New-York tribune., 1867-05-01
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r,,, LAST SABBATH IN THE OLD BUILDING
Ono OF the most touching and interesting Chris
1sn festivals Of the occurred last Sunday afternoon
at ,lafHoward Mission and Home for Little Wanderers
IN the BOwery The occasion was the last sabbath
gathering OF the Mission School in their Old building
from which they during the present week
Many of our readers know something OF the history o
ihs Institution, hut yet brief auson TO its ongn ana
purposes may not be ont OF place u is now some sa
wears since Mr. w C. Van Meter, who for several previous
Years had been connected with the Five Points House O
Industry and "Oid Brewery" Missions tlnding tne ~
sources of these establishments fully absorbed py o nc
nands Of rcr neghborhood, determined 20 enlarge ine
field Of usefulness by establishing similar
In q new place. With the cooperation oi lew 49, be
friends promincnt among whom Mr.. j. d. Foote ne
went down into the Fourth Ward 10 nelghDolITS To
which at that time riyaed even the % sonaior
Points as the abode every species OF misery sluai
vice and crime and there after long 1aPd a1 Mission
efforts succeeded IN estaoslhg tno of snstaing the
For months after It's foundation the aDOI ol % its
institution was not less arduOus ana wear @ te
creation had been. us oDy means W iiIPate charity
small daily contributions obtained fTOin pllSa.e
mostly by the personal solicitations OF lts IOuueie S
lreudbes of the degraded elasses ny NloI IL Ms
5SSGGed S B@ SsSh dad Se Howard
established fact In its cary & HyS Gore tbe entire re-
snopshliitv Of the work but such was tne lh
% undertaking that he at aSt le e Board of
Managers was organized, and the INSTITUTION Iestdag
in@orporated During the last five years OF ts
btfen 600 and 1000 children have been taken iiOm te
stTeets or from the dens Of misery even worse h tb
ssrccs washed fed clothed. and taught III the Home
Tnndrcds have been placed in good homes scores upon
sors have beeiescucd from squalJr tarvatOH
vice and crime, and saved to themselves H 10 sOvoS.
For many months it has been evident That the capac
o( the building which the Mission has been occupying was
far TOO limited FOR tie demands upon H. nut uhtu Nln
a few days no remedy seemed apparent Az Ets Iust '
when ID had been announced that the pitsehV puluS
had sold and It was feared that on the coming ISL VI
NAV the school must be suspended the way Wis s1u
denly opened TO the purchase Of large piece OF sronu
between five and six Otsdrecty opposite Their present
3OeatOn that Is 10 say near the Junction OF aIisos
and New Bowery Hereon II Is the eesle anu M ho
the Board of Managers to erect buldlng Whlch en pe
model structure for it's purposes ana uses as d @
ip an its departments as modern Improvements ut az
ehiteetural skill applied in the light OF long ana iScd
explence can make H. IL y GSsSG 20 sccommoda
zion for 900 children beside those Temporarily prONIueu
with shelter in the Home also lodglnSI rooms ds
for the poor homeless, frendess girls VINO are
DObly struggling amid temptation ald poverty IN every
form, TO lead VrtuOus life and earn an honest hNng
There must he room, also, Tor day nursery "SIS
ems can leave their babies and young children while they
go out TO days work This is the design Oh Tue he" p
This evening the anniversary exhibition Of the
- children Of the mission viii be given at stem
Way's Hall i'm FouTteentl-st, near the Academy
of Music when eminent speakers viii be present
10 address the audience. and music ana Other eA-
eroises Will be given by the Children MI lheouore G -,
PERKINS teacher Of music 10 the children, is spalng no
mains 10 render the music acceptable to the audience In
addition 10 laany beautiful hymns, anthems, choruses'
etc Handels Grand HalClujah Chorus Will be performed
The orchestra will consist Of the great organ IN the ha
a Steinway grand piano. and HratnIas SeNehIn heSl
ment Band Secured seats tol me SNRWI9g MsS Pe UU
Rooms, by the payment OF one dollar ahN every uO 81
received will be expended III the erection ana FURNISHING
of the new building. -,
At these exhibitions in former years when held In the
Academy of Music have sometimes been so crOwdCO tha
many friends have been unable TO obtain admittance
this exhibition win he repeated the evening OF the llt
of May in the place, al the Brooklyn academy o.
Ausic on the 10th and at the Congregst!9nai 'cn i
that each occasion the place may be fied Win tht
friends OF the children and that the money SO contributed
be the Of bring gng comfort and JOY 70 many
eOrfOwng heart, rescuiDg many precious human life
fTom misery ana CRIME