HELPING HAND MISSION by S. N. Curtiss

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 25, 1899

HELPING HAND MISSION.

By S. N. Curtiss

In another column of this department will be found a report of work for ten months, by the chaplain, B. F. Richards.

Certainly the friends of the mission have every reason to be encouraged by this good report. The workers in the mission are of good courage and eager to continue in their labor of love,—"feeding, cleansing, and clothing those who need their help," since "in this way these outcasts are prepared to know that some one cares for their souls."

And what a satisfaction to these workers, and to all who have by their contributions made such a work possible, to know "that many of these poor outcasts from society will, through the ministration of human agencies who co-operate with the divine, seek to restore the moral image of God in others"!

No appeal has of late been made through this paper for contributions. But there is the same need for donations as ever. The winter season is now here, and hundreds of men are out of employment, and homeless, and every night the mission beds are full by half past ten or eleven o'clock, and still we are unable to accommodate all who apply.

We would be especially thankful for contributions of clothing, beans, dried fruit, and other provisions. These should all be sent charges prepaid, and addressed to Helping Hand and Medical Mission, 641 Commercial Street, San Francisco; and a letter should be written stating who are the senders, so that proper acknowledgment may be made when they arrive. The bill of lading should invariably be mailed to the address given above whenever goods are sent by freight; otherwise the goods may lie in the freight office for weeks and storage charges be made.

Cash contributions should be sent to the treasurer, S. N. Curtiss, care SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. S. N. CURTISS, Secretary and Treasurer.