Evening journal., 1896-05-04
TBE RESCOE BAND AT WORK
COL. HADLEY AND HIS WORKERS
HOLD INTERESTING MEETINGS.

which Are Attended BY Large ConRre-
cations Despite the IncIement Weather.
Union Meetings to he Held in st.
PauIs aud Asbury the Balance Of the
Week.
The series OF meetings which will be
held in Wilmington during the coming
week by Colonel Henry ii. Hsdley and
his band OF rescue workers, began
yesterday iD several of the churches.
The main object of Colsnel Hadley's visit
Is to awaken an interest In slum work
here and to assist the Sunday Breakfast
Association and the Rescue Mission In the
work done by those organizations
Despite the weather all the meetings
were we'll attended and proved very
enjoyable and highly instructive
Colonel Hadley. who is the superln-
teudent OF the st. Bartholomew's Rescue
Mission. New York, aud who has organ
lied numerous missions Ia this country
and Canada, was once 4 drunkard himself
and WAS converted through hearing the
story Of his life as told by a reformed
scotchnan In New York city. In the
morning the colonel spoke Ia the First
Presbyterian Church and Ia the evening
at Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
He gave an Interesting sketch of the
work accomplished by the mission In
bringing drunkards and wayWGrd men
and women TO Christ
Miss Sara Wrsy, for nine years a sing
ing evangelist and rescue worker in the
slums Of New York and the Whltechapsl
district OF London spoke In West Presby
terisn Church in the morning and at
Union in the evening, and gave a number
Of interesting incidents connected with
her work In those cities She is the
national president of the Young Ladies'
Auxiliary Of the Christian Mems Union,
and Is hns, earnest speaker.
Alexander n. Leo, field secretary and G
we'll known athlete of Wesleyan
University. spoke last evening in g.
Pauls NJ Z Church. BE told OF how he
came to be connected with the mission
and what good he had gained out of It.
feature of this meeting was his sing
ing Down In the Gilded Saloon
In the evening at Asbury NJ. e. Church,
Professor Lou Brown spoke to a large
congregation He told the story OF his
life from his Christian home In Madison
County. N on the operatic stage, OF
which he was one of the stars-until tue
demon Of drink ruinedl him. until be
reached the gutter, broken down, pen
niless, frlendless tramp While wan
derinP simessly through the slums OF
New York. hunting for some obscure
place to die, one cold. snowy night IN
January, 1895. no heard the singing OF
hymn his mother used to sing to him
coming from Jere McCaulley's Water
street mission. He entered aud found
the meeting In charge OF S NJ Hsdley,
the coloners brother. who had known
him Ia bstter days His conversion fol-
lowed and since then Professor Bcowa
has devoted his life and talents to the
service of Christ.
His story was an sffecting ore, and
when he had finished he sang and many
Ia the audience we're melted to tears
Professor Brown Is a superb singer, and
since his conversion bss been the means
of bringing many who were confirmed
drunkards to = change OF life
This evening and Tuesday and Wednes
day nights, the entire band will hold
union meetings in st Paul's Church, and
on Thursday and Friday evenings in Az
burY.