The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-06

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| regular puzzle TO them. BY seeing people 20 to
church, and seeing they are well dressed they
somehow have established in their minds the
| idea OF being religious with being respectful ble
They do not understand no 1t is possible that
you can be interested in their spiritual welfare
II you went to preach the Gospel to them you
would meyer reach them without coming right
down to tier ideas, and let them understand
that You know what human being wants
10 show the feeling that exists among them,
VIII give an illustration. | was once going
| aiong IN one OF the oy-ways of the city, when
saw large crowd az the corner OF a street.
Going over, found that man had fallen from
scahold and was being brought home, and
words OF sympathy fell trom the lips OF the
| crowd for the wife and her four little children.
| asked rough specimen OF man, What ls
| the matter here" He said 10 a very rough
| voice, stand out of the way, VIII you! gen.
| tleman wants to know what is The matter"
| Ihey opened the way Tor me ana went into
| the crowd. | saw one woman with her eye
| black, and the blood not washed from her face
| from the last nights fight. In her arms she
| held a cbid and tears we're tricklmg do wn her
| face. SAID to the crowd, as this woman very
| poor ~ They answered she was so and said
| ''God Almighty help the woman; look at her5
In the centre of that crowd, where there were
men that for shilling would have robbed me-
stood alone. / had gold aud silver in NV
purse and gold watch in my pocket. | said
Il will give this woman hall sovereign IN n
will do her any go0d,h They looked at me and
in minute said, God bless you, sir !" Thank
you for the woman" and heard them whisper,
Hall a soveTelgn!' 1 turned To go, and every
man in that crowd took of his ragged cap, and
as passed they said, God bless you, sIr.H Not
one in that crowd asked me to give them n
penny. They convinced me OF one thing, and
have tried it over and over again, and | never
found man so low, so debased, that there was
not SPOT In his cart some where to tel you il
was man. lAppause.)
Some OF the costers keep donkey, and thev
are very kind TO them sometimes, There was
once man endeavoring to get donkey to pulI
a LOAD mp hull, but the donkey refused. After
trying some time, and nndng it was no use he
took the animal out OF the shafts, and got in
himself Somebody passing by, said, What are
you doing that for W con- he reDlied '.J am
trying TO shame him into it," daughter
Very lew OF them can read or write but rhev
are very sbrewd business men. The lite of n |
costerboy is very hard one. Morning, noon.
and night he is helping his father. They keep
d sharp look out on tine girls One of them soid |
to Mr.. Mayhem, "If | seed my girl talking to |
another chap, would fetch him such a slooch |
in the COB that woulu soon settle that tbingT |
Another one said THAT the gals always likes |
a fellow that Wallops them, because you know |
Walloping hurts, and she is always thinking OF |
the chap what hurt her, One of them said, II
never heard about Christianity" Thimk OF it
about Christianity" Another said. "I know
God Almighty made the world, but you kno y
sir, bricklayers made the houses" l heard
man tell once about the Saviour. They seem to
thlnk be was kind Of a eoodsh gentleman
But If he says cove is to forgive a feloy
wDat hates him, should say he knowed moth.
ing at all about IT."
Another one, on the Lords Prayer being re-
Deated to him, coming to the part, Forgive us
our trcspal ses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us" he sad:-"A coster cannot do that
Another one, in speaking of the Saviour SAID he
vas very kind gentleman, who made the Ten
Commandments and the miracles, and performed
hem all" poor girl once said to me, ''The
says that If we cheat we shall not go
o Heaven. Now that is very hard. The gen
iemen who buys apples of us tries to beat us
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nc thing, and we do not make much on them.
You ask gentleman TO buy apples, and he jews
is down so, that if we have a chance to slip in
few bad ones We do it, if we can. Now 1t is
erY hard to be snut out Of Heaven for that
said to her, ANY man who would try to beat
'ou down ter apples, deserves ten thousand
INES more not TO go to Heaven than you do for
bQYinG bad apple upon him."
But mere we are at the Victoria Theatre. We
10 into the gallery, ana we have good sight OF
t. II is one OF the largest in London. IL will |
lold from fifteen hunGred to two thousand peo.
)l- and the generality Of those assemble here |
low are from twelve to twenty i've years OF age.
The men take OF their coats, the bonnets Of the
adies are hung over the railing, and one of the
of the boys is TO pitch orange peels
nto them. When one succeeds in getting any
hing into the bonuets, lie is rewarded with |
houts of bravo
Comic SONGS are very popular, and when one
S being sung they all join in the chorus. They
lave their own way in everything at The theatre.
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will break up what is going on, and compel the
manager to comply with their wishes. Suppose
a play was being performed, Richard, Tor in
stance, the actor proceeds-"NoW is the winter
Of our discontent'-"Give him three cheers"
tones from the gallery, in hundreds OF voices;
''Now then, hurrah hurrah ! hurrah!" The
actor makes bow, and resumes-"Now is the
wiuter;n you said that before, old fellow" !
makes bow, "made glorious by this son Of
York" "Go it, by the Eternal; giveihim three
cheers, boys" The clouds tnat lowered DER
our house in the deep bosom of the ocean
buried"
During the recital O; this the audience were
con yused with laughter, occasloned by the way
In which the speaker related it'll
But We leave the Victoria, and turn down
this lane, and take Il look at one of the ragged
schools. There are one hundred and seventy of
these in London. As you enter the large rooms
the superintendent cordially receives you, and
we take survey of the apartment. We hnd
W hat is your name?" "Bill.' ''YOurs!"
Jack" Many of these boys have nicknames.
What is your name!" "Buckster." Yours"
''NanEorn." Yours ~ "BoXer." And they
them more questions, and we lind this ones
mother rs dead; father a drunkard; sometimes
go errands; sleep under the arches; and that is
perfect history ofmanY OF those to whom these
ragged schools afford temporary relet.
missionary was once in one of the tene-
mentnouses IN one of the dark places OF Lon
don, endeavoring TO ind somebody 10 whom he
could anOrd relief. Cropping his Way about IN
the upper portion of the building he saw a
ladder leading 10 trap, door. Thinking per-
ma maps some one might be up there he went up
only light was from square of glass In the
winow-he saw, lying on a bundle of straw
and shavings, a boy about ten years of age
The gentleman asked him what he was doing
there. lie received no reply bur, Hist hist |
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