The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-09
WHOLE HOSTS SAVED.
Four Thousand Have Signed
the Temperance Pledge.
FRANCIS MuRPHYs GRAND WORK
The Example OF LincoIn's Life-Love
in the Place OF the Social
Side OF Drink.

Nearly 1000 names have been put upon Fran
els Mdrphy's pledge in the week just passed.
Last night, although an admission of 10 cents
was charged, the crowd was not one whit
smaller than on the previous nights, and, in
deco, was larger than usual II anything.
After the usual song service Mr.. Murphy intro
ouced to the audience Rev. I. NJ. Boyd. Mr.. Boyd
said he would say just little about this great
SUBJECT OF temperance. He described the ia of
the young drinking men. When he took the tirst
drink the young man said he could leave it
alone IT he wanted to, but how singular it was
that he never let it alone. Mr. Boyd said that
seventeen times as much money was spent for
rum as for religion. and he thought it was an
evil that should at all hazards be driven from
the face of the earth.
Kew. Thomas Baldwin, called upon by Mr..
Murphy to say something, declared that he
hadn't anything to say when Mr.. Murphy was
around. He would just like to see Mr.. Murphy
get up and make regular rousing temperance
speech. This little speech made the big crowd
applaud, and Mr.. Murphy got up amid big
uproar. Mr. Murphy said that he thought his
son would be here the next night, and his son
was a great temperance orator-much greater
than he was himself. His family were all tenn
perance boys und girls, and he might add that
his children were most all boys and girls. Con-
tinuing, he said:
l want to tell you about this man Christ
In our text John said: 'lt's not me; ont one
who is coming after" There was the soul of
great man in John, and then he saw Christ in
the crowd. He had never seen the Lamb of
God before, but he knew him at once. Remem-
Der the speech, it was the Lamb OF God.
sometimes think that Abraham Lincoln was a
full brother OF Christ. 1t was such beautiful
thing that his name was Abraham. He was
selected long while ago to do his work.
went down into the South and saw a banner
saying, "With Malice Toward None and Charity
for ALL And they told me that they loved
Lincoln What lesson in Lowell
hrxyo bad l. Ax,Rrx - csa tv
but, thank God, they are both better. Jesus
Christ stretches his arms out over us all and
loves US all.
There was an editorial in the PosT- INTELLr-
GENCER this morning, and l wish the people
would read it. You remember the story about
the first to throw the stone. And the woman
said that none had condemned her, and Christ
said He would not condemn her.
You must replace the social features OF drink
before you can stop drinking. That is the
greatest attraction OF all. The men who sell
liquor don't quarrel with you. They under
stand how to reach you.
Go into the saloons
Go to shake hands with men and greet them.
How can you catch fish unless you go where
they are? Jesus Christ went among sinners,
and it was right. So it is right for US To go
among the saloons and the sinners and do what
When my wife and were coming ont West
on the train there was big rain and thought
there would be trouble. But the train men said
they would not go on. They did 60 on though
and in the middle Of the night we went down
into the Yellowstone river. We got out badly
hurt and the bottles came out They came 70
mo and offered me drink and said / would die If
I didn't take 1t. / had been talking temperance
for twenty-five years and / thought that would
die rather than take drink and / didn't take
any. Thank God
1t Is great comfort to me that have had
something to do for temperance. You can't save
men except by love. l knew a man who had
girl ana the girl said she would never marry him
unless he reformed. They locked him up, but
he got out and on the way to q saloon he met his
Il ,toA = T., h~Atx and -ad
for him and he was saved and never drank
again. twas love that saved him.
knew a Pittsburg lawyer who married Bal
timore girl. He went abroad aud learned to
drink wine, and he came back ana spent
whole fortune In drink. He 1eeamo so bad
that the family had TO leave him-all except
boy, who followed him about wherever he went.
When the father would start home drunk MS
boy would hold him. Oh, the blessed love or
the boy!
/ wonder if there is a father In the house that
Is doing this-bringing the blush of shame to
the cheek OF the mother and children? | went
to the lawyers house and found him coming out
OF q terrible spree.
He said "ohi you have come to sing your
song and present your bill?'
Then he told me he had been drunkard for
twenty years, and he had never been able 10
find God. The father sent for the boy, aud the
boy came and cried. The father saw the boy
crying, and he told me that the young man had
never left him. When | was going away that
man asked me to pray for him. week later he
came into the church and signed the pledge.
His wife came back AMI he had home again.
Before he had been sober for ten weeks he had
retaining fee of $1,000. was there at dinner
afterward, and the family was all there. That
man lived q CONSTANT Christian life for six
years before he died.
1t was the mustard seed that saved this nation
the one steadfast purpose in the heart OF Abra-
ham Lincoln. SO let the single purpose in each
of your hearts move you, the children OF this
blessed nation, to rise one man and storm
this cursed traffic Of drink.
Regular MISS on services will DO held today
at noon, at 80 south Third street, and another
meeting will be held tonight Tomorrow night
will complete Francis Murphys work in Seattle.