The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-06
TO AID MISSIONARIES
Presbyterian Church Opens It's
Campaign in New York
A VERY LARGELY ATTENDED MEETING
President Cleveland and Rev. DIR. Tai
mage Among Those Who ADDRESSED
the AssembIage-Other Meetings
To BE Held at Numerous Cities.

To BE Held at Numerous Cities.
New York, March 4.-The opening
gun of big home mission campaign
was fired last night at Carnegie hall by
the Board of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian church. The annouuoe-
ment that President Cleveland was to
preside at the meeting brought an i'm
mepse audience to the hall. The object
of the rally is to stir up public interest
in the work of home missions and 10
raise funds for completing payments on
the new building of the society in
Fifth avenue. The meeting last night
is the first of a series of meetings which
will be held all over the United States
Shortly after o'clock President Cleve.
land appeared upon the platform. The
moment the president was seen the
audience rose up and cheered wildly
for few minutes. The face al the
president flushed as he heard the cheer.
ing and he bowed his acknowled-mens
to the audience There was another
burst of applause when the Rev Dr.
John Hall introduced President Cleve-
land as the presiding officer Of the
meeting in a brief speech.
The Presidents Remarks.
President Cleveland then spoke, in
part, as follows:
Il desire to express my appreciation
of the privilege of participating in this
conference and of the opportunity t7s
afforded me of testifying to the yaa
and usefulness of the work undertaken
by the board of home missions Of the
Presbyterian church. My interest IN
this subject and my familiarity with
home missionary efforts are not newly
acquired. They early came to me IN
The surroundings of a Christian Pres
bytcrian home, and were stimuiatedE
a fathers faithful lab ors in the cause
Not only as your fellcw-citize but as
the chief executive officer of the gov
eminent, l desire to speak, for / am
entirely certain that | serve well our
entire people, whose servant ! am
when | here testify to the benefit 1w
country has received through tae
home missionary effort, and when
Join you in an attempt to extend ana
strengthen chat effort. No one charged
with the duties and responsibilities
which necessarily weigh upon yoT
chief executive can fail to appr~
ciate the Importance of religions
teaching and Christian endeavar in the
newly settled portion of our vast do,
main. If we turn from the objects OF
home missionary labor to the situation
of those actually toiling in distal.
fields, for God and humanity and
purer, better citizenship, our sympatA'
with their work must be furtle'
quickened and our sense of duty
them and their cause actively stlml'
lated. These are the men and women
who have left home and the asse
citation of friends under the dHer
tion'of organized mission boards totea'
Christianity in sparsely settled sectlo"
and to organize churches where nou
exist, enduring discomfort, hardship
poverty and danger for the sake Of
cause to which in very comfortao'
and inexpensive way we profess to
attached. These are our soldiers
the front. fighting orr battles, and VI
who stay at home cannot escape lD'
duty of providing for them and relD
forcing them in every way if we are "
continue them in our service lD
presidents remarks were heartily a
pl;iuded. He was followed by Rev
De Witt Talmage and other speaker
The ushers took up the collection 81
er which President Cleveland inuY
d:ccd Booker T. Washington, primo
p Il of Tuskogec institute, Alabama
tae last speaker. The amount OF !"
collection was not announced.