The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-09-14


H haglalsas Of Lsnlsa.
A NV ysap ago, % kagliah
preacher sxelainsA IL the pulpit !:
my ftieads, 10 you wish 10 ksov
the dreadful condition in which more
thsa six hundred and af.y thousand
OF yoss ceuasynen arc vegitstiag ?
Lisesa and treAbls. IN tie aids
Of our great city, twelve thousand
cAildssn are cradied IL crime, suck
led BY vice, and are, % il were, rsi~-
forcennrnss destined 10 perpstasss
tho great system Of iniqsky In the
nidss Of oar city, there ere forty
Aossasd men specializing IL the DE-
prAvatioa Of morals foss shouas Nd
porsoes arc annually ssntspcsd 10
hssa labor, aud W have 10 London
more than .wsaty thoussnd sviad.
len, thirty thousand thieves, aad
forty tAousand beggsn. And this
terrible ARMY Of vice never ceases 10
commit ia fearful r.vAess, spends
annually upwards Of three millioas
Of posads stsrliss for sPisito~s liz
uon. Twenty shrcs thousand SOL
diem Of this army are every yosr
picked up dead drunk at H.. doors
Of The gros shops; one hundred nd
aty thousand src gin dfinkerx, and
two hundred and tifty thousand more
live 10 dsbaucAsry."
That 10 certainly not very Aatter.
ing picture, In order not to be
charged with Partially, | have PR.
fefred to yield the Aoor 10 . clergy
man, Who, according 70 his solemn
declaration, derived oil the figures
which he nsntloned from the most
Authentic oAcial documests. For =
. long time past, these dreadful sta
tistios hsvs mads = profound iDprcs,
sion upon public opinions In Eng
land, and British charity has never
ceased il benevolent operations 10
the presence Of this excess of VOC
and wrctchednsss bot II Is only
since 1850 that the efforts made 70
combat the OWL have been Organised
in = systematic manner. Soci> ies
were formed and missionaries were
sent to combat the svil on tho spot.
The city Of London has its mission.
arics o. we'll a. the huts Of New Yea.
land or the Island Of Sorneo.
II missionary were permitted to
despair of the spiritual state Of any.
body, it would h certainly in regard
To the class Of persons which will 90.
cupy us to-day. l refer to those
members Of the fair rex who have
sold their honor and their virtue.
Tho ecnvepicnsof these black sheep
IL matter Of immense difhculties.
Nevertheless, there afc men ccwra-
geous enough not to shrink from 40
Arduous 4 task. The missionaries
who have devoted themselves to this
work Of charity and pity have re-
cstved beautiful name. They src
called night stars"
They tried, in the first place, to
disco~er the principal cause Of the
evil. II ~ easy 10 say what il is.
II is the extreme misery Of the poor
creatures who have % live on the
labofs Of tho needle. livery year
5000 Of these unfortunate women
sueconb to the task, and 10000
yield to vice In order NOT to die cf
hunger, Lord Shafscsbufy sssures
US that the most renowned sstselish-
ments in London compel their
seanstYesses to work for 10 Or 90
hour without inscription. 10 keep
them awake coffee, ahd oitsn more
stimulating beverages, arr given 10
them and what wages do they re-
esive for such extraordinary soiIsY
Come up with me into this attic"
said missionary. Contemplate
this young woman whom you see
now before you. Her countenaaes,
oncs fresh and rosy, was then ami
mated with = gentle smile. She wss
radiant with the joys of maternity.
Look 1t her now notice her cheeks,
how WA they sre-how fatally COW
cred With hectic fever Che wscps
her teArs, heavy and scalding like the
int rain drops Of . thunderstorm,
tell you that she IL . fallen woman.
She has mot = chair to sit on no bsd
70 sleep in. She must make twelve
eollap to earn three half.pence Do
ysu perceive 10 yond~r dark corner
: package wrapped 10 an old rag
lying on the straw Take Oh your
, hat Thst package contains baby
which hunger hss killed. Its mother
v too poor 10 have II buried. For
the rsst, she has no time to think Of
Il she must work shs must try to
get twelve collars done, otherwise
she viii not get her three half-pence,
and must die like her baby"
Tho statiscians sought not only for
the cause Of the terrible evil which
ru;. 20 many unfortunate girls, but
they took regular census Of this
grand army Of vice. Most Of the
prostitutes Of London, before falling,
were seamstrssses, milliners, COVER
ssssss and teachers /; tAsre are also .
great many chiIdrsn's nurses among
them, but very few cooks. A. 10
the countries which furnish most ~
sruits 10 tho missionaries, Eagland,
Scotland and ireland, Of course, take
| the arst place. Next Follow Italy,
Germany, America, France and
switsssiand. Every country farnish-
u IL contingent.
Suck ksaFess, Of course, require =
peculiar sors Of presshing Tho
sermons Of The mission. riss IRE only
bricf addresses, NV phrases, words
Whispered into the ears Of the IN
fortunes girls, improvissd, without
ssy prsparssion Whatever. aener-
ally thsss simple addrss>es struck me
y exceedingly pointed, eloquent s"d
Impressive. One day | heard one of
these preachers on the corner Of
leicester square sud Cranbournc
street. Among the auditors no
ticsd about twenty girb in KY
drcssss, snesring md addrs.siss Oh
seurs jokss 70 The preacher. The
| misaiosary, Immediately fsissd hiH
vsiss, aud exclaimed With an indig.
.aeoa which impaired radiant
majesty 70 bis mia and Intelligent
souaeoS Nance. ...
"AA, yos vainly paint your heart
and your chseks-I ~ your soul,
nevertheless. Your sins arc there
| | see tAsm, deeply engraved on your
forehead, and tho blood OF DE Savior