In Darkest England, and the Way Out

A work years ahead of its time, looking at the social issues in Victorian England and presenting pioneering ways of solving them from a Christian perspective. Although this was written over a hundred years ago, the same core issues still lie at the heart of Western society, and thus this revolutionary book still has something to say to the Church, encouraging it to offer physical support along with its words.

Some seven years ago a great outcry was made concerning the Housing of the Poor. Much was said, and rightly said--it could not be said too strongly--concerning the disease-breeding, manhood-destroying character of many of the tenements in which the poor herd in our large cities. But there is a depth below that of the dweller in the slums. It is that of the dweller in the street.