Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19

another city near by, there are more
than 1900 who never hear the won
derful story of love. The command:
Go we into all the world" surely con.
tains no authority for .neglecting the
United States and the heather there.
In that country which is thus neg.
lected there are many temples where
art, music, song and pomp are preva-
lent. They are not exactly heather
temples such as they have in foreign
lands, but they are founded upon Chris
tan principles. Over many of them are
towers and minarets with golden
crosses, indicating that the Gospel has
been brought into the country. But
the worshipers at those shrines are not
missionaries, nor do they send mis-
sionaries to the contiguous heather.
In addition to the capital and con-
tiguous cities, there are many other
cities where the heather abound. If
you were to take a map and study
statistics you would find that there is
a city called New York, city called
Philadelphia, another city named Bos
ton, and still another named Chicago,
where there are hundreds of thousands
of people congregated; and there are
hundreds of smaller cities, in all OF
which the heather abound and rage.
We occasionally hear of the murder
of sultan or a shah in heather coun-
tries. Well, in the country of which
l write two of the rulers have been
murdered right in the capital city. II
raising contributions of $4,000 will
send missionaries who will teach the
foreign heather not to kill their rul-
ers, maybe some missionary effort in
the republic of the new world might
teach the heather the same
lesson. 1t is certainly worth
the effort. Who will come like
voice in the wilderness, and take up
the cause of these poor English-speak-
ing heather? Who will raise S101,OOG
for them?
1t is apparent in the large cities of
the country, in which crime abounds,
that some missionaries should be sent
from house to house 10 prayerfully eX-
plain to mothers the duties devolving
upon them under the teachings of the
Christian religion. In the capital city
and in other cities the mothers of
young girls allow them to roam the
streets at night without hindrance.
They permit them to go on river eXcur-
sions with all sorts of men, without
making inquiry concerning the COM
paay they keep. Surely missionaries
ought to be sent to such mothers to
bring them to a realization of their du-
ties. These mothers had mothers like
unto themselves, and yet the Gospel
does not enter their homes.
The young sons of these same moth
ers are permitted to roam the streets
at night. The boys have no restraint,
and when some good mother tries to
lead them right, she receives no aid
from the heather fathers. The boys
note the fact that their fathers do not
even go to churches, for so the temples
are called in this country; and so the
boys do not 60 to those temples, anu
hence never even hear costly organs
and high-priced choirs singing the
story which ought to be patiently told
and explained to them.
These are only a few of the reasons
which seem most apparent for the ne
cessity of sending missionaries to that
country which is called the United
Stntes. Maybe some of the trained
missionaries who are to go to China,
Armenia and other foreign countries
might do much good If they would turn
their prayerful attention to this coun-
try. If the good people of the country
nlaor 10 ;c.s
money for the heather in the United
States and send missionaries right into
the heart of sin and suffering, how
shall the Gospel be taken to them? The
Divine command was not only to Ego
into all the world" but it distinctly
said to preach the Gospel unto ever,
creature" SMITH d. FRY.