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sarcasms of this brazen察blatant virago。
;God is love。; Was it not察then察the accents of God's voice that sounded there above the din of the street and the swearing of the slums拭 Yea察verily察and that voice ceases not and will not cease察so long as the Slum Sisters fight under the banner of the Salvation Army。
To form an idea of the immense amount of good察temporal and spiritual察which the Slum Sister is doing察you need to follow them into the kennels where they live察preaching the Gospel with the mop and the scrubbing brush察and driving out the devil with soap and water。 In one of our Slum posts察where the Officer's rooms were on the ground floor察about fourteen other families lived in the same house。 One little water´closet in the back yard had to do service for the whole place。 As for the dirt察one Officer writes察 It is impossible to scrub the Homes察some of them are in such a filthy condition。 When they have a fire the ashes are left to accumulate for days。 The table is very seldom察if ever察properly cleaned察dirty cups and saucers lie about it察together with bits of bread察and if they have bloaters the bones and heads are left on the table察Sometimes there are pieces of onions mixed up with the rest。 The floors are in a very much worse condition than the street pavements察and when they are supposed to clean them they do it with about a pint of dirty water。 When they wash察which is rarely察for washing to them seems an unnecessary work察they do it in a quart or two of water察and sometimes boil the things in some old saucepan in which they cook their food。 They do this simply because they have no larger vessel to wash in。 The vermin fall off the walls and ceiling on you while you are standing in the rooms。 Some of the walls are covered with marks where they have killed them。 Many people in the summer sit on the door steps all night察the reason for this being察that their rooms are so close from the heat and so unendurable from the vermin that they prefer staying out in the cool night air。 But as they cannot stay anywhere long without drinking察they send for beer from the neighbouring publicalas never far away and pass it from one doorway to another察the result being singing察shouting and fighting up till three and four o'clock in the morning。;
I could fill volumes with stories of the war against vermin察which is part of this campaign in the slums察but the subject is too revolting to those who are often indifferent to the agonies their fellow creatures suffer察so long as their sensitive ears are not shocked by the mention of so painful a subject。 Here察for instance察is a sample of the kind of region in which the Slum Sisters spend themselves
;In an apparently respectable street near Oxford street察the Officers where visiting one day when they saw a very dark staircase leading into a cellar察and thinking it possible that someone might be there they attempted to go down察and yet the staircase was so dark they thought it impossible for anyone to be there。 However察they tried again and groped their way along in the dark for some time until at last they found the door and entered the room。 At first they could not discern anything because of the darkness。 But after they got used to it they saw a filthy room。 There was no fire in the grate察but the fire´place was heaped up with ashes察an accumulation of several weeks at least。 At one end of the room there was an old sack of rags and bones partly emptied upon the floor察from which there came a most unpleasant odour。 At the other end lay an old man very ill。 The apology for a bed on which he lay was filthy and had neither sheets nor blankets。 His covering consisted of old rags。 His poor wife察who attended on him察appeared to be a stranger to soap and water。 These Slum Sisters nursed the old people察and on one occasion undertook to do their washing察and they brought it home to their copper for this purpose察but it was so infested with vermin that they did not know how to wash it。 Their landlady察who happened to see them察forbade them ever to bring such stuff there any more。 The old man察when well enough察worked at his trade察which was tailoring。 They had two shillings and sixpence per week from the parish。;
Here is a report from the headquarters of our Slum Brigade as to the work which the Slum Sisters have done。 It is almost four years since the Slum Work was started in London。 The principal work done by our first Officers was that of visiting the sick察cleansing the homes of the Slummers察and of feeding the hungry。 The following are a few of the cases of those who have gained temporally察as well as spiritually察through our work此
Mrs。 W。Of Haggerston Slum。 Heavy drinker察wrecked home察husband a drunkard察place dirty and filthy察terribly poor。 Saved now over two years察home A1。察plenty of employment at cane´chair bottoming察husband now saved also。
Mrs。 R。Drury Lane Slum。 Husband and wife察drunkards察husband very lazy察only worked when starved in to it。 We found them both out of work察home furnitureless察in debt。 She got saved察and our lasses prayed for him to get work。 He did so察and went to it。 He fell out again a few weeks after察and beat his wife。 She sought employment at charing and office cleaning察got it察and has been regularly at work since。 He too got work。 He is now a teetotaler。 The home is very comfortable now察and they are putting money in the bank。
A。M。 in the Dials。 Was a great drunkard察thriftless察did not go to the trouble of seeking work。 Was in a Slum meeting察heard the Captain speak on ;Seek first the Kingdom of God ─called out and said察 Do you mean that if I ask God for work察He will give it me拭─Of course she said察 Yes。; He was converted that night察found work察and is now employed in the Gas Works察Old Kent Road。
Jimmy is a soldier in the Boro' Slum Was starving when he got converted through being out of work。 Through joining the Army察he was turned out of his home。 He found work察and now owns a coffee´stall in Billingsgate Market察and is doing well。
Sergeant R。Of Marylebone Slum。 Used to drink察lived in a wretched place in the famous Charles Street察had work at two places察at one of which he got 5s。 a week and the other 10s。察when he got saved察this was starvation wages察on which to keep himself察his wife察and four children。 At the 10s。 a week work he had to deliver drink for a spirit merchant察feeling condemned over it察he gave it up察and was out of work for weeks。 The brokers were put in察but the Lord rescued him just in time。 The 5s。 a week employer took him afterwards at 18s。察and he is now earning 22s。察and has left the ground´floor slum tenement for a better house。
H。Nine Elms Slum。 Was saved on Easter Monday察out of work several weeks before察is a labourer察seems very earnest察in terrible distress。 We allow his wife 2s。 6d。 a week for cleaning the hall to help them。 In addition to that察she gets another 2s。 6d。 for nursing察and on that husband察wife察and a couple of children pay the rent of 2s。 a week and drag out an existence。 I have tried to get work for this man察but have failed。
T。Of Rotherhithe Slum。 Was a great drunkard察is a carpenter察saved about nine months ago察but察having to work in a public´house on a Sunday察he gave it up察he has not been able to get another job察and has nothing but what we have given him for making seats。
Emma Y。Now a Soldier of the Marylebone Slum Post察was a wild young Slummer when we opened in the Boro'察could be generally seen in the streets察wretchedly clad察her sleeves turned up察idle察only worked occasionally察got saved two years ago察had terrible persecution in her home。 We got her a situation察where she has been for nearly eighteen months察and is now a good servant。
Lodging´House Frank。At twenty´one came into the possession of #750察but察through drink and gambling察lost it all in six or eight months察and for over seven years he has tramped about from Portsmouth察through the South of England察and South Wales察from one lodging´house to another察often starving察drinking when he could get any money察thriftless察idle察no heart for work。 We found him in a lodging´house six months ago察living with a fallen girl察got them both saved and married察five weeks after he got work as a carpenter at 30s。 a week。 He has a home of his own now察and promises well to make an officer。
The Officer who furnishes the above reports goes on to say此
I can't call the wretched dwelling home察to which drink had brought Brother and Sister X。 From a life of luxury察they drifted down by degrees to one room in a Slum tenement察surrounded by drunkards and the vilest characters。 Their lovely half´starved children were compelled to listen to the foulest language察and hear fighting and quarrelling察and alas察alas察not only to hear it in the adjoining rooms察but witness it within their own。 For over two years they have been delivered from the power of the cursed drink。 The old rookery is gone察and now they have a comfortably´furnished home。 Their children give evidence of being truly converted察and have a lively gratitude for their father's salvation。 One boy of eight said察last Christmas Day察 I remember when we had only dry bread for Christmas察but to´day w