Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-02
EiEhth ANIMAL Reparf.


Central Baptist church. Il ia as follows.
Eighth Annual Report.
This audience will find nothing out OF /
keeping with the occasion in the short report |
Of the past years work, which we now beg |
leave to present. Ii is, indeed, the closing |
chapter in the bens6cent public life of her |
whose memory we are met TO cherish-ths |
nlnbus Of her setting sun. Ga May /, 1882, |
the Wouen's Christian Association of Mem
phis entered upsn its eighth year of service, |
still directed by the same hand and amin ated
by the same controlling influence that hu-
manly speakipg) had inspired all its preced- |
ing years of usefulness. The record of this |
eighth year We herewith submit, in briefesl |
summary possible: Ths roll of membership |
includes about 125 names, of when not more |
than one fourth are active or working Eem.
bers. We are net numerically stroBg. In
addition to these active and associate lady
members, we have the names Of ten gentle
men entered as auxiliary members, to assist
in such outside mission WORK as specially re-
quires the help of gentlemen. The annual
m n bership fee of each Of these three classes
(active, associate and auxiliary is the same,
80. Including many of each of these
classes, and extending outsias that list,
we have number of regular coH-
iribulors, both ladies and gentlemen,
who pay each = definite sum monthly into
the treasury. From this source We derive
revenue of about $50 per month. Fer the
remainder OF the income necessary we are
wholly dependent on SUCH don atoms az friends
ADD citizens are moved to give. Donations
may be either to the general fund or to any
specified department of Association work.
The Associ Alion IS at no expense for rent or
or salaries, excepting $3.50 per year, the
r G Il IL -.
stslligence Office, 80 Jefferson street. The
salaries of the mxtron, assistant malren and
teacher in the Mission Home are provided
for by friends. All other work is done
gratuitously. The departments are four
the Iptelligence Offlce, at 80 Jefferson street;
the Mission Home, at l0l Alabama strset;
Outside Mission Work, at City Hospital, Jail
and in neglected neig hborhoods, and the
Ward Visitors Relief Work, from house to
house. OF these We will give a brief &C
| count, in The order named.
THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE,
| The Association rooms al 80 Jefferson street
are utilized as an employment agency, and
| also as a depot of supplies and bureau of
| reformation for cur ward visitors. Every
effort is there made to find employment for
| all applicants, though the COMMON lack OF
| ability to do anything we'll oflen neutralizss
our eHdsavors. During the year the effice has
received 504 applications for employment
and though 184 employers have filed orders
| for servants, etc; only seventy-two of these
could be satisfactorily filed. As supply
| depot, the Association has received donations
| of 100 barrels OF coal, enc bsrrel of flour,
| eighteen bundles and one large box of cloth
| ing, Eve packages of bread, fifteen pack sges
| OF newspapers and So cssh. Also, for the
! Office, one steel engraving and one copy OF
Memphis Scimitar weekly. Distribution has
| been made on orders from ward visitors OF
| 100 barrels of coal, S33 articles OF clothing,
ten pieces Of bedding and fifteen p.irs OF
shoes. Total earnings of office, S66 50-fees
collected from employers for servants fur
nished.
| THE MISSION HOME,
| No. 101 Alabama street, has been through
out the whole year the scene OF uncsasiDg
toll and prayer in behalf of its great famil,
of unfortunate ones Ous hundred aad
| ffty-iwo different persons have received
shelter, care, counsel and teaching under
that roof during the last twelve months, the
ma Gritty of these being young children 9TH
| erwise mothefless and homeless II is . re-
! m ark able coincidence that the plumber OF sd.
missions during the pas; year and that pre-.
| eeding were the same-ninety-and that the
record of each of these years closes witk
the game number in fanily-sixty-two. The
6rmness, gentlsness, wisdom and Christian
fidelity of the matron and her assistant in
charge have told with. great power
on the family life. Though by no means
free from Contrary Winds" the ten pest
tossed souls making anchorage there have
found in the home life of the Mission an at
mosphere Of peace and healing. The chill
dren old enough have bsen in school every
day; the women employed in The necessary
work of so large an estsbiiskm snt, and in
sewing and laundry work; morning and
evening worship regularly, and chspsl ser.
vice three times n week. individually con-
Eidsred, the "a anagensnt OF the Mission b as
% ade great progress-ihe entire EARNINGS Of
the INN stes, aided by their Instructors, being
S405-of which $244 was for laundry wsrk,
S35 for sewing, and 1926 the proceeds OF
painting, needleWork, etc., voluntarily done
at odd times for the purpose of diminishing
the receptioa-roem. Five hundred dollars
have seen recsived for childreD's board,
makisg the whole income OF the Mission
$685. OF which $779 was paid into the treas
ury ard S126 expended directly in rsfurE ish-
| ing the recs ptien-roon. There is pot time,
on this occasion, for entering into the inter-
esting particulars concerning the alma, work
| ings and results Of this instiiutiss. Those
of cur friends who shall attend the snniver.
ssry OF its establishment, in June next, will
be fully informed on these poiuts. Its n AIM
tenance and spiritual nurture WAS the absorb
| ing care of our sainted presiden! even down
to the very gates of death, and provision for
| it's support and perpetuity, her loving legacy
| OF labor 10 the Christian men and women Of
Memphis How many will give their nsmss
| tonight a. ready to help in filling her place
| as friends of the Mission Homer Our treas
urer's report shows the aggregate expenses
| Of its Support, the past year, as 1896 &c, of
| which $3.50 is still unpaid. Nor have we
any means of paying it. What shall we do
with our spxious family of dependents at
| the Mission? There are forty little children
there, for whom no other shelter is open,
should wa close our doors. There are
| twenty-five women there, each with her pit
eous story, not one of whom is safe any
| where else. What must we do with all these2
| The department Of
OUTSIDE MISSION WORK
has suffered greatly from the long continued
| illness of the president, and similar inability
| or absence of others accustomed to minister,
| in different ways at the Jail, the hospital and
| other points. The regular weekly waits and
| services have been intermitted during
greater part Of the year. The recent return
| to the city of Miss Osborn has restored, in 3
saessurs, the efficiency of this department
| The Flower Mission branch did excellent
| auxiliary work for some weeks last fall, and
| the recent organization OF the fower-workers
| a. a young ladies' branch Of the Association,
| though but a tender vine as yet, promises TO
| accomplish real good by winning an entrance
| for the Word that giveth light to darkened
and dying souls. Every fragrant buach of
| flowers that finds its way to some lonely,
or desperate, or suffering one, is a
| mute witness of Gods goodness and
human sympathy, and, also bears intertwiDed
| with its fresh beauty, some precious messages
| from the divine Word its,lf. Sow ye the seed
beside all wstersl The Flower Mission hss
been greatly crippled for wasn't of trans
pertation. The use of borse and carriage
| for tive hours every Thursday morning has
| been the one thing lacking TO It's efficiency.
| That work il supplied for the present By the
| offer of lady who joined the Association en-
yesterday.
WARD VISITING.
No department of the Associations work
| is more important or interesting than IL at OF
personal visitation among our resident poor
| This work is absolutely Indispensable if our
community would escape the two sllerna-
tives of being regularly heecsd BY profes-
| sional Tor chronic) paupers, or allowing the
l helpless TO perish under our very caves. Not
one In ten OF the really deserving poor WIZ
: beg on the streets, even in extremity. Not
one in tucnty of those to when street appeals
| are daily made will Tor czn) take the trouble
to verify the story told. Yet it ia the only
safe way, the orly rish way, for the good
citizen. The Wonen's Christian Association
| has, in each ward Of the city, committee of
| ladies with a responsible Chairman. 1nese
] undertake to personally investigate the cases
l Of all needy Door reported TO them sBYcSidiag
/ IN their pord. Every mendicsnt lhroug aont
| the city should De met with the question,
@Wsere do you liver Then--if you are =
| contributor to the Association, and have one
| of our reference cards at hand-you refer
the party directly back home to the chair
| nan of his Tor her) ward visitor, VINO, eng
a neighbor, may be depended on to ascertain
| and do what is best. As rule, the fuI Their
| from home your doorstep hesgar IL, tie fur
/ ther from trustworthipess mia story. When
| q pitIful pleader svsdes that first qussiioD,