The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-10-12
EVANGELIST GALES.
His Splendid Work in Danville

|
Rev. Weston r. Gales, who is well and
| favorably remembered by many OF our
| people as former assistant State Secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian AssO-
| ton, and who has several times visited
Henderson and held meetings here and
| otherwise aided in the Y. NJ. {. A. work,
has Just closed a very successful revival
| in Danyille, Va, and we are sure Mr.
| Gales's many friends i'll Henderson will
read with interest the following articles
from the Times and Daily Register of that
| city. The first named paper says:
There never has been an evangelist in
| Danville who was so universally COM
| mended as Evangelist Gales. After having
| the gospel so much mixed with politics
| by Sam Jones, and having SO much vul-
| garity from him, it was a real treat to
| large number of persons to listen to Mr..
Gales, who showed very plainly (what
every one ought to have known befOre)
that the gospel can be preached effectively
in decent language. The people of Dam
vile will give Mr.. Gales a hearty welcome
long after they are tired of Rev. Sam 7.
| Jones.
At his last service Mr.. Gales put in
some good words for the Y. NJ. G. \. of
Danville, and his remarks about the AS
ISOLATION there will apply with equal
force here. The Register reports him as
| follows:
want to say word to you tonight
| about the young men of Danville. They
are the future hope of your city. Ii they
are immoral, dissipated, debauched, the
| future of Danville is hopeless one. If
moral, clean, pure men, your fair city Is
| safe and blessed. This fact is recognized
| everywhere by business men and the result
| is that in thousands of cities, towns and
| villages, the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION is doing it's practical and fruit
| full work for the young men. No cOmmu-
Dity of any size can be without one; no
| man will refuse to support the institution.
Can you afford to allow the
| Young Mems Christian Association to
close its doors? Can you afford to have
it struggling along, it's usefulness i'm
| paired by burden of debt? You ask,
"why is it in debt?' | can tell you in
| word. Six months ago your Association
was 81, 800 in debt, and it had at the
same time on its books 81 200 of what
should have been collectable subscrip-
tons over the signatures of responsible
parties. Is it not strange that men will
| pledge money to such a. cause, permit
| the directors to map out work based
upon such pledge, and then repudiate it,
and call themselves honest men? 4 man
| can Just as well repudiate his grOcers
| bill and still be honest.
You needn IT tell me, said the speaker,
that the Association won't work in Dan
vile. | have been here eleven days, and
| if you say it won't work, it's because
! you don't know anything about it and
| won't inform yourself Over one hundred
| men spend their leisure time daily, who
must go somewhere, and will find social
contact with their fellows somewhere,
even if in a saloon or a disreputable
| house. Danville can not afford to neg
| lect this work She had better do with
| out her Board of Trade. For the sake
| of the young men, for the sake of the
young women who must find largely
| their husbands here, for the sake Of your
! beautiful city s reputation, for the sake
! of Him who died to save young men,
| stand by the work, pay Off the debt, give
your young men a fighting chance.
| In the after meeting considerable inter-
| est was manifested there being six pro-
| fessions and 200 Christians pledged to
| deeper conservation.
Considering all circumstances, this was
| one of the most successful meetings ever
| held in Danville.
The Evangelist is free from abuse or
| slang, and is full of earnestness and con-
| secratlOn. There were sixty two profess
| siOnS, and a great many Christians built
| I'D and strengthened