Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

seminary in the one case, and the trustees ot the Mrs. Wooster Hotchkiss fund in the other.
 Second, volunteer work During the past year volunteer workers have been on duty in all of our eight departments of missionary service, namely: Mission stations, district visiting, pastors helpers, Sabbath school visitors, Bible readers, visitors to the hospi- tai, almshouse and jail, flower missions and friendly visitors to the poor. As before also, such volunteer service has come from four centers of effort, viz: Churches, students of the Theological seminary, the Woman's board, and by individual workers.
 q) Churches. Eight churches connected with this missionary society have taken 8 definite part in this work for the people out side of all churches.
 The Dwight Place church has continued it's district mission work in the Second ward, maintaining chapel service from October to March. It sent out thirty of it's members into this work, holding twenty meetings, se- curing an attendance of fifty different per sons and taking fortY-6ve families under Christian care. House to house visiting was maintained in a large part of the district taken, eight families were brought under the pastors care and three persons have already joined this church as partial result of the work accomplished.
 The Howard avenue Congregational church has not only endeavored to retain such fami- lloS as QaQ pT0V1OuSlY D66u DrOuSub 1O tAC1L notice and had begun to attend their church, but also took list of between forty and fifty families additional in the Third and Fourth wards to be visited by the pastor and pas tors helpers and made welcome in their church.
 The St. John street Methodist church &C., septed, and is still successfully carrying on a mission station in the Sixth ward. A part of the ward near the place of meeting was taken as mission district, and cards of invitation, both to it's mission and to the church, were distributed in visiting from house to house. These earnest personal efforts resulted in bringing number of new families to the church service, with their children also for the Sabbath school, and there have already been a number who have been added to the membership of that church.
 The Davenport church established for the winter mission station in another part of the Sixth ward, on Hamilton street. A dis triot of nine squares about the meeting as a center was assigned to members of that church, and every house and family faithful ly visited In one section of three squares the visitors found forty families without Christian care. Cards of invitation were distributed. Some have already been brought under Christian care and into the church and Sabbath school, and the visitors still con tinue to watch over the missionary section thus taken.
 The First Congregational church, Fair Haven, has sent out it's members as during the year previous on errands of mercy to the hospital. The Flower mission has proved helpful also to those'who have in this delight full way shown their sympathy for the sick and suffering. The church has also system of district visiting from house to house in the Eleventh and Twelfth wards, but which is carried on independently and is therefore not reported here.
 The United church has supported mission services at two different places during the past missionary year beginning at the chapel on Dixwen avenue, in the Ninth ward, and afterward by transfer continuing the same work at the Goffe street hall, corner of Sperry street, in the Tenth ward. Sabbath evening services have been held during the entire year, alarge district about each mis- sion station carefully visited from house to house and invitation cards distributed. This church has not only willingly paid all the expenses connected with the renting of a large hall and properly equipping it for ser vice, but some of its members have assisted in carrying on the meetings, in district visit ing and in calling upon families found. As a result of the establishment of this regular service in the region where many were not attending any church, fifteen persons have professed conversion and several have all ready been reported to churches for member ship.
 The report further mentions appropriately co operative work in other churches, includ- ing the First Methodist, and the aid given by twenty-five of the Theological students dur ing the year, who were assigned to duty in the hospital, their work including many visits, services and religious conversations with individuals. In the Women's board work, the next department, much good work was done, including the holding of mothers meetings, girls sewing school and the chil- drens meeting and work at the jail and aimshouse, involving much beneficial and successful labor of benevolent and religious character Also under the heads of 'Indi- vidual Workers and ''Fresh Air Fund" much good was accomplished. The report, in conclusion, speaks of the advantage of a religious work from .he relief work, MT. Mosman thereupon being enabled to devote his whole time and labor to the former, and returns acknowledgements for temporary of- fee room in the Y. M. c. A. TO pms, Mir. Mosman now having ample rooms for his work at 1SS and 192 Meadow street.