The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-01-15

and did not assume the title.
Habits Of inte,nperanee, in the Uni'ed
Kingdom. had gone on increasing between
1921 and 1885. The consumption %
shiskev had averaged $500 600 gallons
in 1872. 1912. and 1921 respectfully -
10 So it was nearly % million gallons
In Ireland it had risen from about three
million gallons in 1921. to nearly nine
millions, in 1881, and had reached tscelue
millions in 1889,
In hi. clerical vocation, Father Mathew
saw the misery, want. disease, and death
which arose from this drink. and, while
he lamented what, be feared. nothing less
than a miracle could mitigate, there came
to him a good Quaker, named " Billey ="
Martin, wto. in his advanced years. had
himself abandoned strong liquor, and de-
sired others to do the same. His plead
ing with Father Mathew was incesSant ;
"Oh. Theobald Mathew. if thou would on
ly give thy aid, much good could be done
in this city," "Oh, TheobaId Mathew. if
thou would but take the cause in hand -
The hour had struck, and the man WAS
not wanting. On Tuesday. the 10th OF
| April. 1888. he took the pledge. Here
goes, in the name Of rod - ard signed as
follows Rev. TheobaId Mathew, G. G,
Cove Street. No.
| From tina, moment to his diving hour,
TheobaId Mathew never touched wine.
spirits, malt liquor, or any Intoxicating
drink. He was an earnest, honest, true
man and what h. preached he practised
He became President Of the Temperance
Society, threw I'll his energy and power
into it. and, within five months, AS many
as $50 900 persons had taken the pledge
to total Temperance, in Cork City alone.
He then made progress through Ireland,
with even more success. He preached he
PRAYED, he entrealed, and he succeeded
He was the greatest practical and the
most unsefish benefactor Ireland ever
had. In Liverpool, Manchester. and large
" even in London, he successfully labor
ed with surprising energy, TO raise the
masses from dgrading habits to virtuous
and healthful abstinence. Creed or couu-
try made no difference TO him.
1t is extrer ely creditable TO the Catho
|
immense popularity Of Father Mathew did
no, at all weaken their regard tor him
When their Bishop, DR.. Murphy, We be-
lieve, was removed from them By death,
they met as usual. to mike list OF three
clergyman of the diocese whose names
should be submitted to the Pope, as wor-
thv to fill the vacancy. In this last Theo-
bald Mathew was Sc. down first, or dig
miss;mus, but Rome declined 10 ratlfy the
nomination, and Theobad Mauhe was
left to fulfil his humber but surely not
less noble mission
| Almost all his own income aYose from
an allowance made him by his brother,
who had distIlery in Tipperarv-this
was shu, up in consequence OF the Tens
perance movement. In carrying out his
admirable views, with scarcely any funds
provided by the public, Father Mathew
exhausted his own, and then involved him
self in debt. At this crisis, his services
in the cause ofre!igion and morality being
recognised bv statesmen of all shades of
opinion, pension of 81 500 was confer
red upon him by Queen Victoria. II just
sufficed to pay the interest of the life in
insurance he had effected to secure his
creditors.
| His bioerapher SAYS he thought that
81 500 per aunutn for life was a moderate
alo vance to such man. Perhaps So
it might easily have been larger Rn' il,
represents capital. IN consols. of $50 900
! He passed over To the United States, soon
altar receiving it. bu, the Irish here did
no approve OF his accepting any money
grant from the English sovereign: 1T The
same time. neither here nor in Ireland
was anv attempt made to collect a sum
sufficient to paw off the debts he hai incur
red for the TIE perance cause, and provide
him with suitable income in his latter
years He was not in favor with the
South. because he desired The negro'-
Freedom and had courage publicly 10 saw
so. In fact, he was disappointed in his
American tour.
lie had left Ireland in bad health. and
returned still more enfeebled Rest gave
him some relief but he was soon attacked
bv paralysis, and apoplexv supervened on
that. And so, stricken in the flesh, hut
natien. and fall Of hope and ,rnst, he lin
oered on, we learn, until Death stole mp
on him as gently as sleep upon a wea'ied
man" He lied in peace. without the
slightest movement
In the sixtv-sixth year OF his age, and in
the for,v-seronG of hls ministry. the
Opposite of Temperance WAS called 10
the better land. The SEXTON If the
church ward AT Cork. where he is Inferred
informs Mr. Maguire that the sick and in
firm resort to the friar's grave. aud are
there miraculously cured. But, in his
lifetime Father .athew strenuously re-
pudiated the notion that there was any
thing supernatural or miraculous in the
results of his preaching and prayers.
These results would probably have been
more permanent, had his strength and
health continued, 80 that his frequent
visits might strengthen the resolutions Of
temperance which his Disciples eagerly
made. In lS43 the consumption Of spirits
10 Ireland was fire million galons-it had
been thirteen millions in 1881. The mum
Der Of commitments had dropped from
12049 TO $500; the sentences to trans.
portation from GIG to 4s2, and the sen
fences to death from 66 TO IS. Father
Mathew had destroyed half the crime o.