The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-16

Tenth Anniversary OF u. ce,orea Home.

Team Anniversary OF the C0lOrod Home.
On Thursday afternoon last q great numbsr
of visitors were presest on the occasion OF this
anniversary, and the courtyard Of tho beausl-
ful building was crowded with carriages and Gle
CANT equirsges The exercises OF this interesting in
stiiution, which L. home hospital tor aged Asd
infrm cooIed persons begun and shiey supp ,red o.
private ladies Of the drst circles OF
our CITY commenced BY singing hymn; after which,
Rev Mr.. DARlLNo, chaplain OF the institution, read
portion Of the rptures and offered up prayer. IL
was interesting to s-s the cheerful happy and oeAly
appearance Of tbs oolored inmates composed OF OLD
men and women, and quite young chiidren whose sp.
pearsnce highly oredsb to the institution and
Rev Mr. THonrsor then read the annual report,
ststem.uts of the progress and condition Of the
inmstes of the Home very affecting sooouat
concluded tho reading Of the report addressed the
the subject before them, descantng sspe-
cially upon the sxcsllenoo Of such work. aud the
blessing waiting upon those who dc good, and whs
bless their f-Ilew creatures, not in word but In deed
and actions.
DR. FrrcH phy.ician of tho institution. then read
dical report Of the institution This was
particularly interesting especially tho stsemsnt reiat-
ing to the cholera last year We regret that our
space for the present does not allow TO give
oopious extracts from this interesting report Sing
ing then Joined In by the company, afser which,
said he generally liked to have definite object
addressing meeting and hs felt much mbarra sment
formation. than to impMt IT, Il was his frat visit
to this noble institutions no was but little acqu
with it's object and nature till he entered ths room
and he reprosched himself for not having known IL
before As for those lsdies and others who we're the
principal bensaotors and supporters of this insttu
tisn he need say thing of them tor they had al
ready their own and great reward On hearing the
report just read, idea which particularly struck
him was the excellence aud great advantages OF Sys-
ematia be NJ Violence. BY order, BY system, and by
well regulated plan In the OF doing good, chart
is applied under the direction OF an Intelligent
Judgment. without doing evil to the persons intended
to bsnet Is too often done by loose and unsyse-
matte almfgiving You ladies' who support this nsti-
tuition have ssi1 wn, u,a
the world canne take away To be great Ia THIS World
we must be litte-we must be little ohiidren-we
must Doroas did. She was more hon
orSd by the testimony OF the poor TOR whom she
had made garments, than she would ever have
been by the plaudhs Of the rich and the great
who would not prefer such testimony as this
The report also suggested to his mind tho reality OF
Christian faith In the record which il contained OF
the happy deaths recorded therein Those deaths,
wherever they occur, give conyergency OF evidence
which comes home to us aid DR. A then addressed
few words Of to the members Of the nsti
tuition not happily conceived or wordsd.
Rev Dr. Two then addressed the meeting. He said
he thought the chief object Of address here ought
TO be to encourage TO animate and to fill with hope,
the aborers who labored In the works contem
plate ON this anniversary Christian experience re-
qures us to suffer and to do good to them that suffer
and hold out the cup to them In secret without re-
cordng the deed. 1t Is more blessed to give than to
recevethst is we are happier the more We contribute
to make our fellow creatures happy. The Africans are
poor neglected class but they deserving our care
and sympathy and, poor a. they are he never knew
people grateful toan they tor kindness sho
TO them / once said DR. T.. resided for some time
q missionary in the souh-2G00 children Of Africans
in bondage where lived, and generally must
ray their treatment BY their masters that OF
tleness and love On occasion turned in at two
poplar trees for the nght-that sign at the
door at which always dismount. The first thing
done is TO call In all the slaves Of the plantation as
az found that real parson is come in order
to hear the parson 1t Is ns sight TO the stten-
ton with which these poor slaves listen to the preach
for he IL expected to preach regular sermon, a he
generally does TO all the asssmbl household shall
ever look baek with satisfaction to that period Of my
life say Of the Africans than can Of the
whites Never did mis- pins head Of all had, all
the years there though slept always with our
doors wide open and the windows open, without
lock q key, aibAr . bolt. IL had to choose,
would prefer congregation Of black Africans to one
Of seg whites True Christian benevolepce IL doing
the greatest good to those who need IL most None
need nor claim, deserve much As the poor
groes There more than $50 900 protesting Chris
taDs among three millions of slaves In the South;
therefore they not degraded peopls-they are
q negecte people While statesmen nov specu-
latiog in the Wholesale what they shall do you come
here and help the negro In the best way you
You provide Home for him in sickness and sor-
Christian ladies cannot b. engaged In purer or
q nobler DR.. 7. then concluded, AFTER illus
trating In happy and eloquent strain the great or
cs.nce OF work. such these and sxpatiating upon
the high In for all them that act
with the bene Violence 10 their fellow creatures
and who 60 and do likewise.
The company then joined again In singing and
prayer; after which the meeting was dismissed with
benediction by the chaplain OF the Home. DR.. Fitch
politely showsd tho establishment. and We were de-
lighted with the order comfort cleanliness and excel
lent ARRANGEMENT Of everything saw.