Loving the elderly

Lois Collier  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Aug 2017
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Loving the elderly

WHEN EVANGELICALS CARE:
the story of Pilgrim’s Friend Society
By Brian H. Edwards
Day One. 131 pages. £7
ISBN 978 1 846 255 663

When Evangelicals Care tells the story of what is now called the Pilgrims’ Friend Society.

The first chapter outlines the desperate state of the poor, living in slums in London in the early 19th century, highlighting the plight of the elderly. One of the founders described the condition of many who, ‘worn out with old age and bodily infirmity, are… shut up in garrets and cellars...deserted by the world… almost starving with hunger, and destitute of clothing’.

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