The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-21
MURPHY IN
NEW HOME
Los Angeles Will
Provide for
Future.
Especial to the Advertiser.)

l ~ thG AQh
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1o.-Hawaii
will not have Francis Murphy as a per-
manent resident just now. but may look
for the great temperance agitator to re-
turn to Honolulu soon to look after the
people he convinced of the error of
their ways nearly two years ago.
Murphy has been living in Pittsburg
for some time but has declared his in
tentions to take up his residence in Los
| Angeles at once. He has been preach
| ing Whereabouts for four months past
and has stirred up a great total abstin-
ence revival. He finally concluded to
| move to the Southern California me-
| tropolis and grow up with the country.
AT meeting there a few days ago he
called for funds to transfer the Murphy
household gods from Pittsburg to Los
Angeles. and a liberal collection prov
ed the desire of the Angelenos to have
Murphy in their midst.
The meeting at which he announced
his purpose was held at Hazards pa
vilion, and an immense audience had
W IdTeWSI 10 the worthy
Irishman who had finished his success
tut campaign there.
When Murphy got up and said. you
have a fine city here. and my wife and
have fallen in love with this beauti-
full place and the people here, and |
We've decided to cast our lot with you
for the rest of our days" there was q
tumult of applause and THANK God" |
was heard from all parts of the build |
ing.
Since we have been among YOU" he |
continued, "over 1000 people have sign
ed the pledge. and l want to be with
them. and reach out to them the hand [
of brotherly love and help them to keep
it.
Now. have been laboring here for
five weeks. speaking every day and
most of the night and helping the poor
fellows that wanted to stop drinking,
and praying with them at all hours in
my own room, and / thank God that /
was able to do this without calling on
the good people of this city to help me.
But now, if the people want me to stay
here to continue this work, they will
have to contribute something to move
the Murphy family here
The collection that followed this an
must have left no one In
lily would come, for the sounds of
dropping silver the scratching of
names on subscription blanks Seemed
to come from every person in the vast
Come, my dear" said Mr.. Murphy
TO his wife, who was sitting behind
him on the platform. land say Good i,
afternoon to the people"
II thank God for this ma gnificentl
she said, with a beaming
'for 1 believe that it tes- c
tifies to the worth of gospel temper c
lnce. May the wave that has begun I
continue until the whole city has been
saved. I pray God that every brewery ,
will soon be clOSed, and that the fires
n every distilliery will be consumed
before we shall be satisfied to leave I
his work. Nong continued ap-
olause.) h
AS proof that he, at least, was not T
;oing to give up temperance work at T
my stage but the last, Murphy said: i,
When cotton was king and slavery
vas king, every mother gave her first
,orn that mothers for all time might
'wn their children. I was there, and p
vas willing to be thrown in with the
est in that great sacrifice. and I'm in c
his, and I'm going to stay with it till p
he end.
"A parting word to the boys. The
ord God has given me many sorrows
O endure, and he held the cup OF x
orrows to my lips that I might drain Ia
/ dry, and he may do that to you, but 4:
ray that you may never again be fet- II
cred, for if you are, the sounds of the
chains may be as a funeral
ong in your ears.
BE brave, me boys; but remember =
hat a brave man was never made in
conservatory, but by withstanding Ct
as he. did who was CT
empted in all points such as we. al
do you remember how the children
Z Israel made the walls OF Jericho to ID
Imble down by walking around them
nd shouting? If you will stand on
ne outside of the saloons the walls
ill fail in, too"
In conclusion Mr.. Murphy told the
.ory Of his early struggle with the -
emon, drink, and of his poverty and
, how his little children were taken
way from him by the officers of a res
he asylum, but there was triumph in o.
IS voice when he spoke of his faithful IN
ifa's devotion and related how -,
nalIy. he overcame his appetite BY tbs -
aIp OF God. NJ
FREDERICK O'BRIEN- III