New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-18
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You may az well understand Il, 70 W., uorsixs AZ
who leg islsie-ihe human sonl must have amnvre,s
IL viii have pleasure, exotenen sociaiity, either an
one side or the other.
Tbe heart is jus, the ,sms In the Five Point, A, IN
fiith-av. II is not bsppy Ii Is always craving
ei,hsr poeticslly and spiri,u iiy or through b..,
media Itwsnt some influence which shall make it
forget itsef Men arc weary and dice ,a,en,ed AMI
worn everywhere smoug US, and they mu,, re PLAY
II il does not heslhiIy ard nsurally-s ia n.
upper classes through books ard concert, and p.r.
ties and excursous-t will come through liquor ana
brsws and dice and brothels.
We have stopped, thank God the poor m.n's Suu.
dsy snusomen', which was ruin; but What c,a va
pat in its placel To forbid him to drink Is Ii.,le Il
You give no chance for something better. The seyi
you drive out to day will come back With ssros
others tomorrow. II s useless to talk Of churches
70, the macs Of these drinkers The churches ara
mostly fer the rich, not for tho poor. Taee
are not tetth as mary churches in the 10 var
WSds as would accommodate them, II they wastod
to 90. Besides we must take men ss they are Ii va
would improve them. The tens Of thousands vho
have been used to spend the Sunday ia csrousinx.
do not care for either religion or church And "
fully believe-ss has thus far been the csse-,hs A.
tempt to open Mission Chapel among these classes
would lot reach one man 10 thou,ani. Possibly
some man of fresh genial SOUL like Father PAylor. OF
II. W. Beecher, might succeed, but not many no in
the pulpit could.
What Is wanted, we believe, is something ike
what has already been attempted in Edobdrgh ~ich
good frui'-a sort Of conversational cqee saloon with
books ana papers, and furniture sspessant aud CON-
Portable, If not 60 gsuSy, as the gayest run
saloon or gambling hell. Any who has been
among the working.men In London must have besa
delighted with the effect upon them of the coffee and
reading saloons. Every noon you will fad these
coffee -housts crowded with labores wac hsvs
brought their own dinner but who take their cup Of
coffee ard their book from the library, aud spead
quietly their hour of rect from labor These see act
"philanihropic enterprises, but purely business
undertakings, and pay well. Those ia Edinburgh
were started by persops from the churches and ace
not yet fully paying establishments.
have befors me card Of a " Refreshments room
in Rose st.. Edinburgh, for females. Tea aud coffee
are sold at Id per cup, ard a bowl of soup ditto;
mutter.pics, sandwiches eggs, bread and butter,
each at a penny a dish, Books aud papers Of IN
intelligent moral csst are provided and religious
books can @ bad If desired. The whole is stated to
be under rhe suDerintenderce Of q committee Of
ladies.
This 10 designed I'll the lowest working women Of
the city who have been In the hsbit ofspendiog their
leisure time in whisky taverps I visited Others Of
this kind intended for They are considered By
the religious bodies, who have started them to be
enc Of the best strokes yet made against iatsmpsr-
apce and the influence of the grog-sbops.
Could not such rooms DO opened in New York;
pleasant, cheerful places, with papers, circulating
library, good space in which to chat over cup Of
smok ing coffee or tea which last must be furnished
chespy. Let the books during the week be most good
works and books of information; on the Sunday, 1t
fret only Of moral cast, such temperance anti
gambling tales; end let the superintendent bs very
careful about getting 10 too muck morality at once, or
be will gbten off the very class he intends to rescA
After while, as drinkers and low people come 10
like the place, and have a confdsnce in it, let more
religious works be introduced, a. well 80 religious
papers. Then 1t is but little step to pleasant sacred
music ard to informal religious advice and talk from
some genial good man, and fully believe, sfssr
time our coffee saloon might become Of the beet
ission and education establishments 10 the City.
OF course, We can imagine at once the objections
the laugh-at making uission.schoo out Of coJt;
and the reproach that such an enterprise would N
interfering with toe solemni.y OF the day. -
To all which we say: here, gentlemen you have q
stupendous evil. hundred thousand p7opis, whs
care no more fer the Churches thso they do fof
Hebrew; ten thousand young men, whom missons
and cbspels, ard sermons, cannot ny any possibility
influence; women, ana girls and boys who are be-
sotted by dsy and night, who are a. much Hssthea y
the savsges Of C-fffsri. Whist are you going to do
for all tLese' VIII sou merely fold your hands, sa4
sigh over the depravty Of man, and keep up the old
SYSTEM
1t is worthy of CHarsrIAsIrr that she shoad use
every allowable means for the elevation Of mankind,
She must guide the pure pleasures aud the s,cality
Of men, as well their worship, il she would Goa.
vert The world. The eotl and the library, aud the
conver ation-rcow, should be hers, we'll the
chapel and the ehu'eh, if she would redeem QUE
masses of b,utsh and vicious msa. Ne~ mesns
must continually be furnished, as society changes
for the application If Religion.
We truly believe that some such plan as is rough
ly sketched here would do more to check Intem1
perapce end TO give to morality hold over the row
oy and debaed classes than all legislative usual
religious efforts. - =
We must take men as they are, If we would innai
eDce them and apply the lower motives to prephs
them for the higher. ..r ....r
To all Who object to these schemes ofimprovsmenss
we say, Il" there Is the gigantic evil. Shov Us What
can be done! Ii any thing better, we are ready 70
Jay hards to it. II not give US fair fed to Try"
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