The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
RELIGIOUS IGlHPs.
Their Ne1s< q oP~<.st-s->o@s tnser.sfs
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That nan il rsiL-iocs irzup. sad
Manager B1nfigz of tseC1ristlzn Hone
for Insenuxrzie Mrn- It's Ian hssi
srt.rsnsiy just passed rlidd Z nfe. ne
can sing hneiy, p-sy earnestly, &nt er-
hort eloal@nily. VISA oozd talk -
sell zs be can
why 90 VOC cal him q religious
tramp
4 Kill explain. There are reii.iuy-s
frzup- lust the sane A. ih-re are tr1DpS
xho prey uron the general public, and
xslo are nonesI eno1-h 20 make 10 PIE
tense 0frs.izior. The=e relizioCs tra-ps
are kncEa 20 every evzngells,- Gerry
lz-, and ph!z1;h-ou.s-. Ihey Azzoi
ros-el te--~rz-ce meetings, -2ke re-
hxious professions IN the meetings o:
the xonsn's Christian Unions, are pres
e1t 4. the missio1-rooDs- AID shea sne
city tails to z6ord them further rec1nl-
sKy relief they s-4rr c1i IN the irsek OF .
remps1nes orator, or f5li0E up some
revival movement, visiting all parts oi
the country. God is not deceived; ne
are 10. deceived. Many jus, such neD,
howsver. have been saved, and have led
Useful liyes-
aYou do no. mean 10 say tia; these
religious trznps are ever sincerely con-
vertet y
Il a fact. Because il L % these
men are asked to o9De under Christian
influence. To be sure many Of faem
will not reform. They love their raiser-
able, drunken life. | have taken men
into this Home, cast their ragged clothes
into the ash box. given them baths, .
new suit Of clothes and sooered them
I'd. Often shey have secured good situ-
atiocs. bat, before giving two days ap-
plieztion 10 their duties, they have
deliberately gone beck to Baxter and
Chatham stree, dens and inhibited poison
70 ths; extent that nv next knowledze
gftheu il that they are on Bi4ckw :
Island shoysling ashe-. Men have been
,hrouyh all this and then reformed. II
i z rare exception. hOSeYer.
What i the bright side Of this religi-
Gus tramp picture 2
@Ihese men have one common place
Of meeting. IL is generally IN the Oack-
room of a GROCERY Of the lowest descrlp-
lion. recall one particular place IN
CHATHAM stee; whore hundreds Of them
cougrsxz.e, because have had occasion
20 snatch men from it, influence. In
.his place can be found men who were
born trzmrs. The surroundings Of their
lives have been such thz, they could not
help following vicious oourss, almost
from The cradle 10 the present. Associ-
zted with them, linked together by the
Common tie Of misery, are young men
whose parents are honorable, reSpecta-
be and wealthy citizens Drink has led
them into errors, into the commltsl Of
crime They have gone down sep by
step in the social scale until to-day they
sutsist almost entirely on liquid poisons,
mere semblances Of humanity. Some OF
them have been cast OF from parental
recognition; in some instances they
draE . specific sum Of money from
home al regular intervals. | have put
iust such men on their feet again, and
10. years pas, have been blessed IN
knowing that they are enjoying the con-
hdsnce Of their families, 6lliug good sit
nations, and leading good. Christian
lives"
One Of theSe men, who has been fol
..yl time Leading an honest life, has :
good situation in a business house, and
les5ks GA bis pzs. career as q terrible
nightmare, was asked:
What led you to put yourself undel
Cori.tizn influence ?
Religion vas far from my thoughts
Ehsn / took the first step to sober up
Nv sole object was to secure new sui
of clothes instead Of the hznd-me-dOwnl
l xzs then wearing
Whit do you mean by hand-me
ioxns77
~Hsnd-medoxns are obtained in thii
EIy: A man in temporary 1T Of so
. berness obtains suit Of clothes, sal
Eorth about so. As he has no none!
to purchase more whisky, be enters !
Baxter street second hand clothing store
Possibly he is in a drugzed condition
He receives an old worn suit lnsteai o
his new one and not more than dollA
or two besides. Very likely he fails L
remember the place, and the recovery o
his good suit OF clothes, when he come
10 his senses, is matter OF lmposslblil'
~. Well, / had beard that / could 2
to some evangelist, concoci good story
about desire for repentance, talk ant
nray. and / would secure nv new eiOthe'
and q months board, tried the plan
did not want religion, ! did not believe
that could bc saved. In few week
I was In nv right mind. Good Iniu
ences had begun their work upon me
was ashamed Of nv deceit. | confes
sed my purpose to detraud. The kind
ness shown me, the conviction that cam'
10 me that could reform, brought viii
it the determination to do 80, and | car
only look back at NY past course viii
horror"
Another man WHO had once been un'
der Christian teachings, but who refuse(
to be guided by them after be got away
from their inauense, said, referring Il
the means Of obtaining living in tr2mI
quarters: I'VE manage it in yariou
ways. We put up job on some minis
ter or generous Christian, and by ia,
good talking Of some one Of our number
get a little money or good clothes. Thes'
we turn into money. The religious wo'
men are easier 10 beat than any other
We win their sympathies by Professions
OF religion, and.most algays gel aid u
visit our homes in some far off lOcaiitT
Then some Of our numbe :work tempo
rarlly. Tney spend their money u
treating. and thus one helps the other.
But these men deceive no one, il i
said, although they think they are no
read through and through by thoss who
try 70 reform them. The Rev. DR.. 1yng
before his departure for Eurore, was II
the habit on winter mornings Of giving !
hot breakfast 70 the ouicss-s b,lngin.
them n from the highways. One morn
ing he ted several hundred on q good
nourishing breakfast. Knowing that al
ofthem would readily assert that they
desired to give up drink, reform, snc
become Christian men, he said to them
There are many OF you here this morn
ing doubilsss saving in your minds
What soft thing We have got on bt
Tyng. We willsli 20 up and eat hlu
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