The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-15
YEARS WORK
AT MISSION
Accomplishments Of the Past
Twelve Months Of Market
Street Institution.
TWENTY FIRST ANNIVERSARY

The Market Street Mission cele-
brated the twenty-drst anniversary
with two services in the South Street
Presbyterian church on Sunday. At
the morning service the superlntend-
ent, the Rev. Thomas B. lronside,
made an address. He spoke OF the
financial basis of the mission, how 1t
owned it's building without mortgage
and how for the past twelve years the
treasurer reported all bills paid at the
end of each month, the mission having
no debt. Two-thirds Of the money Tor
the running expenses, said Mr. Iron
side. came from the South Street
PRESBYTERIAN church, the members or
which were the prime movers IN lts
organization and maintenance, tne
other third coming from friends IN
other churches. An endowment fund
of s., 900 is now in existence and the
mission has a reversionary interest OF
s25, 900, recently left by will by wealthy
residents Of Morristown. With the
pift of 81 900 a building fund has been
established and this sum will be added
to regularly each year and from it Will
be paid the necessary repairs, etc.
The greater part of the remainder
of Mr.. Ironside's address was given
over to a description of the work OF
reaching men with the Gospel and ne
concluded with statistical report OF
the mission.
The expenditures the past year were
S3. 236. II and the cash on hand at tne
end of the year was S20.38. Lodgings
have numbered 2,261 Of which twenty
two were free. Meals earned were
7.44O and free meals given numbered
forty-six. Temporary e m p ! 0 no n Z
outside of the mission, which main
.tains a woodward in the building, was
found for 1l6 and permanent employ
ment for eight. Garments distributed
were g39 and transportation was fur
nished four needy persons There was
paid for labor in the wood yard by
cash or orders on merchants S5l. SO, the
mission often employing temporarily
Morristown men who are drinkers and
giving them for their labor orders on
rrocers. ETC., so that their families
will be benifited and the money earned
not spent on drink.
The average attendance at the
nightly gospel meetingswas thirty-fiVe.
Twenty-six mothers meetings with
an average attendance of tifty-four
and thirty-six meetings Of the boys
club with an average attendance or
thirty-four were held and also thirty
four we're held and also thirty-five
children's meetings with sixty-hve
Youngsters on the average attending.
A total of AGA meetings for the year
with an attendance of 17,748.
There were Ill enqulrers and forty
six professed conversions. During her
ten months stay in Morristown doing
local missionary work Mrs; Townsend
made /, ,12I visits. The figures given
are exclusive of meetings held every
Sunday in the county jail which are
under the direction of the mission.
At the evening service the Rev. e.
ID. Bailey. D. D., pastor of the Pros
pect Heights Presbyterian church, OF
Brooklyn, delivered an address on city
mission work. For many years he was
in that line of work in Washington
and his address proved most interest
ing and instructive.
United States District Attorney
John B. Vreeland is chairman OF the
board of managers of the Market
Street Mission and the other members
of the board are Robert Carter,
treasurer Mrs. Lewis 0. Stiles, Sec
retary Augustus w. Bel, the Rev.
Franklin B. Dwight, the Rev. Albert
Erdman. Henry B. Hoffman, John L.
Tallmadge, Miss Caroline M. Marsh,
the Rev. Alexander MacColl, Mrs.
William L. K. Haven, Mrs. II. Fl.
Hoffman, Mrs. Frederick W. Owen,
Mrs. E. B. Sutphen, Mrs. Frank Eaton
and Mrs. John B. Vreeland