The New York herald., 1879-07-13

are guilds girls and guilds for boys and mothers
and a host of other good works. and the result is
that although there are not perhaps hundred per-
sons in the parish who can scarcely be called honest
yet marvellous change has been made in the neigh
borhood. Ten years ago clean and decently
dressed people rarely ventured to go about
was at the risk of being assaed with
dirty mi ssiles and filthy language, to show the
sentiment of the Inhabitants at such unwonted in
trusion within the privileged precinct. The very
policemen went seldom, and then in pairs. There
other good works connected with st. Adams
There is large breakfast party every Sunday morn
ing for destitute boys there Sunday dinners Tor
a score of poor families. there coal clubs and
blanket clubs. and shoe clubs and clothing clubs.
there is a soup kitchen open all the winter. which
,lispenses weekly 100 gallons of good soup &c but
enough has been said 10 show that the ritualiss OF
st. Adams practical Christians and that they
have done much to regenerate and humanize one OF
the worst of the London slums.
PETERS IN THE DOCK.
Another ritualistlc settlement ST. Peters in the
Dock 1t is the forecast o. London close t. the
docks 1t is one of the poorest parishes in London.
1t carved out of st. Georges III the East whic5
has always been famous for poverty and crime ana
wretchedness. Here the Rev. Il. l.. Louder assisted
by four hard working curates and band OF seN-ue-
nying Sisters, carry their war against poverty
and crime. All the agencies which have meh-
toned in connection with st. Adams are carried on
here There are. however. few specialties which
must notice One of these Is called the ''Ihe HOS
tel'' There several respectable old women reside.
By the aid of these Sisters the old women have been
rescued from the confinement and discomfort OF the
workhouse, and are enabled after hard Ire OF
by the comforts of home. An associate Sister
lives in the hotel and superintends its good order
and discipline Another most important work OF
the Sisters at St Peters has been the establishment
of House of Mercy at Hendon, just outside the sub
urbs OF London Here there are thirty or forty girls
who q short time ago were paradlng on Ratclih
Highway with uncovered heads, streaming ribbons,
gaudy dresses and rocking with the fumes of gin.
Now they may be seen ut Hendon, some under in
structon in the class room, others employed indus
trously with their needles OF household work or in
large laundry which the Sisters have established.
and which glad to learn is financial success.
McHAELs sHoRED1rCH.
This church is in the charge OF the Rev. II. d.
among the poor by band of indefatigable Sisters
who have the reputation OF being the best beggars in
described in other parishes these Sisters have taken
under their special care tncurabe children. For
them they have built hospital adjoining the
church. and they have recently bought adjacent
ground for the purpose OF enlarging it. On the
day visited them l saw thirty or forty children.
ali in receipt of the most tender care. and
who will require this care until they die.
Some had no arms, and some no legs; many were
suffering from hip joint and spinal diseases-all in
durable. BY dint OF hard begging the Sisters have
been enabled to purchase a country home and farm
at Edgware, a few miles out of London, and here
they have a still larger number Of The Sis
ters keep their own cows, make their own butter,
and have always plentiful supply OF milk for their
patients in both hospitals they have also large
poultry yard The home at Edgware is confined to
children but comprises most Heterogeneous family.
When speaking of the London house of the St.
Michael's Sisterhood l should have said that they
are famous for their "dinner parties" in Shoreditch
Not q day passes without their long table being
filed with poor persons, who, but for them. would
90 dinnerless but they act with great discretion
and careful that the objects of their char
iy are those who really need it, This is the sort of
work which is being done in fifty parishes in differ
ent parts of London by the ritualiss have only
to add that the growing desire among the rituasts
for the separation Of the Church from the State has
been caused by the constant prosecutions to which
their ministers have been subjected snd in spite of
the great work of humanity which they carry on
and which seems to be the out9rowth OF ritualsm.