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Title: Street Arabs and gutter snipes. The pathetic and humorous side of young vagabond life in the great cities, with records of work for their reclamation
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Needham, Geo. C. (George Carter), 1840-1902
Subjects: Child welfare Poor
Publisher: Boston : D. L. Guernsey
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ilthy and crowded floor? Yes! old and young together, A restless, moaning heap;O God! while they thus are sleeping, How dare thy children sleep? Does the night air make you shiver,As the stream sweeps coldly by? (Cold as the hearts of the heedless),Here, too, do the children lie. An archway their only shelter; The pavement their nightly bed;Thou, too, when on earth, dear Saviour, Hadst nowhere to lay thy head. So we know thou art here, dear Master,Thy form we can almost see; I)o Ave hear thy sad voice saying, Ye did it not to me ? Yes, Chill is the wind-swept archway,The pavement is cold and hard Better the workhouse coffin,Softer the graveyard sward. Thank God! yet we say it weeping,Thank God for many a grave! There sleep the little children Whom Christians would not save! Yet smiles through our tears are dawningWhen we think of the hope that lies In our childrens Land of Promise,Neath the clear Canadian skies. o D o X o cmto o 33 3O rm 03 o-in X m < m m
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EMIGRATION. 291 Though the frost be thick on the windows,Though the roof with snow is white, We know our Canadian childrenAre safe and warm to-night. There thick are the homespun blankets, And the buffalo-robes are warm;Then why should these children shiver Out here in the winter storm? Why wait till the prison claims them? Why wait till of hope bereftFor that fair young girl the river Be the only refuge left? Come, help us! answer the message Now pealing across the seas — A home and a hearty welcome For hundreds such as these! It comes from broad Ontario, And from Nova Scotias shore;They have loved and sheltered our gathered waifs, They have room for thousands more. The following plain answers to practical questions arewritten by those well acquainted with the work : — 1. Are these children really street Arabsf If not, wheredo you find so many ? In the early days of the work, before the establishmentof school boards and kindred institutions, a large proportionof the children were

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