. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY. 37 In the latter part of his life Mr. Crittenton gave his energies, time, and resources to establishing the rescue missions for girls, called, after his daughter, the Florence Crittenton Missions. (See fig. 12.) At his death, in 1909, Mr. Crittenton left half of his fortune to the Crittenton Missions, so that it has been possible for the work to go on, until at the present time this unselfish ministry has reached. Fig. 16.—Map showing location of colleges and universities which hav
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY. 37 In the latter part of his life Mr. Crittenton gave his energies, time, and resources to establishing the rescue missions for girls, called, after his daughter, the Florence Crittenton Missions. (See fig. 12.) At his death, in 1909, Mr. Crittenton left half of his fortune to the Crittenton Missions, so that it has been possible for the work to go on, until at the present time this unselfish ministry has reached. Fig. 16.—Map showing location of colleges and universities which have been represented in the community through the teaching staff of the academy. Over one of the portals of the Washington Union Station, planned by Daniel Burnham, is engraved this aphorism: "He that would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. So it is in traveling—a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home ; The people of Belleville community have been wise in giving their children the best that gifted men and women from the great culture centers of the East can supply. every section of the United States as well as France, Mexico, China, and Japan. A GREAT DIVINE. The Rev. Charles Finney, the evangelist, lived in the larger Belle- ville community on farm No. 618. (See PL V, fig. 2.) Finney was converted as a young man in a revival held by Jedediah Bur- chard, who was long Belleville's local country preacher. After conversion, Finney became one of the foremost evangelists of his day. His sermons are said to have inspired the founding of the Salvation Army. He was for 40 years connected with Oberlin College, Ohio, and, as its president, did much toward building it up into,a strong Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the o
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