Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-02
MEETING IN BEmALF OF HOWE
Addresses by Rev. Mcssrs Smith, HAN
chnrd nnd puddcfOOt The Needs OF
Home Mission Work Set Forth.

'h' ihoCt'HS III tlc Interest vi NOnbfcbu
,ional Home Missions, at the Winoosk
avenue Congregational church, last Saturda,
afternoon, was attended by number o.
those interested in tho cause, and was pro
ductvc in instruction and prof, to all pres.
cnt. After the opening exercises, conducted
by Rev Mcssrs. II. b. Putnam and l.. o
Brastow, Rev. c. s. Smith secretary of thu
Vermont Home Missionary society, was in
troduccd, and spoke, substantially, as fol
lows:
Rev. MIR. Smiths Remarks.
1t is very pleasant for us, ia carrying on
our Home Missionary work, TO feel that il j,
the work which our Master has given us
and it is pleasant to feel that our Master has
gone before us. His public mission was one
IN which he taught us how to be home mis-.
sionarics. His life work was for the saliva
lion OF those around him. lie did not con-
fine himself to any one place. lie went
forth through all the cities Of Judea, Sam
aria and Gallec, preaching the gospel every.
where to all men. And so 1t is through the
universal need Of our work that we feel that
we are appointed of the Lord. / will call
your attention to this large map of the United
States, in order to give you some idea of the
field which American home missionary work
covers. lis difficult to got an idea of its eI-
tent. Let us look at these Western States
aud Territories and cndcavor to estimate
their size. Take Vermont us tho unit of
measure. You can lay it down four times
In Ohio. You eau lay down Ohio five times
In Colorado, and have room enough left for
two Vcrmonts. Colorado is as large as ten
Vcrmonts. If we take the State of Massa-
chusetts, We can lay it down As times in
Texas, and yet have margin left Calf
iornia is as large as the whole of
Great Britain and New England. You
could lay down New England, New
York and New Jersey twice in Da-
kola. Now look forward aud think what
the population of these States nod Territories
may become. Texas has room for sixty
million inhabitants-ten million more than
there are now in the whole United States.
Think how many millions this country would
hold, if 1t were ever populated throughout its
entire extent as denscy as the State OF Mas.
sachusctts. Population Is pouring in upon
us yearly, and it becomes us, while the coun-
try is in this formative condition, Ito lie up
and doing, if We would make this nation to
be Immanucl's land In accomplishing this
work we are enabled TO make use of various
instrumcntaltics We have agencies for the
support of home missionary work in each
State. Our Home Missionary Society IN
Vermont has existed for tllrce-fourths Of n
century. We have National Society, or.
ganized at New York. After its organize
ton, the State societies felt as though they
must do something more, and 50 several OF
them were made auxiliary to the American
Home Missionary Society that opportunity
might bc had to collect money, the overflow
of which, above that needed in their own
held, should go TO help Christian work in the
West. Our State society has not recently
sent what we feel it ought to in aid of this
work, and one reason is that some of the
churches have RENTED their funds for this
purp 'sc directly to the New York society,
instead of through the State society. We
wish that you would give us enough 10 send
> 900 every month to help on the great
work in the West.
Mr. Smith then announced that the score
tary of the American Home Missionary Sc.
cicty, Rev. Mr. Clark, who had been an.
nounced to speak. was unable to do so on ar
count OF illness, but that Rev. Mr. A. f..
blanchard, superintendent Of home MISSION.
AIRY work in Colorado, and Rev. W. G..
Puddefoot, agent Of the American Home
Missionary Society for Northern Michigan,
were present, and would address the audi
cncc upon the subject Of home missions in
their particular fields. Rev. Mr.. Blanchard
was introduced and spoke as follows:
Rev. Mr. BIanchnrd's Remarks.
My field OF work comprises section of
country reaching from Colorado southwur,i
through New Mexico, about 1000 mills long
and 400 miles wide. From the Missouri river
westward - the Rocky Mountains stretches
"A great arid plain, in which, about twenty
miles from the mountains, stands the city Of
Denver, the headquarters of our home mis-.
sionaty society in Colorado. Our dcnomina.
ton has some thlIty-onc churches in all in
this region, twcnty-iour of which are in Colo.
RADIO, thirteen or fourteen on the mountain
slopes and twelve on the plain. Wyoming
Territory is but sparscly populated, and the
best we can do is TO send n travelling preach.
cr, Il colporteur, through this section. 1t is
impossible TO establish churches there. Col
eraio has population from everywhere.
but large proportion of the people are Prot.
estnnt To realize the greatness of our
work, you must bear in mind the vast influx
oil population which we are yearly receiving.
The heather are all coming here. Intelligent
laboiers of our own denomination ought 10
address themselves TO the great home mis-.
slonary work in this region. We have some
rxcrllpn, new mon hut ,yo nood roor,,;,s
we need consccra,cd youth sro,n ,,'osa NJ.
EnGl,nJ homes The a ,,o'' u.s. ~ NV
methods which wo mad IT," ~ ,"ne Vi NV ~
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with other Observation-Disclosures Trere ~ ia ANN, on NY
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