London (England) -- Religion; Religious thought -- England -- London
According to the last returns, we have the following population:
Finsbury, 323,772; Lambeth, 251,345; London (City), 127,869; Marylebone,
370,957; Southwark, 172,863; Tower Hamlets, 539,111; Westminster, 241,
611; and with other places not classified, in all, 2,362,236. If we
compare this with the figures I have given, we shall see that, if all the
accommodation that exists were used, rather more than a quarter of the
London population frequented public worship. In reality, the number is
less. Yet, perhaps, the returns show as much religious observance as we
could expect.
By way of contrast, let us see how the London world that is not religious
spends its Sabbaths. A very large and complicated organization would be
required to collect the statistics of the habits of the population of
London on a Sunday, but an attempt was made on August 16, of the present
year, to throw some light upon the subject by a few gentlemen accustomed
to observe and estimate large numbers of people. The outward
passenger-traffic by the railways during the morning appeared to be about
as follows:—
Great Western, by the 8 and 9 o’clock trains 1900
Ditto, by the afternoon trains 2400
South Western, by the two early excursion trains 2500
Ditto, parliamentary 2800
Ditto, afternoon train 5000
London and Brighton, with South-Eastern, North Kent, and
other lines at London-bridge:
By morning trains 10,500
Afternoon 6000
Great Northern:
Morning 1500
Afternoon 2000
Eastern Counties:
Morning 1800
Afternoon 4500
North Western:
Morning 1800
Afternoon 1000
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