The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-10-11

their efforts in Cork turned TO him as
inc "llly man that could SolidIy estab-
i'Sll the movement and make it a s,1c-
cess They all differed from him in
religion. Rev. Nicholas Duuscohc was
Il Protestant Clergyman. Richard
''owden w;'s Il philantllropic Uni
tartan, aud William Martin, nftor.
wards known nS the "l,,ndrothor NJ
'i' temperance Cause" WIS II Quak-
"r. Three such mon, however earnest
they might hr in the cause, we nav
be sure could make but little ,wowress
l1llere was no bond If sympathy which
united them with the masses that s,,r
rounded them. and though they ex-
crteu themselves to the utmost and
displayed great talents they made few
converts.
Willinm Martin or, day cxclaim-
eh lIalf in earnest supplication,
half in mild complaint: go! Thcolald
Matthew. If thou couldst only give thy
' !" WV 'huS'. NlEll SOUu tnOil
wollllst do frr these peor crraturcs!s
l>hc words fell upon the young Ca
puchin as Il thlndcrbult He WAS 50
summed hy them that for the moment
Ire lost his power of speech. No man
on earth better knew the devastation
'nh misery causrd by drink. In his
daily rounds of duty frghful exam.
pies met his eycs-tllc young wife pin.
ing AWAY with grief at the sight of
her cnlHc:trd little ores starving.
while her husband who had pliphted
Inns faith to her OH tue joyous day of
tllelf marriage was squanderillg his
earnings in the public house; the
STRONG young man brought down to
premature hecrepitude and filling n
place in the House of Industry-thc
CORK WorklnuSr of Those days; the
family s1uHbblr which he was often
called in to settle and which .he al-
most always succeeded in qucling. All
these and numborless other instances
or the ruin callscd by drink made his
tender heart bleed to do something to
rescue the victims of drink from it's
iron grasp. What passed before his
eyes made him yearn to raise the
falling and strengthen those that stood
firm, and yet he hesitatcd before TAX
ing the decisive step. He pondered
long on the thought If we should
fail! His diflidcnce in his own DOW
ers, his doubt about the readiness of
the multitude to comply with the new
Crusade and to perspvere in the OBJ
scrvancc of its principles made his
retiring nature shrink from the uncer-
tain but gigantic work that was ]ro-
posed to him.
q lie saw mlny good and generous men
engaged in the liquor traffic. some of
them near and dear to him-his own
brothers and his brother in -klw-and
was he to raise the standard which
would mean ruin to them? While the
mists arising from the struggle of
those conflicting thoughts crowded his
mind he sought light from on high, and
the unfailing source of all light grant
cd him Il ray that lighted up his fu-
tllre and revealed to him the course
he was to pursue. Having once made
up his mind to embrace the cause he
lost no time i'm conveying his intention
to William Martin, whom he sent for.
At the appointed time he was at the
door and Father Mathew greeted him
with the words: "Welcome, Mr.. Mar.
tin. have sent for you to assist me
in forming Il temperance society in the
neighhorhood. '"rhank God" was
Martins reply. How are we to be-
gin!' asked Father Mathew. Easily
enough; appoint a place to hold q
meeting; fix the day and hour" was
the reply. "Will Tuesday next at z
O'Clock in my school room answer?''
added Father Mathew. ITS tile very
thing" said William. There and then
were made the preliminary arrange
lnents for the first meeting of the
great movement which like an avail