The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-21
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How She Founded the scA~r"dis~Sian Tenn.
persno~ Sailors Home Ia London.
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perano~ Sailors Home Ia london
One Of the best known among English
philanthropic Institutions is the scan
Ginayian Temperance Sailors Home in
Londan. and osc OF the most interest
cstinc ~biograrhie, Of the century would
be that Of it, famous foundre,s, Agnes
lied~n>trom.
Left AN orphan when quite a Young
ebai, she WIS brought up in the house
al wealthy relative, in tpsala. Here
SIR WAS petied and INDUCED 70 the last
6cgree.
Let the child have her own vay..'
said her friends "She ha, no parents.
poor thing"
All her prankS were overlooked. and
she crew up animated largely By the
desire to enjoy her>.lt and have her
own way. Sill a sense of di~sat STAG
ton would MAKE it-elf felt in her life
She Was not quite happy. though she
could have given no reason for her de-
sponicncy. One day. however, she
listened 10 an eminent Swrdi III preach
or. and then for the first tInsc became
Conscious OF the religion, element lack
ing in her own life. and oi the fact that
she only needed to I'LL her lille hour,
with thought ard labor for other. She
BEGAN preach NJ To her co,nirymcn III
the North. wherr no woman had been
allowed To p ak in public. first address
ing small meeting, and then vast as
semb'ages.
For fome years she continued this
1,.r lnsnrnfny ~ t.-f r.r.gIrIrI that
il was her duty To - A. a missionary t.
India. But while in London. awaiting
an opportunity to cngage in work
abroad. She was impressed with the
great need OF laborcr- among the poor
in East London. She began preaching
to them in the streets. and il was there
that the sound # her own language
broke on her ear. h:lf-smothcrcd OF
inarticulatc. There hGinclcSs. dcunkcn
Scandinavian sailors were cnsnarcd by
the hundreds. in horrible pitfalls OF evil.
For two wears she worked among the
sailors. preaching and ~pcr>uading
She still >huddcr- at the recollection
OF her first address, to some If her II
frymcn. n q place called the Strangers
Rest. Twenty drunken ST lorS had been
collected in this room, and. a!Cne and
trembling. their counifywoman adj
dressed them. while they shrickcd and
bla>phemcd. One after another, they
became quiet, until the whole company
was finally subducd. Next evening
they came. bringing some comrades
with them. ard il was not long before 4
Scandinavian lrcturc-roum was per
m~ancnily established.
1t was some wears before Miss Iicden
strom could raise sufficient fund.- for a
larger establishment. but in is" the
Home was founded. OF tbs Mss He
dcnStrom i sole manager. She CORE
spends with the mcmb. rs q! her COM
pany. when they are abroad on yov-
ages. receives ami invests their money.
and aids many a Captain in picking ont
his crew. Beyond al this. she super
intends the boys" who are tcmporari-
" on shore. For their benefit bed
rooms are kept in order. meals are
served in 4 large Il n~ing-room. and
plenty of space is provided for them 10
pass their leisure hours amid books and
newspapers In short. the Home is an
immense boardinC-houSe, though of
course it can not b entirely sclf-sIp-
1 IpttiuV. III VI - RatAodc bSihC quiz
destitute.
Miss Hcdcnstrom says of her
charges:
Il have never yet had a sailor among
the five thousand that have been in this
home who has returned from it 10 his
former haunts: and. thank God. there
are 1t present a good many decently-
dressed men among the Scandinavian
sailors in London. whereas. when | be-
gan nv work. there was not a single
one of all that came under my notice
who did not look ragged or >lipShod.
Il can DO little to raise funds; but
never yet nave I asked anything in vain
from my Heavenly Father"
1t requires strong character for a
work like this. But this woman seems
to possess it. and to owe to it the fit
ness for her calling Youths COmpdn-
on.