Rev. Mason: Hannibal needs evangelism

Among quotes collected from famed evangelist Lena Mason, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo.

In 1894 Rev. Lena Mason, the colored evangelist, told the Springfield Leader, Springfield, Mo., that Hannibal is one of the wickedest towns on earth. Aug. 18, 1894.

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