Men and women who will place in the hand of the prisoner the Bible, in exchange for the revolver, dagger and bottle? The citizen in his quiet home, who is unacquainted with the prison systems of the various forms which are being used in different states, depends entirely upon the laws of the land to secure him in the peaceful possession of his accumulated earnings. But experience proves that human law alone and unassisted by higher power _is not sufficient to guard the home from intrusion and desecration by those who have no regard for right principles_. The man who has criminal tendencies, and is not striving to restrain them in conformity to divine law, will laugh the human power to scorn, and trample the law of man under his feet whenever there seems an opportunity of financial gain thereby. _The man who has been led to observe and rightly regard the divine law will have no occasion for inducement for infringing on the laws of the land._ Therefore these reformers, both clergy and laity, _are striking at the very root of crime, when they lift the fallen out of the slough of vice and iniquity_, and _turn his face toward the higher life and the city "whose maker and builder is God."_ During the fall of 1903 I received several letters telling me that Brother George Colgrove could live but a short time. In December, 1903, I visited again the prison at Waupun. I found Brother Colgrove in the Prison Hospital, very weak in body, but peaceful and resting in the Saviour's love. Once more he related to the young sister who was with me the wonderful story of his conversion; and how for over fifteen years he had been kept by the power of God, saved and filled with love for God and souls. We knelt and prayed with him and sang his favorite hymns and as I bade him farewell he said, "Sister, if we never meet on earth again I will meet you in Heaven." That was our final parting. Brief notes from the chaplain and warden informed me that Brother Colgrove died February 19, 1904, and that funeral services (an unusual thing) were held in the prison chapel February 21. The warden's letter contains this testimony. "He died a Christian." Bless God for his sustaining grace that is sufficient even amid the trials of a prison life and enabled this one of his children to prove true to God for so many years, inside of prison walls! O how wonderful is the power of God to seek and to save that which was lost! [Illustration: SMELTER AND WORK-SHOPS, CHESTER, ILL.] CHAPTER XI. Work in Stockades and Prison Camps in Southern States.