Litchfield enquirer., 1847-03-25
EMiGRANT PAUPERS.
VISIT TO THE ALMsHuUsE.

EMiGRANr PAUPERS.
 VISIT TO THE ALMsIloUsE.
 We have just come from the New Ycrl Almshouse, S a profitable visi, il has teen
 We have witnessed proverty before tut ney CT such proverty. Though an American poor. r.houSe, it is filled, yes, crammed with ; European paupers. Our ears have ,inelcd with the recent accounts of deslilu,ion in Ireland-but here were hundreds of its late starving population before our eyes. We 1 have read of Continental misery-but here were hundreds of Geima paupers in their rags all around us. Pause a moment with us, reader, and let us survey this scene.- Shutting ones eyes to misery does not les sen it, or make us better. And it is we'll tJ become familiar with such sishts-tor A. merica is like 10 become the great Aims house, if not the Botany Bay, of the Old World.
 We had the best of guides in Colpor,eur Eulner, an intelligent German, who has spen, four years in hunting up his coun,ry> men on the wharveS, in the hos pi;als, and in all the streets and lanes of this great city. He has for long period had free access to the poor-house, and by exhortalion and prayer, the distribution of books and Tracts. has done great good to its inmates.
 We proceeded at once 10 the garre; ofonc of the tene ments, where we found nearly 200 German women and children, huddled around the stoves or lying on their beds, of straw. Here we met Rev. Mir. L-,a devo.ed German preacher, surrounded by a moely grouf,imparting instruction and con. Solation in the most tender and winning manner. 10 his interested and weeping hear CTS. It was scene for the prnril La"- suase cannot paint it. I" '"T group S'ooo a mother, holding in her arms chilo TWO nr .h.-. pears of age, with its limbs shrunk hy sickness to less than one fonrlh of lhci: natural size. And the food for lha, child was basin ofcoarSe mutt. We gave the mother the means of procuring apfrc- prste food, and turned away sick al heart.
 In another apartmett in :he garret were about 100 Gcernans. The first woman we addressed and but yesterday lost her husban nd by ftyer,and week ago two of her children died. A few words Of cons olation brought tears from her eyes. In another par, of the room was German whose wife died to- day, leaving five helpless children! lis heart seemed broken, as well it might be- But We canAot pursue these det"ilS. Our heart aches, as one after another the images of that hour rise before the mind. Thus, then, is proverty, with it's sad train ot woe and the Gospel is for such--the Gospel tia! was to be 'pre ,ched to lhe poor.' Thanks be unto God for that Gospel, and for him who came to bring it To one and ano'h- CT our companions give their message from Calvary. 0, how welcome it seemed! And as we left, il was cheering to see groups around some reader of Poor Jcseph,' or the Dairymau's Daughler,' or the Bolaschaf. .-v,' (American Messenger, in German') Chrisl's messages to Chris,s Poor May mary jewel be found and polished for the SaviouI's diadcm, from that dark garret! CoIporleur Euluer described the scene he | witnessed the first Sabbath he hell service among lhcse poor cmiGl lahts. At the con- | mencemeul ol the service ne auhouuced the hymn by Gerhard, Hope in God.' Hall the assembly were in tears. By singular coincidence, it ,oaa ths LaH hym" sung n lhgtr CLurch is Germany the Sabbath be- fore they sailed for America! When he 1 inquired if they had the word of Col, No mo- was the reply from more than half his congregation, wao were Roman Catholics: one of whom arose and said, " These lr0l- eslants have the tcStI men!, but we have ho' the word of God.' Why Dot| asked The colpor.eur. 'rhc priests have forbidden it. Can they be gooI Ien who keep llon you the best gift God has bestowed on man {? No, t!ey can,tt.' Are they doing God' v.l. wlea he cLm nand, allD search tht .S:ri2:ur.s,' wAlle tney withhold Ia- Strip lures" N,' Now sail F., 'Amer icaa Christians. though they have nese