| Show GOOD W ORA AMONG SOLDIERS the soldiers in the principal cam canny a although subjected to many kernp eions for which home surround surrounding d formerly were a shield have not b bee without the benefit of religious in anni ances and perhaps much of the b braver displayed by them in the face of d deat on the battlefield is due to this f fac D L moody has charge of the ww wo and ira DS ankey is going from cabi to camp holding services of song TO movers of this religious enterprise ai the members of an organization inov as the christian commission labor in connection with the Intern atUt committee of the young mens C chrisi tian association i some time ago the christian he herail new a letter from T taa pa describing the conditions there ail the result of the work among the so diers diera the writer says never was tampa so winked as not no never was vice so rampant nearl every restaurant has been turnell turned lal a saloon and every saloon is also restaurant Ru advert advertisement leem in the tampa newspapers axe are as laz as those of the big dry goods at storell the metropolitan journals the dottl is what is known as wide open ILI H this is only to be expected of any tori near a large military encampment q but at the same time never tampa so good and virtuous never and an oil tian as now never have so many such crowded gospel meetings meeting 1 held never have so many and t famous evangelists been heard I 1 despite the vice and the drinking the there axe are huge 1 ances at the church meetings evening and many sincere conic soldiers surrendering to christ going to battle and to possible 1 general wade commanding army here has heartily endorsed christian movement i conducted in the field by gen W 0 I toward howard major whittle and dr D on said general wade to me 1 thoroughly in sympathy with 1 christian work it is much better the boys to be in attendance at 1 services as those you are holding 1 to be lounging about the streets does them good and as your meet mee are held in the evenings does not with duty or discipline Asai As already ready described in this J lo 10 the christian work is und under erthe ther tion of mr moody awaiting moodys moods arrival it is conducted ni by the evangelists mentioned general howard 1 has not yet preached to an audience numbering less than men it to a remarkable coincidence that on this same field of tampa general howard was converted forty one years ago here in the first methodist churan of tampa he began his christian work he relates this circumstance to the men nightly with most excellent results I 1 have seen as many as sixty soldiers march up to th the e altar at one time when the general called tor for christs volunteers it speaks well for the moral qualities of the american boys that they gather in so large numbers for religious exercises if in their meetings they learn to call on the author of their being and the ruler of nations cat ions with faith and confidence and to look to him for wisdom strength and endurance they will be infinitely better qualified for the work required ot 01 them than those who spend their time in vice and revelry it is a perfectly natural principle that the best christian la is the best soldier as he is best fitted for every other walk of life way may the good work be prosecuted with untiring zeal for the benefit of the boys boya and the country |
