We shall offer to all the ultimate possibility of being restored to Society in this country,or transferred to commence life afresh in another With respect to results we can speak very positively,for although our operations up to the present,except for a short time some three years ago,have been limited,and unassisted by the important accessories above described,yet the success that has at tended them has been most remarkable.The following are a few instances which might be multiplied:--J.W.was met at prison gate by the Captain of the Home and offered help.He declined to come at once as he had friends in Scotland who he thought would help him;but if they failed,he promised to come.
It was his first conviction,and he had six months for robbing his employer.His trade was that of a baker.In a few days he presented himself at the Home,and was received.In the course of a few weeks,he professed conversion,and gave every evidence of the change.
For four months he was cook and baker in the kitchen,and at last a situation as second hand was offered for him,with the [sic]
J.S.Sergeant-major of the Congress Hall Corps.That is three years ago.He is there to-day,saved,and satisfactory;a thoroughly useful and respectable man.
J.P.was an old offender.He was met at Millbank on the expiration of his last term (five years),and brought to the Home,where he worked at his trade a tailor.Eventually he got a situation,and has since married.He has now a good home,the confidence of his neighbours,is well saved,and a soldier of the Hackney Corps.
C.M.Old offender,and penal servitude case.Was induced to come to the Home,got saved,was there for a long period,offered for the work,and went into the Field,was Lieutenant for two years,and eventually married.He is now a respectable mechanic and soldier of a Corps in Derbyshire.
J.W.Was manager in a large West End millinery establishment.
He was sent out with two ten-pound packages of silver to change.
On his way he met a companion and was induced to take a drink.