White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor

This book of Dr. Banks' s is a positive stimulus to this work of social transformation. The young men and women of our Epworth League could not do better than to carefully and thoughtfully study its vivid pictures of every-day scenes in our great, and even in our lesser, cities. Such study will open their eyes to sad deformities in their own communities, to which too many have become strangely indifferent through custom and wont. True, it is not pleasant to consider these distressing matters ; but is it the business of the Christian to avoid that which is unpleasant ? Consideration leads to sympathy, and sympathy wonderfully quickens the inventive faculties ; and the aroused intellect and active affection are leavening forces that alter social conditions always for the better.