The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-17
THE CITY MISSIONS.



Elonary association, held last evening at
the Calvary Baptist church, was well
attended and the exercises We're eVl-
IDENTIFY quite interesting to all present
The meeting was opened by the con-
gregational singing of Coronation AL
Hail the Power Of Jesus Name ac-
companied upon the piano by MIS- L.
B. Wilson. In the necessary absence
of Rev. DR.. Rail-, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist church, the Scripture lesson
OF Christ feeding the multitude was
read by Rev. Mr.. Ferris, pastor Oh the
church, and prayer was offered by rev.
DR.. Brown pastor of the Flrst FfesoS-
terrain church and former presluel'
Of the City Missionary association n
vocal selection was then rendered py
the Y. M. G. A.. quartette, consisting Oh
Messrs. w. S. Whittlesey first tenor;
William Loveday, second tenor; joseph
Loveday, first bass and G.. >. HURST
second bass.
AS pastor of Calvary church, Kew
Mr.. Ferris gave a warm welcome u
the association and it's officers and mis-
sion workers, which was responded TO
in fitting terms by Rev, DR. Leete pas
tor of Dwight Place church, the newly
elected president of the City Missionary
association. After another selection by
the male quartette, short statements
in the form of a summary of the work
of the different departments, were
given by Judge Cleaveland, supellil-
tendent Of the mission Sunday school'
Rev Mr.. Mossman, general superln-
tendent and missionary pastor, ana
Miss Hume the lady missionary, each
of whom gave interesting incidents OIL
the work in their care, and Whlch
should properly be included IN thls re-
mort of the proceedings except that II
is desired that we make room lnsteau
for an important paper that was next
read bv Rev. II. B. Wilson of this city.
Mr. Wilson has recently become the
financial secretary ofthe assoc1ation,ana
intends as soon as possible to complete
+be necessary subscriptions to the
hui1d;ng, fund and thereby make it pos
sihle for fine city mission work OF New
Haven to have a suitable nome ana 'me
proper appliances for the DONG OIL u.s.
important work.
statement of the present financial
condition of the building project was
,,oaaa nv Pierce N. WEIGH, chairman or
40 building fund committee VINO eX-
nressed himself as firmly IN taVor Oh
+ha nronosed new mission house. Inc
ossocia tiou now has a large bulldlhS
1ot f73x140 feeD fully paid for ana IA
vorably situated on Orange street. pe-
+ween Court and Elm, with over Ten
+bousand dollars well invested until
about as much more can be ADDED TO
a. whom a substantial building ABOUT
1oo feet long. go feet wide and three
,+orios bieh Is to be erected. Inc
building committee have had suitable
plans carefully prepared by Arcnltec'
Pobinsor of this city, who estimates
+be cost at about 100000, ana the colh-
mittee hope that the moderate amount
noaded to ensure the beginning OF TINS
much needed building will before long
be secured.
Actor the singing of the DoXology,
..praise God From Whom All BLESSINGS
F1ow the benediction was pronounce
nv Rev. DR.. Rail, pastor of the Irihlty
NTo+bodist church, and all present We're
invited 10 remain for soclal muir
with the serving of refreshments W
+ba executive committee OF the woman
danartrnent of the city missions az
e;eted nv some of the young ladles ol
tho calvary church. plan OF the pro-
,,osed mission building was also pre-
san+ed for examination and suggestion
IA subscription. A summary OF the
-oar.s, work of the City Missions haVine
s,noaa,, hean published in our columns
we give below the paper py new NAi
Wilson on rrorrcE
Won have read and heard a consluel,
ob1e about the City Missionary Woth'
have been asked, as tinancia secretary
~ add a word about the new pulldlnS
Whether the City Mission shoula De
e,,rniehed with properly equipped
nJent will depend upon the answer WE
Owe 70 these two questions: % Is 1t DO
- an i,nnortant work, and (2) coulc
o,,,d the churches take care of this
work if there were no City MISSION!
T,at us look for a moment at tn'
work About a thousand famlnes arr
mora or less connected with the WV
Mission. attended one or more OF III
weekly round of twenty-slX services
1oo1y n some of its workers for hell
in +ro,7ble. find It place for meetlns
their acquaintance, source OF Chrls
+ian counsel a place where their chll
dren delight to go for various classes
and exercises In a word, IT IS Vlrtu
a1lv like an institutional church for tn
poor.
But bv the poor we do. not mean tn
desperately poor, but rather the strug
Cling people who get up little Whel
all goes well, but slip back again Whel
Sickness comes or work fails.
Such people who are proud and sh,
about making themselves known t.
the churches are discovered by the CIT,
mission workers or bring one anothe
into the mission. They are, of course
chiefly Protestants, for the grea
work Of the mission is in the spiritua
minstration, the valuable teachln
and counsel the friendly and uplift
ing hand which it brings to these PEG
pie.
Now. could not and should not, thi
work be done by the churches? Theo
retically. perhaps, 1t might and should
Rut the practical difficulties in the wa
of getting it done by the churches ar
such as Theses
First, The church is handicapped b
Il ,rNR5f NOT HIM