 | Bible Christians - 1883 - 630 pages
...done, a hundredth part of what could be done by the Church of Christ. We must face the facts ; and these compel the conviction that THIS TERRIBLE FLOOD...MISERY IS GAINING UPON US. It is rising every day." The careful inquiries that have been made in several directions have elicited facts which are simply appalling,... | |
 | Religion - 1885 - 612 pages
...of charity, both public and private, have only touched its merest edge. The facts must be faced, and these compel the conviction that this terrible flood of sin and misery is gaining upon us every day." The question now arises as to the need of the New Charity with ourselves. A widespread... | |
 | Alfred Young - Christian sociology - 1894 - 660 pages
...classes of the community from our churches and chapels, and from all decency and civilization. . . . This terrible flood of sin and misery is gaining upon us. It is rising every day." Mr. Chamberlain, MP, writes in 1883 : " Never before in our history were wealth and the evidences of... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 590 pages
...done, a hundredth part of what might be done, by the Church of Christ. We must face the facts, and these compel the conviction that this terrible flood...misery is gaining upon us. It is rising every day. The parish church of Brompton, the next to the parish in which Mr. Mearns was an active pastor, thinking... | |
 | James Edward McCulloch - London (England) - 1905 - 230 pages
...be done, a hundredth part of what could, be done by the churches of Christ. We must face facts ; and these compel the conviction that this terrible flood of sin and misery is gaining upon us. " A few more sentences from the "Bitter Cry " will give a picture of the slums as the author saw them... | |
 | Lewis A. Drummond - Biography & Autobiography - 900 pages
...done, or a hundredth part of what could be done by the church of Christ We must face the facts, and these compel the conviction that this terrible flood of sin and misery is gaining on us.7 SPURGEON'S CONCERN Into this situation Spurgcon made his mark. GM Trevelyan, noted historian,... | |
 | Michael J. Childs - Business & Economics - 1994 - 256 pages
...corruption, of heart-breaking misery and absolute godlessness," made plain with capital letters his conviction that "THIS TERRIBLE FLOOD OF SIN AND MISERY IS GAINING UPON US," and intimated that incest was common.12 Another writer alleged that the mother would often pawn the... | |
 | Dennis Hardy - Architecture - 2000 - 320 pages
...evoked a spectre of fear and ultimate damnation if something was not done. We must face the facts; and these compel the conviction that THIS TERRIBLE FLOOD OF SIN AND MISERY IS GAINING UPON US. lt is rising every day.s The tone of the above challenges Mearns's claims that he moderated his language... | |
 | Daniel Bivona, Roger B. Henkle - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 224 pages
...moral corruption, of heart-breaking misery and absolute godlessness . . . We must face the facts; and these compel the conviction that THIS TERRIBLE FLOOD...MISERY IS GAINING UPON US. It is rising every day" (Mearns 82). Mearns is a far cry from the meandering, urbane James Greenwood; there is no pretense... | |
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Church of Christ. We must face the facts, and these compel the conviction that this terrible flood of sin and misery is gaining upon us. It is rising every day. 