Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-01
TELLS OF WORK
OF DR.. GRENFELL
FORMER Y. M. C. 4. SECRETARY
SPEAKS OF MISSIONARY
LABRADOR LOVES MAN WHO HAS
DONE MUCH FOR COUNTRY
Fund of 100000, of Which $4,000 is
Secured, is Needed for Establish
ing Sailors Institution in
Newfoundland


GrenfeE, medical missionary from Lab
rador whose visit in Southern Califcr-
mia has attracted wide attention, was
the subject of AIN address last evening
by C. F. Karnopp at the First Congre-
gational church. Mr. Karnopp was for
merly national secretary of the Y. NJ.
C. A., and he resigned that position to
assume charge of DR.. Grenfells work
in the halbor of ST. Johns, Newfound-
land
The church was filed by an audience
eager to learn about the man who had
addressed it a week ago.
Mr.. Karnopp opened by referring to
THE poem written b. Lord Alfred
Tennyson as a memorial to the Spanish
Armada in the history of which Sir
Richard Grenfell was a prominent
figure.
THE name of Grenfell is a household
word in England" said Mr.. Karnopp
"There is fighting blood on both sides
of the house, and the family has taken
a prominent part in British affairs for
many generations. Today there are
many members of the family in high
positions in the British army and navy
1.-THE father and mother of DIR. Gren-
fell had a school for boys in London
which was justly well known. 1t was
at this school that DR.. Grenfell received
his first education, and he went from
there to oxford, where he graduated,
and then he went into the professional
schools of London. 1t was while he
was in these professional schools tina.
he met Dwight l.. Moody, which meet
ing had such a vast influence on his
life.
Later Dr. Grenfell attended a little
tent meeting. He wasn't a Christian
before going to this meeting, but he
went away changed man. He was of
a practical turn of mind and imme-
diately gathered together some boys
near the hospital where he was sta
toned. He started a Sunday school
class, and the first Sunday he was COM
PEELED to throw out one boy by the
seat Of his pants. The other boys stole
all the books. The second Sunday he
knocked the breath out of one of the
boys. After that he invited the boys to
his room and boxed and wrestled with
them. Today those boys are successful
business men, pulled out of the slums
of East London.
Went to Labrador in 1892
"'What would Christ do?' seems to
have been and is his motive in life. He
started his work with a mission in the
North sea and in 1892 went to Labra-
dor. Conditions there have been
changed by him. During the seventeen
years he has done much to solve the
problem.
1.-THE people love and worship him.
One day l met a little girl in one of
the villages and l asked her if she
knew the DOCTOR Know him.? said the
little girl with great, big eyes, why,
yes; when he comes to our village it is
always Christmas. If we all only could
bring Christmas with our visits.
"Dr. Grenfell has started cooperative
stores on the north arm of Newfound-
land and Labrador. There is one little
place called Red Bay The people he
found there We're in poverty. They
couldn't raise S. in the whole village
Today every family is independent, and
they have a school and a church. Do
these people admire DR.. Grenfell? No
they love him, for they owe everything
to him.
There is hospital and store on
Belle Isle. The people are being lifted
up by the doctor Battle Harbor also
has its store and school. These people
are not able to read and write as a rule.
I think the percentage among the
adults that can read is one to ten, but
the children are all learning to read
and write. DR.. Grenfell has made this
possible, and he is aided by volunteer
teachers.
There are today four hospital sta
tions. These consist of the hospital
proper, the Doctors house, an industrial
school, a mess house, where sailors can
get something to eat, shed for the team
dogs, a church, a school and an or
phanage. These are stationed about 200
miles apart.
TN our work of raising funds for a
sailors institute at st. Johns harbor,
Newfoundland, it was the wish of DR..
Grenfell the fishermen themselves be
given a chance to help in the work. So
we began with them, and many of those
people with large families and small
incomes made real sacrifices to help IN
the work.
Many Aided by Doctor
I'm meetings that I held there I asked
those who had been assisted by DR..
Grenfell to raise their hands, and fully
two-thirds of those present testified
to help in one way or another from
the doctor. One owed his life through
being cured of cancer; another was
made to see after seventeen years Of
blindness; another had diseased ribs
removed, thus saving his life; one little
girl owed the legs on which she ran to
the doctor having sent to New York
for pair of artificial legs for her. And
so it ran on, lives saved, happiness
given and the message of the Christ
preached in practical manner.
1.-THE institute which We hope to
build at St. Johns will include n swim
ming tank. Strange as it may seem
many of the deep sea fishermen of
Labrador lose their lives through not
knowing how to swim. This is caused
because the water is too cold to learn,
and when they fall in they drown. even
within a few yards of shore. We viii
have an auditorium for lectures and
entertainments and two floors will be
devoted to the schooner girls, many OF
whom go as cooks on the vessels.
Or. Grenfell has revolutionized the
country. Tomorrow the 2-cent postage
rate will go into effect largely through
his efforts. Thus he is doing the Mas
terS work on all practical lines"
DR.. Grenfell will hold his farewell
meeting this evening in the First Meth
odist church and he will tell of his ex-
periences during the twenty years of
his work.
DR.. Grenfell came to this country to
raise funds for the sailors institute to
be built in st. Johns harbor, where
thousands of fishermen and sailors
gather annually This building will
cost 100000 and already Dr. Grenfell
has succeeded in raising $50 900, $1,000 of
which was raised in Los Angeles last
Sunday. The work of raising this fund
was begun at Christmas time. many Of
the eastern cities having been visited
Or. Grenfell will go TO Santa Barbara
Tuesday morning, then to San Jose, the
northern universities and east It Is
expected the entire fund viii be raised
by April and the building will be ready
for occupancy by next winter
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What will all the rough riders do after
March ~" queries the Ohama Bee They will
walk.-Richmond Times-Dispatch