The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-04
The Five Points MissiOn-The Ladies'
Home Missionary Society.

meetir 6 of the New York Ladies' Home Missionary
Society was held last evening" in Metropolitan Hail. for
the purpose of advancing their mission in that pandc
monium Of our city known as the Five Points . The
toksts for admission fixed at twenty five cents
ard as the hall filled almost to its capacity
the proceeds Of last evening must have considerably a
creased the funds Of the society Some clergy
men occupied seats the STAGE but the principal
traction the programme, John b. Cough, the peripa
teic temperance orator was n present His absence
was accounted and apologized for by Rev Henry
Ward Beeeher; but it appeared that Mr. Coughs
attendance was ely made for. by plentiful supply
Of substitutes, both lay and clerical.
The proceedings of the evening int duded by
prayer by Rev. Mr. Peck, after which was sung
by the whose services engaged for the
occasion The following explanatory SHARKS were then
read on behalf of the society,"
The York Ladies uoms Missionary Society The Me-
iodist nIsoSps chu, has been in successful opcrston
in the destitute parts q the city ava suburbs years
fs ,Fs a Rs fss pGss
obtained ts, them twenty feet by foryn the
.nee for missionary opened sabbath school and ns
ass psa;ei children locked the satsaih school
e snS n5ad IN entire S Rad
Mr. Luehey .te ehsplsn tothe Sing Sing state prison.
passGt aeo sssi pnSf
wSo SeSe RELIGIOUS Ssnos ss1 .Gn
me OBJECT OF ths y 70 procure mission large
oper'ons We brn II thus before public bcesuse tie
is-
public benefit
The Rev. Mr.. w.RrLry, of Newark delivered an adj
dress, which ives compounded Of resume Of late
French revolron-a TRADE against Louis Napoleon
religious dissertation aud finally classic 7rose Of The
polluti which regned at the Five Point, lie of,en
nagined that he the Prince OF Darkness seated the
en- ium cask and srgipg-
I'm monarch OF all survey.
Ny right there is none to dispute:
From Orange street all round to Centre
. I'm lord Of the fowl and the brute
MT W. amuted his auditory by recouutnq some Of those
cohca anecdotes in which chiefly lies the tfe of this
class OF SPEAKERS aud wound up by the scrpura quota
nop Ih.y NLo have trained many to righteous shall
shine a. the starr for and ever -
The Alleghansns then sung in exquisite style the
soBnet COMMENCING
"Iell me, my soul, tell me, OH hope and fai H.
is there resting place from sorrow, sin and death
On being loudly epcored by the audience they again
aTrared and rang The farmer Eat in his easy chair
Their HENRY WARD BEEcHER next came forward and
delivered an address lie eulogized the character of
John Wesley, who took for his and diocese the
rsbble and Of the Methodist Episcopal Church which
be founded lie ngratulaed the society on the nre.
Of olarge congregation which gave the stropst
assurance OF the publc appreciation Of their obe ef
forts and he felt the bsu associations which surround
ed him In this ball in which he had heard the tones of
that atcbess eongster to whom he many of his
most active impulses to good lie deneated The abau
doIed character Of that locality the improvement of
which the object Of this society appealed to the
public for Contributions for thst purpose
Rev MIR. fosrrR next introduced and stated that
the society wanted to make up on this occasiop the
rum q 81 $50 and would therefore expect TIE rdience
TO contribute according to their means Several geae
men present thereupon announced from various pars
the htue their Contributions consisting sums OF $500
Sie0, 1900 500 $50 $40 etc and the hat having been
put round for the collection Of al the small rg tha
aggregate sums levied were ~ nounced by hs Treasurer
~ amorntTg 70 SEQ thus falling short By SIS 900 Of
the amount sought for. This not. certatnly the
fault OF the Reverend collector, who plod bis vocation
with great professional tki The Huchinsouiau family
were Txt introduced and sung cold water song Alter
which har' dictitp pronounced, ard the meeting
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