The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-18

tian work-an elder in the Fourth-ave-
nue. Presbyterian church (Dr Crosby 81,
and has charge for the most part of the
mission work in East Twenty second
street Grace Chapel. He is very familiar
with the odOrS of tenement houses and
has knocked at many doors that open on
scenes of wretchedness that Richmond
people are very unfamiliar with. Of
course, Mr.. Wells is full of incidents from
real life. He spoke of being thankful
for crosses and bereavements, and told of
a man and his wife who lost three chill
dren in very short time. They were
not Christians. When the first child
died they cursed God when the second
went away they hated him, but when
the third was laid away their hearts
broke, and they came to Christ
Mr. William E. Dodge followed Mr..
Wells: Every Presbyterian in New
York knows Mr.. Dodge. His voice has
been heard for many years in our
churches. He celebrated his golden we'd
ding full three years ago and looks and
talks just as he did thirty years back.
Most likely he would out walk either of
the editors of the Central Presbyterian.
l saw him on run not long since in Wall
Street to catch up with some one he
wished to speak to. Mr.. Dodge to-day
is the same earnest, active Christian man
that he has always been. May he
be spared to attend many future meetings
OF the week of prayer.
The McCaulay Mission.
Fhe week of prayer has been marked
by the opening OF "Jere McCaulay's Gre
morn Mission" few steps from 9Th Ave
nue. in west 32nd street. This neighbor-
hood, on the margin of the fashionable
centre of New York, has been overrun by
liquor saloons of the worst class-fore-
most among them is the "Cremorn Gar
den. Jere McCaulay has thought best
to move from Water street where his
work has done much good, and plant his
mission along side the Cremorn Garden.
AS you turn the corner of 32d street you
see two transparencies, one Cremorn Gar
den, the other Jere McCaulay's Gre
morn Mission" Entering the mission
room-a well-arranged audience room,
with platform the width of the room at
the rear end-at the desk is a layman
who presides. small choir to his right.
and on, his left. Jere McGouloy, noatlJ
dressed, with sharp features. small eyes.
and nervous look about him, his age is
probably about 40. At the foot of the
platform is his wife, she is decent look
ing woman, with soft expression, and
very proper in all her appearance. The
leader engages in short opening services,
then "Jere' Gall speak of him by this
name) calls for testimonies" must have
short ones" Every thing here is done
short he says-he wants no long talks,
which are generally "long nothings."
Then he gives his own testimony in a few
words, which has been given hundreds
OF times before. Thirteen years ago |
was drunkard, a gambler, thief the
grace of Christ has made me what I am"
Now let me hear what the Lord has done
for you. The testimonies follow rapidly
from men and women, most of them tell
how the Lord Jesus has helped them to
give up their drinking ways, and has
kept them sober for one, two, and three
years. A woman tells how five years
ago she was an infdel, and then Mrs.
McCaulay, in soft voice and with much
emotion, tells her story of being rescued
from her former ways The testimonies
over, Jere makes his address in his own
language-he seems to have learned no
new way of talking with his changed life
tells how much good he hopes to do in
the new mission-that if he meets with
opposition he is not afraid-that he is not
afraid of anything but displeasing God
and committing sin-that SO far as per-
sonal danger is concerned, he has been
through places which, if he were to tell
about, would make your hair stand,
but he expects to conquer here as he
did in Water street, by his Ife."-
When he first opened in Water street
there were threats to hang him at the
lamp Tost, but now they all respected
him in that ward, and gave up that
"Jere" was, after all, ga square man."
He just wanted to say that there was
mistake in peoples minds about the hard
cases that came to the mission-the hard
est case he ever saw in the Water street
mission was man who came in kid gloves
Gladly worn though) to help pray for the
Penltents-and his prayer was that the
Lord would have mercy on the "poor
miserable wretches" that were kneelinp
around him. "Jere" said he could not
help telling him to put in a "word for
himself" Which the man did not at all
like. This man was the hardest case he
ever met with. He Just wanted to say
that he was going to try to do something