The Religious Life of LondonRitchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Religion
The Religious Life of London
Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
London (England) -- Religion; Religious thought -- England -- London
Well, and what was going on?—a thing I should think never seen in a
Presbyterian place of worship before. It appears that the services in
the Agricultural Hall just by have led to an increased demand for
religious agency in that district. Hundreds who attend no place of
worship have now been induced to do so. Hundreds who were careless about
religion have now become concerned. Hundreds who a short while ago would
have refused the gift of a tract, and would have shut their doors in the
face of a Christian visitor, are now ready to receive the one and to
listen to the _viva voce_ instruction of the other. Naturally, the
appeal is made to Mr. Davidson, but his own duties in connexion with his
church and congregation leave him no time to spare. A fund raised partly
by Mr. Davidson’s own people, and partly by the liberality of a private
individual, has enabled the London City Mission to send an agent to
labour in connexion with the services at the Agricultural Hall. But,
after all, one man in such a multitude can do but little, and on Sunday
evening Mr. Davidson, instead of preaching a sermon, organized, as it
were, a public meeting,—yet not exactly a public meeting, for there was
no chairman, there was no rhetorical fireworks, no murmurs of
applause—the aim of which was to elicit Christian co-operation in
evangelistic work in that particular locality. Belonging to their
congregation there are some two hundred young men. How much can they do
if they have but the willing heart!
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