El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-09
MISSION ANNIVERSARY.
Door # Hope Mission Anniversary Last
Night at Trinity.

Night at Trinity.
Trinity churca was fairly we'll q led
last igh' on tn occasion ut tn, first
auniv. rsa Y of the estab ishment o
he Door of Hope Mission on sOut
Oregon street W here so much god hs'
been done among the poor within the
last eighteen mouths.
1.-THE program proved 90 long, an
tne spe king DC, u uled SO much me
that three numbers had to BE- omitted /.
Mis- Ra rison was sick and unable to
be present. A Freoch bora solo was
set fer her number, but with o he
numbers, this one had to be omi tied ..
Quartet by Mrs. SanbO n and Mrs
Pavne aud Mr.. Crump with his riOiin
and Mr. McClintOck with his hute,
with Mrs. r iberts ss accOmp .niste,
was very we'll given and appreciated
by the audience.
The Y. NJ. c. A. male quartet also
did well. Rev. W.O. Mill, an spoke
on Christ and the poor. 1t was for
chile address, that set forth in well de-
fined terms the absolutely wretched
condition of the poorer CASES in the
DAYS of our Lord No such condition
exis>, d uow except amC ny the poorest
of the poor in the lowest slums o. Lon
don And yet it was to such as these
that the redeemer came and preached
"
age Of the poor 'Oday were rever be
fore so near those of the rich as they
are t:.d.y. TIE speaker close d with
tcong eXhoctaiion to follow Christ's
-xamp e aud labor amOug the poor to
vh,sa elevation we should give our
t M labor and money.
Rev. ]. T. French spoke Cd Ch-ist's
IN s.ion to the DEGRADED. The de rad
arr those who have indulge q the
lrwer natures, and it WAS the mission
of the Savior to raise these up, and to
oreech the gospei O salvation to them
The world is the better OFF tecause
Christ came 70 falleo MAJ. By prac-
ical application of the pri' ciples
taught by our Lord do We carry out the
divine comm nd. A great responsi-
oil ty rests upon Us. Mr.. French
made concise statement Of hi theme
which was interesting and atteatlvely
listened to.
Presiding Elder Ellington followed
with a few remarks. part of which
were OF a comic nature that proved
verv amusing, in the way of illustra-
ton: and tie next and last dress OF
the evening was made by Rev. w. 5.
Hugrett, assistant pastor OF Trinity
rhurch and conductor OF the Door OF
Hope Mission. He gave this report OF
mis- labors for the last six mon his OF
work:
Members added, Is; increase, Is;
9; baptisms, 2; me tings
held in hal 73; meetings held in open
air. A: meetings held in open air on
mornings, I; total attenda nee
at the hs,l, 2I11; average attendance
a, the hall, 20: estimated hearers. Sun
d .y mornings 200; tracts distributed,
$50: bibles and testaments distr. bnted,
20: visits made, ISL: meals provided,
800; lodgings provided, 8: provisions
hi, tr ibutad, value, 1855: garments
d stri bute1, value, $40 90; rent OF hall
paid, $3.50, incidental expenses,
$40. As: relief o. sick and po0r, S45.OO.
In his remarks Mr.. Nugget advised
n TO despi-e the day of small things,
Ard in the missions b ginning. the
tart was exceedingly small. Brotoer
OxIev and Christian friends made the
-trat by holding NEE ings down on
e ah street, ana then small 70 m
was secured. AT the last conference
At Roswell it was seen that the move
mert had alta med to po'lceable pro-
portions, and was vel worthy or or
fetal recognition. So Rev Adams
was detailed to continue the fight
a painss sin down on Oregon street. and
the permanent quarters were op ned
Tne work is now easy, it reeds tact, 1t
needs money. patierce, perseverance,
and at times the outlook has
seemed financially dubious. But the
ord came to the rescue. Come down
to see us friends and give US good
nheer. Mr. Huggett made an ex-
cellent talk. and the aundiepce was