Temperance Reform in California.
By Stephen N. Haskell
It will be seen in this week's SIGNS that the friends in California are moving forward in the Temperance work. There are scores among the hundreds who have signed the teetotal pledge that previously were users of tea and coffee, and some of them tobacco, and a few who occasionally drank wine. But when they saw the evil effect of these stimulants upon the system, and the moral influence they might exert by presenting a temperance front to the world, they cheerfully took their stand, and signed the pledge. In some communities their influence is already being felt outside of our ranks. The H. and T. Constitution, adopted by our people, has been called for in a few instances by leading men of other denominations, to see if the same cannot be effected in localities outside of our ranks. Local Clubs have already been organized in Napa, St. Helena, Healdsburg, Woodland, and Oakland. Returns from other Churches we shall soon receive. We thank God for the good we have already seen accomplished in this State, and the good omens we now see. May God speed the right until it can be truly said we have cleansed ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and are sanctified, soul, body, and spirit, being preserved blameless till the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.