Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1909 — SERMON REFORMS A WOMAN [ARTICLE]

SERMON REFORMS A WOMAN

Says She Doesn’t Know What Caused Her to Walk Into Church. Utica, N. Y„ Oct. 12. —At the conclusion of a sermon by Rev. Henry C. Cooper on the subject, “Which? Business or Bottles? Home or Hell?” a young woman handed the preacher a note and quickly disappeared. The note read: “I thank you for your sermon. Ido not know what made me enter your church as I am the proprietor of a resort in Detroit. I cannot go back again. I don’t know What will become of me. Please warn young girls that such a life as I have been leading really is only death. I shall end my life, as l have nothing to live for and I have gone too far to be saved. I have a lovely mother who thinks I am dead and It would be better if it were so." The minister notified the police, who found the woman roaming the streets. She was turned over to a family and later she will be sent to her mother's home. She gives the name of Mrs. Florence Hunter and »ays she left Detroit a few days ago. She is well supplied with money.