In Darkest England, and the Way Out
IN DARKEST ENGLAND and THE WAY OUT
by GENERAL BOOTH
(this Etext comes from the 1890 1st ed. pub. The Salvation Army)
To the memory of the companion, counsellor, and comrade of nearly 40 years. The sharer of my every ambition for the welfare of mankind, my loving, faithful, and devoted wife this book is dedicated.
The progress of The Salvation Army in its work amongst the poor and lost of many lands has compelled me to face the problems which an more or less hopefully considered in the following pages. The grim necessities of a huge Campaign carried on for many years against the evils which lie at the root of all the miseries of modern life, attacked in a thousand and one forms by a thousand and one lieutenants, have led me step by step to contemplate as a possible solution of at least some of those problems the Scheme of social Selection and Salvation which I have here set forth.
When but a mere child the degradation and helpless misery of the poor Stockingers of my native town, wandering gaunt and hunger-stricken through the streets droning out their melancholy ditties, crowding the Union or toiling like galley slaves on relief works for a bare subsistence kindled in my heart yearnings to help the poor which have continued to this day and which have had a powerful influence on my whole life. A last I may be going to see my longings to help the workless realised. I think I am.
The commiseration then awakened by the misery of this class has been an impelling force which has never ceased to make itself felt during forty years of active service in the salvation of men. During this time I am thankful that I have been able, by the good hand of God upon me, to do something in mitigation of the miseries of this class, and to bring not only heavenly hopes and earthly gladness to the hearts of multitudes of these wretched crowds, but also many material blessings, including such commonplace things as food, raiment, home, and work, the parent of so many other temporal benefits. And thus many poor creatures have proved Godliness to be profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come.
William Booth
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART 2. DELIVERANCE.
CHAPTER 2. To the Rescue!—The City Colony
CHAPTER 3. To the Country!—The Farm Colony
CHAPTER 4. New Britain—The Colony Over Sea
CHAPTER 5. More Crusades
CHAPTER 6. Assistance in General
CHAPTER 7. Can it be done, and how?
IN DARKEST ENGLAND
CHAPTER 3. THE HOMELESS
CHAPTER 4. THE OUT-OF-WORKS
CHAPTER 5. ON THE VERGE OF THE ABYSS.
CHAPTER 6. THE VICIOUS.
CONDITION WHEN APPLYING.
CHAPTER 7. THE CRIMINALS.
CHAPTER 8. THE CHILDREN OF THE LOST.
CHAPTER 9. IS THERE NO HELP?
PART 2.—DELIVERANCE.
SECTION 2—MY SCHEME
THE CITY COLONY.
THE FARM COLONY.
THE OVER-SEA COLONY.
SECTION 1.—FOOD AND SHELTER FOR EVERY MAN.
SECTION 2.—WORK FOR THE OUT-OF-WORKS.—THE FACTORY.
THE SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL REFORM WING.
SECTION 3.—THE REGIMENTATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
SECTION 4.—THE HOUSEHOLD SALVAGE BRIGADE.
CHAPTER 3. TO THE COUNTRY!—THE FARM COLONY.
SECTION 1.—THE FARM PROPER.
SECTION 2.—THE INDUSTRIAL VILLAGE.
SECTION 3.—AGRICULTURAL VILLAGES.
SECTION 4.—CO-OPERATIVE FARM.
CHAPTER 4. NEW BRITAIN—THE COLONY OVER-SEA.
SECTION 1.—THE COLONY AND THE COLONISTS.
SECTION 2.—UNIVERSAL EMIGRATION.
SECTION 3.—THE SALVATION SHIP.
CHAPTER 5. MORE CRUSADES.
SECTION 1.—A SLUM CRUSADE.—OUR SLUM SISTERS.
SECTION 2.—THE TRAVELLING HOSPITAL.
SECTION 4.—EFFECTUAL DELIVERANCE FOR THE DRUNKARD.
SECTION 5.—A NEW WAY OF ESCAPE FOR LOST WOMEN. THE RESCUE HOMES.
SECTION 6.—A PREVENTIVE HOME FOR UNFALLEN GIRLS WHEN IN DANGER.
SECTION 7.—ENQUIRY OFFICE FOR LOST PEOPLE.
A LOST HUSBAND.
A LOST WIFE.
A LOST CHILD.
A LOST DAUGHTER.
A LOST SERVANT.
A LOST HUSBAND.
A SEDUCER COMPELLED TO PAY.
FOUND IN THE BUSH.
SECTION 8.—REFUGES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE STREETS.
SECTION 9.—INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.
SECTION 10.—ASYLUMS FOR MORAL LUNATICS.
CHAPTER 6. ASSISTANCE IN GENERAL.
SECTION 1.—IMPROVED LODGINGS.
SECTION 2.—MODEL SUBURBAN VILLAGES.
SECTION 3.—THE POOR MAN'S BANK.
SECTION 4.—THE POOR MAN'S LAWYER.
SECTION 5.—OUR INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 6.—CO-OPERATION IN GENERAL.
SECTION 7.—A MATRIMONIAL BUREAU.
SECTION 8.—WHITECHAPEL-BY-THE-SEA.
CHAPTER VII.
SECTION 2.—HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?
SECTION 3.—SOME ADVANTAGES STATED.
SECTION 4.—SOME OBJECTIONS MET.
SECTION 5. RECAPITULATION.
CHAPTER 8. A PRACTICAL CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX
THE SALVATION ARMY
THE PROPERTY DEPARTMENT.
SOCIAL WORK OF THE ARMY.
SALVATION AND SOCIAL REFORM LITERATURE
THE AUXILIARY LEAGUE.
THE SALVATION ARMY: A SKETCH.
THE SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL REFORM WING.
CENTRAL LABOUR BUREAU. LOCAL AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS' DEPARTMENT.
LOCAL AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS DEPARTMENT.
TO EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR.
WE PROPOSE TO ENTER UPON A CRUSADE AGAINST "SWEATING." WILL YOU HELP US?
CENTRAL LABOUR BUREAU.
HOW BEGGARY WAS ABOLISHED IN BAVARIA BY COUNT RUMFORD.
THE CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENT AT RALAHINE,
CARLYLE ON THE SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE NATION
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION.