Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-19

and taken away before they place
themselves in the custody OF the gov.
ernment. The wicked are not sfrsid
OF the Judgment OF GOO, they are elm.
ming away their lives In the midst
Of the fearful scene of famine and pee
thence. They are carrying on whole.
sale trade in young girls who have
been obliged to leave Their families
and wander away from home In quest
of food, In many cases parents nave
inllen prey to the famine, aud lett
their young girls to the tender mercit
OF their neighbors, or fellow travellers,
or other wayiarers. Such girls iall into
the hands OF wicked people.
Here lie an instance: A young girl OF
fourteen, anda little sister Of about eight
years of age, were left orphans snd
taken possession Of by wicked man at
Itatsl, happened to sec her 10 the
streets and asked her who she was.
Snp told me her whole story aud said
she would lei me have her sister, who
was mol wanted by her cruel master,
aud that she could not come away for
fear OF that man. l wanted TO rescue
the poor child, but was at that time
unable to do so. prayed te the Lord
to show me the way-snd In the next
week He sent help. young mis-
sionary gentleman came TO help me.
He went 60 the police station and took
her away from the man who had Kept
her in his possession against her Will.
She was sent to the mission
bungalow with servant, but her
former master carried her away by
| force, Again the missionary went to
| the town and fetched her, and that
very night took her to Jabslpur, and
now she and her sister are placed with
some good missionary ladies who will
| take care OF them. The elder girl,poor
| child, is ruined for life and Is suffering
| from horrible disease. May the merc-
| full Father help these childreul
One OF my workers was walking on
| the road one day, when she saw a little
| girl about twelve years old eitting
| ON the roadside. She loOhed sad ana
| hungry. My worker spoke kindly TO
| her and found out that she was an
| orphan. When the worker asked her
| II che would like to come to me, the
| girl said she had an older sister, and
| would 10 anywhere with her. In the
| meanwhile the sister, who hau gone
| to wash, came back to the place where
| the child was sitting. From her my
| worker heard their pathetic story.
| Their father had died about three
| weeks age; they had no one to take
| care OF them, and did not know where
to 60 to get food; they were on their
way to the relief camp. Some one
had told them that there was
lady near the plSce, who had
| come to gather come cnildren to give
them home, SO they hal come to the
Sarai to look for her. From this state
| ment we knew they were looking for
/ hn Iaff hA
came, and so missed seeing them.
My worker then asked the oluer girl,
who is about fourteen, II she and her
Blister would like TO come and stay
under my care. The girl said she
| would; only she did not want to be
| put into bad life. She begged OF my
worker with tears In her eyes, that
she would be allowed 10 remain pure,
and be placed under the care Of go d
people. For she had met with many
| bad people after her fathers death,
and they had tri to tempt her into
bad lie. But che bad res)lugely re.
fused to 90 with them. While this
conversation was taking place, half a
doZen or more wicked men hau
gathered around my worker, anu were
about to take the girls away by fright
ening them out OF their wits, but Go
saved the children from their dread.
iul fate ana they were safely brought
to me.
Another young girl Of about fifteen
was some time ago wandering away
from home, when a respect BILE loo XIII z
man told ner to 10 home with him auG
help his wife in the household work.
She consented and went with him
He gave her nice clothes and food ,snu
Tor lew days all wen. nicely with her,
but the devil was at work In his heart.
Other demands were mato on her but
the girl said she had gone to his hou, G
to work and not for any other purpose
He then said that Bhe should not gel
sari and food, unless she consented.
"Very WE'LL" she said, and put on
her old rage, threw away the good
sari, and went cut on the streets again
to bag her food. She was picked VI
the same day by a kind lady and IL
safe with me now. There are mol
many such girls who will resist the
devil in the lace OF starvation and
death. God be thanked for protecting
the virtue OF these iDnocents. But II
has been my sad lot TO see many little
girls ruined for life.
My sympathies are excited by the
needs OF young girl widows especially
at this time. To let them go to the
relief camps and poor houses or allow
them to wander in the streets ami Oh
the highways means their eternal de.
struction. Ever since 1 have seer
these girls in the famine Districts
some fallen into the hands OF wicked
people; some ruined for life and turned
out by their cruel masters owing to
bad diseases, to die a miserable death
in hopeless, helpless manner, som,
being treated in the hospitals only tt
be taken back into the pits Of sin there
to await cruel death; some bearl 4
the burdens Of sln utterly lost TO the
sense OF shame and hunanity--hel
has become horrible reality to me
and my heart is bleeding for thos,
daughters OF fond parents who have
died leaving them orphans. WIN,
with a mothers heart and sister,
love can rest without ueIng everything
In her power to save at least a lew o
the girls who can yet be saved from
the hands OF the evil ones! 30, re
gardiess OF the trying financial stat,
OF my school, l went to work In tn,
central provinces TO get n few OF the
helpless young widows.
The Father, who is a very prssen
help in trouble, has enabled me to &c
some sixty widows, forty.seven o
!. whom Will go to school to study, ant
| others will work. Over $50 rupee