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Twice-born Men in America: or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission Work — John Shaqi

Twice-born Men in America: or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission WorkMonroe, Harriet Earhart

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Twice-born Men in America: or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission Work

Name: Twice-born Men in America: or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission Work
Author: Monroe, Harriet Earhart

Monroe, Harriet Earhart

Conversion -- Christianity; Conversion -- Psychology; Evangelistic work; Institutional missions; Psychology, Religious

The Board again did not feel able to put in the fumigator, which cost
$125. In this work I found a friend in Mr. Ernest Gichner, who invented
a sheet-iron room with suitable fire-box and chimneys, which he anchored
on the roof of the building.

It did good service and added to the comfort of the men and the
cleanliness of the house, not only while there, but later he moved it
over to our new building. Mr. Gichner permitted me to make payments in
installments of $25, which I was able to collect mostly from my friends
in the Luther Memorial Church and the Mission workers themselves, who
are always liberal even beyond their means.


                              ENLARGEMENT

I became Chairman of the House Committee in September, 1908, and the
following December Mr. H. W. Kline was made Superintendent. As soon as
we had nice beds to offer for ten cents a night, we had a steadily
increased patronage, so that by the fall of 1909 we were obliged to rent
a large room back of us. That winter we had eighty-four beds filled
nearly every night.

A friend in California sent me $25 as a Christmas present, and I put
white spreads on the twenty-five best beds. Some members of the Board
laughed at me so much that I was obliged to remind them that the money
of the Mission was not used. Long ago they have come to see that a white
bed is a necessity if we are to keep a clean house.

By October, 1909, our expenses for rent, fuel and necessities had
increased from $100 to $150 each month.

Our statistics for 1908, as shown by our circular, were as follows:

 _Statistics of the year and of the last quarter—From January, 1908, to
                             January, 1909_

           _Statistics of three months of 1908, as follows_:

             Attendance Req. for Prayer Seekers Conversions Services

   Dec. 1908       1961             165      86          14       41
   Jan. 1909       2487             217      73          37       46
   Feb. 1909       1245              51      34          13       28
                   ————             ———     ———          ——      ———
       Total       5693             433     193          64      115

(Now we care for over 50,000 persons a year.)

During the year employment was found for probably 300 men.

We accept it as a great privilege to have presented the gospel of Jesus
Christ to this number of people.

Our little circular of that period thus sets forth:


                        THE NEED OF RESCUE WORK

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Twice-born Men in America: or, The Psychology of Conversion as Seen by a Christian Psychologist in Rescue Mission Work

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