Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-30

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been living here like pauper for q year,
and what have you accomplished But
three communicates No hope vet of build
ing a chapelp'
II am coming nearer to them every day."
said Leidy. ~ make myself one with them.
try to drag them up, step by step"
These little individual efforts Of course
suffer by comparison with great organized
work" said Mr.. Goblet, with a slight tone
Of patronage. Snow, when our church be-
gins her assault upon outside vice, you will
md the moral atmosphere in this part Of the
city clear up very rapidly"
What are your plansn
ain the first place, organization. / have
drilled my people ready to work. We are
gong TO have sewing-school mission
Sunday-school, an Industrial school for the
boys, working-ma club, a mothers as
sociation, young girls guild for mutual
Improvement, societies for the promotion Of
temperance and personal purity. These are
all to be superintendent by the members Of
the church. 1t would crafty you, James,
TO see how Zealously the most fashionable
matrons and gayest girls take hold Of The
idea. They are eager to begin"
"And who are the people on whom they
are to worki'
"Who" Mr.. Cobbett waved his hands
widely. "All the thieves, Magdalens, dis
charged convicts, paupersl None will be
turned away. Our machinery is complete
can not but believe, James, that the re-
form which we shall accomplish under God
will be very great"
"When do you begin, Walterl'
"As soon as our church building Is COM
pleted. 1t is to cost eighty thousand dol
lars"
"That is q large sunni
'The lot cost US thirty thousand. But It
was great bargain. 1t is in the rear Of the
church, in the most desirable part of the
town. We could sell 1t now for double that
sum. 1t will be the most complete building
for parish work in the country. There win
be apartments for all the schools, library,
gymnasium, reading-rooms, all perfectly
equipped. We have fifty thousand sub
scribed. The remainder comes In slowly.
You do not look satisfied, James. Thought
you would rejoice in this great movement
Glow are you going to bring the thieves
and paupers up into your great buildingi"
most fashionable quarter. They live miles
away from it. The mountain will not 20 t.
1--WE shall see, my dear SIR" ss,d NJ
Cobbett with complacent I,auSh ST
am surprised at Leidy," he told Si. wife
"He suggest, q triaino dirS'
Guilty as block to our W, lole work.
When Mrs. Cobber>c heard what q ,v..
thought Of that"
A year later M Leidy dined with the
Cobbetts, and went to a church meetin0
1t appeared to him that the re.
atlons between pastor and people were
strained. Mr.. Goblet urged vehementlv
me payment OF forty thousand dollars still
lue on the school building The women of
me cnurcn had been working energetically
20 mat end. They had held fairs, straw
perry festivals and bazars of all nations.
lney mad given concerts and organ recitals.
lney mad gone from house to house solicit
ng Subscriptions
NOW" said Judge Lowe, '.the fact is
nat they are tired. The building was
much more costly than was exnected. the
Whole energy Of the church has been di-
'ected into paying for t'Ais huge structure
IND Tor the appliances for teaching the dan
serous classes; while, as we all know. the
dangerous classes do not come to be taught.
ny opinion Is that We had better sell out the
Vnole concern, peg on the mechanics who
ave mems on II, and give the remainder of
ne money TO foreign missions.
Mr.; Coooe'st quickly brought up some 9TH
u suoJecI for discussion. Judge Lowe met
i'm "nfIn the conference was over, and
~usneA as he saw his pinched, anxious face.
On sorry worried you," he said "But
tDell you, Mr.. Cobbett, this fad Of yours is a
Aead weight. The church can not carry IL.
we have made mistake somehow" he
said, turning to Mr. Leidy. 1.-THE wretch
edly poor will not come to US. They like the
privacy and darkness OF their holes, like
rats. The classes are filed with the chill
dren Of well-to-do mechanics, who can af-
ford to have them taught at ordinary
schools. The ladies collected q number Of
mill girls, who came two or three times in
tine clothes, and spent their time in staring.
at the gowns and hats of their teachers. AS
soon as they had displayed their own fin
cry and learned the latest spring fashions
they dropped of. found six young ladies'
assembled to teach the sections daughter
yesterday. The whole thing is a failure"
When the two clergymen were back in
the study Walter turned to his friend.
why should 1t be a failurel" he said.
"These people need help, and
we have 1t to give. Look, for instance, at
the thousands OF deceived girls in this city.
we are told that there is no way open for
them but utter ruin or death. We open
ways for them. We are ready to teach them
bookkeeping, china painting, cooking-to
give them dozen honest means of support
Our ladies drive through the slums, find
these women, give them good advice, and
invite them to come. But they will not
come"
James Leidy said nothing But as he.
walked home he remembered the months In
which he had followed poor Aggy Sampson.
trying to help her-her fathers agony, her
mothers tears, the prayers, the struggles,
the patience which had been so long an
awaiting to save that one lost soul 6he,was
safe now, he thanked God, living happily
with the old people in Montana.
Mr.. Goblet, meanwhile, sat despondent
and thoughtful over his atpdy fire. He.
could not understand what more than mon
ey, costly building and perfect appliances.
and committees of ladies' ready to give an,
hour each week to the good work, was need
ed to snatch these, brands from the burn
ing He has not yet found an answer to,
the problem. -Congregationalist.
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