Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-09

voted to the missions IN Chi,m. Ionan
Brazil, and Mexiro without diilirults.
the sentiment SEEMED strongly in favor 81
adding nothing 10 the $.hiO6O estimntn-i
as the cost Of operating the home mis-
sions and covering expenses during the
year.
After the devotional exercises conduct.
Ell by DIR. X. N. Brown Of Nashville
the board proceeded to make the appro,
priations for the home missions On this
subject the SECRETARY had submitted the
following. report:
The march of civilization and of en-
plre has for centuries been westward.
The church has not been behind in her
movement toward the setting sun. Some
times, even IN advance Of the rank aud
file. she has thrown out her picket line
stnlioning her preachers side by side
With horny handed pioneers. Mcthodism
has given the world many thrilling
chapter III missionary heruisni-heroism
none the less noble because In the home
instead Of The foreign land. e
Conditions have changed during the
last two decades The home missionary.
both east and west of the Mississippi.
contends with new phases of life and
problems more difficult of solution than
those Of treading primeyal forests and
trayersing great areas In order TO carry
the gospel to remote districts Even tie
difficulty OF educating and UNDERWRITING
an ignorant aud widely scattered rural
population was suimounted hy men Of
meager attachments. Grit, courage and
faith In their Leader made them invinci-
bic. Special Preparation as well as zeal
are now in requisition.
''IAree phases of work imperatively
commend attention today:
"first--occupation of strategic points
These are found in Virginia. West Virgil
mia, North Carolina. Tennessee and
Alabama, in connection with the develop
mcnt of mining operations and the cStab-
lishment OF new industrial ceiters
These new areas of mineral wealth so
lately opened are significant of the in
vestment of large capital aud the growth
OF new population. In the trans-Missis-
sippi areas they are associated with trunk
lines of railroad passing through Mis-
souri,. Indian Territory. Texas. Colorado
and New Mexico Along these great
arteries supplying the South and the West
there should be massing of forces
'Second--Missions to classes as yet I'M
Reached. The missionary societies Of the
northern states have been compelled to
recognize the presence and danger of
segregNting hor,les Of European mmi-
grants, and the necessity Of eyangeliZiug
thcm. This necessity is upon rs. Two
fair counties In Texas almost exclusively
occupied by BOhemans; American farm
crs moving out before them; churches
given up for want Of an English-speak-
ing audience; Hungarians and Italians
already in our mines and along some OF
our railroads-call for the laying of wise
and timely plans These are but the
shadows Of those TO follow. Never be-
fore have we had to deal with Latin
population, and one cmnsculnted by
Roman Catholicism. There should be
call made for young men who shall make
special preparations in our church in-
stitutions for such work. II graduate
of ,Iphns Hopkins can afforl to estab-
lish himself in the midst Of New York
city sluIns for the sake OF sociological
study, surely we have men In Vanderbilt
and elsewhere who for Jesus sake will
plant themselves in tie midst of these
plague spots in the South TO seek and TO
save lost souls
"rhird-City missions. Great cities are
growing up all along our Atlantic and
gulf coasts. and others forming great
nerve centers rest upon our continental
watersheds Richmond. Norfolk and New
Orleans; Atlanta aud birmingham; Nash
vile. Chattanooga and ~, Louis; Louis-
vile and Memphis. The movement of the