Telegram-herald., 1889-10-15


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Tss mothers we're more e@say ro.eAaa
49, iess essls lcsA Tbey eried grateful
tears ~he1 teey met the goea minister - ~
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s1uesa4y efe1lHg s2xvlcs. aaa sgng lee
kyuusNith load ferygF So1s1iues g4mes
suspected ts-t tasy were Just - dr1nkea,
as slatferfiy aHd ss vlci9as ir tteir homes
ss before bst ne lad hardened klmseif
sEsinss appointment Ia sone f4s1lsn
tlcsa people gradually took tim Gnd rs
te4cting into the.r homes ard lives They
sent fof hin . marry then. % get them out
of ,ali, % barry their dead - hs2 the alpA-
fneriz ragea a. Pm Court "farsen Leiayf
w4s c@led ia before the docsor be 0eing
iust AZ hana. and such . famous nurse"
Tom FErrel when hs wGs seu tenoed te
death, snd urged o cal IN q minister,
''reckoned hat Lsidy ~as the hest q the
g9t's I'D the grim Scotch weaver, Samp-
son, came 70 him Ia the dead Of The night %
tel him, with stern eyes snd quivering Jaw,
his suspicion that his Little Aggy Was gong
- the bad
Dear, Gear James; tbs is dishearten-
ing" said Mr. Coboetl, when lie came
down 20 visit his cid chum. "Yos have
been living here like psuPer fer a year.
and what have you accomplished Bat
three oommuu!cantsl No hope yet Of build
leg a chapel
- an coming nearer 70 them every day"
said Leiuy. Il make myself one with them
ltry 20 drag them up, step by step"
These Attls individual efforts Of course
suffer by comparison with great organised
work. ." said Ar Cobbett, with q slight tone
ot patronage Now, when our church BE-
gins her assault upon outside wee, you VIII
hnd the moral atnos pheFe In thls part Of tbe
city clear up very rapidly"
Nv lat are your plansi"
"In the first place. organization. have
drilled nay people ready 20 work. We are
gong % have a sewins-schooi, mission
sundsy-schO0l, an industrial school for the
boys, working mans cub, d mothers as
sociaton, young gir.s' guild for mutual
Improvement societies for the promotion Of
temperance and personal purity These are
all To be superintended by the members Of
the church II would crafty you, James,
10 see how zealously the most fashionable
matrons and gayest girls take hold OF the
idea They are eager - begin"
"And who are the people on whom they
are 20 workf'
"Whol" 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, Walteri"
GAS soon as our church building is COM
pleted. II is 70 cot eighty thousand dol
lars"
THAT is a large sum"
"The lot cost US thirty thousand. But II
was q great bargain. II is in the rear Of the
church, Ia the most desirable part of tho
town. We could sell II now for double that
SUN. 1t will be the most complete building
FOR parish work in the country. There will
be apartments for all the schools, a library,
gymnasium, reading-rComs, all perfectly
equipped. We have fifty thousand sub
scribed. The remainder comes in slowly.
You DO not lock satisfied, James. thought
You would rejoice in this great movement"
"How are you going to bring the thieves
and paupers up into your great buildingl"
said Leidy, abruptly. 'fIt stands in the
most fashionable quarter. They live miles
away from IT. The mountain Will not 90 to
MahOmet."
1--WE shall see, my dear sir" said Mr..
Cobbett with q compiacent laugh. Il
am surprised at Leidy," he told his wife,
afterwards. ''He suggested trifing, diff
Guilty as block 10 our whole work"
When Mrs. Cobbett heard THAT II was
she said, with an uneasy look: Il had
thought of that"
year later Mr.. Leldy dined with the
Cobbetts, and went 10 a church meeting
off de ~ rad tob h.. 3 4,o,
lations between pastor and people were
strained. Mr.. Cobbett urged vehemently
the payment of forty thousand dollars still
due on the school building. The women Of
the church had been working energetically
to that end. They had held fairs, straw
berry festivals and bazars Of all nations.
They had given concerts and organ recitals.
They had gone from house TO house solicit
ing subscriptions
Now" said Judge Lowe, 1.-THE fact Is
that they are tired. The ba!lding was
much more costly than was expected; the
whole energy Of the church hos been di-
rected into paying for this huge structure
and for the appliances for teaching the dan
geroC5 classes; while, as vc all know, the
dangerous classes do not come TO be taught
My opinion is that we had better sell out the
whole concern, pay off the mechanics who
have liens on IL, and give the remainder of
the money TO foreign missions.
Mr.. Cobbett quickly brought UP some 9TH
er subject for discussion. Judge Lowe met
hun when the conference was over, and
laughed as he saw his pinchcd, anxious face.
"rm sorry worried you" he said 'But
tell you, Mr.. Cobbett, this fad Of yours Is a
dead weight. Tho church can not carry il.
We have made n mistake somehow he
said, turning TO Mr.. Ledy. "The wretch
edly poor viii Lot come 10 US. They like tho
privacy and darkness OF their holes. like
rats. The classes are filed with the chill
dreu Of well-to-do mechanics, who can af-
ford 10 have them taught at ordinary
schools. Tho ladies collected a number OF
mill girls, who came two or three times Ia
fine clothes, and spent their time In staring
at the gowns and hats Of their teachers As
soon as they had displayed their own fn-
cry and learned the latest spring fashions
they dropped of. / found six young ladies
assembled 10 teach the sections daughter
yesterday. The whole thing is failure"
When the two clergymen were back in
the study Walter turned 20 his friend.
"Why should II 0e fsilErem be said.
passlonateiy. These people need help, and
we have II TO give Look, for instance, ct
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 arc ready 10 teach them
book keeping, china painting, cookiug-to
give them a dozen honest means Of support
Our ladies' drive through tho slums, find
these women, give them good advice, and
invite them 70 come. Bat they Will net
come
James Leldy said nothing But az hs
wa ked home he remem bered the months in
which he had followed poor AeEy sampson,