The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-04-04

Among the now schools we are just planning
two in the upper part of City, among the Irish
"squatter." who settle on the building lots and
employ their children in picking up ashes, aud
in begging. In thcsc various schools, Il should
be remembered, the principal labor is done by
tho ladies Of the City, and whatever be tho
result. to tbeir noble efforts will mainly be duo
tho praise. Of all our stations, there arc mono
so important as that in tho Fourth Ward 1t
is in the heart of the district where scarcely
any other religious or moral Influences arc at
work; where will crime and unhoping poverty
almost have their seat OF all the offences
committed by childron. two-thirds como from
that Ward. A new locality has been given us
through the generosity of one of those mer-
chant princes of the City. whose heart mover
yet was ablo to shut itself to the call of neod;
"a house convenient Of access and near to tho
poor Our mo efficient aid thus far has como
from Rev. Mr.. CUYLER's Church in Market
street.
Considering the very important effect tho
enterprise ought to have, both on the morals
and the value of property in that neighbor-
hood wo have had but litto support as YET,
either from tho other churches, or from tho
property holders of that quarter.
To all engaged in those labors through tho
City, VIC can confidently say there is good hopo
The eifccts-especially in the oldest school, in
Avenue Dare most encouraging. The spir-
it of the American institutions is with US, and
we have of the cheering fact that the poorest
immigration has reached its acme.
The spirit Of the Bible, the general effect OF
liberty and these universal and heroic efforts
by the best one most cultured of society, must
at length accomplish something. Still the best
fruits are slow. and another generation perhaps
alone will SEQ the full results
r..c.a sIya 70 tharn
are many things to learn, and many mistakes
will be made. With human person. and os-
pecially woman, there is always tendency
at once, whore, poverty is seen, to give. Foe
ourselves, we profoundly distrust mere giving.
Ii should be remembered, in England and
Scotland, the experiment of giving has been
tried on gigantic scale, and in the opinion Of
most, has been failure. 1t is not tho worst
thing to suffer. 1t is infinitely worse to grow
up weak dependent, unnamed, accustomed
to live on the base extortions from others pity,
Better our reckless str ct vagrants, than
race. of fase-tongued sopplicant paupers.-
II ought to be remembered that the only thing
we can give of any value to tho poor is Char
acter. Without aiding in implanting that, wo
have done nothing. That6ve thousand gar
ments have been distributed. is little. Tho
question is, how many of these five thousand
poor are better able to make their own gar
ments, or arc moro manly, or more industri-
ous or moro religious, for your charilies:-
There is in every human soul a lurking mean
ness--a tendency to live on alms-to want
your gifts, and not your influence or yourself
II is especially so in these children Of tho poor
Our first and greatest object is to raise them
on. of this--to start nobler impulses-to cher
ish selfdepeudence. Wherever we cultivate
it-where wo give for beggng-where We ac-
custom tho child to oxpoct our presents our
money and not something better-we arc do
ing an essential wrong to the child,-perhaps
wrong as great as all tho good our instruc-
tions and labors may bring. c. D.