The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-01-24
W0MAN'S LOYAL WORK
Some Bright Examples Experience
Meeting Relief Corps News.
To0nducted By Kate B. aaer4sood.l

following requests:
Please give the name and some account Of his
toric parsonage answering to the following descrip
ton A noble and heroic character; an illustrious
knight and commander In a sacred cause, and who
refused a, to be made king lie = the hero OF one
something about Elizabeth Fry; her life and char
acter.
Godfrey de Bouillou pronounced Boo-you),
the hero of the first Crusade, born in South
Brabant, a portion of the Netherlands, about
1000, died in Jerusalem, July 1S, 100. He
was the son of Eustace IL of Bonlogne and
brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor, and
was possessed Of immense estates, some of which
he mortgaged or disposed of at great sacrifice to
raise an army of $4,000 foot and I6.00 horse to
reclaim the holy sepulchre from the Saracens
in Jerusalem. His brothers Eustace and Bald
win, with many leading nobles accompanied
him on his expedition at the head of an army
made up of French and German warriors.
Godfrey had won renown as leader in hav
ing planted the banner of the Emperor Henry
Nv ON the walls of Rome. in the contest of that
monarch with Pope Gregory VII, after Staying
Rudolph of Swabia, Henry's rival, in the bat
tie of Nielsen. 1880; besides, he spoke both
German and French fluently, as he belonged
TO both nations. He was moreover, a man Of
prodigious strength and courage and q devout
and God-fearing knight.
The Crusaders under Godfrey encountered
privations and perils to which nothing in
modern warfare is a parallel. They were over
three years in reaching Jerusalem, the army
having been sadly decimated by its encounters
with Turk and Mussulman on their way
through Asia Minor, SO that but q 500 soldiers,
but / 800 being mounted, marched upon Jeru-
salem. There, while they lay siege to the city,
thousands more died from the terrible droughts
and from the boiling oil and pitch and enor-
nous beams and stones cast down upon them
from the citys walls. Plants and animals per-
ished, the torrent of Kedron was dry, and ali the
cisterns Tiled upoT poisoned. A skinful of fetid
water, brought from distance of three leagues,
cost three silver deniers, and to protect them
selves from the heat the soldiers dug holes in
the soil and eagerly pressed the moist clods to
their parehed lips. During the day. says a
historian, they looked anxiously for the
night, and at night longed for the break of day,
in the constantly disappointed hope that the
return OF either the enc or the other would
bring some little freshness or 6 few drops of
rain. Every morning they were seen to glue
their parched lips to the marbles covered with
dew. During the heat of the day the most ro-
bust languished beneath their tents, seeming
not to have even strength left TO impiore the
assistance of Heaven
The horrors of famine seemed to be quite
forgotten in the terrible thirst, and it was no
uncommon thing for fierce quarrels to arise
over a little unwholesome, muddy water.
to reach the ports of Palestine and Syria to
await an opportunity to return to Europe.
The arrival Of Genoese feet at Jaffa with
provisions and ammunitions, with skins of wa
ter from the fountain of Elpira, on the road to
Damascus, revived the dropping army, and gave
them courage to lay active siege to the city.
1t was the splendid conduct of Godfrey at
this terrible time that Tasso, the italian poet,
has celebrated in his {" Gerusalemme," or 8 Je-
rusalem Delivered" the Had % of Christian
warfare. Godfrey was one Of the first to enter
Jerusalem through the fierce flames, while
from all sides resounded the war cry of the
Crusaders: II is the wiH Of God! II is the aCil
of Cod"
Godfrey was not tall, but nyan of prodigous
strength. At the siege of Antioch he cut off
the head of a Saracen at a single blow, and
after the taking of Jerusalem killed a bear, in
a hand-to-hand encounter, which had attacked
enspof his soldiers. After the capture OF the
Holy City he proved himself as wise ruler
as he had valiant soldier of the cross, and
eyinced remarkable judiciary ability in found
ing the Kingdom Of Jerusalem. He declined
to be crowned king, as he deemed himself I'M
worthy to wear a crown of honor where his Sa-
viour had been crowned with thorns
Returning from an expedition to GaliIee
against the Saracens, Godfrey was poisoned by
present OF fruit from the Emir of Cesarea,
and died lamented alike by Christian and Mus
sulman, being as lenient to the subjected peo-
| pie as he was considerate of his followers He
was entombed at Calvary beside the Holy Se-
pulchre.
Godfrey was the special champion of the
widows and orphans, which he declared, in de-
| fning the obligations of a king, was one of the
first duties of all those in authority.
Elizabeth Fry was an English philanthro-
| pist, and a striking illustration of what a
woman who consecrates her life to humanity
Hfsf
at Bramerten. near Norwich, England, May q,
1850, and died in Ramsgate, October II, 1S45,
(, III her sixty-sixth year, having spent nearly
half century in doing good.
Mrs. Fry was the daughter of JOHN Gurney,
member of the Society of Friends, but of a
| family which did not conform closely to its
usages in dress. language, or social habits But
/ when Elizabeth Gurney was eighteen years old
| an American Quaker named William sayery
visited England, and through his instru-
mentality the earnest young girl was con-
yerted to the strict piety and customs of a
! plain Friend" She dOnned the Quaker COS
tune the same as worn in all portraits Of her
/ with which we are familiar and was so strenu-
Gus in the faith that In 1870 or ten years after
her marriage to Joseph Fry, she became min
| ister and extended her ministrations and gave
| charities throughout the United Kingdom
Mrs. Fry was the first to institute prison re-
/ form, at time when the jails everywhere were
teeming with unfortunate men whose only crime
was their inability, from sick ness or sudden mis-
fortune. to pay their debts, and who were thrown
into cold, squalid, reeking dungeons with the
worst criminals in the land. In 1913 she visit
ed Newgate prison for the first time, and In
1917 had made such progress as to succeed in es-
tablishiBg mandatory and school within the
prison. and organizing ladies' association fol
the reformation of the criminal element besides
securing better quarters and more wholesome
fare for all classes. This good work was 1ex.
tended to most of the jails, houses of correc
ton, asylnms. and infirmaries in Great Britain
and IFS influence is still going on, making itsel
felt in every cline and kingdom where Chris
tian civilization is known. Between the years
1887 and 1872 she personally carried her work
into France and Northern and Central Europe
visiting the prisons and expounding her plans
of improvement To the authorities, leading tt
glorious results.
The Memoirs of Elizabeth Fry, with Ex
tracts from her Journals" a work in two vol
umes, edited by two OF her daughters tw,
years after her death, is deeply interesting, bu
difficult to obtain. A biography by Mrs. Cres
well, issned in later years, may be found il
our leading book stores.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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