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Title: The church and the slum;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Crawford, William Henry, b. 1855
Subjects: Missions Wesleyan Methodist church Church work with the poor
Publisher: New York, Eaton & Mains
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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mong other questions I askedhim how he ever got out of the conditionswhich he had described as so completelyshutting him in when he was nine years ofage. His answer I shall never forget. Hesaid: ^^ It was this way: when I was a lad ofabout seventeen I was touched by the Moodymeetings. Is not this about the finest fruit-age of the great revival, or spiritual awaken-ing, that a youth, here and there, is touched, 86 THE CIIUKCH AND THE SLUM who a quarter of a century later, because ofwhat happened in the revival, leads in somegreat moral reform or takes an heroic standfor righteousness? Mr. Youngs explanationof how he got out of awful depths to a positionof honor, distinction, and influence in educa-tion was simply this: ^^ I was touched by theMoody meetings. How many there are—some we know about and some we do not—who are even now being touched by the earnestspiritual message of some faithful and devotedpastor or evangelist. It was just such a touchthat gaye to the world a Spurgeon.
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CENTRAL MISSION HALL, BIRMINGHAM CHAPTER IV Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, andBirmingham Coming down from Edinburgh to Leeds, Ifound conditions much Hke those I had seenin Manchester and Liverpool. Leeds is thefifth city of England in point of population.It lies in the center of a richly productiveagricultural and grazing region noted for itsextensive coal fields. It has exceptional rail-road facilities and water connection with botheast and west coasts. Located not far froman old Roman station, Leeds has been an im-portant center since the times of the Saxons.Its first charter was granted by King John,and dates from 1208. As a manufacturingcity it is chiefly known as the great center ofthe British woolen trade. The iron industryhas important place in the city^s activities;there are also extensive manufactures ofearthenware, leather goods, silks, paper, glass,and fire brick. It is claimed that the an-nual value of the Leeds products is about$60,000,000. 89 90 THE CliUKCH AND THE SLUM MET

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