Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of LoveWheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
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Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of Love
Wheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
Evangelistic work; Prisons
Another night when returning from the Globe Theater in company with
General and Mrs. Evans we heard a great noise up the street and soon
discovered that it was made by a mob of some kind. On their coming
nearer, we found it was an immense crowd of drunken fallen girls. The
General said: "Hide yourselves quick! There is no telling what they
might do." The policemen had slunk away--not caring to try to make any
arrests, as there were so many of them and they were so violent. Poor
souls! They were some mothers' girls who perhaps had learned to love
the taste of strong drink before they saw the light and were bound by
both inherited and acquired appetite. I was told that on an average
there were four drunken women in Glasgow for every drunken man. Such a
statement seems beyond belief, but during our stay we saw much to
indicate that it was true. What could the harvest be?
While in Scotland I received a very precious letter of encouragement
and sympathy from Col. Geo. R. Clarke and wife of Pacific Garden
Mission, Chicago. I give it here and the reader can easily realize how
comforting it proved to me.
Chicago, October 29, 1890.
My Dear Sister Wheaton:
We received yours written from Glasgow last night. I am sorry
they treat you so badly there. But that is the way nice appearing
people treated our blessed Lord when on earth, and the way they
would treat Him now should He come to earth in the flesh. But it
is blessed to us, said Jesus, when men persecute us. We have a
right then to rejoice as He told us.
The Lord will stand by you as He did by Paul. He "will never
leave you nor forsake you." So you can boldly say: "The Lord is
my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."
The Lord's work is prospering at our Mission and we are much
encouraged in it. We have large meetings and many precious souls
for Christ every night.
We have started a noonday prayer-meeting for both sexes. The Lord
is greatly blessing the meetings. We have souls converted there
right along at every meeting.
We will pray for you and may the dear Lord greatly bless you in
your work and labor of love which you do in His name.
We have only a little time left now to wait for Him. The signs
are thickening and He will soon rush into view and then we shall
hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou
in to the joy of thy Lord." Praise His dear name. Glory to God!
Hallelujah!!! What a meeting that will be! It will be our time to
laugh then, but our persecutors will weep and wail. May God be
merciful to them now and give them repentance before that awful
day.
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