8 P.M.
`` I called a meeting to tell the congregation about it , but I was refused a permit to speak . Chief of Police McCullagh declared to me that I should never make my speech in this town . `` Will you stand by me ? `` I intend to speak on Wednesday night , at 8 P.M. , at the vacant lot opposite the church . `` In the name of Free Speech and Civic Decency , `` SAMUEL PRESCOTT . '' `` How 's that ? '' he asked .