Wilson Carlile and the Church Army

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xvi Rev. W. Carlile as parish priest--Netteswell--Relations with Wesleyans--The call of the town--St. Mary-at-Hill--The City Samaritan Office--Scandalising the work-shy--Reopening the church--A little of its history--The Daily News census--Limelight and music--Topical sermons--"Pudding Sunday"--A remarkable outburst--One result of "Doll Sunday"--At the public-house door--"Glasses round "--Smoking in church--The dinner-hour serviceTower Hill and Spitalfields--" Petticoat Lane "--Some results of the services--M.A.P. on C. "And when he spoke of earthly things, 'Twas with an holy cunning, that led men on To one o'ermastering thought." the story of the Church Army, as I have endeavoured to sketch it in the last few chapters, necessarily forms a personal study of Mr. Carlile. It is the one idea that he has lived for, for over twentyfive years; it represents his energy in a concrete form. Surrounded by a devoted staff, to whom too great praise cannot be given, the fact remains that to this one man is due almost every detail of the movement, for where his activity has not initiated, his personality has inspired. Amid all the work, other men have had private interests and hobbies to which they have occasionally turned for recreation, but not a waking moment of Mr. Carlile's life, during the existence of the Church Army, has been given to any other idea. It has been his work and his hobby, and it is a striking instance of what can be done by one man who dedicates his whole being to one great object. But there also remains his work as parish priest, for to many people he is as well known as rector of St. Mary-at-Hill Church, in the City of London, as founder and leader of the Church Army. But this is not his first experience in the charge...