The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-10-14

children Of the Give Points, prepared
for usefulness by moral and religious
training, find happy homes in our rap
idly developing western states and ter
ritories.
Again, eight years ago Water street
and its surroundings eastward from
Peck slip had a notoriety almost as
unenviable as that of the Give Points"
That region was rife with drunkenness,
burglaries, pugilism and theil, kindred
vices. Jerry McAuley was conspicuous
in all that was wicked and demoraliz-
ing. He had the reputation of being a
terror to the precinct, was deserved.
But this disturber of the public peace
was converted, and then resolved to
devote the remainder of his life to the
service Of his Master, and, with
a faithful, affectionate wife as
a helper, he has abundantly at
toned for all his offences. For a
long time the Kisses and bowling of his
former associates seriously disturbed
his meetings, but courage, perseverance
and patience finally prevailed, and his
work now progresses without Interrupt
ton. The general character of the
neighborhood has been improved; its
social and mortal tone and atmos-
phere have been purified. Sail
ors' boarding houses have been reform
ed. Sailors now carry their Bibles
with them to sea. Moody and Sankey
hymns are now sung in forecastles.
Hundred Of half-naked hungry wives
and children, by the conversation of
drunken husbands and fathers, now re-
joice in comfortable and happy homes.
The Mission church is crowded every
weekday and evening and three
times on Sunday with intelligent chris
tian men and women, who, rescued
from garrets and cutters, are now
reputable citizens, enjoying the fruits
of their industry and relating with
grateful hearts the miseries of their
past. the joys of their present and
hopes of their future. BY all who
"who went to scoff, but remained to
pray" jerry McAuley and his ex-
ton and will be remembered with graft
tude.
Let us contract the laborers of two
prominent contemporary teachers
one, Mr.. Moody, christian, and the
other Mr.. Ingersoll, an infdel mission
airy. Mr.. Ingersoll is gentleman Of
education, culture and refinement.
That Mr.. Moody's labors have been in
the highest degree beneficial to all
classes will not be denied. The high
est and the humblest listened with
charmed interest, and all left the Ia
bernacle better and happier. The gen
eral effect Of his preaching, supple
mented by the never-to-be-fo forgotten
voice of Mr.. Sankcy, cleared, braced
and purified the religious, moral and
social atmosphere Of the city. The
labors of Moody and Sankey were
practical. They not only asked
"What shall the harvest be!' but they
obtained in their inquiry rooms crafty
| ing responses to the questions. Hun
dreds of drunkards were reclaimed,
gamblers and prize-fghters were con-
verted. Destitute wives and children
and desolate homes have been made
happy and bright by their rescue and
return ofreformed husbands and faith
ers. Long and gratefully will the ad-
vent of Moody and Sankey be remem-
bered. The city is still fragrant with
Tabernacle memories. Mr. Moody is
turning the results of his labors to good
account. The Moody and Sankey
hymns, we'll known to the christian
world, are now sung by native converts
in the interior of Africa. The sale of
these hymn books produces hand
some fund, which Mr.. Moody devotes
to missionary purposes. At his home
in Mortified Massachusetts,, he has
erected suitable building for a mission
school and home for Indian girls, some
fifty of whom from the far west have
already been received. Mr.. Moody,
therefore, has taken up and will carry
on the good work SO euspiciously COM
menced by the late Father De Smet.
And now I invite Mr.. Ingersoll, or any
of his followers, to inform the public
how and to what extent they have
profited by his missionary labors in
that city, what salutary reforms he has
inaugurated or even suggested, OF in
what manner and to what extent he
has contributed to the general wei
fare or happiness Of his fellow citizens.
T.W.