The morning call., 1894-12-17

would stand at bench alongside of him
None. perhaps, in the whole wide world
save a Salva;innisr. He returned 10 crime
and for one thing and another spent TWEEN
ty-one years in prison, The last COS vlctOn
being for having burglars tools upon his
pc rsOn. Released from This tie bought a
revolver, and, in his desperation. swore
an oath to kill the first man who nterfered
with him and with that to end his own
wretched existence.
ascending the quay in London when two
of my slum angels. in their lovely big bon
nets, being merely out in their customary
way 10 see whose heart they might cheer,
saw aim, saw that he was miserable and
so accosted him. What they said is no
matter. but 1t was the first kindly word
that this poor boy John, now grown to
manhood, had heard in many. many years
lie went with them where they led and
found himself comfortably housed, with
kindly sympathy for his sorrows all about
him, and it was a revelation; he was a
new man; he had thought that all such
things had forever passed out of his life
because of that first sin committed in his
youth and which for the lack of human
sympathy at that time had become cumu-
latlve. de is steady worker in our Shop
provided for just such cases and it was he
who made the stout boots which / am
wearing in my journey around the world.
w DdL WUulu say,
the speaker, not waiting for the clamOr of
rejoicing to vent itself. az usual, "what
would humanity say if they saw lot of
sheep being submerged by the tiGe and
heard their beat, bleat, bleat all day in
their ears? Would 1t not labor at every
cost OF inconvenience and discomfort I'M
til it had rescued the sheep? Well, can
you not hear the bleat bleat, bleat of men
and women who are dying-the horrible,
unceasing cry OF people In distress, who
are breeding their own misery. propa-
eating Indebtedness so stepped and SUBJ
merged that they must sink deeper of their
own weight unless they have some
stron ger hand to cling to for while.
"Thep," and now the speaker rises from
the tense. thrilling tone of his narrative to
an exhorIation that Is command and De-
comes, indeed, the inspired patriarch.
Then. for Gods sake, let US help them
out. How much more important is one
man than all the flocks of sheep! I ask
what is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is it to be
Christ man or Christ woman? Do you
remember the question, What shall do to
b. saved? Do you remember the answer?
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God. How
lovely 1t is! How like heaven it sounds
and thy neighb0r as myself. Who is my
neighbor, Lord? And to whom did the
Lord point? To those who had fallen
the hariot and the thieves. TO be a Chris
tian is to go down into the haunts of these
with your Iuppence and oil and lift them
up and take them in your carriages to the
bDtel ana pay the bili''-with a blow upon
the railing-'that's Christianity as Christ
meant it to be-" And here the roar of ap-
prevail broke in again.
But | have gotten away from my sub
ject, anG | can only get back to it to-mor-
row night"
In hurried sentences. however, the Gen.
eral gave the outline of his great scheme
oil salvation through sympathy and love
and first providing the means by which
men may live. To give to those who are
still pursuing vicious paths is only helping
them in those paths. The army seeks 10
pluck them away, set them on their feet
and help them to walk upward. Great
buildings have been erected-the Rescue
Home, where men and women may find
shelter, food. baths and good Influences
for few pennies. In relieving the Door
houses and warehouses they save the
State money and therefore pay profit.
In these places, filled nightly, there is no
Quarrelng or trouble ever. The atmos-
phere of the place breathes of love and
sympathy and dispells all else.
81 have come here TO see my soldiers"
said the general. land give them my en-
enlargement and get theiis in return, and
it is our purpose to set network of these
rescue homes all r0nnd the world. They
are an established institution in England:
they have been started in many cities of
the Continent, and | expect to see them
here and in Australia and Canada. 1t is
1000 years since Christ babe his Disciples