The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-07
MISSIONARY WORK.
Meeting i'm the Interests of the Con-
gregational Sunday School.


A union meeting was held last evening
in the Beneficent Congregational Church
in the interest OF the missionary work of
the Congregational Sunday School and
Publishing Society. Rev. George q.
Haun of Wisconsin was introduced as
the superintendent for the society in
that State. He held the close attention
OF the audience from beginning
to end. His address was illustrated
by a series OF pictures which stood upon
an easel, and we're easily seen across the
room. They are exact copies from photo
graphs, painted on cloth. They represent
a few of the many places where the
important work done by this SOC iety has
been carried on by him during the past
few years. The first which was shown
was of a little store in what is now town
OF considerable size, but when he entered
1t there were only a few buildings. The
store was an unfinished structure, but
the only available place for religious
service. Mr.. Haun made such seating
arrangements as he could out OF boards
and nail kegs and other materials. His
wife, who usually accompanies him op his
work, went around to the few
houses and then to the places of busi-
ness announcing the meeting that was
to be. At the appointed time, with the
baby organ which they always take with
them, they begin the service, the singing
yet tenderly, Mr.. Haun breaches; plans
are made for starting a Sunday school.
Week by week, through the winter, the
little school met in such place as they
could secure, the superintendent being
gentleman in the community. The fol-
lowing summer the owner OF a large man
ufacturing plant was so pleased with the
work that the society had done that
he built very attractive meeting
house, furnished 1t and gave il as
the place Of worship for the school and
the little church which meantime had
been organized and had secured a pastor.
Thus, with the aid OF a dozen pictures,
the speaker very clearly and vividly pre-
sented the great work which this society
is doing on the frontier-in laying founda-
tions, bringing the children into
touch with the Bible. The address
which was exceedingly interesting and
instructive was followed by the singing
OF two gospel selections by Mr.. and Mrs.
Haun, accompanied by the baby organ.
given an object lesson on Sunday School
missionary work, just as it is being done
today by the society all through our land.
The last few minutes Of the hour were
occupied by Rev. Francis j. Marsh, the
of this society's work in
New England, who gave brief, general
statement Of the society's work. He en-
phasized the fact that where this society
plants a Sunday School, it is at the
time the only Protestant religious
service in the place, that the work
done by denominational Sunday School
society has in it the promise of much
more permanent and abididing fruit than
undenominational work. He eshowed that
there were few places, IL any, where Sun
day School mission work is needed in
which this society cannot do it.
Money is needed 10 keep the earnest,
hard working and self-denying mission
aries in the field. Twenty-Five dollars is
sufficient to plant and sustain for a year
Sunday school in some one OF the hum
dreds of communities, where, as yet, no
Protestant religious services have ever
been held, but where children and youth
are growing up who are to become citi-
zens of this country. Consecrated men are
ready to do the work, but they cannot be
sent without the money.