The morning times., 1895-10-12
RESCUING The FA[LEH
National Gospel Unions Work
Among the Unc1nVerted.
CONVENE HERE NEXT WEEK
Prominent EvanCelistsi In A II Bra nches
of Work VIII Take Part in the .E1-
erciseSt to Be Held in Foundry Church.
Preparatory Service Sunday Night.
Music From Four Choirs.

To save the men and women who are
| poisoningsociety. menacing government,
degrading morals, and corruptlnS religion,
| is the work of the National Gospel Mission
Union, which viii meet in this city at
Foundry NJ. Z. Church on the 18th, 16th,
and l7th inst.
While tue noble work of the home and for
eign missionary system has assumed vast
proportions, yet NOT enough is being thought
of the great multitude OF our urban popu-
lation who have drirted entirely away
from the cnurcncs aiid are fast lapsins into
indolence, immortality, ana crline.
The marvellous Success OF the Central
Union Mission Of this City in reaching
the uncpuVerteu classes has led To the
conviction that similar work may be
| successfully prosecuted in every city OF
our land. After much consultation with
Christian workers aud leaders III otuer
cities, an organization has been effected
TO be called the National Gospel Mission
Union.
TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
Its object is TO Christianize America,
but ii will refrain from the oTga uiZation
of churches or anything that might be
construed as a rival OF eccles III stical
bodies. Its efforts will be to convert The
world; to co-ope-ate with churches, and
not to compete with item. L. harInunize
existing bodies; not to produce strife;
to strengthen, not TO weaken, all good
agencies
AN interesting programme OF events has
been prepared, embracing some OF the most
prominent evangelical workers in all grades
of society, who Will explain their work.
Among the mere prominent are the Rev.
Stephen Merritt; " illiam ID. Hughes, of
the Bowery Mission, New York: Mrs. A. l..
Prindle. or the Florence Mission for Fallen
Women: Rev. F. Stroeter, of the Hope
of Israel Mission to the Jews; Rev. C. II.
Mead, secretary of the National b Temper
ance Society; Mrs. E. NJ. WhIttemore, the
founder of the Door of Hope; Maria sid
thorpe, of the Margaret Strachan Home,
New York; DR.. Louis klopsch: Mrs. Edhoime,
and Prof. A A. Hopkins.
a feature of the convention viii be the
music to be furnished by four bands OF
singers, the Silver Lake Quartet, the Mis-
sion Choir, the Moody Choir, and the
Alexandria Choir.
Preparatory services viii be held Sun
day night at Foundry Church, to be ad-
dressed by Jor George \ Hilton, Rev.
Mr.. Bailey, and others.
FIRST DA Y'S PROGRAMME
The following is the programme for Tues
day:
Morning session. to $50, devotional
and praise service George w Wheeler
music, SILVER Lake Quartette and Mission
Choir, $50 to $40, statement of Object of
convention, the cha irDlan; $40 to $50, ad-
dress of welcome, Rev. o. a Brown. d. d.
$50 to IL, addresses of representatives of
local societies, fifteen minutes each, Wash
ington City Bible Society, Rev. A. w
Pitzer, u. D.; Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, Mrs. Margaret b. Plat; wash
ingtoD City Orphan Asylum, John b. Sic
man, sr.; SalvatioD Army, remarks and
song, Capts: Masiand and Dunlap; Christian
Endeavor Societies, Rev. ID. ". Skeilen-
ger, d. D.; Epworth League, William Bur
dette Matthew's; Baptist Young Peoples
school Union; P. II. Bristow; prayer for
the work presented, song, Silver Lake
Quartette.
service, N. A. Robbins; music, Silver Lake
Quartette 2:30 to 8, addresses of repre-
sentatyes of local societies, l 8 minutes
each; University Park Mission, C. b. Ball;
brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, Rev
Howard Wilbur Ennis; Young Mems Chris
tan Association, W. H. II. Smith; song,
Silver Lake 9uartette; Hope and Help
Mission, Mrs. s. d. La Fetra; The Kings
Daughters; Women's Christian Associa-
ton; Deaconness' Home, Rev. l.. T. Wider
man u. D., and Miss Ida E. Miner; chorus,
The Mission Choir; Young Womens Chris
tan Home; The Gospel Wagon, W L. Bruen:
Central Union Mission, o. r. Brown; Prayer
for the work presented; song, Silver Lake
Quartette.
Evening session-7:30 to 8, song and
praise service, Geo W. Havell; music by
Silver Lake Quartette and the Mission Choir
and Orchestral; to S:l5, the churches of
$50 to 1856, the colored churches of Wash.
ington, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, d. D.;
chorus, Mission Choir; $40 to 9:15, work
for fallen women-The Door of Hope, Mrs
+. NJ. whittemore; pra yer-sony, ,SilverLake
Q uartette.
The officers of the union are: President. \
Klopscb; second vice president, n. A. Rob
bins; third vice-president, A. W. bennett:
secretary, A. L. Swartwout.
Board of directors-E. ID. Bailey Massa-
Jersey. secretary; J. E. Carpenter, Ohio,
treasurer; Geo. A. Hilton, California. ma,
tional SUPERINTENDENT. A. L. Swartwout.
Illinois; G. w. Havell, Tennessee; W. O.
Tyler Connecticut; P. s Foster Maryiapd:
N: A. Robbins, Maine; A. S. Pratt, Dis.
trict of Columbia; o. B. Brown, Iowa; L,
Klopsch. New York; Stephen Merritt, New
s. H. HadIey. New York; w F. Hilton
Connecticut: 8. 1. Merrill, California: A.
W. Dennett, New YORK; C. s. Mason. Cali
lornia; ID. L. Davis, OHIO; T. B. Ironside,