Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-22
THE BETHEL.
Coed Enstitu1IOn-H Home and InsfFuc-
lions for the " affs OF she wOTId-Ia-
GeFesIfn= Facts Concerning the
WORKS Of the Memphis Bethel
AssOCiasfOE-ssh hat ID
Proposes.

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time there was no day passed which did
not witness some good deed done, merit
OriOus alike in the sight of just-thinking
men and angels. 1t is an Incorporated
institution, having been chartered by
/ the Legislature of the State. The pres
ent directors are NJ. p. flanagan, W. L.
Scott, George W Jones, James T.
I Leath, A. A. Barnes, n. w. Speers,
Charles Kortrecht, J. c. Mills, George
r. Stahl, R. @. Craig, A. S. McNear and
Henry Graft.
The members of the Bethel me t in
| the rooms of the Medical College in Ex-
change Building, where they have met
every Sunday for five or six years past
| for devotional and other exercises.
| During the term of its existence nearly
twelve hundred children have attended,
! been cOmforted, instructed and edited,
and the seeds of good future implanted
in their little souls. In the language Of
the Soclety's circular: "Many of them
have been reclaimed from a course
which would have ruined them and
produced public injury. Some have be-
come members of other Sunday-SchO0ls,
and become attached to churches, and
promise well for the future A sewing
school has been established for girls, pre-
sided over by laTge-hearted, kindly and
accomplished ladies, by whom rude, ig-
norant and slovenly girls have had a
little polish put upon their manners and
decent clothing upon their persons.
LARGER OPERATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
The Bethel seeks still larger opera
tons and greatly increased influence.
1t needs, first of all, an eligible lot, Of
to s.,E, b e..
may be able, a suitable building. In
proper building it would, as has been
done in other cities, establish a SCUM
house, and industrial schools for bows
and girls, with suitable libraries. III
would greatly enlarge its Sunday
by appliances of comfort and attraction.
not now attainable, and would provide
regular preaching and religious instruc-
ton for the parents of the scholars, and
other adults, now wholly without such
advantages. And it would furnish to
the benevolent a medium through
which their charity may be intelligent
~, judiciOusly, and generally dispensed. {
Such lot has been selected, and Will be
purchased as soon as the money can be
obtained.
PREVENTING CRIME.
As it is acknowledged by every one
that it is much better to prevent than 10
cure crime, so is the Bethel an iustitu-
ton superior to Others of a charitable
nature, inasmuch as il aims at prevent
ing crime. II takes the child just enter
ing upon downward course, and says
to 1t, ''Stop! avoid that deep pit that IS
yaWniDg before you; step out of thar
path of perdition and ente the fold of
the Lord" The Bethel aims at impaTt- |
ing Christian culture to little ones who /
have none 10 care for them. Il aims at 1
saving the little wanderers who are al I
ways so plentiful on the streets, and I
whose education, if they have any, is OF (
vile and dangerous character; an edu- 4
cation just sufficient TO enable the pos /
SCISSOR to suck the poison from wicked I
publications, police news and illustrated
literary gates of hell. Is it to be won 1
iered at that our land furnishes the
most highly educated and finished viii I
Iains IN the world? Is it not time
for US to stop boasting of our grand /
system? One terrible.
crushing fact stares US in the face and /
warns US to stop Boosting, and that Is
that our daily record of CRIME is greater
than that Of all the rest of ChEistendOm,
and continues to grow with fearful rap
Idity, and viii continue to grow, until
we give the youth of our country a
Christian education.
This is what the Memphis Bethel !
aims at doing. Hitherto its operations
have been confined. There is every
prospect now that the association o.
earnest gentlemen who are diligently
viii soon succeed in establish
ng large house, where their works
will become more extensive and more
NEW HOUSE.
There is a lot in view which the As
ISOLATION intends purchasing as soon as
means can be got. 1t is at the junction
If Adams stree and Charleston av-
enue-a most eligible site-upon which
.hese energetic Christian lab0rers propose
% build. John NJ. Lea has already sub
icribed two thousand dollars in turnpike
itock toward the enterprise. We may
llsO state that the following subscTip-
ions have been made:
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
N. P. flanagan, $3.50; Henry Graft,
100; George Z. Stahl, 500; George W. I
Zones, 500; A. S. McNear, Sl00; A.
4. Barnes, 500; w. l.. Scott, $50; J. c.
Mills, 500; Ford, Porter & Co, 500
laid; w. II. Wood, S20O-paid; OrgiH 4
Bros. & Co., Sl0O-paid; Menken Bros, ;
100; ]. G. Neeley, l00-psid; Thomas
]. Hamilton, S200--paid; Scheduled &
S100-paid; FargasOn & Clay, |
M. l. Meacham, Sl00-paid;
I. b Kirkland, S5O-paid; Gage & Fish
T, S50-paid; Martin & Hellsman, $50
paid; w. S. Bruce & Co., S5O-pa d;
William Jack, S50-paid; w. b Gal
'reath, S25-paid; S. w. Ward, S25-
aid; \. Fontaine, S25-paid; A. Wood 5
uff, S25-paid; J. L. Petit, SlO-paid; [
". Simpson, Sl0-paid; A. w. Roberts, $
l0-paid. These Subscriptions, with the c
liberal donation of john NJ. Lea, make 5
p a sum of about four thousand five G
hundred dollars to start their new es-
on This is but compare
lively small, yet it viii serve to show r
hat these good men are true and char a
table; who, in the midst Of the worlds I
usiness, do not forget ''the waits of the t
rorld.U y