The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-08
MORE BLUE RIBBONS.
Hundreds of Temperance In
signals Put On Last Night.
STORIES TOLD BY THE siGNERs,
Interest In the Murphy Meetings Hold
Ing Up-A CIergyman's Earnest
Words-Meetinga Today.

Long before Francis Murphy mounted the
platform last night ArInory hall was packed
Win men and women and q large number of
chlIuren 70 listen TO the famous foe of the liquor
uaHlc. Two or three hymns were sung the audi
ence joining In the chorus, and then Mr.. Murphy
put IN an appearance. After the ushers took up
the usual contribution 1t was announced that
TINS evening the collection would be taken up
al the door, each one being required to con-
tribute 10 cents on entering. Rev. d. Bagley
then led in prayer.
Mr.. Murphy said the time was drawing near
Wnen those meetings would come to a close, and
ne ieit sure the people Of Seattle would exper-
fence great revival in religion. "why even
the ministers have had chills," said he. "They
say THIS city is dull, but the hills are shaking up
mere ana you will see great revival. You will
see pooIn In corner lots. Everybody can now
get In on this great revival and secure a corner
lot"
Mr.. Murphy then called upon some of those
VINO had signed the pledge since the meetings
began TO relate their experiences, and one fell
io"' VINO looked as though liquor had had the
pes. OF MIN Tor many summers, got up and said
ne nao los. his home and family through drink,
but now he had signed the pledge and given up
MS ola associates and firmly resolved to be a
man.
Rev. John F. Won Herrlich, q visiting Episco-
pal minister, was next introduced by Mr.. MUIR
phy' and made stirring temperance speech
ne SAID he was heart and hand and soul with
the temperance movement He said:
If we could wipe out the liquor trafhc there
would be but little for the preachers to do
bome people talk about the expense of keeping
up churcnes and supporting ministers, but if
they wiz stop 10 recken up, they will hnd it is
not 1.-THE OF the amount spent for rum. / have
oeen IN nsarly every large prison in America,
anu the stories have heard from men sent to
those prisons to serve sentences for crimes
hA 1t A..
would make this audience weep Fancy two
homes One TO which the father returns in the
evening sober, cheerful and happy. He
makes the whole family happy. Everything
seems to partake Of the cheerfulness. To the
other, the husband comes home drunk and IL
met by pallid wife, perhaps trembling with
rear; or perhaps he comes home late at night,
after she has gone to bed. and she hears him
hunting all over the door for the keyhole, per-
chance trying TO make nail answer the pur-
pose OF Key. What gloom is cast over such
4 household. Contrast those two pictures and
then say IL the temperance movement 10 not
. noble work. In New York city have seen
q woman die OF starvation whose husband
earned sumeient to give ner q splendid living;
put ne spent II in the saloons. When Brother
murphy leaves this city the work will not be
done. We must continue it and keep up the
interest. believe in Brother Murphy's meth
DDS. We should get out among those who need
our help. We like to do the nice work, but hate
to get out and come in contact with vice in the
lower strata of society. But il is q noble work
and must be done.
Willie Kent, little boy about Is years of age,
then gave an excellent defamation, which was
well received.
Professor Lippe. of the Y. N. c. A, was called
upon, and he spoke briefly of his experience in
the temperance movement since he took q
pledge against drinking, using tobacco and
swearing some years ago in st. Paul.
Mr. Murphy then began his speech. He ad-
vised the drinkers in the audience to quit
DIR. HI, f1at H ia
here to be dogmstic or to dictate, but he wanted
10 warn those who sip little and think no one
will find it out He said
Don't squander your money in riotous living,
but buy yourself some good books like Father
Mathews "How to Get on in the World" No
young man can overcome his enemy unless he
Is clean and virtuous. You can't get along
without surrounding yourselves with intelli-
gence and morality. You are too fond OF going
to the theater to see some one make face at
you or show you her stocking. Some of you
gave IS to see Sarah Bernhardtdis There never
was enough of her to die anyhow. The econ
omies of our religion have nearly killed it,
Ireland stands at the head for liberal eontribu-
tons. woman in Dublin once put $3.50 on the
plate-the largest amount ever known to be
given SIS . church contribution l don't know
OF newspaper man in Pittsburg who Is not
a Christian. They are prosperous, and are
liberal with the churches and the poor. You
wear your fine clothes to church and scare
away the poor. There ought to be a law passed
by the next legislature providing that no one
could have Sunday suit of clothes Don't put
or your fine clothes on Sunday to brighten away
Gods poor Unless you treat an American, no
matter how poor, as an equal you need not look
for him in your church. If YOU can't get a man
by loving him. let him 60. give this advice to
the girls especially. The only way TO save
men is TO win them.
Mr.. Murphy then related a touching story re-
gardiug an artist who had been reduced through
drink to the lowest depths of degradation, but
took pledge at one OF his meetings, and be-
came an upright, resolute man again. He then
closed with an eloquent appeal to the drinking
men in the audience to throw off the curse of
intemperance now and forever.
The meeting closed with two or three hymns,