St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-02
MURPHY'S MISSION.
A Grand Meeting Last Evening at the
Central Presbyterian Church and
a Thrilling Address-The Blue
Ribbon Army Growing.

"A fine audience greeted Francis Murphy at the
Central Presbyterian church Monday evening,
filling the house and extra seats placed in the
aisles. The subject OF MIR. Murphy's address
may be appropriately termed the Gospel of Love,
which was presented as the sure way of reaching
the hearts and challenging the self respect of
men. The medium of kindness, charity and for
bearance is the staff of accomplishment in human
hands, but Gods help is required to enable men
to stand fast upon solid ground, to Withstand
temptation and walk always in the path of sobri-
ETY., avertlng personal wretchedness and shame
aud the suffering, which the erring hayward
child, husband and parent may bring
upon those dependent upon him and
dearer to him, and he to them, than life itself.
Every man, no matter what his opportunities
or station, his occupation or tendencies, has re-
Elective moods, and may be touched by the power
of Kindness and if on the brink of the danger
line, or even slipping down the abyss, may be
stayed and reclaimed by the hand of kindly fell
lowship. There is not altogether unnatural
impulse when some man and brother has fallen
to thrust him aside, and to treat him as an out
cast but this is not the best way or the true way
10 do good in the world. No one has ever gone
so far but that the embers OF life and manhood,
that seem TO have utterly expired, may be famed
into flame again andthe man restored through the
support of loving kindness, and the resolve to
stand firm and true, with Gods help.
Mr. Murphy added the sequel 10 his ex
perience, which was limited at in his address Sun
day afternoon. His experience was a sad result
from a careless life, filed with self Indulgence,
until property and freedom even, were swept
from him, and wife and children were brought TO
the last stages of restitution. With touching
pathos and trembling accents he portrayed the
painful chapter, concluding with the death of
precious wife only two months after he became
free man in both physical and personal attributes
and builded in his rehabilited house the altar of
prayer and conservation, relying upon Gods help
to keep him on the course, So
he was raised up from the dark despair during
| which was contemplated the ending of life that
| seemed wholly wrecked by the insidious inroads
| of intemperance. During this period from the
| sainted wife he never witnessed word or look
| but that of loving kindness, and from the dear
| children nothing but the deepest filial respect
and affection, that finally touched his heart,
| awaked the domant conscience, brought him
friends, and though he arose to the full statue of
q man through Gods help most marvellously re-
veaed, it was at the cost Of the precious life of
| the noble woman, wife and mother, around whose
| deathbed angels lowered as in the falteBing
accents and fading breath of exhausted vital
power her last words were spoken, Father don't
| let my children grow up strangers TO each other;
met me in heaven
Mr.. Murphy instanced the reformation of
| prominent lawyer of Chicago who was aroused
| to self consciousness, took the Murphy pledge,
and was restored to practice of many thousands
year, and best of all brought JOY to the heart of
| lovely daughter, school girl who for year
| before had not smiled, and now, said Mr. Mr.
| ply, that father and daughter are the happiest
| persons in Chicago. The address of the even
| ing was chased with an eloquent description of
the battle of Winchester in which he participated,
when glorious Little Phil. Sheridan saved the
| day by the inspiration of courage his arrival in
fused in the faltering troops the incident being
introduced to illustrate the heroic side of man.
kind, whose ability to cope with the great enemy
| OF the world and utterly disarm it is undoubted,
wherever resolute Godloving courage is en-
| ployed.
After the address, while the choir and congre-
| CATION sang number Of Gospel hymns, begin
| ming with ''Hold the Fort" space was given to
| sign the pledge and hundred and fifty per-
sons embraced the opportunity, making total
| of five hundred signers at the meetings of sun
| day afternoon and Monday evening.
Another meeting will be held at tonight at the
| Central Presbyterian church. commencing at s
| o'clock, when Mr.. Murphy will be assisted by
his son Francis Z. Murphy. There should be
| grand rally,