The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-27
THE FIVE POINTS MISSION
ADDRESS By DIR. G.. X. SANFORD OF
THAT INSTITUTION.

spoke ut Trinity M. E. Church Yestor-
dny Morning-The Cure of Little Wait,
OF a6sroat City-Over $4,000 of Them
EDUCATED and Caxed for Since Its
Opening.
At Trinity M z. church yesterday
morning DR.. A. X. Sanford of the Five
Points mission, New York city, occupied
the pulpit and delivered a very interest
ing address descriptive of the work OF
text the eighth chapter Of Mathew
first, second and third verses, and all
nounced in opening that he intended to
preach a very practical gospel. He
spoke in part as follows:
AT the close Of Christ's famous SER
mon on the mount, as the text says, lie
descended the mountain, followed by a
large concourse of people. They FOL
lowed Him partly out Of curiosity, for
they were ASL0uHueu DIT Ills ooSIAtiS INV
thought that He could never practice
what He preached But they didn't
have long to wait. AS He went down
the mountain He met a leper, unclean,
unhealthy, loathsome to look at. This
man had in some way heard Of Christ,
and now stretched out his hands plead
ing for His intercession.
ibid He spurn him or pass him by
unnoticed? No. He put out His hands
and touched him; and with praises of
his benefactor upon his lips the man
rose entirely healed, and Joined with
the throng who followed the Saviour.
And to His followers Christ said, Go We
and do likewise.
HE meant those words for you and
me. He meant that we, too, should
stretch out our hands to the great mass
of suffering humanity and, healing their
ills with our help and instruction, to
gain them also to the love of God. It's
a privilege we have from Jesus himself
to go down into the very depths, of So
ciety and reach out the hand of help to
those in despair, and life them up and
save them. This is what the church is
for, although most Of US look upon it as
having far different object. The
church Is more than school Of Chris
tan culture-it is more than home;
and those who fold their arms to rest
and quietly sleep while gliding on
through the period of their membership
in it make the biggest mistake Of their
ora hap rift thnJ1phtE
but they are far from the great object
which should be the mainstay of ones
church life"
Here the speaker entered upon the
subject of the life of the little waits of
a great city and of the great factor in
the bringing up of thousands of them
the Five Points mission is in New York
city. Continuing, he said: 1T is these
wandering little sheep that you as chill
dren of the church are expected to look
after, and not to rest until we see them
safely housed within the church. Ilove
to think of the church as Gods hospi-
tai, where the sick and wounded may
be brought, and the Balm of Gilead APP
piled until they are well and able again.
Jesus Christ meant a great deal when
He said, Suffer little children to come
unto Me- when He rebuked those who
would have sent them away He knew
that In a little while those children
would be in His church and the impor-
lance of matchmaking them into the
principles of the church. He knew the
Importance Of taking them in early life
before they had been led away by the
knowledge of after life; and He also
knew them to be the best means of get
ting at the heart Of the parents
The speaker went on to say that 1t
was in this spirit of the Lord that a
number of New York women years ago
opened the Five Points mission in New
York He then described the work of
the mission from the time Of its open
ing up to the present time. He said
that so, $50 Of these little waits have re-
ceived their whole training from the
mission and have gone out into the
world to become noted citizens, mary
of them to be ministers of the gospel.
Dr. Sanford closed his excellent address
with a plea for contributions of any
kind towards the mission, which is sup
ported entirely by the church, and at
the close of the services he was given
money by many of the congrega ton.
A FINE CONCERT