The morning call., 1891-08-31
LABOR HOMES.
Lamps That Are Lighting
Darkest England"
Rev. j. Sanders Reed Describes the "Tee-to-
Tum Ship" in Whitec hapel-Queen
Victoria and the Poor.

Rev, j. Sanders Reed last night gave the
congregation of Trinity Church another
chapter from the book of his expe rience
while sOjourning few months ago in Dark
est England. The Pharisee's question,
"Who is my neighbour? was his text. and
the narrative, the argument and the appeal
that followed were given to show the possi-
bility of rescuing the destitute and despair
ing.
The preacher boldly declared that the
Christianity of the present day which asks
''What shall l do to save my neighbour" is
nobler and purer than the Christianity of
nifty years ago, which asked, what must
do to save mySelf?'
CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES.
'1n every great city," he said, there are
communities within communities, circles
within circles, that never touch. The
smallest OF these circles is the circle of
church-goers. just outside of 1t is the
circle of moral, honest people who seldom
go to church, but are influenced by il and
by religious ancestry. The next circle is
composed of intellectual people, of whom
many are given to vice. Beyond it is a
morass of drunkenness and pauperism, sur
rounded by an immense circle OF heather
Deorle. This is the case III every great city.
"ln Whitechapel the church-goers are
very few. There is an immense NUMBER Of
people given over to drunkenness and pow
erty, and the rescue work which is being
done among them is model for all the
world. The problem which had to be solved
was the utilization of the waste of society.
In tie city there were 10000 juvenile
thieves, % 600 adult thieves. so 600 courtesans,
and 100000 people without food or shelter.
To reach them the Church of England or
ganized the Church Army patterned
after the Salvat ion Army. which is doing
the granGest work that is being done in
ChristendOm. &-a
TOTAL. ABSTINENCE.
"The Church Army has hundreds of thou
sands of members, all of whom are pledged
to total abstinence. Their work is evan
gelistic in lis character. They hold open
air meetings IN every district and village.
and hold temperance meetings at frequent
intervals: Their paper, the Church Army
Gazette, has circulation of 1900 copies,
sold largely in saloons.
The army has established what are
called Labor Homes : the benefit of
destitute workingmen, where they may be
placed under Christian influence and re-
straint. A man sOdden with drink and
almost too filthy to touch is taken into one of
these homes, stripped, bathed and sent to
bed. HIS clothes are cleaned and repaired,
and in the morning lie is put TO work at cut
ting wood or weaving mats. He is paid at
least one shilling per day for his labor, and
is charged six shillings per week for his
board and lodging. He is expected to re-
main in the homo two months aud attend
religious service once every day. If he
breaks the pledge which he is required to
take TO abstain from liquor he is thrust out
OF the home, aud is never again taken up by
the army. There are six of these Labor
Homes in England.
LABoRERS' PARLoRs.
Another plan for reclaiming the poor of
England, which Rector Reed described. is
the invention of philanthropist named
Buchanan. Buchanan saw that the saloon
was the laborer's parlor, his place for social
intercourse and amusement and he came TO
the conclusion that If the workman is to be
driven away from the saloon, place
equally attractive must be provided for him.
fitted up eight club houses, which he calls
''the to-tum shops" These places are fur
nished with tables and chairs, smoking,
billiard, news and class rooms. The men,
bers are charged but two pence per week
dues, and tea, coffee and cream arc sold at
the counters cheaper than they are sold any
where else In England. And the phian-
thropist not only benefits his fellow-men,
but realizes 8 per cent profit on his invest
ment.
The preacher made an earnest appeal to
the wealthy people of San Francisco to fol-
low the example of the phllanthropists of
England instead of shrinking from the
poor and unfortunate. He said that the
Queen of England and the Princess Louise
vIsi. them regularly, and last summer one
of the n0bleSt ladies in the nation opened
her country residence to 200 wOrkin g. women.