Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-03

Mitchell, $5 Mrs. Charles Mitchell Mrs. E E. Hall, Mrs. J. c. Hollister, Friends, MT. H. Bunne1l, $2 each; Mrs J. B. Sargent. Mrs deorge Hotohkiss' Ms N9rth aFs PsFpont M; HrS j. + My9Es Wss MaEths Hotehkiss Mrs ,, J. B. q Sargent nssos MTs. W l Gregory, 50 cents Total, s26 5o ---D' North Church. by Mrs. s. M Day-Dr. E. H: Bish- on, Mrs c. W. Curtis, the Misses Hull, Mrs. c. P. Marvin, Mrs. s. H Moseley. Mrs: Wells southworth, l AIling S2 each Mrs Alex McAlister. Miss Uford, Miss Hoyt, Mrs. Sumner Smith. Mrs H. R. Hoadley, Mrs ls. Charles Bates Mrs E. N W Beers Mrs Abner l Austin, Mrs. Atwater Treat s1 each Total $40 JENNIE W. BENNETT, Treas. City Missionary Work. The following statement is made for the | information of those of our citizens who are | already subscribers to or interested in the l work of the advisory board of city missions, l organized 1880:
 Members-Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, Presi- dent Porter, ex-President Woolsey, Prof. Timothy Dwight, Prof. F. R. Honey, Rev. i Dr. B. M. Adams, Rev. Dr. J. M. Stifler, MT. | George filling, Rev. R. T. Thorne, Rev. I. | C. Meserve, Rev. c. H. Williams, MT. Atwa- l ter Treat, Rev. c. H. B. Tremaine Rev. Dr. | S. R. Dennen, Rev. H. s. Kelsey Mir. Philip Pond.
 Denominations epresented-Methodist, l Baptist, Episcopal, Congregational. Differ ent churches included (unofficially), F. ! U. n. l secretary and treasurer.
 City Missionary-Rev. W. D. Mossman. l Assistants in mission work, (seminary stu dents employed a portion of their time e)-N1r. c. c. Ot1s, MT. F. V. W. Hoyt. l The following is an abstract from report of | work for six months, ending April 1, 1881 MT. Mossmans personal work-About 20 calls made and received daily, or 5000 dur l ing the past months, besides visiting fami- 1 lies or persons not attending church, &c., Con l general list of over 5000 persons) according to opportunity.
 or persons requiring attention at office or elsewhere (besides general visiting ist) as 1 follows:
 1 September, 61 October (vacation), 9; No- vember, 61; December, 75 January, 90; February no; March, 100. Total following for duplicates), 45O different cases, or average | of 75 new ones per month. Parish list of persons not under other pas toral care, made up from care list and gen. 1 eral list: Average at any one date about 200 l families, including about 600 persons, who probably would not be otherwise cared for in religious institutions.
 REsU1rs-{6 nnotths' work).
 Already reported to pastors u churches and accept ed under their pastoral care 32 families including | about 100 persons.
 Others nearly ready for report for care of pastors and churches, 30 families, including about 100 per Different churches to which these families have been brought, 15 dncluding nearly every religious
 Several families not able to attend church persuad- 1 edto attend English Hall meetings. l Persons persuaded to become Christians 21. l Reported to pastors for membership in churches F. By profession of faith, 8; by letter,4 ! Backsliders restored, 20.
 l dition, AS.
 Making about three hundred persons reached and either brought to religious life | or towards it. Besides many others promised | fo oil So fop engage in daily reading and prayer, intem- | perate persons labored with and some per suaded to reform, temperance pledges se- cured, Bibles distributed, funerals attended, addresses made at churches in regard to mis- | sionary work as requested. 1 FAMILIES WITHOUT BIBLES. Different families in New Haven reporting them | selves without copy of the scriptures, 2,801 Number of persons included in these families,
 Families already visited offered Bible with | about 1000.
 Number of Bibles distributed during past six months in this way (neary all among persons not at l tending church or without religious belef} 100.
 Number of copies sold (generaly part payment Number of copies given without payment, 76.
 Different streets in the city in which this work has
 Families without Bibles still remaining to be visit ee, 1,800.
 PERSONS OUT CHURCH CONNECTION. About 700 protesting Christians residing in New Haven, but members of churches elsewhere [This
 
 churches visitation invitation to join their l churches according to individual preference) l MEETINGS MISSION HOUSE, 47 COURT STREET. The mothers meeting-Every Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, under the care of the ladies of the churches. About 20 families represented, mostly those known through the record book of the central office of charities. Simple devotional exercises. Pleasant reading by some one during the working hour: Instruction in cutting, fitting, sewing and mending garments. Acquaintance formed with mothers of dependent families. Calls upon them at their homes.
 THE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
 Every Saturday forenoon at 10 o'clock. under the teachers About thirty families represented mostly children of the poor Four classes by grades, viz,
 4th Class-Instruction in sewing plain (for their own use), and ornamental for making their homes pleasantly
 3rd Class-Instruction in cutting, fitting and mak- ing their own clothing.
 End Class-Instruction in the care of rooms Sweep ing, dusting making beds arranging furniture, etc Actual practice in rooms for this purp se.
 1st Class-A cooking class. Instructions and actual practice with setting ablss washing dishes care of food, etc.
 Swinging, marching, games. etc., between house. work, and occasional entertainments during the school year Membsrship in the school free to any young girls between the ages of six and sixteen.
 Any persons wishing further information in regard to any departments of this work, or desiring to engage in any part of 1t as volunteer workers, can meet Rev. Mir. Moss man at his ofice No, 47 Court street, daily, from to 10 o'clock 8. m., or if preferred he will call on anyone requesting it. Calls upon the city missionary by persons needing his care may also be made at his morning office hour, or requests may be sent to the office for his attention to persons In any part ot the city. Subscriptions to the general work of the board, or any part of it, may be sent to Rev. c. H. Williams, secretary and trea- surer. No. SC Wall street
 MISSIONARY WORK UNDER MIR. MossMAE's
 First-Paid assistants The assistants in mission ary work Theological students) are employed only portion of their time They make reports from time to time during the seminary year tSepte Der to May and in full at it's close During the past six months tion and has about 20 of these families that not attending church under his pastoral care at the pres ent time Mir Hoyt has already visited about 5O9 fam flies without Bibles disposed of 45 copies Of the scriptures 19 of which were sold at cost or ess ana the rest given on condition of daily reading.
 poor Names on list of persons ready for service needed, 100; duty at present time, 53 dependent families, separate persons, d e., different races,) under care of these visitors according their time and opportunity, 88 different persons included in 2 Christian Workers four departments, two under of the city missionary and two otherwise provided for.-Persons not attending church-Num- Der of families on general persons in New Hs ven attending church, 132; o1nerent persons of churches of different denominations, engaged in visiting these families persons nder churcn tional Christian workers engaged tn similar work; under direction of the city missionary, fz totai number of volunteer Christian workers, n6; d1ner- ent families under Christian of city msslonary Christian workers and church visitors 49l nunlnef of persons included in these families dlnerenI streets in the city in which work is now going AS families still without Christian care, too2 number of persons included in these families 424z different churches already connected with tnls Work through their church visitors other churches car rying this work independently but in connection with the work of the Missionary Board g. addition al churches represented by their members as visitors to the poor, total number of churches engaged in city missionary work including each of the eVange1 cal denominations) 20 students of Yale Theol g1cal Seminary engaging city missionary work at differ snt times volunteers paid workers 1Ol ls differ st persons connected as visitors with both branches