The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-08
CITY MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION

Holds Annual Meeting-Reports Show
 Healthy and Prosperous Conditions.
 One of the best annual meetings of the City Missionary association was held in the City Mission hall yesterday afternoon and evening. Both sessions were largely attended, showing that the people are interested in the work that the association is doing.
 The business meeting was held from to 6 o'clock. Dr. I. ". Sheath, presi- dent of the association, presided and W. J. Weld was secretary. A. E. Row land, chairman of the nominating com- mittee, then presented the following names of officers for next year and they were unanimously elected:
 President-Dr l. w. Sheath, of the Grand Avenue Congregational church.
 ice-president-Rev Frederick Lent, of the First Baptist church.
 Secretary-W. J. Weld.
 Treasurer-Pierce N. Welch, president of the First National bank.
 T i've QlTGClOES NGl lG Cl~NtSo bOA N' lSl III of five years each. They are Pierce N. Welch. F. F. Hartshorn, c. E. F. San ford, w. R. Downs and Professor Henry Wade Rogers.
 Reports on the work of the year were received from Rev, Mr. Mossman, gen. eral superintendent, who in turn called on the following superintendents of the departments for a short account of theii work Judge L. W, Cleaveland, Sunday school; Mrs. L. s. Graves, lady missionary; Messrs. Rawls and Packer Mission Rescue Band J. H. Fitzgerald, Yale 0S, Berkeley Mems club; D. w. Curts, Yale Divinity school mission; Mrs. Everitt Myrick, King s Daughters; Miss Lillian Avery, Children's Sunshine Band; Miss May Douglass, Children Savings banks; Mss May B. Lyon, phy- sical director of the gymnasium.
 In the evening supper was served by the ladies committee, of which Mrs H. T. Newton was chairman. She was assisted by ladies from the following churches each church furnishing ta- ble; Center United Congregational Redeemer, Plymouth, Grand Avenue Congregational, Humphrey Street Con- gregational, Dwight Place, First Bap- tist, First Methodist, Howard Avenue Congregational, Davenport, East Pearl Street Methodist and the First Presby- terian. The supper was a splendid one 1 and was much enjoyed by those pres- ent, The flowers for the tables were kindly furnished by the F. s. Platt company, Champion and Munro, The blessing was asked by Rev F. c. Tul- 1 lar
 At the meeting which followed this Rev. Dr. Sheath presided and Rev Mill ton F. Phillips of the Whitneyville Congregational church, offered prayer, Miss Marjorie Kilbourn sang a solo. Then followed the annual report of the general superintendent, Rev, W. D. Mossman. He gave brief survey of | the work done in the six departments into which the work is divided, and commended many of his helpers for the aid they had given him. He said that in short time there would probably be permanent endowment fund.
 The following funds, namely, relief, lloan, fresh air, gymnasium, student and five other smaller funds, were collected and expended by MT. Mossman They amounted to $1,21254, and in this must be included the $10O from the people for the pastors department. He re- ported tha. there were 127 savinsa bark dcppsitors arong the children, anu mat Sagl 10 had been deposited. In closing he expressed his appreciation to the Inewsrapers of the city for their cordial aid to him in his work. He claimed some credit in the prohibition of bad bill posting and the stopping of Sunday ball games and the closing of the thea- ters on Sunday.
 Rev. MT. Perry, of St. Paul's church. made very interesting address at this meeting on certain characteristics that every Christian should possess. These were, he said, vigilance, sympathy and unselfishness
 Rev. Theodore A. Fischer, pastor of the Church of the Messiah, made a very impressive address at the mothers meeting.
 The report of the financial condition, made by John F. Douglass, the fnan- clal secretary, showed that $4, 4,7021S had been received and disbursed.