The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-21
A PREACHER AS A TRAMP.
Rev. George L. NcNUtt Tells OF
His Interesting Experiences.
A Baker Would Not Relieve Him ana
"A SaIoOn-h ecper Gave Him Food
snd Filled His Pocket>-Had Con
siderable Trouble Getting work

BALTIMORE. oct 2I.-Rsv. George L.
AfcNUJt. of New York. who two years ago
resigned the pastorate of one Of the llrg-
est Presbyterian churches iu Indianapolis
for the purpose OF uiuEiing with and
studying the condition of the laborius
classes told OF his experiences last night
before a large congregation at Straw
bridge Methodist Episcopal Church.
AIr. AIcNutt has since his resignation
mingled with wage-earuers. not only So
ciauy. but he has worked side by side
with them IN the various occupations and
has gained an Susighr into the continents,
hopes. and aspirations of toiers which
few men of his calling possess Mr., Nc
Mutt has worked Iu many Of the large
cities with teamstgrs. hod carriers. and
steel mill men. Last winter ne was I'm
Baltimore. and. CARRIED as a worIliuglaeln.
he says ne found it impossible to secure
work here
Nj McNutt is forty years old. His voice
is that Of born orator and he held the
interest of the congregation last night
with ease lie said in part
81 am a plain simple man and YOU VIII
have to take me NJ my face value What
/ have done has not been with am idea OF
making monetary pront II Is not my
world. for not only are there already too
many writer's ON that line in the neld,
but Z could not do il If / would.
After resigned from the pulpit ] went
To a certain large town IN Indiana where
there WIS 90 plate glass factory Thirty
FIVE boys and young I,a Wurst. lI IT,
The religious feeling WAS dead within
them. or perhaps had never been born /
secured Or.raIIs and became one rI them.
I stood outside Tire factory one day a
big foreman walked Uu and ! became a
factory boy-No. I65, think-aud the
Rev Mr. MCNutt was no more the
name was Er dead as n Do had never rN-
listed D worked with ths boys / bod
rushed into the ground whore as Bill Nye
saws. angels fear To- tread.
For sympathetic and true religious
Thought that retirement from the pulpit
and practically the world. as ] had seen
60 before. WAS a revelation Right there
il that factory Were. aS am old woman
once told me. the uncommon sinners a
few weeks before / had little dreamed
that hy little turn Of the wheel of fate
should become one OF the uncommon sin
ueTs i'm an except the sin
In many ether factories have worked
getting bare living. many times living
upon one meal day. while my family did
the same
Many people have blamed me OR tax
ing my wife and two children 90 t,at life
Eut 1 ask. How many thousands Of men.
women. and children live aS we have liy-
cd, VITA hunger and prlyatIuu staring
them In tho face every day. Why should
not we as well as others live in poverty
and waut2
The lack of religious feeling among the
majority Of the labOring class is appalling
But there are exceptions. and even i'm the
poverty and want OF some Of the families
the Christian spirit would. IL brought be
fore the eyes Of the upper world, make il
blush with shame.
THE greatest wrOuf. Of all is that
harsh as 10 may sound. there is no place
to attract the poor and IabOTing man as
does the saloon. Not for the drink in all
cases. but there is the fellowship and in
the rum shops in many times evinced the
Christian feeling In its greatest intensity
Last winter In this city l tried to Sc
cure work / lived like "A tramp. / was
! hungry l had a Ratchet To a baker 1
went and asked him To give me bread for
the tool. He doubted my honesty
Into a saloon / went. The SalOOnkeep-
IT. when / stated my want. went behind
the bar. What viii you have2 A glass
Of milk. / answered. and he poured me-
out a large glass. Cheese and bread he
gave me until / could eat 40 more. and