Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-12
AN ELOQUENT YOUNG MAN.
Edward Murphy's Temperance Leo
turs, Last Evening.
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World Chah.

The third in the series Of Murphy tenn
.peranee meetings drew q tremendous su-
dieuce TO the First Baptist Church, last
night. Every available foot Of space in the
edl6ce was crowded and TANNED with peo-
pie, the aisles even being so filed that
progress along them was either ar extreme
" slow and difficult process, or altogether
impossible. Not less than one thousand,
and possibly twelve or thirteen hundred,
were present when the opening hymn
Grown Him Lord Of All" was given out.
The singing Of various hymns wss continued
until nearly eight o'clock, at which time
Rev. Shot, pastor Of the church, appeared
on the platform and announced the taking
up of the collection.
This important event performed, pending
which Mis- Kate Land sang The Ninety and
Nine" Rev. Shot announced that, in re-
Spouse to many inquiries, the audience this
evening would be counted, and the result
announced. He further stated Mr.. Francis
Murphy had yesterday evening left the city
for Welisburg where he held q large meet
ing last night, and that 10 his stead the
meeting would be addressed by Mr.. Edward
Murphy, a son Of the great and eloquent
laborer IN the cause. Rev. Shott then read,
by request of Mr.. Murphy, the first Psalm,
after which prayer was offered by Rev.
Hess, of the Zane street NJ. K. church.
Rev. Shott then introduced the speaker Of
the evening-Mr. Edward Murphy. That
gentleman came forward and commenced
his remarks by saying he was glad the
reyerned gentleman who had preceded him
had announced him as the son OF his
father" he was proud Of the fact that he
was the son of such a mana man whom
be considered Just a little better than any
other man in the world. This statement
might be characterized as egotlstical; but 1t
it was, he was willing to bear whatever
odium attached to the statement. lie did
not think much OF a young man or a young
woman who did not think their father or
mother Just q little better than anybody
else's parents. In other words, he believed
in the divine injunction. Honor thy father
and thy mother
The speaker proposed, he said, not t"
deliver q lecture upon his father, but upon
temperance, and he intended to preface hts
remarks by sketching the analogy between
great, progressive movements and retorms
tions in the past history of the world auo
the temperance movement which WAS nov
sweeping over the land He reyie we'd
the advancement OF the great element
UNDERLYING the present civilization Of tn
Alto of the earth, and asserted that each
and every one OF these reforms-whether in
civil liberty or religious hberty-was at first
maintained and advocated BY . very smali
minority of the people. The idea had hrst
TO originate with some one man, who was
immediately laughed at and held up to
view as a fanatic" By and by this one
man induced others to believe with him
then the minority thus formed Became
majority, the reform was adopted, and in
c~orporated in the civilization of the world.
II was thus with the religious of Jesus
Christ, it was thus with education, it was
thus with the opposition TO slavery, and 1t
would be thus with temperance.
Discussing the undoubted evils arising
from the sale Of liquor, he passed to a con
siderstion of the best method to prevent the
evil. Some people in this city and State ad-
vocated the enactment Of prohibitory laws
as the best way to accomplishing great end
He would be glad if prohibitory laws could
be passed and enforced, but all law must
be based on public opinion, and there was
no doubt but that public opinion was ad-
verse to such measures. The better plan,
he thought, was to defer the enactment OF
such laws, and to endeayor to educate
popular sentiment up to look with disgust
and abhorance upon the idea OF openly
licensing or tolersting IN any sense or way
the sale Of i~ntoXicants. That was, IN his
opinion, the true way to bring about reform.
The speaker went on to picture the evils
of the liquor traffic, illustrating his points
by many incidents lsughsble or the reverse,
holding all through the intense interest OF
his listeners, and being frequently interrupt
ed with hearty applause. He went into
statistics and asked his hearers what they
thought of a country and of a public opin'
! ion which iostersd the payment of $780,
| 100000 annually for drink, only $500, 600,
| GOO for food, and the miserable pittsnce OF
! $4,000, 900 for religion. Was that what
| should be expected from q country which
claimed 10 be free, and the proud boast Of
whose citizens it was that it held aloft the
banner Of enlightenment and culture and
right 10 the face Of all the world? He
thought moi.
Mr.. Murphy proved himself an orator
hardly less entertaining than his gifted
father. He possesses, like him, a full,
strong, sympathetic voice. which betrsys his
Irish origin and adds additional charm to
bis otherwise interesting manner.
At the close OF his address, and while 8
hymn was being sung preparatory to invit
,ng signers of the pledge to the platform
the discovery was made that through ar
oversight no pledges had been brought to
the church. Mr.. Murphy ran down to hi'
hotel to procure q supply, and to fill the in
teryal Mr.. G. W. Baggs was called for and
responded ins ten minute address, delivered
in his characteristic hearty manner
By this time Mr.. Murphy returned witt
the information that his father had carried
of most the pledges to W~ellsburg. A linn
tied number had been obtained, however
and these we're attached to sheets Of legs
cap and rapidly filed with names.
The meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock
This morning Mr.. Francis Murphy will re
turn and 60 down to Moundsville this after
neon, when the convicts in the ~penitentisr,
will be addressed. He will return at 6 p
m, in time to conduct this evenings meet