Evening star., 1895-10-17

that If he would care for her property. for
she knew her old associates would drink
up her liquor and burn her furniture, she
would promise to turn over to him the
lease on the house. The result of it all
was that the Infamous old Green Onion was
the salvation Of fallen men and women.
Instead of being sink hole Of nastiness
1t was made into a power for good. Mr..
Taylor concluded his address by telling a
had been reclaimed and soles saved
through the influence of the mission.
The Ralph Mead. jr., Memorial Rescue
Mission Home" was the subject of an ad-
described himself as a drunkard who had
been saved through the grace of God. He
was Welshman, born under the shadow
Of Mt Snowden. He drifted to Liverpool,
where he ran tough saloon and music
hall In one Of the worst parts Of the city.
He went on to tell of the wonderful infiu-
ence that had changed him from dive
keeper into the superintendent of mis-
sion home.
Vile Literature.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Jones' remarks
President Hilton introduced Mr.. Yates
Hickey of the American Railway Literary
Union. In his introduction Major Hilton
spoke at some length of the growing evil
of impure literature.
In his address Mr.. Hickey said that vile
literature will go where whisky cannot
always go. Its vitiating steam wanders
through all fields of life. Vile literature,
he said, fills the houses of ill-fame ard
whisky keeps the inmates there. Mr..
Hickey told of the efforts that are being
made to keep vicious books out of the
mails, off the railway trains and to put a
stop to the sale at the newsstands at the
railway stations.
This address was followed by another
appropriate song by the Silver Lake Quar-
tet.
Mr.. H. g. Fithian, a handsome and we'll
dressed young man, described the work of
the Broadway Mission of Sing Sing. N. Y.
He said that Sing Sing is not only peni-
| tentiary town, but II is also town of cul-
ture and wealth. Not all criminals are in
the penitentiary. nor are all the men be-
hind the bars the hardened wretches they
are thought to be. and they are almost
| always amenable to good influences. At
the Broadway Mission they have an aver
age attendance every evening of about
forty, and there have been many inter-
esting cases of conversion accomplished
there.
Work in Alexandria.
One of the first evangelistic movements
started directly under the auspices of the
National Union was mission organized last
spring in Alexandria, and Mr.. r. E. Red
dirg, the superintendent, was introduced
| to speak of his work. Mr.. Redding is a
Central Union Mission convert of this city
and well known in mission work. Four
years ago he was the driver of an ice
wagon and pretty hard drinking man..
AS result of his habits his home was
broken up. and he was rapidly going from
bad to worse. One night he encountered
the Central Union Mission gospel wagon,
ard his start upward" dated from that
open-air service. Today he is fine-look-
Ing. earnest man. and in an interesting
manner he described the evangelistic work
he has been trying to do in Alexandria
The final speaker of the morning was
MRS. Jennie Fowler Willing, superintendent
OF the Baracha Mission of New York city.
Today's Programs.
The program for the afternoon session
and the final session this evening is as fol-
lows:
Afternoon session. o'clock-2-215, de-
votional service, VIM. Neat; music, Silver
Lake Quartet and mission choir. 2:2O-3:3O
addresses from representatives of missions
fifteen minutes each); Central Union Mis-
sion, Pittsburg, Pc. w. w. Phillips; Mil
waukee Rescue Mission, A. ]. Calvert;
song, Silver Lake Quartet; Bowery Mis-
sion, New York, VIM. D. Hughes; Flor
Prindle; prayer for work presented; chorus,
mission choir. 3:3O-4. address, 1.-The Holy
Spirit in Our Work." Rev. Stephen Merritt.
45, brief addresses by delegates; song,
Evening session-7:3O oclock-7-7:3O,
praise service, G. w. Havell; music by
Silver Lake Quartet and mission choir and
orchestra. 7:3O-S, address, Rev. c. H.
Mead; song, Silver Lake Quartet. $500,
modern methods of Christian work, DR..
Louis Klopsch. S:3O-9, plans for the cam
paign, Maj. Geo. A. Hilton; chorus, mis-
sion choir. $3.50, address, Rev. Stephen
Merritt; song, Silver Lake Quartet
A Jubilee Meeting.
Tomorrow evening there will be a "jubi-
lee meeting at Foundry Church, a sort Of
after service of the conyention of Chris
tian Workers. DR.. Oliver A. Brown, the
pastor Of the church, has taken a great
interest In the work of the convention,
and Is preparing for great meeting to-
morrow evening. Maj. Hilton will preside,
and will be assisted by number of mem
bers of the convention, so that there will
be plenty of good speaking and singing.