The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-03
FRANCIS MURRAY
BIDS FAREWELL
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been a little "puttering" in temperance
work in past weeks, but that was all !
over. He had accompanied Mr.. Murphy |
to the prison on two occasions, where |
Mr.. Murphy had left good word. The |
latter called the prison a repair shop" |
and many of the prisoners who heard |
him use the words would not forget |
them. AS a specialist he told them to |
get we'll again as soon as they could |
and come out when they were we'll; of
course the State had something to say
about the time they were to come out.
He wished Mr.. Murphy God-speed. He
had left some good things here that
were going to grow up well. The sub
stitute fer the saloon, as typif1ed in the
Murphy hail. had grown out of this
work and would be carried on.
Mr.. Hartley spoke of the time when
he first heard of the two great lights on
the temperance horizon-John. B.
Cough and Francis Murphy. He spoke
of the pleasure it had given him to
accompany Mr.. Murphy to Hilo and
work for the cause of temperance. He
had seen the marvellous work which Mr..
Murphy had performed there and was
a witness of the manner in which he
persuaded men to leave their cups of
liquor and join the temperance move
ment He was refreshed by his COM
partnership with the veteran in the holy
work. He was ready to bid him God
speed because he was Christian and
a follower of Jesus Christ; he bade him
Godspeed because he was a temperance
leader. His work of thirty-one years
was strewn with the glory of God and
thousands called his name blessed. He
hoped for greater and larger success
to crown his endeavors, He said that
all with one heart joined in the one
specification: God Bless Francis Muir
ply
Mr. Murphy was in a happy mood, de-
spite the fact that so many regrets had
been spoken, yet withal he was tender
in his own regrets at having reached
the last night of his stay in Honolulu
He waxed eloquent as he neared the
close of his brief address, and prayed
that success might remain with the men
who have elected to carry on the tenn
perance work in his own name. He
thanked the ministers of the gospel who
had aided him and helped to establish the
Murphy movement for what he hoped
would be a permanent and lasting thing
in the Hawaiian Islands. He thanked
the press for it's generous support of his
work, and said that there was always
one friend he could count on, no matter
where he went, and that was the public
press. Without the press his work would
be poor indeed, but with it, the most
valuable results were had. Mr.. Murphy
regretted departing from such beautiful
Islands, but the voice of his wife and
children were calling to him from across
the water, and he must answer. He
trusted that although about to part the
parting could be summed up in the words
of the old hymn composed in his honor,
God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
Mr.. Murphy spoke, in part, as follows:
Il don't know what l shall say after
the eloquent eulogies that have been
pronounced over me, but they were all
full of kIndnesses and l am fond of
Kindness. l think it is a great medicine.
l am greatly indebted to you for saying
SUcu bye 10 me as / am about TO take
my departure from these Islands in the
'-~stt.,lAttL I-aC-I,C. 1t ua> Uceu great
experience TO me. l did not think l
should stop here, but after meeting Dr.
kincaid he suggested that series of
temperance meetings be arranged and so
they were. We did this in the hope that
We would win men to soberness. Win
men. That's a great thing to do. You
have got to win them, you have got to
obtain the mans consent, same as you
do a girls when you want to marry her.
So many pop the question to a man to
sign the pledge before he wants to. You
have got to persuade a man to make him
forSake habit. There is very little sue
cess l think, without this method of
reaching men with malice toward none
and with charity for all l have been
rtying in my humble way to get men to
respect this and their families, and their
country, and their God. 1t is true, l
have had great success, but / have had
great help. l have done very little my
self. I am astOnished myself at the won
derful increase that God has given to me.
When you come to plant a kernel of
corn and get three ears from 1T, you
know something of the generosity of
God. So men with small gifts who con-
seCrate their lives to great purpose
win have great results-to themselves
most of all
Il want to extend my grateful thanks
to the ministers of this city and to the
public press, who have been unit in
the support of this movement. 1 owe my
grateful thanks to the public press of
America. Everywhere it has been a
great help to me. You cannot do without
the public press. 1t is a great force. If
you have not the public press with you,
you will do a pile of work and obtain
small results; but with the help of the
press, you will succeed. 1 have receiv-
ed the most hearty help from the press
of Honolulu, and am truly grateful.
we have got an organization here