St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
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Annual Report Of the Work Of the City
;.i Missionary.
THE HEATHEN IN OUR MIDST.
Resolutions, Reports and Routine Mat
n tiers Considered at the Bible
q Society Meeting.

the depository, $S3O.37; due to the Amer
lean Bible society for books, about $500.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected: President, Rev.
Robert Christie, ID. D.; vice president,
George III. Hazard; treasurer, ID. d.
Merrill; secretary, Ii. Knox Taylor;
committee, w. w. Haekett, Rev. M. d.
SEdw ards, Rev. Sam &. Smith, d. D.,
r. p. Lewis, Rev. A. j. ID. Haupt, l.. S.
Armstrong and Andrew Peterson.
Committee in charge of city mission
work: chairman, Rev. nj. MEG. Da ma,
ID. D.: III. Knox Taylor, treasurer; Rev.
Robert Forbes. ID. D., j. Il. NicOls. Rev.
Robert Christie, D.. d.. Rev. II. G.
Mabie, ID. d., G. w. Hackett, w. l..
" ilsOn, L. l.. Schurmeie j. G.. Quin by,
w. FL. Howard, DR.. j. W. NaberSberg.
The report of Rev. E. r. lrmsc her,
city missionary. was read, a synopsis of
which is given below.
The following resolutions were offered
and passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting
are hereby given to the Rev. E. X. Irmscher
for the excellent and valuable work he is
doing in our city. and that we have the ut
most confidence in him.
Resolved, That he should again continue in
the same work and is authorized to collect,
as heretofore funds for the prosecution Of
this work as general city missionary and
Bible agent.
MIR. IRMSCHER'S REPORT.
The following abstract of the report
of Rev. E. r. Irmscher, city missionary
for the year ending Dec. 81, 1887, to the
joint meeting of the Ramsey County
Bible society and the ST. Paul City Min
listers association, prepared for publica-
ton at the request of the joint meeting
I,xrfl |, ~ Il u
Rev. X. Forbes, ID. D.: Visits and calls
made, 1925; special visits to the sick,
116; persons invited to the different
churches, 355; children invited to Sun
day schools, 1874; church members re-
ported to pastors, rs; books. papers and
tracts given away, 1905; situations Sc
cured, %; sick persons reported to DR..
Ancker. Z; permits obtained for sick to
city hospital. 6; destitute families pro-
yided through county orders with wood
and provisions, 26; orphan children
placed in asylum, 4; destitute admitted
to poor house, 1; poor families aided
1913; poor families provided with stoves,
8, at cost of SIS; poor families provided
with furniture, &, at a cost of $40;
40 destitute families reported to friends
who helped personally to the amount of
s454. Worthy destitute families re-
ported to the ladies in connection with
the Relief society and helped by them
with clothing, wood and provisions, re-
ceiyed from the same ladies for other
families, clothing, wood, etc., $780,
|, Cases reported to the Relief society, p:
|. ped, 5: orphan children placed in good
homes. 2: one family reported to Day
tpn's Bluff Relief society and al ded by
them; 81 worthy families provided
with money, provisions, wood, shoes,
Clothing, bedding, books, tracts. and
amounting -. to- s26O.45; Bibles
sold and given away, $50; New Testa-.
ments sold and given away, 239:
Bibles refused by those without them
1885,; cash received for Bibles. s311.22:
donations received in cash for city mis-
+ sion work and expenses, 81, 72e: 40; dona-
+ lions, received in clothing, bedding, etc,
Sl,131; cash OH hand from last year,
s44.42;; interest on money l have in
hand, SIS; total, s2,912.S2; clothing,
| Bedding, etc., as above, S1,131; total
expenses. 81, 460.45; cash on hand,
s221.27. | received the past year many
I checks and drafts by mail. Contribu-
lions come in more and more
without solicitation. Thus L have
been able to give assistance in
many eases OF great necessity.
was in danger of loosing her home
as she was not able to pay the interest
on mortgage note. paid the interest
for her (S42). | was enabled to bring
rejoicing to seventy families at Christ
mas. The gifts were received with
gratitude and hearty expressions of
thanks to the charitable donors. 1t is
quite remarkable how soon many of
these worthy poor become able TO help
themselves, and how grateful they are
to those who help them in the hour of
greatest need.
In one house, 2sx32, one and one-half
stories high,
FOUND EIGHT FAMILIES
crowded together, forty-Seven persons
in all. Of these families three were jew
iSh, two Swedish, two German and one
Irish. There was hardly any reading
matter in the house. gave them tracts
and sent them the American Messenger.
which they accepted with thanks. l
found five families in one very small
house, only three of them provided with
in bed, unable to read. He said he
chad never heard of the word of God"
His wife could hardly read, and her
housekeeping was still worse than her
reading. In the room dirt and filth
were piled up and Strewn about in
such way that pen cannot
describe it. In one house [ found three
families living together in two rooms.
| have given Bibles where they would
receive them and urged upon the peo-
pie to read them. | could relate many
incidents of young men in workshops
and other places who had neglected
promises made to their mothers, but
after having their attention called to
the matter, are now attendants on church
services. ] have distributed the ''Church
Directory" very extensively and have
called attention to the nearest church
and urged people everywhere to attend.
Thus far have been able, in every
case, to furnish clothing to those who,
| from the lack of it, were prevented from
attending church and Sunday school.
| The charitable ladies in con lection with
| the Relief society have greatly aided
me in my work. Our new German pa
per, The Family Friend, is doing very
much good. Three thousand copies are
/ distributed monthly in our city an d 1000
copies in Minneapolis free of charge.
The American Messenger, ''Botsch
| AFTER meets a friendly reception In
| about 100 poor families.
| A VERY SAD CASE
| came to my notice not long ago in that
| OLA man who died of consumption. The
man and his wife lived happily to-
| gether, in worldly sense, but had both
| bacome impatient. He, because he had
| to suffer so long. and she because she
had to nurse him so long. l succeeded,
| Though Gods help, in reaching the
Hearts of both of them. [ believe the
| poor man found peace before his de-
| parture. have been much encouraged
| during the year by kind words spoken
by many persons. 1 am especially
| grateful that [ have been able to
| relieve every case of real need that has
come to my notice. especially record
my thanks to the board of control, DR..
| -Ancker, city physician, the Ladies'