, 1881-06-06
tlul pf honest nnd ttno Thought from Whit
ever source II comes.
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.

nj tlln First congregational Church yesterday
morning Oh ''Tilc Religious Conditions uni
Needs Of ttlu Never States ,ttd Territories"
Tho discourse was nInro Df I. lGcture itlnn
n sprmon. Mr.. West garn Rraphic tlcscrip.
ton 0f what liU called "Naw Spain. the
Wonderland of the Southwest" j very in
tleiinlt Idea, lie $ais, Ubu,tlGtl us tn ils In,
portnnt region, intn w',tct, tho Spanish COLI
tltlerors ca,nG three centuries and II half ngo.
IL wns section about which more lIooks l,;ld
bccn written than about New En-
land. Bancroft himself hui ransacke,l
tG,UO volumes, scntterGd through tile
greut libraries of Europe, before
liz began 10 wrltu his history OF tlln native
races of the l'aclhc. "Ncw Spai,i," rs Mr..
West termed Y, ieHan 4. tlc northwestern!
Tcxuss, tho ln'ltan Icrrtt"ry, and followed
la5q!,t tl'e sanIe iatlt,.ie as ciIlcano), takiig
In Nevhtn, Arlz0lin, CHlDrntiu, MID Dlt Ni.d
Ncw MexlcO,-a section !nrKnE than nj! of the
uni's ID, S.a!ss sast o. tls Mlss*;ipp1 IT.. Az
siatcs M II ISL. sx!ent nts oli i stsxso.' wv u
Thu speaker enllttl 4 tho Wonderland"
for several rcnsunt. Thc first was !ts prrliis.
toric civilization. the prohlen,s ot iin: iron,
tIluir sontton II, tits very region.
liz rl!ins antl M works Of art Indicated Ie-
Ersc nf civilization tlat surprises evun TIP
this vast storell0usu of tlle treasures Of An
Gitete civilization on her 0w,i territory. yet
Anlcr'cn leit i for FranGo 70 ti.ke tho initial
strip lit nn!'cking and studying these mfr
ycls. \ Fre,ul, explorlng co,n,ais4lon y
fact WIS even now 0n tic KrnulItt fQr That
purpose, md III American islr. LorillArtl, uf
New York Cily) l'ttl eonltlbuted S1D,00o 10
ts s 5 Syras Si ,s Tsrs X & " css w .o
lyHlinid of Ci!o[ra, covering torty-fDnr
neros, nntl, nltt0ugli Its rAlns were 40 fcst
high. Humboldt salI It Inust originally layo
Tha library Of tic Xztccs, burned by the torch
Of tic ruth less Sl'annrtl, wonI! bu It's grent
ti.o library Of Aiexal,drin. Tic speaker
WRITER on .le sarly history oif sisxtc.,, WHO
saia that its ciytjlxatlull WIS gray with. nn-
tiunlty when Ills fnrefatllers wvrc l,arbar!-
NUS III tho forests OF Germany. Cnrtcx found.
tlays different fr"n, tint of ti.e Europen,l
culenttar, Mid ufter twu centuries nluf IL llNIY
had elupsed, mud tho Julian calendar had
beun corrected, 1t wns within twu minutes
cMculatlons of tlls Aztccs. Tho speaker
snEA lllo Aztees were regarded rs hcatIlell,
but 10 considered tic term, "llcatllen'n' il
relative one, md tit! nut hesitate ~ shy TINT
superstition n,ltl priestcrntt tl'a,, my that !laI
ever troubled the Mexieuils before. The
lund Ind ever s1!ltu bren held III b0NlnEe
aud Ignorance. a priest there Ind informed
any iaigituEe. TlM ciiorts Of tic iiumish
clergy, lis the priest ea,ldIttIy expressed 1t,
WIS g. lola the +, people t. u. cH.ursl
r "Ssw rS, sf ~ H. S9irh so xsr ,snr t.
s[adetl thS YoseMltp Valley and liz
ina slugRishIy, i!.to lilo t;uif, a,la
t. IT,. nEss asyc t 'w!ifs 1si y @ ds sca Erom T se
depths Of Its mighty e.tilors the visitor cn,,ll
!00k ur against y soit! Will Of rock q ''file IN
hiEllt to u @ Iibbot! ot 81 sliy nb1ys, Wl,c" tllo
wSsia wsrf sspS wsrs ss III u s. s y s t Il Ills rs
ulrs"' wns sucking tho sl!ver-land Of tho
Southwest. Texas @ was % So yast Ivy that thy el.- ~
@ %|hl er b ss ef a s2e ss taci So fany IL
thirty ncras " lalnl. Its ciiMatu nttapted It
tDr n,nst cStesisc anu ynrird agriculture.
The speaker iuu sccn itells Df c0ttul,, wheat,
and corll growing slae By sltlo; Of the inr,ner
Thc SS,ltlwcst .l,a,l southern latltu.,e
VIII! high Glgyatso'MMtho H. ;lesheratun. M 9t
feet nbose tlle sea. md tho cllnato was nIltd
and dry, With tho thermometer ranging iron,
to 70 disEresS is Tero %Sre wy ay? Of
particularly llle sali Mlsslfla valley, wlierc,
ie said, It wns simply = 1oy 10 l!ye. ,,
Ahouiev ieatufS Wtliyil eI!ltleu TINS re-.
nnlneraluXical resources. Sixty per cent Of
tllp wnrld's silver ca'l,u from there, mud Ilo
Y, surface ha! OILY 1sei: ssfal,st! ~ yet: Iha
tllcra sl,,ce ti,e days 1f Cortez wern With tllo
rNdest appllances. What might ny expected,
ie,1 waleai tho seteas,1 g. tno loco!slGtls1
After tho lantl iAd laiM l.rll'al!t f9r ilsarly
4o0 years, q new conanest WIS now being " "
auslratetl,- tho conquest Of COMMERCE. Mill
ions Of dollars Of capital were pouring into
that region, and n yni!roa! WIS pushing lts
Wny toM1r'ls m the lln!ls of ftc Mol'tsxllMaa
WITH Il, ,oV0 hien " wOrk On It, aln aliUtller
with 7,WD, while still others were in tue
rase, m!ad a.! bcnt o'l osnl1G VI, ! ItIrkGt tor
ro so pfo,.etsi r. q =, tne troRes ,1, wmcl eitef
Tho Christian Church ha.l u greater prob.
lon, OIL tts hands tl!n how to get thu guild and
silver out Ut tile nitiies. It wns the problem
of how to eare for the spiritual needs Vi
tue nlyrlaHs or people WHO were