The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-21
BLUE RIBBON BAND.
Francis Murphy Addresses An
other Great Meeting.
PLEDGE SiGNEF
TESTIFY.
The Good Work Begun by Gospel Tenn
perance-A Lawyer Tells the
Good Effects of Sobriety.

Inc twentieth successive evening gospel tenn
peranee meeting, under the leadership OF Fran
els Murphy, was held at the Plymouth Congre-
gatonal church last night, and the interest the
enthusiasm and the number of pledge signers
showed no decrease from the first night. two
weeks ago last sunday.
Alter the usual song service and prayer by
heF. Daniel Bagley, George W. Foote called for
collection. He explained that the money was
ior Ar. Murphy, As the evangelist had come
mere under no contract and received only such
amounts as were given in free-will offerings.
Judge Bugbee announced the meeting sunday
night, which is 20 be Mr. Murphys benefit
night and upon which his gifted son, T. Ed
ward Murphy, would speak
}. 3 Stewart told of lawyer who had signed
the pledge and who several times had been
hneo Tor drunkenness, but in Illinois he had
been brilliant leader of politics. Continuing
he said:
1t was only about eight days ago that I took
the piease, put am not ashamed of il. ! have
IFeu mere Tor over two years, but during that
Ilne did not spend eighteen hours in church
but since signed have been here every night
put one l attribute all of my reclamation to
Mr.. Murphy, so | want you ell to sign this
pledge. A man told NE yesterday that he was
once on a jury in q case where was an attor-
neg, and that my words had no effect because L
looked as II had been drunk for year / want
you all to love Mr.. Murphy and help him in this
great work.
Mr.. Murphy remarks wer shorter than usual
He said:
How the Lord comes into all our hearts We
don need TO do any more than our mart You
must have an atmosphere to raise flowers; SO
we must have Christian atmosphere to make
Christians Ii Is not often that we find lawyers
IN the church, but in this movement we have
several lawyers. These men will keep this
pledge forever and will work out their own sal
vation. But, bless the Lordl the lawyers will
have 70 go out OF business when we get all this
drink business driven out OF the city! Ii takes
love and patience to draw people. You can't
drive them, and seolding makes them worse.
For myself, don't know how to talk temper
ance. ! never read any temperance literature
at all, except the Bible. What we want is
brotherhood. You must be kind and true. You
must not condemn people because they do not
think just as you do. You must remember that
you are workers with Christ and have COM
passion and forgiveness for all.
went to dying mans bedside once. He
was saint. He was weak, but he spoke to me
about the power OF Jesus Christ | asked him
II he was afraid 10 die, and he said, "Oh, no!
Jesus is with me, and am not at all raid to
die" And | asked another dear one if she was
afraid, and she said "0h no!''
1t would break my heart ii any of you would
break your pledge. Thank God that Christ is in
our work,
Rev. o. V. w. Chandler, called out by Mr.
Murphy, said he had met young man on the
street who wore the blue ribbon, and told him
that he had always believed, but had never be-
speaker also told of woman in dirty city who
washed her face for change. The children
noticed the change and they, too, washed their
faces, and then the husband came home and
went and washed his face. The neighbors no
ticed something different and they, too, washed
their faces, and then the practice spread and
spread and the whole city was cleansed. And
Seattle now was being washed and would be
ceansed by this wave of temperance.
Frank Knowles told of playmate who had
gotten to drinking and had shot an officer in
drunken spree. and had been executed. He
considered total abstinence the only safeguard
Rev. Levi Gilbert said he thought good mot
to for the converts would be, "Kept for the
Masters use" He also thought that each man
should forget the past and fill his mind with
nobler and holier things and crowd out the old
and bad life. He was glad all the churches were
uniting In this temperance work and he looked
forward to the time when all the churches
would be united in one grand body He thought
that Mr.. Murphy's work was legi.imately the
forerunner OF prohibition, but was in favor of
both wings of the temperance kite What Seat
tie wanted was to have more sswmills and less
ginmills.
Rev. Mr. Bagley said he thought Mr.. Gilbert
was right about the consolidation of all creeds
into one grand church.
w. II. Seymour, the actor, made a neat little
speech abouuding in wit and humor.
Mr. Murphy said he wanted to introduce John
Mcneil, who had signed the pledge, but Mr. Nc
Neil declined to come forward and give his ex-
periences. Mcneil signed the pledge a week
ago and has kept it faithfully since.
Another meeting will be held this evening in
the Congregational church. Tomorrow after
noon mems meeting will be held in the
Armory at o'clock and the final meeting will
be held in the evening, also in the Armory