Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

glorious aisles and transepts on which
streams the sunlight softened by transit
through the variegated glass of memorial
windows. There have been and there are
now missionary ships that have spread
their white wings and flown away to tho
isles of the sea to inculcate the Gospel of
peace on earth and good will to men.
Everybody remembers the famous schooner
Morning Star, and there is vessel called
the Glad Tidings that is known and well
coined by all the residents along the bor-
ders of the great lakes.
But of late there has developed new
method of evangelization, and now we
have churches on wheels. Ministers and
exhorters who wish to teach the gospel EN-
ploy the railroad and wagon, ETC., and so
far as the reports go, to advantage. There,
for instance, is the Society of Christian
Workers, of which Rev. r. A. Torrey, of
the Moody Bible institute of Chicago, is
president. Its evangelistic omnibus or
"Gospel carriage" started out from New
Haven the other day in charge of two
preachers and will visit the small towns in
that part of the country where the poor
will have the Gospel preached to them. 1t
Is the aim of the society to aid in evangel-
istic work by furnishing carriages Of this
sort as well as railroad cars, wagons, tents
and everything needed by the varying de-
mands upon the evangelist. Take the
small towns q little distance from the rail
roads, and they are apt to be destitute of
religious influence. The Gospel carriage
will bring the evangelist to them. He will
be provided with Bibles and Christian lit
erature, which he will dispose of among
the people. The car will also contain a
small organ to be used in the services.
The Gospel carriage is the most complete
vehicle for the purpose that could have
been devised. 1t is about the size of an
omnibus, but trifle wider. 1t will carry
four persons besides the driver, and is so
built that it can be closed up tight in case
of storm. 1t is divided into two sections.
In front is miniature kitchen provided
with cooking utensils, and in the rear are
the seats, with arrangements for four
berths, which can be let down at night.
The drivers bunk is built underneath the
wagon. In the rear of the vehicle is a
folded platform, which can be let down
when its use is required. Hot and cold
water is provided. If the plan is found
feasible other carriages will be placed upon
the road in due season.
But John Philip Quinn is probably the
sensational travelling exhorter of the day.
He is reformed gambler, and after enjoy
ing a successful career as swindler has
turned evangelist and seeks to warn peo-
pie from games of chance. He has started
on tour through the country in the pri-
vate car Roanoke, specially built for him
rs temple on wheels. For time it was
located in the freight yard north of the big
Pennsylvania railroad depot in j ersey City,
and it hes been a headquarters for sharp
fight against games of chance during the
past few days.
Mr.. Quinn tackles the gambling question
in the same sort of way in which Francis
Murphy attacks drinking. He goes at it in
a practical manner, seeking to prove that
the man who CANDLES can never win from
professional because the latter cheats.
And to prove how helpless is the lamb IN
the claws of the gambling wolf he sits
down and deals you four kings and himself
four aces from Il pack of cards he never
saw before, and you can't for the life OF you
tell how he does it.
''That's where you've got to hit man."
be said recently to a New York Herald re-
porter, right in his pocket. A boy came
in here who had lost all his money at faro.
He thought it was square game and
laughed at the idea of cheating at it, be-
lieving such thing impossible. showed
him that | could turn up any card that l
pleased, and he wept like Il child. That
boy won't gamble any more because l
demonstrated that he could only win when
the gambler let him do SO. Which will it
be now-red? Well, you see, it's black. If
you had said black it would have been
red"
And he smiled as he held up the faro
dealing box. "Crooked?" he exclaimed.
"Of course it is. They all are. Wasn't l
one of the best gamblers in the country,
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