St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-16
WORK Of RESCUE
DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN
SHIP LEAGUE.
SEVERAL SPEAKERS TALK
ON THE OBJECTS OF THE NEW
ORGANIZATION AND WHAT'S
BEEN DONE.
ADDRESS BYAREV. J.D. HAUPT.
He Makes Sensational Charges
Concerning the Great SOcinI
Evil. te-.,t

The first mass meeting under the
auspices of the Christian Citizens
league was held at Plymouth church
yesterday afternoon. A large congre-
cation was present, listening intently
TO the remarks of the speakers, each
of whom were limited to a fifteen
minute a IdreSs. President Wilson, of
the citizens league, was the first. and
set forth briefly the manner in which
the law covering the evils with which
the league is to concern itself might
be enforced. Mr.. Wilson said there
was too much timidity in such mat
terS among the church people. He
had talked with the officers of the
police department, and always found
them willing. and even anxious to en-
force the law, providing they could
get the proper orders for so doing.
Here" said the speaker, lies the
root of these evils. We must see to it
that men are put into Office VINO will
issue the necessary orders, and, fur
thermore, see that they are executed.
To obtain such results is the object of
the cfrizens' league and these meet
ings. If we can create a powerful
public sentiment in favor of the prope"
enforcement of the law among the
people, the officials will be quick to
conform to this potent factor in
popular government
Rev. j. w. Conley spoke particularly
of the enforcement of the laws per-
tanning to the Sunday closing of sa-
looms. After reading the law, he stat
ed, as his opinion, that there were no
logical reasons why it could not be
carried out in frs entirety. A great
many, he said, contended that the law
sanctioned or implied a union of
church and state, but such was not
the case. The saloon was a danger
Gus institution at any time, and, as
such, threatened the welfare of the
nation, as we'll as cities. If the evil
could be abated by closing the saloon
on Sunday then it was within the
province Of the state to act in the mat
ter "Prohibitionists, those favoring
total abstinence, and temperance, in
fact, all those" concluded the speaker,
having the welfare of the municipal
Sunday closing, as it can out be of the
greatest benefit to the community"
Rev. J. D. Haupt, secretary of the
this branch of the work since it's in
aUguration, about ten weeks ago. He
said:
THE rescue work is pre-eminently
a work for our homes; our homes are
the foundation stones of our nation.
We must have population, and 1t
ought to be a part of our national
pride that that population was raised
upon our own soil, and not that we
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eign climeS because we could not, or
We're unwilling, because of our false
and sinful mode of living, to raise
population of our own. But proStitu-
ton, and the terrible increase of the
social evil, does not tend to increase
our population and give us pure. and
noble homes; q ruined woman is not a
noble wife and mother. Dare we then
be Indifferent to these things, dare we
allow vile and lustful men to continue
their devilish work Of running our inno-
cent and pure daughters of America,
and thus destroying our home life,
and still go unpublished? To me it is a
greater crime than murder. And yet
it is being done continually, principally
among the middle and poorer classes,
who have not the means to defend
themselves, yet often even in the most
refined circles of society.
''On the other hand, there are those
women who are making a living at
their harlotry, that make it a business
to ruin our young men to excite their
lust and secure their money. Do you
suppose those sons of ours, when they
are decoyed and destroyed, when they
have tasted Of the pleasure of lust,
will tell father or mother of it? Never.
A young man who professed to know,
told me not long since that there was
not one young man in ten that had not
fallen; l cannot believe it, I hope the
proportion Is not so great of our fallen
sons, yet it is far greater than many
suppose.
1--WE must first adopt preventive mea-
sures, educate our boys and girls in re-
gard to the greatest and most noble
and important functions of life. Teach
them that their bodies are the temples
of the Holy Ghost and the habitations
Of the devil; but we need also to res
cue those poor unfortunate ones who
have been betrayed, whether they be
young men or young women. Many of
them, especially among the young
women, loathe the life they are living,
and when they find that some one is
willing to help them up they are will
ing to be helped; but, like every other
sin that has become a habit, times will
come when the devil returns to them
with double fury and tries to drag
them down. We must lift them up
again and again, until they are strong
enough to finally resist altogether.
ITO accomplish this great work we
need persistent and untiring visitation
Of the places of ill-resort to take Christ
there. for He alone, the light of the
world, can drive out the darkness.
one ought to be for q number of
months in a Christian home, as though
in a hospital, until she has moral
strength to go out again into the world
to do battle for the right. Some say
they are lazy and win not work; per-
haps they are, but if you knew the
lives they have been leading you would
not wonder much. The first thing is
to get Christ into their hearts, then the
work will come out of itself. Some
have asked, what have you been do
ing" Our reply is, Doing all that
time and strength would permit to lift
up the ones willing to be lifted. More
than twenty cases have come under
our notice within the last ten. weeks,
and, having a church and two missions
to care for, it has been absolutely i'm
possible to give the time to this work
which it both demands and deserves
at requires eternal vigilance to ac-
compllSh anything in this great work
The police courts must be visited, Of
tenders must be tracked out and
brought to justice, jafls and lock-ups
must be visited also. and their inmates
cared for. and all this takes time and
money. Shall the good work started
by Mrs. Edholm go on; shall we love
and women and try to save them? Or
shall we grow weary already in we'll
doing, and give up the battle to the
devil and acknowledge him stronger
than our risen Lord? And yet, dear
friends and citizens, we have been re-
ceiving for this work from the churches
and citizens the sum of but $50 a
month having received a little less
than $50 in the eleven weeks of our
work. With this we have cared for
seven souls. 1t is too early to say
what the results will be of our effort
with these, but we do believe that
| three, if not four have been started on
the way to better life. If one soul
is worth more to the Master than all
| the world, surely three souls are worth
| 500. Think of how much is being spent
in our saloons and places of evil resort
| to accomplish the ruin of our young
and then think of the little that is be
ing given to prevent such ruin, and tc
rescue those that are ruined, and the
contrast makes us blush for shame.
'"This grand rescue is being carried
on successfully in other cities, and il
can be done in st. Paul. We need il
just as much, il not more, in proper
ton to- our size. I beg of you to cal