Wichita eagle., 1886-12-05
rne achita aaiu gae1e suudaY arruiua efeuhrr
of climate. railroad facilities, commercial

of climate, railroad facilities, commercial
advantages and agricultural resources. Is
one of the very best in this great republic
Nearly dozen railroads center in Wich
tia already. An enterprising. energetic pop
ulation of about twenty-five thousand peo-
ple now occupy substantial homes, where
vast herds of buffalo were to be seen graz
ing on the adjacent prairies only fifteen
years ago. Although we speak of 1t as In
the far west, yet Kansas is really the great
central state of the American Union. Its
population has increased over half mil
lion during the past six years, and SedS-
wick county, of which Wichita IS the
county seat, has increased more than 20 QUO
in that time Not One-siXth part OF It's
thirty-three and a-half million acres OF land
is really under cultivation, and yet along
with an immense crop Of hay, wheat and
other grains, Kansas produced one hun
dred and ninefy-five million bushels OF corn
| year before last
At the Worlds Fair in New Orleans last
year Kansas took the first premium on red
winter wheat, white corn, yellow corn,
and special gold medal for the best corn
| in the world. She also took first premium
for best granuated -four, and also for
flour made by the old process, the first on
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best hundred varieties of apples, the first
ten premiums on short horn cattle, etc.
| These statements show that the location
of the new college is one Of the very best.
grand strategic point for educational and
| missionary operations in our Reformed
church A year ago the Potomac Synod
generously raised five hundred dollOrs IN
| few mements' time to lay the foundation
of the Brown Memorial church at Wichita.
| Out of that missionary enterprise, started
| by former hOnOred member OF our synod,
| who fell as a Christian martyr at the post
| of duty, have grown the circumstances and
| conditions that have resulted in securing
! for our beloved church the magnificent
| offer on the part Of the citizens OF
| Wichita Let us show ourselves obedient
! to the call of Providence which manifeStly
| bids us embrace the golden opportunity
and gain for our beloved Zion grand van
tage ground in the very heart Of this great
American continent Westward the Star
of Empire takes its way"
Contributions to the Reformed college at
Wichita can be handed to your pastor or to
the member of the committee named above
who represents your classes. 1t is proposed
to raise the sum required of us for this
worthy object by special effort without
interfering in any way with the proposed
fuller endowment of our institutions at
Lancaster or any other benevolent move
ment now challenging the liberality of our
people
With history, a form Of church govern
ment and theological principles that accord
fully with the genius and spirit OF our
American Institutions, and the best phases
of evangelical modern thought, we owe it
to our forefathers, ourselves, our children,
and our beloved country. that we should
make our influence felt in more positive
form in time to come No CHI urch has
better right to exist in this free land and
no church has better claim upon the con-
fdence and support of American patriots
than the church Of the Reformers, the mar
tyrs and confessors of Switzerland, Ger
mauy, Holland and France, whose mem
bers were always the bravest and ablcst
champions of civil and religious liberty.
By responding to this Providential call
to Ego west" with our educational and
missionary operations in a larger and more
liberal sense than heretofore, we shall show
ourselves worthy noble and heroic ances-
try, and at the same time take hostages Of
futurity. Only thus can we gain or hold
our proper place in the momentous move
ments of history that now crowd upon US
in this land Of the future. God help us to
see our duty and to do it bravely and well.
By order of the
Com. OF THE POToMAc SYNOD.