proceedings. He pleaded that he could not get
them out. They pleaded that nobody would have
them with so many children at a rental within their
means, which is one of the commonest complaints
of the poor, by the bye. What was to be done?
The landlord was between two millstones. Finally
he applied to the magistrate, who sent up an officer
to inquire into the case. Since that time about
twenty days have elapsed, and nothing has yet
been done. Is this a singular case ? By no means;
it is quite common."

Last week the police raided a disorderly house.
In one room were found two young children. They
were arrested and charged with being inmates the
same as the women had been. Their father
appeared at the trial. He stated that himself and
wife and two older children, besides the two in the
dock, occupied that room; he stated also that he
occupied it because he could get no other room for
the half-crown a week he paid for it. The magis
trate discharged the two juvenile offenders and
warned the father that he was bringing his children
up unhealthily.

But there is need further to multiply instances.
In London the slaughter of the innocents goes on
on a scale more stupendous than any before in the
history of the world. And equally stupendous is
the callousness of the people who believe in Christ,

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