Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-28

S'OS ouO CduSt, anu ne was Slau q SClon-
tlf1c remedy had been discoyered to help
men IN keeping the pledge. Then Mr.. Muir
pny came forward and made the speech Of
the evening. The temperance orator said:
He Was Home Again.
Home again. Home again in this great
city, to be greeted by you and the men who
nave been saved. am proud to be here. 1
thank God for the newspaper men. They
are the Christian gentlemen of Pittsburg.
They never betrayed me, and there is no
reason why anybody should be afraid of
them. Men like Joseph R. Hunter, Captain
Barbour and others have upheld my hands
and to them am profoundly grateful. will
never forget when first came to Pittsburg.
l was introduced by that silver-tongued
orator, w. c. Moreland. He is the most
eloquent man ever heard. He has great
heart like garden. remember trembled
like an aspen leaf. On my way to the city 1
read little Bible all the time Then Mrs.
Heron and other ladies called on me at the
Mrs. HERON. She was tall woman. 1 said
to her want you to pray for ME. She
replied with tears in her eyes: Francis
Murphy, have been praying for YOU l
hadn't any doubt OF my success after that
II never will forget the meetings we held
when we used to tie piece of paper to the
gate to show that we were there. 1 can't
forget how the old boys full of whisky up to
their necktes staggered up to the door, and
how we invited them in. God help the sup
posed good people who never had tempta-
up to the sunlight they would not smell as
sweet as whisky. Many of the old boys
have died by the wayside. Some Of them
were murdered before DR.. Kelley was sent
with his Medicine to heal them. 1 love the
drunkards. 1 never turned my back on
them. Many Of the best men in this city
have been murdered because we hadn't this
medicine to save them. They went to un-
timely graves without kind worG said for
them.
Murphy Is Proud of Pittsburg.
"I am proud of Pittsburg. would be un-
CRATE full were not. know have said lots
of things on this platform that are not pop
ular, but am not seeking popularity. Now
men, be true to yourselves. 1t depends on
you whether you are saved or not.
wouldn't have you sign the pledge against
your will. The religion of Jesus persuades
men to be good. 1t does not coerce them.
Christ doesn't come with the patrol wagon
and $40 and costs. We don't have to give up
isn't necessary now to kill cattle and place
them up in the sunlight for the remission of
sins. We say to-day: BE decent and quit
your cussedness. Remember that we placed
Lincoln's great motto at the head of this
work. They had to transplant old Abe to
Illinois: They couldn't get enough soil in
Kentucky and Indiana to raise him.
'1t is wonderful what a city we have. l
speak of it all over the country. You come
from the Smoky City?' people say to me.
Yes, l answer Wouldn't you like to have q
q
workshop, full of the hum of industry and
magnificent heroism. 1 that Senators
Galinger and Petfer were here looking
around. Well, it scared me when 1 first went
into some OF the mills l have seen men
blow bottles, and l thought their cheeks
were puffed out that the bottle, was coming
out of their ears. Go on PittsDurg, my heart
is with you.
The Effects of Sorrow.
"There is nothing like sorrow to make a
G,~I Ii, t. Al,-
out of him. had queen of a mother The
sweet and holy Lille she led was blessing to
her prodigal son. 1 came to America when |
1 was 16 years old. What fortune my |
mother was to me! In my drinking days |
was not mean. Drink king men, as rule, are |
not mean All the Institutions made for |
people who have good homes. The same is |
true OF the girls. Many people like to fish |
for sealskin sinners. Say, folks, we must |
believe in hanging the loaf of bread so high |
up i'll the steeple that the congregation can't |
get piece of it. The religion we want is |
what some other fellow has tried himself. !,
Beware of the Intoxicating cup, you who are |
flirting with whisky. It is an incorrigible |
fiend. When 1 was lncarcerated nobody |
came to see me. was alone. Two little boys |
came into a room with basket of cakes and |
pies. l told them to take it home. They |
said: We don't need it as much as you do, |
father And they wouldn't take 1t pack |
with them. The nope of my heart is that
will bury me without stain on
my life or my pledge l signed the pledge %
years ago and have kept it. Thank God,
there will be club room and a homo in
for the Murphyites."
The temperance meetings will be con-
tinued for the next two weeks IN Lafayette
Hall beginning tonight MIR. Murphy is
arranging to secure the Birthstone Metho-
He hopes he will be granted the use or the
lecture room.