The New York herald., 1875-07-19
THE TEMPERANCE PHALANx.

the soul and me city where Goo is.
THE TEMPERANCE PHALANX.
GREAT FIELD DAY OF THR COLD WATER
ARMY-scRNEs AND INCIDENTS IN THE CAMP
GROVE.
SEA CLIFF, L. l., July 49, 1878.
To-day is the closing day OF the National Tenn
perance Convention which has been IN session
here during the week. II opened bright and
early this morning with a love least in the taoer-
nacle. beginning at haf-past eight O'Clock and
closing at one O'Clock The love feast proper
ended at lalf-past eleven ana then MIS- Annie
Wittenmeyer delivered an address, which for
power and pathos has not been excelled. IT, in
deed, equalled by any that mas been delivered on
this ground. Mr.. Frank Murphy, OF Portland, Me-,
backed up Mrs. Wittenmeyer's words with story
OF real life, which was simply q recital OF his own
experiences as a rumselier, hotel keeper, drunk
ard, imprisoned man, but now and for the last
i've years 9 reformed and saved man. He
was born in town Ia Wexford county, Ireland,
overlooking the sea. In his own mothers house
he 1rst learned to mix and drink the beverage
that intoxcates 30 that at the age of thirteen
years no was almost completely under the nnu-
ence OF liquor. AT the age Of sixteen he came to
the United States and through the influence or
social companions, he spent ell the money that he
mad and al that ne earned, and went down,
down lower and lower all the time. His money
and credit and respectability having all gone his
boon companions forsoek him too and he was
compelled to seek work and refuge in the rural
districts, away from the con taminat1ng Influences
OF city life. There after few years he made
money, when he returned TO Portland Me-, and
opened notei, where he kept respectable bar %
The sarcasm with which he spoke OF the idea Of
respectaDtlity being connected with any part OF
this business irem the manufacture to the drlnK-
ing OF the vile stun, was amusing and was io
lowed by
A woNDRoUsLY PATHETIC PICTURE
OF his separation from his mother in the old coun.
try and from his wife and children in Portland,
where, before his eyes, his property was taken by
the Sheriff, his wife and children driven into
little shanty In back street, with scarcely furni
ture enough, and that OF poor kind, to satisfy
their slmpess wants. He, the husband and father,
having gone of on drunken spree and got into
personal 6triculty with another man, whose death
he caused, was cast into prison, and while there
good christian people visited the jail to hold reg-
ious services. At one OF their meetings, through
the influence OF Captain Sturtevant, whom Mr..
Murphy never tires OF naming gratefully, he was
converted not only from Roman Catholicism to
Prote stantism, but from rum drinking to total
abstinence. Through the influence of these
friends he was soon after released, and the por
stripped even OF the common necessarles of
life through his drunkenness, and OF the
meeting with his children and clasping the hand
OF his good Christian wife. and kneeng down on
their threshold before God and then praying and
pledging himself to total abstinence fotever; those
incidents were so vividly painted that there was
scarcely dry eye in the assemDlAge which listen.
ed 10 the recital yesterday. His appeal to young
men to dash the spa king bowl from their lips
was stirring and eloquent, and his gratitude 60
! the women Tor their errorts for saving men was
heartfelt and sincere.
Some one having called In question Mrs. Witten-
meyers statistics given here tie other night, she
came tnis morning prepared with her documents
extracts IRON reports made to and by the Brewefs'
Congress last year. give, herewith few items.
In 1873 Michigan had 200 breweries; in 1874, IS;
In Ohio the crusaders have destroyed 16o OF the
26s breweries IN that State. In Maryland the "a
have been reduced to 65 IN Illinois the 500 IN 1870
nave been brought down to $50 In 1914. There has
FALLING OFF IN THE QUANTITY OF BEER
manufactured OF 2l7 900 barrels In the last year.
The advocates OF beer now charge these results to
| the hard times; but, as Mrs. Wittenmeyer showed
from the documents, the brewers themselves
luence OF the crusaders. There Is only one rem
cay for drunkenness ana for sin Of every sort and
hear the wall OF the distressed going up TO God
because Of this accnrsed thing 1t Is joyful think
there Is one remedy. The blood Of Jesus Christ
| clcanseth from all sin, no matter how black It's
STAINS have been on tue SOUL Intoxicatlon Is
sin against COO, who has pronounced a woe TO MIN
who putteth the bottle to ms nelghb0r's lips tits
also written that no druBkard can inherit the
afternoon TO the testimony OF these reformed men,
felt said Mrs. Wlttenmeyer, that there is still
peS this hep in tie pss We hav nnve t1 nos ap
shame drunkenness away, to educate the public
sentiment against , INST IT. to have prohlbitory laws
! have seen GO, 600 men annually staggering on TO
drunkards' graves, over toe check OF mothers
! prayers and the cries OF wives and chl,dren. we
have seen open graves every day, ana there viii
be dug to-day while we speak here
TWO HUNDRED PITS FOR TWO HUNDRED DEsoTTEp
MEN.
What glorious Inspiration that was which
came down from the skies ana touched women,s
lips, when God called them to take their cause
| nom the court OF oeath, where they have lost so
WHO never lost cause. Mrs. Wlttenmeyer Wss
therefore, not much surprised to hear women say
that they were never discouraged In this temper
ance WORK ana TINS very day There Is going up 30
God volume Of prayer which reaches TO the
ends Of the earth. And this volume of PRAYER is
women OF to-day as TO those OF old. 40 woman,
great is thy iaith: be it unto thee even as
gates OF intemperance be closed forever. ana
while our brothers are working politically we are
praying r ana trJng TO lift them up to higher
$50 oo) the righs 10 sell beer year at our Gem
tennIal Exhibition. II would be cheaper for US 10
raise $4,000 and give 10 10 the Centennial Commit
tee than to have this sradic paraded before the
assembled representatives OF the world. This is
law. Mrs. wittenmeyer then spoke to mothers
about the rearing up OF their sons IN the ways OF
virtue ami temperance. A motner's love is the
only true and pure thing on earth. 1t did not 20
down in Eden. II came with The Fathers gift
aterward and 1t mas opened fountain that is to
now on forever. And, no matter how low child
goes,
MOTHERS PRAYERS FOLLOW HIM.
The world may cry, .Put him out OF existence,
cruelty him. he Is not 1t to live.u But he is son
yet TO his mother. Very soon these white-souled
children OF yours Will go out into the world and
they will have 10 pass those rumshops aud their
feet may trip ana they fall into drunkard's grayes.
Those who nave gone down were as pure as any
others. Oh, how many have gone down. As you
press your chlld 10 your heart you don't know
but you are nursing murderer. In regard to
the charge that the crusaders neglect their home
duties aud spend too much tim In crusaGtng,
Mrs. Wttenmeyer related an incident that oc-
CURED In cincinnati In whioh, through the lao0rs
OF @ Mrs. Laverty, q whole family were saved
from intemperanee and brought TO Christ within
one hour and half. And this time represents
bat 1.-THE OF the time that women have on their
hands In their own homes. The Incident drew
tears TO every eye and opened up the 81 N pathies