Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-04
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most often upon his lips were Thank
God. Thank God. Thank God
During all his last sickness in his
delirium he would keep rubbing his
hands and with a sweet smile keep
murmuring, Thank God. Thank God.
Yes, thank God. Thank God. Thank
Cod Why do you know 1 have heard
him say Thank God so much that l
believe he has got me into the glorious
habit of thanking God for my divine
blessings. And whereas I used to
count my troubles and name them one
by one, now under the holy influence of
this sainted spirit l have begun to
count my blessings. And as my bless
ings are crowding me in multitudinous
numbers am saying, Thank God.
Thank God Thank God. Yes, thank
God. Thank God
Proud of His Family
"He let his gratitude start with
thanking God for blessed home. He
thought he had the best home in all
the world. He thought he had the
loveliest wife and the dearest daugh-
ters and the smartest sons. How often
have we heard him say in public and
private: Yes, 1 will put my family
dlOHSSlue any OlliSI ldIlliy III e1il liiS
world and not be ashamed of them
HE never felt so happy as when he
could gather the whole lot of them
about him. When he finished series
of meetings where did he always head?
| Toward home When he was preaching
in England and Scotland he said:. I
cannot get along without them and he
| cabled for his children to come over.
He used to say, children, 1 cannot af-
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better man when you are by my side'
He always kept them there.
ooh. Francis Murphy did not have
to reveal any secrets of love to his
family in his last moments. He did not
have to say any 'Goodbyes' to show
how he loved them. His whole life
proved that. ..
Loved His Flag
"And then his country. Did you ever
hear him go into raptures over the old
flag? And his gospel associates. Every
one was of royal pedigree who was
working by his side. He called them his
queens and princesses. And his work.
oh, he thought he was working among
the grandest people on earth. His
coming around was sunshining bene-
diction.
"Why did Francis Murphy win the
thousands and the tens of thousands
and the hundreds of thousands to the
better life? Because he was continu-
ally and emphatically and overwhelm-
ingly driving home to the sinful heart
mans direct responsibility to God. he
was saying, Christ came to save you.
Christ will save you. Christ will save
you now. By his help will you come for
ward and sign the pledge and make
covenant with Christi He did not
bother much about legislative laws. He
did not work much through legislative
halls But he tried to bring the sinful
heart of men in close touch with low
ing and forgiving Savior.
Made His Converts Work
"Francis Murphy became the mighty
soul winner he was because no sooner
did he win soul to Christ and get
man to sign the pledge than at once
he got that man on his feet and
brought him to the platform and made
him go to work and save other men
who were drunkards as he had been
drunkard. Francis Murphy did not
turn to the poor fellow and say, Now
YOU go home and get dressed up and
put on your best clothes and then come
around tomorrow and 1 will talk to
YOU He did not do as some of our
cold -blooded churches do, put new
convert on probation and say, Now,
| if you can be good six months we will
| take you into the church and then you
will be just as good as we are
An Inspiration to All
"And now what is to be the practical
| result of all this service? Have we met
here simply to say few pleasant
words about our departed loved one?
Nay, Nay! If it might not seem to be
| irreverent, 1 would say that we should
too hn hn
disciples of old must have felt when
they were in the upper chamber of
Jerusalem awaiting the coming of the
| Holy Spirit after the ascension of
| Christ from Mount Olivet.
| ave have always realized when we
were associating with Francis Murphy
we were associating with great man.
| But now that he has gone, we have
realized that he had pospel power
no one of us possess. So as we assemble
| here today may the holy spirit of his
| life hover over all of us. May we con-
| secrate our lives to the great tenn
Derance work as never before. May we
| saw. God helping me, l will live for the
purpose of saving men clear down in
| the mires of sin as I have never done
1 BEFORE
T think the spirit of Francis Murphy is
descending upon us. Canst thou not
see the flaming tongues of Gods holy
| spirit burning over thee? Why look!
Canst thou not see that burning flame
| of the Holy Ghost?
| "And so let us carry our dear one
| out. What a good, pure, notle, loving
| face he had. Let us lay him to sleep
| among the flowers. He always loved
| the flowers Let us bank his grave up
| with them. We want to be very gentle
| as we let him pillow his head in the
] dust. For some day the arch angels