The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-16
NEW BUILDING FOR . CHISTlAN UNION AS
 CROSBY MEMORIAL /?
" Aunt Fanny's Hymn, Res cue the Perishing, ; May Be
 Exemplif1ed Tn Project


 In his funeral address yesterday af- ternoon pr. Brown mentioned the deep interest of Aunt Fanny Crosby in the work of rescuing those who had gotten far from God In days agone she spent much time in the
 missions in New York city talking to ssher boys'' Many times since the opening of the Bridgeport Christian Union five years ago has she been to the services with her word of hope and cheer. A great many times has she assured MT. Simpson super1ntend- ent of the Christian Union that un- able to sleep in the wee hours or the morning, she was remembering and praying for the work, and for the men who were making such heroic efforts to t'come back to their own,
 many of whom she knew personally
 At 5:3O in the. afternoon a number
 of interested men gathered in the
 north sun parIor of the Hotel Strat- field and started movement for the. Fanny Crosby Memorial Building, which should be used by the Bridge port Christian Union as a soul saving station on Bank street. It was moved that a committee of five be appointed by the chairman, George H. Edwards, who should secure permanent com rnittee of from 1 5 to 25 leaders of re- I IigioIls and phi1anthropic; work, which committee should have entire charge of the Memorial Fund.
 A meeting Of the Board of Direc= tors of the Bridgeport Christian. Un- ion is called to meet at the Christian Union at 5 this afternoon to accept. | and indorse the action taken yes 1 terefay at the Stratfield mcstfng
 | amy Crosby loved Bridgeport, and. l desired the very best things for her lhone city. Her relatives heartily lfapprove of this project, and Mrs l Booth sad, @I knew of nothing that 1 1<as l urea than such a memorial-s' I Of necessity such a memorial can not. be a local or even "a national af-
 fair, but must be international in it's
 scope. Her hymns have been trans lated into all the tongues of the earth, i and have brought courage and inspir- I ation to .uncounted smuldtudes. The 1 desire is that individuals, churches, f young peoples societies and. orgapI- cations within theS churches every
 where shall have their part no matter | how small it may be, in the raising I of the fund which will honor this I great woman.
 I It has been suggested that gifts fmay be made at once, and that until I the treasurer of the Fanny Crosby I Memorial Fund is named such conrri- H buttons be sent to Egbert Marsh, Il treasurer of the Christian Union, Care i of the Bridgeport Land eS2 Title Co.,, Il who will furnish a temporary receipt
 
 NE emoria1 Fund receipt.
 All of those who have thus far been conferred with about the matter l agree that it is a splendid idea MT.
 Sankey, son of the singing evangelist Sankey, heartily 1ndorsed the pro- ljeot as did one or two others of
 Aunt f,annyss old friends who attend i ed the service. I A year ago the issue of Human Salvage contained proposed plans for l. s1l7s, he OCT cialIy constructed with the idea of l putting men upon their feet, and j bringing them back to God. From II thirty to fifty small private rooms
 would give the men who have made I good in the dor1nitory the opportunity l of having. a clean, wholesome. suitable
 place to live without going into some
 of the questionable boarding houses. Two grades of dormitories would en-
 able the management to build up the . men as they came along for aid. The right kind of detention room would
 make it possible to take in the poor fellow who was the worse for drink and give him medicine and food the 5 next morning, instead of sending him 7 to the police station. Industrial fea- lures would also be incorporated 1 (which would largely solve the prob , lem of hard financial times. men could : be given work that would pay them s and bring profit to the Union. With ISuch a-Du1Id1ng Cne WOrk. can De maQt
 almost, if not wholly, self-sustaining
 Best of all, the old Gospel which Fan. , Try Crosby so dearly loved, might be preached nightly and out from thu
 doors and windows might go tht . strains of Rescue the Perishing." anc others of the beautiful hymns writer : by her.
 5 Without doubt the secular and re- ! I1igious publications all over the worlt
 will make this project known and a
 memorial services in thousands O
 churches offerings will be taken fol : the Fanny Crosby Memorial Building : F'urth ermore. Rescue Missions all oye the world will desire to have a part il ! the project.
 One of the striking features of tn
 funeral services at the First M. E e church yesterday, was the reading o e a poem written in memory of Fam r Crosby by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt o q Philadelphia, receipt of the new ' of Miss Crosby's demise.s She Ina
 penned many sacred songs, incIudin Will There Be Any Stars in M U Crown % Her tribute to Miss Crosb < follows: