Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-19

stating that had he been so shamefully
neglected in early years, he might
have been one of them. He said he
was justified in saying that; and citeG
exemplification of the power of early
impression for good as seen in the his
tory of murder trial in Peoria. The
murderer told the sad story of his out.
cast and neglected life, to the secre.
tary of the Young Mems Christian
association, who visited him In prison
and said in his confession of his
crime, If some one had only talked to
him in this way when he was a mere
lad and taken him to Sunday school,
he would not have been what he was
At the time of his (Mr. Reynolds')
visit to Joliet, a pardon for life
convict was granted; and he said the
eager expectation of those sad faces
of 1900 men when at the close of his
address, the warden held up letter,
with the words, "this is pardon for
one of you," told its own story.
Then came the words, :" it is a pardon
for life man." This announcement
limited the hope to about 60; and
slowly faded the bright look of hope
from the other faces; then came the
name; and the man fell in dead
faint. The joy had done its work.
And when at last the man stood
before the warden and received his
pardon, he was like a dazed man, he
could not realize that he was now
free, and that the despair of sunlight
and freedom had gone, forever, and
that now he was free. The tears and
kisses he showered upon the hand the of
the warden. the deep sense of graft
tude, the overwhelming idea of free
dom, made scene that no one could
blot from his memory, and showed to
him in a new and marvellous way, the
power of freedom, in every sense, that
comes through Christ.
We only wish we had time to give
an account of Mr.. Reynolds mis-
sion work in Peoria. A few years
ago he started a Sunday school
in a hired room in lower Peoria;
the name indicates the character; and
after due advertisement, eight
teachers, and four little girls as
scholars, appeared. Mr.. Reynolds, not
discouraged, went on the streets,
and "bagged," by little coaxing, a
of boys at base ball. He got
them in on the promise that he would
only detain them half an hour. He
got them in, and what to do with them
was the next thing. He asked them
to sing. They started Negro
minstrel song. And today, after
many years of faith and patience, the
largest Sunday school and church, out
side of Chicago, in Illinois, began in
this way. Today there is a $4,000
church, and the boy, who was the
leader of the street gang and the Sun
day ball game, is now the active
uperintendent of the school. The
seed sown in tears was reaped in joy.
All we have to add is that we hope
that this work of Sunday school
organization may go on, and it will,
If it is only true to what is one of one
its chief articles of rganization-Int
This is perhaps the
wisest way under the present divided
condition of Christendom. 1t is true
that we are dealing with actual, not
ideal, conditions, yet it seems that
all Christians should work and pray
for that Christian unity, which would
not only take from the denomina-
tional fences the barb-wlre, against
which Mr.. Reynolds protested, but
would throw down the fences, which
are too often so high that they obscure
the great work that is being done, in
the aggregate, by these separate and
different Christian churches.
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