The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-22


Christians. 10 haa as many bodies as
followers; aa many hands to minister;
aa many feet TO visit tho ,
nAuNrs OF VICE AND SIN
In search oil the ones hungcring for bot.
ter life; as many voices to speak His
merits and robuko sin. Indeed, in tho
light Of tho gospel tho question Is not,
whether, Christians would be consistent
IN pressing tho claims OF Christ upon
tho people, but aro they, can thoy DO
Christians, and not do 80. II wo say
with Paul II 1.-Two, yet not |, but Christ,
liveth In mo" how can anything'other
than the will OF Christ DO dono.
1t wore easy ioro Christian to meas.
uro up to this simple but powerful stand.
ard OF lilo and activity II all tho reat
wcro doing 30, Wo are so GLOW to DO
peculiar people," home Arnold Win.
kelro!d must snake way for liberty"
Lot me comfort you by saying, that tho
Lord has q few servants OF that charac.
tor. know OF bank president who
enclosea n tract, with q prayer TINT 1t
may provo blessing, in every business
letter that goes out OF hia bank. A
caahler and acting president OF another
bank showed me one Of the lettors TINT
had carried it's message, "ior Christ's
sake" over three thousand miles. Tho
cashier therowlth began to pursue a
similar course. know q Christian
woman who meets great mu!titudea OF
strangers and carries on Il surprisingly
large correspondence, and who never
lots a conversation pass without speak.
ing for her Christ. She never writes a
letter without, In some way, presenting
Him. Not only so, but she prayH in
yariably that Gods blessing may rest
upon cvory clerk, mail agent or carrier
that may handle that letter. Friends, l
call upon you and all Christians in tho
namo OF the Savior OF mon, to go forth
and make sin intolerable through the
persistent and personal preaching OF
Christ. Thus will tho non.church-going
masses be reached and brought to the
church or saved outside OF tho church.
Philanthropy means lovo for men. That
is something more than almsgiving.
Christian love never rests in it's earnest
interest, until the soul is
safely housed in heaven, and even there
tho greatest thing that abidos ia love.
Workers together with God! l wish
now briefly to speak OF three classes OF
people, whose condition $50 wretched
and doplorGble that they are abandoned
by all except Christian effort, and even
from that they arc practically excom-
inundated. How many Christian min
isters or laymen regularly and hope-
fully pray for the prostitutes, tho
drunkards and tho saloon kccporsp
Who is making any honest effort to
reach them and not only save them to
society but save society from them?
Christians cannot but DO recrcans to
their commission and to the example
and oven tho success oil Christ's per-
soma! ministry unless they organize for
effort IN these fields, which arc white
to the harvest"
The Christian womanhood OF this con-
gresation and OF this city can syste-
matically and regularly visit the inmates
OF houses OF i'll fame, searching for those
who would gladly leave this life, which
ls almost always ailife OF wretchedness,
hardship, suffering and bondage, as
well as always a life of sin and shame.
Let me drop tho romark here, paren-
thetica!ly, that those who undertake
this task must have as an indispensable
requisite, heart OF genuine love for
these women, most OF whom are but
girls, and more sinncd against than sim
ming. They must have also unfailing
in the grace OF Christ to save
them "to the uttermost." This field is
no arena for affected lachrymation and
nauscatcs. 1t is an arena
where whole-souleI, thoroughly conae-
Grated, common sense, Christian woman-
hood can reap golden harvests for the
glory OF Christ's kingdom. Before this
visiting had proceeded lar, three facts
would dawn upon the minds Of these
true sisters OF love: They would be sur
priaod at the. large number OF these
uHfoRTuNATE VICTIMS OF LUST,
who really long to lead honest and hon
orable lives; they will DO surprised to
observe the depth OF sorrow and sonso
Of Gin and the readiness to leave these
dreadful places AMI lives. When they.
attempt to open the way for them to
leave, thoy will be amazed to know
TO what extent existing social conditions
absolutely imprlson awoman once fallen
into these depths. There is no place
for them. Theyarc debarred from every
door OF security. Accordingly there
will be pressed upon the thought Of
these sisters Of love the necessity for q
rescue home" for fallen women. II
they visited enough. the necessity
would become so manifest, that it would
become the mother of such q humane
and Christ.like institution. Then these
rescued women could be taught the les
son OF self-support in various directions
Then permanent homes and positions,
whore thoy could earn an honest living,
could be secured. This would require
effort in correspondence with
people, who would afford 4 refuge In
their own homes throughout the coun-
try. Tho blessings would be wide
spread, and multitudcs would be parti-
cipapts. II these people wore reached
and saved. how one OF the great tempta-
tons toyoung manhood would be re-
moved How many parent hearts
would be gladdcned and llghtenod!
What 4 mighty, moral cancer would be
curod! Hero is mission worthy OF
tho Christian people OF this city. May
tho good Lord speed its fulGllmont. y
4 wish now to speak Of the two othor
classes Of persons to which I referred.
There may be something In tho Kcoly
cure for drunkards. I hope there is.
! know OF no other class OF people moro
deserving OF Christian sympathy than
these, unless 1t be the class Of which
have lust spokon. | cNn put my arms