Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1903-10-09 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

THE EVENING 'MEETING.  The .'veiling meeting as well attended. the body of tiro hall being almoet filled. Capt. H. P. Wil-em prevailed, and there were alter present on the platioim the Rev. W. tartile and the Vicar of Lancaster.  tee . mei The Chairman. in opening the proreedingt, said when the Vicar askcil him to take the chair that evening lie consented. lode so on one condition. and that way that it would he quite unmet...try for him to make a Awed, He had heard of leetteror, who on going to visit coun• try piaci* refrained from making known the title of their lectures, became on many occaaion the chairman went over the ground so thoroughly that the lecturer hite..elt had been left but little to say—tlaughtert (.4mttnuingt he stud that whatever their political feelings or their ereel might be they must all hare the greatetat s)mputhy wtth the work of the Uhurels -tinny. As tar ion tie undetatood, ita ohjcet was the tubing up of min and women who had fallen either through fault of her own or from eheer taut luck, and putting them in the way of setting work and regaining the position they formerly held, and no allowing them to become God-fearing. law-abiding • Any sorn.ty w h uch had ouch an objevt in view must hewn- their entire imptiort, and he hoped three proseat would do all they could tofu-want the work of the Chungi Army. . .  The Rev. VV. Carl,le then delivered an in. tereglang addrere on the wink of the Church Army. One of their links with Lane...ter, he was that they had had the privilege, on invit.sion of Cara. Mousey, of goong into the prison and making the acquamitanre of thole who were likely soon to be releioarl. The Church Army offered 'ornery man and woman who came out of pri.n—and there were aOnle 200,000 every year—a four mouths' job. It nue a very large undertaking to have to provide for ' a large number. it happened, how• ever, tally a limited number areepted their I tern,. IVhen a man cattle out of time. he V. often at his wile' ,md an to how he aliould and entployment. The problem whisk the I Church .Irmy had to fare was, what has to he j done with these men—where were they to ger I ISOtne !nen preferred pruion to the werkhouge, and had been known to break window, in order no be put there and get a night'.. lodgings. They • provided immediate work for every praioner. ' and during the four months they begged secoudhand clotheot and harked out tor eituations for them. Canon Homey had four times invited one of their evangelists, named Harmon, to go . from cell to cell in the Lancaster Carole and try to find out those who Ntre about coming out. and so invite them to go to them. They had over 100 labour h...... all over England, Savaland. Ireland and V'alerr. Their 4.bject wee to provide a drifintte outlet for any poor fellow whether criminal, trartip, vagrant or drunk. and The nearest honps were Bolton in the south and Newcaatle in the north. 11. warned those who might be sending discharged prisoner& ro, these homea not to give them their railway fares. They had been told Ivy the au. thoritiow of Scotland Yard that there was 0110 01oc of suicide every night in the yror of proton. 'eh, had no Loreto They had 1.200 men and •100 women engaged in their work; and Mr. Carlile made • spring appeal for more es-otters. Ile did not know, lie mod, whether the Erniato was to be bound together by preferen• tial tariff.. This curl could not be achieved be Long Toni& and Lee-Mottotals, for it wae "righteoursuree and truth that exalteth a nation."— Several slider Illustrative of many phoos of ' the .Inny's work were thrown on the -*Teen. anti lent additional inter eet to Mr. Carlikea entertaining nan-alkir The Vicar of Leneaster, in proproing a rote thaiiks to Mr. Carlile, mud that was his find ' vied to Lanaoter and he hoped it would not ho his last. Frent what they Lot heard that night ho felt sure they wouhi understand what a great work the Clotreli .Irtny woo doing m the oeintry—that of helping those who needed • helping hand. Ho believed the income of the Churrh Anal) aise eomething like xvio,o4n • year, to that they could hive an also of the amonnt of money which wan being expended upon thmr good work. Reference hal been made to tin' work of ('apt. Manion, of the Churrh brine, in Lanneetei iirism. That offieer had conducted a miseion three or four timen, in the spring. and he maid teat() to the good work that had been done arnooget the prismera. Mor, than One perNOn had told him how thankful they were and what help they had obtained from the worths and Millen,. of Capt. Hammon. There wa, a good ride to every ene of those prkoners. the Vicar &rioted, if they could only touch that mad side. Ile eirtirluded by urging those present to help on the work of the Church Arley by giving their coufribuflow. to the funds The ehairmt n was alto inehnted in the vote of thanks, for piesidlng over the meeting. The flee. J. F. ('on-lee eorended, remarking that through the tourteey of the Vicar he had been present 11t both me•tings. Ile sae, sore th it so branch of the chrodian ('hutch could ti, he inanired by what the had hea vii"that night, and oh truer their differenees he thought they were all it, when th-7 eater to the question of the alleviation of suffering. The rmolution wee emoted. and the Chairman anti Mr. Carlile acknowledgoil the oomph. non.. The lienerhorton was motioutieed by the Vicar, after which the meeting clotted