Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-13

1 swOre by Him that sat upon the
throne above that l would never
touch the intoxicants again. But,
would We believe 1t, within six weeks l
was a drunkard once more
"And then ] cannot help turning to
another thing, seldom heard from the
pulpits and seldom heard mentioned,
and that is the fallen women. l can't
help thinking sometimes that my Sis
ters will have some account to give be-
fore high heaven for the neglect of
their sisters. They can go to them and
put their arms around their necks and
persuade them to abandon their career.
Oh, mothers, when you pass your bed
room and stop at the chamber whe"e
your beautiful girls lie sleeping, anI
press upon their cheeks your kisses,
and go to your couch and fall asleep
and dream of the pure lives of your
girls future, you never think OF poor
girls who are passing under your win
dow or in your neighborhood. Oh, for
Gods sake do something to stop them
from following this ruinous course.
"Who cares for Gods poor, ask you.
Who cares for the thousands of girls
that are thrown on the world by the
perfidy of man? Oh, my sisters, go
out and throw your arms about these
Magdalene was saved. Bring them
into the light.
"Let me tell you story. In the
southeastern corner of England n
young girl went out to service when
she was but IA years of age. Only IA.
think of 1t, you mothers, think of that
poor child going out in the world at
that age. Ignorant of herself and men,
she fell. Deceived. scduced, robbed of
all she had. she was left alone to fight
the battle by tho scoundrcl who be-
trayed her. BY and by she was obliged
to go to the wOrkhouse. She came out
with baby, being then II years of
age. Think of it, SIR With her child
in her arms she sought her former
home. She begged her father to take
care of her child, and she would go out
and work for money to pay for Its
board. What reception did she get?
Did that futhW take her in? No; he
closed the door In her face: go away.
you hussey' he cried. go away. You
have brought gray hairs on your IA
TIERS head. Bcgone" With her child
in her arms she knocked at every door
in the town, and met with the same
reception. 'Begone, or We'll put the po-
lice on you they cried. What did she
do? With her child in her arms she
sought the woods, and laying the babe
on the ground, with u plying glance
said: 'Oh, my darling, they shall never
serve you as they served me. God
buried it in the woods. Then the
prison, penal scrvitude for life, includ-
ing solitary confinement. For six long
years she walked her dark and lonely
cell, and then couple of our sisters
heard of her condition. We brought
the case to the home secretary, and he
said: Certainly, I'll pardon her, Gen
eral Booth. If you'll take charge of
her. And he did. and to-day that
woman has come up, and she is
going up. up, up, and she'll soon have
climbed the ladder to the very top.
Bless the Lord"
Here the general stopped to regain
his voice. With his gray hair stream
ing like n meteor and with his eyes
blazing like Goals of fire, he might
have been veritable Daniel come to
judgment. There was hardly dry
eye in the house. The general con-
tinued:
1--WE have in London 5000 hungry
people. They have been fed tonight,
and that without very great cost to
charity. Tonight there will be sleep
ing in our homes in that city no less
than 5000 wretched men and perhaps
500 women-mostly men; men who but
for this would be in the workhouse, in
the prison, committing robberies or dy-
ing, sleeping on the embanknents or
the streets. We take them in for
2 cents, and for cents we give them
something better, we do not allow them
to beg from us: he would get nothing
for his trouble If he did. We make
them work. A man is In poor condition
If he cannot either beg, borrow, or
earn, or steal 2 cents. If he brings his
2 cents, what do we do with him? In
the first place we give him nice, we'll
lighted warm room in which to sleep.
For cents we give him a nice comfort
able bed, SO he can put his head down.
In addition that piece of bread thar
takes off the gnawing of his hunger;
we give him clean water in which he
can wash himself.
"And then, If he wants a bath, for
another cent we give him hot bath,
and IL man has not been WASHED
since his mother washed him it is n
comfortable sensation and makes him
feel quite religious. And then, while
having his bath, he may find that his
clothes have gone away without hands.
We have a chamber of horrors; we ere
mate them, SIT. L iil not ITleuu Oh
the ordinary crematOry, but I am a
friend of cremation of this principle.
So that IL he goes in 10000 strong, he
comes out a single man.
"Think of these poor wretches, how
horribly depressed they may be. You
must to make it a success, make them
partners, make them cooperative in
the work of their own delivery. The
ministers will bear me out in the case
of the redemption of the soul and do
just the same in regard to the body.
They must work out their own salva-
ton, and must work for themselves.
You must rouse them to it. You must
reform them. Without that it will
not be a success. The principle of my
faith is that it is the heart you must
reform. There is only one way, and
that is by reformation-a change Of
heart.
eve have kept an account Of this In
stitution on a twelve months trial,
and in this we have found that 63 per
cent. of our criminals have turned out
well. AS to drunkards we have made
them sober, and as to idlers we can
make them work. l think we save 70
per cent. of the worthless If we place
our hands upon the work and give
them work at laborious tasks. We
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