The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-11

second time. he fell from grace, through the
TEMPTATIONS OF liquor, and he cot so low that he
cursed God, and made up his MUD to Kill him
self by throwing himself under the wheels OF a
street car but the conductor prevented him
ffom Iaine 50. A third time nc turned to relIe-
ion, and t'%tr1 time he fell from IL. fourth
time he turned to 1t, sui fourth time be Toll.
1fth time he turned to ~ ana thls time ne
held ST, and still holds fast
lie got job on the ferry, but was dis, ."atged
because he would not work on Sunday. &c
then got a situation ~ the Custom House, but
was turned out for preaching too much. He
next rot another place. but, when he objected to
profanity, he was spotted anon the workmcn,
and pointed out az one of tho hypocrites. Then
ne naI q'slon. In which no sS""sht ne nad a
house in the Fourth Ward, and people were
coming In. "There was Su;u. rnu rs tu-y
car ~ 1 wasneu and cleansed them outside,
and the Lord cleansed them inside" And this
vision worked Jerrys mind till he told II
about, and then the means camo to him and he
took the old house at 3l6 Water street, and had
1t cleaned and repaired; and "a we learn from
this book, he "opened the place az a resort for
the fororn wayfarers and sailors who frequent
the locality, and put up the sign, Helping
Hand Tor Mem which has been the guide board
for manga poor soul" Before this time Jerry
had married one Of the girls with whom he had
been Intimate during his wicked career, and now
hls wife Maria Is an efficient assistant In his work.
The book contains portraits OF Jerry and Maria,
and, We must say, they are a very good looking
couple.
Tho story OF Jerry Ia an interesting one, though
It is very poorly told In the little book from
which this sketch Ia made 10. In a literary
point OF view the book Is lacking In every one
Of those qualities that ought to characterize the
narrative Of such life and career. We would
not think IL fair to say this II II were Jerry's
own hhndwork, but II was concocted by n lady
who drew II out OF him, and VINO evidently did
not understand tho art Of drawing out those
things that might have given II color and attract
iveness. We may alsp add that the book would
have been better and more available one II the
lady in question had not put into It any OF those
slurs against the Roman Catholic Church by
which II Ii deformed. II is not necessary that
Jerry McCauley should be represented to us az
capable OF dealing with those theological mys-
teries and divergent creeds by which Christian
ity II divided.
We wish well to this specimen OF the New
York rough. His tform ought certainly to be
permanent this time. lie has fallen into de-
bauchery aud crime 30 often, and has been so
many times converted he has so frequently en-
joyed the highest raptures Of religion only to
turn again into the fouest ways OF devltry-
that there can be no assurance OF his continu-
Ing to hold his present ground. We may hear
OF him again revealing in the sums, or plumber
ing In the river, or toiling In the prison. His
tendencies to evil are always in danger Of be-
coming ungovcrnable. His evil ways show that
he is possessed not only Of great reckles-ness,
but Of great cunning and artfuIness. He has
just now special need To Ice warned against hy-
pocrisy and against sham, cant, and pretence,
which are quite as detestablc as the balder and
grosser kinds Of wickedness. We are III satisfied
with some parts OF this book 10 which his char
Gc'er, career, aud language are set forth.