. Christian herald and signs of our times. nd a number of com-panions had gone on a fishing partv, inSabbath desecration. In the midst of thestrm, he vowed to God that if he wouldlet him reach land in safetv, he wouldabandon his wicked life. They escapedJr iwnlnc, and he was faithful to his sought and obtained pardon, went towork at his vocation of ship-carpentering,at which he earned a good living. But hiszeal and consecration spurred him into ex- clusively religious work, and his life is nowdevoted entirely to it, renouncing allthought ofjsecular work, and gladly incur-ring the pains
. Christian herald and signs of our times. nd a number of com-panions had gone on a fishing partv, inSabbath desecration. In the midst of thestrm, he vowed to God that if he wouldlet him reach land in safetv, he wouldabandon his wicked life. They escapedJr iwnlnc, and he was faithful to his sought and obtained pardon, went towork at his vocation of ship-carpentering,at which he earned a good living. But hiszeal and consecration spurred him into ex- clusively religious work, and his life is nowdevoted entirely to it, renouncing allthought ofjsecular work, and gladly incur-ring the pains and manifold privations in-cident to poverty. What has been accom-plished was at a cost of much sacrifice onthe part of Mr. Vail and his associates. Itseems as though God had specially ordain-ed and fitted some of these Christian work-ers for this special field, for it takes bravehearts for such hardships as have besettheir lot. Not only have delicate ladiesgone shoeless, and sick ones without med-icine in this work, but the amount of la-. Among one of the many-sided aspects ofthe Mission, is the attendance of its lead-ing workers at the city jail every Sun-day morning, where regular religious ser-vices of preaching, prayer, and song areheld from to 11 A. under the con-duct of Mr. H. Bein, the joint representa-tive for such occasions of the Young MensChristian Association of New Orleans andthe Union Gospel Mission. There, forsome time, every Sunday morning, fromtwenty-five to fifty copies of the New Tes-tament or the Gospels were distributed,until the supply was exhausted. For overa year not a copy lias been given to theprisoners, although many sorely needthem. In many cases, said one of themission managers, we can see the fruits ofour work at the morning service in thejail: hearts and eyes melted in penitence);sinners conv erted ; fallen women rescued,and homes provided for them. Boys aresent home to distracted parents and goodis done to the unfortun-ate criminal clas
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