I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me . . . Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.—Matt 25: 36, 40.
The Students' Association of the Second New York Church of Christ, Scientist, has been reaching out this winter with earnest interest and loving thought to lift the weight of woe and despair from some of those fettered literally, as well as mentally, within the confines of the various prisons in and about our city.
Faithfully and patiently these volunteers in the Master's work have travelled, "through rain and through shine," more than once each week to minister to those sunken in a darkness, often the outcome of despair. They have felt that their efforts have been rewarded more than seven-fold by the result obtained from these visits. Their offers of help have been uniformly received by the prisoners in a kindly, grateful manner. At the very first visit to the Tombs, which is the name given to the principal city prison, they had access to about twenty-five captives. To these, tracts were distributed, words of love and cheer spoken, and faithfully the seed was sown.
