The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-24

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william Jones, the great orienalist said !
he did not believe christi antty would ever
Influence Brahnins to break their caste
and become christians. They are regarded
as gods by the masses 81 India. Nothing
Is 90 priced as their blessing, nothing 50
feared as their curse. Low caste, people
have often been seen 70 drink the water
with which these so-called divine men
have washed their feet II Yves one q
this class who publicly renowned his old
superstition with all Its privileges 70 be-
Come an humble and despised christian.
There are nov thouesndS Of Brahmap
nhrlFilsns n India Recently In North
Ind|s more than tEo hundred individuals
accepted Christ and were baptized within.
two dsys the maiotity Of whom were 81
fhe divine caste, Of whose power you In
America can have but lite idea.
Near one church Is street set apart BY
the police for the use OF harlots and rakes.
This seems TO be the very gate OF hell.
The majority Of women in that street are
Europeans. They areimported from Italy,
Hungary, Bohemia and other countries
for that foul traffic. This street is usually
crowded on Sunday evenings. It has been
our rule until lately TO go into this street
on Sunday nights after the church ser
vices for q midnight meeting among the
owls and bats OF OF society. We went IN.
n crowd, marching through the street TO
an old shed where we sang and talked.
The greater part OF the time was spent 10
bersonal conversation with the denizens
81 tie street. The ladies going in couples
10 talk with the women and we men
hunting up the male portion OF our strange
audience to induce some II possible 70
leave their awful lives.
/ have frequently eat on the counter OF
low grog shop in that wre,ched place at
the midnight hour 7and!plead with men to
lead better lives. Strange to say l was
never roughly handled by the men to
whom talked. Was this not preaching
| 10 the spirits In prison. Did we succeed?
Yes, 10 certain extent We did. It Ger.
tainiy was the most difficult work that l
ever attempted. Such people are too
often devoid OF a conscience, their moral
eusceptsbility bsing almost dead in many
cases, bat We did succeed in Reaching the
souls Of some.
In one instance one Of our young ladies
after singing and talking to the women in
a houseSone OF tho worst on the street
knott down to pray for them. One OF the
girls began crying and sobbed, Don't DO
that: it reminds me Of mother" Another,
an Italian girl, leaned over and kissed the
lady on the forehead as she was pleading
with tile Friend Of Sinners to remember
the poor creatures OF that awful street.
We induced the latter 10 leave the street.
She remained with one oil the ladies for 0
short time, but am sorry 10 say, she re-
turned to her old baunts again. Her his.
tory was sad enough, AT ten she had
been led from her home in Mes
sina by d iend OF a man. He took her to
Constantinople, then to Cairo, then to
Alexandria, and there abandoned her.
She then fell into o woman fiend's hands,
who brought her to Bombay. Can you
| imagine such child life? She was a
pretty, graceful young woman when 1saw
her in the home Of one Of our people.
This work has not been resumed since
nv return. I dread II, still believe
Christian people should not enjoy them
selves in their churches when such unfor-
Inmates abound within. reach. They cor
tainly need the gospel itany Of the human
fhCe Go, Aiu VIC 0tNStSb HAo Ivy tAS6ASSs
them when on earth.
For the past IS months We have every
Thursday evening gathered about 100
men from the steamers, wharyes end
workshops into our Mission hall. We
meet them with tea and cake and smiles.
The first forty minutes are speptin sitting
about little tables singing, chatting and
drinking tea or eating cake, served us by
the young ladies OF the church. We also
have solos and choiuses with organ music,
| 10 make the hour bright for the men.
At half past eight We turn the soclable
into gospel meeting aud have . lew
short addresses aud then call for seek
ers,n as we Methodisss use the term.
This Is the most successful meeting I ever
worked III. We rarely have one without
seeing several men converted. Could not
such q work be carried on u Wheeling?
j. s. STONE.