Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-21
THE NTcALL MISSION.
The Rev. NIT. Berger Tells What Prog.
 ress Was Made Last Year in

The Rev. MT. Berger Tells What Prog
 ress Was Made Last Year in
 France.
 Center church chapel was comfortably filled yesterday afternoon by company composed mostly of ladies. It was the first annual meeting of the New Haven Auxiliary of the McA1l Missionary association. After devo- tional exercises led by Rev. Thomas R. Bacon, reports of the secretary and treasurer of the
 auxiliary were read. The treasurer's report
 showed that last year s7eO, 10 wes contribut- ed by this auxiliary and S751. 10 forwarded to the general treasurer at Philadelphia. Officers were then elected as follows: President, Miss E. c. Bradley; treasurer, | Miss Hadley; secretary, Miss McAlister; | vice president, Mrs. Newman Smyth, Mrs. | Robert Brown, jr., Mrs. F. w. Benedict, Mrs. William Beckley, Mrs. Lurnan Cowles, Mrs. Susan North, Miss Fife Stevens, Mrs. Syl- vester Smith and Mrs. Francis Wayland. The Rev. MT. Berger then made report oi | the work of the mission during the year 1884 I He said: ''The past year has been most suc- | cessful in France. Republican institutions are growing stronger there, and the people
 are becoming welded to the present form of | government Education is spreading and in I telligence is increasing. Last year one hun dred and forty-four millions of francs were ! expended for public education. These i'm provements afford us vast help. The nuns | have been banished from the schools and ! everywhere stand has been taken against l that system of priestcraft which has beer the curse of France.
 .sNew stations have been opened, new halls
 have been added where the mission has al ! ready rooted itself
 Improvement is noticeable on every side | Mir. McAll has secured number of inos | valuable and efficient men to assist in for | warding the work. It has been his policy | all along to get men who art
 not only willing to toll, but alse 1 have special fitness for forwarding the l work in the most acceptable manner. II l Paris the mission has accomplished wonders I In the hardest, most desperate quarter ot l Paris the ladies of Baltimore have founded 1 hall. It is within one block of the Boufse | in the boulevard Bon Nouvelle among the gay, fast, sinful, fashionable, atheistica people of Paris. You can imagine
 the location, if you have not beer ! for. religious worship under the Fifth Ave 1 nue Hotel, New York, where the fashionable gay and giddy young sports most congre ! gate. It is the hardest class to reach througl | such means. But what has been the result
 The hall, the largest, most expensive wt
 have in the city, is crowded every night witt l these young men. In the BiEle class 175 have been enrolled. From 75 to 100 have give1 1 their hearts to God.
 | "A year ago we had 92 stations in France
 now we have 95. The last one, the Sale Beacl ] was founded last week to commemorate one l whose beautiful character was well know1
 among you"
 Mr. Berger spoke in a very hearty manner
 and was visibly affected. He told severa l pathetic incidents of the work and spoke o1
 how the converts were organized in fraterna societies, and children were taught in Sun l day schools. His remarks commanded the 1 closest attention of the audience.