The herald., 1896-08-26
RESCUE The PER|SH|AG
A Noble Effort in Behalf of the
Outcast
EVANGELIST CRITTENTON
Addresses Large Audience at Simpson
Tabernacle
Hundreds Of People Unable to Gain Admit
tance Reports Of the Condition Of
the Florence Home

Last evening at Simpson tabernacle
the champion of the poor outcast, Mr..
Mr.. Charles N. Crittenton, held a SER
vice of surprising interest, power and
success. The meeting was changed
from Peniel hall to the tabernacle, as it
would accommodate a larger number,
but no building in the city could accom-
modate the crowd that thronged to hear
the evangelist plead the cause of the
Magdelene. Hundreds were content to
stand through the long service, and hun
dreds more were turned away. The ex-
ercises opened with the singing of Cor
onation by the congregation, followed
by an earnest prayer by Rev. Mr.. Ste
vens of the Christian alliance, then
quartet. Get On the Gospel Chariot, by
Mr. and Mrs. Moffet, Mr. Wallace and
Miss Clark.
DR.. Bresee of the Church of the Nazar-
enc then rose and said: I'VE are glad
to welcome Mr.. Crittenton tonight. 1t
seems a sort of coincidence that he
should be here on the night of the ami
versary Of the Florence Crittenton Res
cue homes. We will first hear the re-
ports OF the officers of the institution"
The treasurer reported: Receipts,
$2ol4.o3; disbursements, $2044.40, and
sufficient unpaid bills to leave an in
debtedness of $239.
Mrs. Hilbish, the matron of the home
was then called upon. and read a very
interesting paper on the work and con-
dition of the home during the past year.
She gave unstinted praise to Messrs.
Morton and Crittenton, the assistant
matron, the regular doctor and several
others who had rendered assistance
torty-siX girls We're received into the
nome during the year, and all but three
are living good, true lives There are
seventeen now in the home, and all are
perfectly obedent and trustworthy.
very touching We're the stories she told
or the causes which led to the downfall
or the poor unfortunates, and earnest
were the warnings she gave to parents
10 guard their dear ones against the
Wiles of the tempter.
Interesting reports were also read bv
Or. Follansbee and Miss Lille. after,
which Mr.. Wallace sang an appropri-
ate solo, The Prodigal Daughter"
"A bright, intelligent girl then stepped
on the rostrum and told an interesting
story of her betrayal. her life of sin,
and of her rescue in the Florence Mis-
sion of New York by Mother Prindle.
the matron of the home. This sad story
moved many to tears.
Evangelist Crttenton took his text
from Isaiah lXii-22. This is a people
robbed and spoiled; they are all of them
shared in holes, and tl.y are hid in
prison houses. He said: II want to tell
you why the homes are called Florence
Crittenton homes. Fourteen years aga
God took my little daughter to the
city beyond the skies, ana for months |
was rebellious at Him for taking my
daughter instead of one of the ragged
little urchins on the STREET I would
have committed suicide but for my fear
of the beyond. But one day God seemed
TO say to me, she cannot come to you
but you can come to her, and there dc
terDlined that ! would rot come out Of
q - room until / knew myself to be q
saved man. God answered my prayers
for pardon. and l promised i4im would
do anything he asked me. Some tim
afterWard in going through the slums !
was lead to see that poor lost girls LlG
no place to go if they wanted to leave 3
life OF sin, and III sixty days the first res
cue home was established OF Blaeck +
street. where hundreds of poor sin-aicll
girls have since found Christ, have
foucd happiness and heaven.
Some time ago the mayor oe T'ittsbure.
called the 1900 fallen women TO hin, and
told them they must leave the city.
Where shall we go?" they asked Nv
have no money and no home" 1T mat
tiers not he said, you must leave Fits
burg" Poor mothers girls, driven out
of that city, and many of them driven to
suicide by the heartiessness and cruelty
OF man. We would not treat an animai
as we treat the poor outcast MagGalen
Now what is the cause of the poor girls
falling? Many times they fall through
affection, through dancing, through