The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-13
PETER DIVERS MISSION.
Dincuities Attending the Gospel Work In
BIeecker SireeI.

Peter Dwyer. the Questionable reviva-
list. labors under great difficulties. Seemingly.
however. he makes progress for his new mission
In the second story at 1876 Bescker street Is su-
porior to his old missions, and the number Of
converts that aid him In his services every even
Ing Is larger than It was His mission Is 10 rooms
that formerly were store OF considerable pre-
tensions, the walls being colored, and orna
men,ed near the ceiling with rim of fres'oins
Good oil p.lntags on scrip,ual ana temperance
subjects. fr ,med IN an, adorn the walls. ana a
large stove warns the place. brother Peter Is
rrefty comfortably situated but the unchris-
tan youth Of the netguOOruOOd seem deter
mined to rout him.
on Thursday evening" said Brother DwYer.
Yesterday, young men 81 the neigh 30 h God
in erruptod my services. and they have dom %
amos' every evening since. They KEEP 'u-
gefh.r IN seats near the door on THURSDAY rs Pc
HIN - Go Tor him = an then started uu IN a
bunch. | went down among them, and tod
them that they ought not to make disturbance,
anu ihat ! ought 10 have the rsht IN free
country to try to d , good. Some az them went
out, aud, a. iy. heard. threatened to give me
a good beating. II must take 1t must, IA |
have no harshness IN NV heart toward any 81
them, and do not want to hurt bair Of their
heads for all New York. My wife asked the
officer at the door. ONcer Hanley. TO quiet the
disordery Young men, but, she says, lie would
not, and, after using insulting language to her,
added that he would cluo my head on II he got
"A Chance to do SO"
After that | saw one Of the young men with
MS aims luo -lbHtIlbts Us kuOuHu ms III
tended to upset the stove, and when one Of INV
converts told him that hs must take his arms
from the pipe, some Of his companions started
forward as though they intended t. make a
gene al hght Some Of the officers that | have
hsd have been very kind. The officer that =
here last night did his duty WE'LL out some one
coutTiyed to ste Il the key Of the mission. and
am afraid that my paintings, which were gifts
10 me, will be stolen.
~ have hlrd work In the mission, for O.
around ~ Il ~ irving to interest men In II, and
getting grln answers most times and then
have TO contend with the roughness Of the
young men AT night. BIT am hopeful, because
kind people pay the rent aud give me lamps and
oil aud coal flr the stove"
Capt. Birnes thinks that Officer Hanley would
not assume the great responsibility, the I'M
unceriks conduct that Mr.. ami Mrs Dwyer
complain Of entails. lie sends different ofcef
II the Mission every night, ana eN rcts Inn Ia
40 his duty there. Inc tenants Of the rooms
above the mission complain that II Is a nuisance,
and the proprietor OF the oyster saloon be-
| meath caused the arrest Of Brother Dryer,
charging IN the Washington Place Police Court,
| that the disturbances In the revival meetings
had driven the customers away from his oyster
| house. the magistrate released Brother Dwlrr
| tut instructed & ~ McD lnuell t. see that the
peace Is Kept Ia the revival meetings.