New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-21

Oar readers are ,vare hat no Riyo Points sai aisly
was the spiritual cesspool n our City few years ago
h home II s ou,,a szd bs resor, II every ru m
n de- ntd dangoroa tho Points aer sunset
gr,a hang, hs- been ss. tod AZ ts railroad switch
say The Point, have been tIrnedH They may now
be raversed with much safety asr midnight any Of
our arstoera,ic avcnuss For this reformation in
debed mainly 70 rhlanihropc institutions the Five
Pon,- Mssion OF the New York Ladies Home Missionary
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 10 the Five
Points House Of Industry under the management OF Mr.
Peass In this sricle we shall confne ourselves the
former associate
-Four years only have elapsed since the rs effort
was made TO eject reformation in the Five Points and
the surrounding streets. Committee Of gentlemen 10
,pectd the bepished region rent suite OF rooms suit
able for Methodist Missionary Station They ursuc
eesfu Another year passed The ladies sgan appointed
an Advisory Committee Of Gentlemen aud applied 10 the
Annual Corierel oe of 1880 for missionary Having de-
ermned to suceesd IN spite Of every dsooarasemen the
adesas rssslu,e spirits always doswept obstacles from
her path and succeeded in eecting their purpose.
room on the corner Of Cross and waterts procured
The Conference appointed Mr. PeGse as their Missionary
A Sunday school organized
The first sabbath saws writer in TIE National Arga
-ins for February" the school was filed BY whom
by what friend described ii q more vivid repre-
sentaon Of hell than she had ever imagined Neglected
childhood hardened. reckless maturity encased in filth
and rags Blu. through the power of grace there
those who had moral and physical nerve to bear the
sight-the sound They sang and prayed and exhorted
explained their motives and designs and urged the in
"portance Of cleanliness upon their wretshed listeners
The school opened with seventy scholars The first few
"ssbbsths the children were rather unruly The boys
would throw somerseis and knock each other down,
follow any other inclination which arose Indeed the en-
tire want Of slfrestrant Of the most painful
features Of the scene for who could repres the anxious
queson-o what will all this lead But soon the school
was perfectly organized and each succeeding Sabbath
witnessed its increase aud Improvement
Atthat time the Five Points the paradise OF rumsel
lers Temperance meetings instituted During the
first year one thousand persons had signed the pledge
day school was found to be necessary Preparations
re made for rs organization When however the mate
as for he establishment we're gathered and entrusted
TO their missionary the unadvsed acton o, an agent sud
denly placed then in the control Of persons unconnected
with the mission Yet although they never directly gov
red they were the founders Of the first ,urshng sunday
and week day school at the Five Points
They coon discovered that want Of steady work was the
cause OF much Of the crime and misery which prevailed to
20 fearful an e1en. at the Five Points Their missionary
II, ,commended the establishment Of House OF
Industry.
The rcply of the sarient Committee was: Our const
uton will OF permit US to do anything more 20 oacx
peach to ose misguided people, give them pioes to
Dd he GO back to mock their misery in this way Did
he torture ihem with narrowing pictures goadng the ser
pept remorse 70 sting them to madness ana mem
without relief to drown their misery III the oph'ion Vi
no thank God he had a heart and common sense
lie psed such bgoed charatarry and miserable
~, ,x,r IT,.
Il ,l,a wh0
f. thus sarzed TO cay that the above assertions are not
funded ON fact The ladies aided Mr. Pease in every way
in their power.
the end OF the rr year the reappointmen oil the
siag Missionary was rotrequested the Conference dePu
ted The Rev Mr. Luckey the Five Points Since that
,od n, Method Mission and the House Of Industry Of
Mr. Pesse have been entirely Independent Of each other
Every .difce ia the region round about the hsslon
House was duly explored The children were brought'o
IN. day school The adults were accompanied 10 inc
Chapel The sayings Of Jesss were repealed ana
tedsps for tie tint tine for many years in every gsrret
.d cellar Of the Five Points Orphans and the offspring
Of profgse parents were placed in the Home OF the
rrendI,s- or in respectable and responsible families The
k w,re attended TO- Those wingt work were furnished
with employment
Tho Chanel WA soon too small 20 contain the poor people
who constantly cor essted Il The ladies again resoutey
10 ey erecue th obstacle snd were once nofe
successful Mir Harding the lessee OF Mefropohan ha'
placed Of their disposal for evening free OF
As coon AZ the Huchnsons and AeghenAns heard OF thus
or they VOLUNTEERED their services as singers Inc rev
Nes,rs wskely and Beecher followed Their example oy
,rr,ny 70 address the audience monster meeting was
held great interest in the MISSION was manlesea
u,rc collected on that evening. An appeal to the public
was Immediately issued "ithh SIX noh'ns INC sum "
$4,000 was contributed
rr.yv ono has heard of TIE infamous Old Brewery IL
was block Of dilapidated buildings Of Which Cow Bay
rarow Court or Crowns corner house IN Little ater e.
had as they are can offer conception Yet three hundred
human beings at least called their home writer VINO
,xsor,d II in 1850 portrays !, an earthly purga'ory
Thi. place was purchased for $4,000 $4,000 Of which
had already been collected The Common Council was so
convinced OF the benign influence which had ooen e1erea
hv the Ladies NILSSON that it voted an Appropriation oil
Al 600 10 aid in erecting new edce, and gave the So
etty permission to build wooden school house IN
p,rtas III, little neIossd plot grass at the Five Points
,.. s,vleSuntil their Miss on House shsald be com
plesd Mr. Harding renewed his offer. On the I'm oil
December 1889 another concert given in Metropolitan
Hal Mr. Cough addressed the assembled multitude
"a AGO vsre contributed Since that time the members Of
IN, aides Mission have been silently working and raai
ea reforming the dark region oi our City IN tAs vicinity
of the Five Points ,.-
Wl,ne the old Brewery stood Is now to be seen MS
uop House Instead Of oahs and psalms and the
HYMNS Of Wesley are now daily to b. heard there In
sobs Of penitent sinners ascend from she spot on wnei
three ,ess since the reks of drunkIds wives were III
tered Where debauchery dwdt righteousness resides
The chambers which lead down to he'll were once SITUATED
where happy parents teach their Oh dren the mario"
rosd 20 Heaven Bibles have dspeled bowie knives re
uoou. .c,s and periodicals have usuped the place once
occusd by bottles and giasses Of liquid vice Where th'
rlm,eler exforted money from his victim the missionary
nov elo.hes feeds and prsys with his convert
The M.-jop House il @ very substantial nyesory