The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-11-09
FRaNaas mURPmY
The Originates OF she eve ar
Dhy Movement"

The Originator OF the ssSA ar
play Movement"
The present temperance revival
throughout the country is attract
ing SO much attention that we clip
the following sketch of Mr.. Muir
ply himself, from the Northern
Messenger, temperance paper of
New York city:
"Mr. Murpy was born in Ireland
in 1913, and " hen but s. xteen years
old emigrafed TO New York. Be-
ing of Roman Catholic, ps rentage he
was not, " hen in Ireland. suffered
to attend the Irish national schools,
and thus his education was limited
Having arrived in New Yolk, he
was Induced By an acquaintance to
90 ia Quebec, Canada, whese fail
in to obtain employ .DenI, ne pro-
ceeded to Montreal. Here he was
engaged In hotel, fell into drink
ing habits, and in two ears lost his
situation. He next removed to n.
York State, and Tor six years, du-
ring which time he was married,
was employed in farm Iabors.
| With an elder brother, he then en-
| tered into the business of keeping q
hotel in Portland, Maine, aud his
former partner retiring he was left
sole proprietor. In this capacity.
at first he met with considerable fl
nanciaI success; but soon. his sppe-
tite overcoming him. he becams too
fond of his "bitters," and fi1sily al
the end of his ten years proprietor
ship, the hotel was closed against
him, and he WAS q ruined man in
1.-THE common accepiation OF that
term. His wife dying after this, be
was recalled to his proper self, and
he determined, God helping him.
to live from that time forth q sober
man,-and not tony that, but devote
his life to rescuing others who had
fallen az he himself had.
His first public lecture was deHv.
cred in April, lS 10. in the City Hal
in Portland, just three months after
abandoning the saloon business
He had host of scqnaintances il
the city, and on the mere announce.
ment that he was going to lecture
on temperance, the hall was crowd
ed, and the energy, earnestness, and
present knew to be true, made +.
profound impression upon his audi
ence. Before leaving the hall more
than fifty applications were mad'
for his services as q lecturer. Hi
popularity may be understood from
the fact that he delivered some thir
to-eighs or forty consecutive lee
lures in that city, concluding hi
work by forming Reform Club.
Subsequently he labored in othe
parts of Maine, Rhode Island, il
: Newhampshire and in the West
When his fame was first extendln;
: beyond New England, Miss Fran
} ces E., Willard, af the Women
Temperance Union of Chicago, invi
ted him TO that city. He lectureG
there for some time to immense su
diences. Many thousands of de
PRAYED men were reclaimed by him
and when be left Chicago, no les
than seven different Reform Club
were organized. Indeed, every
where he met with extraordinar!
success. Eight lectures In one Lii
. nois village resulted in the volunta
ry abandonment by their proprie
} tors of the fifteen saloons of tn
place. His personal magnetism 1
much spoken of, and he tells til,
story of his own life with q Patio
which moves every nearer. At tn
old Orchard Beach Camp-meetjnl
in 1874, which was convened q
his instance, Dio Lewis was an
nounced TO follow BIN, but the DR.
declined, saying 81 cannot make
speech after Mr.. Murphy. l hsv'
heard speeches for forty years, have
been on the rostrum myself fer owe
twenty-five years, but have neve
heard such q speech as his to-day
In Gods name keep that man tell
ing his story all over the land, eve
1ry night, as long as his breath ant
stength are spared"