The San Francisco call., 1896-04-08
.cHEERED BY THOUSANDS,
Monsignor Nugent Given a Pub
lie Reception at Metro
politan Hall.
He Tells of His LaborS Among the
Poor and Destitute Of Liver.
pool.

pool.
A large audience gave Monsignor NJ.
gent, the noted apostle OF the poor of Liver
pool, q royal California welcome at Metro
politan Hall last night. The reception to
the distinguished visitor was under the
auspices of the Legion of the Gross, the
st. Vincent de Paul Society ana ST.
Joseph's Union.
The preliminaries included addresses of
welcome by ]. M. Burnett and Frank J.
Sullivan, selections by Blanchard orches-
ira, and the Press Clubs quartet (Messrs.
Coffin. Parent, Tilton and Warde) was so
we'll received that repeated encores were
demanded and given.
In the couyse of his address, reviewing
the work of Monsignor Nugent among the
waits and strays of Liverpool. Mr.. Sulli-
van took occasion to praise Father Crow
ley and the Youths Directory in this City
and said it should appeal to the charity of
the people.
why can't we do in San Francisco" he
said, what Monsignor Nugent has done in
Liverpool? The boy of to-day is the man
of tomorrow, and the brains of the home
mans son and his soul is iust as pure"
Archbishop Riordan delivered brief
and eloquent address in welcoming Mon
signor Nugent to San Francisco.
Il am delighted beyond measure said
the Archb bishop, that my friend of thirty
years has met with such warm welcome
in our City. 1t was in Chicago, just after
the great fire, when l first met Mgr.
Nugent, and l can never forget his SYM
pathy in the hour of our aff1iction. We,
who love the cause of humanity. and the
cause OF temperance, tonight tender him
our warmest affection. When l was in
Liverpool last year 1 went out with Mgr.
Nugent, and everybody wanted to shake
him by the hand.
Therefore am glad to say to him pub
licly what | feel in my heart, that we
gladly welcome him to this City.
"Mgr. Nugent knows me too we'll to be-
lieve 1t necessary for me to make public
profession of my friendship. For thirty
years we have known each other. For
loved each other"
This demonstration overwhelms me-"
said Monsignor Nugent, "for never in my
life have l had such a witness of any ser
vice / have done for the people. l appre-
ciate to the full the deep affection of your
glorious archbishop, and it is to me the
greatest honor that he should, in the
presence of this vast multitude, take me
to his arms, as it were, in deep affection.
"God in his providence cast my field of
duty among the people, and l know
the people because | sprung from them.
Having been born in the great city of
Liverpool 1 knew something of the wants
of our people, and as mere youth made
resolutions that my first efforts would be
to do something in q humble way for
orphans and destitute boys on lines
similar to those l had witnessed in an i'll
stitution in Rome.
'.In 1868 a law was passed in England
called the Prison Minister'S Act, giving
power to the magistrates to appoint
Catholic priest as prison chaplain. So
was selected for place, and when l en-
tered the prison walls was appalled, at
the condition of the prisoners, and then 1
began to inquire why it was that so many
of our people, so bright. active, so gifted
were there. and / found that it was from
drink.
James Greenwood, author of the
Seven Curses OF London tells us that IN
1868 there were 10000 children knocking
about the city of London, and in Liver
pool 40, 1000 between the ages of and IA
were without education, and 10000 of
these were at large upon the street. Drink
was the cause of the neglect. At that
time had not the courage to lift up the
standard of Father Mathew. So gathered
few workmen about me and l made
them promise not to go into public house
on Saturday night to spend their money,
as it belonged to their family, and to keep
away from 1t on Sunday, as it was the
Lord day, and on Monday, because they
should begin their work well. I hired an
old theater and gathered the boys of the
street, and thus began the work which 1
have succeeded in carrying on"
Monsignor Nugent reviewed the rise of
che League of the Cross which he estab-
lished in England, and gave graphic re-
citals of the ruin and destitution that in
temperance had caused among the work
ing classes of Liverpool. He closed with
an eloquent and touching plea to his
hearers to do what they could to aid the
temperance movement.
Among the clergy and vice-presidents
were the following prominent citizens:
His Grace the Archbishop, Very Rev. E. AL
len, s. j., Very Rev. Father Prendergast, Rev.
NJ. ID. Connolly, Rev. Father McGinty, Rev.
Father Crowley, Rev. Henry Woods, s. j., Rev.
Father Nugent, Rev. Father Cummins, Rev.
Rev. P. E. Mulligan. Rev: P. Lynch, Rev.
O'Mahaney, Rev. Philip O'Ryap, Rev. Joseph
Byrne, Rev. Brother Erminold, Rev. Brother
Lascian, Rev. James Flood, Rev. Father P.
Casey, Rev. Joseph Gleason, Rev. James Lynch
Captain Dunleavy, J; $; Bannerman, J. B.
BDeasy Mshse, ihsan FLOOD L. Ras
Mccormick, John E. Fitzpatrick, Colonel W.
P. Sullivan, A. B. Mcguire, James O'Brien,
Rev. Father NJ. P. Ryan. Thomas Mullany, g.
Stanley, T. P. Riordan, Hon. Frank Murasky,
7. r. Bannerman, j. H. Barry, Rev. Father
Coyle, Chief Crowley, Rev. Father McGinty,
Judge Coffey. J. J. Gildea, DR.. Clinton, r.
Bolger, Colonel NJ. C.. Maloney, Lieutenant
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