The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-12

Of Texas and said be stood most appalled,
at the vastness OF the domain, aud looking
at the work 10 be done, maryellsd not that
We look TO the great north fhr
assistance. The convention had various
calls from widening fields. and Il must re-
spond. An eloquent peroraiion concluded
the remarks. after Which the congregation
sang, "Hold the Fort.n
DR.. W. II. Felix, OF Kentucky, labored
under two very grave difficulties, first, he
was very young, and consequently yery
timid; the second was that the doctors OF
divinity had decided his trouble was con.
stitutionsl predisposition 10 largeness. l
desire to be simple and explicit on this oc-
casion. cannot spread myself all
over the subject, because IL did there
would be none ,of me left. The command
of Jesus 10 his apostles was go ye and
preach the gospel to all nations.h The
duty Of the church Is to preach the gospel
to every creature. Our failure to respond
to the demand from foreign missions has
resulted in God sending svsst immigration
TO our land. Some may have come
tor the privilege OF enjoying personal lib
er,y and free speech and Thought, but
no man can say or see that the inscrutable
providence of God was not at the bottom OF
the inclination TO migrate. God Is sending
this people to our country to be
evangelical. Tbs speaker confined
himself exclusively to the Ger.
man element of our population.
The German question was assuming pro.
portions In political circles, and was now as.
suming like proportions in the matter Of
religious evangelization. There are 5000.
600 IN the United States and vast number
within the metes, and bounds OF the
southern Baptist convention. The cues.
ton could be theoretically divided,
Ssred hSs p0assa ovsa TO question n. ss,.Sss be as
and the religious to the churches. They
are ono in fact. Let the legislature strike
at the stream and the church at the foun-
| tain-head. The Germans have an in.
tluence in our country and exercise It. Is
this not matter of moment TO the
church? They hold the balance
of power in all large cities, and their
influence is such that legislative enactments
looking to the improvement OF the NOR
ality of communities, such as the tenn.
perance and the Sunday laws are unob.
served and disregarded. They are pleasure
| seekers, and they use the Sabbath for their
enjoyment, their dancing. wine-hibing aud
beer drinking. Germany exsr.
cises an influence through her
| literature, her universities, and scatters
among us ideas OF atheism, rationalism and
materialism. Our students think hat they
are not educaed unless they 20 to Ger.
| many for polish. and nine times out Of ten
they return with the religious enamel all
worn OIL. and are indoctrinated into ma.
teralistic and rationalistic IDEAS aud the
only students who can withstand such
| temptations successfully are those who
have been religiously imbued and en-.
vironed. In the south We are trying to
evangelize the Indians and Cinnamon land
God bless the eflorts) but they do not ex-
ercise one iifth of the influence Of the Ger
mans. and among the latter We have not a
single evangelist and not missionary.
After singing Sweet Bye and Bye, Broth
er 0. Breedove, of Texas, said that he
didn't intend to make speech; that there
was little matter to attend to, that he
weuld nov present to the audience If he
knew their temper. He then narrated his
experience, saying that the Lord when be
was bad boy had spoken to hun so kindly
and warmly that he could not fail
to respond. He was baptised with his purse
| in his pocket, and his advice TO all pastors
was never to baptise any convert unless his
pocket-book was bapt lsed with 1t, ana Il he
was Pedo- Baptist he would not baptize a
baby unless 1t had pocket book sprinkled
along with 1t. Alter speaking humorousy
for some time, the speaker asked The audi.
ence for 81, 500 for New Orleans.