Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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Page 28
... extreme destitution in addition , I could not do so . For several years previous to her decease it was an immense toil to attend my meetings for prayer and exposition , although she lived close by . She walked a step and stopped , her ...
... extreme destitution in addition , I could not do so . For several years previous to her decease it was an immense toil to attend my meetings for prayer and exposition , although she lived close by . She walked a step and stopped , her ...
Page 33
... extreme ignorance of such persons respecting baptism . I recollect as an instance out of many , one woman declared to me that before her child was christened it was very sickly , but that through being baptized it had improved in health ...
... extreme ignorance of such persons respecting baptism . I recollect as an instance out of many , one woman declared to me that before her child was christened it was very sickly , but that through being baptized it had improved in health ...
Page 39
... extreme as it was , be supposed a solitary case . I have known people to declare they would not believe there were any other countries in the world but England , Ireland , France , and Scotland . " ( 6 I was endeavouring to attract one ...
... extreme as it was , be supposed a solitary case . I have known people to declare they would not believe there were any other countries in the world but England , Ireland , France , and Scotland . " ( 6 I was endeavouring to attract one ...
Page 47
... Extreme ignorance and extreme drunkenness prevail on the district . Bred in vice and ignorance , as above fearfully described , the children hear oaths and execra- tions around them continually . They grow up hardened and vicious . Half ...
... Extreme ignorance and extreme drunkenness prevail on the district . Bred in vice and ignorance , as above fearfully described , the children hear oaths and execra- tions around them continually . They grow up hardened and vicious . Half ...
Page 49
... extreme poverty and partly from dissipation . On my first appointment to the district , in 1845 , I was called upon to encounter a severe trial . I was seized with violent itchings between the joints , accompanied with redness . I ...
... extreme poverty and partly from dissipation . On my first appointment to the district , in 1845 , I was called upon to encounter a severe trial . I was seized with violent itchings between the joints , accompanied with redness . I ...
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