New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-21
THE IMMIGRAT1O OFF A CENTURY.
he table thus formed is aS follows:
Total. 7O3l2laI al. 8al $3.50 8lOol2 ass
CONCLUSION REACHED by THE COMMITTEE.


In view OF all It's research during the year. tho
committee reached the following conclusions, which
were offered as recommendations for adoption by
the General Assembly:
J. That the earnest ovcrtures OF ten Presbyterles
and the wishes OF other friends that Presbyterian
church consider the spiritual needs OF tho hlrrIrn
extcnt OF thoSr needs. ''
2. That tho importance Of the work and pas, svr
our Imperative duty. "''
3. That the future Is bright with promtso when IN,
Presbyterian thnrh shall perfectly organize n.
Work Tor the Immigrant population
.. that leaving this work to churches and prcsbv.
tcrieS VIII not II the attention which f. do
serves, or past experiences reveal ' - -"
s. That as The present s"cTtaral force OF the noari
Of Home Missions f. already worked 10 Tho limit
% Us strength. and as an addition to It has been
alrady suggested, third secretary be- selected whose
ihe shsli De devoted to The Immigrant population
O. That this secretary, Of Ike Official standing win
ne otnors DC stationed a. some Hrat"gc point in the
7. That this secretary be q man abIc 10 pre,Cb IN
ono of moro Foreign langunges-the German a. East.
DEFENDING THE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
The Rev DR.. Ambrose G. Smith, Of GoIcn,
H. the president of the Board Of Directors Of rho
German Theological School OF the Northwest n,
Dubuque, Iowa, spoke eloqucntly IA Support -,
the report. lie said that he had listened "a ,Lo
report with the greatest pleasure o. il WIS an Io
thorough and most exhaustive document, and, he
vcntured 70 say, one OF the most important ., 80
presented 10 the Presbyterian General ASsen,hI,,
Thus for instance the commissioners for the grs,
time had learned that 50 per cent OF thc INN
grant population were found west OF the MIsSis.
sppi
There was one very popular error, hc added
in regard TO the German immigrants II WAS MOI
uncommon 10 hear them spoken OF COMPREHENSIVE,
as beer-drinNng, irrrGious people such WINS
not The majority OF the German impIigront.
| he declared, were not Of that class. M,
| the contrary they we're GOd-feariug peo.
| pie But II the PrcSbYtcrianS wanted n
| benefit them, and get them into the Church
! they must preach 10 them in their mother tongue
! They must provide pastors who could address
| them In German He regretted that he thonght
| the Presbyterian Church had neglected lis dTtr
to the German immigrant population When Ger.
man churches were organized, however 10 v.oS
worth noting that they rapidly became srIfsIn.
porting; the reason for that was that Tho con
gregations were an industrious and n prOvidcnt
people. II used to DC snid the Dutch were talk
Ing Holland. The Germans however, hc could
tell them, were rapidly taking this country, or
at any rate, the northwest portion Of IT, Where
The German planted his feet there he staid
Very few German pastors were paid more than
$500 or $500 yea:. The German school at
Dubuque Is MN fur $500 n year, and next
year III" allowance is only $4,000.
While Dr. Smith was In the midst OF a telling
sentence. DR.. Roberts dropped his gavel. and