New Britain herald., 1915-01-15
FIRST CHURCH E GAINS MEMBERS
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eighty in the home department. The enrolment of the Sunday school proper is 7o6, as follows: Beginners, 37; primary s5; junior, 124; boys, 66; intermediate, 72; senior, 79; adult, 1SO; officers and teachers, 63. The average attendance during the year was 293, the smallest being sixty three on August g, and the largest attendance being 4e5 on October 4.
 ". E. Ingham, the treasurer of the Sunday school, reported $41S.24 re- ceived from all sources and $412.80 expended leaving a balance of s5.44 in the treasury. Including the home department, the total receipts were $97S.72, which was within $30 of be- ing the largest receipts for the Sun day school in the last nine or ten years. Of this, $532.s5 was devoted to benevolences.
 The Armenian Mission.
 One of the most interesting reports submitted was that of Mrs. Laura T. SeeHe, the Armenian missionary, which is given in full: ... ..
 ITO such as may imagine that mis- sion work, either at home or abroad, is smooth sailing, 1t might be we'll to say that during the first part of this year it took some fortitude and more philosophic determination to meet the wave of materialism and spiritual indifference that pervaded our mission here. Your missionary omit ted half of her summer vacation that she might be on hand to do every thing possible to overcome it. MT. Depoyan, the acting pastor at the time, shared the feeling of respon- sibility, and together they visited every Armenian home in the city. The earnest appeals and prayer services held led people to think. The pastor met most of the men at restaurants or clubs and had face to face talks with them. The results were grat- flying and the congregation increased in numbers and interest; families re- maining away from Sunday service were the exception. When they changed from park to chapel, the congregation fell off somewhat, but MT. Livonian has made a good many calls and held some house-to- house prayer meetings on Sunday evenings thus keeping up the interest quite we'll
 During the year eight persons have united with the church and six babies have been baptized. Thirty five babies have been added to the regular cradle roll of the church
 "One marked feature of the year has been the increasing interest of the children in their church society," In carrying on this work, Miss Fran ces Parker and Mrs. Makdessian have been able assistants. Mrs. Hunger fords gift of dolls provided a reward for the twelve most regular in at tendance.
 Perhaps it Is owing partly to the good weather-at any rate, the Wom- ems Bible class shows no signs of waning interest thus far. Mrs. Camp 1 of the Kennedy School of Missions has several times cared for the chill l dren during the Glass period. "Of1ce calls to the number of 514 have been received and 1,266 house. toulouse calls have been made. Two young ladies from the Kennedy
 School of Missions in Hartford, in search of experience for future mis-
 sioU work, have sometimes accom- 1 panied your missionary.
 Purpose of Calls.
 Ut was recently asked: What are these calls all for? First, they ] are to show the friendly interest of l Americans in the non-English speak l ing foreigners. Second, they are to