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present Board of Managers consists of the I ran my eye over the paper and then
following ladies: Mrs. J. C. Conkling, asked, "Who are these six friends of fallen
Mrs. J. A. Chesnut, Mrs. Louisa Dresser, humanity that inaugurated this work?"
Mrs. R. B. Zimmerman, Mrs. J. Stonebar- He replied substanitially and somewhat
ger, Mrs. N. V. Hunt, Mrs. J. Bunn, Mrs. diffidently, "that it would probably be
Wm. Jayne, Mrs. Isaac Kieys, Mrs. Jacob more agreeable to their feelings not to be
Foster, Mrs. J. D. Wickersham, Mrs. Jo- named, and, consulting his own feelings,
seph Wallace, Mrs. John Prather, Mrs. it would be decidedly preferable to leave
Harvey Edwards, Miss A. Clinton, Mrs. all nameless; that whatever good had been
Mary Lyons, Mrs. J. D. Roper, Miss Sue done, the honor belonged not to men but
Bradford, Mrs. B. H. Ferguson, Mrs. Dr. to God."
Townsend, Mrs. C. W. Matheny, Mrs. R. On being assured that my only aim was
P. Abell, Mrs. R. D. Lawrence and Mrs. to mention the work in such a way as to
L. H. Coleman. enlist others who had not given any aid,
The officers are: S. H. Melvin, Presi- and that I wished to say just what would
dent; J. A. Chesnut, Vice-President; be agreeable to the founders of the InstituJ. S. Bradford, Treasurer; J. W. Lane, tion, it was definitely settled that no
Secretary. names were to be mentioned.
There is, at present, a vacancy in the As he was about leaving the room, I
office of matron. Miss S. M. Doane is the suppose he thought of the noble Christian
teacher, and has present charge of the In- woman who is laboring with such unselstitution. fish devotion to elevate her fallen sisters,
HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN. and turning half round, said: "There is
the matron --." Then, as if the
Nearly every rdader of these pages has thought of mentioning no names returned,
heard of George Muller, and how he has
sustained his Orphans' Home in England, They ask none but God for help; it
for so many years, without asking aid may be that He expects you to respond
from any human being. It inspires us for Him. That is for you to decide, after
with more exalted ideas of the ever-mer- reading the statement below. Although
ciful Father, to contemplate the life of
ciful Father, to contemplate the life of no names are given, if you desire to assist
faith and prayer that is brought into ex- you can easily find the location of the
you can easily find the location of the
ercise while thus engaged. Few, comparatively, of the citizens of Springfield HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR FALLEN WOMEN,
are aware that a similar work has been "Situated at the south-east corner of
progressing in their midst for more than Twelfth and Cass streets. This place of
three years. It is for their information refuge was found to be a necessity, by a
that I write this article. few persons who had been led to visit
Having learned that there was an insti- the houses of sin in our city, to tell the
tution in the city for the purposes indi- glad tidings of salvation to those who
cated by the heading of this article, I had fallen, by their own and others' sins,
sought out the Christian gentlemen who, into this fearful and abandoned position.
I was told, could give me all the infor- These girls, most of them young, were
mation on the subject. He said he wish- without any settled place of abode, haved to have a little time to think. It was ing forfeited their homes by their own
then mutually agreed that he should pre- acts; they now looked forward only to
pare a written statement and drop it in a life of increasing wickedness, dissipathe post office, to my address. He did tion, degradation, and a hopeless eternity.
that which was more gratifying to my Some were found who longed to get
feelings- by delivering it in person. back into a better life. In order to do
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