The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-30

! Evangelist CrlttentOn ana his dSSo-
ciates held a meeting in the tabernacle
last evening, the subject under discus
sion being Rescue Mission work. The
gathering was advertised to be held in
the assembly hall, but the attendance
was SO much larger than anticipated a
change was made. Careful estimates of
the number prese, fix the same at about
1000. The lower portion of the great
building was nearly filled.
! Bishop Elias Morris, of the Fifteenth
ward, assisted the evangelists by intro
ducing them ana making announcements.
! The stand was occupied by President
Angus NJ Cannon, his counsellor, c. w.
Fenrose. IL. NCNiece, Rev. F. L. Arnold
and other ministers of the city
The choir and congregation sang Re
deemed at the Tening of the meeting,
which was followed by prayer by Evan
! gelist Carpenter. Frank Wallace sang a
! beautiful solo entitled "Pershing, with
| good effect.
AS theme the speaker of the evening,
Mr.. Crittenton, announced the twenty
second verse of Isiah, xiii. But this is
| a people robbed and spoiled" etc.
/ Prefacing his remarks proper with the
assertion that within the lids of the great
| book there can be found something which
! will cover any emergency. the evangelist
| indulged in few remarks anent the gen
eral plan of redemption from sin.
This was followed by a brief history of
the Florence Crittenton missions. 1t
| appears some thirteen years ago, a little
daughter Of Mr.. Crittenton, named Flor
ence, was taken from earth She was a
! child dearly beloved by her father and he
mourned her loss very much. To use ms
| words: "She was one of two dear child
rem and when l looked out upon the street
and saw there the children of other fami-
! lies, to the number of six or eight L was
! in rebellion against God. / used to say to
myself, Why did God take from me, who
! only had two, when he might as we'll de-
| priVed those blessed with more% One
day, after l had been in rebellion against
| the decree of the almighty over eight
months, l was riding home on the elevat-
! ed road. Hitherto the only thing Which
| had prevented me from committing sui
! eide was the knowledge / had that there
| was a beyond and / was not prepared TO
meet it. On this occasion | began think
| ing over the passages of scripture l had
| read and this one flashed upon me: AS
many as l love- l rebuke and chasten.
| And l got to wondering whether the Lord
really loved me. And as [ thought over
the matter and the memory OF the little
| one came in my mind; as L recalled her
| winning ways, began weeping. Lest
the people in the car should see me,
strong man, weeping, L turned my face
! to the window and covered it Witty my
| hands Right then and there l seemed to
! see the face and hear the voice of God
| calling me. When / reached home went
| to my room and decided to stay there
until I was saved, and / did it, too.
| When L came down my heart was at
peace.
'.Soon after this I was an attendant at
| a noon prayer meeting in a little church
! and was asked by a lame man, mis-
sionary, who distributed Invitations
! among the lowly of the city, If L would
| go around with him that evening. hes
| itated, under the impression that l had
| not yet the proper amount of experience
| But l thought as l had promised the
| Lord to serve him, would attempt it and
! tod Ne from saloon to
! loon and finally arrived in a place on
J Baxter street, where we found two girls
Filled with Blood and prayed with them
Then we told them to go and sin no
more. Right ait that point l began think
! ing where in all this world can they
| go? Where is there door open TO
| them?' And I resolved right then and
/ there they should have a place provided
| for them. Within sixty days the first
home was opened 1t has been a glorious
] success We have saved many, many
] girls from lives of shame and have maze
| OF them good Christian men and women
The speaker narrated several instances
of these girls, particularly Nellie Conroy,
| one of the girls found in the Baxter street
! dive, who afterwards became model
woman and spoke to thousands in Cooper
/ Union in behalf of her fallen sisters, fin
ally dying a glorious Christian DEATH
This first home is yet called the
| Mother Mission although there are
twenty-five others in various parts OF
! tan ma;trons, with motherly feelings, VINO
welcome the poor, slnslck sous 10 the
| haven of refuge afforded and assist them
| in seeking that peace which tolIoWs the
! seeking of Jesus
At one time not long ago, the mayor of
! Pittsburg called all the abandoned women
| before him, 1,500 in number, and told them
they must leave the city. Where? He
| could not tell them. They must leave.
! And although the poor creatures begged
him with tears in their eyes for relef,
h. fond "
! treat an animal in that fashion. we
would afford the most lowly brute better
! treatment.
/ speaker declared dances a besettfng sin.
! Skating Kinks were bad too. Drinking
| and mock marriages claimed their VIC
| Tins He related several incidents about
dancing having been the ruin of girls,
particularly one who began at her home
! in Harlem and wound up at Billy Nc
Glorys.
| city of New York. Chicago has nearly
! as many more There are 232,OOO in the
| United States. The average life of shame dla me
! is five years. So it appears that 1920
girls, the daughters of mothers are
| dragged down each year.
| The history of Nellie Conroy and the
death bed scene We're very pathetic and
many an eye in the congregation was
/ dimmed as the speaker told of the last
! moments of this ransomed girl Con-
| sumption had seized upon her ere she be
Il
the hospital. When the grey pallor had
| began to creep over the wan face, the
! light in the eye to fade; when death $
| eternal finger had traced upon her broWS
! the word which means the end of all
! things earthly, she had taken his hand
and whispered: To-day snail see little
| Florence and will tell her what her papa
is doing for the poor girls of this world.
And when the final moment arrived, she
had lifted her eyes in peace and it seem
ed as if the portals of heaven opened to
receive her spirit.
girls can be redeemed. She was as pure
f, in heart as any woman. cold things
have passed away and all have become
new" said he who died that Nellie Con-
roy might live. And if one can be re-
deemed from a life of sin and shame,
others can and ought to be.
An instance of Sister Charlotte, as she
is called the superintendent of the mis-
sion of Philadelphia, was related. She |
was a fallen daughter of a minister. VINO
married a confidence man VINO ruined
her. BY the grace of God she was saved
of New York and Philadelphia than any
woman of Mr. Crittenton's acquaintance.
For nine years she has kept the faith and
will continue to the end
EVANGELIST Morton was introduced and
began his discourse by saying that al
though their route had been one continual
journey among people whose kindness was
great, he could not help saying that here
in Salt Lake city they had been greeted !
more warmly by all than in any place.
The Mormons had treated them with !
great Kindness and he wished publicly |
to thank them for the use of the great |
tabernacle in which to hold meeting.
The speaker said al one time he was |
a morphine fiend and a drunkard. Not I
that he gloried in this statement; he