SAN FRANCISCO HELPING HAND AND MEDICAL MISSION.
By E. E. Parlin
WITH the prayer of the widow and orphan for the blessing of God upon the work of the Mission comes a letter from Montreal, Canada. Accompanying this messenger of peace was a donation of $2.00 for the work. It was just a word, but what a train of thought came in of the possible sacrifice and self-denial that found its joy in lifting the burden from some poor wanderer! It is such experiences as these that make rich in blessings bestowed. While the commission houses of San Francisco are dumping tons of fruit into the bay, we wish that our friends and patrons in the country would remember the needs of the Helping Hand, and see that some of this surplus finds its way to the Mission. We are nearing the time when those who have found employment for a time in the country will be coming into the cities, and donations of supplies and produce will be an actual saving in dollars and cents to the cause. We trust that our friends will keep this need in mind. The July summary of Mission work is as follows:
Gospel meetings held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Attendance at Gospel meetings . . . . . . . . . . 1,085
Bible classes conducted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Attendance at Bible classes . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Individual Bible readings held . . . . . . . . . . 213
Requests for prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Professed conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Treatments given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Surgical operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lodgings given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,592
Meals served (penny lunches) . . . . . . . . . 28,502
Free lodgings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700
Free lunches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,113
Garments given away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Baths given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Suits fumigated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Using free laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Men furnished temporary employment . . . . 472
Men furnished positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pages of literature distributed . . . . . . . . . 2,929 Donations of produce, supplies, etc., should be sent by prepaid freight to the Helping Hand and Medical Mission, 641 Commercial Street, San Francisco, Cal. Cash donations may be sent to the undersigned at 1436 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.