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something to turn up ; the great liability to immoral associates ; the cealing multiplied 1 crime temptations which cities to evil afford , and doubtless the superior lead facilities strangers for to con con - -
, sider a manufacturing city a hot-bed of evil . That Lowell is not sobut quite the reverse ; that with a population of over 37 , 000 ,
one , -third of whom are mill operatives , and one-fifth female operatives , the majority of the whole , between the ages of 15 . and 40 ,
and r a large proportion separated from home and parental oversihtyet retaining the home-bred virtuesand giving to the city a
character g , of world-wide celebrity for moralit , y and intelligence , is one of the wonders of the age . In comparison , the wonderful
mechanism of its varied machines sink into insignificance , and the social problem solved at Lowell surpasses in importance to
humanity all the inventions employed to facilitate its numerous manufacturing operations .
CHURCHES . The various forms of religious worship in the churches of Lowell
afford an opportunity to all to enjoy whichever may be most consonant with their feelings . There are at present 18 Protestant
churches of different sects , Episcopal , Baptist , Unitarian , & c , each connected with a Sunday school , besides 3 Catholic places of
worshi The p factory . operatives compose a large portion of the
worshippers in the several churches , and of the teachers and pupils in the Sabbath schools . Each girl finds in her pastor a true friend
, whose kind interest and good advice when all is well , and faithful ministration in sickness and trouble , can be relied upon . This is
characteristic of the Lowell clergy , who strive for the elevation of the people rather by a Christian than by a sectarian ministry .
_EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES . Money expended for education is capital put out at compound
interest for eternity , and Lowell has invested largely in this stock , bits support of librarieslecturesand schools .
y In 1835 , a "building was , erected , at a cost of 20 , 000 dollars for the use of a Mechanics' Associationnearly the whole sum being
paid by contributions from the manufacturing , companies . It contains a large lecture-hall , the walls of which are ornamented with
full-length portraits , & ve of them representing founders of Lowell , painted hy first-class artists ; and there is also a spacious
readingroom , with numerous papers and magazines , both native and foreia mineralogical department ; and a library of over 8000
volumes gn ; . It now numbers 1000 life members , the terms being , , and 50
6 dollarswith an annual assessment of 1 dollar for males , cents for , females , who have only during the last few years been
admitted to membership . Courses of lectures are given" under the
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 392, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/32/
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