Convicts Contribute

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 13, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 19.

Convicts Contribute.

It is an interesting thing that among the contributions sent to the Ohio and Indiana flood, $41.80 was sent from Huntsville penitentiary, Texas. The men undertook the collection inside, without the knowledge of the warden, who knew nothing of the matter until the men presented the money, with the request that it be forwarded; and Governor Colquitt, of Texas, sent it on. They say to the governor: “As you have called upon all forms of organized society to respond to the need of those in trouble, we wish to donate our part to show that our hearts are touched by those who are suffering. And in obedience of the command of Him who approved the widow’s mite and was able to feed five thousand with a few loaves and a few small fishes, we desire to contribute the amount set opposite our names, and we direct that the committee which has charge of this matter be instructed to use it as their best judgment dictates. We send with this money our sincere prayers and best wishes for those who are in such distress.” It has ever been true that the jails and the prisons and the penitentiaries have many times harbored Christians and believers in the great God, and always no worse criminals inside than are found without. It seems clearly evident that there are some Christian souls in the Texas penitentiary.