At a' meeting of ..the Joint Committe* on Sooial Work of the, two : Edinburgh. Presbyteries th erecommendations of; the Scottish report of tho Poor-law Commission' : were under consideration in relation to the charitable work , of: the churches. The Kev. Dr. Glass said to? waste and demoralisation due. to the'competinng charities of tho different denominaiions was greatly exaggerated. , It : was 6aid that there were 170 .ohurcKes ■'- in Edinburgh; with a total ; income of for-the' relief of the'poor.: Of that sum ,£523- wont towards the support of six district nurses. Assuming an. fifteen beneficiaries in bach - congregation,' that worked out •at ~£2..75.-.,per -head,' which : did not. suggest, great possibilities for-riotous living. '.; ■••'■ -:'■..•:\ ■'■'] -."'■.■■"...'■•■•'' "There is one; tiling I dread," remarked' Johnson, "arid - that is '. a - premature burial." "TTou need not worry about' that," replied nis\friend:' "The'thing is-impossible; there's no ■■ danger ■of yoot, being buried too soon/'- : .',-'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 6
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