Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-24
FOR A DAY OF RESI-
Interesting Service Held Each Sunday
Afternoon at City Jail.
DR.. HERRING breaches HIS FAREWELL

Rev. A. r. Knickerbocker Appears
First Time sunday Morning In
Pulpit of st. Mathies'
Church.
Services Of an interesting character.
which have attracted but little attention
among the Christian people OF Omaha.
but which are fraught with the greatest OF
possibilities for civic good. are held by a
small band OF workers every Sunday after
noon with unfailing regularity at the city
jan. Instead OF richly upholstered pews the
members OF the audience, composed OF
some Of the lowest dregs OF humanity, are
seated upon rude benches or the iron floor
OF the Jail. Bolts, bars and locks consti-
tute the sole decorations OF the jan audi
torium. which is lighted by a number Of
dingy windows In place OF the usual stained
glass memorial windows. A wheezy little
portable reed organ acceptably takes the
place Of a magnifcently toned pipe organ
Miss Magee. directress Of the city mis-
sion near Tenth street and Capitol avenue
has charge of the services at the Jail and
says the work is probably the most in
teresting Of all her manifold duties among
the poor and unfortunate of Omaha. Carl
church. is the regular speaker at the meet
ings and is assisted by Gerald Drew Of the
Hanscom Park Methodist church. who dis
penses the music from the miniature organ
The other regular workers are c. II.
Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs Field Mr.. Anderson
and the Misses Beckman and Breckner.
Miss Magee furnishes each prisoner with
hymn book and II is invariably the rule
that all the unfortunates. who are forced
to spend the Sabbath behind bars, Join
Justify in the singing, the mellow tones Of
negroes mingling with the notes Of the
white prisoners both male and female.
Services are held every Sunday at p. m.
and consist of singing, prayer and short
talks by Miss Magee and others. On sew
erta occasions prisoners have voluntarily
related the stories of their past lives and
have evinced an inclination. toward refor-
nation. The services are not evangelistic
in character or intent, but are held for the
purpose Of affording those who are un-
fortunately in the tolls OF the law an OPP
portunity to worship their Maker in the
manner their more fortunate brothers do
each Sabbath.
The last service of a passionate of nine
years in Omaha will be held Sunday even
ing by Rev. Hubert c. Herring at the First
Congregational church. He has resigned
his position as pastor of the church only
to accept a more responsible position as
general secretary of the Congregational
Home Mission society in New York City.
He will have the direct responsibility for
the mission work of the church in the en-
tire United States.
When DR.. Herring was called to assume
the leadership of the First Congre tional
church nine years ago the AFFAIRS of the
church were demoralized for lack OF or
ganization to a certain extent and there
was large debt caused by Improvements
to the church structure. This debt has
been entirely removed during DR.. Herring s
pastorate as well as other improvements
being made and over $4,000 has been dis
bursed during the period in question.
While DIR. Herring's resIgna ton as pas
tor was accepted by the members of the
church only with the deepest regret. 1t was
realized his scope of opportunity had been
broadened and the members will tender
him a farewell reception next Tuesday
evening at the church parlors to wish him
Godspeed in his new work.
Music at the First Congregational church.
Nineteenth and Davenport streets:
MORNING.
sntSem--0 Saving Vic1m...." Tours
Soprano, Solo and Chorus. e.
Onertory-Answer. ..'..'.''-.' Wolstenholme
Communion hymn, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
BY the Choir.
o9'N EVENING.
Prelude-Allegretto In minor. .Guilmant
ALthem-Bow Down Thine Ear. Parker
Quartet and Chorus.
Trio-Lift Thine Eyes, from the Elijah
Mrs. Hypes, Miss Allen and Miss Ganson.
Postlude .........,...... .Selome
Martin w. Bush, organist; Ira 3. Peniman
director.
The initial service OF Rev. A. E. Knicker-
booker, who was recently elected to the
pastorate of st. Matthias Episcopal
church. will be held Sunday morning. Ser
vices will not be held in the evening. II
was expected the new pastor would arrive
In time to deliver his inaugural address
last Sunday, but he will be unable to ar
rive in Omaha before Sunday morning. in
ample time. however, to conduct the morn
ing services.
Omaha was the scene during the week of
one OF the most important religious con-
ventions which ever assembled in this or
any other city. 1t was the intersynodical
foreign missions convention OF the men of
the Presbyterian church at the Auditorium.
1t was unique In the worlds history OF
Christian activities. It brought to Omaha