The New York herald., 1876-09-04
Condition and Needs of Brooklyn
and New York.
HEALING OF THE LEPERS.
Gods Care Over His People Ground for
Gratitude and Obedience.
ReOpening Of Many of the
Churches Yesterday.
FIRST PLACE III. L. CHURCH.


CONDITION AND NEEDS OF BRooKLYN AND NEW
YoRK-sRRMoN BY REV. ANNA OLIVER.
To large congregation at the First Place Methodist
Episcopal church Rev. Anna Oliver discoursed upon
the Condition and Needs OF Brooklyn and New York;
yesterday morning. The reverend lady preaced her
sermon by remarking that during the past week she
had been collecting Items from the Brooklyn city mis-
Bionaries police and excise clerks Chdren's Aid So
cie,y and in New York city from the Missionary Of
the Prison Association, Board oil Police Justices ana
other reliable authorities for the foundation OF her
marks
Her text was from John iv, So ;"Liit up your eyes,
and look the fields: for they white already to
harvest And she spoke as ioliows:-The great need
OF the world is Christ Jesus wants the There
time that Christian effort needed
than 1t is necessary that gather statistics
from China, Africa ASIA and other foreign countries
for items respecting barbarsm and sin. Look
in land and compro-
hend tho needs and condition OF things Look
in Brooklyn. In the past year 100 persons
have been arrested for crimes and than 900 Of
this number natives OF the United States This is
not very elatng to centennial, but II We can sit
comfortably IN the drawing room reading our paper
when the basement OF our house is OH tire We must
pay such indifference Sf this number 16 200 were
OF crime. In New York S4, 600 persons have
been arrested during the past year. 54Oo0 conviccd
and n, 27O were Americans Now, Christian efforts
have been made to remedy these things. We have in
Brooklyn niteen city missionaries, who are doing cx
ceilent work. And churches, too are active IN this
matter, but nevertheless these appalling hunters
show the present state OF things Now. what Is the
cause OF this prevailing degradation IN our cultured
siiiesY
Nine tenths OF all these criminals commenced their
downward course by drinking. and large proportion
OF these have trade by winch to living. In
the Pententiary of Kings county there 272
Not one o these had any occupation by which 10 earn
her daily bread This is where one OF the difficulties
lies. The second group OF facts Is the difficulty OF
forming those who have fallen the ,nds of
the aw. should not make it as hard possible to
do wrong and TO do right First let close the
liquor traffic. Second exact from our government
compulsory education that shall teach every boy and
girl some trade by which they can earn living
Third, lei US receive these homeless little into
households. Law and Christian enterprise must work
together in thus matter Our laws nothing else but
public sentiment crystazed into form Now, perhaps
hard to do wrong; but what are we, as
Christian people, doing to make 1t easy
ls possible TO do rightY For instance,
say man or woman must not drink intoxicating
liquor bat we give Them nothing else to drink. We
say to children, "You must not seal; but do give
them any other way 10 supply themselves with ood2
Why not give them trader We provide policemen TO
walca them, and as soon as they steal then we arc
upon them and lock them up beautiful buildings
that to~sr to heaven grand and costly The only
way extrpaie from the heart is to InfGse right
eo1sness there and the best way to keep people from
doing wrong is to give them something right to do
Sydenham Palace, IN England, is good ILLUSTRATION OF
this Expcr shows that drinking saloons do not
prosper !" 10 ''en.'. oh, 'unt necueu ~ D'ooAiyu
Is organization. SO that people shall know whee to send
those that apply to them Tor aid. / feel constrained
Just here TO repeat remark made TO inc by gentle
man OF Brooklyn. He SAID referring to the destitute
families IN this city:'l have been back III the
wy more than tity miles, and there laborers
are needed and viii be paid. II these people
choose 10 live III want rather thar go where work
found let them suffer- Now this is natural but is
u wiscy Who supplies the wants of the drunkardY
Why, you benevolent ladies from your provisions at
the basement Goors. Who pay the police to arrest
these persons ana the courts TO try them? Whose
money pad Tor thisi Yours, respectable ladies' and
gentlemen OF means Against whom will these people
commit crimess TO whose houses they coming to
break ins Yours OF course. We may say, let them
alone If they would let us alone IAN my brothers.
Keeper was the cry OF Cain, and II we are not our
brothers. keeper, he will make 1t pretty hard
TO keep uiseivcs But Is il the spirit OF Chris
taniiy to let them aloneY Now what we want is not
police gaows or prisons We need to
the citadel OF these little hearts and make them
the friends o society, thai they tall INTO the ranks
aud march together with to the giorlous goal God
gives the end OF the