The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-08

recalls the striking words OF the great io.
former, " Hero goes in the name of God":
" All my dear friends, if you are one OF 6
those whose very salvation, whose tenn
poral prosperity even, depends upon doing
likewise, beg of you not to- lose moment.
know my American friends love the poor
nun of Kenmare, as you fOndly call me II
you want to please me, if you want to make
me proud of you, go, go, in the name OF the
good God don't wait to have talk with
the evil spirit, but go this minute to the
priest and take the pledge, and it 1t Is i'm
possible for you to go at once, kneei ana
promise God, in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, that
you will take it the very first moment ynn
can. Go in the name of God, and enroll
your name in the Temperance Society OF
your own parish be brave, be generous,
save your poor soul, and disappoint the
devil; and when you and ], through GODS
mercy, meet at His great judgment seat, be
assured that you will not regret having FOL
lowed my advice" Invitations were now
given to the public to attend subsequent
meetings, aud soon- so numerous became
the applications to take tue pledge, that he
! had to obtain other places OF meeting be-
| side the school house. .,
| Such was the wonderful rapidity with
! which the number of Temperance naemOers
Increased, that at the end of the year 1883
l-l56 600 persons had taken. the pledge, and
at the end of the ensuing six months this
numb Der was further increased to 2Ou,ooo.
Father Mathew soon Obtained vainao'e
SUPPORT and assistance from persons VINO
favored the movement, foremost among
! whom was the 's grandfather of the cause"
Mr.. William Martin now in bis sixty eighth
i year. Mr.. Martin not unfrequentiy took
the stand himself, and addressed his hear
: ers in o style peculiarly his own.
J Persous from all parts of the surrounding
country soon began to flock to the temper
apce meetings to take the pledge, and many
J of them had to be provided for by Father
Mathew-whose unlimited charity never
5 ceased-with means for their return home.
So great was the multitude of his follow
!, ara md 40 numerous had become the total
I abstianers that the Temperance cause soon
proved most damaging ono to the pecu-
J., mary intereses of distiilers and brewers.
# When opposition or remoDstrance came
: from these parties, Father Mathew wouid
q say. " What filed our goals and bridewells
II The effects of intoxication. What crowded
r. the very lunatic asylumf Drunkenness
:, and its consequences. What fed the very
p eibbetsf Drunkenness. I never will give
n up until we are freed with the blessing and
D. the assistance of God from all these de-
r. plorable evils; aud if 1 encounter, during
d the progress of my career, the sneers
- of some aud the contumelies OF others
must expect it. Some there are
D and it is strange, look with an eSl eye
J. upon me. But cannot I say, in the word.
IF Of st. Paul, lam 1 your enemy because
:" tell the truth q Let them show me any ont
10 brought to goal OF bridewell by total ao
& stinencef Show me any one sent to thu
g.. lunatic asylum from the effects of tota
" abstinence. Oh, no not single one"
ID Nevertheless, among many distiAere AM
ID brewers. Father Mathew had warm frfen d.
of who never failed to give literally In re
D. Spouse to his requests forbcharity. A mem
th Der of this class, to whom Father Mathe!
Id "appiied in fear and trembling" to use hi
lis own words, on one occasion, was Georg
as Roe. of Dublin, who said, "No man ha
D. done me more injury than you have, Fathe
as Mathew; but forget all in the great goo
you have done my country" He then pre-
sented Father Mathew with large sun
ar As a substitute tor whiskey Qike man
"a of the compounds of the present day.,
he new drink was about this time concocte
"a especially for the mem bers of the temper
m ance societies, under the aPpellation I
cordials.
-, A member of one of the societies VIII
ot was seen on a certain occasion acting In
NO somewhat strange manner, and "oscillatin
as on his legs" upon being interrogate
ha | as to the cause of his strange actions, n
=, Piled, well, then, sir, I'll tell you no Ii
~ tits them cordials-the DEVILS curse to the
n for cordials. Bad lack to you for cordials
. In future Father Mathew could be heard
,a1 say to all that the pledge included " eide
,ot oordials, frait liquors and the like"
Ter In 1910 Father Mathew visited Maynoo
tie College, where he administered the piedt
Ike also to IS 600 persons in Dublin. And {
the his frst visit to the city he adminster'
her the pledge to 500 ladies. In the year IS
of he received q most pleasing address fro
at, 1000 ladies in Edinburg, requesting him
ion hasten his promised visit to Scotland.
Eli Father Mathew was entertained duri
ON his visit to Maynooth College by the Du
of Leinster, who Wed with the professo
in in doing him serviee. The student W
> of one day LETT this college under deep sen
81 l,,f htvt, of Isita ia DSC m
0rs, with honor.
or Father Mathew attained height of far
alb uuex pected and unsought. HIS physit
les, constitution was OF such nature as TO c
tile able him to accomplish a great amount
500 labor. His public expenses were great, a
ere numerous the appeals made to
we'd great charity, scarcely any OF which We
dye ever made In vain. He loved tue lana
he'd his birth aud it's people, and this love "
universally reciproeated.
HE As a natural consequence of the temp
liar auce movement, crime rapidly decreas
oaL | wherever it WAS carried in fact so N L