New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-21

psrt Of subordinate character If spesk with some
timdiiy and rres0uton beg You 20 understand i Is my
hrst appearance on the boards and might naturl Any iee
some diGdencc il did Dot many s0boE faces Tbs
after all j. not 50 bed place have been accustomed
% think t. also reminded Of other natural asso'ia
tons Here and ~ such places have been enacted dramas
- the construction VI which men have racket
ihei.- brains and ransacked their invention and
after NJ how tame BIS been The plot. and how ioconse
quensl tie event venture 70 sy there was never PAT
on the stage adams which could compare With the drIns
II Il life Of an ore % these chrcn before You Could
you GO back 20 h h1ur Of their birth 70 81 conconl1t
circumstance could yen enter into the lives ami history
81 their fathers and mothers tha hsps dstresss and sins
they have passed through before giving birth % iloso
children; AID then contrast The circumstances 10
which they a~e placed before yOu with al the
things applicable 20 childhood 49, Won would have
conceived drama than which none more Affecting was
written. If one could tel the hopes sorrows and
wishes Of these children how much more touching the
performance OF these $50 children might than those OF
an The thousands tha; have rod this stage! How oen
have men been here convused with laughter and vet in
en- hour after al they had laughed az had passed from
their brain How many within these walls have she'd
tears and lived LOFTY thoughts OF life and duty, which
rachway, before they reached the air Of the outward
street. have vanished, as when man surveys N
mirror his natural face. and sralghtway tOryets what
manner OF man he t. And there is this broad distinction
the drama displayed herr is not one displayed 70 while
swav an hour: il Is Of living reality OF reality that
viii extend beyond the hour for though you may 60 away
end forget thsee children IL viii ever De BRIG hoar for
them, the brightness OF which they VII ever remember
II will be paIadisscia IN their little childhood Or
ell this the Of these children may not be conscious
now but 10 wears of age hermemory may find has
unknown 10 tse laid up Of memory Of which the
childish thoughts Of the present no cOgnzanoe they
viii find among their recollections, which IN afer years
viii have power they cannot tell why an influence that
will stand in bright and healing contrast to the rem3m.
trance Of some scene Of debacchery aGd crime Oae
evering made a tour Of observation with Mt Pease,
from dance house to dance house IN Rooseveit-st l
thought had seen life before, but of all the scenes ever
saw one there impressed me most powerfully. bury
woman was dealing out drink; on the hoor were
oil manner Of disreputable characters oahs ana we
koo- nd fha ata avvQs a
headed rosy checked child playing; hearing nothing,
seeing nothing of all the Of damnaton that was gong
on around her 1t brought tears to my eyes How many
Of these children have such "reminiscences as that And
for brightness they must look toward God and toward
youl They have been stepped in misery What has
hrouoht them out and must keep them OUT The hand Of
Christian kindness. And what must bring them up,
till by and by some Of them may be seated, as you
are now respectable fathers and mothers perhaps on the
generation such as that which surrounds You now What
but the frnness and Gberaity OF your Christian hearts
not be your idea that this Is scene OF pleasure ami
that with ends all your duty that you may rece II to
vour Children and so think and do more about
IT, If that all, You might a. well come To-
theater TO hear an opera OF see pay uh'hA
God will hold Us to account for what we see.
what we feel, and the purpose we form on such
night as this and before such spectators as these Last
Sabbath was saying in my family thal there was one
man whom should ike 20 shake hands With and that was
Cant Crichton; and on the same day Scotch friend in
PRODUCED me to him, plain man, though Christian
and hero was glad TO shake hands win MN not De.
cause every one was talking about him. but because for
four DAYS and nights he lowered round distressed snip as
Arab horsem0n crcusround the destroy hm
but he his ocean steed to save ana once when ne
could not be otherwise herd in passing under the stern Of
of the distressed vessel he gave one great shout Onre
her occupants with hope TO show ne would not give them
up And now | think here are these immortal oarSs
are but breeZes Of sweet OdOrs and where the Chris
tan that will say, win no; give them up snail there
not be Christian shout TO 60 from here 10 where hey
came from and to oil such places saying You shall be
"weichCd till we have an opportunity 10 rescue you
Applause | know there is not person here who Is
not Christian enough 10 say Tell me- what shall lido
To night met little boy six years Of age, Il have one
Of the same age running through the fog crying bitterly
ssked him why lie said g. do not know my way home,
and commenced CRYING again. said, be quiet learned
where he resided ard friend with me placed him inside
of the door of his home and he said this my home
We found the home Of the child who was wandering
through the fog but where was the nome OF these before
Won You have them now and what shall you do with
theml Give them home and let u be one that wih
wine away the impressions Of the filthy City; let It be
in the country amid impressions of God and His
grandeur Well take these children home, and say to
Them Remain here, till manhood and womanhood find
YOU" Reverses may happen in ten years my children
who walk in quiet places may have nor
mother You who are rich, may have your riches
blown away Look az your children and think how you
would feel they cast into the street Yet these are
somebody's children. look at the faces Of such
children that don't say they are Gods and what you
do for one of these little ones done for Him Let each
say "As far in lies there shall be some provision
made 10 give them a home" Great Applause
Scion Robinson addressed the audience and noticed
some assertion to the effect that he had publishedhis work
Hot Corn for the purpose of Accommodating money. TO
this he replied that if he ever received money be would
know how to use IT, ard he could but would not how
he lad used he had lately got He might have ex
cited public sympathy to procure money but he expected
10 use II for worthy ~ et His work had been censured
as wholly fictitious this he denied although admitting
that il coiOred portrait would be but he asked
if il were even altogether fictitious, if il had not
done coed in aiding the result exhibited TO the
accusation of immortality he replied in like manner
He introduced as proof that his work was not alto
oether fictitious the original of Wild Maggie, whose sing
ing was much appauded The Rev. Mr. Beecher, in
reading the above resolutions observed that the Rev Mr.
Pease had not need Of the Five Points Mission to give him
roorey He invited examination Of the accounts Of the
Mission which, he ventured TO cay, would be found
straight unless by investigator whose eye was
crooked
Rev Mr.. Pease gave some details with regard TO the
Mission which were received with marks OF interest and
explained plan for providing home in the country for
the children to which contributions were necessary
Horace Greeley being called explained the saving
TO the community which for these and such children
would effect and urged the suppression OF grog shops
houses OF gambling and brothes as the best corrections
of the evils from which the children had been rescued
Ba kets made by the children carried about by them
among the audience and sold at high prices and the Rev
Mr. Beecher having announced that he had received
note suggesting acolection, one was made
The children then sung " Good Night. A large mum
Der of ladies and gentlemen gathered about them and
took much interest in their replies &c. The audience then
dispersed.
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