Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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Page xii
... whilst the accommodation provided was LESS THAN ONE - HALF of what ought to be required , and could be made use of , did all possessing the opportunity so to do attend . Further , it is an astounding statement , which , did it not rest ...
... whilst the accommodation provided was LESS THAN ONE - HALF of what ought to be required , and could be made use of , did all possessing the opportunity so to do attend . Further , it is an astounding statement , which , did it not rest ...
Page xiii
... whilst in the most favoured parish in London , Islington , with a population , in 1841 , of 55,690 , the whole of the churches and chapels were capable of seating less than one - half , and various of those churches and chapels were ...
... whilst in the most favoured parish in London , Islington , with a population , in 1841 , of 55,690 , the whole of the churches and chapels were capable of seating less than one - half , and various of those churches and chapels were ...
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... whilst securing two prisoners . Both these men are now partially reformed characters , but not converted , and might have been seen at a tea meeting held in the Ragged School upon the writer's district . " I will here narrate a ...
... whilst securing two prisoners . Both these men are now partially reformed characters , but not converted , and might have been seen at a tea meeting held in the Ragged School upon the writer's district . " I will here narrate a ...
Page 9
... whilst exer- cising the greatest economy in the disbursement of the funds intrusted to its care , to employ more than half the number of Missionaries really needed to visit properly the poor of London ; and it must be added , for the ...
... whilst exer- cising the greatest economy in the disbursement of the funds intrusted to its care , to employ more than half the number of Missionaries really needed to visit properly the poor of London ; and it must be added , for the ...
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... whilst pur- suing his labour under all circumstances of weather , spoke thus to me ; he can neither read nor write : - " Bless you , sir , " said he , " why , when I was a boy , there warnt no larning for gals and boys as there is now ...
... whilst pur- suing his labour under all circumstances of weather , spoke thus to me ; he can neither read nor write : - " Bless you , sir , " said he , " why , when I was a boy , there warnt no larning for gals and boys as there is now ...
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