Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-28
MEN SIGN PLEDGE
IGNORING RAINS
DRENCHlNe DOES NOT DETER
FRANCIS MURPHY'S FLOCK
Music and Simple Pleading Pave the
Way for Successful Close to
temperance Meeting In
Blanchard Hall


ing held by Francis Murphy il
Blanchard hall last evening was wei
attended, and moro men signed tn,
pledge than have signed on any othei
Sunday evening during the month.
w. G. Patterson presided, and aftei
a solo by Miss Stella Calender he in
troduced Mr.. Murphy. In his intro
ductory speech Mr.. Patterson said:
II attended service this Afternoon
where the topic was Right Makes
Might and as I sat there with thu
old soldiers. I could but think of thu
great strife during their time; and
thought IL the future would rear mel
who were as brave and true.
"These men had made right might
and the only salvation for the comini
generation Is to do as they did: MAKE
might by the instrument of right. Tht
great instrument, the characteristic,
which we must see In young men, /,
self-control and temperance.
but to a man the impetus which 4
requires to take the pledge for self
control and temperance is a matter
which can only be done through the
INSTRUMENT of love and tenderness.
Mr.. Murphy's Advent
Twenty y-eight years ago there cam,
an Irishman to my town. He hat
shaggy eyebrows, a dark mustache
and an inimitable style of speaking. II
two weeks he turned that town up
side down. And he did 1t by love. He
made men sober, and as this same
man sits before you tonight L cannot
help but think Of the goodness tha
he has done to everybody, and espe
cially in this town, where he is loved
by so many. / am honored in intro.
ducing him."
H.
greeted with applause, and he said:
"My friend and benefactor has hon.
ored me. My shaggy eyebrows have
now grown white, but I am still ir
the cause; still trying for the right
spirit, trying TO do little good in
this town.
II tell you friends there was time
when I did not strive for any right
spirit, and it was by the grace of God
I saw myself. That is what many OF
us need: to take a good look at our
selves, and then there will be a change
and in all cases it will be a change
for the better. TO see ourselves as
others see us is a great producer for
good.
Seeing Gains Freedom
when we sec ourselves we gain free
dom and character, and true character
is freedom. And you cannot have
character and drink rum; there will
be no freedom for you.
"And the way to gain freedom Is
not by force. You can do nothing by
force; it takes love, tenderness and
mercy. The unions in this town need
to adopt reason and not force in their
methods. They ought to organize
against liquor instead of other things
which ought to be organized against
but not so seriously as the liquor traf-
fic needs to be fought.
Sign the pledge. men, and you will
have freedom which passeth under
standing; you will be able to associate
with men, to look your wife in the
eyes and be proud of your children"
When introducing his daughter, Mrs
Wayland Trask, to sing, Mr.. Murphy
said:
"This little girl used to travel with
me a great deal. but a burglar came
and robbed our home 1t has never
been the same since. I miss the little
dittes which she used to sing, but
she has made someone else happy, ano
that is goodness"
Mrs. Trask is gifted woman Of
handsome presence, who was much
sought in church and club circles in
New York, but having become
widowed has, with her children, now
established herself in Los Angeles.
After the sweet singing by Mrs
Trask, Mr.. Murphy introduced J. G.
Holborough, who made a brief ad-
dress, saying that he was thankful
for the time when Mr.. Murphy per-
suaded him to sign the pladge, which
had brought peace and happiness to
his home and family
Glad They Signed
Another man who thanked Mr.. Muir
ply for the time when he persuaded
him to sign the pledge was A. David
son. He said:
"Those who drink ought to meet
Francis Murphy and his wife. They
We're the savers of my life. T hope
those who drink will sign the pledge
for it pays to be one with the great
family of temperance workers"
A brief word was spoken by John
Pratt in commentator of tho work
which Mr.. Murphy was doing. and the
work he had done in the past.
r. Wiesendanger spoke of the
method of kindness which it took to
get man to sign a pledge and then
the tender solicitude which must fol-
low to keep him temperate. "It is
a hard work, but it pays. for after a
man Is made, and he is not made un-
less he abstains from drink, the work
of the gentle Man of Sorrows has been
repeated"
Mr.. FinIayson on Freedom
Frank c.. Finlayson closed the meet
ing with a few chosen words on the
freedom of the will. In the course
Of his remarks Mr. Finlayson said:
ut has been said the freedom of the
will is governed by two motives. One
that appeals to man for the right
and the other which appeals to the
sensual, and that the stronger motive
will prevail. This of itself is a poor
theory. The motives might be there,
and maybe they impel man to- act;
but they do not say that a man must
act / believe that when the stronger
motive is for man to drink he can
make the opposite the master by de-