The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-01

country. alsO, is increasing so fast that 1t
offers 81 excellent field tor the miss on
airy. They are not tied Down 10 their re-
ligiou rs they were in the old country,
aud are willing To listen and to investi-
gate and embrace Professionalism. God
has sent them 10 our doors TO De preached
10. Instead OF sending rs 10 preach to
them If we Tail to do the work OF for
eien missions. then. at our own doors.
what shall wo say 20 The missions abroad,
or what shall be eur excuse?
Wnen lie saw ali the organizations OF
| our home iuisslons he trembled Tor fear
| that wo should not roc JgniZs the great
respousi DiIlt.eg that rest upon US. Ii we
| bsve public sentiment with US, and every
| thing in our favor. With lhe nations sent
! to our doors TO ba gathered IN now shall
we escape condemnation ii we f3ll to I'M
| nrove The OPPORTUNITIES that GOD has
given TO US?
Rev, \. {. Woods of Colorado, Gem
| eral SuDerintonGent OF the Rocky Noun
! tain Division OF the Home Mission work,
! smoke next or the work in his depart
ulent.
He said that if the Pilgrim Fathers had
| landed on the Pacific shore the conse-
ouences TO the country would have been
| disastrous as the tide OF immigration
would never hi.vo strayed Eastward from
| its shores Nevertheless, with all cur ad-
Vant;iEes OF climate and production, we
are only very small corner OF the Union.
| The work of the Home Mission has eX-
| tended over the whule country; 1t has eX-
peuded over $40, OU0 UCJ, and II would
| seem as if the greatest obstacles and the
hardest work had been overcome. But
! rms is not so. Nith al that has been
| done. The work is only on It's threshold.
The frontier of religious destiiuilon is
| in Montana, Nevada, l tain and Arizona,
and enough cannot be done i'll that field.
| Atuai ~ Of
free by the civil war and must be looked
| after. The work is no longer sectional,
! but national. Our great cities, TOO, must
| be the center of the Work. IN the coun-
| try are fifty-One cities. with population
| OF II 600, 900. If we want TO work 10 ad-
! vantage, then, we must go where TIE
| mass OF the people are The twentieth DIS
trict OF New York has 10000 people who
| have only three small churches. In sixteen
| cities there is a slum population OF O0,00O
souls, who have no one 10 care Tor tnelr
spiritual needs. Protestant Christianity
| has not been a success in the cities. ana
| has there revealed its inherent weak ness.
| 1t you would save our country there
! fore, we must evangellZe our Giles. Inc
cities of the West are oiten marvels OF
| growth, but also OF sin.
The great cities OF the country, though,
| are in the East, and, except san IRAN
cisco, they are the centers OF the greatest
! religious restitution. Nor must the
| rural districts be neglected. Large as is
| the mum Der in the cities that do not go 10
church, in the country the number Is
| sill larger.
The Protestant preacher may not be
able 10 carry to them the gospel, but the
1 Dress carries to them the doctrines of
I socialism, and anarchy and those OF Rob
ert InEersoll. In the rural districts we
Md the widest political vagaries and the
\ al If,a GFt1 ant a
rur ii districts do not attend church, and
one Young lady there had never attended
q reii 'IOus service or boon inside OF
churnn. And yet the country churches
ara the recruiting headquarters Tor the
CITY Gnu ve.4es, for the senInarles and
theoIogicai institutions, and we cannot
afford 10 AZ theln decay. We must look
AFTER the cou utry churches. The church
of the future must gather into its bosom
the bright mn1s OF tho country to build
it up and make 1t strong.
'fbe foreign population must also be
| looked alter and taken care OF. Within
the last seventy years l6,0OO,OO0 nave
| come To Us from Europe. Within the
! last Ten wears 800. 09 have come. once
/ ~ Der cent. of the Immigration crossed
| the Alississippi-uow only small frac-
! ZION cross it, Once the mass OF lnml-
| grafton was from Germany and Scandl-
| uayia. Now The mass 10 from Russia
| Bohemia aud Italy-a most undesirable
element.
! Professor Jordan says that unrestricted
! Immigration is III o cause OF political deg
| radiation. over ualf a million French
| Canadians have moved INFO New Eng
land, and there are now more Catholics
/ IN New England than Prolestants, ana
| .jxty-eight cities-not excepting Boston
-ere dominated by them. The Catholic
ecriesiastics OF Canada boast, be said, that
/ : a4sr J. - Fiafl
! Immigration. Only snort tlne ago.
said me speaker, in the streets OF Boston.
a pro, :essIon was lnoDbed that was carry
| ing tbs little red schOoihouse
The colored population of the South
| offers another inviting field Tor the iioine
| mission, ne said, and naturally gravitate3
10 the .SaDiist Church. The BaptisLs,
! North and South. are committed 10 CO.
operation i'll lifting up this race that is
among us. Then, 100, there IS Mexico,
with It's I2,UOJ.OJ OF people, Offering
! wide held 10 :hs home mission, that
should 10 improved, aud lastly there Is the
great ~ est the magnificent " est. with
ali Its great poSsi ollltles' waiting 10 Dc
| eyanpeiizad. lie was painei TO read that
the other day il an Idaho town they
lAjroke a = Ass Of " Risky at d meeting and
consecrated the Town 10 the devil. Are
/ Hyo 10 leave these towns u themselves, or
| TO strive to lead theul 10 Christianity. Tic
/ ave statistics OF Contributions rom Na-I-
| I,,rnla 10 me mission. aud said the state
Ia q not contributed a dollar 10 It's work
+; ou side % the state. put that the mission
! hao given money To the State.
! + oIowiug is Tie programme for to-day:
NJ oruiug-9 devotions, led by Rev. W.
l.. & aston: 9.JU, reports of committees as
/ follows: Obituary, place. preacher and
reader Of circular letter, Chinese Mis-
stops. temperance: 1910, report on con-
ventiolr missions; speakers. rev. ". Ii.
I.alonrette Rev. &. VI. HiIi. President
| State Co uvention: Home Mission ladies'
/ hour.
Aiternt on. devotional. led by Rev.
/ John Dow ME, 30, report OF Committee
on Di4es II Letters; I'D. sermon by Rev.
! :. c. kectc Il; report ~ Committee on For
cicn Missile W., ladies' hour.
..veninr- $3.50, devotional, led by Rev.
( T. i. HuEhe '; ). address in continuation
! OF discussioi u OF Foreign Mission re-
mort. Rev. }, underlaud. ID. d., District
Secretar OF We Baptist Missionary
! l Mon.
AMI 'SEMENT5
1.-THE Clunie Op era-house this evening