The church and the slum; . by summing up briefly the workand condition of each, and calling attentionto two or three distinctive and outstandingfeatures of the work as I saw it. Arriving in the great English metropolis onSaturday evening, I took time only to getestablished in my hotel; then, taking a hur-ried supper, I went directly to Leysian stately and magnificently imposing hallis on the famous City Road, and only fiveminutes walk from the cathedral of Meth-odism and the sacred spot where lie the mortalremains of our great founder. Leysian Hallis unique. It is a mission hall and
The church and the slum; . by summing up briefly the workand condition of each, and calling attentionto two or three distinctive and outstandingfeatures of the work as I saw it. Arriving in the great English metropolis onSaturday evening, I took time only to getestablished in my hotel; then, taking a hur-ried supper, I went directly to Leysian stately and magnificently imposing hallis on the famous City Road, and only fiveminutes walk from the cathedral of Meth-odism and the sacred spot where lie the mortalremains of our great founder. Leysian Hallis unique. It is a mission hall and a socialsettlement house combined. In its foundingit had in it the culture and far-reachingChristian purpose of Dr. W. F. Moulton, whoinspired the boys in Leys School, Cambridge,to learn the lesson of brotherhood and ^^theskill to draw to light the hidden good. Theother man was Hugh Price Hughes, whosecounsel was sought in the selection of the firstheadquarters, in White Cross Street. The spacious auditorium of the present. REV. J. ASH PARSONS LONDON HALLS 121 building was opened by the Prince andPrincess of Wales on July 11, 1904. Theoccasion was interesting and inspiring. Dukes,knights, and eminent churchmen were thereto present purses to Her Royal Highness. Itwas a great day for the Leys boys, who wereto have in this building rooms which shouldbe headquarters for their settlement was nearly a year before the entire buildingwas finished and the great organ, costing$8,000, was formally dedicated. Even Amer-ican Methodists, who are accustomed to seeingand doing big things, can hardly go to theopposite side of City Road and gaze at thismagnificent structure (which cost, with theground it occupies, $600,000) without feelingthat these brothers of ours across the sea arenot without vision and courage. But the im-pression made by looking at the outside ofLeysian Hall is not to be compared with whatone sees on entering. It was 7: 15 on Saturdayevening when I stepped inside th
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