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 Has he not recorded this information—‘Whore- mongers and adulterers God will judge? Has he not authorised us to tell you that the time shall come, when the unrighteous and filthy shall remain such, without the prospect of a change? Suppose that the time were come, would you continue to glory in your shame, and so lightly esteem your sufferings, as to view the prospect with calmness? No—to be eternally what you now are, is an idea which does not overwhelm you, merely because, for the present, you contrive to erase it from your mind.

‘What then (you ask) shall we do? Is it possible in some measure to retrieve? Remains there a hope? Are we not banished from virtuous company? Do not the modest shun and abhor us, as all human beings fly from the plague?' For the sincere and broken-hearted there are assuredly grounds of encouragement. But think not that sorrow and tears are an effectual reform, or that you will easily regain the respect and tranquillity which you have lost. We would save you from despair—to flatter you with high expectations were unfaithful and inhuman. Such comfort as we can administer, we will; you owe us respectful attention for the endeavour to serve you: and however faint the ray that shines on your path, it is your duty, and will be found to be your wisdom, to pursue its course.

There are houses opened by the bounty of the public, such as the Magdalen, the Lock-Hospital, the Lock-Asylum, and the London Female Penitentiary. Many have therein recovered health, profited under religious instruction, and been put into a capacity of earning an honest and decent livelihood. These institutions, it is true, are