Rob Edwards
William Booth: “In Darkest England” (page 205)
Founder of the Salvation Army
He became a Methodist minster after a strong religious awakening during his teenage years
In his book “In Darkest England and the Way Out,” he describes the misery of the poor and outlined his method of achieving spiritual salvation through social service
England is filled with vice and poverty and crime
He relates the poverty of England to the dark forests of Africa
Many young women are often force to sell their bodies, because they face starvation if they don't
England also wreaks with Malaria
“The population is sodden with drink, steeped in vice, and eaten up by every social and physical malady”
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