The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-13
'RAYERS FOR POLICEMEN


-ood literature, which he gives to the
hilors. He has found out in his work
HAT men are like castles in one re-
1pect at least; II you can't get In at
He main door you can at the side door.
fsn other words, by working 1t right this
literature can be brought to the notice
|l;f the men. Often, if the men will not
ake tract, he asks them If they don't
.lIFant to hear a story, and then in neat
Nay proceeds to tell them the same
3hings contained in the tracts.
NJ In Toronto there are ladies and gen
lemen who go to the large factories and
bold half hour religious meetings during
he incoming, while the men are eating
heir lunches and many in this way are
Brought to the teachings of Christ. 1T
IS delightful" said he, "to see the faces
pr the working men light up and beam
with the spirit of Christ at these meet
Mugs. One manufacturer, influenced by
he meetings has fitted up a room in
mis- factory especially for these services,
Ind every morning for the last five
z months he has given half hour for re-
Y gious services"
~ Last year Mr. Bone made 634 visits to
" Vessels. During the last summer he has
s4eonducted open air services at the va
%rious ports while the sailors were in.
srhe ladies connected with the work
make up bags full of religious literature
and give them to the men on the ships
Three hundred of these have been given
away during the past year. In conclu-
sion says that he goes continually up
and down the canal like a weaver's
shuttle leaving thread behind. The
canal work is a branch of the Upper
N Canada Tract society. AT the conclu-
sion numerous questions were asked and
N answered.
PRAYERS FOR POLICEMEN.
4 Miss Macdonald having then arrived
n delivered an address on 'The Interna-
Sstiional Christian Police Association, and
AReports of Progress" She said that in
\ london there are 1000 policemen, 1000
\ Iof whom are earnest Christian men. A
y few years ago Mrs. Guerney began to
II think of the possibilities of evangelizing
4 work among policemen, and to realize
K that they are, by the nature of their
duties, debarred from attending church
and that no one seems to care for them.
She soon asked few of them to meet
IA class was formed to meet there weekly
This class grew, and before long the
need for more spacious quarters was
felt. Permission was obtained from the
superintendents of police, and an asso-
citation was formed with special meet
VI ing rooms
IL The chief work to be done in the asso-
n citation was to join in prayer with the
policemen, to give out literature and to
seek by the establishment of Bible
classes and meetings to bring the work
M of Christ before them. Requests soon
came from the various precincts of the
6 city for meetings to be held in their
stations. The work spread through all
N the cities of Great Britain and in 1892
VI Mrs. Guerney came to America to es-
N tablish an association. One great
IL branch of the work is the Bible Reading
4 union and each man is urged to study
Il the Bible for himself. There is also
A temperance union connected, as there
NJ are special temptations to drinking pre-
sented to policemen. The association
II now supports four foreign missionaries.
One of them, Mr.. Howell, who was for
d merly a policeman in London, Is now
IA
"A tl1te In London continues to be a source
# of great blessing. Bible classes, educa-
tional classes, evangelistic classes, sing
4 ing classes and prayer meetins are held
every week. There are also meetings
4 for the benefit of young men who come
n to Join the police force in London. To
q these the older police officers talk and
n warn them against the temptations
q which will beset them There is con-
n valescent hospital and during the last
n wear Asst members of the force have been
there, many of them being converted to
Christ while there. For the last three
years the workers in New York city
have met every day and prayed for the
police; in Chicago very definite results
have followed; in Philadelphia meet
i1lgs are held in six different stations,
! and in Buffalo a wonderful work was
done three years ago, but the chief
J worker there had to leave and the work
has since Ianguished. In Detroit an
association was started last month
There are several stations in Canada
especially in Toronto and Hamilton. In
the former place sixty patrolmen have
confessed Christ The work is carried
INTO every COuHIly VI Lie WIN "AiSA
there are police In India 1t is chiefly
in Bombay and Calcutta the two chief
centers where there are European po-
lice Some work is, however, carried
on among the 100000 native policemen
throughout the country and it is hoped
that before long a police missionary
can be sent out to work for them. In
Japan there are $4,000 policemen who
are looked out for, while the work is
also carried on in Hong Kong, China
Melbourne and Sidney in Australia
South Africa, and in Tasmania. A So
ciety. "The Young Helpers Band" has
been organized to assist the association
and a paper "On and Off Duty" is pub
Ished in its interest. Many policemen
saw they were all right before they wen
on the force.
In conclusion, Miss Macdonald said
"Pray for the policemen of New Haver
and when you pass policeman on hi:
beat stop him and give him part of the
message which you have received"
After the address was finished many
questions concerning evangelistic worl
among policemen were asked, and i
was stated that a work of that sort was
started In New Haven about three years