Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-13
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s1srERHooD OF BETHANY.

sIsTERHOoD OF BETHANY.
annual Meeting and Election of Officers
Report OF the Secretary.
The annual meeting of the Sisterhood of
Bethany was held on Friday, Aug. 2, at P. N.
The day was hot and oppressive, but goody
number gathered for the occasion, and pleas
ant and profitable hour spent. The follow
ing officers were elected fer the coming year,
Prssiident-Mrs. C. o. YanCleve.
Vice President-Mrs. O. G.. Phillips.
Secretagy-Mrs, H, G. Walker.
Treasurer-Mrs. A. G.. Mendenhall.
Matron-Mrs. E. NJ Clark.
The president, Mrs. c. o. VanCleve, delivered |
an interesting address, which the pressure upon
our columns Will not allow us to present; after
which the report Of the secretary was submitted
as follows:
sECRETARys REPORT.
In submitting this, our third annual report,
we feel that it becomes us to begin by return
Ing hum bic and heartfelt thanks to God for
His sustaining grace during the year. He has
given us strength out of weakness, courage in
storm light for our dark hours, comfort in
Encouragement hope for the future, and a
frmer faith in His blessed promise, ''Lo, am
objects of our care food, shelter and raiment,
| and to some of them we dare to hope desire
for that higher and better gift of his love in
| the heart. For all these and numberless other
| favors and blessings we desire publicly to re-
turn thanks to God our Father and strength.
| All the regular business meetings of the
| ciety have been held during the past year and
| two extra meetings. Monthly reports have
| been published in the daily papers, of the
work in the Home. giving number of inmates
! received and the disposition made of them;
and also our financial condition, with list OF
| contributors and contributions to our sup
| port.
/ Religious services have been sustained in the
| Home With great regularity during the winter,
| and with much frequency as the
| health of the inmates would admit during the
| remainder of the year. These meetings
have been great help to us in bringing
! wards under good influences, especially the
| bible stndies prosecuted during the winter.
| we greatly need at the present time some ear
nest Christian woman, who will take one after
noon of each week to lead bible class in the
| Home. Such q class might be made of meal
culable benefit in many ways. 1t would break
up the monotony of the daily life in the Home;
the lessons studied would have q tendency
fill the mind with other thoughts than the dark
ones naturally springing from the terrible men,
cries haunting every soul III the Home; and the
lessons of God word must be brought out by
its study before the Spirit of God apply
them to the heart Will not some good Chris
tian worker come forward and take this as her
mission for the coming year?
We began the year with three inmates In the
Home. One of these, with her infant born in
the Home has been restored to her father $
house, through the influence OF the society,
from which she had been driven in scorn and
anger in tue day of her trouble and disgrace.
We were not sorry that we took her in and
cared for her through eight long months, when
| hcr hr.h
cared for boy. bringing her thank offering of
butter and eggs. When We contrasted
the contented; motheriy looking young woman
before us with her words of gratitude, of sor-
, row for the past and good intentions for the
future with the half crazed despalrlng, tear
drowned lilly as she came TO us first, we were
glad in our hearts that our work included these
betrayed deserted ones, with he dread shadow
of maternity over them. And to such as these
may our doors never be closed.
Had we time to write and you to listen. We
could fill pages with incidents of our work,
that we would gladly have you hear, but we
must hasten. The other inmate of the Home
at the beginning OF the year, was happily con-
verified to God, and in the month of February
, was returned to her friends in Michigan. a
letter received from her during the past month
shows that the shadow of her past life still
hangs heavily over her, but she holds fast her
confidence, and asks the earnest prayers OF
: every Christian wonani that her feet may b.
kept from the snare of the spoiler.
word as to finance. We entered the past
year, with a debt hanging over us of S225
I which had been accrulng ever since the open
a ing OF the Home. Our family rapidly increased
. and also of course our expenses at an alarmin,
! rate.
When winter came we were wlthou
money, without provisions, without wood. o
t stoves to burn it in. In answer to appeals
), through the press, donations came IN, but no
enough to prevent constant falling behind
At this point, when every dollar was more
o than spent when the board of managers sough
their pillows at night fearful lest one famil
in the home might be both cold and hungry
when our house crowded to Its utmost Ca
2, pacity, and more were knocking at our door
n that we were forced to turn away, SO that W
% dared not think of closing the home, when W
had drawn from our last resource, and looke
in one anothers faces saying what now ca
l. we do? Miss Susan B. Anthony appeared i
j. our midst! With strong kindly words &
- sympathy and cOmmendatlon OF our efforts
- for which Utmost hearts blessed her, sh
"a rendered US the benefit of a Sabbath evenin
lecture. The officers of the board will nc
r. soon forget the burden of care which role
! off their hearts as they took possession of til
y paper sack with its precious SO silver dollar
N In April our hearts were again mad
ct glad by one almost a stranger to us and OF
l. work. Again in time OF great need Mr.
Arthur N. Elliott rendered us the benefit OF a
amateur concert, the whole labor and respons
e. bility of the rendering of which she took upo
ir herself and executed with SO much energy an
III ability as to assure success. From this v
realized the sum of 1928. Thus aided, o,
matron was paid and many other debts Cal
es celed which had hung heavily upon our spiri
for many months.
ei Soon after this we began to receive some a
=, from the city treasury. More than year az
L this society petitioned the city for a portion
IS, the money collected from keepers, visitors al
v inmates of houses OF prostitution, and we
20 answered that they had no authority in law
20 dispose of these fines. at the converting
the State legislature this authority was ask
n and granted in bill passed March 7, 1878, aft
g which and by authority of which the CT
:, council voted US one-haf of all moneys th
- collected. We have received three paymer
~ from this source. aggregating s32U.5O.
u In April the Home was removed from Ihre
k. and-one-half avenue south to Its present loo
ton on Plymouth avenue, corner Third aven1
GO north. Here we very comfortably locat
III for the present, having room for family
u sixteen eighteen, though sadly lacking
in household goods. We especially need at Il
he time table linen and dishes, VIII
our bare floors CALI mournfully for carpe
ne Dear sisters, when you take mp your carpe
this fall, do not send that old one to the aucti
nj room, but in place thereof remember us!
~ We greatly need library of solid, who
rs some, entertaining books. Some of these gi
are lOuu Oh TeaillHS. Soule utfe IieVeE
n a taste for it, but if we had our shelves fill
,er with such books our own young daughte
:, would read and we would like to have the
GU GU they would be a means of great pleasure a
VI profit in the Home. We would suggest the 8
pointment of a stan ling committee of three
ia five for the coming year whose duty it shall
:. to solicit books for the Home library.
~ We tender our thanks to the daily press
no the city for the gratuitous publication of G
ed notices and reports throughout the year,
er. Hon. Chas. Pillsbnry for nine barrels of flo
,;s and to DIR. g. W. Emery for his gratnitous a
- efficient services for six months as physician
sn the Home. And to all the kind friends, "