The daily gazette., 1877-07-21
MURPHY'S OCEAN GROVE RE-
.. VIVAL. .lr...a. l.
THE STORY OF HIS TEMPTATION
DOWNFALL, AND REFORM TOLD
WITH DRAMATIC EFFECT.

WITH DRAMATIC EFFECT.
OCEAN GROVE, n. j., July l9.-There
are ten thousand persons living on the canp
grounds, and to-day many more came, priri-
cipally from Pennsylvania. The day has
been The stormiest of the season; the sea
arose and made great breaches in the bluff.
and but few persons attended the morning
and afternoon meetings. So small pro-
portion OF the numbers that assembled in
the evening to hear Francis Murphy in the
Tabernacle could be accommodated there.
that notice was given that he would speak
In the pavilion, the largest structure on the
gIounds. Mr.. Camp, the orgauist led IN
singing the old hymn, "Come, Thou Fount
of Every Blessing" after which Mrs. Ste
vens OF Delaware read from the Scriptures.
and Sister Clifford of Massachusetts praved:
several persons who had been converted to
sohrlety at Murphy's meetings narrated their
experience.
Francis Murphy's appearance was ap-
planded. He said that "if there are men in
this audience who drink liquor or who sell
It, have not an unkind word for them.
We can't close rum shops by deuounc nQ
them, or save drunkards by kicking them.
Liquorl In household is the drunkard-
making curse of Europe, and almost as
much SO in this country. The best way to
establish temperance in land is to have it
generally established in the homes of the
people. The Irish In America are fond os
the 'cratur,' because it is the custom, eycu
IN the humbiest cottage in the old country,
to place liquor upon the table whenever
guests are entertained" At home In Fargo
Ireland, the speaker first learned to love in,
toxicatlng liquors. At thirteen he drank to
excess, aud TINS habit made of him wreck
and dIunkard. Thousands of miles away
in America men begin to drink from pleas
ure, and friendship, and kindness. If the
Cristian Church OF this land mad the socia-
biiity and goodwill that drinking people
have, what glorious revival there would
be throughout the land.
With dramatic force Murphy narrated the
history of his life as drin King man, con-
cluding with his conversation while in iail
for crime committed while drunk in Port
land, Me. Through kindness and sympathy
be was won over to abstinence. '.It paws
to be SOBER saidhe in conclusion. aNodrunk-
ard can enter the kingdom of Heaven. To-
night, then dash the cup to earth, disre-
garding Its tempting taste aud associations.
Then every jail shall be opened, every
prison emptied, and the striped uniforms
That form the coat Of arms of this damn ing
traffic shall be torn from the back of every
loving mothers fallen son." ,... :.
After the benedicton had been pronoun-
ced by the Rev. DIR. Corbett, Murphy in
vted all to sign the pledge which is known
by his name. He repeated the text: aWith
malice toward none and charity for all, l,
he undersigned, do, by the help of God,
, edge myself to abstain from all intoxicating
iquor as beverage, and by all honorable
means induce others to do &c." Sheets of
'aper headed with this pledge were
'lacod on this table. and the people, none
4 whom had exhibited any indication OF
esire to sign, suddenly scrambled andpushed
With an eagerness amounting to positive
udeness to the table, and there remain!
lllmg sheet alter sheet with autographs for
alf an hour. After the close of the meet
ng three hundred signatures were thrs
btained ; but as Ocean Grove is a Metho-
ist settlement, having abstinence from the
ale and use of liquors as its distinctive
Characteristic. it is not likely that many
names were among those signed
J-night. l-'f p.
Murphy is TO go to Ithaca tomorrow,
nd will first speak on Sunday. From
here he will go to the Lovellnd encamp-
lent in Ohio, and after several days. work
here, will go to Chatauqua Lake, N. Y.
lie says that he is anxious TO speak in New
ork city, but has no time set for going
lere. No accommoda tions for those who
Iould attend his meetings have been pre-
ared, although they must be before he will
gree to go. I H...