Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-20
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
OF WHEELING
Read at the Meeting at the Fourth Street NJ I
Church, Last EyeDing--Tbe Work Done
During the Year Reviewed
at Length.

view of the years work, in the shape OF
an annual report Of the Secretary, was
read:
The third year of the Womans Christian
Association of Wheeling is just completed,
and we have met this evening To look over
the records of the past twelve months.
Upon the whole the retrospect is cncour-
aging and yet when We consider what re-
mains to he done, we can only take COM
fort in the words of our Lord, "Whoso-
ever shall give cup OF cold water 10
one of these little ones in my name shall
in no wise lose his reward" The hearts
of many lowly, obscure ones have htrn
gladdened by the visitors Of the Association
The claim OF the w. &. 4. to the continued
coniiieuce and support OF Christians i'll our
city is founded Oh the economy and Scrip
turalness of its modes Of work. 1t has mO
membership fee, uOr has one dime been
asked 10 delray ilS expenses. \ box ~ put
on the table at each monthly meeting, and
the trec-will offerings put in IT have been
used for the purchase u! tracts and
other literature, and for the
reiiel oi needy cases found IN
the districts. 1t &, neither the rival nor
the oppanrnt OF other societies, hut It
helps their work and laGors most harmon
iously with all who deSirc To hasten the
coming of Christ's Kingdom. lis work has
been carried on ~ quietly that IT, inr lds
have asked its managers to hold public
meeting so that to any who omIght raNil, o.
doubt, or question its necessity, We would
say, as Philip said 10 Nathaniel Come
and see. - Every good cause can Afford to
wait until it ~ appreciated. II ios's
nothing by delay, but Is rather slrcnN hen
ed Do any ask what hgS the W. c. 4
done What has it accomplished Its
work cannot be tabuatrd, but Instances
without number could be given like thr
! following:
A poor woman who had been led 10 ac
Cept Christ as her Saviour, and who priced
and read her neglected Bible MI she had
gained remarkable knowledge ot i'll
teachings, was told that she must teach
| her nrighbOrs what she had learned. She
said, No, am too unworthy. lived 20
long for the world am no use, but lhrr'
is one thing am going to 10. ! am go'ng
10 try and be good tempered t. hy Hu.-
band and ncighbofs. aud even II ir
does continue to drink. will not "COld
hlm. II yGu will hold a prayer meet
ing at my house will 20 to
the women in my nrlghborh00d and invite
them To come and hear the reading Jud the
singing and try 10 join III the prayers, hr-
cause that IS the way my heart Wa "Pen-
| ed - The attention Ol all thoughtful
| Christians Is at present Cent"rod upon our
cities. because, a. Rev. Dr. Strong, Secrr-
tary Of the American Evangelical Alliance,
has said: Life in our cities is becoming
serious menace to our civilization Elhg
demOralizing and pauprrizing power ot IN"
saloon and other evils is best known 10
those who visit the homes Of the poor ia tins
city. There is perhaps no better proof ol
city's general morality than IT. sabbath
Observance; and all know there has been "a
great increase Of Sabbath d,sccrotiOn IN
. Wheeling during the Last ten years
The members Of this Association are not
only labOring tO lessen tins evil. but IL
many srll.denying directions ihrr are
helping to litt mcn, wum,n and children
into the light ot the highest CnTistIan CIV
. ilikitiUu.
Aud if the members of oar churches
were not 40 sound asleep. much morr might
be doTr Ia save the boys from the p'uitrn.
tia!ies and the girls from an even wor @
fate than solitary confinement oar city
missionary, in the strength Ot great hope
and an inward zeal seldom eJualrd, .0r-
from door 10 door IN the name Of her Lord
but she needs this Association to aii IN
cottage meeting and in other WAYS too nu-
mrr0us TO mention. Are there not som"
on. whose ear these words tall tonight. uI
r whose eye they shall cItch from the printed
page who will recognize in them . call
the SayiOur's own caIl-to engage IN 50
honorable a service
When Lord Kmuaird adigc-scd the
Ninth biennial Conference Oi the Woman 20
Christian Associations OF the lujtod state.
and Canada, in New York last October,
bringing the cordial greeting Ol sister A,,o.
Citations in Great Britain, aud wlIl" speak
ing of the pleasant impression he rot Of
America, he expressed his great surprise
at tho size and elegance of the buildings
owned and used by ". G. 4. A. IN Lon
don much difficulty wTa cNrcr need in
raising funds tor building. There the
Associations are Ollicercd and managed hy
men. lie said no money would hr gwen
were they under the control ul women.
In closing he spoke Of the Astonishing IN
iluenCe the women ui America seemed
! to have IN every direction, aud IN
none was it more marked than in the di-
rectiOn OF their husbands "chrqmr hooks. 90
Lord kinnaird is President OF the WOmnil'r
Christian Association, Of London, England
and his sisters. the Misses GcrtuId" and
Emily kinnaird, are secretaries Of the
WOman's Christian Associations ni Great
| Britain. They have sent Autograph letter.
| tO our Association workers for The Nrw
| Year, wishing ~ increasing, euCrr~s ~ and
the hlrs.Ing Oi our Lord upon th. work
! They also sent q list at daiy lahlr Read
! iugs, in tn" use at which they d'-ir, ~ Ia
! IOin them, and their motto card Tor l---
Texts, "a Tim. 2.l3 aud Heb. - The
Christian hssOriatiOn has still before il en-
larged opportunities Tor good to our own
sex if one can hut obtain the Necessary
resources to develop them. Th11 ks toe.
faithful helpers for what they have
in the past, tor an abiding filth ap'-
in Him, for whom and hY whorD,
work is wrought lie alone ; nc
the needed strength for the re l'"''
The retrospect "i y"ar( ""."'7 Oh
ing fills us with gralitg<"e io',""ihE
the same finds an OF ny the A'N"''-
those who are onlyrf, independent o,
!. renor, Of III. jinissloHiry. Wits
alton dnr;np tp6etings held, -: chil
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