The New York herald., 1850-06-25
Ladies' Homo niis.ionary Society.

EGhNkkATlNu flVb POINTS
The drectresses of the Ladies' Home Mission Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church extending the
sphere Of their laudable efforts and have recently
established branch of their society at the corner
of Cross and Little Water streets, Give Points, }
which we attended on Sunday. and where their
lsbors are likely to result in desirable success.
The society have established themselves in this vic
nifty only within the last three weeks and the pupils
male and female, already number nearly seventy,
who attend the daily as well as the Sabbath exer
cises of the institution. Already have three fe-
males, who had been leading life of proligacy,
gladly abandoned their course of vice, and they are
now provided with situations by the Rev. McKen-
dry Pese, who, upon the application Of the direc-
treesee, was appointed missionary to this locality
by the bishop Two children have also been taken
from dleness, and placed in employment by the
society. i is the intention OF the managers to
build q church in the neighborhood of the Five
Points, in which they are generously aided by Sc
versl influential philanthropists. Subscriptions for
that purpose will be received by the missionary
and the committee
The object of this society is to raise funds to sup
port city missionaries, whose business it will be, in
addition TO preaching the gospel, to visit the poor
the sick, and the riendless, in the lanes and alleys
endeavor to induce them TO attend place of wor-
ship-tO send their children TO Sabbath-sc hoOl-to
promote the interest Of the temperance cause, and
in every way to labor for the good of souls.
years, and has already built three churches, and
three more are in progress.
During the month of May we took occasion, in
referring 10 the religious anniversaries of New
York, to direct the attention of the missionaries to
the evils that required correction in parts of
this city. We then asked-"A Are there none moro
dark than the heathen, TO be found wthinthis city,
fostering in the infamy OF mental and bodily cor
ruption Are there none to be found in the pur-
heus of the I" Five Points," and similar localities,
who have never heard the gospel truths! Is there
no'vriue to be protected no vice tobe suppressed
Cannot missionaries be sent among the rising gene
ration p &c, NC. These questions have been an
swered in the affirmative, by the generous action
of the Ladies' Home Missionary Society, who have
found many in want Of spiritual education; and, as
We understand, those by no means unwilling to re-
ceive the blessings which pious charity is desirous
of imPartiDg.
We are glad that our hints were acted upon in
less Than a fortnight sferwards, and that the re-
suits are even thus early proving most successful.
The directresses of this society are Mrs. Rev.
+. 5. James, First Directress, 6 Lspenard street;
Mrs. G. X. deuel., Secord Dircctress, 81 Broad
way; Mrs. DR.. Palmer, Third Directress; 81 Riv-
ington street; X. A. Mrs. Reading, Treasurer, ll9
First avenue Mrs. w. B. Skidmore Rec. Secre-
tary, l3S Hudson street; Miss lmogen Mercein,
Cor Secretary, AIS Fourth street.
These ladies, for their incessant and philan .hro-
pic exertons, deserve the highest respect from their
fellow-citizens; and we trust that from the wealthy
they may receive pecuniary assistance, TO enable
them to follow out the objects of the Home Mis-
We make the following extract from the last an
nual report.
peals in every form; al present can but reerate
them. We have pleaded with our friends as ciii-
xens Of that great emporium which all acknowledge
10 be the ountain-head Of all the good and evil in
fuences which overshadow our land phiIan-
throplss, who admit that the temporal veal OF the
present generation depends upon the influences
which are thrown around their infancy and child
hood: as Christians, who believe that the eternal
deetinies of thousands are affected by their present
reception or rejection of gospel oyertures; and
how can they hear without preacher, and how
can they preach except they be sentP We have
pleaded for helpless infancy, for weeping childhood,
for ardent, erring youth, for vicious hardened man
hood, yea, even for the hoary head of wickedness.
All such embraced in our various missionary
stations and commencing them once again 10 the
active sympathy of our friends, we close years
report, and start anew TO labor and TO hope"