards. My .H friends gave mo horses, cattlo and IHjullry to stock It aud I col clolhluer fB and other neceusiry articles from TH charitable scHletlm aud people, Tho 'BB Islaud I expect some day will support 'tH about 100 men at a time. All must Eal work. Liquors and tobacco are not .IH allowed ou tbu Island. Honest In- iaH dus'.ryls oucouragod nnd lllblo doc iHl trine Is taught every evening, Tha 'isH exponsos are met by temperanco tfM leittire earnings altogether." iHl Dr. Illllollorod tbo following which isKI wsa tiuuulmously adopted. IBl ltosohcd, That thla vast temperance; full movtlUK, composed of thousands ol this jfitaH good people of ball Lako, teudor tholfX !H tliauka to Mr. John (1. Woolley for the) J!V1 ablo lecture on thla great cause, which Y,aHKl bo baa tonight given us. To tho proi- i4iHri deney of tho church for tholr kindly of. ifKI for In tbo uso of tho Tuberntcle. To eaKJ Professor Va an rltepbcns ntiit tho'raber- i1''tHl imclo choir for the excelle nt music, 'lo I fB 1'rofesHor J. J, l)ie net for bit u; priclatcel V TM services at tbo organ. "nJowH No collection was taken up but Dr. 'flH Illll uuuouuceo that contributions ',' 4H irom any who desired to help toward a ?QR1 the fund for Lioplng up licit JMSl Island would bu received at HKl ' C, M, I. Drug store, Savage's jSJ Art llaztar, C. H. Parsons, Uoberud. ' Hl Nelden's aud Sim) son Illll drug ''irlsH stores. t KKJ Tho choir saug "Jesus I my cross ! H have taken, "niter whloh Iho bonedlc- j I flS tlon was pronounced by President J Suad Ooorgu ti, Cannon, j rHJ i HH smaamsMsiBaias,; - - "TMHJ'TrfflP'rfilMia fJaaHB |