St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-01
HOMES FOR HOMELESS.
Work of the National ChiIdren's
Home Society.

One thousand six hundred and sew
teen homeless children provided for in
the year ending June ,,1s95. Such was
the report at the annual meeting OF
the National ChiIdren's Home society
held in Chicago last week. This So
ciety was chartered first in Illinois in
May, 1885, was extended into Iowa in
October, 1888, into Minnesota in Sep
tember, 1889, and since then in fifteen
other states from New Jersey on the
east to California on the west. Its
purpose is to secure homes for home
less and abused children in good pri-
vate families, and more than $500 chill
dren in all have been cared for. Each
state organizes with its own board,
managing it's own affairs. Hereafter
the National society will be composed
of representatives chosen by each of
the states organized, who will select
a board of directors to have charge
between the annual meetings. DR.. Cy
rus Northrop. of the. university, was
the first president of the society in
this state, and Hon. Hugh Harrison,
of Minneapolis, is now it's president,
while its board is composed of some of
the most prominent ministers and
luth and Winona. Rev. E. P. Savage
and Rev. D. B. Jackson attend to the
work in this state, and w. B. Sherrard
in South Dakota. and Rev. 3. H. BreS-
tad in North Dakota. More than 800
children have been provided for in
these three states since Sept. IL, 1889,
and the society constantly has many
little ones (mere babes from one month
to one year, in it's charge for whom
it seeks homes. Let any one who can
give a good Christian home to child
address Rev. e. P. Savange, S02 New
York Life, st. Paul, MINI.
-FOUR SERMONS AT RED ROCK.
Two Thousand People Were in
Attendance.
Yesterday was an ideal Sunday at
Red Rock, yet it lacked the fire and
enthusiasm characteristic of previous
ones. There was no lack of meetings,
four sermons. love feast and song
services without end. It took good
Methodist to attend half of them, and
a mighty good one to attend all of
them. The two cities were but fairly
represented. a larger number than
usual, however, came in from the coun-
try districts, and helped to swell the
The love feast at $50 a. m. was con-
Quoted by DR.. ]. F. Chaffee, presiding
elder of the Minneapolis district.
DIR. II. A. Cleveland. of the First NJ
E. church of this city, preached at 10:30
a. m. 1t was an eloquent discourse,
characteristic of this distinguished di-
vine. He took for his subject, "the
open window" suggested by the pas
sage found in Daniel. vi, TO- God, he
said, has placed many windows in the
soul of man, the windows of memory,
of literature, of Imagination, of faith
| He eXhorted them to keep their VIM
| dowS open.
Rev. David Morgan, of the ST. Paul
| Bethel, preached at 2;30 .. m. Rev.
William Fielder, of the First NJ. E.
| Church of Minneapolis, was expected
| to preach in the afternoon, but had not
| yet arrived. In addition to the SER
mon, he gave a short and interesting
| account of his recent trip to Europe
| and of the work done by the Salvation
| Army in London.
At 4:30 p. NJ. Rev. Fielder preached
| His text was: There is a God in hea-
| ven that revealeth secrets" Scientists
| and philosophers have been unable to
! solve the problem of human destiny
| Atheists have tried to solve the ques-
| ton, but have failed. Don't go to ma
| terialism, it leaves an aching void
! which the world cannot fill. Don't go
to spiritualism, it is delusion and a
snare.
The evening sermon was preached by
| Rev. Fielder, and was followed by an
affecting farewell service.