The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-11


pie By the hundreds, and at most by the
thousands We had few towns and
cities. hence our restitution was then
and for years following. largely In the
country. Today, while We SIN have much
dcsutution in the country districts, by
| far the greatest deStiuutina wv have /. t,''
our towns and cities. We must not neg
lect these. the nerve centers OF o.
| great commonwealth hence II We shall
keep pace with the rapid growth Of this
country we must lay deep and broad the
we'll n the centers of Influence and power.
In the carrier history of our mission
work in Texas we had only 10 deal vita
| and win our people from the darkness OF
sin. This. we felt 4 most important and
difficult thing to do. This all importin.
| work we still have. Added TO this. We non
| have within our bounds multiplied thous
ands of foreigners, who, like our y.
| are sinful by nature and have their re
| ligion which consists mainly In mechin-
| les and vet II has been instilled in them
| from their infancy aud makes II not only
| the more difficult, but requires more time
| and patience, and therefore IL more ex-
| pc nsive to reach them with the Gospel.
| This. however. we must do, or sooner or
| later these peoples will make intidcls aud
| Romanists of our children
The work done during the year by the
siNty-six missionaries you have had on
| the field i feel sure Will compare wei with
that of any former year of our history.
| To have done more would have required
more men The men could have been So
cured. the fields ere many and promising,
men on the fields but for the fact that
you could not see your way to DO so for
the lack Of funds. Many and urgent have
been the appeals which nave come 10 Won
during the year 10 whlcN you have besl
cempered TO say no. solely on tic GROUND
that you did MOI see how YOU could NEST
the financial obligations.
have to report but three fields which
have during the year become self sus-
tanning. Cuero. Second church NJ Austin
and tie cid on which Elder G. NJ Dan
| iaI of I'm nl pt nNr
fields gave promise of reporting self-sua-
tanning and wonld have done 20 but for
the long continued drouth ard the UNI
precedented pressure Financially.
Tur CHAPEL. CAR coon Will"
MI. -ao.,a,.,,.... T.. 100, -, q,
rms is new departure IN our work In
Texas. but that 1t has and cun be used
to great advantage feel surc Besidos
,,,e a,,,', aa,,a ,,,rs,,rh 49,, est,,,,,, ,,-,,,
the soo' aone through 'he ial'Htui WORK
OF Brother ana sister sucker on the To-
cal teids where they nave la'orcd' We
have one of our most prosperous mission
fields at Del Rio, Eagle Pass and sur
r9thulhS country, wh,Ve tlner IahN
na'Is Is HoW we T9' ny nus 10, "IS o.
,le poarn mus ile,H MS gp han ~
d,nc ny me car .1tool II -
we nceq 10 thlHleo gu WIN fnlohk ~
own people. IN many SECTORS OF our state
the country districts arr FdpitlF tlliin
UP we must enter me- Neeii IONS pan
ne standaro or tne tioss and pu ~ l'r
Cod ana the bapllsis, or ON r. wllI o.
cupy the field. In many of CIR town
ara ones inc desulu'loh ~ SunPiy I'LL
} rh1,rch whSrc we o'i,,bi IA b,Xe frnm two
10 half dozen
Again, on many Of tb,o fields where
, We now have, regular uryaclHus once an !
twice a month We should have q man for
all of his time. and could in n short time
build UP a salf-sus,a ming church by help
ms the church for one or two years.
The work among tho Germans has
, progressed well during the past year w
} have had five missionaries laboring
, among these people dufiag lie year. They
huve an donc Won
The work among them grant Is slow.
| hut an 20 mari - ,rr rrt Is thcre a
0',or n,,tio,i ,S,r ,,,rr ,i,o c,,n,ns
W ,oo9 ora, ~ 10. o,tnr,o c,,,. n,r,l,
on,ory Nor, .r,,,. ava no., amin. verv an,
, trec'atlve. but thcv have been very her,
= full to us in developing our mi sion work
a'n' ns ali DINERS ihro"snohi we Stdt"'
: AMONG iih SW lfPh7'
4 here is an important ana very interest
Z ing HELD We nave done but lltiIe IN TINS
. direction as VI We nave oAly Two mi
fi,,oio ,.' has rT,.r II r.
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