Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-17
THE TEMPER ENCE WORK
The seventh Meeting, and What vas Ac-
cODplished Thereat.

The seventh Meeting, and What was Ac-
cODPlished Thereat.
An old time audience, in numbers, and
one which had evidently determined before.
hand to make up for the lack Of enthusi
asm remarked By some at last weeks TEN
pereHce meetin, IS, greeted the return Of
Mr.. Francis Murphy, at the First Blptis'
church, last evening. Every available sea
in the large church was occupied, aud stand
ing room IA at q premium on the plat
form, all along the a%isles, and away back
under the gallery. A careful estimate
placed the total number present al thirteen
hundred.
When Mr.. Murphy came I'D the aisle h.
was greeted with q hearty round of ap
plause, for which, on reaching the platform
no returned thanks. He said it was the
first dem onstatiou of the kind he had met
with during the entire progress Of the meet,
ings, and warned the audieuce 10 be care
full, or they might not get rid Of him. The
choir and audience united in singing
the hymn "A!l hail the power Of Jesus
name" after which Mr.. Murphy read a Sc
lection from the Scriptures, commenting
upon il as he went along. Prayer was OF
fered by Rev. Mr.. Shot, and then Mr.. Muir.
ply led forth, one at q time, Rev Mr.. Hite.
Rev. DR.. Smith, Rev. Mr.. Shot, Rev. Mr..
NcCollum, Of Fsirmont, Rev. Mr.. barley,
of Besilsyille, o., and Mr. John Wood, each
Of whom made brief remarks, and all Of
whom were greeted with round after round
Of applause.
Mr.. Murphy then began his address, BY
ikeDiDg the revival of the temperance work
in Wheeling to the spring time which was
now breaking its way with difficulty through
the long, cold and dark winter. There had
been a lorg and dark winter of intemper-
snce, and it was time we should be catch
NC q breath Of the coming temperance
breeze, and be seeing here and there q
glimpse Of the budding flowers aud sprout,
ing grasses Of happiness aud prosperity
which always accompanied the reformation
he was preaching here and elsewhere
II was q common remark with men who
had formed the habit of drinking, that they
were able to take care of themselves and did
not wan any n to interfere with them;
they were freemen and believed in personal
liberty. And vet, if you should get up early
in the morning, along about i've o'clock,
you would, perchance, see some of those
men lettering along the sidewalks, and
could you read their thoughts you would
hear, over and over again, Il wish they'd
open; l wish they'd open'-snd when
they did open, what a rush they would
make tor the bar, and how quick they would
get outside of a glass or two of whisky.
Freemen, indeed! They were slaves the
most pitiful in all this world. They could
not stay in bed, they could not stay in the
house, until they had their regular morning
drink Of liquid FIRE, which would, sooner or
later, drag them down to eternal death
Eloquently he pictured the obscure rise,
early struggles, brilliant public career, and
immortal work OF Abraham Lincoln, and
yet men would say they could accomplish
nothing; they we're not equal to certain
tasks coming before them In the battle of
life. No man knew what could be done
until he threw his manhood aud enthusiasm
into the work. he alluded to the frequent
strikes Of workmen sginst capital, aud
thought the better plan would be to let
capital alone and strike against whisky, for
a chsnge-strike against whisky, and ar6i.
trste with cspitAl-and the workman and
the workmsn's family would be far better
of. He knew q man, not very far from
Wheehng-an iron worker-who made $50
. week; be was a man with q genius for in
vention which should and would have placed
him and his family in sfuence, but for the
insppesssble passion for rum. With $50
. week, that mans wife and children were
in absolute restitution, aud neighbors, with
an income Of but one-third that sum, were
obliged to carry food aud medicine to his
wife in order that she might not suffer.
His children were in rags, the laughing
stock of their plsymstes, aud all this be-
cause of whisky. The man who would con-
tinue on in that way, With his wife q sufferer,
and his children exposed TO the giSes aud
leers Of companions, was unworthy ofthe
name.
BE sppealed to his hearers in a brilliant
perorsiion, to have faith in God and to do
the right. Over this city. he said. hung
the eternal ~ensignia. the pillar Of cloud by
day and the pillsr of FIRE by night and out
Of them came the inspired words: Go for
ward, and the sea shall divide before thee"
Come from beneath the shadow OF intemper.
arce and all the manifold evils which went
hand in hand with Il. and stand forth in