The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-10
FIGHT AGAINST RUM.
The Armory Crowded to Hear
Francis Murphy.
ORATORS LOVE FOR MANKIND.
Tomorrow Nights Meeting at the First
Presbyterian Church-A Benefit DC,
casion for the Evangelist.

Tonight win be the last of the series of ten
gospel temperance meetings by Francis MUIR
phy As the Armory could not be secured for
another meeting the farewell will be held in the
First Presby erian church, corner Madison and
Third streets AZ an appreciation of the good
work 1t 10 prop sed to MAKE this benefit night
for W. Murphy, aud an adni sion fee of .
cents will be charged. Mr.. Murphy will speak
upon the theme, "1he Victories OF Peace
Rev. Alfred Inwood. PASTOR of the Battery
street Methodist Episcopal church, offered
prayer, aud the usual song service was held
Mr. Murphy said that this was TO be the last
meeting in the Armory, and the next would be
: the last one OF all He was sorry to CO. but he
thought the people would be glad to get rid of
him. He was about TO have collection taken
the meeting would be a failure, he said, without
collection. The financial committee was $50
short and the amount should be raised at once.
DR.. Mcclure, one of Mr.. Murphy's converts,
was called on to say something. Mr.. Mcguire
said he had no more appetite now than IL he
had never tasted liquor. There was peace for
him now that there wasn't before. He wanted
10 advise everybody 10 sign the pledge and to
wear the blue ribbon. He wasn't ashamed to
wear his ribbon on the outside OF his coat. and
he wanted everybody else TO do the same.
At this point the announcement was made by
Mr.. Murphy that the collection amounted 70 $27.
"You did fiobly," he said, "nobly-now, let's
lake up another collection" The second collec-
ton resulted in getting the required amount.
"Coms up here, young man." said Mr.. Muir
ply, addressing whitehaired Henry Van ASSET,
sitting In the front row. 81 want you to come
up and say something" Mr.. Van Asseltis white
haired and looks every year of his rs or more.
For the remainder of the meeting be occupied
seat 1t the speakers right.
sHere il one OF our first settlers" said Mr..
Murphy; zone who crossed the plains and the
mountains many years ago, and who said he
would stop here on this beautiful shore and
live
Mr. Van ASSET, taking the stand, said that he
located On the Duwamish river September Is,
1851. There were three other men who came
with him and he was the only survivor. He had
heard great many lecturers and he heartily con-
currsd in Mr.. Murphy's work. He had stood up
Tor Jesus for ifty-fve years, and If he lived he
would stand up that long for Him again. He
believed in being temperate in all things-drink-
ing, eating and sleeping and everything else.
II everybody weuld be temperate there would
b no puny people. He continued:
did not see puny people in the old country
-ons reason was that they did not lace up there
% they do here. To be healthy we must BE-
temperate in everything. l believe coffee is .
cuns to the human race. Coffee 10 q stimulant
don't make US drunk. but II is a stimuant. II
only lasts about two and one-half hours bus
when the effect Is gone the system goes down
far below the normal state. heard OF . man
who ate enough for three days and he got the
dysDepsia That wasn't temperance. / guess
there are hundred and one org CARNATIONS but
mere ought to % one more, composed OF al tho
should be . secret detective.
''God save u.s." intsrposed Mr.. Murphy. A
great laugh Created this sally, but Mr.. Van
Asset ontinued:
Now then, these ladies should hunt out the
other women about it Then If the young man
comes to young ladF and wants her company,
abe can say, mo, sho won't 60 with him until
ne stops drinking" ! tlhnk this organisation
would be great thing.
Nj. Van Asselt's speech greatly pleased the
audience, and he Was frequently obliged to
stop for minute on account of the applause.
Rev Levi Gilbert being called to the stand,
said that he had been asked what was Mr..
Murphy's secret in getting such large audiences
ana In being 20 popular In answer, he could
say that it was Mr. Murphy's love and sym
pa'hy that was SO attractive. Itdidn't make
much difference what Murphy said; it was his
love and sympathy and tenderness that brought
the people to him.
Rev. 9. Alonzo Bright said Mr. Murphy was q
dandy-he made everybody else work. His
work was telling for he had heard that the sa-
looms were getting anxious about how long Mr..
Murphy was going to stay. He thought that
anxious TO hear Mr.. Murphy and he would
withdraw in his favor.
Mr. Murphy introduced Rev. o. v. W. Chand-
Ter, whom he said he had met in THIN, o.,
where no had gone through . series Of meetings
With him.
"These meetings," said Mr.. Chandler, ".rs
nearly done. We feel that wo ought to give Mr.
Murphy a complimentary farewell meeting to-
morrow evening We must all go and must
bring others who need the talk and who have no
money"
Mr.. Murphy then came forward and COM
menced talking. He said:
am nearly 'kilt" myself tonight, but I will
say something. The blue ribbon-God bless it.
These little children who wear IL Will keep the
pledge How important ii is that us grown
folks set good examples Tor our children! How
many there are who neglect their children and
go TO thenters! II we would act right our child
rem would. There would not be any trouble
about bad children if We behaved ourselves.
We had meeting in our family once, and Bob
-diEnitisd and studious-cams and when /
cried over the past he was the one tho COM
loried me and told me not to cry. We must
handle our children tendsriy. tits so easy TO
hu,t them. read story OF man who drank
and who was cruel to his little boy and beat
him. See the little fellow clinging TO his brutal
iatherl He whipped him one night with q strap
and the little fellow cried out, and then he lay
DOWN and went TO sleep ana never walked. SO
let us cultivate mercy
A great change comes to men when they stop
orinking i knew big man who drank and
abused his wife. And the wife lay down TO
die Then he swore at her. / thank God I
never swore at my wife, but many men better
Than have. That man came to a meeting and
signed the pledge and went home. The chill
dren saw the blue ribbon and told the dying
mother. The mother called the husband in and
ne dropped on his knees and asked for forgive
ness. Do you know. brethren, that Christ came
into that house and the poor woman got up and
got well. That man becamei a member of the
church aud bought house and now his wife
wears sealsGin cl0sk and he owns six houses.
Don talk about labor so much, but stop drink
Ing ana get home .or yourself
man in Pittsburg had quarrel with an
empoye and the man told him be would have
70 work for him. But the laborer said he
Wouldn't, for he had saved s, 600 and he didn't
nave Ia work for anybody for a while. II he
nae been drinking man no would not have
had anything saved.
Mr.. Murphy closed by complmenting the
business men of the city, who had stood by him
% we'll
The number OF pledge signers now amounts
70 about 4. 90.
An admission fee of IS cents will be charged
.onlght 81 the grand farewell rally at the First
Presbyterian church.
A REVIVAL AT HAND.