St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-15
Mr.. MURPHYS LABOR.
A Very Enthusiastic Meeting at
the Grand Opera
House.
An Appeal Made for Funds to Carry
on the Work.. B. Brlsbine on
the Stand.
The Harvest to BE Garnered in at
the jackson Street NJ. Z. Church
this Week.

The Opera house was crowded yesterday
afternoon by those interested in the temper
ance movement, the exercises being very
spirited aud interesting. The meeting was
opened with prayer and scriptural reading
by Francis Murphy, the temperance orator,
after which the audience joined in singing
the hymn, ''Review thy work, o, Lord"
The Rev. DR.. Marshall was then intro
duced and he proceeded to make an appeal
to the audience for funds. He called atten-
ton to the fact that $500 mad been promised
to aid in assisting the. cause and
that up to date it had not not been collected.
He referred to the great good already ac-
complished and to the rich harvest that vet
ton he alluded to the necessity of raising
funds to carry forward the work.
A collection was then taken up the dona-
ton being very liberal.
After thanking Commodore Davidson for
the generous donation in rendering th e
house free Of charge, Mr.. Murphy announced
that the meetings would continue at the
jackson street NJ. Z. church during the
week.
The audience then sang 'tsowing the
Seed" when the Hon. J. B. Brisbiue was in
troduced by Mr.. Murphy as the
first man who had taken the
pledge in the Opera house two weeks ago.
After the great applause which greeted Mr..
Brisbine had subsidized, he said that he had
been both delighted and instructed by the
movement now in progress. Before the ar
ri Of NV
movement he had made up his mind that his
coming was to prove an important epoch in
his life He had taken pledges before bul
never in a public way. Since taking the
pledge two weeke ago, he could
safely say that he had not
had the slightest desire for drink.
The slightest causes he said, Qike the
spider working in the cave of Mahomet),
often wove the most prophetic destiny.
In his eloquent and inimitable way, Mr..
Brisbine then related several classical anec-
dotes showing that the most trivial causes
frequently worked out the most stupendous
results. He said that everything connected
with Mr.. Murphy's work was in the best in
terests Of humanity; his methods Of conver-
sion and magnetic power over
audiences were wonderful gifts.
He claimed that the movement was in all
respects calculated to make Men better.
The influence was good and on the first step
in the way of reform, often depended a
mans fall. He exhorted all present to take
the first step and join the cold water army,
concluding his address with a magnificent
poetic outburst, which was greeted with loud
applause.
Thomas E. Murphy was then introduced.
e,TI h
cept the eloquent advice given
and come forward and take the pledge.
| He claimed that while great opposition bad
been encountered in the movement, yet all
great movements had been checked,
thwarted and assailed, as had Sir Isaac New
ton in his theory of astronomy; endurance,
he said, was the crowuing virtue and pa
tience the greatest and most noble passion
of the human heart.
He spoke Of the opposition to the cause,
and said that it was rapidly on the wane,
while all the best and most
enlightened men in the country
were arrayed OH the side of temperance.
| He was sure that If the shackles of intem-
perance could be broken in st. Paul II
would become the commercial center of the
northwest. He believed furthermore that
one half Of the business failures could be
traced to intemperance on the part of the
| employer and employe. In alludiug to the
work in st. Paul he said that over 1000 peo-
Pile had already taken the pledge and that
if they could all be induced to fall into line
wear the ribbon and commsnce active work
the city could be revolutionized. In conclu-
sion he related several anecdotes appropriate
| to the cause.
Com. Davidson was called on for a speech
but he declined by simply assuring them
that he was in complete sympathy with the
| movement.
The choir then sang selection, during
which about 300 went forward and signed
the pledge.