St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-05
MURPHY'S WORK.
several CO-LabOrePs Join the Exer-
cises of the Evening.

Another large audience greeted Mr.. Murphy
last evening at the Central Presbyterian church,
and 1876 persons signed the pledge and had them
selves adorned with the blue ribbon. Mr.. Muir
ply, after reading the parable of the prodigal
son, made some very applicable remarks touch
ing the question of young men leaving their
parents and the temptations they became ex-
posed to outside of home influences. He then
introduced his friend, Rev. DR.. J. Halsted Car
roll, of the Presbyterian church of Saltwater,
formerly vigorous co-worker in the temper
ance cause in the east.
DR.. Carroll said his friend Murphy in his great
work carried his heart in his hand to kindly
rescue and save some one else, which was a God
imposed duty TO every Christian and reformed
man. His work was conducted under three
heads: Common sense, the inspiration of hope
like a divine light from heaven for the fallen to
-eiZe hold Of for salvation, and prayer the
.alisman of power in the pledge to give the vic
tory, for only through God and prayer, the cleo
trc spark that gave all else life, could the
strongholds of vice and habit be thrown down.
Rev. DR.. Dana made some very telling remarks,
upon invitation of Mr.. Murphy, upon the respon-
sblity of temperance people in this work, and
ut its conclusion the latter gentlemen went down
into the audience and brought Mr.. Thorp upon
the platform. whose brave act in taking the
pledge was chrOnicled in the GLOBE yesterday
morning, and whose assertion that God helping
him he would keep It, was received with per-
feet storm of applause from the audience. Just
1t this point little old lady struck up a quaint
irish hymn, which she sang verse of to the
great rapture of the audience, who welcomed
her effort with clapping Of hands, and whom Mr..
Murphy personally thanked for contributing to
the good work of ''that which she hath
Mr.. Murphy then went in a most eloquent
strain to depict what blessings the sober man en-
joyed as compared with him who INDUCED in
strong drink. In vivid picture he portrayed
he prodigal son of st. Paul in San Francisco,
MS meeting with jovial friends at the hotel there
on his arrival, his perils in being treated by
friends glad to see him, and in taking brandy I'M
Ill he could get acclimated to the water. When
Murphy went to England they told him if he did
not drink teer he would die, and
ne told them ''then he would die,
In this connection he said if Gods
people would only use half the effort to win men
to temperance that were used to get each other
| drunk, there would be no end to temperance re-
| yivals One little fellow could pull three big
men into saloon to drink and nothing was said
about it, but if a Christian pulled off button on
| 4 coat trying 10 get q man into church, big
| howl was sent up over it. Yet il men were GO
ing to hell, Christians should prove they believed
what they declared, by great and earnest work
! to reclaim.
1t was home thrust the speaker thus gave
| fashionable society when he introduced the ST.
| Paul prodigal at San Francisco into a high toned
| party and fair women poured his wine and over
| come all scruples with her beauty and winning
| invitations. Young women had not the self-re-
! spect of young men who went of on a bender,
! made night hideous, and had to have their
friends buy the newspaper not to print their
names and actions though the whole neighborhood
knew of their disgrace. But young ladies would
be seen on the arm of these young men on the
| public streets the night afterwards. Now if a
young lady should get drunk and go bowling
around the streets, not young man would be
seen locked arms with her in public. Therefore
if the ladies respected themselves as much as
gentlemen themselves they wouldn't thus do
The speaker concluded with life picture of
talented young artist who fell by drink to be
calieda ''gutter snipe' in his town, and whom
by Gods help he had the happiness to lead bach
| TO sobriety and into an honored and
| respected position in society. The
good Samaritan and the temperance hypocrite
were thoroughly shown up in this affecting mar
rative, in which it was wildly impressed upoI
the audience that nothing was impossible to the
man resolving to break away from the chains o
intemperanee and to come forth into the perfect
liberty of redemption therefrom.
Another meeting will be held at the sam
place this evening and next week Mr.. Murphy
will be Joined in the work by his son.