The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-01-13
From the N. Y Musical World STimos,
g THEY'VE POINTS MISSION.

4iadtI mere lB d man on eaItn ilnaI " tlea
bNensmissioned, ] bolieye- ititolbe MI.
Psase Of The Five Points House oflndus%
Ftry. 9la2 9ti'' Y 9'tio ie9,
1s A few years since, Mr. PeusO was apr
pointed 'colporteur, BY Missionary AS
sociation, % pray and converse with, and
to distribute Bibles andirac,s among, the
degraded inhabitants Of that ihr-famed
locality At,thai time, SO reckless and
powerful was the vice there cmboded,-
so many subterranean outlets and passar
ges were there for criniinpls,( (kuovn only
.tolthe sinitisied,) thatpolice officers were
Sci entirely at defiance. Drunkenness
and debsuchery there met one at every
step, Gray hairs, sunny locks, and pratt
rtling nglinfaucy,a all wnllowod together IN
the came deep slough Of sin. y l9ie 39
Such wac The atale efaffairs when Mr.
Pesse commenced his labors, lie went
lsarlossly from house 10 eahis whole
warm heart ia lis work. He spoke 'G
,hem sifsclionttely; he carried them back
TO the days Of chjldhopd's Innocence; he
painted 10 them, in glowing colors, their
present degredation, uni the dark future,
"They, weeping, said, al is all true
We don't noed you TO Toll us this: we
i i I a. /, & = -
feel: bui how sAall wo break our feiters!
/, Nobody will llarbor US; nobody will ems
ploy us. How shall we escape? Tell
4 us what 10 do. Show us any means by
which we can earn an honest living, and
thus escape this horrid life, and we will
gladly embrace IL; no matter how hard we
may have 10 work.N aa aa5
There was force in their replies: Mr. /.
Peaas felt il. lie went back 10 those
who had sent him, and reported these
words. The reply Of the sapeni Com
mi,ioe was, aow Constitution will not
permit us 10 do anything more. Go back
,a,ihsse misguided peoples give them Bi..
bfes: femonstrute wiIil them
Did he 20 back to mock the:r misery
in this way9 Did ho torture them with
narrowing piciuresi goadihg the serPeln'
Remorse 10 sting them TO madposs, and
then leave them, without relief, 10 drown
their misery in the oblivion Of deeper
recklessness9 f
No! Thank God, be had heart and
common sense. He devpsed such big
oted cbarlutanry and miserable jnconss.
cncy; and, irus,ing in God for aid, he
went forward, single handed, TO the res
cue. He opened shop, on his own res
possibility, and furnished remunera'ive
employment to any and all who wished
to break their fei.err. Aud they availcd
themselves of this door for escape; for,no
man chooses 10 be dcspised and degrade d
no nan chooses 10 hunger, or thirst, Or 60
naked; no man chooses to shrink from
the burning eyes ofnight Jest they should
read Ills SOULS dirk secrets; ne man likes
10 think Of an unshriven death-bed, ant
an eternity ofremorsc. "a Ets5b Is h
v Yes;rthey afocked round him, those
poor ou,cast nci and women; confidinl
10 his uniting ear their individual stories
Of misery and suffering. for they knew
he was insearnest, or he would mol have
come down and taken up his abodeair
this wreiebed neiehborhood, atd with hi'
owa hands have cut out the garments on
wGchtlsy we're 70 toll Cor honest bread
in the face of the remonstrances ofah't
missionary brethren. who rebaked hin
forasioopiug % such a unelerical pro
.ceedilg.ss n, gs tas3l "a .osgo,3
D Yes; they knew be was in earnest
when he opened school in his owl
house, and gathering in all the ragged
little urokins in sbe neighbotfood,. gave
them not only priimers and I'eattarments
FElGNffIlfgJJA =. ttI, ~
but bread apdfbuiier, afforded home Il
the orphans, and keptithrough the day
Simplifying them with dinnerD those who
had parsnlg, ID order TO keep them as
Z much as possible under correct iofusn'
S ces. AZ ,sll9 tK lsst atassgog
4 il You should go into that school; you
should see those children, some Of them
bright and beautiful ss your own, and
hear The lips that once lisped The 3h0rrid
curse singing the holy hymn; you should
see them sinqlie ,miervals of school da-
ties, bounding about the house,Sit'l cheer
4 fll faces and lightsonio Steps, catching
r. Peassby ,he hand with childish a6an-
don, andslookiag upnio bis face with
loye>lil eyes. And il your heat didn't
leap. within you, dhd your eyes fill with
happy tesre, TO seq the lambs thus safely