The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-22

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served from one 10 six times in penal institu-
tions Of some Kind. II You have ever talked
with an eS.conylet you know that one great res.
| sixth time is not because he Is incorrigibly
wicked, but because the Church has no heart
| in jail Which. taken in connection with the
fact that society does tolerate and caress known
that what society shrinks from most lost is not
crime, but penal association.
Another OF these arbitrary methods Of pro-
Cedure which are n rcprOaCh TO society and q
constant curse 70 the criminal II your FELLOW
falls into a pit you will help him out, but II lie
Ses society Ecss him BACK heTe e ts sT st
deal Of serious work that requires To he put In
has repeatedly been to my house, who had for n
number OF years been living degraded life.
THREE dlstnct times she d reeoyeTed herself from
ployment. In each instance she was recognized
by some one who had known her in her old life
that he had a dlshonored woman in
bis service S and she was set sari
and Is qualifying herself for career career
OF Christian usefulness There lie far more
aB3 q" P pro ga mi life GaS OF sTep
elders, scriGes. Pharsecs,, and hypocrites to
encouraging hand Of Christian hospitality. w.
The Scriptures tell us there Is no unpardon-
whatever exactly that sin may be. Society, on
the other hand, says that there are several un-
pardonable sins, and that going to states prison
Is one of them, and that for "a woman mot for
man, but for awoman,l to transgress the seventh
commandment Is another of them. Now we are
not trying to pnlliate the particular sin here
ferred TO nor to apologize for 1t, but pcnitence
for that sin is just as good and means Just
itence for that sin restored the fallen woman to
the confidence and friendship OF Jesus Christ,
and why should y not restore such one to
TO impose harder conditions than lie2 Could
He without dishonorrece to his loving fellow
al. Nln eRN fTAfr1 ,NRt
daughter, and are any OF us so SURPRISINGLY holy
that what was pure enough for Him to welcome
great many MaRdalens in the world. and great
many In this city, and some of them we shall
them that love Him. that is. we shall il we are
selves. And how do you propose to get along
reasoning and unsanctificd fastidiousness pre-
vents your receiving them upon the platform Of
sisterlv Christian equality here2
My woman nearer, II you are Christian what
makes you holy is that you have been washed
in the blood of the Lamb; It isn't that you
you have never fallen into the ways of gross de-
pravity never had an experience that Is coarse
In the blood OF the Lamb. Now, II your fallen
sister has been washed In that blood what affair
her before she was cleansed destroy for you the
been cleanscdS You believe that the blood of
Christ has redeemed you; who are you that you
indulge the impudent thought that His blood is
n N i,, TO redeem her. And II she is ono
the Redeemer that you gather your skirts about
you in pous conceit and SHRINK from the con-
as holy in his sight. and worthy of a crown
and heavenly welcome2 You remember the
kSh that g cali no
common Is exactly what you calling some
of these sisters whom God has cleansed,' or IL
thinking Of them as common You are practi-
cally denying ;he Lords work in them.
edge on their part that that Is the sort Of Phari-
safe inhospitaiity that you will show them that
81 hGm sin into he GGsh 1
ils They BELIEVE that ana God viii !'' for
Women say Know or at least have YES ground snSi
hem in this very city to-day who loathc the life
they are in. but who shrink with even more Of |
OF the women who dote on theft own |
who have no interest in any prodi-
or bMSsds hd Gscs such cd about
pray: Lord, thank Thee that am not as other
women are. or even as this adulteress. The cry |
that comes mp from them when they are trying |
to fling their past behind them and reach forth |
Bat nobody is ever going to love me except with
a condescending affection. or regard me with
They want TO be all that Is implied in that
word womanly, and repenting OF and forsaking
lheir SIN they want you should recognize them
rs being once more n woman among women,
standing with you upon a basis of ,womanly
Equality and they have a right to have that
and the co q is they fail back again into
their horrid ways live dishonored. die dishon-
and their souls go to the region whittier your
Dharisaic pitilessness has helped TO drive them.
md Ito to what degree HrS appcaSie % ths nd
iidual women here present you can decide for
nand here made that the penitent convict and
he repentant Magdalen should be received back
nto frank relations Of confessed manly and wo-
rad gone To the utmost bound OF a depraved life:
oathsome. That Is part OF the story aud is to
,othiqg which intSrfcred to prevent HIS fathers
establishing Isl him n precisely the same posi-
ore he vent out. To the fathers regard the
made sin as though il had not been; The
led corlalty Of ISSP his fathers hospitHi h
reading Tho the story yGGq1 not only
stray, but that he feels toward him as he would
cunt with him, The past US IS rubbed
". II Is as though it had never been.
he older brother though, pgnetilious:
h. prodigal's depravity, but 1t Is the only thing
bout MN that he can remember The corrupt |
OF the years he had spent away
He'd up the whole angle OF his regard. That
@ was his brother made no difference. That
Q had put his wicked past behind him made
o difference. That his father had declared !
hat a posi- ion OF equality in the household be-
!nged to him Us much as ever IL did made no
Inference.
Now that Older brother represents society to
dot. You have probably been 30 brought up
n this story Of the prOdigal that you have felt
to be IA nice and beautiful thing that the re-
lrning pcnitent had his old place given 10 him
the household. There is a good deal of cur
mt tender heartedness bestowed on prOdigsls
nd Magdalens of couple Of thousand years
go. but prodigals and Magdalens living at date
ave, as rule, exactly the same cold shoulder I
hown them as the older brother showed to the
euitent that came hack from the far country.
hat Is not saying that individuals are not deal
~ with these classes OF people in the Lords ,
Sn spirit, but 1t Ia saying that society has no
Sc for an eN-conyict and no heart
n fallen woman that has repenteil.
% matter how thorough her penitcnce
how complete the renovation Of her life, she
a social outlaw; and she knows II. and that Is
ne principal reason why out at a hundred
omen who enter a depraYed life ninety five die
IL. Society the Christian Church, and the
omen OF the hrlstian Church help ia that way
forge the chains that bind the poor creatures
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