0:00:02 > 0:00:04ROOSTER CROWS
0:00:05 > 0:00:08This is Leybourne Animal Centre in Kent, where over 700 animals
0:00:08 > 0:00:11are rehabilitated and rehomed every year...
0:00:12 > 0:00:15..and this is one of them, Reed the rabbit.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The centre's run by the best-known and oldest animal welfare
0:00:19 > 0:00:24organisation in the world, known to everyone by the letters RSPCA -
0:00:24 > 0:00:26but what's less well-known
0:00:26 > 0:00:30is that the then-Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
0:00:30 > 0:00:32was the inspiration of a Church of England vicar
0:00:32 > 0:00:34almost 200 years ago.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37On Songs Of Praise,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40we'll be looking into the life of the Reverend Arthur Broome,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43the RSPCA's visionary founder,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45and meeting today's front-line staff
0:00:45 > 0:00:48working to make the world a better place for animals.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54And I'm visiting a church centre designed and built by volunteers.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57You get to know people when you're working together
0:00:57 > 0:00:59on a building site far more than you do just sitting in a pew
0:00:59 > 0:01:01next to them on a Sunday service.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17In a place like this,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21you can really sense how animals fit into God's creation...
0:01:22 > 0:01:26..and so we begin our Songs Of Praise with a timeless classic,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28originally written for children.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05This used to be Old Slaughter's Coffee House,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09a famous meeting house for the great and the good of London.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It was here that the Reverend Arthur Broome and 22 like-minded men
0:04:12 > 0:04:16gathered in 1824 for the purpose of creating
0:04:16 > 0:04:20a new society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It was here that the RSPCA was born.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29But who was the Reverend Arthur Broome?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33We know he was a minister of the parish of Bromley-by-Bow
0:04:33 > 0:04:37for five years during the 1820s, so I went there to find out more.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40So, this is the first minute book
0:04:40 > 0:04:43of the SPCA, as it was then,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and, as you can see, he has fantastic writing,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47cos I can read it now.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- His writing is much better than mine.- Yes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And at that first meeting, they decided two important things.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56They set up the committee for the prevention of cruelty,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58which has been done through educating people,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and they set up the committee
0:05:00 > 0:05:02to pay the first inspectors to go out on the street.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06So we're talking about a time...
0:05:06 > 0:05:09There was bear-baiting, there was cockfighting,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11there was, you know, dog-fighting.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16They must have encountered some very rough opposition.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It was a very, very difficult job to be an inspector.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Indeed, cockfighting and bull-baiting
0:05:22 > 0:05:24were two very, very important things,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26particularly for the working class -
0:05:26 > 0:05:31and only ten years after the RSPCA was founded,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35they had to go into a notorious cockfight in Hanwell in Middlesex
0:05:35 > 0:05:36and try to break it up,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and, unfortunately, one of our inspectors was killed
0:05:39 > 0:05:41trying to do that -
0:05:41 > 0:05:46and that shows the dangers that inspectors faced in those days.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49We still face those dangers today, every day of the year.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So, those early days - no TV, radio, no internet.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55How did they spread the word about the new society?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Well, interestingly enough,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59they did it through pamphlets and through sermons.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02One of the first things that Arthur Broome did
0:06:02 > 0:06:06was to ask his colleagues in the church to do sermons on animals,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08and indeed we have records of one priest
0:06:08 > 0:06:10who gave a sermon on animal welfare,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12and his congregation hated it so much
0:06:12 > 0:06:14they complained to the bishop, and he had to...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17he was brought in front of the bishop to explain himself.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20So, that shows how attitudes have changed over the years.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24What happened to the Reverend Arthur Broome in the end?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Well, we don't know much about his later life.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31He got thrown into prison because of the RSPCA debts.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33In those days, if you got in debt,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36they put you in prison until your debt was paid.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I think that affected his health,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and then he stopped attending meetings,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44and after about 1832, he disappeared from our records.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49We know that he died in Birmingham,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53ironically, in a church in the Bull Ring in Birmingham,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57a place where they used to torture and be cruel to bulls,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00which he spent his entire life trying to prohibit.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Do you think, in a very different world that we're in today,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08that if the Reverend Arthur Broome could see what it has become,
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- he would even recognise it?- I think he would recognise it immediately.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14I think he would be very proud,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I think he would be proud of the achievements
0:07:16 > 0:07:17over the last 193 years,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and I think much more he would have been proud
0:07:20 > 0:07:23of the way people's attitudes have changed towards animals,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25and I think that's really important.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Leybourne Animal Centre is one of 17 RSPCA rehabilitation centres
0:09:57 > 0:09:59in England and Wales.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Laura has been a volunteer here for 20 years.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05There are times at work when you come in
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and you can be angry or get sad, erm,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10but then you just have to sort of think that these animals
0:10:10 > 0:10:14are here now and there's so much that you can do for them,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17so actually it's times like that that I do thank God
0:10:17 > 0:10:18that He's given me that opportunity
0:10:18 > 0:10:21to be able to sort of look after the animals.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Animals just mean so much just to so many people.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Erm, they're such a valuable part of our lives,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and I couldn't see my life without animals.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I'll be back at the animal centre later -
0:10:40 > 0:10:43but first, Connie, with a story from the Cotswolds.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50This is Wotton-under-Edge.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51For 300 years,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54the town has had a lively Baptist congregation
0:10:54 > 0:10:58here at Wotton Baptist Church.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02The church building stood firm for centuries, but needed extending.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05The congregation's problem was how to afford it,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08so they're doing it themselves.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12They've been spurred on by professional architect
0:11:12 > 0:11:14and church member Richard Smith.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16It looks pretty expensive.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Well, it hasn't actually been that expensive.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20We built it for about £150,000.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22And it would have cost...?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24£300,000, if we'd gone straight to a builder.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30There are all sorts of local church members volunteering their
0:11:30 > 0:11:34time and skills here, all in a race to finish in time
0:11:34 > 0:11:37for the grand opening in just one week's time.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Church member James is an electrician
0:11:41 > 0:11:44who's given up six months of paid work to help.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I've found it hugely rewarding.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Erm, I love doing it.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I may not be terribly good when it comes to eloquence
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and preaching and anything like that,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57but it's the one way I can contribute.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59And there's Jill, who's a doctor.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01The church here at Wotton is like my family,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and we've got a project going on,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06and I wanted to give back to the church and to God
0:12:06 > 0:12:08what I've been given through this church.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11So I want to be able to contribute and be part of the team here.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Then there's local welder Lee,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16who was passing by and offered to lend a hand.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17So I decided to do it for free.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20It's, er, for the church, it's for the community, and I thought,
0:12:20 > 0:12:25you know, I'd do my part and muck in and help out with everybody else.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Even the minister's getting involved. Hey, Tom.- Hi, Connie.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30You're the minister, how does it make you feel,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- all your congregation doing up the place?- It's - it's terrific.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35They're just a group of generous people
0:12:35 > 0:12:39who believe in a generous God, and it shows in their lives, you know?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41And how did you raise the money for this?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Nearly all of it has just been given by members of the church.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Costs have been cut by people volunteering,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- and that's what's made it happen. - So, a week's time -
0:12:51 > 0:12:53are you going to finish in time?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56We are certainly going to get it presentable
0:12:56 > 0:12:59and ready for people to come into it and feel welcome.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Whether it'll be 100% functional or not, we'll see.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Well, I should let you get on,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07but in the spirit of this volunteering work,
0:13:07 > 0:13:08give me the brush, come on.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11OK, well, perhaps I'll go and get a cuppa, then.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Slacking, slacking, the minister is slacking.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Yes, I may have been lending a bit of a hand myself,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21but it's hats off to the real volunteers here.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And for the lynchpin of the whole project, Richard,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27it's about more than just bricks and mortar.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30It has been tremendously galvanising in the congregation.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34You get to know people when you're working together on a building site
0:13:34 > 0:13:37far more than you do just sitting in a pew next to them
0:13:37 > 0:13:39on a Sunday service.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- And has this project brought the community together?- Yes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46And in fact one day one person said to me,
0:13:46 > 0:13:50"Wow, in this day and age I thought churches were closing down."
0:13:50 > 0:13:51A church is actually expanding.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I've got very emotionally involved in it.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58I've... At night I wake up thinking about it.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03CROWD: Three, two, one...
0:14:04 > 0:14:08After over 20 years dreaming of this day, it's finally arrived,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11and the new centre is open.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13It's a moment of pride and relief
0:14:13 > 0:14:16for Tom, Richard, and the whole church.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18It's been a manic couple of weeks.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20We've been working really hard to get it done, so, yeah,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I'm thrilled with the result, really.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26It's all looking pretty together, and welcoming,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28which is the key thing, really.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Haven't slept for quite a few nights,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31but tonight I will sleep well!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40# Praise Him
0:14:41 > 0:14:43# Praise Him
0:14:44 > 0:14:47# Praise Him
0:14:47 > 0:14:49# Praise Him
0:14:50 > 0:14:53# Jesus
0:14:53 > 0:14:56# Blessed Saviour
0:14:56 > 0:15:02# He's worthy to be praised
0:15:02 > 0:15:08# From the rising of the sun
0:15:08 > 0:15:15# Until the going down of the same
0:15:15 > 0:15:17# His glory
0:15:17 > 0:15:21# Jesus' glory
0:15:21 > 0:15:26# He's worthy to be praised
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- # Praise him - Praise him
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- # Praise him - Praise him
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- # Praise him - Praise him
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- # Praise him - Praise him, yeah
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- # Jesus - Jesus
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- # Blessed saviour - Blessed saviour
0:15:45 > 0:15:52# He's worthy to be praised
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- # Glory - Glory
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- # Glory - Glory, yeah
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- # In all things - In all things
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- # Give him glory - Give him glory
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- # Jesus - Jesus
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- # Blessed saviour - Blessed saviour
0:16:10 > 0:16:16- # He's worthy to be praised - He's worthy to be praised
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- # God is our rock - God is our rock
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- # Mm, yeah - Hope of salvation
0:16:23 > 0:16:27# Hope of salvation
0:16:28 > 0:16:33- # A strong deliverer - And strong, he's a strong deliverer
0:16:33 > 0:16:34# Yeah
0:16:34 > 0:16:40- # In him will I always trust - In him will I always trust
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- # Mm, praise him - Praise him
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- # Praise him - Praise him
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- # Praise him - Praise him
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- # Praise him - Praise him
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- # Jesus - Jesus
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- # Blessed saviour - Blessed saviour
0:16:59 > 0:17:07- # He's worthy to be praised - He's worthy to be praised. #
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Being a Christian in some parts of the world can be difficult,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17and in others, extremely dangerous.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Pakistan is, according to studies,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24the fourth most perilous place on the planet to be a Christian.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Yet when a bishop from Hyderabad came to visit Glasgow,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32he was not looking for respite but to pick up ideas
0:17:32 > 0:17:36of how to help the local community in his home city,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38as Sally Magnusson discovered.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43What is the community that you're working with and living among
0:17:43 > 0:17:46in Hyderabad like?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50We live with Muslims and then with Hindus,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55and we as a diocese very much believe in our social gospel,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and that is why we have got the six schools,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and three or four different projects
0:18:00 > 0:18:03which deal with the social issues of the society.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Bishop Kaleem and his party's first stop is the Lodging House,
0:18:07 > 0:18:08a homeless shelter
0:18:08 > 0:18:11run in conjunction with Glasgow City Mission.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17We're trying, really, to bring people up in life a bit
0:18:17 > 0:18:19and restore their dignity.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21That's our wider aim.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Stage one is just to bring them in and offer them something to eat.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Financial problems, mental health and drug addiction
0:18:30 > 0:18:33are some of the issues the team deal with on a daily basis.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Is it independent work or is it funded by anything?
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Ah, we need over £300,000 a year to run this place.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48SALLY CHEERS
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I'm out of practice nowadays!
0:18:53 > 0:18:56It's not every day a bishop from Pakistan makes a stop
0:18:56 > 0:18:58at a laundrette in Glasgow,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01but Bishop Kaleem is here to meet Jake Crawley,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04who started up her own business in the church.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- You are a volunteer. - Volunteer, yeah.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I was on benefits for a few years,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12and we come in to start the self-reliant group.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Is it all day, or do you work for certain hours of the day?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Well, I do my own work, half five till half nine in the morning,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21then I come into the laundry Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24The laundrette was started with the help of an initiative
0:19:24 > 0:19:28called WEvolution, which originated in India in the late 1980s.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32It helps people to support each other to form small businesses.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38The church provides the space, and how did you get the machines?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Through micro-finance through WEvolution.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42We borrowed 5,000 off them.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So we paid that within a year back
0:19:45 > 0:19:47with the money that came in from the laundrette.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51And your hope is that you'll get enough customers to make
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- a profit and then have an income yourself?- Yeah, yes.- Yes.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56And I'll be along with my ironing.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00And you'll come along with your ironing, good, another customer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's been a busy and useful trip for the bishop,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06and he's noticed a familiar theme which resonates strongly with him.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11For the church it is very important, especially nowadays,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13to connect with the local community,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15to tell them that the church is there.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Church is not there only to worship God,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21but at the same time to serve the people of God,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and I think this is how we can serve the people of God,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and God will really appreciate that.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Today, St George's flag is fluttering from English rooftops
0:22:30 > 0:22:34in celebration of the feast day of England's patron saint.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39According to myth, he's a celebrated dragon slayer,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42but to Christians, he's also a martyr.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46The hymn most associated with St George
0:22:46 > 0:22:48will have been sung today
0:22:48 > 0:22:51in churches up and down the English shires.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Written by the poet William Blake, it is, of course, Jerusalem.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23At RSPCA animal centres the doors are always open
0:25:23 > 0:25:25to help animals in need -
0:25:25 > 0:25:29including some of the more unusual pets,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31like Cliff the ferret.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Now, when he's leaping about, I've never seen anything like that.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Is that what ferrets do?- Yeah, so when they're really excited,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49they tend to do a ferret dance, where you'll see him hopping around,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and they chatter away to themselves when they're really excited.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Ferret dancing?- Yes.- Wow!
0:25:55 > 0:25:57So, this is Cliff.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59He's super-friendly, so he's really good at being handled,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01as you can see.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- So this is your dream job? - It is indeed, yeah.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I've always wanted to work for the RSPCA.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10As a Christian yourself, did it surprise you to know
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- that the founder of the RSPCA was a Christian?- It did actually, yeah.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I, er, I'll be honest with you, I didn't know,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18but at the same time it makes a lot of sense.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I believe that, obviously, God made the Earth,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24He made us and the animals, and we're here to look after them.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- Mm-hm.- And unfortunately quite a few people don't look after them,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and we see it every day here with all the animals we get.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Has that had an effect on the way that you view people?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Obviously, to some degree, but I try to not let it.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41The people that we get here are always lovely and friendly and kind,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and they just want to give the animals a new home.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46You'll get involved in an animal,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49usually at the point of their greatest stress and trauma,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52and you nurse them through that, restore them to health.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Is it ever difficult to say goodbye to them,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57because you must become emotionally engaged?
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Yeah, of course, erm, it is an emotional rollercoaster, my job,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05but it's a good rollercoaster cos the end is always good.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So seeing them going to their new homes is what they deserve.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11So, Cliff, he came in as a stray.
0:27:11 > 0:27:17Erm, he had ticks all over him, and, erm, was quite underweight,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20so we've fattened him up, and now he's looking for a home,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23so the best bit will be seeing him with his new family.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Well, obviously, dogs like to be walked, and cats like to be stroked.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Is there anything particularly that ferrets like?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Cliff in particular likes having his belly rubbed.- Yeah?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- And the occasional rock. - Rock? How do you rock a ferret?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So, you just hold him and just...
0:27:38 > 0:27:41just slowly rock him side by side.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43DAVID LAUGHS
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- You can hold him if you want to. - Can I?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47You literally just go like that.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- OK.- Around there. - So, like that?- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- And then you kind of give him a little rock?- Yeah.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Awwwww!
0:28:03 > 0:28:08# Morning has broken
0:28:08 > 0:28:13# Like the first morning
0:28:13 > 0:28:17# Blackbird has spoken
0:28:17 > 0:28:22# Like the first bird
0:28:22 > 0:28:26# Praise for the singing
0:28:26 > 0:28:30# Praise for the morning
0:28:30 > 0:28:35# Praise for them springing
0:28:35 > 0:28:41# Fresh from the world
0:28:41 > 0:28:46# Sweet the rain's new fall
0:28:46 > 0:28:50# Sunlit from heaven
0:28:50 > 0:28:55# Like the first dewfall
0:28:55 > 0:28:59# On the first grass
0:28:59 > 0:29:04# Praise for the sweetness
0:29:04 > 0:29:08# Of the wet garden
0:29:08 > 0:29:13# Sprung in completeness
0:29:13 > 0:29:17# Where his feet pass
0:29:19 > 0:29:23# Mine is the sunlight
0:29:23 > 0:29:28# Mine is the morning
0:29:28 > 0:29:32# Born of the one light
0:29:32 > 0:29:37# Eden saw play
0:29:37 > 0:29:41# Praise for the singing
0:29:41 > 0:29:45# Praise for the morning
0:29:45 > 0:29:50# Praise for them springing
0:29:50 > 0:29:55# Fresh from the world
0:29:56 > 0:30:04# Fresh from the world. #
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Arthur Broome, founder of the RSPCA, died in 1837.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Just four days later,
0:30:17 > 0:30:21the young Victoria was crowned Queen of England, and in 1840,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25she gave the charity her royal seal of approval,
0:30:25 > 0:30:28and the title by which it is known today,
0:30:28 > 0:30:33the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Arthur Broome is the inspiration behind all the work being
0:30:36 > 0:30:39done by the RSPCA here and around the world,
0:30:39 > 0:30:43and I'm sure he could never have imagined the enduring legacy
0:30:43 > 0:30:46of his vision born out of Christian principles
0:30:46 > 0:30:48and an unshakeable faith in God.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56# God in three persons
0:30:56 > 0:31:01# Blessed Trinity... #
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Holy, holy, holy.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE