New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-08
CONGREGATIONAL MISSION Work.
ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE HOME MIS-
sIoNARY SOCIETY AT OMAHA

ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE HOME MIS-
sIoNARY SOCIETY AT OMAHA.
Omaha Neb.. June AT the sixty-eighth ami
versary Of the Congregational Home Missionary So
ciety to-day the Rev. Alexander McGregor. OF
Rhode Island. delivered an address on our AUX
iliares" The Rev William II. Moore. OF Connecu-
cut followed with paper on the Connecticut Home
Missionary Society auxiliary to the National So
ciety There are in the State 3l2 Congregational
churches and over 6O.OOO church members About
fifty churches now look TO the State Society lot
support of which one-half are old churches. one
third are foreign churches. and the rest are new
American churches. The new American churches
are in centres OF growing population and wealth;
the work among the foreigners In the State espe-
cially claims attention. because the manifold bless
ing Of God s in It. The foreigners are already so
large a majority in the State that only fourteen OF
the forty-four States have SO high a ratio OF for
eigners to the whole population as Connecticut; ana
this ratio is bound TO increase. owing 10 higher
birtf-rate I'm foreign than in American families
In a paper on bright Spots In a Dark Year, the
Rev Dr. Joseph b. Clark presented many facts OF
interest reviewing the labors OF the workers in the
darkest year financially that the society has
known in It's entire history. Revlvas or unusual
number and power have been reported In every de-
partment While friends in the East have been
compelled to reduce their gifts TO the treasury the
work Itself has been yielding an Increase the Ike
years Of 1851 and 1855 lively spot. II no; an alto
gether bright one was the invasion OF the Cherokee
Strip on September 16. Five missionaries OF the
society Joined In that terrible rout and before nBh
had driven their stakes and pre-empted claims III
the six county seats OF Enid and Paul Creek Santa
lre and Perry Woodward and Parsons. for christ
and Characterization Never before, proOabiyl III
any country has the Church and the saloon hhu 81
even a start II would be reproach II IN any en-
forced reduction these brave pioneers should De leit
without the sympathies and support OF Ood ) peo-
pie The whole OF oklahoma, or which the STRIP
IL a part. has to-day sixty-seVen churches anu
stations, where five years ago there Was nothihB'
and in them gathered 49, souls and 2S1' Suncay-
school members. =,
Dr. Clark exhaustively covers all branches OF the
appeal for the raising OF $1,000 10 prevent me
newly established stations ana churches from bc4iS
closet because the Executive Committee mas 10 cur
down by that amount the Appropriation Tor the
The Rev ". G. Choate in paper on Home
Missions for the sake OF America, said tnat uhde,
this name Congrgl tonalsts declare the form OF
planted 27j years ago at Plymouth. Mass.
The Rev. Dr William Klncalds paper on Hornc
Missions for the Sake OF the World treated that
subject on lines Of the fact that the truest and
most effective patriotism Is that which carries the
The Rey Br IT. l. Schaufier. OF Cleveland. au-
perntendent OF work for the Slavic population tod
The story OF his work The S1ovaks were given u
money making and drinking, and whenever nrr
troubles broke out they Ndb.e 10 he foremost
in scenes OF disorder and violence They wer" aliens
in race. language. habits. sympathi-s and intention
and. such they were dangerous disturbing Gle
they began to come into sympathy with The genius
OF our Government AMI value our free Christian
Institutions All thoughts oi violence and lhWlc@,.
ness have been forever abandoned ~ me SoVa.
converts and q NOR. sober. contcnt~l Industrious
generous happy and witnessing body ~ Christian
men and women It would be hard 10 find anywhere