The New York herald., 1878-12-14

Governing GOumtrtee majority Tile Mellpcib
would sustain Mr.. Mitchell.
EVENING MEETING AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE
TEMPERANCE ENTHUSIASM INcREAaNG-MuR-
ply PICTURES HIMSELF PAST AND PRESENT.
Cooper Institute was crowded last night it is
rarely with motley audience The large proportion
of the audience composed of men and boys.
There was. however. a fair sprnkling Of women. On
the platform large choir sat and sung. and several
clergymen of the city encouraged the meeting and
honored themselves by being present Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson, the singing evangelists. who accompany
Francis Murphy on his tours, were there also with
their inevitable organ and sang together several
pieces which the audience applauded most heartily.
Murphy, like capable general approached his audi
tors gently but surely their emotional faculties.
He kept the singing going for twenty minutes or
more and to a stranger it was remarkable to notice
how many OF those unkempt men and boys
with haggard faces and blsared eyes were
able to sing the hymns which the choir led
them in. A church sunday school congregation
could hardly have done better. They not only sung
the air which they might have done by following the
choir but took the several parts also and sang Justify
and with VIM Applause greeted the appearance of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson and Mr.. Murphy on the plat
the former sang and the latter spoke subsequently,
The meeting opened with the singing by choir and
congregation OF the hymn: -
Come Holy Spirit, heavenly dove. &c.
Mr.. ard Mrs Wilson then saas alone song. the
chorus of which was
Hail the great emancipation,
wsd sSa, ro sy.s, q ssrh sns sSasnsn and ssd
Have for freedom learned their need.
Great applause greeted this chorus at the end OF
every verse. And this applause was heightened by
Murphy ejaculatory BLESS the Lord" as he stood
before the audience and now ana again shook his
the poor victims of intemperance, understood to
mean applause. and they answered it with will.
The same sweet singers followed this with another
song, entitled
Are your windows opened toward Jerusalem!
for which Mr.. Murphy asked that the house be as
still possible. After the singing of this song Mr..
Murphy read from Isaiah chapter AZ, giving =
running commentary upon such sentences as seemed
to tit the character of his audience Let us hear"
he remarked. what this prophet has said about
the worlds Redeemer concerning whom our
brother and sister have sung SO sweetiy:
The prophet r. in the third third s. verse says Of
unto truth. and Mr.. Murphy thought it was grand
thing for man to speak the truth and that 1t re-
qured great deal of courage. He blessed God that
He had set his love upon man. Jesus Christ. who
not to be discouraged while revealing to the
mercy Of God. our Great Father.
THE GOSPEL OF SONG.
The Rev. DR.. Daniels then led the audience in the
recital of the Lords Prayer. with which they did not
seem to be as familiar with the Sankey hymns
which were sung. Then q very important pert
of the service-the collection--during which the
choir sang my faith looks up to Thee" &C.. and
'.Sweet hour of prayer" &C.
Mrs. Wilson then sang solo entitled "My Ain
Counterie. which she rendered with very fine effect
and which meried the applause of the congregation
and drew tears from many eyes. Mr. Murphy
stepped to the front and running his finger in PEE
cuar manner along the side Of his face Is if to hide
q smile or brush away a tear thanked 1.-THE
boys for their greeting because it indicated
that they were not going into mourning.
but rather were going to sign the pledge
with songs and rejoicing-"blessed be God!" II is
mournful thing, he said, to free men from the
Intoxicating cup and teach them to lift their faces
baay vd tn Vya Of and Ord Of
Lords. In these trying times when men OF brains
and large capital have had all that they could do to
uphold themselves, of how great Importance he
asked, is it to workingmen, who have little
capital, that they should husband wha. they have.
And the poor mans capital is his labor his muscle
his health. These should be expended only for the
very best results. Mr.. Murphy appealed to the
mechanics before him to give their children chance
to obtain the best education that the schools can
afford 70 t them for any position that tree people
may wish to give them. Hebrew = humorous picture
OF the consernation OF the gas because Edison
discovery and rejoiced that the poor man likely
to gel cheap light; that they would not always be
compelled to put water In their lamps to raise the oil
up to the wick and compel their children to go to
bed in the dark to the little OIL He next por-
trayed the who had contracted with the devil to
drink and dress in rags, and amid the most up
roarious applause tripped up and down the platform
illustrating how such poor fellow waddes along the
streets. And over against tins picture OF what he
himself once was, be placed his present self. with
good clothes and boots. with good understanding.
He gave jump on the platform also, and remarked
that with the rest his heart too. was az light and
joyous the lark He IL going to Wall street again.
he said study preaching and he described with
and gesture the Of the brokers in the
stock Excnanga crying 45's, .45A. &C.. he set the
house in roars. Then Followed picture Of gov
ernment clerk in Washington who had lost his situa
ton and his only little boy through drunkenness
but the restoration OF both and the salvation
and elevation Of the family through total
abstinence. And by way Of contrast two other
pictures Of Richard Yates, of illinois, who
died the death of the drunkard away from
home and family and friends, and OF Abraham Lin
coin, also OF Illinois, who never tasted liquor in his
life. He asked his audience to choose between those
two.
Mr.. Chauncey Shsffer also made brief address and
invited Mr. Murphy 70 remain in New York, which
hall for the evening. $40. was raised by second
collection Noon day meetings are held now in
Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and
Sunday morning the regular service will be given to
this work. and Sunday afternoon temperance
love feast will be held.