The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-07
THE CURSE OF DRINK
Francis Murphy Continues His
Theme at the Armory.
LIST OF SlGNERs is GROWING.
The Sixth Night of the Series-A Chi.
cago Lawyers Story-The Young
Mems Meeting Sunday.

The cheer that went up as Francis Murphy
TOOK the rostrum at the Armory last evening
showed that the people are taking a wonderful
interest in the meetings and in the speaker who
LOT SIX consecutive nights has drawn the largest
audiences ever brought together in the Armory
No one can tell wherein lies the secret OF
Murphy's magnetism. But every night the hall
nus up almost to suffocation aud every night
the people laugh and cry at the will OF the
speaker.
After the usual song service Mr.. Murphy read
from the Scriptures with comments Rev.
Alfred lnwood lead in prayer and was followed
by more enlivening gospel songs
Mr.. Murphy before opening his lecture said
that both the noon meeting and the W. c. T. T.
meeting were great gatherings He introduced
Kew Daniel Bagley, Secretary George Carter
and Rev. Z. W. Brown, who made short ad-
dresses.
Mr.. Murphy was in better condition than on
previous nights and spoke in a clear and more
iorcibie voice During his address he said
hope you will pray for Ine while say some
thlng 10 you about the old subject of temper
ahce. Now don't want you to blame these
men TOO much who sell liquor. If you
dIdnt buy they wouldn't sell You
say that you can leave ii alone if you want to,
put how singular it is you never let it alone
A man will quarrel with his wife Tor a drink of
WHISKY You can start a marble down the hill,
Dut IL won't stop until it gets down. So it is
with the man who drinks. he won't quit till
he IS clear down.
don't say a man is a mean man who drinks,
. nu. 40 say that the only true way TO do is to
totally abstain. There was one man who
SAID he was Il temperance man, but he was not
total abstainer. They got him to preside at
one o. my meetings, but l didn't know
man and he introduced Francis Murphy to a
Dig crowd But not man signed the pledge.
Ihey all went out: 1t was in scotland, and an
ola man came and told me not to say anything
ABOUT the Lord taking away ones appetite. The
next night that same man was there, and he
cried and said he would sign the pledge, and 400
men signed that night. That man started out
with couple OF ministers and did great work
In that bonnie land. OH you moderate
drinkers! why do you stand aside aud think that
this Is only for drunkards?
We had dinner down at the mission today
1 tell you the way to save men is to give them
love and kindness and something to eat But
am alter you moderate drinkers now. Come up
ana help your ministers, and show yourselves
Christians. Come, and make the city proud
this city, the finest in the world.
am an lrishman. But there is use to say
that, for they tell me when open my mouth
ALWAYS give it away. passed through Chicago
In 1874, and there was big lawyer there, and 1
wanted to go and him, but l was
afraid. He was such a big man. came back
In four years and saw a little account of this
great mans desolation and separation from his
family: As was praying a merchant came to
me and wanted me to go and see this man. /
went, and saw him for the first time. He was
sleeping in his office. The clerk came and
sHook uliH anu sdlu, MI. Murphy is nere, ana
he came TO his feet and opened his ewes in a
maudlin way. He said, "It's too late, Mr. MUIR
ply, too late" But said "No. it isn't, if you
will believe and want to be saved" He said he
would sign the pledge. That night l went and
got him in carriage and went to the church.
The organ was pealing forth and he way CRYING.
1t had gotten out that he was to sign, and 1t made
great noise. But he was too weak, and had to
make scratch for his name Then on the way
home he wanted me to send word to his
daughter Mollie, in school, that he had signed
the pledge. did it, and she answered that she
would be home the next day.
was with him when his Mollie came. She
came tripping up and ran into his arms, and
she said she would stay with him always And
we knelt down and prayed for strength,
and that man got well. And she
told her father that mother would
come back. Drink had driven her away too.
Oh! what won't drink do. So let us stamp this
curse from our city. / want every man in the
house to come up here and sign this pledge.
Several hundred persons came forward and
signed the pledge, swelling the already large
list of signers.
The meetings will be continued today in the
mission at noon and in the Armory at night, and
tomorrow afternoon the meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be consoli-
dated with gospel temperance meeting under
Mr.. Murphy's charge.