The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Newman Mission Res
cue Home Must Wait a
Week For Its
Money.

The services in the North Baptist
Church on Sunday evening were con-
Quoted in the interests of the Newman
Mission Rescue Home. The church at
tendance was fair, considering the storm.
Charles E. BaIIou, Superintendent OF
McAuley's Cremorne Mission Of New
York. presided. Pastor c. Woelfkin de-
livered an address. taking as his subject
missions as Auxiliaries to the Christian
Church." He spoke but a few minutes,
but in that time convinced his hearers
that he WAS a firm believer in having
churches aid and support missions of
every kind as through them classes were
reached that 1t is impossible otherwise to
bring into church.
The main plea in favor of missions and
their maintenance by churches was made
by Mrs. M. NJ. Guindon. who TOOK for
her subject: "The pink rose, or only a
kind word" Her address was relative
to the conversion of Della Laughlin.
whom she described as having been
known as the blue Bird of Mulberry
street." (New York; dives. Della Laugh
lin was discovered by a party of mission
workers who were making a tour OF the
slums. endeavoring to save some of the
frequenters Of dives. Mrs. Guindon was
onO L tAO paIUy b1dt CAulO III OObeoSo
with Della Laughlin. They approached
her, were repulsed for a time, but finally
the girls attention was attracted by a
pink rose. 1t was given to her, and kind
words and treatment soon kindled the
latent spark of goodness within her and
after a months pleading and praying,
Della Laughliu was saved and was in
strumental in saving one hundred or
more souls who had fallen as deep into
crime as she was when first discovered by
the mission workers. The experiences of
Mrs. Guindon and her party OF followers
in dives was very interesting and the
speaker convinced more than one of her
hearers that 1t was their duty to lend
financial aid to those mission workers
who go about saving souls from the
depths of degradation.
Mrs. Guindon is the daughter of the
Rev. DR.. Van Horn of the Methodist
Church. She Is a gifted singer, and has
spent many years of her life III doing
mission work amongst the lower classes.
a REFORMING AGENCY,
Mr.. Joseph a. Dear was the mex
speaker. He spoke upon Industry as a
reforming agency" He favored the es-
t~abIishmsnt of an Industrial mission
home. He cited the difficulties at pres
ent experienced by the Newman Rescue
Home. where a man is taken in, given a
supper, a nights lodging n break
ldSt. hc Hldlutdiueu GHhG frequently
men would accept this aid
and at once return to their old of
living. n forget what was done for
them. He believes that the establish
ment of an industrial home. where per-
sons asking assistance could be given
work to do, would result in keeping inn
posters away. His remarks were the
sentiments Of the ladies of the Newman
Home, who are now struggling to estab-
lish an industrial branch to their mis-
sion. The services were greatly enjoyed,
and will, it is hoped, be productive of
much good.
As the attendance was not large,
Pastor Woelfkin announced that the col
lection for the mission work would be
postponed one week. Blanks, to be handed
in next week. were distributed.
AT H FIRST BAPTIST, WEST HoBOKEN.
A meeting for the same object was held
at the First Baptist Church. West Hobo
ken. w. Glenn Taylor, Superintendent
of the Cremorne Mission In New York,
was chairman. Addresses were mad by
the Rev. j. G.. Egoert, the pastor, who
spoke upon "The Obligation the Christian
Church Owes to the Outcast." and by
Mr.. Newman, who made the first speech
since his recent illness. He explained
that the IDEA is to establish two homes,
with branches in various parts of the
county. Unfortunate men and women,
converted at the branch mission, will be
sent to the homes until they can take
care Of themselves. Mother Howell of
the Helping Hand Mission, Brooklyn. ad-
dressed the congregation upon the saving
of young girls and N Testimony
was given by converts.
About $500 was contributed.