The Nation Behind Prison BarsHerr, George L. (George Lewis)
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The Nation Behind Prison Bars
Herr, George L. (George Lewis)
Church work with criminals; Evangelists
Frazier was working and starting a home in
Cincinnati he was made prison chaplain for the entire city. During the
past summer he and his wife came to Indianapolis. While here his
physical condition gave way; he knew his end was near. To those who
waited on him in his last hours he constantly affirmed his faith in God
and passed peacefully away. The funeral was conducted by the Revs.
Parker, Stevens and Bueler, with special singing by Mr. Maxwell, Mrs.
Bueler and Mrs. Nelson. All who want a more complete account of this
wonderful life should read his book, "From Crime to Christ."
CHAPTER TEN
COLUMBUS OHIO PRISON
[Ohio Penitentiary News]
The Rev. George L. Herr, prison evangelist, returned yesterday from St.
Louis, where he went in the interest of the men "behind the bars." The
Rev. Mr. Herr also had a delightful visit with his son, of St. Louis.
Mr. Herr, on his return home, received the following letter from the
Rev. D. J. Starr, D.D., chaplain at Columbus, O., penitentiary:
Dear Brother: I thank you for your letter informing me that you will
spend Sunday, March 8, with us at this prison. We intend to make good
use of you for the Master's cause. We will wish you, unless it will
weary you to do so, to speak to our Sunday-school at 8 o'clock; address
the prayer meeting at 9 o'clock; preach in chapel at 10 o'clock; attend
Female Bible class and talk at 3 p.m., and men's Bible class at 7 p.m.
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"I was in prison, and ye came unto me."--Matt. 25:36.
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The Courier-Journal republishes herewith from the Ohio Penitentiary News
an editorial by the Rev. D. J. Starr, D.D., chaplain at the Columbus,
O., prison:
"The Rev. George L. Herr, whose address delivered in our chapel last
Sunday morning was charmingly refreshing, is a man whose vicissitudes of
life lead through a labyrinth that would require a half century of years
to make its journey at an ordinary pace. But George L. Herr is not the
man to do anything in an ordinary way. The itinerary of his life shows
few curves--mostly acute angles. He was born in an old Kentucky family
of the city of Louisville. His ancestral stock was golden, and his
infancy was fed with a golden spoon on sugar and cream. When he was
three months old his Christian mother went to be with God. When he was
18 years old his father, Richard S. Herr, a capitalist of Louisville,
died and left George the heir of a large patrimony.
"The orphan was genial, sportive, rich and without domestic restraint.
Men seized the opportunity to take advantage of his tendencies and youth
to filch from him his wealth. He yielded, and threw on the neck of
appetite the slackened rein and became woefully dissipated. He mounted
the toboggan and went down the slide, landing in a few years in the
gulch of destitution and near the precipice of suicide.
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Teach me thy way, O Lord.--Ps. 86:11.
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