The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-22

say, she still believes tnat III Wild
seems to be an LITERALLY brutal. utterly
degraded human being beneath the
crime and weakness. can be found In
tae heart a CORN of good, grain OF
gold. bud OF PROMISE She goes
to the prisoner In the name OF Christ
aad miracles no less wonderful THAI
those of old are performed. As sweet
water refreshes the soiled and faded
rosebud, jusr SO the Living Water
when carried to the hard, rough
brutal. degraded criminal in the prison
cell can cleanse them, give life to the
thirsty and dying and transform them
just as the lepers were transformed In
the days of old. The oace common
belief that "once thief always a
thief, once criminal always a Grim
inal" Is wrong. Christ does not look
up back records but shuts the door OF
the past and asks What can he be
come in the future?"
1--WE have a right to punlSh them,
said Mrs. Booth, but we have no right
to wreck them in soul nor in body OF
intellect" Many big strong mel en-
ter prison to come out of it poor, weak,
tuberculosis victims. II is our duty
to see that our jails offer the prison
er plenty of fresh air and plenty Of
work r
No man should be doomed to sit
idle in a cell u1til his mind AID body
go to ruin. The great cry among the
prisoners is "Give us work"
Mrs. Booth believes that the grue
some details of crime had better not
be told. She expressed the wish thai
there could be cleansing OF the
press in that respect as these details
do no GOOD and are often harmful in
suggesting wrong doing to the weak
She also most emphatically declares
that drink is the most potent thins
to get men within the walls Of prison
according to the inmates own stories.
The 54th Regimental Band, of OF
tumwa, gave half-hour concert from
100 to 1880 p. m, followed by two
selections by Miss Jeanette King,
solo by Mrs Sheffield, and half-houT's
concert by Carers Carolina Jubilee
Singers. This was Mrs. Kings frs
appearance at this Chautauqua anc
she delighted he audience. Mrs
Sheffield and the Jubilee Singers are
as popular as ever.
The Grand Band Concert after the
lecture concluded the afternoons pro.
gram.
Sunday Afternoon.
The tabernacle was filled Sunday
afternoon wnen DIR. Frank Bristol
pastor of the Metropolitan church Of
Washington, d. C. and familiarll
known as "McKinley's pastor" preach
ed. While the crowd was gathering
the Welsh visitors, who occupied tho
north end of the platform, delegated
the audience with the singing of {
number of their Welsh songs.
The Cnautauqua chorus choir rem
dered the anthem Guide Me, o Thol
Great Jehovah" in which Prof. Dennis
OF Y. II. u, CdiiASu IiC ooiO PNi
Mrs. Sheffield also sang the solo
"The Lord is My Light" by Allitsen
In spite of the wNrm weather, DIR
Bristol succeeded in interesting his
audience during the entire service
He took for his text, And He Enterei
into one OF the Ships, Which Was
Simons," Uuke 5:3D Unless re
ngion is put into the everyday lif'
OF man 1t is not of much value. RE
spect your work, honor your soil, TO
an ambitious man with clear con
science, clean hands and strong limb
with which TO work is better off tina:
the rich" Without the grace of tn
Almighty God it is not possible to liy,
up to the high STANDARD and Heal o
moral excellence set by Jesu1 Christ
but by grace it is possible to all. We
must fix our eyes on Jesus who alo1
is the eternal, universal standard.
Sunday Evening.
Rev. Alexander Corkey, former pres
iient of the Iowa State Cnristial En-
deavor League, spoke at the eyeninI
service, which wa in charge of tn
young people, am beautiful voca
duet, "The Lord Is My Light" b.
Dudley Buck, was rendered by Mrs
Sheffield and Mrs. Lee Long. The
remainder of the evening session
which closed early, was occupied b.
the Carolinas in their sacred concert
and all closed by the extending o
the Chautauqua salute to the
jubilee singers. who have won consid
cradle popularity during their brie
stay in the city.