[Influence of the Salvation Army on Youth]
[...] Religion has been openly brought into contempt, and the wicked have become more hardened, and rowdyism and vindictiveness and revenge engendered in our midst. [...]
Your obedient servant,
STEPHEN BLACKBURN.
Source: Stephen Blackburn, "Influence of the Salvation Army on Youth," London Free Press, January 29, 1886. Notes: Transcription of the article in J.J. Talman Regional Collection, University of Western Ontario Archives, Reaney Papers, Box 22 (B1308), File 1.