Show A SAVING RELIGION Rev Samuel Hopkins Hadley who died in New York a few da days s ago was in some respects the most remarkable evangelist of his generation In his youth he dissipated went down the cale of Ute life until he reached the depths forgery and had reached th the Sage age wh where re suicide or the penitentiary the only alternatives Just at crisis In his life Ufe he went to the theold theold old Jerry McAuley mission the safe arbor for the worst human in the great city He became con converted began hIs evangelistic work at once and from then until the day of hIs his death was the most p powerful erful friend pf the derelict in thIs country countr When any man has achieved as won results as Mr Hadley did there Js is sure aure to be some good re reason son back of Und nd the reas rea In n this imse case Is sim simpIe simie pIe ie enough He Th had unlimited ChrIs Christian dan tian love and patience such love loye and forbearance and understanding of weak C humanity as the founder of Chr Christian sUan J epra literal literally y the his Y M ster ater He once said it e trusted a man nineteen times and vas was robbed every time he trusted tl the twentieth time and few men could stand such a test as that without gi up deception rf a convict he wrote rote rotem m mak kes s his way to our missIon he is she sheltered fed and clothed and put to work worl at something He is asked no Questions He has no rules to observe the rule of order He is not lee lec lured on his past He is not exhorted He is left to himself without restraint of any kind He Is neither watched nor suspected He is usually p puzzled to tb know what the whole thing means He Heis Heis is treated as a brother as if he were the best man In the world Sometimes he concludes he has a snap and pro eeds to work it for aU all it Is worth He lakes fakes of confidence and steals whatever of value he can lay his hands on and departs with a 8 chuckle sooner or later he is driven back again by hunger to the one place There he can get shelter and food On his re return return turn turn he Is met with the same welcome the same kindness Again and again be may show the cloven hoof but at last he finds that in the old McAuley Water street mission there is a stock of love lovetha tha annot be e exhausted that here liere f nowhere else the spirit of the Founder or of Christianity Is in full force forc It is no o der that as a usual thing the thet t tough ugh heart or of the crimInal is finally b broken ke b by the glorious principle df love and he becomes a practical earnest Christian It If th there E wore were more Ind nd der like Hadley there be l lees s occasIon for dis about the failure of churches t ro win m i the p vertY The he lost ep of this world to the spir spiritual spirItual Ute life The work ot of this one man has demonstrated amply the savIng power of 01 Christ when his teaching is shown forth bY a man who believes in js religion profoundly enough to live lIe lIethe the principles he teaches |