Year: 1876

NEW YORK AS FIELD FOR MISSION LABOR


DISCOURSE BY REV. MORGAN DIX.


One OF the incentives that aided in 1ling Trinity
church to its utmost capacity the announce
ment that the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix would repeat
the sermon on "Cty Missons he recently preached
for the City Mission Society. The reverend rector
spoke of the great field that is presented in popuous
city like this for and persistent missionary Ia
bor Here are the mansions Of the rich, the squalid
novels of the poor the stately churches where the
word Of life is preached and districts full OF poverty
hunger and crime where missionaries could labor most
aoceptaby He drew eloquent picture Of the advan-
tages offered by dense population 10 orihg rehgous
and


TEMPORAL AID TO THE NEEDY


and diseased and declared that mission work con-
Quoted by Trinity church not alone spiritual
II numbers all works of mercy; the feeding OF the
hungry the clothing OF the naked the visitation OF
the sick New York. of the grandest cities OF the
world city between two rivers, displays alike its
images of It's glory and the marks OF Its shame Some
speak OF being the headquarters OF Satan This IS
false In reality it Is good and bad commingltng The
good is very good, and the bad is very bad. DR. Dix
pointed the churches the public schools the instu
ons OF art the bethes and the mission schools as the
images of glory the vile dens OF the dissoute the
crowded tenemenIs and the resorts or criminals as tho
marks Of the citys shame This city Is no longer an
American city, said the minister.


GERMAN CITY,


the head German city OF the world The great German
cities are Berlin Vienna and New York. Here we
have a conglomeration of all European nations Native



filled by foreigners, the great public works built by
foreign laborers and threeths Of the voters Of the
city have foreign look The most powerful church
owes its allegiance foreign head. How great then,
is the necessity for earnest mission work herel The
rector then referred TO the condition OF Trinity parish
forty years ago, when it reproach that II only
supplied the Word of the Lord TO the rich. This re-
proach had been removed by Trinity which supplies
through its bethels Its schools its St Barnabas Home
and other Institutions 70 the laboring poor the
Word Of God The rector spoke OF the City Mission
Society and gave statistics TO its labors last
year. II held its hand and TO the poorest; II
is a visitor TO and support of the needy wei as
teacher Of the Gospel the poor ST. Barnabas Home
one Of the best OF the institutions OF the parish


THR POOR,


where the houseess sheltered the hungry fed the
Wants of the aged supplied; place for the succor o
little children protector OF the frendess girl who
safe there n ON the minions Of the devil


After hing upon the self sacrificing aoors OF the
Sisters Of ne Good Shepherd and the zeal Of the
Christian priests the rector referred 70 the apathy
of Christ contributing TO the support OF Chris
tran work outside Of their parishes and the difficult
ties experienced by the managers or the institutions
who last had TO carry on mission work with the
receipts from the building fund.- because they were moi
supported by the Church. He concluded by exhorting
his hearers TO rise above their apathy and nderence
and place the City Mission Society where 1t should be-
the leading society OF this State


At the conclusion Of the sermon collection was
taken mp behalf Of mission work and q large sum
was realized.