Show A GEN GENUINE philanthropist L LT IN T the front rank of nature natures s noblemen of the present generation stands stand 9 dr barnardo of london lie ile Is the projector founder and conductor of mardos bernardos Bar Ba nardos homes for destitute children this philanthropists life and energies have been exclusively spent from early parly manhood in redeem in shivering starving waifs waife from the gutter and the sinks of sin people who have been in the greatest city of the world can forni form some idea of the character of this self seif imposed and godlike work there thele street arabs grovelling gro velling g in the lowest lornis lorms of life exist in swarms and shoals presenting heart harrowing spectacles to the b benevolently C nevolena ne ay disposed for some years past a system of to canada has been carried on in connection with Bern bernardos ardoIs institution ution those who are snatched from the edge of the whirlpool of sin or the jaws of want are after undergoing 11 1 1 a training to place them on a proper moral looting forwarded to that country and established on a favorable basis for living livin gln gin in a condition of respectability this transplanting to canada is however left entirely with the objects of the benedi benefi clent process those who do not wish to leave their native land are arc not required to do so dr barnardo who labors with unflagging zeal does not confine his supervision pei per vision ot of the beneficiaries of his institution to those located at stepney causeway london but continues to exercise his fatherly guardianship over those who have found per permanent maunt homes in other lands as will be seen by the following extracted from a circular letter sent out dut by him under date of nov 1 I have but just returned in safety through gods vo from a four months visit to canada undertaken in the interests of the work among destitute and orphan children under my care 1 IT I C cannot here attempt any description of my experiences in that countr country 7 or of the results so far as the work is concer concerned fled but I 1 aul aai sure it will be a cause of anfel unfeigned ned thankfulness and gratitude to god gd 0 in the hearts of all who have helped me to know that of the many hundreds hundred ot of ana and girls gins sent to canada and placed out in life there during fifteen years during the past three years only four boys have f failed ailed and of these two are now coing better while not one girl out of the large farge number emigrated is known to be living other than a respectable virtuous and industrious life very many boys and girls are living as christs servants and imy heart was nil nii filled ledwith with joy on visiting family after family where our youngsters were to hear of the re reality aliby and thorough thoroughness gh ness of their christian career the barnardo institution is supported exclusively by voluntary subscriptions and it has frequently been at financial finau finan cial clai low ebb but its head and front possesses a marvelous faith falth in divine providence by which he be firmly believes hels heis he is sustained and reller thus far has always come to hand in the gloomiest gloo hour houn of need just in the nick of time A life spent in a work so noble as the redemption from the lower depths depth of social degradation of the helpless and destitute is a glorious spectacle and ennst elicit the smile of a fust lust god who promises to reward every man according to the deeds done in dhe the boda harmonious with this rule of eternal justice dr barnardo not only has in this life the satisfaction arising from the knowledge I 1 of having imparted happiness to others but the prospect Dro uro of reaping a golden goiden harvest in eternity it is not every one that can be a dr barnardo but each can do something V no matter how humble the sphere G in which he moves in render ng some of his fellow creatures better and happier let each one say to himself it shall be done |