The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-24
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the first meeting of the Trustees and !
Managers of the Home. These |
months have brought experience, and |
as we feel, a good. degree of success |
in our work. And experience, some |
sad and some joyful, has given US
moe wisdom, strength and confidence. |
Our work is more clearly defined, and
We understand better how to apply |
ourselves 10 it so as to accomplish
good.
lt is encouraging that our work has
been so quickly recognized by the
kind and Christian public. The City
Council, the County Commissioners,
and many influential citizens have
extended the hand of sympathy. ap-
prevail and assistance. Rev. Mr.. Van
Antwerp, Rector of st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, has brought our work
before the public In sermon which
has been q power in the community,
and others of the pastors are intend
ing to present our cause at an early
date. From the country, also, have
come a few substantial tokens of in
terest and fellowship, and a request
| is made for more information, more
light in regard to our effort.
The class for whom we labor, mani
| fest greater eonfide1c e in our motives
and purposes, and many now come
without solicitation and ask for ad
mission. Some come with a true de-
sire for better life, others with q
lower motive, but whether they come
| In sincerity or in pretense, the offer of
better life is granted them, and the
blood of their souls is not on our
hands.
An encouraging change has taken
place in our family. ideas which
we're presented as rules and restraints,
are now received as the basis of good
family order. Disobedience and dis
respect are considered disgraceful, and
| they treat each other more ciVlly than
| formerly; they are happy themselves,
| and try to make the new corners happy
also. A girl had just come to US, and
felt restless and. uncomfortable, and
| told another of the family about it.
! She entered at once into her trouble,
sympathized with her, told her she felt
| the sane when she came here, but
| that she was now contented and hap
py, and was determined to remain and
| do right, and advised her to do the
same. Thus We may hope, not only
to do good ourselves, but also to set
in notion other forces for good.
Our home is refuge for anxious
| friends In their trouble. A father
comes to ask admission for his daugh-
ter, who had expressed a wish to re-
turn to a better life. Circumstances
prevented her return TO his home for
a time. She was received, and great
burden lifted from crushed hearts.
A mother came, begging US to take
L y Il
her parents control, and they could
do no more. She came and did we'll.
The mother can hardly find means to
express her gratitude.
One girl came to make her home
with us that she migh rest and gain a
little strength, and return to her
friends. Another comes in circum:
stances of great trial and temptation,
cast off By all her friends. Through
our influence, she had been received
back again, and is, We trust, doing
we'll. A young girl, hardly more than
a child, is exposed to the worst of in
fuences, just ready to make shipwreek
for life, and, perhaps, for eternity, aud
finds shelter and protection In the
Home. Is It not privilege to assist
in rescuing souls from the ways OF sin
and death?
Our inmates are willing to work
are more and more so; and work sent
, in has been taken hold of heartily.
Were more kindness and Christian
sympathy manifested towards young
girls who work for their support,
would there not be less idleness,
pride and sin among them2 Does not
the Savior require of his followers
. that they secure to the servant that is
| within their gates, kind and happy
a home, and not merely lonely stop
: ping place? The want of such q
l home is one fruitful source Of social
p degradation.
i Our family attend church with US Of
& course. and we trust the truth may dc
!, | them good, Why should it not? The
/ gospel is for the lost, and they are lost
6 equally with ourselves, with all sin
ners. It is privilege to bring into
4 the house Of God those whose alb
! sence has so long been a reproaCh to
y those who profess to be the followers
q of the meek and lowly Saviour.
" In some cases, the power of appe
# tite and bad habits is so strong tina
our labor seems Ia vain. One young
girl, whose eyes often filed with tear
g as we spoke of her sinful life. of tn
le dreary prospect before her, and of tn
" loving Savior ready to receive her, wa
e so under the dominion of intemper
. ance and vice, that she made no effor
'e to turn from her evil way and thu
le save herself from her miserable con
q. dition. Another, who was for a shor
time an inmate of the Home, AM
- whose good conduct had greatly Wol
our hearts, who seemed happy and con
tented, was so overcome by her appe
70 tite that she asked for a discharge
q and ct once drank to intoxicatioD, an
II found her Esy back to her old HON
/. of shame. o, that God would We
:: reach out His mighty arm to say
- her, Some have children or friend
OF dependent upon them, and feel chain
ss ed TO this life.
n Bold efforts have been made b
those interested in dragging girls bac
into their old life, to effect their oh
" ieet. The most dishonorable meas
5. urea have been resorted to, but the
have failed to accomplish their eVi
| purpose. and brought trouble upo
} themselves.
OF We are sometimes obliged to sen
he away one who will not conform to tn
Mt rules of our family, but this Is not
n, frequent occurrence. The plal of on
e. Home proves good. There is no legs
n restraint. All are free, and, of course
Re, our rules, though just as strict, ar
nd not felt much.
The extent and power of sin an
e. vice is sometimes unfelded by humil
nd iating and sorroWful facts. The fel
eff has long been left almost unchal
be leDged to Satan and his servants. Thi
army of the workers of iniquity ar
er not in uniform. and may surprise q
to when least expected. Is that th
to man who has done all this evil? ez
le, claims one, II have known him fo
i'm years. He has visited in our family
ur and l have always regarded him as
at good boy Another says, s. l al
ng surprised | have always though
N that family were models of upright
nd ness"
To- Wished to call on certain tamil,
to On approaching, thought they weT
moving. Two or three teams stoo
IL at the door, and eight or ten me
les were busy ct work. Inquirinl
ms learned they had just returned froT
'rt the fair grounds. They went out ,
ad the opening of the fair, with tent an
'ge provisions for the occasion, and thes
en- men had come to see them safe bae
Icy again. Had thew been moving thei