New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-07
OPEN DOORS FOR THE CHCRCH.
ADDRESSES READ BEFORE TIE CONGREGATIONAL
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY

ADDRESSES READ lfsl UNI mn ''t'''''-''''
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Saratoga. " Y. June Cat the opening SESSION
- The CONGREGATIONAL Home Missionary Society this
morning the Rev. Washington Choate, one oi the
,broe secretaries Of the society. presented paper
n, hebalf Of the Executive Committee, under Ire
head OF open Doors" In which he s1il That s'ate-
mon,s from the thirty feds OF TIE National admin
,str,tion made manifest urgent needs amounting 20
marc than $4,000 to do the work of the coming
year He referred 10 different points In Warrington
oregon Dakota Florida, Nebraska Minnosotl.
Wisconsin, Utah and Texas as open doors "hich
presented wide opportunities lie andfn' we "'''
for The command Of cd. strong cAurches OF Inc
East and North TO enter the doors Goa mas sci oP'"
before rs Let your answer come through the
treasury OF this society," Addresses along ms same
line were made by the Revs. Wallace Nu'lns, o.
Providence r. l.: Clarence r. Brown, Salt Lake
CITY. Utah; A. y. Crsty. CieYcland; C. ). s'ho-
Acid. Dallas. Texas. and ". c. Pnidefoot. Eastern
field secretary. In the course o. his a'd'c"s 'h's
morning the Rev. Mr. Choatc said
Utah pleads to-day for that enlargement or the
missionary force and missionary funds Nhlcn shai.
enable her 70 multiply CAu!cA ana MISSION an rNtr
whcre the Gentle force IL strong in civic and So
cl power. Ia, in the hundreds Of Mormon coininH-
mites
Touching Utah at i,a southeastern corner n our
fourth largest Territorial division Ncw-Mexico. or
mixed Mexican and Indian blood; speaking ne
Suanish language to the exclusion % tho English
even in courts and legislature until rrcensiy, ms
New Mexico, 3y0rD In Texas and nedr.s another lV-
O1 I'm Arizona and Southern California nhcr.ting an
other civilization ignorant, debaaed sApfrs;Dus are
sunk in . mental and spritua. dcGradhi non ina; J.
reIroach to American christianity. Thirteen demon
nations arc sending their missionaries across inc
harder into old Mexico, 10 carry the Gospel Oh 'hrs-
tan manhood and wOmanhoOl to this same nation
ality in a foreign hei. The foreigner o. me south
weat Is smply section of old Mexico brought INTO
The bounds Of the United States. Ana In all this
volume OF Ne these 10000 Srari h-M xican ci'i-
zens. CoagrcSat.onalism has plan. d bu' three
churches, with mission work At TWO associated
points into this great fed OF Chri.tan service
this society finds itself able TO pu b", {2"p year
A s.s.er denomination annually invests there 500"
in education and ST. 40 in Churcn WORK. declaring
IL 10 be he most fruitful AMI gratifying OF al m
work Of their missionary boards.
To-day the appropriation for the es;abl' shinr o'
CONGREGATIONS, Christianity In T'x1s-thc equiv
lent Of four New-Englands~is a measrc sum OF J, -
than 5000 The open doors there In scores Ton
OF her larger cities asking for the Church whose
central idea shaped New England.
The three days meeting Of the Home Missionary
Society closed tonight. The principal address OF n"
closing session made by the Rev DR.. Joseph H.
Clark on "The Money Problem" Addresses on
the same subject were also made by William II
Alexander. OF Omaha. Neb.; the Rev. Lyman Alb
hott and the Rev. II. X. Meredith. OF Brooklyn
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