The church and the slum; . something over two room is well lighted and has a most ex-cellent system of ventilation. The lower partof the building faces two streets. It is de-voted to shops and offices. The upper storiesare divided up into halls, classrooms, club-rooms, and rooms for the Men^s building is a marvel when one takes intoaccount the cost—$150,000. It representsmore for the money than anything else I haveseen. A TIP ON THE RACES After taking tea with Mr. Nield and hisassociates, and visiting, under his guidance,parts of the building I had not seen, I spenta
The church and the slum; . something over two room is well lighted and has a most ex-cellent system of ventilation. The lower partof the building faces two streets. It is de-voted to shops and offices. The upper storiesare divided up into halls, classrooms, club-rooms, and rooms for the Men^s building is a marvel when one takes intoaccount the cost—$150,000. It representsmore for the money than anything else I haveseen. A TIP ON THE RACES After taking tea with Mr. Nield and hisassociates, and visiting, under his guidance,parts of the building I had not seen, I spentan hour with him in the vestry. When wewere alone I said, ^^Mr. Nield, I want you totell me the story of your race horse of whichI have heard so much. After some hesita-tion he told me this story: ^^Some two yearsand a half ago, shortly after this hall wasopened and the week before the races, I an-nounced that I would speak on Sunday after-noon at three oclock to men, on the subject,Whatll Win? We had worked up the meet-. REV. H. M. NIELD BRADFOED 109 ing pretty carefully, advertising it well, andthe hall was nearly filled. In beginning myaddress, I said: ^Men, what are you here for?You certainly do not expect a Wesleyanparson to give you a tip on the races/ Then,pulling out of my pocket a card which hadbeen sent to me anonymously the day before,I said: ^Evidently someone does expect me todo just that, for I have received this card,which reads: ^As to your subject for Sundayafternoon on What^11 Win? would say thatHackleys Pride is good for the Cambridge-shire/^ Well, there was a regular guffawall over the house. Hackleys Pride was afourth-rate horse which nobody expected any-thing of. The thing that happened was this:On the following Wednesday Hackleys Pridewon the Cambridgeshire. The next Sundayafternoon Eastbrook Hall was filled long be-fore the hour for the meeting, and hundredswere turned away. It has been full everySunday since. Over five thousand men havejoined the Broth
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