The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-16
pLAINVILLE ASSEMBLIES.
PEOPLES DAY TO-DAY-rHE fho-
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City Missionsry Swans Pathetic Address
 Tn. Anti- Gambling Eighth New Jersey
 ss Described by MT. Beach or Jersey
 City.
 The program for the Plainviile as- sembly for to-day Is as follows;
 Thuesdny, August ieth-People's Day.
 MORNING.
 eao p,h,e study-The Highest Knowledge and its Hest Use. Col. 1915. Rev. J. A. Mac oea1' Normal class-rhs Superintendent Election, Qualifications. Relations ana Duties saese'"fGys s's Gsdrens M CT % %aes,ins-Mrs. W. P. Ar. buckle. p.,.w w u., vey. .,
 HOO. Address-Lessons for the Hour b' '. Beardsley, M. D. Rev, K. K. foune' h. p'' presiding.
 2OO. Song service-Rev. W. A. Sage,
 2:3O. Address-The Work of the womans Home Mlssionary Society. Mrs. Clinton B.
 go. Lecture-savonarola; Prophet, Priest and King. Rev. Emerson K. Young. ID. p:
 83O. Young Peoples Meetlng-Lessohsf rom My Garden. Rev. F. A. Sconeld.
 1sSO Praise Service-Rev. J. I. Wagner.
 500. stereopticon Lecture. "od Newgate." Rev. D. M. Grimm.
 In his address at Plainville Tuesday. City Missionary Swan told of tramp that came into his office and asked for something to eat. He was given an or der on . neighboring restaurant. He went out and got something to eat and much to the surprise of MT. Swan came back He said that If MT. Swan then had any temperance lecture to give him he was ready to hear 1t. He was about as dirty and ragged as could be. aid MT. Swan asked him to tell something about himself. The tears glistened in the mans eyes. He said that two years ago he was mechanic fin a Massachusetts town with wife and two children. and had as good home as ever a man did. But diphtheria entered his home and In short time he buried his entire family. He then took to drink to drown his sorrow and only found that it was multiplied. He sank down lower and lower until he became a common tramp. MT. swan found out what the man could do ana found a place for him in New London. And to-day he is prominently identified with the Y. M. c. A. in that town ana is one of the most active workers in fashionable church there.
 Continuing MT. Swan said: That man could not thank us enough for the interest we took in him in pointing him the way that leads to the cross Of Jesus Christ. And this is just the work that Christ wants us to do. It IS the gospel temperance work-the lifting up of the fallen and the healing of the sick at heart.
 Jesus Christ has a spot in his heart for just such men as this. What He wants is you and I to do the work that falls to our lot.
 "There is another young man now studying for the ministry who has an interesting history. He was the son of a minister near Philadelphia. One day he disappeared from home and no trace of him could be found. His father and mother were heart broken. One day l saw in the New London county jail young man with bright eyes and fair, ruddy cheeks I asked him his name and he says, None of your business. I again asked him to tell me his name and he still said, Won't you go on about your business We'll we gave him plenty of paper and some pencils io h ~I1 hut hot will give himself away by writing his name Every day the jailer gathered the pieces up and brought them to me- There was one address out in New York state. We wrote to the postmas- ter there and there was no such a man there. There was another address of . town near Philadelphia. We wrote there and the answer came back say ing: Yes. A minister's son dibap- peared some time ago. His parents are heart-broken.' shall never forget the day that father came. went to the young mans cell and addressed him by name. He started. Your father is here,' said I. T won't see him. he an- swered. The jailer told him that if he did not see his father and behave prop erly he would confine him in the soli-, tary. Then he went out. He stood with folded arms and looked coldly at his father, and said. Have I not brought disgrace enough upon you and all my family for you all to leave me alone? He would not yield to any of hts fathers entreaties or permit him to caress him. We found that there was an indictment hanging over him which would give him a two-years' term in the. Charlestown state pris- on We went to Springfield and through the influence of some friends and rela- tives of the minister. who were high up both in this state and in Massachu- setts, thes indictment was withdrawn. Then we went back and told him what we had done. He broke down then and said that he wanted to be a Christian And now he has just finished his prepa- ratory studies and is about to enter college to pursue his studies in order to preach the inspeakable riches of Christ"
 The choir then sang an anthem, and City Missionary Swan then followed with solo, which was very excellently rendered by him.
 Mr. W. H. Beach of Jersey City, then rave a most thrilling account of "The Anti Gambling Fight in New Jersey" He spoke in part as follows:
 "What we want is clean law, the rab- ble sque1ched and these evil places wiped out. New Jersey is a most pro-