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Evening Star, Issue 4316, 27 December 1876, Page 1

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On Sundaj l aa t the £ev. J. tJptei Davie preached in the HanoW Street Baptist Chapel in -aid of the fa*ds <* the Benevolent Institution, and in th« course of his sermon said-1— " r

,';•': Thfc number of children outside' the Benal JmS!l ? c6m P" ed ™& those, l 'in.the hbusS 's sure tosuggest remark. Ecenbini<jal pav sods will maratain that 300 boys and £{« SS 1 5 ,a !r2 to Clothed, Md fed. inside the house than out of it, and that Jhus the.mothers would be set free toee» more. For a year or two such a pnXJ would lessen the.cost; it tßOuld«*t dTsoin the long run. The children thus herded topthbr would be of small use vZvStov when they left. Thesis especiallydetenorate when thus massed,.,Wher, r This has been proved over and over 'agaitt r iM® Home country The charity become the parents 6f' poverty 1 and aham£ There are sensib&ties which are destroyed andpowers which are dwarfed by heroin* ohildren together in this way. The family is the natural and: the Best traTtuug* for the y°"«,,..Orphans should be boarded out in small groups or singly among bur comfortable housewives. Whatever the expense, [; the widow's heart should be I voices of her httle ones, the faces of hwcMt i dren, the touch "of the BabyVJiinu. The : children must know the love of a woman, ;and sunned-nv the frepair t>f a home crow into something better than left-handed apcan hardly win -their own ! ? re , ad : T Jt e bod y is ""M" tQ an a dress or a I jackets The life is m©rerr.thwi»»ridj&. imilk, or mutton. We mustTa? W the loose waifs of/society, that widows hearts shatt--Jea ß . for joy> etrayladfltf become decent citizens, and comely, ,wSa out comfortable 1 wives'. It 'isour Chriajtian duty not only to-« save many souls alive, buttoitakecare^ta^living souls of to-day <shall cuntribute fuUer, richer. ! ser r, llfe ' :to the ' ! aH»6 MSnta Colony! 'The Benevolent" aims at this. It is "come dot to h%s r lbut to save them." It is "«>me,thas they n might have life and'have it mbre would be. a ChrisU% r in. B titution., The ordinary subscriptions may provide for present emergencies, tyorg.kxeqttisiteto guard against growing accumulations 'of'poverty Prevention & betterith*n must fell the trees that shelter the springs of soro and dire fteed; .-,•■; ,[f.;-i;j°o Pitiable distress arises very largely from tfcejdnnkidg; habits bodies, and phrsefir 1 cannot owe the tendency to their parent*. 0l Si»Be; again, are fronted by strong alluremeitts, and mhettt. feeble : po^^^.fesistence. f -The yjfildffiffjs' 1 a_sin notwithstanding. It"be«»iesla possession of the devil* ever more difficul>tov deal with. Society condones the tJrimoT This commdn r tble«iioe r . and<HgsJ|treatn»is of it have most baneful results. Promising maidens accept the attentions of. men to transgress.: Foolish nothing bo preventr. such' marriagesi. u.'The/Tenu is death, '■> the 'asylum, the ; gaoT<-Sb uhy case poverty, anguish, N and shame. Every tippler'we can make 'sober (and total abstinence is his only saf feverV cbfll firmed .drunkard we can get inibahlnebriate hospital, guards so far crime and advancing claims upon toe benevolent. Big families.may be huddleii.together in the small rooms of an np-<sountry; shanty, where the air blows fresh and free all round, and the bootless bairns can' live outside* Ul day, without physical da*gers*-B«ve.rinttti outmoralrisks. in the towns; aiid' nxifortunktely' the Wore" house room is necessary the, anore. costly it, | becomes. The minister fieafthi officer. ; sioner; he has a little feeling". to watch the way in whiqh houeesare being crowded together, and how some-lafidlords cate only' for their'.rents; and mbthing for their.tenants. Cases could'be Quoted in witch- they "are morally responsible for !fcke increase, of distress'" by* their [ neglect,of ordinary precaution^-in building and cleansing the cottages.' Houses should be built andlet, as unto the Lord. "Give ye them,to breathe." j • PoveWby too, from undisciplined ! youths being .thrown into the struggle and I responsibilities of life. Good school-drill is afineifldral culture. It gives self-control ' and the habits of attention, painstaking : and obedience. In London there is & population of nearly four mUlibns—df /school children half a million. This populaSßon under two - independent-- commissioners.. The : children are .under one school board, which enforces compulsory bye-laws. 1 ' ; Bqtn commissioners assert, that;the ,§cl»eojl ißos£ has cleared the streets ,<jf troublesome,, children,- and., I L > umber of juvenile criminals;, , We :atfs ! » e thing too many loose children.about dosing school hours. Something must be done soon, or tne evil &**; We must fty trodut. >e compulsory clauses, into ipur Education Ac ts - Stop the man'who drinks v tfco muoh, x-aake city cottages- heathy homes, get even" into the schobls: this ir Christ-like; "w° r h. It wfll make • Evaiigelism more effecb' ve . Bible-teaching more useful, aad Gospel ork more powerful. This kind of effort is tfhe modern mode-of Chriafs wonder works. , See *°_ j* *^Jjit he begun, be done aad b ® well done.

> Poverty cannot ™$ for, the fruits endeavour. Care- « t ;&*'. some.the only remedy. Lazarus liey .severing at our very .doors. We may not Jeave'him to the dogs while we guard the .stops qf pur children ifcpmsiinllar burdens*, li wiUnqfe lessen the pleasure with which you ei^a™the children's .with toys and this .Christmas five, if you shall have remembered the orphans who have no stockings to hang at' the'bedpostsjrand who, if they could hang them there, would find them empty of everything but the tearJ of disappointment. " The-time draws near the birth of Christ:" " The merryi'Tbieriy bells of I Yule" will wake the •morrow's echoes from ! many a hill-side in the dear Home land. All ! round the world, we wrap the girder of our \ praise that: "Christ is l>?rn^nißeWeli•6m'. ,,, I So better can^sbWWr'grateful sense of ' sin forgiven and heayeu-qpened than by-*uch |.gifts,; ;#d. hss as Ch%tiSs \ cheer to,theih that are ttjady to perish, i the widow, the orphan, and file poor/i ~ \ ■'■ ■:■ '' ■ -' ■- '■■'■■/■■:>'«-■ liFottinUhmtion of Nev* Mftiwihfax.)