The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-22
SAVED BY JERRY M'AULEY.
rrroRMED DRUNKARDs AND
M At CARNEGIB HALL.
~r., r.u m. s,.ries o. Their Convaruion &c
wonaortpr Audiences IN rwss'y.nnh
a,,,yer,.ry or the FeunainE or the
v~,,.. s,reet mission Fihy Ceioerated.

TAAS FAIL n HNoLNNA -
yv.,aort,r Audiences the. Twsuty.nFth
..,,.-..rv or the FounainE of the
v,,.. s,reet Nzission Fitly Ceiosrntsd.
The tventy.afth anniversary OF the old Water
s,ros, Mission. which was founded BY Jerry Nc
Auloy. vas celebrated in Carnegie HAL yestor-
49, n, IN. r,.n and women who are interested
In rescue work in this city and by many out-of-
to,yn ro.cuo workers, whose missions spranR
from tho ola Water street establishment. There
were two meetings, one In the afternoon ana
another in the evening. At the latter every scat
In the house and all Of the boxes were occupied.
It was an audience made up largely OF persons
whose knowledge OF the WORK carried on oS inc
miss,on IA confined to what they have read. n 1t
wa. decidedly not tho kind Of On assemblage
Tn, McApley converts are in the habit OF adj
dressing. At the conclusion Of each meeting a
col,ection was taken up, which, 1t 10 hoped, will
be sufficiently largo to pay the deficit Of last
year and provide enough to carry on the work
of rescue in the lower part OF the city during
1903 on n larger scale than ever before. Nearly
1000 pledpes to pay amounts OF over a dollar
were received in addition to the cash contribu-
tions. and 1t is believed that the total win DO
about $4,000
William T. wardwcll. Prohibition candidate
for Mayor at the late election, presided At the
afternoon meeting. In an address explaining
the work of the mission, he said:
.'It was twenty-five years ago this month that
the McAuley Mission was opened In Water
street. It was founded by Jerry McAuley. a
man who but q few months before had been o
thief, q prize fighter, and . tough. He was q
Water street tough, II any Of you know what
that means, O river pirate, and even in that
wicked district in which he lived q terror to the
Tho rescue mission which he founded 10 not
q school Of theology or science; II IS not q
p hee,ey a 's SPOT where grace is free. This Is the
spirit and light Of the Water Street Mission, Il
is Gftsn s ssae ARE ,W shes m E5nd Of people fP ps SO Ms se %s
can only say that no certificates OF character are
required, no questions asked, and the doors are
rive believe that the whole world can be
saved by love, and that love alone Is the prtn-
few years ago q man in delirium tremens stag
gered into the mission and when asked to say q
prayer, o slar ROD, mildly ms syI.s a1Hu1 ae S Mss t tasen c aasa
OF and converted, but in his shattered health
lived only a short time. He died q Christian.
worth all of the efforts of the men and women
OF the Water Street Mission"
Samuel II. Hsaiey, s s,Den naI n,n;, q the mis- mis-.
down to us" he said, ' we thought we'd come
up to you. You are sitting with moro redeemed
your liv,s. They won't hurt you. though.
Tney're ali well dressed and decent men. / can
look at some OF them from where l stand, and
my, what q Transformation since the time they
came into the missionI I wish you could 500
II am a typical representative of rescue mis-
aion work myself. You should have seen me
fifteen years ago, when l went Into the Gre.
and on the verge Of deiiiriSm tremens. heard
Jerry McAuley say that night that he had once
saved. When Jerry called on those who wanted
to he saved to raise their hands mine was the
first up. though I'd rather have, gone out on the
street and fought q dozen men than do It. jerry
made us all walk to where he stood. and then he
'Dear Jesus, pity these poor fellows,,, he
Mrs. Jerry turned In and said: Lord, you saved
mo; Do the same ior these poor fellows and
President Frank Moss Of the Police Board told
9omething Ct the history hI yt Of the Sixth Six tn and md
the thusc eond t there. I'VE must always have
s sss,sss Slissf Il ,s ssi sCaf sss s Ms n sas 1 sSSss t t. Rr tSsss
ana render hl% more dssDo5 rate They dsSSn,5
Ia /. the ns ss%ls Of by NEE fear. They Il rG %ss them sss
men and women who went into these hotbeds Of
kind word. Instead. Of curses. shst!w ought the
change, They PLANTED he now famous Five
t aSiHis t hs'' eRild re an lesson Sia ot q feye .s 3 ie ssos
which went into tho homes and had its effect
s .hs1s; th S0 Sos!s 70 u y tie Rso9E is. ;YYa points. to f fss sss
What tho Five Points Mission was to the
Fourth ward. 1t did there what the prison. the
court. and the policeman's club couldn't do. 1t
. ass tn tat tns %Rois city, Esa and at e f hss done aSs T e 81 s tie
Bishop &. c. 'McCabe of tho Methodist Epis.
Jerry McAuley Mission was the most wonder
full place in the city, to him.
the day Of miracles is not past; that Jesus Is here
S SSsini1SSi d, the Rsrt ss q ss f .as 81 v & 5' y. stt L an sIIl
the greatest miracle of all. How easy it Is
sometimes to save these unfortunatesl
der in a railroad car: i got talking TO him, and
finally said: 'Comrade, don't you think the
i h0ps hes Jesus ssT ch ffs you = rS Il give years. sSufis stsr t. i n 1as
Tor God. That soldier j. here on this platform.
""Ycsi Yes!S came from all sides OF the hall.
Col. II. H. Hadley. head Of st. Bart olomew's
Now, friends said Bishop McCabe in con-
clusion. "go down to this Water street mission
Police Sergeant MoNally, who was for many
iSsI good % S work Ns done SsF6 By the PeIf mission siofiO Which, CHI he
knew of from personal observation. and then
A t the evening session the principal feature
was the testimony. of the reformed thieves,
gamblers, and drunkards who have been saved
on every night in the McAuiey Mission. but it
was new and evidently very interesting to tho
people in Carnegie Hall.
Ruhe johnson, who was introduced by Mr.:
Hadley as the bi gest blk that ever walked
the streets" told his story as follows:
II am 70 years of age. As a boy ! learned to
drink. AT 80 / was a drunkard; at 80 I was a
Sot. Nine times l went TO an inebrlate home
after was SO years of age, and struggled. but
failed to accomplish ANYTHING. was on tho
when l staggered into the McAuley Mission.
There l found Jesus Christ; / saw men there
who had been like me; they had reformed and
were holding their heads up. resolved that I
this I have not tasted or desired to taste liquor"
James {: Edwards. known in the mission as
BIZ JIM" told how he staggered into the mis-
sion clever, years ago a half an hour after leay;;
from boyhood. he said. and hadn't q friend in
tho world. He was saved, he said. and asked
the audience to pray that he might stand firm
to the end.
Phil Mcguire, nn old man, who, Mr.. Hadley
said, was the only Tnan living now who had
served In Sing Sing with. Jerry MGAuley. told
Of the conversion of McAuley and of his own
conversion. Three lines he bsckslided. he said,
but Jerry McAuley finally saved him. The
meeting ended with singing and prayers.