Daily Republican., 1880-05-24
TEACHING rEMPEHANUE.

we'll attended.
:. TEACHING TEMPEHANUE.
A Francis Murphy'a Address Yextex
a day-TaikiBg OF Temperance 4,
A Church and Open Air.
ed In the open air at DUPONT street an
4 Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday attsl
: : noon Francis Murphy made tempe,
auce address to absEt four hundre
: people. He spoke in his usual inpres
(; sive and entertaining strain for NOR
: than an hour and dwelt psrticularl,
upon total abstenaEce.
The speaker said in opening that th
q occasion reminded him Of Him, VIII
. seldom spoke in temples made will
! hands, and who succeeded 80 well il
teaching man his spiritual worth.
was pleasant TO hear of the good .worl
that had been done here in the caus
Of temperance. While 1t was true tina
some of the workers in that cause hat
fallen he besought these who hearc
him net to Judge them too harshly Of
too hastily. Let US say nothing harsh
or unsharitable of them. Theil
temptations are great-greater thar
most Of US can realize. The reformed
drunkard loves his cup 1t is a part o.
his nature. The temptation and desire
is constantly before him, when he
makes frisnds. It h with him all
the time and will not down. They do
not drink because they are bad, selfish
or penurious, 1t is the raging thirs,
within them.
Very often they meet a friend and
are invited to take a drink. If they
do this they are obliged to treat IN re-
turn. The speaker proceeded to con-
olude the habit of speaking in strong
terms. When man accepts a treat
he mortgages himself to treat in return.
! In some of the Western States a move
had been made to make treating a
penal ofenss. Would that 1t were such
everywhere?
MIR. Murphy now touched upoh the
wretchedness brought into the family
circle by drink. A husband must
have reached very low depth when a
wife fears him on account Of his slar.
cry to rum. Far be it from me to say
how much wife should bear, bat she
should carefully think before deserving
her husband for that cause. No effort
to reclaim him should be left untried.
Make home attractive, and endeavor to
treat the erring husbasd So well and
pleasantly that he will not be wooed |
away to wrong deing. The speaker
also said that much harm by this curse
could be prevented by the training of
children and urged that boys be Undue
ed by gentleness to oonfde in their par.
ents.
In Imagination Mr.. Murphy took his
hearers into the family circle and
showed how 1t was that mon went
sstray, without meaning to do harm,
de spoke of the good fellow who is af-
ter treating, and who in consequence is
constantly surrounded by friends. But
hose friends avail nothing, and only
erve to make the shaekles of his own
'ondage tighter. Then with touching
'athos the speaker told his own story. ,
all and redemption, and related how {
le had been rescued from the slough of ,
Many tears were shed l.
t the touching narrative. !
The temptation of drink was 80 great L.
hat he who holds out against it is b
lore a hero than he who received the y
generals swerd at Appomat- y y
*. Considering the harm drink does - -
is surprising that the damning traffic =
allowed. 1t is time that the great y y
cart and righteous thought Of the peo. ="
10 were aroused to its suppression. -,
When he concluded many people = =
armly shook the orator by the hand W :"
he meeting closed with the benedic- W W
on by Rev.T. L. Tomkinson. "
AT TEE CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. a,
In the evening Mr.. Murphy spoke in tr
10 Reformed Episcopal church of the ht
'venant. The occasion was the first th
a series gospel temperance meetings. VI
very large audience was present. Mr.. 10
,orge S. Hensel, Of the Temperance
of the Philadelphia Y. M. ed
introduced Mr.. Murphy. ne
Mr.. Murphy said he was glad to see di
many gathered to hear him. He ST.
oke Of the courtesy shown him by an
Q pastor of the church, the superin- so
ndant of the Sunday school and he
.mbers Of the church. The band of crt
nperancs workers are like masonic rol
Ter. He was not member of the tn,
urch but he felt as il he was, and ma
sre was singular unison of interest at
eng them all. He hoped he shouI6 the
aided in his temperance Ia con
8 here by the prayers Of the
'ple, and he hoped also that God ser
aid bless the meeting just inaugur- our
d. With reference to the temper, b
10 work, he said that 1t was a bless die,
duty. The secret of 1t as well as the
other things in life is to do IL we'll, drit
bout thought of failing, and even VIII,
uld failure come, yeu have the 1t "
ught that what you did was for the
t, and are possessed Of strength MT
ugh to try again. N
Ir. Murphy went on to speak of his ~; y
1 experience for sometime, and a..n pna
,lt upon matters referring to him. 1nt ~.
until the close of his address. nv,
[r. Hensel then invited those pre- anu s:au
t to sign the pledge, and about rs su;a VIZ
sons avai]ed themselves Of the op- GO So'1 :
tunity. se
meetings under Mr.. MS ~, ~
'ction will be held every night this .ua .va'
k, excepting Saturday sight. Tenn oha obo
ancs prayer meetings will be held ua, UIaa
veen 3 and 4 O'Clock in the after pa' p,e'
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