. The redemption of the south end, a study in city evangelization. gers, helpers, all arebending every effort to one end, and that is, to secure definiteresults. It is a well-nigh worn-out criticism, yet applicable alltoo often, that altogether too many religious workers fail at thisvery point. Preachers have no conversions; but for that matter,they expect none. Morgan Memorial expects, and it goes out for the unconverted, and it reaches them. Sitting one day on the platform of the chapel, I had myattention drawn to certain ones in the congregation, men andwomen, normal in every wa
. The redemption of the south end, a study in city evangelization. gers, helpers, all arebending every effort to one end, and that is, to secure definiteresults. It is a well-nigh worn-out criticism, yet applicable alltoo often, that altogether too many religious workers fail at thisvery point. Preachers have no conversions; but for that matter,they expect none. Morgan Memorial expects, and it goes out for the unconverted, and it reaches them. Sitting one day on the platform of the chapel, I had myattention drawn to certain ones in the congregation, men andwomen, normal in every way, even attractive, some of them. Andas I looked about, a word spoken to me concerning this one orthat gave me the key to remarkable personal histories. How-ever, by no means all of those who worship here have been amongthe broken by the power of sin. Morgan Memorial is a churchin the fullest sense of the word, ministering to a large con-stituency, as we shall see later. But among these there werethose who, alas! had known the grip of sin and the worst of its 32. THE FRED H. SEAVEY SEMINARY SETTLEMENT THE EESCUE WORK 33 results. Listening to the snatches of their histories, one in-stinctively exclaims, Twice-born men these! It is like steppinginto the middle of a chapter of Harold Begbies famous work. Let us attend one of these services. It will do us good. Itwill tone up the spiritual fervor just a trifle, and will serve tobring us into a little closer touch with our brothers of the otherhalf. It is a company of singers that is gathered here; with thisyou are impressed first of all. They sing as if they meant it andfelt it. The heart, yea, the very soul is in it. Men are therewith experiences. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. How they sang it that first night when I sat among them toobserve and note the way they conducted their services! Theyhad come in singly and
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