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HALIFAX !

ITS SINS AND SORROWS."

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If thou forbear to rlclivor them that are dmwn unto death. an(?
those that are ready to he Hhiin ; if thou sayest, Beholu, we knew it
not; doth not Ho that potulcrctli the heart coiLsider it ? and He that
keepeth thy soul, doth Ho not know it 1 and shall not Ho render to
every raaa according to his works."— Provekus, xxiv. 11 13

APRIL 9, 186a.

HALIFAX, N. S. :

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None, probably, will controvert this statement, that, in
gonerni, dt'ics aro centres of light and of darkness—centres
of virlao nr-d centres of vice. That such should bo the caso

* ■ id'ti: aJ. To acomif for it is easy.

In large cities va .t numiiors cf the human family aro con-
g-.'-ptoar.gotht-i. iVse w.> may regard as separating by
corrrrou consent ino t-o -Ir^fsoj;, one of which we may label
Virr.io«.«, nn.^ the othe- Vicicas. Many belonging to the
first mentioned class ende-'vor to obey tho two great cora-
mandmenta— " Thov. shalt love tho Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all thy strength;" and "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. "—M'^rk xii. 30, 31. Others make u feeble effort
at obedience : but their hobbling gait and frequent stumbles
are proofs positive that they find it rather difficult to walk

• in all the statutes and ordinances of the Lord blameless."
Still upon the whole these manage in some way to keep up
an appearance of the virtuous and the good, and though "it
is not all gold that glitters," still tho glittering which they
make adds, in hnman estimation, a lustre to the pure gold of
the sanctuary.

Those who may be proijerly denominated vicious, are not
all equally so. Many of them are very decent persons in
daylight, and they would not by any means let the sun see
them handing over their contributions to a poison vender, a
procuress, or any other personification of vice. Yet the sum

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total of fluch contrihutlom keep in tho samo condition tho
'* Morel Waatos " of cities. In tho same condition ? There
is no tuch thing, in a moral point of view. People arc either
becoming better or worMo daily. There is no moral neutral
ground, no standing still — "evil men and seducers wax
wor.^o and worse." — 2 Tim. iii. I'J. As tlioy wax worse
tnd worse, so does thy wrath of Almighty G(k1 wax hotter
and hotter, and tho arrows of lli.s vengeance fly thickoi and
faster around them. At length, having reached tho limits of
hU endurance, '• darts strike through their livers," Prov. vii.
23, and they are hurled into that hell which has been long
gaping fur them, whence *' tho smoke of their torment ascends
forever and ever." — llev. xiv. 11.

In a city many opijortunitios arc aff)nled the virtuous for
improving their own spiritual condition and advancing schemes
of philantiiropy and Christian benevolence. But, alas ! in
cities, too, the number, tho diversity, the deceitfulness, and
tho potency '^f the inventions and wiles of men and devtis, or
rather of men-devils and women-<levil«, for ensnaring the
U!iwary, and, when fairly ensnared, of ruining their hapless
victims for society, for time and eternity, are quite appalling.
To such an extent is th s tho case that all tho moral ^jrco which
can bo mustered in most largo cities is scarcely suflicient to
keep at bay tho advancing legions of the devil and his emissa-
ries. That cities become centres of virtue and contrec of vice
is accounted for on the principle of sympathy of numherg.

London, o. g., is the greatest city in the world: it is the
world's Capital. It is the Bible Depository of nations. One
Society alone issues nearly /our millions of the Sacred Scrip-
tures annually; and yet within an easy walk of Charing
Cross are miles and miles of lanes and alleys, ou dther side
of London Bridge, where the people are living in atheism and
heathenism, and with moral perceptions so blunted, with the
religious element in their souls so seared and scorched by
liquid fire, that they are almost wholly disqualified few

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ftrcoiving the (lifTerence between right and wrong. Every
noliiti aHpiratioQ xn ormihod, and OTory goncroiu f«Hiling is
btirnt out uf their ^>ubi. AH honor to tlHMe who have lioen
hivtting to the re»cu4.

Having nmdo these preliuiinary remarks, lot us now pfO»
coed to mention some of the ** Hirw and .Sorrows" of Ilulifax.
Lot us then take a fair and pitying look at

Halifax, — "Itb Sins amd SoRnow«.'*

and may the wight affect our oyoH ; our eyes our hearts ; and
our hearts our lip»i and handn.

Iniquity abounds in Flulifux,- — " As ashamed " it does not
" hide itH head." Let Ud counnenco by taking a look at its

sahhatii desecration.

There are two commamlments in the Doealoguo moro jea-
lously guarded, so t« Hpeak, than any of the others, viz : tho
Fourth and the Tenth. He who *' needed not that any
ehould testify of man, for ho knew what was in man,"
was fully aware that peculiar temptations would arise in tho
ordinary course of events, to ioduco men to violate the Fourth
and Tenth commandments. Oovetousnesa — tho procuring
cause of a vast proportion of existing wretchedness and '^rinie
— would be over ready to lay its avaricious hands uj>on the
Tenth, and not upon the Tenth only, but u|)on the Fourth
also : yea, upon tho entire code. Tho effects produced by
grasping, grinding avariciousness, in the thousand forms of
over-reaching, dofraudbg and double dealing, which it as-
sumes, and which frequently lead to open robl>ery, destruc-
tion and death, are clearly visible, and but too palpable.
And with shame and confusion of face Christians are forced
to acknowledge that it is a crying sin, if not the sin of the
Church. "The love of money is tho root of all evil." — 1
Tim. vi. 10.

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A. .ogarclM tho Inw of the H«bbaUi. winy m,i ,H,inUHl «m
h. wannnp. of «oU in fll« Wo«l agnin.t iu i„fr«.,r.o„. I,
fa plactd m tho lx.|y of th« I>«..aloguo. au.i ir, «.l,lltiu„ b
hoiM roun.l hynumorou. .pccuil prec-epf.. -.•' Verily my
My Hahhuth, yo «hall ke.,,: ,«r it i, « «ig„ i^t^,^., n.o anil
iud yn„ throughout your generation, ; that yo may know that
I am tho Lor,l that .lo «anetify you/'-" Yo .hull koon my
NibhathH. an.] rovcroneo my Hontua^ : I am tho Lor.l."--
I.ev. XXVI. ti. •• In oaring thno and harvest thou »hait ro^t."
—tx. MXiv. 21. Now. why all thi.s |.n.ottuti.,n or HhW
pnrt .' lieeausc he h«« .leclar.Hl " I am tiik b.ni,. " Hut tho
I anng v: >lator of /fi, day, had ho ,K)wor, would dethrone
tUe liord of heaven and earth.

Kvon in thiM life, .ipjnal an.l trcmon^ouH have boon God's
vindications of t!io h«.nor a'... sanctity of Ills vmi day Nu-
/nerous aro tho recorded in..tanco8 of individual.^ and eoo.pa
moH having been vi.site.l in hot di.ploa«uro while desecrating
tho Lonl « Day. an.l hurried away unor. pared into an awf.d
eterrnty : but nmny .lo.pi.^ reproof and will not take warning.
Huhfax like other (Jarrison Town.s i.s obliged to contend
with the demoralizing infiuencts of a depraved .oldiery-
nmong these, however, are hr^orablo oxceptionH. Most of
the Military (.on.nmn.lerH who have been frun. time to time
stationed i,i thi. city ha\o given the weight of their infiueneo
towards helping on Subbath profanation, by allowing their sob
dieri to march to and from Church on the Lord's day to tho
Bound of martial music. Much of that musio was not so
martml either, for there is not much of the spirit of Mars in
"Dixie Land," "There's nae luck about tho House." or
'' Old iJan. Tucker," &c. These air, however, plavcd by a
fine band, did not fail to attract crowds of tho lower orders
and in such numbers m to nearly block up the streets and
m.le-walks opposite the Garrison Chapel. Alter submitting
to this outrage on tho sanctity of the Lord's Day, and on the
ftelmgs of many Christians who feared God and revereicod

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thft Sahbftth. an etfirt wm made to baT« it ruppreiMd.
"Ol.l I>iin. Tucker" bepn to jonnd »o flat to ean attuned
to naoml molcKly, ♦hot it hecanio intolorablo. The loren of
the 8abbath, putting their head^ togpther, an th« Hnvirig Is,
apiirofehfcd OonomI Dojlo rory rospcftftilly .und iald: —
•• Genorul Doyle cnn't you oblige m by keeping • OW Dan.'
at ho.ntj OM the Habbath?" '• Oortninly;' gaid the goo«l
Gonorol : und »o •' Old Dan. Tucker " baA not ken f i
Church over ninco.

Wo may .luxf notice the plying of tho P. • Bonis between
the City and Diirdnouth, from mornirg . , ten or olevcn
o'clock at night, excepting during tho timo ot Hivino Sen lee.
Those aro ru.i pro/eancfiiy to oblige a fuw " tho g.; )d folk in
Duitmouth, who pwfer worshipping in tho City ; but we l)e-
lievu tho real object is to mako money and accommodate i\
multitude of Sabbath-dcMpisirg pleasure sookers At any rate
there is a whole ostabli.shmcnt kop» up 805 days in tho ).«"r,
— men in the boats, and men on either side to rceeive n»onoy
and supply tickets. Well, wo cannot soo why tho Trains, for
aimilar roawns, should not run on tho Halbath. Whatevor
feelings of compunction of conscience Christian commers-to-
nnd-f;-» may have first felt when thoy committed themselves
to this species of Halbath profanation, they have boon since
bravely overcome, for so ir. lispcnsnblo aro they now regarded
that even 3Iinisters of tho Gospel pray publicly for tiie wel-
fare of this God-dishonoring convenience.

" Vice is n monster of sucli hidcou.. micu
As to l)u htttcd need but to he scon ;
Hut seen too oft, fuiniliar with hei face,
We first endure, then pity, then cnibruco."

Again, when tho Mail Steamers como in on the Sabbath,
Cunard's wharf is crowded with men, omnibusses and trucks,
and for the tims being there is no more Sabbath than there is
in Paris.

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Winter and summer, too, the milkmen are allowed to hawk
mile through the town, from bouse to house. The quiet and
rest of the Sab' ith is disturbed in a variety of ways, and with
as much impunity as though there was not one word in the
Bible, or one enactment in the Statute Book respecting the
observance of the Lonl's day.>?NBut lest any should feel dis-
posed to doubt or deny that the state of things is so bad, let
us summon some veracious witnesses to bear testimony to our
statements.

The first City Missionary, Gordon, commenced his labors
as such in Halifax, in 1852. In his Report, written in
1854, he thus speaks: "Most of those children," (when
children do such things fancy what they will bo capable of
when they attain the years of majority), " Most of those
children who break the hallowed silence of the Lord's Day
and give way to their hellish oaths and blasphemous talk, to
the great annoyance of Protestant families in different parts
of the City, are of Roman Catholic parentage. In viewing
with horror the infamous conduct of such youths on the Lord's
Day I have asked myself this question, ' Are the Magistrates
and Justices of the Peace justifiers of these disturbances?'
Surely he is not worthy the name of Justice of the Peace
who puts forth no efforts to preserve that peace which every
citizen, in accordance with the law of our land, has a right to
enjoy on the Lord's Day."

That is true ; but bad as these thing are we shall now men-
tion something more startling still :2iThe Fish Market is
kept open on Sabbath mornings % enactment We are in-
formed by a legal authority that the laws respecting the open-
ing of the Fish Market and the running of the Ferry Boats
on Sabbath are not local but general, and the same things
may be done in any part of Nova Scotia. Here then arc
Provincial enactments for Sabbath desecration. Look at that
ye come-day-go-day Nova Scotians ! And you, ye professors
of the Christian name, who with your lips wometimes loudly

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extol the 7.ord of the Sabbath, why do yo tamely submit tc
these outrages? Ye allow the godless to trample His Day
under their feet, and, as if thit was not enough, some of you
assist them in helping on the work of Sabbath de.«ecration.

••I may state," adds the Missionary, "that by my Sab-
bath-day visits I have ascertained that there is a large quan-
tity of property sold in this city on the Lord's Day, aspecially
at the seasons of Spring and Autumn, which it is worthy of
noticing is sold during the hours in which the legal authorities
allow the Fish Market to bo opaned, at 9 o'clock. When I
have pled with the keepoic of groceries and other venders at
wharves for the law of the Sabbath they referred me to this
wicked example as being of legal authority, and contended
for the same privilege. Surely if these things were rightly
brought under the notice of those who are the means of keep-
ing the Fish Market open on the Lord's Day, they would
not be so heathenish as not to refrain from setting such an
example as, ultimately, will bring upon them such an amount
of guilt as any reasonable men should deprecate."

Well, e will only add, that in this year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixtij two ! the Fish Market is
still open on Sabbath ; and so indifferent have the profess-
ing people of God in this City become about the sanctity of
the Lord's Day that we believe one half of them do not know
it. <X Indeed so indifferent in general had the citizens of Hal-
ifax become about the interests of \hQ Sabbath, that no later
than the winter of 1861 a poor fellow of mushroom growth
and duration, as it happened, started up, thrust his unholy
hand into the Ark of the Covenant, dragged out the Book of
the Law, and, having erased the Fourth Commandment,
stumped the whole City, with all its Ministers, Sabbath lovers
and observers, to prove that men were under any obligation
to "remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy." What
was to be done? There was a formidable Anti-Sabbatarian
suddenly sprang up, and with a formidable force to back him.

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His infonr.ation, too, was extensive and his erudition profound,
for ho knew Alpha from Omega, and Lambda fron. I.ithrrow •
and the profundity of his arguments was only surpassed by his
ad captandum eloquence. He hold forth in Temperance
1-lalI, to an enraptured audience, which, in the exuberance
of Its joy. shouted, "Hurrah for the man that gives us one
Commandment less to keep, and adds one more day to the
week . Hurrah ! " A layman, however, made an honest and
Buccessful attempt at keeping sacriligious hands off the sa-
cred mstitution of the Sabbath, but the many were too mnch
for the one, and the few, who having one by one sileutly re-
tired, the many were showed the doors by the man who at-
tended to the gasometer. But this circumstance .erved to
enhance the lustre of the luminary, who needed not any more
light thrown upon his subject than what himself could supply
and the glow-worm is always known by its spark.

It was discovered, however, that " tho' beaten ho could
argue still ;" and subsequently a clergyman condescended to
enter the lists with Goldsmith's Village Schoolmaster. The
precaution though was this time taken of getting the
Mayor to act as Chairman of tho meeting, and of havin- a
1 ohce force on hand. The Hall was crowded. The me°et-
ing was orderly. The issue was not doubtful, for the Anti-
Subbatariuii, the disturber of the equanimity of the commu-
nity, immediately after sunk down into his original obscurity,
whence ho has not since emerged.

Tiie playing of the Military Band in this City on Sabbath,
for so many years, the licensing of Milk-men, the plyino- of
the Ferry Bouts—on which account Dartmouth in particular
suffers, as it is made a Sabbath-day rioting ground— the
desecration of the Lord's D^y when the Mail Steamer arrives,
and that consequent upon the opening of the Fish Market
such as the selling of property. &c.-all these things, and
others unmentioned, afford abundant and painful proofs of the
religious effeminacy of the Lord's professed people in the
City of Halifax. ^

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A few years ago an effort was made by tho Sabbath Alii-
anco-which, with the House of Kefuge, aro now numbered
with the good things that were— to ascertain in so far a.s pos-
sible the amount of Sabbath desecration in and around Ilali-
fax. The following is an account of the results of that inves-
tigation. All, or nearly all tho instances of profanation men-
tioned occurred within tho short space of two or three hours.
The testimony of the present City Missionary, who has been
laboring as such for six years, is, that the Cuy is now in a
worse moral condition than when he commenced his labors.

STATEMENT OP SABUATH DESECP.AT.TON IN AND AROUND HALIFAX.

1. "The greater proportion of the houses licensed for tho
sale of spirituous liquors in Barrack, Albermarle, Grafton,
and Water Streets, sell these liquors on Sabbath. Last Sab^
bath, between 3 and 5 o'clock, p. m., spirituous liquors could
have been purchased in Thirty-six shops.

2. "The Fish Market is open from 6 to 9 o'clock, a. m.
Last Sabbath, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a. m., there were
twenty-six stalls with Fish, nine boats afloat, and four on tho
slip; one hundred and seventy-four persons purchased fish
between 7 and 8 o'clock.

3. " Last Sabbath \ essels were selling Potatoes at head
of Wharf.

4. " At the same hour, between 7 and 8 o'clock, six But-
cher Shops were open, and meat sold.

6. "On Sabbath, the 11th of this month, there were not
less that forty individuals seen angling on the Lakes on the
St. Margaret's Bay Road, thirty of whom had left Halifax
that morning with their fishing-rods. A considerable number
left town, with their rods, in other directions.

6. " Public games are played in many f the streets in
fine weatlier, by crowds of lads and children. Last Sabbath
between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock, p. m , three hundred
and forty were so employed,--this is altogether independent

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of tho hundreds that resort to the Common e-ory Sabbath for
a similar purpose.

7. ♦• Lafifc Sabbath, between 3 and 5 o'clock, two hundred
and fifty young men were seen standing in groups at the
comers of tho street and on the Citadel Hill.

8. "T-vo Public News-rooms were open on Sabbath, and
as numerously frequented as on any other day.

9. " Last Sabbath evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock up-
wards of eighteen hundred persons passed Fresh Water
Bridge— six hundred and nineteen going down and the rest
coming up.

10. "It is computed that not less, on an average, than
six hundred cross to Dartmouth every Sabbath, when the
weather is fine.

11. "It is computed that not less than five thousand, on
an average, are every Sabbath strolling about in the neigh-
borhood of Halifax for pleasure and amu&3ment.

12. "A considerable number of waggons leave Halifax
every Sabbath morning on pleasure excursions.

"My Dear Sir, the above I have every reason to believe
is correct. There are other forms of Sabbath desecration, but
of which I have not yet got any account that can be relied
upon.

" I am faithfully yours,

"Alex. Forrester,
" Sec'i/ IT. iV. S. S. Alliance.

We shall now leave this branch of our subject, and devote
a little special attention to

THE DEVOTEES OF BACCHUS.
In Halifax there abides a brood of Bacchanals, and it Is
large and pestiferou.«. It includes individuals of both sexes.
Who serve their god with constancy and with an idolatrous

y Sabbath for

two hundred
roups at the

ilabbath, and

o'clock up-
^rcsh Water
and the rest

verago, than
h, when the

housand, on
I the neigh-

ave Halifax

1 to believe
icration, but
in be relied

I,
Alliance.

and devote

s, and it is

both sexes,

idolatrous

and brutal delight. The inebriety of this City is woeful ;
and the misery, wretchedness, deg»-adation, and crime which
it breeds baffle the power of language to describe. The
temples of Bacchus and of Venus, in Halifax, are neither few
nor far between, and these are filled with blind and most
degraded worshippers— the extent and enormity of whose
wickedness is more than sufficient to call down showers of
fire and brimstone, such as once descended upon the Cities of
the Plain.

The lukewarm and ^^ositively apathetic may smile at these
statements, as wild and extravagant, and scoffers may laugh
at them outright ; nor if so would such be marvellous, seeing
many are ignorant of thj leal moral and spiritual condition of
their City, and, worse than this, love to be so. But we are
not indulging in the hyperbolical, and do not ask credence
in mere assertions and unsupjjorted statements. Facts and
figures are stubborn things.

Of old this City was noted for its intemperance. "When
Dr. McGregor came to Halifax, about seventy years ago, he
remarked of it that the business of one-half of the people was
to sell rum, and of the other half to drink 'it, and its charac-
ter for inebriety since that period it has more than sustained.
The ratio has been bad, worse, worser, and what worst will
be futurity alone will disclose. What worst will be, how-
ever, if some great reformation does not take place, the pre-
sent does not dimly shadow forth.

According to the Report of the Clerk of License, the num-
ber licensed to sell spirituous liquors is two hundred and
twenty-seven. The Provincial Wesleyan Almanack dis-
tributes them thus: 1. Hotels, having bars, 10; 2. Wholesale
dealers, not including importers, 12 ; 3. Rciail dealers, with
groceries, 119; 4. Confectioneries, 3; 5. Other establish-
ments, 83 : Total 227.

Two HUNDRED and TWENTY-SEVEN bciDgs licensed to do the
work of the Devil ! It would be well for the City were there

" .» foliar fifty per coat mo.,,, „r ru.M. „„.„a.D *no '.oIt.
Alt2l"l*" "', '*'"*""'' ^P<"*' i" >859 there were i„

nto each other, hand«: Whole number of arrets bvl P,!

-"« ;"0 abusive language. 24 ; A^^Z', vL Z^
^ound,„g, ,„d breaking window, 18 ; Lewd elduerSO ='

theT iiTtirxr:! ■""' '"^^■'- "-''''''■ -»

p„i- J , ' '" ™™erous instances, eluded fhn

Police, and thus defeated the ends of Justice

in iT r? ^ '?' "°''™'' "f '»"'• "■" »«"»•»' of families
L.!! f •. ''■ ''^ '"'"'' "^ "^ ""»» to "tout every

«on Of all afforded by the c;:l:L^ornst;K:Th:

linf «,„ 1 -^ intemperance, poison, or wz^rtfer

but merely ^po^towcow, mnk^tton / '

r.BT ijuii^ji-

no say that tbo
Jd by two, to

who are pro-
At any rato

D AND FOUiy.

thero wcro ia
fully twenty

1 to licensed

Is, show how
jalizers, work
ts by tho Po-
Broaking tho
JO; Without
; Using ob-
ce, stabbing,
duct, 30.

)ubtless, was
h eluded the

of families
1 sixty-nine.
>hops is fifty
about every
ne — one to
ng inform a-
t under the
oison," and

•

during the
in old hag,
nth it. It
or murder.

•• In the early part of the month a woman came to her
death by burning, in a house which I visit. Tho following
particulars 1 received from a man living in the house, and
from one of tho Coroner's Jury. The woman was an ha-
bitual drunkard ; she was drunk tho night before her death,
and tho last place she was seen in on the evening she was burn-
ed was a dram shop/ Aljout 10 o'clock tho smell of smoke
induced a young man passing up stairs to push open the door,
when he saw her lying on the floor burning. Help was call-
ed, and the fire extinguished ; she was quite dead. There
was no fire in the fire-place, no fuel, no candle or matches,
nor any trace of fire but around the body. The mouth had
the appearance as if a flame had issued from it; destroying
the lower half of the nose, and burning the upper lip to a
cinder. The tongue was also so much burned that the half
of it fell out while the body was being washed. Tho other
parts of tho face were not disfigured. The young man said
the flames had a peculiar appearance, ' sparkling like burn-
ing fat.' A bottle was found on the mantle-piece with a little
rum in it.

" Her son, a young married man, was sought for, and
found so drunk that he could do nothing; and at the funeral
next day he was so much intoxicated that he could not walk
without being supported by his wife's father, "—jlfr. Mr-
ton's Report, May, 1861.

" A woman said ixj me the other day, with streaming eyes
and uplifted hands. Oh ! that you could get me to a place
where I could not get drink. I have no hope while I am
surrounded by iV—Mr. Morton's Report, Sept. 2, 1857.

" I would refer to that intolerable nuisance of the City,
the handmaid of all wickedness, the pivate dnnking shop.
To my knowledge, many an inexperienced youth, whom fear,
if not shame, deters from the public liquor store, fiuds in pri-
vate shops an opportunity to establish a vice which tends to
hell. Nor are such places only resorted to by young lads,

I '!^

but young girls, too. may bo «oon frcquonUng them.-J/r.
SteeU s Ripori, May 28, 1866.

"Potty grog shop, are multiplying in many parta of tb«
C. j; and nearly e^ory brothel keeper ia » legalised vendor
of liquid pm«,n."-i/r. Morton' » Report, Sept. 2 1857 '
"On Thursday 22nd Oct.. while pursuing my hl^rn In
Ban-ack Street. I wa« shown the body of a woman found
dead that morning. When di«ooverod she had nothing on her
but her under garment and the waist of a dress. The cause
ot her death was intemperance and debauchery. The licensed
houses, where drugged liquors are sold, and which are kept
by the worst men in the community, aro certainly in the way
to hell gomg down to the chambers of eternal death. Hero
the lK)d.e8 and souls of men are destroyed ; but how few lay
It to heart I '^-^Report, Nov, 4, 185 7.

One thing noticeable in the two preceding extracts is this ;
-that the furnaces in which men's bodies and souls aro de'
«troyed are heated by two fires, viz.. by liquid fire and tho
fare 01 lust Victims cast into them have but little chance of
escapmg o^ive. Nearly all. sooner or later, are consumed
ahve. Who care? Not many. Tho Mayor has publicly
declared that he cannot even .^ how the progress of destruc-
tion and rum IS to be arrested; and it is a very natural in-
ference that ,f his vision be not improved he will never see
that It will be worth while grappling ^rith the fell desti.>yers
-mebnety and prostitution. These vices, which walk hand
in hand, have now assumed proportions so huge that ho can
but look on aghast.

The Mayor, in his recent apology f„r himself and the Citv
Authonfes .n reference to this joint, gave duo prominence
^ the g onous old principle " that •' ever^ man's house is
1..S castle, and, therefore, it cannot be broken in upon by
any man, unk,,for a commimon agmmt im law n He
argued thus:-.. We give men a license" to poison m>n.
but the man who accepts a license has attached to it, as a

M»««*V«ipiS»«««te,

them. — Afr,

parte of the
iliascd vendor

2, 1857. '
>y labors in
^ornan found
thing on hor
The cause
riio licensed
ioh are kept

in tho way
ath. Here
ow few lay

tcta is this ;
ills aro de<
e and the
i chance of
consumed
ts publicly
3f dostruc-
latural in-
never see
destroyers
nralk band
lat ho can

I the City
'eminence

house is

upon by
vll He
son m ^n,
> it, as a

condition, the right on the part of ihe Police to enter his
promises at any time, and sc-e what i. going on."-a glorious
ruivdego. c«rt«ml>--and it in for the .sako of having tbi*
'•'".trol that licenses are granted." S„, thon. a n.un who
h.wi no;,m«// to kill other men. may kill an.l d«stn)y on an
largo a scalo, if he choo.es. as the legalized a.«aHHin. and yet
goscotfroeV But surely not ! iTes; every man's houne is
.IS castle And can it bo possible that men without iir.ns.
from the City authorities ...ay d.-.troy oharaeter, sup the foun-
dations of society, breed poverty, wretchedness, and cri.ne
M.e most appalling, ruin the bodies and souls of men for time
and eternity, with in.puuity V 'Tin oven so. On what prin-
.••iple ot e,iu,ty or justice V Just on diis principle, that eye.y
mun s house .H his cu.tl. ; and don't ask any more question;.
IhuH. md.reetly by ...nnivanco and directly by por.ulssion.
the C,v.c authorities help on the tiundish w.uk of demorali.a.
t.nn and death ; and, having done s:>, us if through some mes-
rnenc influence, they then stand paralized. having only power
to exclaim '• Alas.' it's horrible! it's heart-rending and fear-
till beyond description ; but. alas! we cannot help it "

"Everybody." says Mr. Sedgewick. in his Lecture on
A>nu.em.nfsfor Vouth, " Every body knows the meaning of
the pnra.e, drunk and disorderly; and when this phru.o finds
it.i m.arnng in the opinion of the Watchman, it implies a
n.ght s lodging in the Police cell, and a morning's appearance
at the Police bar. But these h.mses bear the stamp of Po-
..•e authority and are licensed U) sell the very thing that
.:uls to the Police disturbance and the Police punishment.
>\ hat incongruity in legislation ! What a libel on the exer-
cise of authority ! What a burlesque on punishment ! T
.cense to sell, and then punish the poor wight who bought !
1.0 hcense to sell, and yet lecture the raw. inexperienml.
reckless lad, standing with shamed face and dishonored name
in his huiaibating plight, against ever being found in such a
place agam--tlie place which is kept opou una sells its drink

msm-

by hii tuthority.and sancfion. WouM if not mmb that Iho
*\Umm Im grariloii to ininistttr to the criiiio lest tho mQ^iHl«ri«l
bench MhouM want oniphtymont ? "

We tl.ink it UjconroM uli who Hoek the welfare of thix
oommunity to Iwseoch Ahi.i^ri,,^ (Jod to raiiie mj> w.me— may
bo iKK>r— •• wine man who by his wis^loni may (Jclivwr the
City : " ii)r horo {« a •' littin City, und J}>uf men within it,'*
and thoro haH anm "a groat kin^r u^rai„.st it, und lH',si..gcd
it, and built groat oulwarkn against if," and its diicf Magih-
truto eunnot »avo it, nor bco how it in to bo waved.

Tho Ilev. Mr. MctJrogor, in his l.t'cturo, wlum »|)«uking
of tlio soldierrt who arrived from Knglund in tho curlier jmrt
ofthowintor, inquired, " How did you f.jcl when you saw
thetu prado your strectH '{ How did you feel again when
you saw the sarno mon drunk, mad, verging on Jelirimn ire-
memi How would you have felt had you hoard the Admi-
ral say, as somo of us did, • It is bad enough that my men on
landing should bo deluged with rum, but it is too bad that
they fJiould bo driuj<jed with poisoL und driven to madnetf
and desertion / ' How woidd you have felt when a Com-
muTidirig Offificr in one of Her Majesty's Shiiis inquired, ' Caa
you direet these men (those who bad taken tho pledge) to
any Sailor's Homo or hxigiog house, where they will not have
to oontend with the strong-drink temptation? ' "

Mr. MeG. then adds: "By the men themselve« some of
us have been interrogated; and with mit.gled feelings of
shame and sorrow we were compelled to say ' We know of
none! ' Shall it continue to bo soV Shall this deep disgrace
continue to attach to our city ? Oui sailors are gone? but
the soldiers are come ; and Oh ! what a weleomo did they
receive in that cold week—our week of Prayer—in January.
St. John met them with warm and refreshing beverages.
Montreal is now busy preparing a TaKperancc, a Meliylous
Home for the bravo men who have rushed to the rescue in
the hour of peril. Alas ! tell it not in Gath, publish it not

m that (he
iiiu^isierml

ire (>f thifl
mmo — may
<l«'livtM' the
vllhin it,'*
(I JM'.sit'ged
I iff Mugiif

I HiH'uking
urlier jmrt
n you 8UW
i?;iiti when
'I'rinm tre-
\\Q Adtni-
ny iiion on
' bad that
9 madnesf
I a (Jom-
irod, ' Can
•ledgo) to
1 not have

» somo of
ieliugfl of

hiuw of
p disg'-aee
gone, but

did they
Januar3\
)everage8.
Jieliffious
rescue in
hh it not

in tho ftrooti! of Aacalon, le.t the daaghtern of tho uncireum-
olied Hh(,uhi rejoioe ; IUlif«x mer thorn with it« u^ual Jiety
draught, and d>ad mkn were found on cur ntroot« n«xt
morning ! What sad news to go honw u^ mothem and ii(».
t«rs in Ktigland ? "

Yo«. those caterers for holl. those lognli/ed assassins, who
arc doing this work of dostruction and death, nre tho very
Ut'ingH umnnd whom tho civic authorities have thrown the
shield of their protection. So familiar have tho citizens gon.
emdy become with this horrid work, that it is roganJe<l as a
matter of courno. Occasionally we m«)t with a notice in tho
Fpcrs like this-.- That I'rivato Jc.hn Dodd came to his
doath on th« night of the lUth iunt.. by ^/.««. poi«on.
1 «« Jury cannot say from whom ho got tho rum whi 4. eau^-
od flis death. Tho Jury further say that some steps should
bo Uiken by tho Civic and Military authorities, to prevent the
sale of 8uoh poison, and thus «ave tho lives of many soldiem
m this garri.son."

Wo would suggest tho formation of a Vigilance Com^
mittee. There may bo .some use in appealing to tho Military
but we SCO not that anything will bo accomplished by apply!
ing to tho Oiinc authorities ^ for thoy nro evidently in a Htate
of pitiable decrepitude, with scarcely sufficient ability to keep
1 oily Maloney and Billy Bluenose in their places. The fol-
lowing extract, from a leader in tlio Morning Chronicle, of
March 13th, shows this pretty clearly ;

" Of ;^11 tho subjects discussed in public, or in private, in
the Legislature or out of it. there is no one, for its importance,
to be compared with that which treats of the management of
he pu!d,c affairs of this same City of Halifax, fhe most
» .5^' .u u""' f'^'.^^'"^— t'«e moHt apathetic cf the dwellers
wat',, . ^T^?''^' ^^ ^^' ^''y ^^rporate-wili presently
Ti I r^r^" discovery of this alarming truth. * * «
I hat Halifax is rapidly drifting into a dtate of public embar-
rassmont--if not downright bankruptcy— is so plain, that only
Ihose who are wilfully blind are insensible to tho fact

fivwy •MMtdlng ymr Wiip with it new mm) inereajung n«

bilita*. Mtynr trid Ald«mM}ii mout Jay lAer Jiy. nml we«k

•Iter woek, ami rtinoiMtion fnlluwa diaeuaaton, dolMiio. dw-

bate, and th.> wif! t)r it all jm that UolU Malony ir com-

imttud fi»r tJMrtj ihyn tn l>rid«w«!ll. or m\j IMuenoat i»

tomul drunk, ri'|Hiinat».|.».r nn*' rnn.mmn!ri.li»d m roturn bat4

to thi) country; ttiid Hularii;?. ttid taioa wiHiiiualiy iiujiuaaa."

•••♦•••♦»

•• The puhlio taxoM of thin <'ity are n<tw alM> t ?tl.UUfor

every man, woman und child, within itK liniitit, and aw in-

crta»iin;4 at a rate out of uH |»rt>|K)rtion t^ it^ ii»«'reo?,o in woaltb

er in i»o|)ul«timi."

Hn tthundant i.i lfr|ui«! fnnmn ^M.ld in tho vorimm forms of
»tronf/ drittk in Halifax, that the City \h nothing l«Mt than a
grout big Hun» .Hhop. Hum on tlw right hand and rum on
the left ; rum Iwforc you, riwn behind you, nnd rn,,, u|| round
you! I un in tho Chiin?h and nun trndrr tk' Church!
Only think of a Church in thin City l)eirvg literally hnndeii
on a Rutnstoref It iH a light uiUHt revolting to any rightly
o«)n.Htitui >i nand.

"A spirit ulMni; and a xpirh Ih'Iow,
A spirit of hli^s ami u npirit of wm; ;
Tho Hpirit alMm- U a spiHt Divino,
Tho spirit IkjIow id th« spirit «>«' wiue."

Tlii.s verso was found lolwlled on tho Churrl' referred to
one morning, having been put oti during tluj night,— the time
wlien ghosts go abroad,— put on no doubt by the putron hinir
aolf, St. Andrew no less. V'jaj think yon of tl<ai ye unca-
nonized Churehes, dest'lut© o( j osiding genii, so important
as Koniiflh saints V '^id a saint of any kind ever give you
auch a sensible muiHfostation of his approbutiorv or diaappro-
bation ?

When flueb ia tlu) ease externally, what will tiro iatemal
arrangemont be? Well, all the Churches in Halifax, we
have good reason to believe, are not void of wine^ipping
Ministers; and cartainly some, if not all of them, have ruuv

PMUung n^'
, ami we«k
uhate, do-
ly v ooni-
^unnoM i»
ptttrn iMok
inorMM."

•

$4.00 fur

id tt^• ill-
} in wealth

I htmn of

m than a

id rum on

ull round-

(Jhuroh !

fmtndet{

iiy rightly

fvrrod to
-the time
ti'on hinir
/o unca-
uiportant
give you
diiiiuppro*

iatenial
ifax, we
&^ipping
ftve ruui'

inAltig BItra. in#mben mA tdWonta. Th« dealf^rv m
31<|ttM fir«. in font UNigvvgtliom, rank among iho quality
iind «f ooura© tko liu[« |«opIr would not U, ao unnia.uu.fly
* not to dof thoir hatN for t»iD big h\k.

In tbwt daya t4 mp^iitncff, when potct in at a premium,

and purity at a diaoount, and uumban MtepooMble, h is hA

luaat ooaaidered prudent to make a N-hild'a bargain" with

thow who make morchandiiw of the bodios aii.l Houli of mta,

w.micu an.l cbildreo. It would *« v«ry iiiip«liti«. i . ..urgii

uriHean ^piritM out cf tho temples. " Wu know (bu. Jbix

a.<!do and in a whiciwr), wo know that thoro aro nu»n in tlie

<'hurph living u|K)u tho luoral dith and wx-ial degradation of

tho City, but thoir moii..y u none tho worm) for that, and

nionoy w m«.«.t have, no raattcr hmr^ it be raiiwd. Wo have

l'"»rned (HaM boldly) to ovorwmo .wit Hf|uoairii^hf,d8s oxhibit-

od undor a darkor d««ponfati«.u, ^hioh Joad thoeo who livjd

imlor it to entertain «iii..l.„.s of con.sfiotH'o about puttmg the

* price of blood ' into tho trtamiry of tho Lord."

" Milk for babfs, atid moat lir nion." " How do you do,
Brother JuilabV" -Niioly, thank you kindly. Brother
Mugud. "

••To add to our <5vil8 there \n apathy within tho Church
at the ory of our poriwhing IJrotliron. The cry ih ntill
'Toaco! No agitation ! ' while tho world is Bwimming into

oontair

iigion.

perdition, and the Church spotted all over with th-
in to.n|H«-aaoo haf robbed and munlorod, ruined faniilioH,''and
destroyed houIs, atid tho (Mmich has been slow to see it', and
wash its sku-tH."— i(f«v. P. G. MrQregor.

Murderous poison-venders in the Church, and sittir^ at
tho Urd's table, with their hands full of blood!! "Put
them out; put them out; out with them I " cry a huiidred
individuals; yet, out of that same hundred yon cannot got
Jive willing and ready to lay hands upon them and put Omm
out.

T-\ '

ms:d I

But vfe cannot now pursue further this branch of our sul^
ject— tlioiig^ upon its consideration we have but barely enter-
ed. We shuU need some space for a brief discussion of the
third part of the general subject. We would not dischar.re
what wo consider a duty— a duty because there are so many
" dumb dogs " who will not sound the alarm, and the few
who do, do not bark long enough nor hud enou<^h— in writ-
ing this pamphlet, did we shrink from undertakhjg the very
disagreeable work of laying bare, to some extent,

"THE SOCIAL EVIL,"
as it is politely termed. We have consideied the sin of Sab-
bath desecration, one woe of the City, and drunkenness,
which may be called the second woe-curse, and have come to
Prostitution, public and private, which is the most vile and

abommableofall,audmaybe styled the third woe-curse of
Halifax.

The libations poured out upon tl)o altar of Bacchus in this
City arc liquid fires. Vulcan— the brother of this deity— is
the god of fire, according to the Greek mythology, and the
husband 0^ Venus. Vulcan and Venus (are they not well
mtchedV) are tlic two great gods which are worshipped in
lialifax, and at an enormous expense. But how shall we
approach and handle this subject? Wo must make disclo-
sures titted to crimson many a cheek,— cheeks of those, we
mean, not guilty by actual transgression, for the worshippers
of the abominable goddess are as insensible to shame, as they
are "dead in trespasses and sin," but we are forced to blush
on account of our common humanity. The grilty, we see
have their condemnation branded in their foreheads. Who
looks may read. The drunkard, and the prostitute, and the
debauchee, have the Cain-mark branded deeply into their
brazen brows. ^Vho will arise and, under the Lord, stay the
ravages of body an^ -i-'-Vstroving evils? Who, with suffi-
cient moral courci. and step in "between the

of our sul^
arely enter-
sion of the
t discliarge
so many
id tbo ftjw
1 — in wiit-
ig tlio very

■lin of Sab-
unkenncHS,
^e come to
3t vile and
L>e-curse of

bus in tliis
i deity — is
', and the
r not well
shipped in
shall wa
ko diselo-
those, we
orshipperg
e, as they
I to blush
, we see.
Is. Who
, and the
iiito their
, stay the
vith suffi-
ween the

2ft

dead and the living?" ''Wrath Is gone out from the
].ord." Who, Phineai. like, will arise, take javelins in their
hands, pursue the Ziniris who go after the Co/bis in this
Corinthian City, in the twilight, in the evening, in the black
and dark night, "and thrust them through," that "the
plag.H. may be stayed v"—^^u,„. xxv. 8. "She hath cast
down many wounded ; yea, many strong men have been slain
by her. Her hcuse is the way to lieli going down to the
chambers of death." — Prov. vii.

The number of Brothels and of prostitutes, is not known,
because of the difficulty of ascertaining it precisely. The
number of both, however, is on the increase. Some six or
seven years ago the houses of ill-fame were principally con-
fined to the •' Hill; " but uow they are spread over the City.
Old and young, black and white, mothers, sisters and
daughters, are engaged in the horrid commerce. To such an
extent is this the case, that parents, in some instances, violate
the Divine injunciion contained in Leviticus xix. 29.

'• The number of prostitutes is increasing in our City, and
from the youngci— thirteen or fourteen yoars—to the eldest,
they daily use strong drink, to drown alike the voice of con-
science and their sorrows."— J//-. Morton's Jieport Feb >
1850.

Some years ago, one much interested in the fallen women
wrote thus: " For .icveral montiis I have been much grieved
and conc(!ruod about scores of females who are dying a dread-
ful death in a part of the city known as " The Hill." i
have visited the haunts of vice there, two or three times, and
from the mouths of several of them have heard their tales of
woe. Several of them had lost their parents when younf^.
and others their charavjters."

With melancholy sweetness a poor maniac once sang these
lines ;

" Wlion iovc'ly woi.wui utoons to fullr
All 1 thuh tfx) lute tlmi men lictiuv ;
Wlint charm can sfxdhc lur mohincholy,
Whttt art can wash her nim uv,ny l

" The only art her ^\\\\x to cover-
To hiile her Mharnc from every cvo :
To {iive reiK'ntam-e to lier lover,
And wrinj;- his lx)fioni— is tt) die."

"Some, with tt>ar.s, could tl.lnk ..f nothing but the wiatli
of (Jod whilo others were haulenod in sin."

Aeeording to the Police Ketuins n.mie some two or three
years ago the number of coni..ion j.rostilutes was five hmi~
dreil Aeeording tj an ostinuite made by a Cl.igyman at
a later date there were six hundred. Afterwards another
Clergyman of the City stated, in a iniblie meeting, that there
were as many as five hundred, but many th.' ught the state-
ment extravagant. Subse((uently one or two gentlemen of
un.|uest,onablo authority, who had umtsual faeilities for ascer
tanimg as nearly as was practicable the actual number, gave
as their opinion, that there were no less than double that
nuiMber ^ Then we may put the nun.ber of the fallen women
oi this City at one thousand.

AVe have been credibly informed— and we have been veiy
purtieular as to the source whence we receded inf^ji-mation—
and we n.ontion this circumstance to show that the profligate
ot the City make no secret of their demoralising connuerc^—
we were credibly informed that about eighteen months ago a
Pnnp Establishment removed from the .outh to another pait
('f the City ; and that on their removal the abandoned filled
two coaches, which started for tin new resilience with color,
fiymg !

In addition to the puhUc, it \, undeniable, though not gen-
erally known, that there are many private Brothels. Of
course the purse-proud and the would-bo-thought-to-be-some-
body, would not care to meet on connnon ground Jack Tar
and Red Coat.

am^i

■■mf>

mkmmmitm

mhIMW

t the wiath

wo or tl)i(>t!
as ^ve hnn-
loigynian at
[irtls another
5, that thero
It the stute-
entltmcn of
es for ascer-
111 her, gave,
double ihat
illen women

e heen vei j
fbniiation —
e proflio-ate
oniiiierec —
litlis ago a
ijother pait
ioned tilled
with eolort*

l\\ not gen-

•tiiels. Of

to-be-sonie-

Jack Tar

But we have not the slightest desire to magnify the HJns of
Halifax ; and notwithHtanding all we state we no more than
begin to diNcloso the wickednes.s and erinie, and extent of the
social evil of this City. We could scarcly dare to do it, were
we able, to its full extent. Yet, how many believe these
things are so V

While on this point, we just wish to add— though wo are

aware that all such disclaimers generally go for very little

that this pamphlet is not written to subserve any selfibh end,
or gratify any personal feeling, which we think all would feel
constraine-l to acknowledge, if they knew the source whence
it has issued. We do not even expect that a sufficient num-
ber of copies will sell to pay the expense of publication ; but
if the objects for which it has been written, viz : to induce the
moral and religion portion of the community to do something
more than has been yet attempted to pref>erve the sanctity of
the Lord's day, to suppress public lirothels, to drain off,
at least, the floods of Alcoholic poiison, and to set in opera-
tion benevolent institutions for the redemption of the perish-
ing—if it accomplishes all, or any, of these objects in any
degree, we .shall never regret having written it, and shall
gladly bear the expense of its publication.

As regards the private character of mo.'-t of the young men
of this City we believe it will not bear a microscopic investi-
gation. The nutnher of unnuirried young men between the
ages of fifteen and thirteen years — and we may begin with
fifteen, becaus.^ many a boy is a fast young man ere he
attains even that age — is two thousand three hundred and
seventeen. One half, or at least one thousand, of these we
nuiy assume belong to the evangelical denominations of the
City ; but liow many of these belong to the Young (Old)
Men's Christian Association? tSaid the Rev. Mr. McGreo-or.
in his Lecture, " Excellent laymen connected with tliis Asso-
ciation assure me that we Mitiisters know but little of the
processes of demoralization to which our young men are ex-

KidMlb

posing fcm,clve« h, largo a„,l inorcnsing „„„,b.r,. N„t ,„«

hun, rod. not halt ,l,at number, r,«rt to y„ur excellont r,K,„,,,
Not t^ontj, not ,„„, „i|, ,,, ,„,.„,, ^^ ^^,^||^__^ ^.^

Me» ,ng on Saturday nigl.t; but tl,o Jicstaura./,, if „„t full,
arc liberully patronized."

The testimony of those wl.o know best is. that in Ilulifux
VICIOUS young „.en fonn the ^ule, the virtuou. the e^cepO'on
Ami we do pUy any virtuous young wouian who. in double
l^a.ness, .s obhged to trot the journey of life be.ido a ci.ar-
Hmokmgrake. Rakes! Look out for them. They ave^u-
merous, v.llams at heart, and deceitful as the wind

denr """"'Vl" 'f ' ^'"^""^'^ ^ ""^ --y to do so, that it
deprives and brutah.e.s the ideas and sentiment, of youn<.
men regardmg the place and the functions of woman 'm
society, and unfits and disinclines them for the duties, re-
s ra n „ obligations and holy delights of the married state.
Uh . ust .s not love, as your vile sensualist would teaoh u..
and ,t would be a moral miracle indeed to find your system-
a .0 seducer, o your weekly frequenter of the brothel and the
^stew, the com, don of the bawd and the slave of the whore
a devoted husb.nd. a wise and kind father, content and satis^
fted with the pleasures of home."— 7^^^. Ji. Sedgeickk

" That drunkeness and prostitution are on the increase is
imdemable; and I fear there are few who sigh and cry before
W, on account of the abominations done in our midst."-
Mr. Morton's lieport, Oct. 2, ]861.

They are on the increase because money-makin-.
" Many of these depraved haunts are kept b/ white mar-
ried people a« their source of livlihood, and from which source
some of them have saved considerable sums of money."-
Mr. Steele s Beport, Bee. .31, '55.

The more deeply the matt' " probed the blacker it be-
comes. Mark the following:- ■ These poor immortal souls
are daily becoming more reckless of the past and careless of
tbe tuwre. * * And how can this but be when men, calling

.MWlMilllll

■tMHi

ra. Not ono
I'ilont rooms.
Ileiil Prayer
', if not full,

t in Ilulifux
B exception
3, in (Joul)lo
ido a cin;ar-
liuy are nu-
J.

so, that it
s of young

woman in

duties, re-

trioil ycate.

1 teaoh us,
>ur system-
hol and the

t?ie whore,
t and satis-

'UHcl\

increase is
cry before
midst." —

pv'hite mar-
lich source
loney." —

jker it be-
irtal souls
areless of
n, calling

thomsolvcs Christians — to impeach which cognomen would h%
u grave offence — when men, professing Chnstiany • • •
arc on the ono hand spending their money to 8u.stain and on-
courag niiserable outcasts ; and on the otb.er hand re-

ceiving tiw '•eats of tboir Iwuses out of the wages of in-
iquity . "—.^/r. Steele's Report, July 2, '56.

There it is. Just take a good look at it. Men occupy-
ing respectable (?) positions receiving rent out of the wages
of iniquity! To what will men not stoop for filthy lucre?
Only think of an Aldennan, and an JiUder having a bouse
laiitad an a Brothei / What are we coming to 'i Only think
of a moral scavenger of that kind handing round at the
Lord's table, the symbols of the broken body and shed blood
of Jesus Christ !

We do not wish to be invidious, but we take Presbyterians
as examples, because they pique themselves upon the efl&ci-
ency of their Church Crovernment and Discipline. Let us,
then, take another /iJfder as a specimen. An Elder, then,
will go to the Union Piayer-Meeting, preside or offer a
prayer in common with others, proceed from the meeting to a
wharf where ho finds some casks of what has been aptly
called " distilled damnation," inserts his spirit-detector into
them, takes it out, tastes, and addressing the by-standers,
says, " Just taste this, gentlemen, and see how good it is;
just take a little and you will bid all the better." And let
it be borne in mind that these are not poetic descriptions, or
creations of the imagination, but representations of living
verities. So now with David we can only say — "It is time
for thee to work, Lord, for they have made void thy law."
But Matthew Henry informs us that *!ie passage, without
doing violence to the original, may be read thus, — " It is
time to work for thee. Lord, for they have made void thy
law." God will work, just as he is now working in the neigh-
bouring Republic, when this City's cup of iniquity is full.
Even the form of godliness — not to make any mention of

•''"'iWW I' ■' "-^•*««»'

■)

<leeeney—i8 beginnin/ij to ilopart from our mi^Kt. Oh, who
would stand in these men's .shoos when the Loni shall be re-
vealed from heaven in flaming tii-o v

Save tao fallen, do we pray? "Speak unto the people
that they go forward." Imagine .^eh a prayer u.s thin boin-
offered to God :—

"Lord raise the fallen, and ruvo the degraded Do so
jve beseech thee, only relieve u.s fr .m the unpleasantne.ss of
H) Img our hngerH m lifting th(Mn up out of L deep, deep
diteh mto which they are fallen. '^

in nn}'/l "'' m^ 'J'''''^'^''''' ^ P^'^ach two .sermons a week
to our flocks Ihat we may do our work more effectually we
exemse much cautio.K^ JVe <lou't n.ake rude asnaults Gpon
men 8 eons<nences. ^VelK.gmour discourse, .some dist mce
ott, and then by a circular n,.nement preach ourselves near
them. Thus by working all roun.l them, when we don't
begm a too great a distance, we succeed in touchin«r tho^e
part^ which jut out more prominently. It would never .lo to
go right at them, cutting right and left with the sword of the
spirit for many of thy profe.s.sed people have become very
crotchety m these latter days, and this being the ca.se we fir?
It eurpedient to curry them down. If we .lid not do so thev

tea dead bck' ^^^' "^""^ ^'"" '^''''''^ "^''''' ''''"'^ "^'^ '^'"«
''We visit the families of our flocks. liut wo have to
confess thai when we get coujfortably seated down in fheir
drawmg-rooms we too often forget tho.so who live in cells
prisons, cellars and garrets, i„ the high-w-ys. by-way,s and
hedges. But we don t altogether fWgelthei, for we Lpl v
a servant of tlnne to carry the Uo.spel to the poor, the halt
he manned and the -\M. Times hive greatly chaiged s ei:.
the Master was on earth, We have fallen, noon fashionable!
tho fastidious days, and know not how eU we could save
ourselves and thy cause from reproach, and at the same time
preserve our own dignity.

" And as 'the laborer is wortliy of his hire,' we nav thv
servant i:iOO annually for his valuable services C th^
sum we are indebted to the generosity of the people. Their
liberality, too, is considerable ; inasmuch as about £90 of the
amount IS g.ven by some 120 or 180 donors, and the balance

•rS •■"■^SpSr^ iSJjiSEri ' iy

I'Hiipml

i^tmrnii

■Hi

It. Oh, who
I Hhall be ro-

to the people
as thin boins

ed Do 80,
oasantness of
i deep, deep

ions a week
fleet uully we
ssuultH upon
me dist irice
rselves near
n we don't
iching thowe
never do to
word of the
ecome very
3ase we find
do so they
i soon come

vo have to
VII in their
.'0 ill cells,
y-way,s and
we en) ploy
c, the halt,
mgoil 8inc»>
ushionable,
could save
same time

^e pay thy
For this
le. Their
£90 of the
he balance

'20

ruined hj collections taken in various clmrches. Somotimtp
the buni total amounts to .£12!) or more.

*' A fe*? years ago our sympathies wore much drawn out
towarls th'^ fallen wonien of our city. The result was that
wo prepared for thorn an asylum, by which, under thy bless-
ing, several were Ixjnefitted, some reclaimed, and restored to
their huslmnds ami sociiity, and, best of all, some were led!
to the Saviour,-— and all within three years. After this, and
%ith shame and confusion of face we confess it, our love for the
pari.-^hing declined apace, and the Refuge failed and became
A'jrt f!!>t tlie third or fourth year after it had l>een established.

*• lint the !nultitu<le of the perishing around remind us that
w«» are required to be abuudant in works of faith and labors
of love, so having recruited, after a rest of four or five years,
we are now thinking of erecting a 'Sailor's Home.' We
fear, however, if we do establish an institution of this kind
that we shall but amuse ourselves with it for two or three
years, and then drop it, like the HoikJC of Kofuge, for
something nwre i>ovel."

NVo soraetimc's fear we n>ay unadvisedly ofJend some of the
children of God by our remarks. Believe us, it would be a
strong inducenwnt that vrould lead us to say one disrespect-
ful word against tlie servants of the Most High. It is not
liecuufc we love you tlui less we thus speak, but because wc
Of>inmiserate the perishing the more. We shall now take the
liberty of asking you one or two questions, and then leave
you to your own reflections :- Have you done all you ought,
all you can, and all you Intend to do for the amelioration of
the moral condition of the thousands who are miserably per*
ishing around you 'i

How great Is the drowsiness and spiritual deadness of the
professing people of God In this city I Is it obvious and pal-
pable '{ Let Prayer Meetings— the denominatioDal and the
Union — 'answer.

But Oh, would it not move a heart of adamant to hear
wretched captives, slaves in bondage, delivered over to the
brutal passions of brutal, inhumua monsters, in the form of

tt^mmmff^fmm

-■ -r*-^,-v'*t*«fe.v'>^fe®^»HF 'M-^0>m

tMmmlmmim

wen — to Kear down-tro<1rK>n women, degradetl as worcRn
iiovcr woro in licathcn lundu, to hoar thorn sighing for doli-
vonince — for a delivoranco withhtdd hy tho uhriMiian ijhilan-
thropihUi of Halifax V

Undor date Nov. 8, 1H58, Mr. Morton writes: "A few
Rppnar thankful for tho attention [taitl them, and confess that
they Hometimca fool bitterly their sad degradation, and have a
desire to reform. Hut when they enquire, ' What shall we
do? We cannot reform hero, and nolM)dy will take u.s in.*
T confess I hardly know what to tay." No W(Hider, Mr.
Morton ; a few sympathize with you. The women reason
well. There is no earthly chanco for thorn so long as they
remain where they aro ; and where they aro they must rcmaim
until an asylum be provided for them.

It is indeed trying to bo non-jdussed in that way ; but
though the City Missionary may not know how to answer
such interrogatories, rest assured God knows how to dispose
of thjso who see others " drawn unto death and forbear to
deliver them," Only think of the Institution for fallen wo-
men which was in operation in this City for some years, anil,
which accomplished much good, languishing and dying — not
for want of inmates, but lacking a few jfounds to keep it up !
What a reproach 1 " Ivot the sighing oF the prisoner come
before thee ; accoiding to the greatness of thy power preserve
thou those that are appointed to die ; and render unto our
neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach where-
with they have reproached thee, Lord."— Psalm Ixxix.
11, 12.

" A few days ago," writes Mr. M., Feb. 2, "SO, " I met a
poor creature in the street, with a shawl over her head. She
stopped me and said — ' Mr. M. I suppose you don't know

me.' I answered, ' No.' 'lam Harriet

that you
Mr. Mgr-

so often talked to in the House of Refuge,' &c."

ton adds, " She was very much altered, and complained bit

tcrly of h:»
%iM closed

II(tw tr;

Bionary I

jMHjr haith

rontal am

the aympj

on your

sluggish I

•' [n (

express t

ation."—

"Tho

sure, fc:

About a

by bad c

was lik<

friend.-* 1

vored to

freijuen

eftorts c

awoke I

up her

avoid ti

with a

manifei

"111
woman
and do
pearan
is a ns
persot
ters.
her."-

"SfcBiWfjW*"

terly of h.ving boon turnc.l abroad wbeu the Houio of Undif^
thai) uloscd.

H„w tryi..g to tl.o fuilh ami gcnort-a» feeling, of tho Mi«.
.i„ «r,l What couM h. .ay, hut, " May G«.l «..»« >"«.
Zr l™.l.»H Kirl. Will. »igl« a,ul tear. I bowa.l you: [«•

the sv,„p.>lhie» of the lord's profe^oa pooplo "> H"" «^»y
1 ;" b,.half, but .la»! in vain : Ood alone can move .he.r

'"nf—ing with the in„.ate, of those Wn.., »on.c
expros, tl,cn,»elvoa a« being unhappy and de».rou« ot refor.n-
atio... "—*■?»'•', reb. 4, 1»57.

.. The refornmtion of a young «oman gives mo "u.. ploa-
.urc Sl,e i. abou' nineteen. g.K.d looking and .nte l.gent.
Z«t a year ago «be wa. dn.wn ».ide fro,n the patl. o v,r

% ^"'' ^ »7- «^ t'Tt iTri s 1 »:

was likolv to bo ruined. fcUo w an urin. u ,
ril ll but the «on.an with «bon. .h. hved 1 enuea
Id to »ave nor by advieo, and by calling at the b„u.» -
frcmentc and warning them agau.»t ha.born.g her. All n,y
Iffir appeared to bo in vah>, till last autun.u, «b.n .he
1^2 'nse of her awful situation She at onee gave

-r'".v^:rr::rl::r:err;i;:

Ilifei .eriousncs of mind."-ie.;<or,. June I. 18.9.

.. In one of my visits to a house in Barrack Street, a young
worn n oppressed herself as heartily weary of her present bfe,
rldos -ns of returning to the paths of virtue ; from her ap-
™tan she had not been long in her present course. She
^a na tv cf the eas.-'n part of the I'rovinco, and nan.ed
rl a elatives whom I know to be respectable charac
ir I was 'orry I could do nothing for her but counsel
her."— A'epo^^ ^P^^^ ^' ^^^^'

N(»w, if the men of the City cannot bo moved to noMu
(U'ctU, in IIi'Sivon'H nnnio let us npfwul to thu women. Wo-
nmn ! — lluvy "you hhut up your liowtU of c't)ni|«i?»Mion "
ugaiuMt tlic «hiwn-tn«l(len of your nvx V It onnnot ho ho.
It is not Bu. IJiit you luive not mi about realizing tlio extent
of »he misery und <h>j<nitluti<in of thu fallen. Were a tithe of
the scenctt of win, Hurtcrin;;, iin*i .sorr(»w daily oceurring in thi!<
City to pasH betbro you in panoramic vision, your boHomti
Would heave with nigh?*, yuur souls nwell with sudnesH, and
thu scenes sour y^'ir hwcetest cupH.

Much i.i to be done : who are to do it? and when is it to
be ih)ne ? The wi(!ked are ntrcngthening each other's hau'U,
wliile in mouhj thiugn the righteous do not cf>opfjrute among
themselveH. Soniotimes tliey are found working against each
other, OH was the eas'e on tho evetiing Kcv. Mr. M((iregor
lecture 1 on tho " Moral wastCM of the City," &c. It la our
impressicm that while viee \n daily gaining ground in Halifax,
the actual moral force of the city is beeoining le.sK and weaker.
If .«o, let tluN stat(! of matters run on without interruption qh
ha.s been the (in.se for the la.st few years, and in a short time
tlie Uioral and (iod-fenring will be utt«'rly unabla to cope with
uboum'ing and multiplying ini(iuity. We wonder what would
be effeeiual in leading the well-disposed of this city to see
their danger, and promptly respond to the alarm — To urmH !
To arms !

The indiflforenco manifested is a'arming. iMany cireum-
(stances concur to show thii§. For one exaiiiplo take Mr.
McGregor's lecture, from which we have already given ex-
tracts (and hero wo would tlmnklully acknowledge our obli-
gation to genthunen who allowed us the use of papers from
which important information has been derived). That lecture
was fitted to r. waken to a feolitig of danger, und arouse to a
Her." jt duty. The occasion on which it w.iiS delivered was
not Vvry favorable, we admit, but it turned out a star-light
night, and the streets were ijuite passable. When the hour

'"««SW»'

ftr ©Inning the iMtlliig arrived thore wore t..ily tlwut fifty
nmom pr«it«nt ; but 'jro thu Uctun»r cUmHl, the ipwttttw HaB
wm ooinfortftWy tiUea with alMuit two hunaruU inai.iduoU.
The platfuriii wm adomc^l by on* Ptirtor ot a c ngrogilioii
and hii^ AM-i«tart. and Hw Fwwhen.. And what did ell
that meanV Waa tho Lecturer unpopular Y Not by any
moans ; bul unfortunately iuh HiiWKCT was.

The next Loeturo— a gooil (»ne— won on tho wynteHont,
and d-ew x ore than double tho audience, who found their
way to the Hull in a ntarlesH night and throt.gh n.iry Htroet.s.
guidoil thither no doubt by curiosity, an.l tho frien.lly amni-
ance of Ian. i»-i)o«tH- which, by the way. in Halifax, arc not
unlike "angels' visitH."

-Throe iwints." nays tho City Mir*«ionary, in his re-
,M)rt for 1855, " I may allude to. of which I have had nuch
proofs as to amount in n.y case to a ««)lemn conviction : tir^t.
The spiritual drowHiness and ignorance of Scripture that jwr-
vade tho Protestant Episcopal Church of England i>eoplo.
Becondly, The inunenso amount of stupid idolatry, supersti-
tion and sin. in which tho Catholic is steei^d. Thirdly, Ihe
extension of Univorsarh^m and Mormonism, which, with prae-
tical Atheism, seem to eharacterizr the great body of the
community."

The Missionary's first point is pi-obably impartial, for Mr.
Steele received Episcopal ordination prcvioi- his leaving
Hilifa? But if the Episcopalians wore dro>v.^y m lb.^?>,
tliey we fear, together with numbers in all the other evangel-
ical denominations of this City, have since fallen asleep, and
now are all napping it out fiuito comfortably.

As to his second point, it is certainly true and well ex-
prossed ; for in this year of our Lor:^ 18U2. persons in this
City, and these not the least intelligent, will tell you, with
all tiie scriousnesH and credulity imaginable, of a lady, who,
havin.^ put a consooratod wafer in her mouth, and then apply-
3

tog i uAodktitbicf to her lip took it away eoftnd witb gam,
I'retty atrong a/bomMk for a lady !

VVitDOM, too, 8t. Patrick'* night prooMrioM of from 6iH)
to 1000 individualM — many of iImm having their faoca block-
mod, and otherwise dtsgutscd — {^trolling the lAtwtM at m\d'
night, carryirg torches, and hobbling along to the Nound of
ol(l flcreoohiiig ttfoa, drunin, or old tin panw. To oom>borat«
Uib notice let tu summon thoir spdceanian. Tho following is
from the Jkentn;/ Ktprat, of March 17th — Pat'i own day
-i^and written undur this caption, " The Festival of Ht.
Patrick."

" The anniversary of tho jmtron saint of Ireland (thi« day)
WOM ushered in by one of tho mont I'curful storniM of the M'tt-
Mon. • * • • Notwithstunding all thune dniwhucks on
the outv.* .u hilarity inoidontal to the festival of St. Patrick,
not a few of tho votaries of his saintMhip wore ' out ' at tho
midnight, cortuinly not tho witching, hour, and with tho aid
of uiUNic UHhored m the rciarning unnivorHary. Kvon these
^trong-limlicd enthusiu»tic l'ull()w.s mu^t have found Jurdon a
hard t>ad to travel on indeed. "

What a ludicrous notice of a barbarous festival ! There is
just as muwt need to send the Gospel to those |)oor blind peo-
ple as to painted savages in the South Sea Iitlunds.

" Heathens abroad, and heathens at home ,
Not far ' the need for your mission t mam ;
( -, iiij^liwaya and liy-ways, tho streets and tho Ianc«,
Claim tlie first cure, and will yield the first gains."

We shall now cnr^uiro — What is tho state of Halifax in an
educational point of view ? and what is being done towards
instructing the ignorant and elevating tl)0 degraded? In
thij City there are 4,330 persons over five yjars of age who
cannot read ; and 5,864 who cannot write. 'jTwenty-four per
cent, of tho entire population are illitorato ^ *' One fourth of
the families are crammed into e^'Uars and garrets, and single
rooms, where industry and morality are all but inipossi'jle.
We have become accuntoiued to regard this pkrisiiino class

M tbi nitttrd tud inovitabie fwWlam of wowty. A Wxt
part of ottr pofwltUon m i»w^"«5' iMlwd oT fWng. atul twYT
tinit /ofr<T «<i7/, ttnlewi Chriitian people of the City nre awak-
fMd and intluocd to work in another manner and with greater
iM}, Wianimity and diMfeaee than we hate bUbtrto dbpUyed."
How many liaggod Hobooli are there in Halifax 1 One,
•od Ha hintory has been tftniful. Thin IwnoTolent Imtitution
WM MtiMtthr* in 186*2. and \\pa iMjtm in op«ration «vor sim»,
txocpting on iboie ocoMiODi when unavoidable interruptions
occurred, •uoh m when the »tovc-pipe needed repaira, or a
(ifVilitt oroge, &e.

•• The IlaggiMl School ban l)ecn closed for a ihort time ow-
ing to the overflowing of the water on the premiaoB." Mr.
Morton* Jieport, March 2, 1859. Subseiiuently, as this wai
a periodical inundation, the School embarked and »et nail fox
Africa. " The llagged School baa been removed to the Afri-
can School-room. " Report Feb 5, 18«2.

So much for the philanthropy r.'the wealthiest city in the
liower Trovincos of B. N. America.

Any Uetbrmatories for Inebriates? None. Any Soldict't
Ho: ^a ? None. Any Sailor's Homes ? None ; but tlir. c
is ono Old Woman's Homo. Any Houses of Refuge ? None.
Well, whac is there in Halifax? Tlo City Father's Hum-
poison shops—two or three of them— under the Market House.
The following shows how these functionaries subsowe each
others' interests t—An Alderman keeps a rum-ahoiA A man
goes in, becomes fuddled, is turned out on the stru.l, a Polico-
man picks him t n and lugs him off to the Police Court. The
Mayor sends him to.'- with to the work-house where ho re-
wains a few days, gets out, returns to the Alderman's, gets
drunk again, is again turned out, taken to the Mayor, sent to

Bridewell, etc.

Boston has 180,000 inhabitants, and 1904 Rum shope,
that is one shop for about every 94 persons. Halifax 26,000
inhabitants, ap'' 340 Rum poison shops; that is one shop for

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erery 73 indivuluals. But if the Civic authorities think the
Hum-poison ia a good thing, why not provide an abundant
supply ?

In 1854 a House of Refuge for fallen females was opened.
During the first }ear it 1 id 11 inmates, and the Oomniitteo
of that year reported that they believed " only one returned
to a life of shame." On the 1st January, 1855, the House
contained five who professed a desire to reform. During the
year ten more were received. Of these

"Two were sent to the Poor's Asylum, being deficient in
intellect ; one sent at her own request to friends in Scotland ;
two went to service, and did well — one was led astray by in-
temperance ; one never left the house, was obedient, industri-
ous, and attentive to religious instruction ; four in the house,
obedient and industrious ; three left without the Committee's
approval, of whom two left Halifax and got situations as ser*
vants ; one, being a married woman, returned to her hus-
•band ; one was married in the house ; one may be found in the
workhouse, having fallen through the love of strong drink."

The House, No 20 Lockman Street was not a suitable one,
because it was in an exposed position, and farthor, because
two or more of the inmates were obliged to occupy a single
room, and for other reasons. Such at least "'^s the opinion
of the matron. The premises were rented or £40 per an-
num. Notwithstanding all these drawbacks, the Institution
proved a blessing to several.

" The whole expenditure for the year (1855)

amounts to £280 1 7.

Receipts including Legislative grant, 161 9 11."

The following was published two and a half years after the
House was opened : — • •

" The Institution has now been over two and a-half years
in operation, during which time it has afforded protection, re-
lief and instruction — useful and spiritual — to twenty-nine per-
sons. Of that number, eleven afford strong ground of encou-
ragement to the Committee ; several having gone to service in
families of respectability, where they receive Christian care ;

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three to the houses of Clergymen, others to distant parts of
the country to their own relatives ; leaving only two of this
class in the House, who. though not many months inmates,
irive good promise of the future. Many of these, too, have
from time to time written to the Superintendent, expressing
gratitude to Almighty God and the Committee for the benefit
which they derived during their abode at the House. And of
this division, too, it is worthy of remark that nearly all, often
expressed \he hope ' that th ;y would not be removed from
the House of Refuge, unless to places where they would be
under proiKjr restraint and religious instr-^otion ;' and two of
their nr-nber proved the sincerity of this their hope and pur-
pose of amendment, by leaving places where Ih'ink and Irre-
ligion placed them in temptation,— and returned again with
thankfulDcsa to the Asylum. Of the remaining eighteen, the
Superintendent speaks in hopeful terms of six, one of whom
is L^till an inmate, and, although their advancement is not so
satisfactory as might be wished, still there is amendment ; and
the Committee in dependance upon the Divine blessing hum-
bly desiring to do good to all, and beside all waters to scatter •
the life-givfng Word of Christ, cast this burden upon the mer-
ciful Saviour, and prayerfully look for and await his blessing.
The remaining twelve have been removed from the House
under unfavorable circumstances — it being one of the Kulo&
of the Establishment that the incorrigible, who set a bad ex-
ample to others, cannot be retained. * * *

" The present appeal becomes necessary to the existence
of the Institution, as will app-ar by the abstract of its pecu-
niary affairs, as follows -.—January, 1854, to July, 1856,
total amount received on behalf of the House of Refuge, m-
cluding the Provincial grant, £50, two last years, as also the
gum of £22 10s., earned by the inmates as vork offered,
£727 19s. 5d. Same time, paid: Furniture £31 10s.,
Salary Superintendent, £105, Rent £100, Clothing £40,
Printing and Sundries £25, Fuel £35— £336 10s. Ba-
lance—for provisions of inmates and Superintendent's fnmily,
beinf'£t56 Us. 8d. per annnum— £391 9s. 5d.

"And when it is borne in mind that the subscription raised
in 1855 amounted to only £111 9s. lOd., it cannot be mat
ter of surprise that a debt of £118 Us. 8d. should appear
against the subscription of the present year, and that conse-
quently the Treasurer's acv^ount balanced on the 1st July.

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Prom this simple gtato of facts, the Committee confidently
appeal to the Christian public to come forward and sustain
an Institution of whoso usefulness, both to Society at large
and personally to the poor objects of its fostering care, eter»
nity alone will reveal the extent. The Directors feel, too,
that the public should bo put in possession of the awful fact,
that u number of persons in tliis City make their living by in-
veigling from their homes young, inexperienced girls ; and
when it is added that since its commencement the Kefuge has
been the blessed instrument, in the hands of God, of rescuing
tico, both under tiftoon years of age, from the destroyer, and
placing them at service in Christian fiunilies, before guilt nad
debased the mind and soared the conscience, they feel confi-
dent that such a claim has been established as entitles them
to public support in their effort, and so by placing their
Treasurer in u position to call in the subscriptions falling due
in January, 1857, /ree of debt, at once invest their undertak-
ing with the character of permanency — a blessing to the City
for future years. P. G. McGregor, Secretary.

John Steele, Chaplain.^'

After all the good accomplished by that excellent Institu-
tion in so short a time and under many disadvantages, the
•pirited, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic Christians of
Halifax allowed it to languish and die three years after it was
founded. He-ir its death-knell tolled in January, 1857.

" Extract vj Minutes of Committee held at Mr. Ritchie^ s
Office, Jan. 27th 1857 .-—The Directors spent some time in
considering the state of their finances, prospects for 1857, the
results of the experiment so far, and particularly whether the
good flowing from the Refuge was such as to warrant the Di-
rectors in calling upon the public for the fiinds necessary for
it» support. P. G. McGreqcr, Sec'fn."

How strongly that savors of avarice, not to say anything
about the smack of infidelity ! Ah ! if they had only been as
good at making calculations about the value of a soul as they
were at those of pounds, shillings, and pence, how different
would have been the result !

Compare the success of the Halifax Refuge with that of
Boston :

'• During the last year (1853) the Magdalenos in the Boa-
ton Asylum numbered twelve ; the average for several years
boint' fifteen ; although it has been in operation since 1823 ;
possesses ample accoumiodations and appliances for beneht-
tin'T such as may fl(>o to it fer rofuge ; and is surrounded by a
population many tiuies greater thi'.n that of IMihx.—Jiejjort
of Com. I/.ofE., 1854.

^\^ shall close our remarks on this topic by giving a copy
of a letter, which was addressed to the Matron of the Institu-
tion by one of the reclaimed. In our opinion the letter, as
to the conception of its senthnents, would do honor to one of
much higher pretensions.

"Halifax, March 31, 1856.

♦• Dear Mrs. W ,— As I am to leave the City shortly,

I consider it a privilege to address a few lines to you, expres-
sive of my gratitude to you for all your kindness and sympa-
thy towards me. They only who have suffered as I have
can tell ^ow much good a kind word can do those who are
burdened with sorrow. I thank you for your maternal coun-
sels your religious instructions, and atte..Lion to my bodily
wants. These have ccuitributed to lighten my sorrows, to
re-Mndle my hopes, and point to that Friend who sticketh
closer than a brother ; who recoiveth sinners when all others
forsake them, who has taught me to see the error of my ways,
and I trust who will lead me in the paths of righteousness tor

His name's sake. „ . r^ -,. e ,
•' I thank the ladies and gentlemen of the Committee tor
the interest they have manifested in my welfare. I thank
the City Missionaries for their watchful care over me, and
earnestly do hope that their prayers in my behalf may be at-
tended with blessings to their souls and my own; tor ho
thatwatereth slmll himself be watered.' I hope that many
others will avail themselves of the benefit of the Institution,
and you will not have to complain that you have spent your
strencrth for nout/ht. And 1 assure you, with much esteem,
I remain, dear ilrs. W , your obedient and humble ^ser-
vant. Mary A. C .

Ladies of Halifax, will you not re-establish the House of
Refuge, that noble Institution, and thus roll away the reproach

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Jjroughl- upon the Christian j>ortion of the community by those
who allowed it to die? Du, and (Jod will bless you; and
posterity will arise and call you blessed. Do not forget cither
that there are many around you — not altngother outcasts —
but those who have been thrown upon Cw cold charities of a
heartless world, with none to care either for their bodies or
their sc uls. Take the following as an example : —

One day a gentleman entered a poor cabin in this city. It
was a wintry day, but there was not a spark of fire on the
cold hearth stone, nor fuel enougli to make one. The mother
of a little family was under the influence of strong drink.
Though wretched-looking, there wa« a something in her coun-
tenance wiiich evoked liis sympathies and enlisted his prepo-
sessions Her tale of woe was a moving one. Two or throe
months previous she had given birth to two children, and both
were dead. What a world, he thought, upon which those
infants opened their eyes. What a reception ! Not one com-
fort of life was there in that miserable abode. Freelj the
tears poured forth with wl.ich her face was soon suffused.
Woman's tears ! If seeping women's tears shed over blight-
ed hopes, broken vows, and desolated homes were all congealed
they would form a mountain high upon which angels might
descend and also weep.

Poor body ! she had been obliged to earn her daily bread,
when, in the natural course of events, she should have been
enjoying ease, a circumstance which did not diminish her sor-
rows in her hour. As she used to lay upon her uncomfortable
bed, after the burial of her infants, a little boy would come
near and say, " Mother, why do you cry?" bat the artless
question would not seal the fountain of her tears. Thereupon
that little fellow would be sent for some strong drink, of
which a draught would be taken to hush over-wrought feelings,
and drown accumulating sorrows.

Now, will not tales such as these, which are but specimens
of many untold, evoke a sympathetic response from woman's

tender heart? We hope -o, at least. No case need be de-
spaired of. Strong drink had beggared that family, but one
of its heads, after a few unsuccessful attempts, overcome the
habit of taking its destroying draughts. Great was the change
produced in her domestic arrangcmcpts by that victory. Hor
cabin from being a drunken abode was transformed into a
tidy home. Helped and encouraged by a little friendly as-
sistance, so much has been accomplished, under the blessing
of God, and by his grace she bids fair to overcome the world,
the flesh and the devil. Then despise not the fallen By
the unmeritted favor of God ye are what ye are.

Christian ladies of Halifax, will you arise and in the ma-
jesty of your might savet!.e "Black Town."* Will you
enter upon the noblest of enterprises, that of being co workers
with God, in checking roHIng tears as they ct ase each other
down woman's wan cheek, in filling up channels ploughed
long and deep, in cheering desponding hearts, and turning
wretched into peaceful happy homes? Home is not in the
vocabuliry of the drunkard. Homo ! the fallen of your sex
have none. Shall it always be so in Halifax? Your pre-
sence in many a cell, cellar and garret would be like the break-
ing in of light into a dark place. Will you, then, enter upon
the noblest of enterprises, seeking and saving the lost? The
field is large and inviting The life niost pleasing to God is
that which is the most beneficial to mankind. Will you begin
anew, and with a right good will, work for God? Every
Christian woman's heart in unison responds— " We will.
We will, and at once, for woman's sake, for the city's sake,
and above and beyond all, for Jesus' sake." Amen.

« A name given to Halifax by foreigners.