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DAVE RANNEY

Or, Thirty Years on the Bowery

An Autobiography

Introduction by Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D. D.

1910

[Illustration: Cover of Dave Ranney]

This story of my life is dedicated to

DR. A. F. SCHAUFFLER

Who stuck by me through thick and thin

Honest endeavor is ne'er thrown away;
God gathers the failures day by day,
And weaves them into His perfect plan
In ways that are not for us to scan.

--Lucy Whittemore Myrick, 1876.

INTRODUCTION

The autobiography which this book contains is that of a man who through
the wonderful dealings of Providence has had a most remarkable
experience. I have known the writer for about seventeen years, and
always most favorably. For a number of years past he has been Bowery
Missionary for the New York City Mission and Tract Society, and has
shown himself faithful, capable and conscientious. His story simply
illustrates how the gospel of the grace of God can go down as far as man
can fall, and can uplift, purify, and beautify that which was degraded
and "well nigh unto cursing."

As a testimony as to what God can work, and how He can transform a man
from being a curse to himself and to the world into being a blessing,
the story is certainly fascinating, and ought to encourage any who have
lost hope to turn to Him who alone is able to save. It ought also to
encourage all workers for the downfallen to realize that God is able to
save unto the uttermost all who come to Him through Jesus