Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-12

changes in prisons and their manage
ment. The various kinds of work that
may be done for prisoners to-day show
how the opportunities for such service
have widened.
Read Matt. 25;40.-It is personal re-
lationship to Christ that is decisive.
No one is saved by works Of any kind,
but the works show ones feeling to-
ward Christ. whether done with con-
scious thought Of him or not. Love
for him will find expression in love
for others.
Read Matt. 25:44-There would seem
TO be good ground for wonder at the
thought OF finding Christ in prison.
One would seldom look for his follow
ers there now. The lower the inmates
of the prison are. the greater the need |
of the most Christ-like mission, that
of telling them Of the Saviour
A Motto.
Him we know not, Him shall we
never know till we behold Him in the |
least of these who suffer or who sim
Lucy Larcom
Topics For Short Talks.
what Can We Do For the PoorT"
What the Poor Can DO for Us2"
What We Can Do for the Prisoners"
what the Prisoners Can Do For U.s.
Thoughts on the Topic.
This is a splendid topic and one that
should appeal to every Christian En-
deavorer and every society. Christian
Endeavorers are already doing splen-
did work for the prisoners and the
poor. Every society has some poor
somewhere near It to whom It should
minister.
Christian Endeavor continues fits
Christ-llSe work among the men be-
hind the bars. II II had never done
anything else to entitle Il TO the graft
tude OF the public its brotherly adj
vances to the man in stripes are
enough.
Many Of the state and city unions
now have a superintendent of prison
endeavor or a committee whose duty
It is to see that the advantages OF the
Christian Endeavor Society are carried
/ to the prison inmates, with the ap-
proval OF the warden and chaplain.
More than twenty-five prisons have
been entered in this way. ia Texas,
Kentucky. Iowa, Utah. New Mexico,
New York and some other states the
work has been very good. In Balti-
more and Atlanta, societies have been
organized in the Federal prison and in
Kansas City Endeavor societies have
been organized in several of the jails.
In Camp Turner, a prison camp near
Dallas, Texas. the Central Congrega-
tional Endeavorers Of Dallas have or
ganized a branch society with one OF
the men as president. They count about
seventy conversions in the camp dur
ing the past two years and a half.
Sometimes the society sends the men
J cakes. It's memb ers have missed the
communion service Of their own church
to go and minister 10 these men. One
blessed result that has come Of their
endeavors has been the practical abo-
. lition Of the whip in the camp.
II was stated at the Seattle Conven-
ton by the Hon. c. e. Marks. Of Sail
Lake City, that 1000 members Of the
: Christian Endeavor Society are In
prisons, converted through the work
Of members OF the society while in
prison.
When the Christian Endeavor Society
/ held its seventeenth international con-
vention in Nashville, Tenn. before the
! convention was called to order. a Ken
2 lucky pastor presented 70 DR.. Clark
gavel, the gift of the Christian En-
deavor Society of Eddyville Prison
II was made by a prison Endeavorer
after his working hours II was beau
tlfully fashioned from Kentucky wood
with a pen-knife and file. and was or
namented with silver bands. This
: brother" said the speaker was led
5 to the Saviour by the Endeavor Society
r and the polish and taste he has given
= to the otherwise rough material in this
! gavel are emblematic Of the change
5 effected by the Gospel in that prison
5 Tie best way TO help a prisoner Is
TO help him before he gets into prison
e DO everything that is possible TO keer
him out. The prison is a dreadful
? place at the best. All that builds uI
good society helps men to keep out OF
/ prison.
When the prisoner comes out OF
{, prison render him all the help possible
I that he is willing to use. But also
show him that only the help that ht
I uses will do him good Never be dis
4 couraged about a prisoner. Christ
Y never was. There is not one Of then
but that can be saved. Prisoners are
very weak class Of persons. It Il
$ very hard for them 10 stand up in the
a midst Of degrading conditions.
o There are many ways that a Chris.
= tian Endeavor Society can help the
> poor of its community, and especially
. at this time, when so many men are
e out Of work. and so many people ap.
plying 10 the different charitable or.
CARNATIONS for aid. Do you not know
of some poor family to whom a basket
Of supplies could be sent? or som'
barefoot boy or girl TO whom a pair Of
new shoes and stockings would be {
luxury? How near is the nearest pow.
Q erty to us? Have we heard the voice
of Christ speaking 70 us2
There is more in our deeds than W.
know. Jesus so Identifies Himself will
us that He regards every expression
Of sympathy done to another as dom
to Himself There is coming a tint
when judgment shall be pronounced
s upon all our works. Come We blessed
Of my father" will be addressed L
all those who have fed the hungry an,
!, clothed the naked. Good works vii
= be the reason Of our sentence. We will
: be given credit for all our works o
mercy. Works of love and Chart,
3 done out Of regard to Jesus Christ ar
Is of greater weight than the world usu
IS ally considers them TO be. There vii
d be many surprises as well as disap
d pointments in the day of judgment.
y Every man will receive a reward 70
+ his works whether they be good o
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