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A r o u n d t h e O l d A r m C h a i r
CHRIST REDEEMING SINNERS
been leading perishing souls to
In the Underworld' of New York.
their Saviour.
By Anna Pritchard George.
In the hot summer months when
Long years ago—about forty-
"Go ye into all the worid and schools are closed, and the child- _ -
many
years with her noble band
THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 59.
^ ^ ^ , , ren roam the streets, falling eas- one—Jerry McAuley, one of the
preach the Gospel to every crea- .^^ .^^^^ ^.^ ^^^ ^^^^ of something worst .sinners this world has ever
ture!" All our home cities, large gigg to do, and when the church
known, was brought to Jesus. His
and email, are as much a part work is at low tide, the Evangel- sins had been as scarlet but he
,. ,, ^ , istic Committee of New York was made white as snow. Jerrys
of the world needing the Gospel . . • j h^rt vearned to brine the same
city carries on a tent, open-air and neart yearnea lo uimj^ uic sani^
of Salvation as are darkest Af- gj^^p campaign in ten different happiness linto the lives of his
rica and benis^hted China. New languages. This \ is their ninth brothers in crime. He chose as
sinners who seek the doorsTof
Water Street Mission are for the
most part those who are absolutely
down and out. Many come
, . , year. Sinners crowd around the his field 316 Water street, in the
York IS so tmi full ot of misery ana and ^^^^^^^ -^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^p_ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ,^„^^^,„ ,3 Cherry Hill, or are sent from great distances.
wretchednessi caused by sm, that ^.jg^ -^^ ^|^g ^ q£ qJ^j^ Jj^ q,.,^ a section infested with stale beer From seven a. m. till late at'
night the doors are open, givinga
hearty welcome to all who en­
if one but reaches out the hand spot where a tent was erected ror dives, terrible dens of iniquity, the
, • , • ,„.A t^;a .,^„ ..r five years is a prosperous Italian haunts of the city's most desperhe
19 contaminated. Did you ev- -^ . . ^ 1 ^^..o tTo,-o tr,/-> wrprp ter. But homeless and helpless'
, , . . congregation of 320 members. An ate characters. Heie, too, were drunkards are most wielcome of
er
for
experience
lost souls,
the
the
burning
overwhelming
passion j^^j.^^^ p^^^^^ ^^.^^ „.j,j^^ ^^^^^^^._ ^^^^^^ sub-cellar holes, reached
vices
have stirred the minds of only from the street, from which
all. No one is too low for the
desire to bring them to Christ? parents to a sense of responsibil- if once lured in, one seldom
love and power of Jesus to save,l
and the motto of Water Street
Spend a few nights in the con- ity for the souls of their children." emerged again. It is impassible
IMission is, "Never give a man up,'
gested districts of this great city Said a now happy wife, "My hus- to describe the horrors and dan-
... • •,,• .1 hand whinnpH me most everv dav .Rers of this community where Jerwith
its teeming millions, see the "^"