The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-02
AnnualReport
Submitted.
CITY MISSIONS
Hold Yearly Meeting and
Prepare For Future.

ciety that has ever attended an an
nual meeting of the society was pres
emit on the occasion of the yearly event
in the rooms in the Y. M c. A. build
ing last night. The business of the
meeting consisted of the election of off,
GERS for the coming year and the read
ing of the various routine reports.
The principal item of interest in the
course of the evening was the reading
of the report of the city missionary,
Or. Mix. The report was bulky doc
umont of over 40 closely typewriter
pages. The report reviewed the work
OF the year, showing the efforts that
have been made in the mission field in
the city by the visitors of the society.
The sewing schools that have been es-
tabitshed in the poorer sections of the
city have attracted over 500 girls who
have been taught the elements of nee
dlework. Copies Of the Bible in va
rious languages have been distributed,
cottage meetings have been instituted
among the parents of the girls in the
schools, and In various ways the
schools have been the means of gaining.
entrance to the hearts and homes OF
those it was desired to touch.
Under the head of discoveries, the re-
constant tendency during the year to
growing away from the paths of virtue
on the part of the young people, espe-
cially among the young women. This
is spoken of by the report as being par
ticularly the case among the attend
ants OF the Catholic cKuTch, and the
report also alleges that there is coma
slant tendency noticeable to break
away from that form of worship as be-
| ing unsatisfactory to the more ad-
vanced thought of the day.
| A careful revision has been made of
the directory Of the city that the So
ciety keeps, showing the location of ev-
cry family in the city that is known
to be in need Of help.
The fresh air work of the society dur
| ing the past season has been particu-
larly successful. The total amount re-
ceived for this purpose was $900.92.
| About $50 of this was expended on the
summer playground scheme. About
$50 country weeks were given to moth
ers and children in the neighboring
towns by means of this money.
| long chapter in the report is de
voted to the affairs of the outlying
churches which have been established
under the auspices of the older
churches OF the city. With the ex-
ception of Park Church, which is spo-
ken of as steadily losing ground,
| the smaller churches are In a more or
less prosperous condition.
The benevolences of the year have
been large, although perhaps not so ex-
tensive as in other years, for the rea.-
son that there were not so many calls
made on the society for such assistance
as in other times. The work of the
year is considered as being very salts
factory in almost every respect In
conclusion, the report takes occasion to
express the societys thanks to the
| many persons and organizations that
have helped it during the year, among
these the name of The Spy being given
| especial prominence.
| The election Of officers resulted in the
reelection of the old board, with the
exception Of the president, William
Woodward, who was succeeded by DR..
J. G. Berry. The other officers are as
follows: Vice president, E. NJ Chap
man; secretary, Rev. j. e. HurlbI1t:
treasurer, e. G. Tucker; auditor, Ar
thur e. Gray.
The following board of directors was
elected:
Old south-Rev. A. q. Conrad. d. ID,
Otis r. Parker, Julius Garst, NJ. D.,
Charles r. Reed.
Central-Rev. Daniel Merriman, d.
D., Rev E. NJ Chapman, George &.
Clark George l.. Sanford, f. A.
Putnam.
Union-Rev John f. futile, d. D.. Fl.
G. Otis, e. G. Tucker, D. C. Turner.
Plymouth-Rev. Archibald McCul-
lagh, D. D., l.. p. Goddard, Henry Je-
rome, ]. G. Berry. M. D.
Piedmont-Rev. Willard Scott d. D.,
Fl. B. Lincoln, Eben Hoxie, William
Woodward.
Plgrim--Rev. Alexander Lewis. p.
D., A. x. Gray, w. w. Fletcher, Fl.
Steele.
Park-Rev Inman L. Wilcox. Henry
Cheese.
Bethany-Rev, A. G. Todd, C. H. Hill.
Hope-Rev. E. W. Philips, John r.
Howe.
1mmanuel-Rev. George S. Dodge. J.
G. Murdoch.
Summer street-Rev. S. c. Bailey. S.
A. Pratt.
Belmont-John Sherman.
Adams square-Rev. J. 81. Dodge, A.
H. knight.
First Swedish-Rev A. sanderson. q.
A. Johnson.
Second swedish-Rev. John Udd. Ad-
am Healt.
Armenian-Rev. H. G. Benneyan,
Garabed Papasian.
Covenant-Rev. John e. Huribut,
Jerome M. stone.
The reading of the report of the
treasurer shows that the affairs of the
society were in a. prosperous condition.
Some Of the churches are rather be-
hind hand in their dues, but altogether
the financial outlook is a very cheering
one.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the
newly elected directors held meeting
and unanimously elected DR.. Eldrtdge
Mix to be the superintendent OF the
society for the coming year at his
present salary. No other business of
Importance was transacted except the
election of the committees Of the di-
rectors, which We're reported to the
meeting by a nominating committee of
which Rev. L. M. Chapman was chair
man. The committees were as follows
Executive committee-Rev Daniel
Merriman, Rev. Alexander Lewis DR..
julius Garst, William Woodward, II.
c. Otis. Rev. e. w. Phillips, John
Sherman.
Investment committee-H. q. Otis.
William woodward, Z, A. Putnam.
Armenian committee-Arthur h.
Gray, Eben HoXie, Rev. I. L. Wilcox.
Young churches committee-Rev.
John L. futile. Rev. Willard Scott, L.
P. Goddard, George L. Sanford, Otis
r. Parker.
DR. Mix said in the course of his re-
marks on being called into the meeting
of the directors on his reelection, that
the past year had been the pleasantest.
and in his opinion the most prof
table of his connection with The work
of the society. The meeting was closed
by brief prayer by Rev. Willard
Scott.