Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-19

ANNIVERSARY OF THE LADIES HOME MIS-
sIoNARY SOcIETY.-AddreSS of the Managers.
The anniversary of the Ladies Home Mis-
sionary Society was held last night al
Trinity Church. Ninth-street, near Race.
The exercises were, opened with music and
prayer, after which the report Of the
managers was read by Mrs. Wiiber.
In speaking of the labors of the Society
during the year, the report says the
Brighton Mission English Sunday-sohool.
j. Cumming, Superintendent, numbering
eighty, and the, German, Rev. R. A. W.
Bruehl, Superintendent, numbering 200
pupils, are in a very fourishing condition.
The Carr-street Mission Schools, American,
J. Weidman, Superintendent, has enrolled
250 pupils, and the German, under the SUPER
intenpence of Rev. r. A. W. Bruehl, has
sixty.
The Deercreek Mission, j. Lumstead
Superintendent number sixty pupils, show
ing a gradual increase in number since its
commencement which particularly gratify-
ing to the Society.
Mears Chapel Sunday-school, the English
portion under the control of W. McGord,
numbers l50 and the German under the su.
perintendence of Rev. A. W. Bruehl, num-
bers forty pupils. 1t is located in the Fourth
ward, one of the worst localities in the city.
and its success, under the circumstances, Is
regarded as extremely gratifying.
uAbOA NAAoskOn buAuty-SCQOOl, under thu
management of Rev. R. A. w. Bruehl. has
enrolled forty pupils, regular in attendance
and evincing an earnestness Of purpose.
The Clark-street Mission-schools. orpan-
ized little more than year ago, the EnpI
lsh department of which is under the con-
troll of G. Fl. Wolff, numbers $50, and the
German department. Rev. R. A. W. Bruehl
superintendent, numbers forty pupils. They
are punctual in their attendance and evince
n in, 411 49, ~
weekly taught
The East Pearl-street School, J. Darby.
Superintendent, has 10 pupils. Their in
telligence and'reform give the greatest en-
conragement to the workers in this field.
Fairmount Mission-school, J. Elstner, Su-
perintendent, numbers seventy, and the
Camp Washington school, J. De Rodes Su-
perlntendent numbers sixty pupils. Both
OF these have been established within the
year, and have thus far been eminentIy sue
cessful.
In the thirteen Mission-schools the aggre-
gate number of teachers is l07; of pupils.
1,57G of volumes in the libraries, 1,54O and
Suaddy-SchooL AdVocGtes, distributed MONTH
ly, 3,255.
Beside these schools, there are four Mission
Churches, with a membership that amounts
to 226, under the direction Of the Society, in
which there is preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. About sixty con-
versions have taken place during the year.
The congregations are increasing, and uni
formly attentive.
The Clark-stree Mission Chapel has been
erected, and entirely paid for during the
past year, at cost of $1,000. Two excel
lent class-rooms have been recently added
by the friends of the Mission, without the
assistance of the Society, at cost of 5000.
Judge j. Ceilings, of Adams County, Ohio,
has donated to the Society three lots in
Fulton, valued at $3.50 each. Many thou
sand pages of religious reading matter in
English and German, have been distributed
in public institutions, and in general visiting,
ana, with very few exceptions, received with
apparent interest and pleasure.
The missionaries of the Society Rev. I.
Collett and Rev. j. F. Wright, in addition to
their. other duties, have visited the Com
mercial Hospital weekly, and report it as a
field of special interest. They have also
visited the City Prison, while the voluntary
visiting committees have distributed !, 500
garments and 500 pairs of shoes, besides
having made sundry contributions Of money
to needy parties.
In conclusion, the managers, through their
report, earnestly solicit the continued Coop
Grafton and large-hearted benevolence of
their friends. The Home Missions are an
element of moral power, and tend to COM
bine moral culture with intellectual devel-
opment the only method of producing the
noblest man and womanhood.
According to the report of the Treasurer,
the receipts amounted during the year to
$2,647 36, and the disbursements to $26l9 90
leaving balance in the Treasury of $2s or
An address was delivered by Rev. W. A,
Snively, which was quite eloquent and in
teresting. A collection was taken up for
the benefit of the Society, and after music
by the choir, the meeting, which was largely
attended adjourned