. Men and women of deep piety. heshocked look upon his innocent face, and his childlike wordstook away the usual enjoyment in the evenings amusement andfrivolity. The music, in the whirl of the dance, seemedshockingly to remind me of those utterances, and even in mydreams, somehow, the thought was fastened upon my mind,until after a short time God made me realize I needed achange of raiment, and it was not long after this when, as wesupposed, with curiosity, both my husband and I went downto 31 6 Water Street to a little dance hall which had been con-verted into a mission, to see Jeriy McAuley
. Men and women of deep piety. heshocked look upon his innocent face, and his childlike wordstook away the usual enjoyment in the evenings amusement andfrivolity. The music, in the whirl of the dance, seemedshockingly to remind me of those utterances, and even in mydreams, somehow, the thought was fastened upon my mind,until after a short time God made me realize I needed achange of raiment, and it was not long after this when, as wesupposed, with curiosity, both my husband and I went downto 31 6 Water Street to a little dance hall which had been con-verted into a mission, to see Jeriy McAuley, the convertedriver thief. The Lord most marvelously met us there that night, andbefore leaving that meeting we both returned to the Onewhose name we bore, yet had so greatly dishonored. Eversince then the love of the world has been crowded out of myheart, and in its place has been created a real hunger forsouls, and a desire to meet Gods expectation in all things.* Although her husband was a very successful business man, 496. Mrs. E. M. Whittemore Mrs. E. M. Whittemore 499 and she moved in the society of the wealthy and fashionable,Mrs. Whittemore now felt that the Lord called her to devoteherself to the rescue of those in the lowest strata of gave her grace to overcome her natural repugnance to peo-ple of that class, gave her a great yearning pity and compas-sionate love that drew them to her, and made her a spiritualmother to thousands. After some years of personal work, the Lord made it clearthat a refuge should be opened to receive fallen and unfor-tunate women, where, in the shelter of Christian surroundings,they might be helped once more into lives of usefulness andvirtue. Moreover, the Lord required that the undertaking befully a work of faith. According to Divine leading, she puther own money in another channel of service to the Lord, andnow trusted Him to provide the funds necessary for so expen-sive an undertaking in the great metropolis. New
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