The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-09
Tn. Female Guardian society.

The sixteenth anniversary Of this philanthropc and
highly useful society was held Tuesday evening In
the Church Of the Puritans, Union Square and
cccdingiy we'll attended the church being filled with
a highly respectable audience, among whom We OBJ
served large number Of ladies. The Rev Or Cheevcr
occupied tho chair Prayer having been offered by
Rev Mr. Barnard, In q most appropriate and solemn
manner an original hymn. adapted to the OCCASION
was pieasinsiy sung by the children from the Home
These preliminary services being concluded the tr,a
.urcr's and general annual reports read, from
which We CLEAN the following very pleasing facts az
having resulted from the lsbcrs Of the society The
amount of subscriptions. during the pas, year, was
sialn 90 and the expenditure has been equal The
building debt has been cancelled. Notwithstanding
which the society IL siii indebted, to the amount
5000 The report depores the dsesase Of three Of ts
most efficient members hsn ., 70, pa,
cd The average family at the hall has been 100
Tho number Of adults received during the year 93
81 children no whole number, $40. The aggregate
number Of adults received since the institution
opened in July. 1slT. 1o74: Of children, I4t-totai
ISIS The majority of these have found good homes
In rcspeeatle families The society issues from l1gO
90 12oOO eopiea OF the .fdsccse and Gaardids, semi
monthly. in addition 10 many other publcations Tn
tot. sucs during the year have amounted TO l5o0J0
oparto pase. and over 400 600 duodecno pages. In
the registered department upwards q 2eoo adults and
cCo children have applied for aid and employment and
Rev Mr. Tyosys6t moved the following resolution J:
" That the circumstances Of the young ana unprovt-
ded poor In our large towns and cities. render them
the special objects 81 Christian care aud wa,chfulness
nd tbs. the recent dcveopcmc OF depravity and vice
among this elias. In our city should awaken the
mcs anxious thought aud earnest effort VI the bcne
violent for their physical aud moral improvement
Mr. T. addressed the meeting - follows The start
ling disclosures made IN the recent report ~ ths Chief
II Police touching the extent % juvenile dePrsvty In
the midst Of NJ. struck chord in the heart 81 the
community. which has not ceased TO vibratc chord
III humsnitv chord q pity q chord u fear Three
thousand young thieves rrovling about our streets
and whsrrss aud countless embryo criminNsl ~ we
had read Of such = state o. things in letter from
foreign missionary In distant heather c'nntry. We
should have been startled. and have realized the Inn
rortarcc 81 redoubed efforts for the reformation Of
community so corrupt But that such state 81
things should exst amongst Us, in the midst Of
this city ~ a hundred churches. u overwhelming
when recovered nom the hrst psro,yir Of surprise
and srisf Witch experienced cu reasing this fright
mi picture human deprsvhy began 10 look Arcurd
me for the elements Of hope, and found u IN the
very fact that such disclosure had been NAB, aud
that too BY the chief q Police In hesthen com
Try such state ~ pollution might - on @roush soc
cessive generations. pnr~sar5-j and rnrcwehei
Bss hess We have ssses sbssori Win tss s>ss O.