New-York tribune., 1870-05-11
HOWARD MISSION AND HOME FOR LITTLE WAN
DERERS.


on and Home for Little Wanderers was celebrated iasI
evening at the Academy of Music which was hea 10 re-
petion. Grafulla's Band enivened the enVei
with selections from the popular operas ana other music
suitable the occasion. one hundred ana nty OF inc
little waits of the city occupied seats ranged one above
other upon the stage under the charge OF Mr. Hatch,
Assistant Superintendent. The entertainment began at
O'Clock and opened with singing by the Children
Mr. Win Phips made a statement of the condition Of
the treasury showing that the finances OF the MISSION
were in working condition. TLey have In the treasury
Mr. A. s. Hatch said Figures are cold and hard, and
dry things. 1t is ordinarily, but they would ma that
there are associated with the figures Of the animal report
much that is tender and much that is sad; and the his
tory these few figures has romance connected Win
them. Those figures shine like gold ana there rs around
them the Odor OF heaven and the spirit OF Christ only
the teachers and the missionaries can have any sense OF
the feeling which they inspire, or can begin 10 te the
25o garments~four cold figures tell the story, but
nobody has been cold all the time can
4he romance of these figures; Oayes OF brcad-nO
body who has not been habituay hungry can begln 10
te what meaning there is IN $500 9aSes o Ddeaq Ineo @
OF them would not he without stock In then Tor any
The children sang "The Fairy Queen" after which
address the Problem OF PauperiSm and how to meet
a. niyersity who SAID; I'm the presence of these little
children and within the sound of their voices no arg
ynents appeals requisite 10 excite benevolent
feeling ] shall therefore direct the attention Of the
audience 10 the problem of misery-of paupersm-which
ities There are two points connected with poverty:
That should seek to relieve suffering from poverty;
second point is the that is Of the greatest import
anoe II great thing TO cothe the naked and feed
The hungry, but it is greater problem how TO remedy
tho difficulty itself, and remove that poverty which
natural increase of paupersm with the increase OF the
ratio which the population bears to land There Is an ln
crease OF 9s0 IN " NIHs al S the
existence which is possible TO he produced by any coun-
yy Benevolent impulses unreguated by careful thought
and scientific study. lead naturally into indiscrmi-
nate aims giving The experience OF all Is That indls
1s
remedy Every doubt has seen the evil OF CIV
ing ndscrmnatey to every stranger who comes TO our
That raises up body of persons who become in
yeerate paupers and come To expect constant TeieI
from those who labor ana have the means Oh supplying
them There Is class OF pauers IN my own clty-lt
Iary.ciontc pauPers we may can nev TO- ARE a,9
their passage 10 NewYOrk, or some other CITY, where
they have friends with abundant means 10 suppE an
loan by mail Immediately. have yet TO receive the first
cent repeat it, ndscrIninate aims giving Is wholly
some years ago, there was an interesting pamphlet
published The Growth Of Large Cities. Statistics
Showed that OF large cities in country the popua-
zion had increased in 40 years seven,fod while IN the
the city NewYork in 20 years had increased three
fold, while the State outside of the city population, the
population has increased simply 28 per cent The ten
ency of our civilization Is gong III Inc diTecuOh 10 c
cumuate men In Large eGs ana eoaecng cnHters te of
reputation increases with greater TI n tbe nbh brbess
opuison se IT, al, neros sbonld stndv the matter
Thoroughly find that paupeTism takes on generally,
The hereditary form and the way 70 remedy this is TO
separate these children from the influences of the city,
and 10 ingratiate into them home Influences ingra1t
them homes Of good peoples and this is Just what
the Howard Mission is doing This is the great recon-
znendstion OF this charity. - .... -,
of BROOKLYN and Mr. Foote of the Mission. Miss C. "
Luchngs of the Broadway Taberhaoie GholT @ sang Sed
collection taken up amounting to several hundred
dollars
THE UNIvERsALIsT wOMEN's CENTENARY AID
SOCIETY.
At the Bieecker-st Universalist Church, last
a assembled
being tho Mass Meeting Of the Universalist Womens
Centenary Aid Society Mrs. Lvermore, Western lady,
delivered the address in very straightforward but
touching manner. About two years ago, said Mrs Llv
-erpore was riding the Pacific Railroad from Omaha
westward After long ride over an uncutvated coun
ty vet surprisingly grand in ts prUitveness the eng
leer whisted down brakes and slowly the tra came 10
"a halt the passengers for the greater part getting out
Wby we asked of the conductor do you stop heref Be
cause replied he this is the frst one-hundreth mile
body is desrous Of seeing it. 1t is somewhat
similar with us. Tonight we have reached
alluded here the struggles OF Universalism with
opposing Christian creeds declaring that at length the
being successfully beaten
down Within the ase twenty years she had noticed
lavng chopped off many Of their anguares 1t seemed
TO God doing with the churches as drsmen did
rnn, @ tbem facing stepping and the manual for the
t9ed so that each had learned his little company,
y The w"rd and all moved regularly battons
negiments The churches would some day assemble on
fine omen field and under the orders or the Great Com
nander move soidly making the earth to shake In
,an appeal to the ladies to aid the cause which had
OF her experiences before NckSburg, when that c
beeaguered by the Union army. Gen: sherman haa
hope The volunteering OF the men 70 sacrihce them
INVOKING all TO give OF their store these men did their
lives, the lady closed her remarks ADcral money
offering succeeded the address,
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION. q,
The twenty-third anniversary of this Society
tho hall NJ he Nj G.. A.
building. There moderate attendance. MI W. A.
Booth presided The annual report was read II stated
chat during the existence of the Society," sG2e2S had
been gathered and expended, and more than l6 aDor
ers had been employed in the Christian field, and many
During the past year the Society had re-
eeiysd and accounted for the sum na Of s,snsd slsd
in Italy Hungary, Greece France SPAIN Northern ano
the abors OF the missionaries there have exceeded the
most sangune hopes of the welwishers Of the society
In Mexico the Protestant making such nead
way that the missionaries had been threatened with as
snaton by the Jesuts and Papist located there In
distinct departments of Christian effort included
First: That Of City Mission work, comprising two labor
in Chicago, and one in Boston second The needu and
H T0T1 4Gs hS by he e P%F FED
Iares For years among the pastors and nhe churches
fhese brethren have the sole expostOrs
the Roish system and Of the progress Of distncyey
protestant missions To their quckening urgency many
"A church and pastor owes much OF that spiritual life
which comes from an intelligent pressure OF great mis-
asonary principles and facts One hundred and sixty six
5bousand copies OF The Christian World have been pub
ashed and the publication was accomplishing great re
suits.
Dr n A. schenck addressed the meeting. He said
that no one attempt to deny that the adhercnts OF
in the belief that their religion would
very soon be the religion OF this country II was tru,
that they had made great progress ana were ryihg
,ndernIne their Institutions and resuscate pracce
(which belong 10 uncivilized communities, in order u
further their cause. They were trying 10 STRIKE al h'
ribIe and the Common SchoOlstwO agencies that hat
Snade this favored land happy and glor1ols ana wcl
-yould make II happy and glorious SUM- 1Or the no
Jnaniss would succeed Was 1t not astounding tha