The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-05
THE RESCUE HOME.
Two EvanEclists Hero to Create a
Sentiment in it's Favor.
LAST NIGHTS SERVICES ATTENDED
ny a Largo Number Of People, Who
Responded Generously to tho Plea
for tho establishments Of tho Homo.
Meetings to DO Held This Afternoon
aud Evening and Roroa.cd To.
morrow. 'st

Tho effort now being made by tho
Woman'a Christian Temperance Union,
OF this city, to establish a Rescue Homo
for women, seems likely to DO successful.
Tho ladioa In furlhoranco OF this projcc.
engaged Mossrs. G. N. Crittonton aud
L B. Greenwood, whose work In tho
limo OF Florence missions oil over tho
country, and especially in New York,
ha, been very successful. Thoy held
their frat meeting at the Hearno tabor.
nacle last evening and largo conCroga.
ton was present. In addition to tho
ladies who are already Interested in tho
projec. to establish tho home, many Of
the younger people were present aud
everybody took the liveliess interest In
tho proceedings. In addition to the
two visiting evangelists tho following
ministers occupied seats on the plat.
form: Rev. DR.. F. D. 7. Buckley, OF tho
Thomson NJ. E. church; Rev. Mr.. King,
OF Fulton; Rev. Dr.. W. IL Cooke, OF the
Second Presbyterian church, and Rev.
Mr.. Bartlebaugh, who 10 In charge Of
the Tabernacle.
After prayer by DR.. Buckley. that
gentleman introduced tho gentlemen
who are here for the purpose OF crea.
ting general interest In the rescue
work, stating that all had heard OF the
: work OF these men who have consecra.
ted their lives to Christian work, and
that he had the pleasure oil seeing the
work OF Mr.. Greenwood in Cincinnati
several years ago. He announced the
programme OF tho other rescue meetings
as follows: This afternoon Mr.. Green
wood will occupy tho pulpit; in the
evening Mr.. Crittenton will speak; on
Wednesday the same will DO repeated.
The evenings devotional services
were conducted by Mr.. Crittenton.
This gentemen's style 10 at once plain,
but persuasive, ,unvarnished but con.
vincinc. He spoke OF the great work
being done in Rescue work all over the
land, and gave many personal expert
ences where Christ had come to the
rescue OF souls about to 60 to destruc-
Ztion. He recommended the constant
use OF the Bible; iu that Book, no mat
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life, something OF comfort will be found.
He referred TO many portions OF the
Scriptures, and commented on the num-
Der OF places where the word Como"
occurs. It is FIRST mentioned in the
seventh chapter OF Genesis. and is
found on almost every page thereafter.
He implored all present to come
z to Jesus, and when he asked for
those who had faith in Him to stand /,
nearly all responded. He spoke OF the
sixteen Rescue homes that had been es-
tablished, and OF the immense amount Of
good that had been accomplished. On
Wednesday evening be announced that
services like those held in the New
York mission home would be held here.
The collection taken was for the aid
OF the proposed Rescue Home in
Wheeling and was quite generous. 1.
is probable that the congregations to.
day and tomorrow will BIO much larger
than that OF last night. All who wish
to encourage the worthy proiec. should
attend.