A Noble Philanthropist.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 August 1891, Page 3

A Noble Philanthropist.

i IJarbneßß;Wrede has for the past «cyen years mil a half, devoted all her time tq , yisitifig ' the pri^dhs of l ! 'infcrad. She' is permitted to go in« ■ ■ to 1 all the prisons, and apeak to, and ' pray; with, all or any of the prisoners ' «Vti any time, ;At the Pvisoft Congress hQlflatSfc Petersburg a year ago last : ♦Tune, she was the only the tody iie« legato. ; During the .Conference, Aftßi- nmuy Speakers had said that 41 some fresh system was needed to effect the reformation :of criminals,; '; and .that hither to many ways and means had failed," the Baroness rose and bore witness to what she herself 1 had known and : seen . Where the ' laws and rules; oif. mail had failed, she ... had invariably, seen that God's , grace and" 'the, Sayio^r/s'loye, when giniply preached by loving hearts, Ijave , changed hardened ciiminals, eiffeot* a real and lasting, reform. Applause ■followed the brief speech ■; and several -4ead^g i l ge^tle6i,en thanked the lady , ,for her courage and her words. '"'\ At Ab(j> f . ln^F^apdj jtf one of the |)e^'ana strongest prisons \n 'Europe, !t WS^* t^.P fluted crUninal; Hittpoia,; j !.^flose. flain^e, . is ; ■[, terrpr; in . ; . ' pie" > country, has succeeded in breaking 1!l b«i v ltt"fe,.6t; 'th^prisqn is a.strong* , hold of gVa'nlfce.^anft : y6t this man -pr^^^^t^f;^ l^^,, and uiariaged fp escape from Siberia once. 1 Hie has beien "condemned to di©ath J> tnahy times, and is at present confined in Tavastehus Gaol; heavily ii'Quqd. At his last'; trial he was chained'-to the wall of the Qourt, . the, Judge^insisting oh the Baroness sitting between him and the prisoner. '■ '^Kiis ' was - lasfe' October ; a month nreyjously she had visited, hinu and) "w^aW^i^p^TseS 5 ' again and "' aglm.' Oontihtiing; howeyfer, she eventually *" \76n!,;lier. '^y to iiis hißaß, , abd , pfld j^en,]a^ she, says, V JJis a^ony Co^lj^^BKipfe; cft-iui.! was ]i ; Ifliicipe. to .see ; for hoursiie trenjblefl and shook, until tears came to his relief," and then she was able to pofnfrh'ini t6 One who* was ■ -''Omighty to saye^^ *. c Two. da^^beforei his trial, he was enabled "to* accept Christ ..as --m 6^d ; Ms f b6ha-Vibtir ) In * wast 1 * ; sb • differed t from .what had been that every r |fK)dy ••-'^ra* asfenished;' ltl]ie ~^ast^x months, hehasyßyen'a ' *' new^ir«f „ turfi-;^ -buiUo use Jiis own -words, ""Though I am assured God haa , fQroiyen,me, yet, w t ' I think of :I my ' past life,! feel I cam never smile „" '-.: tun '- < ;/ : i!'s i .-:;■. '.-.-■. - ' : -

%Hti. Harpoja is a man of her* culeaii build, with" strongly maffced ' features, and with a face expressive of foroe and determination.