Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of Love — John Shaqi
Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of LoveWheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
Religion
Prisons and Prayer; Or, a Labor of Love
Wheaton, Elizabeth Ryder
Evangelistic work; Prisons
Provided with Food in Answer to Prayer--A Great Revival--A
Man Saved from Suicide--Letters from Pastors and Others--Church
of the Redeemer in Baltimore--Successful Meetings--Young
Man Called to the Ministry--A Colored Woman Saved and
Preaching-- Incidents--Saved by a Hymn 294
CHAPTER XVI.
PREACHING THE GOSPEL ON RAILWAY TRAINS.
Accidental Death of My Nephew--My First Trip by Rail--Experience
of a Railroad Man--Transportation--A Kind Conductor--Interesting
Services--Train Saved from Wreck--A Train in Danger--Impressed
to Leave the Train--Helped to Care for a Wounded
Man--Conductor's "God Bless You"--A Woman's Faith Encouraged--
Riding in a Parlor Car--Favor to the Railroad Company 313
CHAPTER XVII.
STREET AND OPEN AIR.
Poem--Permits to Hold Street Meetings--From a Missionary--My
First Street Meeting--A Wonderful Conversion--Became a
Preacher--The Blind Encouraged--Forbidden to Preach on the
Street--Thought They Saw a Ghost--Hurt by a Saloonkeeper--Warned
to Leave the City--In Jail 328
RESCUE WORK.
"A Mother's Plea" (poem)--A Plea for our Sisters--Drunken
Women and Men--Assaulted in a Dive--Attempts Suicide--A Girl
Saved--A Girl Rejected at a Rescue Home--Neglected by the
Churches--Visits to Hospitals--Kind Tributes--The Prodigal
Daughter (poem) 349
CHAPTER XIX.
WORK IN CANADA AND MEXICO.
Street Meetings in Hamilton--In London, Ontario--A Girl
Rescued--In Kingston--Stoned in Quebec--Victory in Toronto--
In Victoria, B. C.--Work in Mexico--A Bull Fight--Wept with
Condemned Men--Attacked by a Fierce Dog--Ministered to a
Sufferer 365
CHAPTER XX.
ACROSS THE SEA.
On the Ocean--In a Foreign Land--Preaching in Glasgow--My
Life in Danger--A Song Stops a Row--Arrested for Singing--
Tumult in a Dive--Mob of Drunken Women--Letter from
America--In Paisley--Return to America--Second Visit to
Europe--Experiences in London--Safe Return to America--
Letter from Scotland 372
CHAPTER XXI.
TRAVEL AND TOIL.
Two Nights' Service--One Weeks' Work--A Profitable Trip--Six
Weeks' Service--Recent Work--Another Trip 395
CHAPTER XXII.
LETTERS FROM PRISONERS. 431
CHAPTER XXIII.
KIND WORDS FROM FRIENDS.
From H. L. Hastings--Mrs. H. L. Hastings--E. E. Byrum,
Author and Editor--Mother of a Prisoner--Prisoner's
Daughter--An Editor--Ex-Prisoner--Miscellaneous 477
CHAPTER XXIV.
SKETCHES FROM PRESS REPORTS. 491
CHAPTER XXV.
FURNISHED UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK.
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