The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-14

said /, is the end Of Gods holy toiler-the end Of
one who was blessing to humanity-a man before
whom the Pitts and the Foxes, the Bulwers and the
Byrons, shall be reckoned as nought. We estimate
man Alright when we value him for blessings which
he bestows upon his fellow men. The speaker re-
ferred to the position ofwomen in society, and said
am firm believer in woman's rights Woman,
who guards and defends u.s. and stands at the thresh
old Of that world which lives through erernity. Is
there holier word than mother No; that word
vibrates to the heart Of ALL He remembered upon
one occasion that when some visiters had come to
the Home established by this society, one of the
children Of the Home, who had noticed, with spark
ling eyes, the care and love which was bestowed
upon D child Of one Of the visiters by its mother,
burst into tears and cried, why, have not ! q
mother 20 Words of kindness to the frcndless, he
said, were cherished in heaven. Words Of kindness
were often the means Of saving many Of these un-
fortunates, who have afterwards cherished
and kept in remembrance those words which had
brought them back from the errors of their
ways and led them to peace and happiness.
We build splendid churches and spacious squares
in our city. and yonder is Brooklyn, the City Of
Churches, veing with us; and cannot conceive
how some of those people who live in the Fifth
avenue and in Broadway, can 60 to their houses of
worship, where they can sit m ease and comfort,
without experiencing desire to aid in the great
work Of this society. Let us go into this great
the map Of misery there-let us 60 to those wrctchcd
abodes Of suffering, and those depths of unclean-
ness, as did our blessed Saviour, and let behold
those wretcl1H9, wandering bands Of filthy rags,
which we BY courtesy call children and let us take
them fromthei squalor, want, AND ignorance, and
train them up in the knowledge Of their duties to
God and man; for every one Of them has an i'm
mortal soul. and ''of sueh"-as said our Saviour
'is the kingdom Of heaven" New York must
sustain the Home Of the Fricndless it is not the
great public buildings Of marble that are the pride
Of the city, but it is its public charitable nstitu
tions which are It's greatest boast. Mrs. Duncan,
the noblcst woman Of her sex, in a work on
America, speaks Of the Home of the Friendess much
more than she does of public buildings Remember
as you 60 to your homes tonight and bend at your
household affairs, that your sympathies have done
something towards giving home to. those who
bat for you, would have none and il you should
meet one Of those children in Gods home it will be
q blessed thing for you to remember that you put
out your hand TO help them heres After the con-
cusion Of Mr.. Cuyler's address, another hymn was
sung by the children, and then
The Rev. DR.. D0wLING was introduced to the
meeting, and proceeded to urge the claims Of the
society on their patronage and that Of the public
He spoke at length of tho influence Of education
upon children and bcsought parents to guard we'll
the little ones given to theiy care against tempta-
tion. He advcrted to the Consequences of the FIRST
sin which man may commit, which m ght DO