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Show P YEARS pjpi Kjge of Seventy Years wL Concluded to Es OLD AND IS HEARTY Kf a Reclaimed Life Told Ik Han Victim of the E Liquor Habit. Kar-D. V. rEANOIS. Mwirt to The Tribune. M.-Smed life vrUl be read with KJtU who are the foe of Intom-Mtippwred Intom-Mtippwred in a New York Mr ?eniy yre of clean llv-Mrtnated llv-Mrtnated me menially and Mr but it cannot restore the op-K op-K Ihil liquor has robbed me of. tnnful if P- man will let strong M- ,M-kr and brandy alono and MjKm beer and soft drinks. MrrtTni dissent, hut with his next W Jolswe)., But whisky M.t fflin." TH Is the conclu- sion of a pathetic story told by Reuben Johnson, familiarly known a S Rube at the McCaulcy mission In Water street, where he was rescued from a drunkard's grave a score of years ago, at the age of :70, after flftv years of tin-ling tin-ling and hard drinking;. "Uncle Rubo" is 00 years old and Is a resident of New-burg. New-burg. Ho says ho was .fifty yoars a drunkard. Ho came to New York to attend tho twentieth anniversary of his reformation. Unlike other men of advanced ago who appear to live in the past, he is up to date, with a keen, nctlvo mind, familiar with current topics. Gateway to Hell. "I'm a New Yorker,' he said, pulling himself up proudly. "When. 1 pet off the ferryboat and sec the big buildings and crowds and feel the elbows sticking into my ribs as people push and rush past. T feel like a boy returning home from a visit In the country. I was born down in this part of tho town. When I was a young lad this neighborhood In Water street was the gateway of hell. It w.-is one lone row of dives and dance halls, with Burns s 'rat pit In the midst of It all. In this den the first mission was started. Later the mission was transferred trans-ferred to Jack Van Allen's saloon, where Jerry McCauley became famous for his work of rescuing unfortunates. Among those conditions I was reared. I had been a combination of the old-time printer, print-er, tho volutary fireman and a hnlf-sport. and that means a combination that never slopped to measure the consequences of profligacy. I had gone the road to ruin; had experienced the horrors of delirium tremens and had been an inmate oft asylums for Inebriates and was, at the ago of 70 years, a complete physical wreck. One afternoon I was sitting in a park when I recogntzod an approaching approach-ing attack of the delirium tremens. I thought of tho McCaulcy mission and I staggered there. When taken to a room 1 remembered my mother and threw myself my-self on my knees and began to prav. I have- never touched a drop of liquor since that day.- and I have never wanted it." Eoosevelt In Lime light. Air. Roosevelt Is occupying his usual place in the forefront of tho public press at the present tlmo. It certalnlv Is an interesting and most remarkable commentary com-mentary upon human greatness that this man whom I. as a loyal admirer, feel I can say with all propriety has never done any one very great or remarkable thing, hns nevertheless, by a consistent and vigorous upholding of what he considered con-sidered to be tho right in whatever situation sit-uation ho found himself, won a place for himself in the affections of the civilized peoples of the world that possibly has never been equaled. Mr. Roosevelt's utterances have never been flavored with whnt even his most strenuous opponents could call cant, and yet he Is frequently found addressing religious bodies, and tho remarkable thing Is that he never fails to say something that Is worth hearing and likely to make a decided impression upon his listeners. It Is not so manv weeks ago that I mentioned to you his remarks nt the opening of a hospital In East Africa, which was to be run, ns In fact are all hospitals !n non-Chrlstlan lands, through the missionary efforts of foreigners.. His address made such an impression that, as you will possibly remember, re-member, a portion of the hospital was forthwith named In his honor. A. more recent utterance took place in an address ad-dress to the students at the American mission at Khartoum, assembled under the auspices of the United Presbyterian Church of America. To those of my readers read-ers who are especially Interested in the movement towards unity which Is now occupying the attention of tho leaders of religious thought In all parts of tho world, I would point out the article In tho Outlook Out-look of April Hi, In which Mr. Roosevelt's address appears In the fallowing words: Favors Oliurch Unity. 's.h , P"Jld make every member of a Christian church feel that just In so ,1,as.,no spends "Is tlmo in quarreling with other Christians of other churches, he is helping to discredit Christianity in the eyes of the world. Avoid, as vou would tho plague, those who would seek to embroil you In conflict, one Christian sect with another." And ho went farther still. ' Not only does what I am about to say apply to the behavior of Christians toward one another, but of all .Christians toward their non-Christian brethren, toward to-ward their fellow-citizens of another creed. You can do most for tho colleges from which you come, you can do most for the creed which you profess, by doing your work in the position to which vou have been called in a way that brings tho respect of your fellow-men to you, and therefore to those for whom you stand." Edlnhurg Conference. It is some months since 1 have referred to the Edinburgh conference, but the arrangements for that groat occasion have been going on apace. The remarkable remark-able conventions of the Laymen's Missionary Mis-sionary Movement, which have been so widely commented on In the newspapers newspa-pers during the past winter, would seem to have, been planned as a sort of special spe-cial propaganda in connection with this missionary conference, which is to be held In June, but such Is not the case. The two things are absolutely distinct the one from the other so far as anv preliminary Intention was concerned; and whoreas tho laymen's movement his sprung spontaneously into being during the last two years, the conference, which 13 known as the Edinburgh World Missionary Mis-sionary conference, which Is to be the latest of a series of gatherings which have- been held at Intervals of ten years ever since 1S70. The enthusiasts of both these essentially missionary efforts recognized recog-nized a divine inspiration In tho efforts of the laymen's movement during the pas.t eighteen months, and they expect great things of the coming conference. T quote from the Now York Churchman: "Already the committee in charge of local lo-cal arrangements at the Edinburgh World Missionary conference next June Is finding find-ing Itself embarrassed by the conflicting claims of more wouhl-bc attendants than can possibly find admission to its sessions. ses-sions. It was Intended originally that tho number of official delegates to the conference should not exceed 1190. It was thought that the basis of representation represen-tation which was decided upon would keep the number of delegates below this figure, especially as somo of tho socle-ties socle-ties in foreign countries would probably not send the full number of delegates to which they were entitled. Will Bo Largo Body. As It has happened, however, practically practi-cally every society In Great Britain. America, tho British colonies and the continent of Europe Is sending tho mil number of delegates allowed to It. and the total number of official delegates will be considerably In excess of 1200. These will occupy not only the floor of tho assembly as-sembly hall, but will fill moro than ono of tho galleries In addition. A considerable consid-erable amount, of space has also to bo reserved for representatives of the press, nearly all the leading papers desiring to have their special representative. Missionaries Mis-sionaries on furlough then come in. since tho consideration of matters to which they have dedicated their lives must ncc- essarlly be of the first Interest and Importance Im-portance to them. A limited number of places Is being reserved for tho wives of official delegates, dele-gates, preference being given to those who have accompanied their husbands from a great distance. For the scats that remain, day tickets only will, be Issued. About three thousand people will be able In this way to obtain admission to the hall for a single day. For the meetings In Synod hall the demand for admission from all quarters has been very great. Places have been assigned to the missionary societies proportionately to the extent of their work- Tho two great Presbyterian societies of Scotland have together but 104 places, -and could uso ten times that number, but only at tho cost of other missionary societies no less entitled en-titled to representation. This may servo to give some idea of the . niversal and eager Interest already aroused by the prospect of the conference. Chinese Mission a Church. Of Intorest to Presbyterians in particular particu-lar and to Christians In general is tho regular organization of the Presbyterian Chinese mission. East Thirty-first street, this city, into a Presbyterian church, with a regularly ordained minister of the Presbyterian order at the head of the enterprise. This minister Is none other than a Chinaman hlmHoIf, the Rev. Hule Kin. A large Sunday school is an important im-portant part of this new church. For a long tlmo the mission was under the direction di-rection of the University Placo church. What Is remarkable about this news Item Is that this will be the first regular Chinese Presbyterian church In the oast of this country. |