The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-23
One WHO WAS THERE.
4 WORD To THE PEOPLE IN THE COR
NERS or SOUTHWEST MINN. AND
NORTHWEST IOWA,

Relative to the work of the 'tAmeri.
can S. $. Union," of which Mr.. D l..
Moody says mo other work Of the
church returns such large results for
SD small an expenditure AS does this
work of the Am. 5. 5. Union" Also
our state convention at Faribault.
Minn.. in 1885, passed the following in
regard to it's work in Minnesota, where
it now has six workers in the field:
"Whereas, the missionaries of the
Am. $. S. Union have organized more
than six hundred schools III Minnesota
during the past five years. of which
more than five hundred are believed to
have become permanent.
Resolved, that we recognize with
gratitude to God the faithful work Of
the American S. 5. Union us i chief
factor in the development of the Sun
day school work and the evangelization
of the state.
Our new reports in this work still
show more than 135, 900 children out of
the Sunday school and 1000 Of that
number in Mobiles Co., Minn.
Iowa reports this year AS, 900 children
of school age outside of the Sunday
school, and there are seven of our work
ers in that state in county work, with
the funds raised in the county where
the work is done) and our assistant
superintendent for the northwest, Mr..
E. 3. Stevenson, in general work. will,
his headquarters at Cedar Rapids. Ia.
In August, 1883, received an invi
tation from the Union to devote my
whole time to missionary work under
their direction. with the counties of
O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux and Lyon in
Iowa, and Rock, Pipestone, Mobiles,
Murray, Cottonwood and Jackson in
Minnesota, rs my field. My work fo1
the Union has been in every respect Il
very pleasant one. All the missionar-
les are paid alike, 500 per year in
monthly payments. In many cases
the amount is pledged by some FRIEND
to the cause, (for all it's funds are Civ
en- by those who wish its snccess)
Mr.. Jay Cooke, a banker of Philadel
phia, Pa. paid my salary the first two
years. The past year DR.. d. X. Pear
sons, Of Chicago, ILL.,, has been my sup
port, and with my headquarters a
Worthington. Mobiles county. Mimi,
have worked rs best could this larg'
district. With much to learn in III
entirely new linz and following tw'
other workers in the same field, hav
now served this grand organization
for more than three years in the etfor
to help the children and youth in thes
new parts of the country by gettin'
them into bible schools and furnishin
them with good books and papers t.
read. On my field some parts hardl
know there is such a worker, while il
other parts feel we'll acquainted iron
working there. 1t may be few item
Of my work may not be out of place
Our year ends March 1st, and frol
March 1st, 1884, to 1856 I have organize
35 schools, visited 158 schools. visite
3,101 families, Travelled 1854 miles
given 264 addresses, written 993 LEI
ters, attended 16 conventions, held
series of meetings, received calls t.
attend funerals; distributed 1877 b
bles. 149 testaments; amount Of book
sold, $685. go; books and papers give
away, 1888 26; amount collected for IL,
Union in the two years, S94. 81. maxim
a total of $1,733.26 expended on N
field Ivy the Union, less $94.3l, amour
collected, or 81 ,63S IS, besides thous
ands of cards and papers scattered, no
counted, but given by friends to tn
children.
While at conference of the mission
aries at Cedar Rapids. Nov. 4, 1886,
was led to prayerfully consider til
question of asking the field to suppor
the worker and made up my mind t
do so 1T the end of this year, when tn
following line came from the superin
tendent of the northwest, Mr.. F. G
Ensign. Of Chicago, also one same dat
from Rev. J. NJ. Crowell, D. D., on
secretary of the Union:
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1886.
Dear Bro. Holmes:
1t has become the duty of the boar
Of managers of the Am. s. s. Union t
inform you rs one of the missionarie
of our society that in consequence c
the low state of our funds and the IT
duced collections, it may possibly bt
come il painful necessity, at the end G
current fiscal year either TO discontinu
some missions or to make materi;
reduction in the salaries of all the en-
ployees Of the Missionary Committe,
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