A Half Century With Juvenile Delinquents Or the New York House of Refuge And It
The book A Half Century With Juvenile Delinquents Or the New York House of Refuge And It was written by author Peirce, B. K. (Bradford Kinney), 1819-1889 Here you can read free online of A Half Century With Juvenile Delinquents Or the New York House of Refuge And It book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Half Century With Juvenile Delinquents Or the New York House of Refuge And It a good or bad book?
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As early as 1820, while the great Scotch divine, Dr. Chalmers, was the minister of the Tron Church, in Glasgow, with an outlying parish of ten thousand souls, he became deeply impressed with the slight benefit received by a large portion of these thousands 196 A HALF CENTURY WITH JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. Dr. Chalmers s Experiment in Glasgow. from the Christian truths uttered in the house of God. He saw and felt the impossibility of drawing the poor, intemperate, miserable criminal population, whic...h, of all others, most needed the Gospel, to the public services of the sanctuary. They will not come to the church, but the Master has sent the church to them : " Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. " Dr. Chalmers determined to institute an experiment. Hav ing secured the services of the afterward deservedly celebrated Edward Irving, at that time just ready to enter upon the office of the ministry, a man eminently devoted, with all his eccen tricities, he commenced the work of evangelizing the whole district, calling in as additional laborers the deacons of his church ; day-schools and Sunday-schools, lectures and public Sabbath services, were held in the humblest accommodations, and near to the residence of the most neglected portion of the popu lation.
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