The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
MISSION WORK
TOLD IN FIGURES |.
Rev. George II. Wiley Suml1'a-
rizcs the Work Of tic Mcth-.
odist Mission.
GREAT PRACTICAL q Ct I ri;
Men Fed, Clothed and Houscd;
Children Taught and Souls
Sought There.
GREAT PRACTICAL CHARITY

The following report presented at the
& recent session OF tho Virginia Conference
I OF tho Methodist Church. South, in Lynch
burg, by Rev. Geo. II. Wiley. succinctly
and effectively shows the great practical
value OF that institution TO the city OF
Richmond and to humanity In general:
sas 1--WE have three distinct branches OF
work Mt the mission. we are trying to
\ help mon in body and soul and mind. OF
course, tic most important work Is that
which II done for the soul; but often 1t
lis Impossible to get n chance Mt the
soul unless we offer help to the BODY,
for the reason that the body and It's
needs are Of greater Importance TO the
subjectA within our reach than the soul
or mind. This Is tho explanation OF the
management varied work In charity and
education.
ITO come at once to our report, we
have had a better year In most respects
Il than any since our opening. In some
directions wonderful Increase and de-
r vclopmcnt have occurred. In one or two
particulars we have not had as good
work as heretofore. a word about cach
OF these three branches.
First-The Mind.
we have n night school meeting each
Monday and Thursday under the dlrec-
lion Of Mr.. Lewis Nick. Judkins. This
i j /
There Is a training class. under Mrs.
kcrns and Miss Gully where girls are
!. taught In a cooking. Ii housekeeping and
nursing, In q limited, way. Mrs Greer.
with half dozen assistants is. running
one OF the bcst-attended gatherings IN
the mission in the shape Of q sewing
class for small girls.
Mrs. Jobson has on Saturday afternoons
temperance band for the education OF
children on this important subject.
TN the second place, we have for the the
body q, lunch room. where 1900 lunches
were sold during the year: lodging rooms,
where 1890 men were lodged and 400 given
shelter: ba this, where $50 men and boys
bathed; a total OF 2.9lo pieces OF clothing
were sent to us and given away; ~ az.
4s0 patients were treated In the sdis-
pensary; total Of 400 visits were made
to the homes OF the people. 4i
over 5000 men and boys were In the
building and reading rooms. 4 In all, 2lo
men were placed Mt steady work. and yl.ooO
* men given Job work: This includes men
who saved wood nt the mission y 'no n
Playground for Children.
..Thc playground in the back yard FUR
nished amusement and training for SD
different children. with the highest aver
aye for ans week OF 100. There was a
paid teache< for three months In charge
OF the playground; paid by the Civic I'm
:
movement League.
zone thousand four hundred were fed.
%nt breakfast for the homeless and more
i than 300 quarts OF soup We're given
y q way. One carload Of wood and $500 n
cash vas expended IN all directions for
! the poor. Nearly 800 men were fed at
E the Christmas dinner. Including the dis
pensary, soup kitchen, wardrobe and all
other expenditures. at least $500 was
spent for the poor.
"rhc most important branch Of our
work Is. OF course; the spiritual. which
We now notice as The third part OF the
work
AFTER each Sunday breakfast we hold
religious service. At, II o'clock the
superintcndcnt breaches to a band OF coll
ycrts who are on probation. At 3 o'clock
we have Sunday school. On Sunday,
Tuesday and Friday nights there is reli-l
ggious service, and on Saturday night
temperance meeting. under charge OF Dr.
r. Y. Henley, Is conducted In all OF
these meetings Jesus Christ Is preached
TO men rs the only hope and Saviour
E Besides this regular work. we hold meet
Sings In the homes, and In the summer
90 into tent work.
SIN all, we have held at ieas three hum
& bred religious services, and hundreds have
been helped to better living md scores
horn into the Kingdom OF God at the
mission affairs.
There Is contemplated this winter sew
eral new branches of work, one Of which
* Is to furnish work for. men In gathering
scrap paper and RI g5. n VI, IS
5sr-Sas
rn h6EET THU DpESTnENT