However, Father Mathew arrived at this conclusion only after much prayer for guidance and after urging by others who proposed total abstinence over moderation.

Father Mathew did not believe in gradual approaches or temporary commitments.

For two years, despite grave illness, Father Mathew blazed a trail of success across the United States.

He went that very afternoon on a new beat: as clear in his head, and as free from fever as Father Mathew himself.

In 1838 Father Mathew the temperance priest began his campaign.

Memorial to Father Mathew, campaigner for teetotalism (1864), Cork.

He was also deeply involved in the Temperance Movement under the leadership of Father Mathew.

Under the patronage of the late Father Mathew.

The celebrated Father Mathew, the apostle of Temperance in Ireland, was a Capuchin friar.

Now, my children," cried Father Mathew, when they reached the verge of the fire- "one shove more, and the work is done!