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2s. Ga. net years of social and enterprise" and li written by the son-in-law of Thomas Jackson. The Preface further refers to it as an "anademed narrative of censeer tion, toil and achievement."
There are some 170 pages and, what is a rare thing for me, I read the book through at one sitting. T would recommend it to all Christian workers and missionaries to, be read as a Tonic in times despondency for it is an amazing: record of what one man's con-serrated zeal has been able to accomplish. It is no micro pious record and those who are not interested in Christian work might well read it and thus meet with a "real Christian'
There is humour in the book. For instance, in the early days Jackson was trying to raise eleven pounds—the cost of a new monium. He mast have been a champion "beggar" as the incident, shows. He approached a greengrocer. "Go to the devil, you and your harmonium" said he. "Well you are likely to supply tuddress" replied Jackson. "I think. that's worth a bob" said the: greengrocer and handed over the Or again in the story of a man'
children in the East end of London. "What are those places that have three golden balls over them pop-shops, sir."
Good. And now tell me what there balls means?"
"Two to cre you don't get out what you take in" was the unexpected reply.
There is pathos too.
One day invit cards some services, a little girl accosted the workers and sai a bill, -governor.
Nobody never 3 us nofink." itis work in Whitechapel any sided. He was led to take up anti-swearing campaign. He became the friend of frst. offenders and of ticket-of-leave: men and his work was 20 well known and so truly catholic that he became a sort of, almoner for many men of very. different religious views, including, Lord Ruseell of Killowen," Lord Chief Justies of England, who was Roman Catholic, Sir ley, a Methodist, the Marquis Townshend, Lady Ashburton and others.
What sort of stoff Thomas Jackson and his wife were made of can. be gathered from the two incidents, Jone at the beginning of his career fand the other towards the end. To serve the missi Jo good end he approached his "Well, my dear, what about keeping house on a pound a week lusted of three pounds?" The wife was willing.
On his seventy-second birthday a meeting was held in his honour at which he made the following is a great pri-eon the occasion of my seventy-second birthday to show my gratitude to God by pre senting ea Behalf of my wife and myself the sum of £1,460, the cost the new Helper House erected at Southend-on-Sea, the net rent which will be given to assist in the work of the Whitschapel Mis He then went on to explain that
few extra comforts to the Jacksons in their declining years had left him £1,200 and that by great. economy he and his wife had saved the ost. The effect on the meet-[' ing was profound. A solemn still. ness followed which was only broken by the singing of the Doxology.
There are many good stories in the book as this short account will show. I cannot refrain from quoting the following.
The Rey. J.A. Mayo, Rector of Whitechapel said at a great meet ing in October 1926 "Last night 1 sat down and read the report of the Whitechapel Mission from cover to cover, Then I read every word of it again. This report is an epic, If it could be put. into lank verse it would be one of our great poems. A brother clergyman claims the Prince of Wales T always coun-"But we have
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