Thomas John Barnardo

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... and because they were a charity that all the money went to S- to Dr. Barnardo's, um, which is a charity in England that, uh, Lisa supports, um, 2000 AD didn't charge me for using the characters.

So-

Oh, that's great.

On May 25th, 1883, he wrote to Engels, How pointless and empty is life, but how desirable! Marx was a contemporary of great Christians.

The composer Mendelssohn, the philanthropist Dr. Barnardo, the preachers Charles Spurgeon and General William Booth all lived near him in London.

Yet he never mentions them.

They went unobserved.

... as I said, were there, so they were talking about that.

And then in World War II, the house, there's a charity in England called Dr. Barnardo's.

Okay.

And one of the things they did in World War II was they evacuated children-

Um, so here we've got, um, with the beard, we've got, um, George Müller.

Mary and George Müller, um, s- set up orphanages long before Dr. Barnardo, actually, um, uh, sort of faith missions in Bristol.

Um, and Lord Shaftesbury, him alongside William Wilberforce, used their position in Parliament.

Wilberforce, uh, for slavery and, uh, Wilber- uh, Shaftesbury in so many ways for factory children and, um, and so on.

Um, and then this is, uh, Josephine Butler, who was involved particularly, um, helping women, prostitution, um, and so on.

Um, and then this is Dr. Barnardo on the end, again, with the, um, the orphanages, um, who had planned to go to China with Hudson Taylor, but saw the huge need that there was around him in London and thought, "Hang on, the poor here also need help." So during this time, the idea that you could have evangelical Christianity that was not going to try and help the needy, uh, you know, that was not right.

And the impact of these people, we still see today.

And, uh, you know, the difference that Christians who are willing to put their faith into action.

And anyway, it is sheer bosh and nonsense to preach thrift to the one million eight hundred thousand London workers who are divided into families which have a total income of less than twenty-one shillings per week, one quarter to one half of which must be paid for rent.

Concerning the futility of the people who try to help, I wish to make one notable, noble exception, namely the Dr. Barnardo homes.

Dr. Barnardo is a child catcher.

First, he catches them when they are young, before they are set, hardened, in the vicious social mold, and then he sends them away to grow up and be formed in another and better social mold.

Up to date, he has sent out of the country thirteen thousand three hundred and forty boys, most of them to Canada, and not one in fifty has failed.

A splendid record when it is considered that these lads are waifs and strays, homeless and parentless, jerked out from the very bottom of the abyss, and forty-nine out of fifty of them made into men.

Every twenty-four hours in the year, Dr. Barnardo snatches nine waifs from the streets, so the enormous field he has to work in may be comprehended.

The people who try to help have something to learn from him.