The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-14
RESCUE WORK IS BEGUN
First Fall Meeting of Help
and Home Mission.
ENGLAND'S COURSE UPHELD
Resolutions Passed Thanking Great
Britain for Her Stand on the Ar
menian Question and the AssOcia-
lions support Pledged-Maj Or Hill
ton the Chief Speaker.

The first OF the fall and winter series
Florence Crittenton Help and Home Mis-
Sion was held yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the First Congrega tional Church
From the size of the audience it is fair
to judge that public interest and sympathy
In the work OF the rescue band in reclaim
ing and staining fallen women is grow
Ing in this city. Among the audien &c which
led the auditorium Were many new faces,
both young and old, all OF whom seemed
deeply interested in the work.
very pleasing feature OF the meeting
was the music, which,. besides being eX-
celient from an artistic standpoint, was
inspiring and appropriate, each selection
having some direct reference to the object
In view. This was most forcibly Illus
tratcd when, after the purpose Of the
meeting had been explained by the prcsi-
dent, Mrs. La Fetra, MIR. Rallou of the
metropolitan NJ. Z. Church very touchinrIy
sang Throw Out the Life Line" the
whole audience joining i'll the chorus.
MRS. LA FETRA'S REMARKS.
The meeting was opened 10y Mrs Sara d.
La Fctra, iucal superintendent OF the Crit-
tenton Mission, VINO briefly told OF the
good work which had teen cone in the
past; the sources from which the mission
derived its support, and what WAS hoped
for in the future.
Oh tie rOstrum, besides the presiding
officer, were Rev. j L. Gilbert, Mrs. NJ. l.
Wells, national organizer of the Crittentou
Mission; NTH. Is. Mouitun, MIR IaIIou
and Major George \. Hilton OF California
After the reauins of the scripture lesson
by tine Rev. Dr. GiiDert, Mrs. La Fctra ill
-troduced the following resolution:
Whereas, our worlds and national pres
ident, Miss Frances L. Willard, in her uIl-
bounded love Tor the whole human race,
has issued an appeal To all W hitu KIbDoners
throughout the United States to stand by
England III her determined efforts to stop
the massacre of Christians by the Turks
IN Armenia. Therefore he it
Resolved, by the CHRISTIAN citizenship de
partme mt OF the Worlds W. {. L. U. that we
vii! sustain by our prayers and sym
patty and financial support, as far as
practicable, every effort put forth by
England aud other countries to secure
liberty and peace fey our poor stricken
sisters and all others in Armenia.
The resolution was ably seconded by
Mrs. Wells, who said she could not unGer-
stand why action on this matter had been
so long delayed by the Christian nations
of the world. While thinking of the I'LL
happy conditions of others it would be
well, she said. however, not TO lose sight
of those suffering in our midst. She had
uDbounded confidence in the success OF
the work of the mission and looked forward
to the day when there would be u rescue
home for men as well as women.
TIE resolution was unanimously adopted
by rising vote Of the audience.
In introducing Major Hilton Mrs La
Fctra spoke with much feeling when size
referred to the sad lives of fallen women.
To them, she said. the verse "Socn will
the rescue season be Ger is especially
applicable, for under ordinary circumstances
ii seldom lasts beyond four years and then
all that is left of the cnce pure and lovely
daughter was pale and emaciated creature
whose last resting place would be the
po:terS field.
MAJOR HILTON'S TALK.
Major Hilton handled the subject in n
plain outSpoken, practical manner. calling
spade a spade and laying the blame
where he thought it belonged. The cause,
he said, of all the wanton misery which
daily and nightly stalks the street should
not be laid al the door of the weakness OF
woman, but to the perfidy of men. for there
it ri lightly belonged Another criminal fault,
he said, was that it was too generally
believed that ignorance was innCc"ncn.
1t was the duty of every father and
mother to teach the sons and daughters, at
criminal associations and social purity
And when This was not cone, when the
young went wrong, the blame lay with the
parents.
He also spoke of the evil influences
the law. sensational class of literature,
which young people were permitted TO
read, giving many instances where the
result ended in death either for themselves
or others.
Society, lie said, would hold up its hands
In holy horror To think OF such meetings as
those being held on the Sabbath for such
a purpose, but lie was glad to see that the
good people were uDmindful of the social
lash, and would 20 out and do the Lords
work. The Lord says lift up these fellow
women and men, but society says let
them alone. This will not do.
In conclusion lie quoted statistics to
show how the great army of fallen women
was yearly increasing and asked that all
good Christians lend hand to rescue them
During the afternoon Mr.. Sweat, organist
of Hamline NJ. Z. Church, gave several
excellent selections on the organ.