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"Lo ! side by side with the liiiUs of pride are the haunts
of want and sorrow;
Where the gathering shadows arc dark with fear for the
need of the coining morrow ;
Where the struggling weak one toils and sighs, while the
stronger fights and scrambles,
And the child must steal for his daily bread, while his
drunken father gambles.
" Oh I pass not by with a shuddering sigh, or a cold, half-
hearted pity ;
There are souls to win for the Saviour's crown from these
slums of the surging city ;
Poor outcast„waifs—ygt; beneath iphttiv"itig«*ts often a
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earned by honest labour ;
To the Saviour's feet— to the place of prayer— to the
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Of the Lord who came to the cross of shame, that the
lost might rise to glory ! "
CONTENTS.
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I. A WINTER S CAMPAIGN IN THE LONDON
DENS
II. BLUE SKY IN CANADA — PREPARATIONS —
THE START — CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
III. ARRIVAL AT MONTREAL
IV. LEAVE-TAKINGS AT liELLEVILLE
V. WESTWARD — TORONTO — LAST DISPER-
SIONS — HAMILTON
VI. DISTRIIJUTING HOME — RAY OF QUINTIE
VII. EXTRACTS FROM ROYS' LETTERS .
VIII. TESTIMONIES FROM THE MEMBERS OF
GOVERNMENT
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CIIxVrTER I.
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A WINTER S CAMPAIGN IN THE LONDON
DENS.
HE longer and more stationary the
% missionary keeps at liis post, the
more absorbing docs the interest
become. The eye becomes more keen to
discern the true from the false. Such, we
believe, is our experience with the sharp-
witted, intelligent London destitute. And
though, even when admitting the ne'er-do-
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well to our shelter, we may know his
whole tale to be a tissue of falsehoods, —
still, we have many reasons to x^raise God
for the power of prayer, and the word of
God brought to bear upon the conscience ;
for wondrous have been the results.
The runaway from some far-off home of
comfort, bent upon a voyage of discovery
to the great city, caught in the snares of
its dens, fallen among .thieves, has been
brought in, sheltered, and restored back to
parents. Scotch, Irish, Canadian, Iloman-
ist, and others, have come under our care
in the past year; some of them the sons of
pious parents, but whose rebellious hearts
have burned to have their own way; and,
more sad to think of, the motherless sons
of drunken fathers. These latter, with
the sons of toiling, care-worn widows,
have become our special care. To discipline
into certain rules and forms of order was
easy work, compared with the difficulty of
CAMPAIGN IN THE LONDON DKNS. /
discovering their natural bent, so tluit we
might know how l)est to train and bcnelit
them. Various have been the modes ot
sifting cases, to find out the most destitute
and the most worthy to be assisted.
Through the winter our missionary held
Sunday morning breakfasts for the street
waifs : on the Sunday night they get a
bed in the lodging-house without payment,
but had seldom earned enough to make a
meal ; so the bread and coffee and kind
words by a warm fire proved a great boon.
Over this many a confession was made,
and many a runaway from home found out.
But frequently, when the little urcliin
was taken home, the missionary would
have to report tlie oft-heard tale of woe —
ftither a drunkard, and not wanting to see
the face of his boy again. Such we have
received and educated by the labour test,
believing our heavenly Father had broad
lands where such cliildren might find a
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place, hearts to love tlicm, and persons
willing to pay the full value of their honest
industry.
AYe have cheered the hearts of the
teachers of many a ragged school by re-
ceiving the waifs whom they longed to
shelter from the streets — bright lads who
could not easily take to criminal life.
We have also received several boys who
had been brought up in Orphans' Homes,
put into situations, and lost them by inexpe-
rience or through youthful misdemeanour.
The rules of many Homes will not allow
of the re-admission of these little culprits.
But as we are not bound by any rule but
that of loving these outcasts, we are en-
abled for elesus' sake to take them in and
succour them. And possibly their hearts
may be softened and won by the Saviour.
Could the happy, w(dl-cared-for boys of
the United Kingdom have peeped into our
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busy ^^ Beehive" any day during the past
winter, how they would have enjoyed the
sight ! Every one of the five floors was
fi-lled with these bright young Arabs, each
vying who would be most industrious in
the work given him to do.
PoUow me, and you will see in the
basement floor young lads putting forth
their Strength in sawing great logs of
wood, and about twenty others chopping
with a right good will. Another dozen
are picking up the pieces chopped, and
placing them within reach of those who
have become initiated in the art of tying
up the wood into bundles ; two tiny boys
carry the said bundles ; and when the re-
quired number are made, then comes the
clearing up to make room for a hearty
turn at leap-frog or a game of marbles.
Enter by a little door in a corner of tliis
same floor, and there you will see twelve
young cobblers, with their leather aprons,
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hamrnors, and straps, each doing his very
best to produce boots for young Canadian
farmers to wear. Their briglit smiles and
intelligent faces cause you to ask, Were
these boys ever reduced to street life ?
Yes ; and many of them with histories far
too sad ever to repeat again to human ears.
Now they are radiant with new thoughts.
Yes, hope and love have awakened in their
young hearts a fresh spring, a gratitude
and tenderness which is manifested in their
changed ways ; for we have seldom heard
a word of swearing, nor been troubled
with the fights and squabbles we expected,
when gathering one hundred and fifty young
Arabs into a house without a foot of play-
ground.
We are now on the second floor. In
the entrance-hall sit a few poor lads wait-
ing to plead for admission ; some are
covered with fdthy rags ; others are dressed
with an attempt at tidiness, but their faces
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betraying want and hopelessness. We take
them one ))y one into onr little room.
Strong indeed svould he the heart that
would turn away from their tales of youth-
ful sorrow. The history, it may be, of
such a one as the following, is briefly
recorded, so that it may be investigated by
our missionary or detective of police the
next day.
S. W., mother dead, father left. AYent out
into the streets to sell cigar lights, and on his
return found his father had forsaken him. Had
Hvod three months in the streets, sleeping in
holes and corners.
One of the tidy ones enters :
Out of work four months; has a trade, hut
heen breaking stones at sixpence a day till his
hands were so sorely blistered, and he was so
weak for want of food, that he coidd do so no
longer. "Oh! could you help me to emigrate?"
Still follow us. The half of this floor
forms a large hall, occupied in the day
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time by the children engaged in match-
box making. Here you may find some of
the small boys out of school hours arrang-
ing, countino'^ and tying up in grosses,
these boxes made by the light fingers of
little girls. At night this same hall forms
a dormitory, around which the hammocks
for the young Arabs- are slung; where each
' with a rug lies so snugly.
We now ascend a staircase and enter
the schoolroom, where we find all busily
endeavouring to master reading, writing,
and arithmetic. All are thoroughly in
earnest, and scarcely ever require to be
told to keep at the book or slate ; they
realize it is the only chance they may ever
get for such work, and it seems a blessing
given them to seize upon at once. At
recess, this room is a fine scene of fun and
frolic : marbles and whip-top, as the sea-
son admits, go on here. Here sits one
whittling, or making a boat ; another
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genius has a j)cnny box of paints, and is
caricaturing the swell appearance his mate
is to cut some day in Canada, with a ^'tile"
hat, rings and studs, and a white pocket-
handkerchief in hand. Here sits a melan-
choly-faced urchin writing home to his
lame mother, a widow in Oxford, whom
he has left lonely, gaining her living by
needlework, whilst he came to the great
city and painfully failed in finding the
work he so fondly hoped would have en-
abled him to send her some money.
We will leave this motley group amusing
themselves till the dinner-bell rings, and
ascend to the third floor of our Beehive.
The little mamiie on his crutch greets us
with a sunny smile ; he is the care-taker
of the thirty little urchins under ten years.
By his ingenuity in spare moments he has
filled the windows and adorned the walls
with the beautiful texts of Scripture in
white union calico and royal blue letters.
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He has grown so fond of the work among
these little ones, and they of hnn, — out of
scliool-hours he plans many a happy gam-
bol for his little charge.
In the further corner of this floor sits a
row of youthful tailors, under the direction
of a godly man, busily stitching away at
coats which are to keep the young emi-
grants warm through a Canadian winter.
Were these bright, smart-looking young-
sters wild wanderers? Yes, these are just
youthful souls w^ho were perishing, whom
Jesus loves, and w^hom He wishes his peo-
ple to snatch from ruin and destruction.
The dinner-bell rings. We now see the
long row assemble in the top floor, where
six boys have aided the cook in preparing
for each the allotted portion ; they sing the
grace, and then we bid these one hundred
and fifty young hopefuls good morning,
thanking our heavenly Father for the ways
and means given.
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ClIAPTEll II.
BLUE SKY IN CANADA.
^LL through this dark winter of toil
and sorrow, often fearing the head
and heart could bear no more, yet
feelini]r all our united efforts were but as a
drop in the ocean of need amongst those
thousands of youthful wanderers, rays of
cheer would come over the great Atlantic
swell from those dear lads whom we had
sent out amongst the live hundred emi-
grants of the previous spring. The fol-
lowing is a specimen: —
^'Dear Miss M., — I received your very welcome
letter, and with it your pleasure you evinced at
receivi-i2* my passage-money, £6 2s. 6d. ; it gave
me a reat pleasure in sending it to you. I shall
always feel deeply grateful to you for again
lending my brother the money to come out. I
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am fretting on first-rate. I thank my hoavenly
Father, whom T feel has watched over mo and
guided mo. O dear lady, I often think of tlio
many prayers and blessings asked for our welfare
at the llefuge, and I feel to have realized the
benefit of them. I often query to myself how
good my heavenly Father has been to me since I
have begun to know Jesus as my Saviour ; how
that some few months ago He saw fit to take
from me my earthly parents ; then brought me
to Canada ; then placed me among good and kind
friends, who are as good as parents, and brothers,
and sisters to me. Oh, how deeply thankful I do
feel to Him who has done so much for me. I am
glad to hear that the Refuge is still a great Bee-
hive, and sincerely hope and pray it will always
continue to be so, and that many a poor orphan
may find there that peace which comes through
faith in Jesus. So now wishing you every suc-
cess with your lads, — 1 remain, One of youu
Emigrant Lads."
rKEPARATlONS.
And not only were we cheered on by
the receipt of letters from Canada, and
the return of money advanced; but the
first dear boy to whom we were ever pri-
PRKPARATIONS. 1 7
vilogcd to give the helping hand four years
ago in the cast of London, and who was
respected and respectable in service in a
noble fomily in England, collected among
liis fellow-servants £5 to emigrate a lad who
was emerging from similar difficulties to
those out of which he liad been assisted.
Thus were we led on by unmistakeable
leadings to see that our way was plain to
go across the ocean with an advanced de-
tachment of poverty-stricken young ones ;
and daring early spring the preparation of
the outfits for a Canadian winter and sum-
mer gave plenty of work for all hands
under the roof of our Beehive.
Our plan of emigration involved more
than is usually understood in such work.
We felt we had no right in the sight of
God to rescue a lad and send him afloat to
find his way by himself as he best could
in a new land, but that we should follow
him on through life, and have faith to
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meet him, when life is over, on the shore
of eternity. To do a smaller work of emi-
gi'ation in this way appeared to he our
Father's will.
Their kind schoolmaster, Mr. Thom,
offered to go and remain in Canada, to
watch over their temporal and spiritual
welfare. All this effort seemed work that
the chiklren of our Father, of every sec-
tion of the Christian church, could share
in and plead for a blessing upon.
THE START.
At length, each boy's bag, containing a
change of linen, rug, &c., is packed; hope
and expectation glisten in every eye ;
widowed mothers linger long, gazing on
their fatherless boys. On the last night,
drunken fathers step in to mutter once
more senseless words over their ill-used
sons. Even the utterly orphaned ones
could .aot feel forgotten ; for kind lady
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friends sent them a Inst letter or a little
parcel ere they hade farewell to their native
land. One who for sixteen years has been
the friend of these East London wanderers,
was there to give his band of poor laddies
a last word, though his heart seemed too
full for utterance. A clergyman and a
merchant, both of whom had spent their
earlier years in Canada, came to give words
of cheer and counsel to the youthful emi-
grants, and more precious than all the
band of Godly aged widows, who had
toiled over the outfits, came creeping in to
raise their last benediction over the lads.
Then moving in and out with beaming
smile was my own widowed mother, giving
them her blessing in her own sweet Scot-
tish accent, telling them ^^wlien far frac
hame aye to look up to Jesus the sinner's
friend."
The Christian''''' of May 19th, contained
* In this paper \Till appear, from time to time, further
details of our work.
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an interesting account of our journey to
Liverpool, from the pen of the beloved
friend who first introduced me to this
privileged service, in the East of London,
for the Lord whom Tvt both love.
Bred in feverous courts and alloys,
Mates of hunger, want, and care ;
While from far off plains and valleys
Comes the sound of bread to spare !
Hearts arc open to befriend them,
Labour wails for willing hands;
These are UHlUjig — let us send them
To the broad Canadian lands.
Loving words in season spoken
Light with hope the sunken eyes ;
Loving deeds with Christ-like token
Link their hearts in sacred ties.
Led from many a darksome byeway,
Snatched from haunts of vice and woe,
Now they start on life's broad highway :
Let us bless them ere they go I
Full of hope, the farewell 's given,
And the parting hymns resound —
Oh, to " gather at the river,"
Where no outcast hearts are found !
CEOSSING THE ATLANTIC.
The twelve days on the Athmtic were
happy ones, with just the exception of a
few at the beginning, when contrary winds
gave our ship a fine tossing, causing nearly
all the lads to be very sea-sick. They lay
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like herrings in a barrel around the funnel
on deck, in nooks under the small boats,
some too bad to be hauled up the ladder.
No small work was it to cheer and rouse
them up out of this condition.
We got their quarter cleared of ham-
mocks, and held twice a day a Bible-class
and prayer-meeting, the captain giving us
daily a reading of one of John Ashworth's
Strange Tales, On Sunday afternoon we
held our Sunday-school, dividing the band
into classes ; and from amongst the cabin
passengers they who loved the Lord offered
us a helping hand.
How earnestly did Mike Finn, the young
Irishman, from the Irregular Shoe-black
Brigade, at the corner of Shoreditch Sta-
tion, strive to master the learning to read !
Each day and hour ever brought out
new features of interest, and fresh phases
of character. The ocean air did them
good ; every mile they neared the free,
broad lands, they seemed to become m re
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manly. A huge iceberg, dense fogs on the
banks of Newfoundland, sun risings and
settings, whales and sea gulls, all proved
sources of deep interest.
We entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence
on the 24th of May, when the guns were
commemorating the Queen's birthday.
The day was one of unusually heavy
showers. "With eager spirits the boys
longed to climb the neighbouring heights
of famed Quebec. In the evening we
started for Montreal, having first had a
solemn service under the Quebec Eailway
Shed, committing each other to the care
of our never- slumbering and covenant-
keeping God.
. FIEST DISPEESIONS.
A full day of business with the emi-
gration agent, L. Stafford, Esq., Quebec,
arranging passes for stoppages, telegraphic
messages, luggage, letters for home, ex-
amination of boys to remain at Quebec,
FmST DISPERSIONS. 23
and those to leave at Richmond in the
night, caused us to be heavy with sleep in
the commodious sleeping car. My friend
tells me it was no easy work to get tlie
eleven aroused from their boyish slumbei's
at the midnight hour, and with last mes-
sages and bags on their shoulder started for
another route, where they were to be met
by a gentleman, and placed in homes await-
ing them. Ere the railway car started the
whole band had become aroused, and many
and hearty were the hand-sliakings, and
^^ Farewell, old countryman," that re-
sounded through the hour of night.
As the day broke, we looked out with
eager eyes upon the new land. Our way
seemed studded with small hamlets, made
up of diminutive huts, and a large churcli
with a spire in the centre ; rank grass,
with here and there cultivated patclies.
These more cultivated portions increased
as we neared Montreal, whicli we did about
eight a.m.
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CHAPTER III.
ARRIVAL AT MONTREAL.
T the railway depot we were most
kindly met by Mr. Pell, the super-
intendent of the St. George's
Society, a most valuable institution for
aiding for a brief season emigrants passing
through this city. We accepted the prof-
ferred hospitality for our boys, and for
ourselves a home with a dear Christian
lady, who had been a fellow-traveller with
us across the ocean. The emigration agent,
apprised of our coming by Mr. Stafford,
notified to the jiress that boys could be
hired. This gave us a busy time in re-
ceiving and enquiring into the characters
of those who wished to engage the boys.
AERIVAL AT IMONTREAL. 25
Some shared our deep interest in the
welfare of the lads, and wept and prayed
with us over the arrangements for trans-
ferring them to their hands, whilst others
turned upon their heel, not being accus-
tomed to such close dealing. In all this
we realized that the Lord was at our right
hand, and we were not moved.
It was no easy work the bidding twenty-
three ' ' good byes ' ' in six brief hours. These
boys had become dear to us as our own
brothers, gentle and loving, obedient to
the least wish or look of either of their
friends. We shall never forget that happy
walk on the heights of Montreal together,
in the wood above the reservoir, for the
last time as a little band singing, as we
looked over the city, the sweet hymn,
*' Shall wo gather at the river ?"
In parting many of their voices became
like my own — very choking; we all felt
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it was the last time we sliould thus all sit
and sing on earth together.
In the wood the boys were overjoyed
with delight, and ere long were like wild
squirrels climbing the heights behind. The
bursting acorn seemed to call forth their
wonder ; frogs were admired ; many a
pretty nosegay of wild flowers we each
received on that occasion ; — all, all these
works of our Tather's hands were new
and delightful to our London laddies.
It was amusing to witness their inc^re-
dulity, as our guide, a young Scotchman,
told them of this history and that, and
how the men who now owned the beautiful
villas studding the mountain side had just
been poor boys like themselves, and that
but a few years ago ; how they had plod-
dingly attended to business, and been
blessed with this world's goods. And
then he turned to the beautiful spires of
this and the other church rising in the
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city, and now glistening in the summer's
sunshine ; how those very men had aided
to build these places for the worship of
God, adding the moral that the same path
of prosperity was open to them, if they
were only spared in the providence of God
and secured his blessing.
Indeed, during the whole ten days in
which the entire hundred were being dis-
persed to their Canadian homes, every one
who spoke to them would thus inspire the
lads, telling them it did not matter what
they had been ; that the poorest had the
same chance of advancement as the son of
the most wealthy; and that all educational
advantages were free. And most thankful
were we to hear all who spoke to them
remind them of the snare of drink, and
that to prosper they must shun the cup
that *^ biteth like a serpent."
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CHAPTER IV.
LEAYE- TAKINGS AT BELLEYILLE.
-^E led tlicni forth by the right way,
|;i that they miglit go to a city of
habitation.'' At every possible
season in our onward progress we com-
mitted our way to Him who careth for the
sparrow. Deep seemed to be the interest
shown by all who came in contact with
our orphaned band. Our cry was, ^' Open
homes, Lord, among thy own childken,
and especially where they use no drink."
And it was beautiful to watch the lead-
ings of a kind Providence in sending an-
swers to prayer. A dear Christian sister
in Jesus had heard from her sister in
Scotland of our coming forth, and seemed
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to get no rest, believing she liiicl something
to do in the way of sharing our burden.
Her health was feeble, but her pen was
active. She wrote to the warden of the
county, a good man, and told him all she
had heard. He became deeply interested,
wrote a kind letter, which was handed to
us on our arrival at Quebec, desiring us to
leave him a number of boys, and promising
to see to their welfare.
Arriving at Belleville about six a.m.,
after travelling all night by railway car
from Montreal, we again selected after
prayer another small detachment of our
little men. There thoy stood at the station,
in the early morning's sunshine, shaking
hands with their friends. With heavy
hearts and tearful eyes, we offered from
the window of the car a brief prayer for
blessing. These boys were mostly orphans,
and we believed that He who careth for
the fatherless would care for them. In a
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few clays we received the following letter
confirming our faith : —
BEPOET OF THE WARDEN OF THE COUNTY
OF HASTINGS.
<'Madoc, May 28tli, 1870.
"Yesterday I received telegram from Montreal
that eight boys were sent to County Hastings to
mo, and last night's stage brought six of them to
our village. The other two had been located, the
boys told me, before they left Belleville ; and I
have just finished getting homes for the rest.
The homes are good, and religious influences
will be thrown around them. I have tried to
make friends with the boys, and to some extent
have succeeded. I shall keep my eye upon them,
and do my best to forward their interests. I like
the appearance and conduct of the boys so far
very much. No one could hear the universal
expression of gratitude to you by these boys
without feeling the influence for good that you
have exerted upon their young minds. He who
marks the *cup of cold water' will not forget
this work of faith and labour of love. I could
get good homes for many more if wanted. The
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boys are cxpcctin<jf to soo you ere you return to
England. Wishing you God speed in this phi-
lanthropic work,
** I am, dear Madam, yours truly,
^'A. F. Wood."
The following is a second report from
the same gentleman: —
^'Madoc, June 18th, 1870.
" Since writing I have a favourable account of
your boys ; in fact, so high a character have they
got for themselves and for you, that no difficulty
will be found in getting a home for a hundred
boys in this county. A. F. W."
INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONIES.
Of whom does the following letter tes-
tify? Of John Keeves, aged 13, a poor
little wanderer sleeping out of doors for
three months, taken up by the police for
falling asleep on a door- step, placed in the
workhouse school : his elder brother longed
that Le should accompany him to Canada.
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The following letter was unasked for;
and it greatly encourages us, dear fellow-
labourers, to press on and fill these warm
Canadian hearts with something to do for
Jesus. May our Lord and Saviour fulfil
to every pious Canadian wdio receives our
boys Luke vi. 38 ; and we know they will
never miss the bread eaten if given in the
spirit of 2 Cor. ix. 7. The day is coming
when the King shall answer, and say unto
them. Verily I say unto you, ^^ Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye liave done it unto
Me."
^^Madoc, July 7tli, 1870.
*'Dear Miss Macphehsox,— As you have taken
great charitable interest in many of the poorer
classes of the city of London, especially the
youths, you will no doubt be anxious as well
as pleased to hear of any of those boys you
brought to this side of the Atlantic. I have one
of them, John Reeves, an interesting, willing,
and truthful boy, with whom I am well x3lGased ;
INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONIKS. 315
and ho appears to be well pleased with his new
home. At first it seemed like the * folly of ago '
to take him, as we have very little to do ; but
now we could scarcely get on without him. Am
pleased to find that he has received religious
training, and become a member of the Temper-
ance order. As you will probably see the Warden,
Mr. Wood, he will be able to give you full par-
ticulars. Master Johnny sends his love to you.
*' Yours obediently,
*'J. S. LooMis."
These eight boys had created quite an
interest and a seven days' talk in Belleville ;
their little sayings seem to have gone the
round of the place. A banker accosts one
of them as they walk through the town,
asking him about his home in London.
* ^ Well, sir, to tell you the truth, I never
had a home till twelve months ago, when
I was taken into the Eefuge.'^ Their
stories of want stir up Christian hearts,
that can hardly realize with plenty around
them the sorrows of our oppressed and
over -crowded masses. Thus our work
c
34 CANADIAN HOMES.
amongst the perishing children becomes a
lever of double blessing, giving many a
pious couple the opportunity of returning
a thank-offering to the Lord, who has pros-
pered their way in the new land, by
undertaking the care of one of our poor
boys. Poor they may be as to this world's
goods, but rich in desire to use the intel-
ligence gained by bearing the yoke in their
youth.
There are two Charlies from amongst
our hundred who are each pushing on,
already acquiring Prench, Latin, and
Greek. One is promised by his master to
be helped through a college education, and
also taught his profession, if he continues
faithful : such quick progress is only to be
understood in a new and rising country,
where education is free and valued, and
persons are not judged by their antece-
dents so much as by their present well-
doing.
INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONIES. 35
Drunkenness, the sin and ruin of the
tens of thousands in the old country, lifts
its hydra-headed form here also, and drags
down its slaves to perdition. "Whilst we
have heard the history of many a noble
life rising from obscurity to become emi-
nent for piety and usefulness, we have
heard of very many who have gone down
to the grave the victims of intemperance
and vice. My greatest longing, next to
each boy becoming a true believer by faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, is that he should
be true to his Temperance pledge, and
under every temptation look up to God
for grace to enable him to say *^No" to
the proffered drink in every shape.
How welcome it is to see at every
Canadian's table the wholesome cup of tea
at dinner as well as supper, and not the
ever-ensnaring glass of wine as at home !
Let every Christian awake, and be clear
that their influence and example give a
36 CANADIAN HOMES.
certain sound! We are all fully aware
now what causes the misery among our
perishing kindred on both sides of the
Atlantic, making havoc among young and
old, learned and unlearned, rich and poor.
With Esther might we all well cry, *'How
can I endure to see the destruction of my
kindred?'' (Est. viii. 6.)
TOEONTO AND HAMILTON. 37
CHAPTEE Y.
WESTWAED TORONTO AND HAMILTON.
^EAYIJSTG the pretty town of Belle-
fe ville basking on tlie bosom of its
lovely bay, in the sunshine of a
June morn, onward we sped our way,
five hours by car bringing us to Toronto,
the interesting capital of Ontario, a rising
city of about 60,000 inhabitants. We
leave emigration commissioners and jour-
nalists to give information and descriptions
of town and country. These can be
obtained from "W. Dixon, Esq., Canadian
emigration agent, 11, Adam-street, Adel-
phi.
It is enough to say the route was through
a pleasant country, everywhere dotted
38 canadia:n homes.
witli small cottages of every size, sliape,
and material, surrounded by cleared and
uncleared lands; woods, and small streams
here and tliere. The eye, accustomed in
early years to mountain and lake, is not
easily satisfied with flat and less varied
scenery. Now and again the broad
expanse of the Lake of Ontario meets
the view, widening and deepening one's
thoughts of unworked power yet within
these great broad lands. Our work is one
of dealing with the weal or woe of human
beings ; thus even the institutions and
natural features of the country had to
succumb to our study of the people and
circumstances we were at once surrounded
by on our arrival at the depot.
The sixty urchins had not failed to use
the appliances in the American railway
car for washing ; their pocket-combs had
been in requisition ; and every wee man
looked solemnly on the gathering of men
TORONTO AND HAMILTON. 39
gazing at them as tliey left the car.
Farmers stepped forward, sayings "1*11 take
that lad;" others, ^*I want six boys for
our village;'' *^I want one to learn my
business, and I '11 learn him as my own
son ; here are my certificates of character
from my clergyman and the mayor of the
place I belong to." These, and a great
variety more, overwhelmed us. At length,
with difficulty the line of boys cleared the
crowd, and were marshalled in an empty
room of the railway depot. We were there
aided by the kind counsel of Mr. Donald-
son, the representative of Government in
this department. A few lads went off at
once, but the rest were ere bedtime com-
fortably lodged in the two Homes for boys
in the suburbs of the town.
Then we were able calmly to see the
masters, and talk over each individual
character, telling all antecedents, and as
far as we were able fitting the capabilities
40 CANADIAN HOMES.
of the boys to the requirements of the
situations.
Two members of the Government showed
practically that their fears were allayed as
to our wild London Arabs by taking a boy
each into their establishments ; both are
doing well, and much valued. Some boys
went into the country upon farms ; others
were at once employed in connection with
any trade of which they had a knowledge.
The remuneration was varied. I felt a
strong desire to find them homes where
their souls would be cared for as well as
their bodies ; and no instance occurred in
which any lad objected to my making
arrangements for him. And now, in look-
ing back over the way we were led, we
have much to praise and thank God for.
The master, upon revisiting some of them
a month afterwards, finds a poor, utterly
friendless orphan, happily ensconced as
one of the family, calling those who had
TORONTO AND HAMILTON. 41
received him ^'father" and *^ mother," and
speaking of all their possessions of fields and
orchards as ^^my father's/' and that ^^my
mother" says this and that, — thus truly
verifying Ps. xxvii. 10, <^ When my father
and my mother forsake me, then the Lord
will take me up." "We never could trace
the relatives or the belongings of the boy
referred to here ; he had been engaged at
a printer's for three years, but the death
of his master threw him out of employ
and of a home ; he soon spent the wages
which he had saved up in the post-office
savings bank, and was reduced to the
streets. On asking for counsel of a police-
man some miles distant from the Eefuge,
he had advised him to come and seek help
from us. We had sheltered him ; and now
truly it is a cause for praise to read the
letters of thanksgiving over the way the
Lord hath led this poor lad.
Many a deeply interesting opportunity
42 CANADIAN HOMES.
was given us of urging a closer walk with
God, and of presenting packets of books
and tracts to employers. We also carried
on correspondence bearing upon the future
of the boys who come under the Refuge
training.
We here append a letter from a Canadian,
who has one of our boys.
"Dear Miss MACPHEiisoN,--Your letter of
the 8th instant came to hand, and in reply I
would say, I have been looking for a letter from
you for some time, and am glad to hear that the
boys are doing so well; and may God prosper
them and keep them out of temptation's evil
ways. My boy is doing all that I could ask ; he
is a very good and obedient boy, and is succeed-
ing in learning the business first-class. He
seems very contented, and likes the place very
well ; in fact, I could not wish for a better boy
than George Moore seems to be so far; and if
he continues to do as well as he has started, I
shall, with God's help, make a good and useful
member of society of him. George sends his
kind love to you, and hopes you may be spared
TOPiONTO AND HAMILTON. 43
to do much good for the poor and destitute of
his native country, and hopes that God may
hless your efforts in doinu^ that which is good.
There are quite a numhcr of farmers in this
section that would be glad to take hoys about
fifteen years of age ; and if you would be kind
enoTigh to let us know when the next lot of boys
will land at Toronto, we will send down and
select the number required. Those that I think
will be kind and good to a boy I shall be glad to
recommend, and none but such. An answer will
much oblige.
*^ Wishing you every success in your benevo-
lent undertaking. Yours very truly, A. D.
"To Miss Macthehsox, Belleville."
LAST DISPERSIONS. HAMILTON.
Still desirous of widening our influence
and spreading our stakes, we determined
to journey on to the enterprising town of
Hamilton. At every point as we journeyed
some one or other was ever notifying us
in the daily press, telling our wants or
communicating with the farmers in a
printed notice like the following : —
44 CANADIAN HOMES.
"Hamilton, May 30, 1870.
"Dear Sir, — There have arrived by the
* Peruvian' a lot of one hundred boys, from
thirteen to eighteen years of age, from the
Homo of Industry, Spitalfields, London, Eng-
land, accompanied by the lady manager of the
institution, whos3 main desire is to hire them
out to Canadian farmers. They are highly re-
commended; and as 1 have your name on my
list, I beg to advise you that about twenty or
thirty of them will be at the rooms of the Young
Men's Christian Association, over the corner of
King and Hughson Streets, in this city, on Tues-
day (to-morrow), 31st inst., after twelve o'clock
noon. <«J. W. MuRTON."
In this town over thirty boys were cared
for at the expense of the St. George's
Society, and that of some private friends.
As for ourselvTS, as in other towns, we
were most hospitably entertained by dear
Christians. And when the last wee man
was disposed of, and the strain over, we
were carefully nursed, and caused to forget
by pleasant drives, a trip to Niagara, &c.,
the great vacuum caused in our hearts by
the loss of our interesting charge.
DISTRIBUTINO HOME — BELLEVILLE. 45
CHAPTER VI.
DISTKIBUTING nOME BELLEVILLE.
'UE. diiRciilties in distributing the
boys were greatly increased by the
want of a centre whereat to receive
applications, and calmly to select the lad
most suited to the requirements of the
situations. Our work brought us, how-
ever, into constant contact with many a
pious family far from the city, whose joy
seemed to be great in sharing their plenty
with the friendless and the destitute.
Merchants and magistrates, senators and
bankers, would give whole days of their
time, and Samaritan-like go out of their
way to find out the right home where to
locate this or that boy. Dr. Wilson, of
46 CANADIAxY HOMES.
Torouto, and his whole fiimily were im-
tiring in their kin(kiesses towards us
and ours. Words fail to convey the kind
Christian manner in which we have been
assisted, — hospitality being offered us on
every hand, for the sake of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
The kind missionary of Hamilton un-
dertook to tend the little flock left around
his town. Thus were we led on ever to
praise Him who had led us out.
After visiting the far-famed Falls of
Niagara and the cities of Euffalo, Cleve-
land, and Indianapolis, we turned our way
homewards, visiting our proteges as best
we could, praising our Heavenly Father at
each step, soothing a lonely home-sick one
here and there. We found one lad had
fallen into the hands of a hard master;
he was unhappy, and felt inclined to run
away, but for the fear of grieving us.
The Lord knew our need, and provided
DTSTRIIJUTING HOME — BELLEVILLE. 47
for US a Distributing Homo, as the fol-
lowing will show :
OFFICIAL LETTER FROM THE SENATOR AND
WARDEN OF TKE COUNTY OF UASTINGS.
" Miss Macpherson, — On behalf of the Coun-
cil of the county of Hastings, I am to convey to
you officially the intimation that in the event of
your permanently selecting this locality for your
* Distributing Home,' the County Council will
pay the charges in connection with the rental of
the premises, leaving the management entirely
untrammelled by condition in your hands. — I
am, yours sincerely, A. F. Wood, Warden, Co.
Hastings."
In addition to fully confirming the above, I
would add the hearty co-operation of the in-
dividual members of the Council, and influential
parties of the neighbourhood.
BiLLA Flint, Senator.
Our co-workers will remember our desire
was to form a Home if the way opened.
Situated on the beautiful Bay of Quintie,
in the suburbs of Belleville, we found a
48
CANADIAN HOMES.
1
house which had been fitted up for an
invalid Soldiers' Hospital by the Govern-
ment ; the added buildings enabling us to
house from 150 to 200. The house is
surrounded by pleasant grounds, a good
garden, and pasture for a cow. Here, too,
not only might the emigrant widow and
fatherless one tarry for a season till the
right start and location can be made ; but
the wearied-out worker might recruit under
the balmy air of the glorious Canadian clear
blue sky. And in this town of Belleville,
among its gathering thousands, there are
many dear Christians ready to show hospi-
tality, and give the willing hand of help
to those honestly and industriously dis-
posed.
We at once heartily accepted the free,
unconditional offer of a Home such as we
have described, feeling it met our present
need in going forward, if the Lord will, in
rescuing more wandering lives,— trusting
DISTUIBUTING nO?IE DELLKVILLK. 49
for its support in the same way as for tlio
Eefuge axd Home of Industry, Commer-
cial Street, Spitalfields, London. JSTor shall
we trust in vain if the work be of Ilim ;
if not, let it speedily be brought to
nought.
Our cash receipt book at once com-
menced :
'*A tlianlv-offoring from a banker, to rescue a
boy and brin;^ him to Canada, forty dollars.
From a Wosloyan Methodist, ton dollars, with
many prayers and blessings. From a little girl,
a golden dollar, saying- it was ' something from
somebody.' From a young lady who disliked
needlework, but determined to make her own
dresses, and got her papa to advance hnr five d(jl-
lars till she had worked for it. One dollar from
a little boy— all he possessed in the world."
Altogether we have received over 300
dollars as a first-fruits towards our Dis-
tributing Home. May it also become a
centre of blessing and a point of mission-
ary effort in the district ! Let your prayers,
5v) CANADIAN H03IES.
beloved co-workers, arise for this; and that
there may many of the dear, suffering,
fatherless children wend their way where
plenty reigns, and warm, affectionate, ten-
der, Canadian hearts are ready to receive
them.
As means come, and strength is given,
so long as the way is thus plain, my in-
tention is to continue to transmit suitable
cases to meet the applications received;
hoping, by exercising care in the selection
of those worthy, and giving a course of
training to our wanderers, to gain the
confidence of, not only the town of Belle-
ville and the county of Hastings, but the
entire country. Thus thousands may ere
long be helped to the labour market, and
by weekly instalments, through the em-
ployers, pay into the ** Distributing Home,''
Marchmont, Belleville, Ontario, the amount
of passage -money^ so that others may be
assisted out.
EXTRACTS niOM LETTERS. 51
CHAPTER VII.
EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTERS OE
ROY-EMIGRAJS-TS.
^' Chateauguay, May, 1870.
" Dear Miss Macpherson,— I write these few
lines to let you know that I have got to my
place, and it is a very nice one ; the lady is so
very kind to me, and the master is a very kind
man too. Tlio lady is Scotch, and the gentleman
is an American. Please would you send me
some little books, because I gave those I had to
the children, and they seemed so pleased with
them. As it is getting dark, I must conclude
with kind love from your obedient servant,
*'II. J."
*' Newport, Province of Quebec, E.G.
**May 27th, 1870.
*^ Dear Miss Macpherson, — I wish to inform
you, that I was taken by a gentleman who is a
52 CANADIAN HOMES.
farmer. He is a very pious man, and very kind
to me ; he loves the same Lord Jesus that I do,
and is one of our happy band of Christians, who
are fighting under the blood-stained banner of
the cross. Dear Miss, I have found great friends
here : the master and mistress are very kind to
me. I long to earn wages, that I may pay you
for your kindness as far as possible. I can never
repay all the kindness you have shown me ; but
there is One I love who can pay you, and will.
Give my love to Miss B and Mr. T .
Toll them I am quite well in health, and accept
the same yourself. Yours in the Lord Jesus,
"B. F."
** Island Brook, near CKooKsiimE, P.Q.
"May 27th, 1870.
**Deaii Miss, — I have a very good place at a
saw-mills right in the backwoods. I get plenty
to eat and drink, and a good bed to sleep in. I
am very thankful to you and the kind lady that
paid for me. Please to send down my things as
soon as possible. Excuse this short letter, and
please give my love to Mr. T and Miss
B , and let me know whether the others have
EXTRACTS TUQ-M LETTERS. 53
got places or not, as there is plenty of room for
a dozen more here.
^' I remain, your humble servant, F. E."
"Appleby, June 2ncl, 1870.
'' Dear Miss Macphehson,— I take this oppor-
tunity of fulfilling the promise I made you at
Hamilton. As f;ir as I can judge during the
short time I have been here, I have fallen (or
rather God has placed me) into good hands. Mr.
and Mrs. C are both lovers of our Lord
Jesus Christ ; they treat me with every possiljle
kindness. There is plenty of work ; also jilcnty
of good substantial food. My hands are not
quite so delicate as they were a few days ago ;
but I am in every way satisfied with my situa-
tion, and hope every boy may obtain one in
every way equal. I once more thank you for
your kindness in assisting me out, also other
kind friends in connection therewith; to all I
owe a debt of gratitude I never can repay. May
God bless you in all your efforts to bring poor
boys from a land of temptation and vice, to a
land where they can honestly earn a good livin^i-.
"I remain, yours respectfully, C. M."
54 CANADIAN HOMES.
^' MaRKII AM.
^' Dear Madam, — I now write those few lines
to you, hoping to find you quite well. We are
both living together, and both working together.
We are getting on quite well at present, for we
have kept from smoking and drinking, and from
bad company. I hope you have got places for all
the boys ; let them know how we are getting on.
And I hope they will keep from smoking; for
that and drinking is the ruination of this country.
Please write to me as soon as you can, and may
God bless you all. " G. li."
*^ Montreal, June 1st, 1870.
^'Dear Sir,— I hope this will find you quite
well. I am very pleased to tell you that I like
my trade. I have a master out of a thousand ; he
is a Christian man, a Sunday school teacher, and
a good master ; he takes a good interest in both
of us, does everything for our good, and looks
after us as if we were his own sons. J. W. wishes
to be kindly remembered to you ; he is still with
me and is doing well. We are both very happy
together; we never have any of the little quarrel-
lings, which were so usual. I think it is solely
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 55
because we have such a Friend, who helps us
whenever we are under any temptation; and I
feel perfectly assured that as long as I stick close
bj^ Him, He will always help me. My kind love
to Miss Macpherson and Miss B. — From yours
truly, ^'C. E. R. and J. W."
'' To Mr. T ."
^^ Brampton, loth June, 1870.
"Miss Macphehson, — I received your kind
letter, and am thankful to you for the interest
you take in me. I am working on a farm,
and I like it well, and the country well. I am
getting seven dollars per month and board. I
would like you to send my clothes to Brampton
Station. "M. F."
56 CANADIAN HOMES.
CHAPTER VIII.
WRITTEN TESTIMONIES FEOM MEMBERS OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
M. was in every sense of the word
). an orphan ; he earned sufficient in
a printer's estahlishment to pay 4s.
weekly to the Refuge, The home-feeling
and loving care was truly valued hy the
lad ; his constitution had almost broken
down under the difficulties he had con-
tended with before he was sheltered from
the lonely lodging-house life. The fol-
lowing note of testimony is from the Hon.
D. L. Macpherson.
** Chestnut Park, Toronto,
"July 20th, 1870.
** Madam, — I liavo much pleasure in stating
for Miss Macpherson' s satisfaction, that G
WEITTEN TESTIMONIES. ' 57
M is conducting himself to my entire satis-
faction. He is an obedient, intelligent, and well
conducted boy. He is employed in the garden,
and is thus learning a respectable and profitable
trade. I am glad to say he retains a grateful
recollection of Miss Macpherson s kindness to
him. Yours truly, D. L. Macpherson."
"To Miss B ."
W. B. is a type of many a nice youth
in our agricultural villages, conscientious
and willing for labour, pining for a helping
hand. If clergymen or Christian ladies
would but write to us, and gather the £6
with outfit, or £10 without an outfit,
enclosing details, with characters, many
who are now helpless might be thus aided
to emigrate.
" Moss Paiik, Toronto,
"July 18, 1870.
" Dear Miss Macpherson, — I received a note
from Miss B to-day, in which she says that
you would bo glad to have a few lines from
me, to tell you how I have been pleased with
58 CANADIAN HOMES.
Walter B. since ho has been in my service. T
am very glad to be able to say, that Walter has
so fiir conducted himself entirely to my satis-
faction. He is much liked by all his fellow-
servants for his obliging disposition ; and ho has
shown himself quick in learning his work, and
steady and careful in doing it. I intend to send
him out to my place at Lake Simcoe, where my
family go next month, to remain with them while
they are out there. He will have a little more
responsibility thrown upon him, and at the same
time be more left to himself; but, unless I am
much mistaken in the opinion I have formed of
his character, I shall be surprised if he does not
discharge his duties as conscientiously there as
when more entirely under the direction of others
in town. I only .hope that the desire for change
— rather a catching complaint in this country —
may not prevent Walter's long continuing in my
employment, and growing up into a faithful and
attached servant. Believe me to remain, dear
Miss Macpherson,
*' Very sincerely yours,
"G. W. Allan."
STEWAllDSniP. 59
CHAPTEH IX.
STEWAHDSniP.
l^j^^lOON it will be addressed by our
n i^ God to each one of us, <^Give an
account of tby stewardship," — not
only how we have dispensed his silver and
gold, but fragments of time, and the talents
He has given us. He who ^'loveth a cheer-
ful giver" taketh notice of him who walketh
these busy London thoroughfares, and con-
descendeth to search into the sore sorrow
of some poor hungry wanderer, and leave
him not till he is placed under care.
Millions of broad acres lie yet unfilled,
needing only hands to place the seed-corn
in. Shall these thousands of young lives
perish for want of the means to transport
60 CANADIAN HOMES.
them across the Atlantic? We who are
Landed together in this work, watching for
souls, ask no pecuniary reward. £10 for
each rescued one covers all expenses, and
starts him in life with a box of clothes.
Sunday-schools might aid us much by
adopting one case of either a boy or girl,
and continuing to correspond with them.
Could we but take the superintendents of
Sunday-schools to see the sights we see,
further appeals would be needless.
Grateful thanks to all who have enabled
us to press on in this good work. Many
are the difficulties and trials ; but He who
has laid upon us the burden, and granted
us the privilege thus to seek out the out-
casts of our sad city, will, we fear not, go
before us, giving us the unspeakable joy of
witnessing to his own truth, that ^Hhe blood
of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth from all
sin." ^
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Many paths, but one the vineyard
None for self can rightly choose ;
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Jesus loves to use !
Some to wait, and some to labour,
All to serve the Master's will ;
Active some, and some in silence
Suffer and lie still.
Here to bind and there to scatter,
'Tis not much the world can see ;
If the Master smile upon thee,
What is that to thee 1
Thou art saved, but thousands round thee
Heedless to destruction go ;
"Watch for souls as those expecting
Strict account to show.
"Work ! and faint not in well doing,
Though in weariness you weep ;
S[(jpo, ber patient task fulfillinp,,
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and very far indeed removed from, and in many respects intensely
antagojiistic to, our own. Wliich being premised, wc must add that
it is in its way full of life, variety, and interest ; also of deep earnest-
ness in promoting good works and GihTs service, according to its
liglit. It takes a resolute line against infulelity and modern scepti-
cism, and the prevalent iumiorality of society. Moreover, it give a
very enlarj^ed — and bolh curious and instructive — insight into > ne
various forms of 'Christian Work' in which this part of the religious
world is engaged." — Church Work. (A. High Church Magazine.)
"We have no hesitation in according tO this magazine the praise
of being what it professes to be — a 7-t'/i_i^io7(s periodical, in which
si^iritual objects are kept in view and pursued in a spiritual way,
wiUiout any admixture of imaginative literature. We think it a great
advantage that it should pi ssess this distinctive character; for, with-
out dispar.igement to tiie many really excellent magazines which
aim at blending the enter, lining with the instructive, we conceive it
to 1)C very desirable that there should be some which ar.j more limited
and definite in their scope, and wliicli. like the one ncnv liefore us,
any professing Christian may take up on the Sunday in the intervals
of public worship ard feel no misgiving." — The Coloiial^Mail.
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