St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-29
MURPHY In ST. PAUL.
The Distinguished Temperance Work
er Confines His Labors Here.


comfortably filed, and the attendance would
have been much larger had 1t not been for \
drizzling rain. The exercises were opensd
by singing, gospel reading by Dr. Griswold
and prayer By Rev. Mr.. Forbes, the new
pastor of the church.
Mr.. Murphy said the political pot was boil
ing. else the attendance would have been
larger. The politicians, the would-be states
men, were having great hurrah. He hoped
they would get through soon and let this
great big country settle down to a normal
condition again. He trusted, whatever the
result, thatit would be all right. The poll
ticians tried to teach church people their
duty sometimes. God bless them and speed
them to the end of this excitement and gen
eral turmoil. He introduced DR.. Griswold,
saying he had prescription he wished to
call to the attention of the audience.
DR.. Griswold said his prescription was not
a whisky prescription. Doctors were too apt
to prescribe bourbon for the back-ache and
other trifing ailments, and when a man
took stimulants be repeated the doses with
out prescription, taking them oftener and
oftener until they became a menace to the
nervous system and ended, sometimes, in
drunkenness. He didn't believe in the pre-
scription of intoxicants except in rare cases.
He knew the effects of liquor too well. He
went on fast road with fast crowd when
young man. Once in great political ex-
element he was out with the boys ''whoop-
ing Ter up" when kind friend called him
one side, and turned him on the road to
salvation. So all the young men can be
saved, and be called down Gods blessing on
all who had the courage to declare for total
abstinence.
Rev. Mr.. Forbes said total abstinence was
one of the fundamental, constitutional laws
of the Methodist church. Its 13, 900 minis
tiers were almost to a man absta;ners from
drink. Its 1000, 900 members were, except
in cases exceedingly rare, temperate in pro-
fession and action. Its publishing houses,
in which more sectarian printing
was done than in any other in
the country, put into the hands
of the public nothing which did not speak for
the noble work of temperance. He would
appeal to Mr.. Murphy to sustain him in the
statement that the Methodist church gave the
most cordial greetings TO temperance workers
of any denomination. Mr.. Murphy-Yes.
yes. If he knew the language of pande-
monium, the language of the demons of de-
spair, he couldn't tell his hearers the story of
express the horrors of this endless and
doubly revolving tale. No painter could place
it on canvas. The seller and the buyer of
liquor were the meanest people on the foot
stool of God. We have manufacturer over
there and buyer over here. If the manu-
facturer couldn't sell his stuff he wouldn't
make it. The maker, the seller and the
buyer were on par and equally responsible
for the traffic. Perhaps we might not have
legal prohibition just yet, but we could con-
tinue the work and hope and pray. Nations
were sometimes born in day. The traffic
might some day go the way of other accursed
evils by mighty uprising of the people.
There was remedy for the present in the
hands of every man. The saloon keepers
sign, his music, his sparkling Ii
Quor on the counter need not be
needed. No man was obliged to accept an
invitation to drink. When dram seller no
longer hal custom he usually moved on.
The consumer was to blame for his existence
as dram seller. The buyer should be made
to pay for his foolishness. He should be
made to pay for his foolishness. He should
be shut up, if need be, when drinking, and
his wages sent home to his wife and starving
babes. A soldier coming on the field of bat
tie, once, asked where to begin, and was an
the line; just pitch in anywhere" That was
good motto, a good sentiment, for temper
ance work. His hearers might vote for
St. John, for Jim Blaine or any other man
they liked, but they should all become tenn
perance men. He prayed God to hasten the
day.
While collection was being taken up,
Mr.. Ladd said the meetings would continue
through the week, and he urged that all pres
eut would come again and bring their friends
with them. He said all members would be
requested to sign their names TO the consti-
tuition and bylaws, their residence and the
amount, if anything, they were willing TO
contribute monthly to make the organ
izaton permanent. This was done to find
out what the working mem bership was The
intention was to keep the organization alive
and make it a power for good in the COM
munity.
When Mr.. Murphy arose he was inter
tupted by the laughing of a couple Of
children directly in front of him,
and took occasion to deliver a short lecture
on the rearing of youth. He urged that the
mill stones should be taken from the little
ones necks. They were sometimes nearly
killed by having good manners constantly
| taught them. They should be noticed more
! and served FIRST at the table. He then con-
tinued 10y saying that drink was the main
/ burden of his song. He wanted all the good
/ people in this country to become total absti-
hence people Ever since Noah had had
! that big spree after having had too much
/ water so long, people had been imbibing too
! freely of intoxcants. The saloons caused
/ a great deal of misery and did much to send
men to the depths of despair, but the moder-
! ate drinkers those who drank and invited
! their friends to drink in their palatial resi-
! dences, having their wives. sisters and
| neighbors present, did more harm in educat-
! ing an incorrect sentiment on the subject
! than anything else. What could be done to
! reach this class, We wanted people VITA
/ more backbone, housewives who would not
/ have wine at their homes and young men
who would not take it when offered them. It
! shall be made respectable for young man
/ to say no to those who hold out the cup to
/ him. Courage was needed in the cause of
! temperance. Men should take the pledge
and put on the badge, the blue ribbon It
was no disgrace to be a total abstinence
/ man, bat we were sfraid to do cur duty
Gods help was needed, and no man should
! be ashamed TO ask God to help him keep his
| pledge.
Mr.. Murphy announced that the subject of
! his meeting shis evening would be who's
Boss \ number then signed the pledge
and the meeting adjourned.
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