The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-30
RELIGIOUS SERVICES YESTERDAY

RELIGIOUS SERVICES YESTERDAY
The sacred sdincss Of this and nsghboring cities
fully attended yesterday BY worshppers. not ony
during the morning. but ut the afternoon and evening
ssrvIcss The weather pleasant throughout the
Day Towards night, the sidewalks having dried and
tie mud In the streets stinsnsd many induced 70
leave their residences and inhaie the pure crispy,
celebrating Atmosphere they wended their way to
attend the ministratlons OF the pastors Of their
choice Below will BE- found brief reports OF the moro
prominent beings the religious and moral circles yes
tsrday.
The Howard Mission-A Novel Experiment In
BenevOlence-Inferesting scenes ind Ser.
vices-Au Hour with Station House Lodgers.
The Rev. Mr.. Van Meter. protector and manager OF
thp Howard Mission Institution located at No. 81 New
Bcwery, has recently naurursted novel series OF
perments in the way Of benevoence and merits credit
able mention for having invented and put in practical
operation scheme for the redemption and benefit Of
station house odgers which s and promises to be
exceedingly successful The rationale of the scheme
may be briefly stated. Some four or ve ago the
manager Of the mission conceived the idea Of bringing
religious instruction within the weekly beat Of this
Of our population. system Of practical mission
au work was therefore diges,ed in plan and
specification. consultation was first had with the
captains at the police precinct station houses
who readily caught tho odor Of practical utility in tho
scheme and assured Mr. Van Meter OF their active
opsrationthe discretion to selection Of candidates
being loft with them. The proposal was that as many
n should be deemed not hardened should be dis
missed from the station house at eight O'Clock there
ard Mission house CARDS q invitation, inviting some.
body unknown to breakfast with Mr. Van Meter ct half
past eight O'Clock on Sunday morning. were 70 be issued
the name Of the somebody to be inserted being left to
the judgment OF the police. The proposed terms being
agreed to- modes Of reception proposed canvassed
and discussed and It was finally decided that breakfast
should precode ali services that fasting sometimes with
station dodgers OF exceeding length having been
food and coiee the motley assemblaro should be con-
Quoted TO the school r0om also used hall for
ing prayers after the academic manner, where brief
clegymen being mostly omitted from the list Accord
ingly saturday evening packages Of invitations
tons for the reception were made Word was passed
about among the friends Of the mission and contnbu-
lions Of I'll sorts poured IN from every direction. Gents
furnishing goods Of unfashonR0e, and hence unstable
patterns wore contributed. From boz or tive
OF nccktes another sent package of scarfs BY third
mitted few boxes OF sosp; from sixth source
barrel or two OF flour and few packages Of coffee from
Others came money! dollar, ora few dollars, hun
the sender-and thus suliciency was contributed TO
feed the new Corners provide them with clean collars
and scarfs whore needed aud deay al expenses Both
sexes be alike invited and discrimination
70 DO exercised regard the age Of the applicant
hungry maws and hungry hearts, which about
seventy I've per cent Of the number OF cards ssuod
repetton Of the invitation secured somewhs. larger
than two hundred; and from week 20 weck-thc news
having been spread IN the teegaphic OF way that
prevails among breakfastess people-tbere has been
steady increase Of congregation 1t In calculated by Mr.
Van Meter that somewhat thousand persons have
bsen fed the organisation Of the scheme. Many
have been reciaimed-for human nature lost.
however calious may nave been Its external by con-
tact with want and vcs-and many more have
Anh nrtan n mall fhnp all
shake OF their rags OF vagabondism and put
on the steady business suit Of thrift and
Some lew Of the reclaimed have been provided with
employment though no unusual facilities have yet
been opened IN rcspect and two three have been
the house, whose business is 70 SITE
tho ashes buAd fires and the like Is German OF excel
lent university education. He reads Hebrew and the
CLASSICS with facility, speaks couple Of modern
languages and 10 acute and plsshsd scientific
scholar Once station house lodger. he longer
For yesterdays BREAKFAST i've hundred cards Of ip-
vaton were issued Of which about four hundred were
answered with call. The sight a novel and curious
one Bear-eycd, some OF them ~ II just recovering
from weeks drunkenn sss with shoes askew, trodden
OF at the heel and opened q the toe that lhe toes Of
into tho air and crawl OF; OF them with shoe
and boot both Of which would have deed the craft
in shreds 70 the wrinkles aud seams chung
station house straw OF them with vests and with
S sas w e q.
OF linen Of them with coats through the ragged
some Of them with boards for couple OF weeks
and hence grizzed: some OF them with hair matted
ana tangled - Il vormn naa oait nests N y some o.
through which shocks OF matted hair protrudod, aud
with hats rescued from gutter and ash barrel and
stl bearing large tokens OF thor Iato residence
OF Thorn with suits too small for them, and out OF
which they seemed 70 have crept both ties
and some Of shem with coat sleeves 70 short with
the tearing OF fray alter fray tina. The arms Of ths Ia
dvIdual within seemed 10 DO trying to crawl out
and scramble away from the rag encassd body.
md 1hrnn oh eth dnng of fan utsgfnn
house they struggled molly procession OF subjects
for moral dissection and analysis could well DO ian
bar had been provided which ali hands were in
vted to imbibe-not Rose street whskey but cool
put rsqaisilion, and fsw minutes, Ad Of
little soap, the accumulated cuticls Of and per-
spiraon, which had been for some days estherng
scrubbed on, and permitted to Hoat away through New
Yorks networks OF pipes and sewers This done, all
hands ushered into the breakfast room, and
look Of serene satisfaction, Of the sort when was Uncs
Tobys most habitua, settled upon the long ranks
Of faces, between which meat and bread and
coffee ran . nifty feet gauntlet. Eyes looked
unuterabs things beef bread and butter and
casonaI heads nodded the things II In recog
head that nodded would say, n have met yoa before,
but cannot say hst whore and when; - In short the
scene was one mos. Palh:'icay pathetic and YET most
queer details Of which II you laughed you would he
likely 70 despise yourself IN an undsrtone Of synpAhc
tic feeling for the hard hesrednsss OF laughing and
you wept, people will sometimes you would still be
OF bubble Of laugh Just about 70 20
the surface OF your mood
few simple and heartfelt words Of welcome from the
host who had nobly and literally obcyed In gathering TO
his table the poor and the halt and the maimedwords
Of welcome addressed TO bonored guests few
words Of simple invocation and blessing during which
nobody stirred ndgstsd, 10 fashionable people viii
sometimes on similar occasions and the mouey-ciad
ranks took 70 the business Of the occasion with far
less Of unssemly haste than might have been
expected under the circumstances To win the anso-
lions Of hungry man the avenue 10 through the wind
ings Of the digestive process " the heart and the inch
dents of the day demonstrated the feasibility OF q
cedng sympathy 10 good foe man with hungry maw
and often moves him 10 tsarf; advice is excellent and
less expensive 70 the benevolent gver than IL beef
and hence 10 frequently administered roast beef
and coffee appeal Immediately TO the Affections and
hence OF greater utility than either Of the above
though moro costly with beef At thirty cents pound;
tho three In combination, the beef and coffee preceding
irresistible, and hence ought never 70 be used
separately with individual who recently digcslod
nothing having had Just nothing 70 digest Herein and
this simple philosophy consisted the praccaoiiity
and of nd Az aafa ~ ~