The Nation Behind Prison BarsHerr, George L. (George Lewis)
Religion
The Nation Behind Prison Bars
Herr, George L. (George Lewis)
Church work with criminals; Evangelists
The Rev. George L. Herr, prison evangelist, has received from Chicago
his book entitled "The Story of His Life," by Edward De Alma. Mr. Herr
distributed 100 copies yesterday in the Jefferson County jail, and the
men received them with great eagerness. Mr. Herr will place the story in
all penal institutions. A letter from the Rev. James M. Taylor,
complimenting the book, says: "I have read with soul-stirring interest
the sad, heart-rending experience of Brother Herr, and the miraculous
deliverance by the grace of God; how, by a life of sin, he squandered a
fortune; how God found him and gave him deliverance; the romantic way in
which his God-given companion entered his life and how they are being
used, perhaps, as no other persons to-day in helping those behind the
bars. This story will warn the reckless, encourage the 'outcast,' and
put a desire in the hearts of thousands to lead better lives."
--_Louisville Courier-Journal_
The Rev. Paul, of Meridian, Miss., says: "The story of Brother Herr's
life, 'Redeemed from the depths of sin to the mountain top of
salvation,' is a thrilling narrative, published as a warning to the
fallen."
The Rev. J. B. Foote, chaplain of the Onondaga county penitentiary, in
New York, acknowledging receipt of the life story of Mr. Herr and
thanking him for it, states in his letter that he will use the book in
his preaching in prison.
When asked if prison work paid, Mr. Herr said: "Who will ever know the
vast number that will attribute their first impulse to a better life,
formed while in the seclusion of a prison cell, while reading this book.
The world will never know how many, when sitting in judgment upon
themselves, have learned the great secret, that it takes an omnipotent
power to change the current of their lives and give them deliverance
from the power of sin, and enabling them to go forth, not to live a new
purpose, but a new life."
In 1909 Mr. Herr published 150,000 sermons, books and tracts.
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.--Rev. D. J. Starr, D.D., Ohio
Penitentiary.
Bro. Herr knows the prison work as few men do. He is a man of large
sympathy, and having had an experience of fifteen years as an
evangelist, knows how to reach the hearts of the men. He has the entire
confidence of both prisoners and officials and is always given a most
hearty welcome by all.--Jos. Severance, Chaplain.
"The large number who have been helped by hearing your message will be
still further benefited by reading your book."--Rev. Albert J. Steelman,
Ph.D., Chaplain, Illinois State Penitentiary.
Get Rev. Herr's book for your good, but chiefly for the good of others.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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