Behind the prison bars : $b A reminder of our duties toward those who have been so unfortunate as to be cast into prisonByrum, E. E. (Enoch Edwin)
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Behind the prison bars : $b A reminder of our duties toward those who have been so unfortunate as to be cast into prison
Byrum, E. E. (Enoch Edwin)
Prisons; Prisons -- West Virginia
Had been in an intermittent state of organization from 1890, with but
moderate success. Some two years ago (1899) the Gospel Trumpet people
took an active interest in the welfare of the Bible class, which meant
that henceforth renewed and intelligent effort was to be made for the
future. The class under the new order of arrangement and new infusion
of God’s Spirit greatly increased in membership in a short period of
time. To this class of earnest Christians the Gospel Trumpet people
and denominational ministers of Moundsville give their attention and
best effort in their respective turn, every Sabbath morning from 8 to
9 o’clock. The commendable progress the members of the class have made
in their work is to a large extent due to these ministers of God. Very
many remarkable conversions have been brought about, and baptism given
by the ordained ministers from the Gospel Trumpet office.
NOTABLE REFORMATIONS.
_Serial No. 2282_—A veteran inmate from Randolph Co., aged 56 years,
received at the prison in 1892 to serve his natural life for the crime
of murder, this being his second term for the same kind of crime. About
twelve years ago he was pardoned by the governor upon well established
grounds of mitigating circumstances connected with the alleged crime.
For the second term he has been an inmate for nine years. He is a
large man, six feet in height, with a good looking face and possessed
of a warm and tender heart. His prison record is exemplary, and he is
employed in the tailor shop, filling a responsible position. Four times
has the Bible class selected him as their class-leader, recognizing
his Biblical learning, industry, and signal ability at prayer and
exhortation. He says that during the years prior to the aid given to
the class at the hands of the Gospel Trumpet people, he was somewhat
lukewarm in his class work. However, with their hearty assistance and
material aid he took on a new spirit and inspiration for more and
better work for God. He is much encouraged by the many conversions made
and by the growth of the class. He canvassed for subscribers for very
many Gospel Trumpet literary works; of these and the Gospel Trumpet
paper, he is a constant reader.
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