INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY. 



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In the latter part of his life Mr. Crittenton gave his energies, time, 

 and resources to establishing the rescue missions for girls, called, after 

 his daughter, the Florence Crittenton Missions. (See fig. 12.) 



At his death, in 1909, Mr. Crittenton left half of his fortune to the 

 Crittenton Missions, so that it has been possible for the work to go 

 on, until at the present time this unselfish ministry has reached 



Fig. 16. — Map showing location of colleges and universities which have been represented in the co mm unity 

 through the teaching staff of the academy. Over one of the portals of the Washington Union Station, 

 planned by Daniel Burnham, is engraved this aphorism: "He that would bring home the wealth of 

 the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. So it is in traveling — a man must carry 

 knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge." The people of Belleville community have 

 been wise in giving their children the best that gifted men and women from the great culture centers 

 of the East can supply. . 



every section of the United States as well as France, Mexico, China, 

 and Japan. 



A GREAT DIVINE. 



The Rev. Charles Finney, the evangelist, lived in the larger Belle- 

 ville community on farm No. 618. (See PL V, fig. 2.) Finney 

 was converted as a young man in a revival held by Jedediah Bur- 

 chard, who was long Belleville's local country preacher. After 

 conversion, Finney became one of the foremost evangelists of his 

 day. His sermons are said to have inspired the founding of the 

 Salvation Army. He was for 40 years connected with Oberlin 

 College, Ohio, and, as its president, did much toward building it 

 up into, a strong institution. 



