Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-24
miscellaneous.
Efforts for 0uieasls.

During the early pnrt Of 1850 an earnest
Christian mnn offered himself to his reli-
glous denomination as n Missionary in the
Five Points. The idea was thought rather
chllnerical; STILL no opposition was made
.nh Tie Missionary went out 10 his task.--
Ills FIRST effort was with the children. Iii
Walking round the streets OF this qunrer, lac
soon found thnt the boys had not only had no
home aud no parents, but The most ui ihen,
very lirtle to eat. So the very first morning
of his ministry he gathered u knot of them
TO lead The way 10 II bakers. The baker oh-
Jertcd to feeding such crowd of pickpOrk
cts aud thieves, but our liicud insisted, aud
bought his bread.cnke aud distributed it
anlung them. Amer this was over he told
the boys he should hold meeting the ueNt
Sunday at the corner of Cross street, aud
asked II they would come. "Thcy would
be-- IL they wouldn't" they replied.
On the next Sunday hc opened his meet.
ing with very considerable crowd of wo-
men aud boys But what, with the oatlis
and the shouts aud the peltiug of every body,
except the preacher, and the general row 0c-
cusioncd, the services did not get on very
well aud our Missionary az length told thcm
he saw this would not do aud ho would
have meeting next Sunday in room.-
They gave him three ch"ets. aud lee leit, not
at all discouraged. For the ucXt Sunday a
snug grUg.slop was bought out, cleaned aud
furnished with seats, and "a very good audi
euce was collected perhaps partly 10y the as-
eociniions of the place. Daring the first
prayer the Missionary was interrupted 10y n
very singular noise, aud, opening his eyes
lie bchold the whole audience scramhiing
under the seats for the door. II appears
there were assistants stationed at every seat,
tl,. L.,
ped"
We will not continue farther the account
Of MIR. P's uishnps. Ii is enough to say, that
10y mingled system of feeding aud prcarh-
ing, aud hy an uuceasing good nature. he
gathered at last an attentive, wrll-heha,e-
ed audience OF the worst characters OF the
district
While distributing his tracts one day n
mong the brothels, an old wiiherud woman
who had kept her house there twenty years,
told him " she liked them tracts. aud the
preaching. She kind O'ihought it did her
gals good. They alters 90, more drunk at !
terwards!"
Onesof the prostitutes, ton, said 10 him, !
with a bitter curse, " what are you giving
these things 10 us for? Wen rcnd 'puI. aud
pelhnps we'll repent day! But what of
1t? Give us something TO keep us liom
starviugw
The missionary soon came 10 the conclu-
sion that preaching Tor such was worse than
useless. IL aroused only TO make them more
reckless rs they saw the utter hopclussncss
before them. Starvation or crime was al
ways the grim choice. lie went, according
Iy, To his Society for means TO provide work
for these women. They replied 10 the effect
that he was sent to the Five Points TO he
minister of the gospel, to preach aud pray,
aud not to set up work -sliopw
lie tried then for private subscriptions
mud succeeded, by means of these, in hiring
quantity of material from one OF the shirt
making establishments. with this he set 20
or 80 OF the women to work, on the PROMISE
of ultimately getting them places, it. they
proved steady. They stitched from early
morning till late at night, the first day, and
he paid them the wages OF the best seam
stresses.
lie soon found, that if he would really
gain much influence in the district, he must
live there. He accordingly indicted one of
the vlcst of the houses, elected its occu-
pants nnd rented il. The old brnihel keeper
ns she left IT,, told him that lie would soon
he sick Of his bargain! There were lice
aud vcrInin enough in the house 10 eat him
outn "lf you can live there, can !" said .
MIR. L. "The work Of cleaning such n
house, none but hOusekeeprr can nppreci-
nic,-bollnE water, slark-liine, scruhbiug,
soaping sanding, white washing, &c, for
week, until" SAID Mr, =. "ihe bricks on tie
outside were running with wnter." Al length
he and his family moved in. The prostitutes
were tnken into the house, aud regular work
nnd board given them, aud places found for
them. day school for the children was
established, where they we're paril, clothed
aud fed. A sunday school and rrg ious ser
vices, too, are carried on within the build
ing. Mr. p. has since indictrd and rented
Two other houses, aud has now n hundred of
those women under his chnrgr; and haa had
Ms we understood him, over eight hundred
of them in his family, since he has been
there; Tor the grent mijori'y Of whom he
has found honest means ut livrlihuud, and
with very many of whom, he has seen, ~
he thinks, thorough changes of characier.-
lie states, that he has hnd over $500 of sew
ing work oui, in the Five Points, at one time,
aud has never yet lost pGnny's worth aud
though any one else might have his pockets
picked NJ the first step, he dors not believe
single article oi his would ever be touched, il
he should leave his doors mide open.
His most enduring influence in my opin-
ion n over the children, who collect in con-
siderable numbers TO his day school NJ
bright looking set OF iule vagubunds as we
ever saw. We heard ihem lately explain the
mnp of the United States quite as inielli-
gently Ms could the children of our higher
ciasses at the same age.
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