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FOR FALLEN WOMEN
MISSION HOME MAY BE EsTAB-
LISHED IN SAVANNAH.
SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS
RAISED FOR THAT PURPOSE AT
TABERNACLE MEETING LAST
NIGHT.

tiOn-DancinG and Small Wages
Among Them-SermOn to Men Only
Delivered in the Afternoon.
A rescue home for fallen women may
be organized in Savannah as the re-
suit of the service at the Tabernacle
last night when Evangelist Crittenton
told of the work of the Florence Crit
tenton Rescue Homes. Several hun
bred dollars were given for that pur-
pose at the request of Rev. Ed F.
Cook, pastor of Wesley Monumental
Church. and Mr.. w B. Stubs.
The audience that attended the
meeting was probably the largest that
has yet been in the Tabernacle, and it
was profoundly impressed by the ad-
dress made by the evangelist. The
preliminary service was conducted by
Rev. w. A. Nisbet, pastor of Westmin-
ster Presbyterian Church. There were
two special numbers in the musical
programme, the quartette, Where
Will You Spend Eternity" sung by
Messrs. Fowler, Treece, Roberts and
McCardel. ana the duet. THE Broken
Pinion," sung by Messrs. Treece and
Roberts
The address was based on Isaiah
Xlii:22: But this is a people rotted
and spoiled; they are all of them
shared in holes; and they are hid in
prison houses; they are a prey, and
none delivereth, for a spoil, and none
saith, restore"
The evangelist said: LAS l am to talk
on my rescue work tonight, l will say
that it began twenty years ago beside
the coffin of a little girl named Flor
ence. When God took my little girl
l could not understand it. l used to
wonder why God did not take a child
from a family that had eight or ten.
In my misery and Righteousness l just
wandered from place to place seeking
to forget my sorrow. l LETT my bust
ness to run itself.
After seven months of constant Wis
its to my childs grave, one afternoon,
as l was coming from the cemetery on
the cars, a voice seemingly came from
the skies and said to me, Those whom
/ l love | chaSten.' l commenced TO
think Does God really love me; have
my sorrows and loss been given to me
in love. The more l thought, the more
1 was moved to tears. Being
in the car 1 tried to hide
my tears. As soon as l arrived 1 rusn-
ed to my room. There on Bonded knees
l gave myself to God.
Soon after a tract distributor, whose
duties kept him going through the
night from one place of sin to another
asked NE to go with him. one night.
At one place we found two poor solled
doves. We sang, prayed and talked
with them until their hard hearts were
melted Then the question arose,
Where shall these girls go? They
can't stay here. This life must be
left.
This experienced soon led me to my
life's work.. l determined that as far as
possible I would open a door to every
poor fallen girl that has a desire to
lead clean, upright, Christian life
After much thought and investiga-
ton l found out some of the causes
which have led to the overthrow and
spelling oil thousands: Affection
dancing. skating Kinks. mock mar
riages, late hours, drugs. and wages
that are simply impossible for any
woman or girl to live on.
Many of the most astounding facts
cast off class of society, have come
from policemen Our policemen see
and know many things that
they are powerless to help.
1T is estimated that there are fully
three hundred thousand fallen women
in Christian America The average
life of this class is five years This is
the class that so few have any inter-
est in. So often the question is asked
Can they be saved; and if they are
saved, will they stand?' l say to you
that if did not believe that these poor
cast-off Ma gdalenes had as much of a
chance as a fallen man. 1 would not
believe this blessed book.
several years ago a poor girl went
to work in a large department store in
Kansas City at $3.50 per week After
a few weeks she discovered that it
was almost impossible for her to live
on such small salary. She went to
one of the leading men of the store
and told him of her condition, and ask
ed him if he could not raise her wages.
Looking at her for a moment he said
go over to the bookkeeper-(she was
a woman)-and she will tell you how
to secure more money
"She went innocently to the woman
in a moment there was a slight
scream, a flushing of the face.
The raising of her salary
was made contingent on the sale of her
body and her soul
Another poor girl was invited to
step in what seemed to be a dress
GCor was locked. The message was
sent out; new goods have arrived.
Soon man responded to the message.
When the door was unlocked-the man
was Mortified to see his own little cir"
Rapidly the evangelist recited one
incident after another how girls rob-
bed and spoiled-with the hand of
man against them, had found a refuge
in the Florence Crittenton Homes,
where they We're loved and cared for.
Pathetically he told of a poor weak,
Consumptive that was converted in his
home in New York City; how through
her life and christian work a man
who is now a minister in Brooklyn
was led to Christ; how on one occa-
sion she read Gods word and told her
experience before three thousand peo-
pie in Cooper Union. As she talked
hundreds of strong men and women
wept like little children.
:" Can they be saved and will they
stand" asked the speaker. Il tell you
know of hundreds that have
been reclaimed and saved-and
to-day they are living pure upright
lives.
Think of it. 5000 going down to ruin
and death every week Who will go
out and find them? Who will go out
and lift them up? Who will go and
love them back to Jesus? The Shep-
herd was not able to rest or sleep IN
til every lamb was safely housed in
the fold Neither can we rest while
there is one who is torn. bleeding and
dying. Let us open doors and bid them
in the name of Christ, enter in"
The lecture made a most profound