The church and the slum; . e the mostthrillingly interesting feature of the eveningwas a twelve-minute temperance address byMr. Parsons. This was given between thefirst and second parts of the program. It wasbased upon certain facts disclosed in a seriesof articles appearing in the Tribune on ^TheBlack Stain/ or child mortality, by GeorgeR. Sims. There was hardly a moment whenthe silence was not almost oppressive as plumped facts, figures, and concretecases at that audience. When he came to hisclosing sentence of appeal he was cheered tothe echo. During the evening, and again on Mon
The church and the slum; . e the mostthrillingly interesting feature of the eveningwas a twelve-minute temperance address byMr. Parsons. This was given between thefirst and second parts of the program. It wasbased upon certain facts disclosed in a seriesof articles appearing in the Tribune on ^TheBlack Stain/ or child mortality, by GeorgeR. Sims. There was hardly a moment whenthe silence was not almost oppressive as plumped facts, figures, and concretecases at that audience. When he came to hisclosing sentence of appeal he was cheered tothe echo. During the evening, and again on Monday,I looked through the establishment. Thereis almost a bewildering labyrinth of rooms,but every room has its use. Often a roommust do duty for several interests. The mis-sion is crowded in all departments, and thedepartments are many. A list of the agencieswhich was handed me included sixty-oneitems—among them the Coal Club, the ThriftClub, the Penny Bank, the Lantern Services,Public House Visitation, Dinner Hour Serv-. KEV. PETER THOMPSON LONDON HALLS 125 ices, and the Guild of Prayer. Five years ago,when I was in London, this mission was a verysmall affair; now it has a communicant mem-bership of 1,887. Many homes in this part ofLondon are touched and influenced by thegospel of social and spiritual regenerationwhich is here preached. The third anniversary of the men^s meetingof this mission was held the last week ofOctober—a meeting quite like the EastbrookBrotherhood of Bradford—and was presidedover by the Lord Chief Justice, who delivereda most worthy address on the ^^Brotherhoodof Man,^ in which he showed how men^smeetings like the one in Leysian Hall maycontribute to the realization of the highestideals of human brotherhood. Before the an-niversary closed, the Lord Chief Justice, athis own request, was admitted to membershipand decorated with the button badge of theBrotherhood. EAST LONDON MISSION The story of Peter Thompson and hisheroic work in East End has been
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