The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-04
FRANCIS MURPHY'S FAREWELL

temperance. He felt he was a kind of
buffer" to precede Mr.. Murphy to pre-
pare them for the good that was to
list, Il physician, whose province it was
to heal special diseases, those of the
mouth and the mind. He said there had
been little "putterng" in temperance
work i'm past weeks, but that was all
over. He had accompanied Mr. Murphy
to the prison on two occasions, where
Mr. Murphy had left a 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 well again as soon as they could
and come out when they were well; 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 for the saloon, as typified in the
Murphy hall, 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
panionship with the veteran in the holy
work. He was ready to bid him God
speed because he was a 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 cndeavors. He said that
all with one heart joined in the one
supplication: 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 v'axed 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 its generous support of his
said thara WA alWaVa
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 i shall say after
the eloquent eulogies that have been
pronounced over me, but they We're all
full of kindnesses and / am fond of
kindness. i think It is a great medicine.
am greatly indebted to you for saying
good bye to me as ! am about To take
my departure from these Islands in the
byautiIUl IaC tic. Ii ha~ ut,u "A great
experience to me. I did not think l
should stop here. but after meeting DR..
Kincaid he suggested that a series o!
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 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 man to make him
forsake habit. There Is very little sue
cess. / think. without this method OF
reaching men with malice toward none