The New York herald., 1870-05-10
THE ANNIVERSARIES

THE ANNIVERSARIES.
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American scamen's Friend Society.
The forty-second Anniversary Of this society was
held last evening In the hall OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, Twenty-thrd street, where
large and fashionable audience gathered on the oc.
casion. ta@Ks@
WILLIAM A. BoorH, President Of the organization,
occupied the chair, and the exercises opened by a
voluntary on the organ, prayer and the reading Of
portion Of tine scriptures.
the forty-second annual report was then read, OF
which the following s an abstract;- n.
,a FOREIGN OPERATIONS.
the society has In foreign countries supported
wholly or In part from its treasury, twenty.four
chaPialns and missionaries, stationed at ST. John,
den, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France Buenos
Ayres, Chile, and sandwich Islands. the society has
home ed The Chaplain at San Frsncsco reports Su ss
from thirty to forty hopeful conversions during the
past past year, making aoo during mis- ministry the last
missionaries is forty-0ne. The society mas
sent to sea during The past twelve years 1887
Sr1rss 9as cOmpo;sa Of about volumes
returned, rcftted and reshipped. These libraries,
Including the reshlpment have been accessible TO
crews numbering altogether over l50, 260 men, many
OF whom have read every book in the library, OF 40 to
30 volumes. or THESE 76l have been shipped in the
United states Navy since 1851. The shipments and
libraries and 425 returned and RENTED, are 7s4.
The Sailors. Home has been In operation twenty
been 75 TO- The number OF boarders during the last
year has been 1879 an increase oil 7l2
sted with tie HeepeT for safe keepn~ ave
$6,9g0 OF which has been placed In savings banks
and 80 l72 sent to relatives ut home or these board
ers S77 nave shipped without advanced wages, forty
lve were sent to the hospital and seventyone ship
wrecked and destitute, have been relieved
"a n COIORED SAILORS HONE.
vah Inf Mo pnura q cin0a
1889 mas been 49, 307 including 500 during the last
year. or this last number twenty-nine were ship
OF e3i2 95 The receipts from all sources including
. donation as permanent fund OF $1,000, have
been $74,066; expenditures, including the $1,000
invested. SIS, 549 leaving balance against the trea-
sury of $44S4; the balance OF last year was $2373
leaving the treasury now In debt ses57.
Beecher, Rev. stephen H. Tying, Jr, and others, ali
Of whom spoke in feeling and appropriate terms OF
the great necessity which existed for the proper
religious culture OF Sailors and urged renewed and
more vigorous action In that direction.
y collection was then taken up, ana the exercises
were brought to close by the singing OF the
DOxology. f-Hl HE
The Five Points House Of Industry Meeting
at steinway Hall.
The sixteenth anniversary of the Five Points House
Of Industry was celebrated last evening at Stenway
Hall. A fair audience was in attendance and con-
siderable interest manifested In the exercises
the platform, which was decorated with a number
OF small silk banners suitably inscribed,
and the number was about equally divided
in respect to sex. The exercises opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Burchard. The children
then repeated the Lords Prayer In concert,
soto roce and with fine effect This was followed
by hymn 1.-The Lord is my Shepherd and an
anthem rendered in style which would do credit
to class OF higher pretenslons and enjoying
greater advantages OF musical education. piece
SET TO the air OF the Sabre de Mon Pere and solo
by Miss Maggie Reynolds were among the best
efforts OF the evening" while song, with castheuc
exercises, received great applause.
The first speaker was Mr.. Gerard. He said:-I
crime, theoretically and think chdhood the proper
time to engraft principles OF industry, honesty and
virtue in the mind This country is perfect babel
OF tongues and presents Kaleidoscope OF complex
reputation abroad, and thieves Who like Ike to cast cast
oas shores Sss csn Ssr crsn to
tit. titIte. Il IS Christian duty to take these
wards the light. II is better TO- furnish
them with school houses and hospitals than with
thousands are to be found daily playing and wander
ing about our wharves and streets, who grow ad-
dicted to all that ls vcions and proane The speaker
referred TO the gentlemen upon the platform, VINO,
centraof the Five Points and established the mission,
and rescued these children from life Of poverty,
crime aud shame. The beginning was small,
bnt the present House Of Industry was the result.
Tie warehouses; OF England were publicly acknOwl-
edged failure, though the ragged schools, have
been splendid success The theory of these schools
was that OF the present House OF Industry-to reach
the mind through the stomach On taking In q
child he or she IS first given bath, for cleanliness
Is next to GOdliness; then the child s fed and they
take good care that the clothing II ragged, should
be neat and clean. In the Eighteenth ward where
the speaker lived, there were eighteen hundred
children whose forms had never darkened the
door OF any place OF education. Multiply
this by the twenty-five wards OF the city and it gives
you the number OF these "Arabs of the street, as
between forty and nifty thousand. The institution
includes nursery for infants, school, hospital
and dlspensary. Food, lodging and medicine are
given without question to previous occupation or
habits whether Of drunkenness or crime; 1t Is
enough to know that they are poor Eloquent ad.
dresses were also delivered by the Rev. DR.. Paxton
ana Mr.. ]. H. ChOate, the last named gentleman
hazardlng the opinion that "thc dances and songs
were much better than the speaklng,n q statement
which was endorsed by the audience with burst Of
applause.