The million-peopled city
Garwood, John
1853
Appointment of a Missionary by the London City Mission for this Class, supported by Lord Shaftesbury.
A missionary of the is now em- ployed by that Society, supported by the , whose province is thus defined by his Lordship, in a letter to the Committee of the :-" His duty is to perambulate London-ascertain the names, pursuits, habits, of the Ragged class-dive into the recesses, alleys, courts and dens of filth and misery-use all his influence with children, parents, or relatives, and effect, if possible, attendance at the of the district. .... He will go into the highways and lanes, and compel them to come in." | |
It is to be hoped that this appointment, apart from its indirect benefits, will tend to the extension of the Ragged School system, until the whole number of the dangerous and perilous class are brought under its salutary training. | |
The same result will also, doubtless, be accelerated by the constant increase in the number of City Missionaries, Scripture-readers, and voluntary visitors of the poor, as well as by the united efforts of the ministers of the Gospel. | |