Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-04
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING JULY q, 1907

will be rewarded for a life of "malict
toward none and charity for all"
J. Swan Taylor, captain Fifth regi
ment, of which Mr.. Murphy was chap
lain-We have lost a sympathetic frient
and comrade.
A memorial service will be held al
Temple auditorium Sunday Afternoon
at o'clock. Arthur Let's, proprietor
of the Broadway department store, VII
propose a plan for the building OF
permanent memorial to the grand ole
man who did so much for his fellows
DR.. Robert j. Burdette paid an elo'
quent tribute to the reforn1er. Beat
tifully he portrayed the calling of the
master to the work that awaited him
and then he spoke of the reward that
was to follow. DIR. Burdette said:
Touching Tribute to the Dead
For the kingdom of heaven is like
upto man that was householder,
who went out early in the morning to
hire laborers Again he went
out about the sixth and the ninth hour,
and saw others standing idle in the
market place; and to them he said,
Go we also, and whatsoever is right
will give YOU
1T was noontide-the flood of the
,
when the Master saw this man, Fran
els Murphy, standing idle in the mar
ket place with empty hands and sor-
row-filled heart. He needed what all
men need-a master. He had been, as
at some time every man is, his own
master. And he had found himself
what every man has found himself-a
hard taskmaster, exacting, tyrannical,
pitiless.
HE needed master, tender as the
justice of God. gentle as love, holy as
light. Such Master was the one who
spoke to him at noonday-a Master
rich beyond all human imagination.
He held the world as the field of his
tillage.
Reward for His Service
"And even then he saw the whitening
fields crying for laborers. He had need
of this idle. man. He was looking for
men, and he had found one. There was
no question of wage between such a
Master and such man. Whatever is
right 1 will give you And Francis
Murphy took Jesus Christ at his word.
Whatever is right Whatever the
Master said was right the man knew
was right. And what did God give him?
He gave him for that half day of SER
vice a whole long day of joyous yoke
with Christ. He gave him
between the sixth hour and the going
down of the sun a long generation of
toll and an eternity of recompense.
Labored Increasingly
"This laborer knew but one law OF
service. Every day of his life sang
through all it's hours, His Banner over
Me Is Love Sometimes his heart
ached with the sorrows of the broken
lives that his Master bade him lift In
his arms and carry upon his soul. And
then he laughed to hide his own tears
est the discouraged one should see them
and faint with despair Sometimes the
hours were long and the hot sun beat
lown upon him fiercely. Then he sang
hat men weaker than himself might
steady their faltering steps to march,
ng music Sometimes he bowed under
he awful burdens of wretchedness laid
lpon his sympathizing nature. Then he
elt the everlasting arms underneath
lin throbbing with strength like the
ides of the sea. Sometimes mans in
gratitude and treachery stung him like
he spear that entered the heart of his
Savior dying for the soldier whose
land guided the weapon. Then he re-
nembered only the law of love under
which he himself had been condemned
% mercy and he loved the more ten
ierly for the blessed memory. With
he Intensity of righteousness he hated
the sin. With the pity of Christ he
owed the sinner. The last words that
fell from his lips this side of the gates
Of morning were My blessed boy They
we're spoken to his own dear son. But
1 million grateful rescued men hear
hem, every man in his own tongue
wherein he was born
Calm Close of Full Life
1.-The long day of loves labor waned
% it's close. Grateful with the kisses