THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE IN KENTUCKY.
By G. K. Owen
On the camp-ground, Friday, Oct. 3, Bro. N. J. Bowers of Ohio spoke before an attentive audience on the subject of temperance in its general bearings and relations. He spoke of the advantages of the American Health and Temperance Association. Other temperance societies do not strike at the root of the evil. We must “pluck up error by its lowest roots.” Sunday evening, Oct. 5, Eld. Canright spoke with great freedom on the subject of temperance from a Bible standpoint, tracing the results of yielding to the temptations of appetite and passion from man's fall in Eden down the stream of time to the present generation, and showing that in this respect the tendency of the present generation is downward and dangerous. The design and principles of the American Health and Temperance Association were explained and the indulgences forbidden in the teetotal pledge were so exposed to the light that all could see their hideous features. The effect of this meeting was very favorable and the result highly encouraging. Nearly every Seventh-day Adventist on the ground signed the teetotal pledge, and twenty-four paid the initiation fee. At a meeting held Monday, Oct. 6, after interesting remarks by Eld. Canright on the history, plans, and importance of this society, it was voted to organize a Health and Temperance Association. Eld. Canright was elected chairman, and G. K. Owen secretary pro tem. The following permanent officers were nominated and duly elected: For president, G. K. Owen, Edgefield Junction, Tenn.; secretary, Belle Campbell, Elizabethtown, Ky. G. K. OWEN, Sec. pro tem.