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From The Book ...
“For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them." (Luke 9:56) Jerry McAuley was a man you could" throw the book at. A patron of the dens of Water Street by day and a river thief by night, he committed enough crimes to send him to prison' forty times. With the traditional three R’s he had little acquaintahce but was best of friends with the three R’s of rum, ruin and rebellion A missionary whom Jerry had once thrown down a flight of stairs persuaded him to go to the Howard Mission. The two men, criminal and man of God, had a long talk. Jerry was broke and hungry and ready to go back to crime. The missionary didn’t have any money, but while Jerry waited, he went out and pawned his coat for fifty cents. Returning, he gave the money to Jerry. He pawned his coat to redeem a life — a strange trade. Here was a theology that Jerry understood. He could see that Jesus Christ had pawned His life upon a cross to redeem a poor lost sinner. His heart was softened, his life changed, and he became one of the most beloved mission workers of all time. The rest of his life was given in the McAuley Water Street Mis sion of New York City in bringing the same message of life and hope to others.
J. Wilbur Adkins
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