The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-21

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railroad missionary work. who IS ,xpe.,od
TO be IN charge e the t4r not later tnsp
November !. This ioes not mean that NJ,
STACKER has aban loned tho p,syel vor,,
lie will he utilized in ota.r n,I1. " .bo
hap''st publication soHie-y ualer whose
direction the chapel cars arc operated.
Much mas been printed ir rcyas ahou.
the chapel ears or the Ninotor1,h co..u.t,,
me'hod' but little Of its origin. There nre
now tour cars in operation No / I'm Ark
ahsas' NO. in California and the Pacific
coast, No. in North Dakota and Mime
sofa and No IA Texas. Another viii
probably be sent out within tho rex. vear
hnili by contributions from Baptist ladies
some time ago, at saratoga, IN lfoa was
suggested that seVeptv-fve ladies cUntri-
butte Sloe each toward putting a car on
the road. II was accepted and alrAa.,y forty
| have responded
y number of years ago nr Wav,and
| iioyt pastor Of the First BAPTIST church
| IN Minneapolis. while riding with his
brother Colgate Hoyt IN the latter's pri-
| waite ear from an extended trip to the
Northwest. conceived the chapel car idea.
Aud receiving support from his brother,
Eugene Barney. John p. rre"or. John ID.
kockefeller and one or two othors. sue
ceeded In having constructed at cost of
about $4,000 car No |. "Evangel" by rame.
which was afterward dedicated at .he meet
ing OF Baptists May %, 1921, IN Cl..cinn1ti
It was placed ir charge Ct the Publication
society, whose headquarters are In rhIa-
t"lphta not for the purpose of scli 'us
books as Mr.. Sucker always declares. but
to obey the commission of the Lord and
preach the gospel to all the world
Regarding the missionary society the
evangelist said to n reporter for Tho Post
shortly before leaving for the Norfh 1T
has publishing department to BE- sure
and the denomination long ago committed
all its Bible and publishing work 10 II.
but that department is also missionary. n
profits are made after selling its BHb'es.
books and periodicals at very low rate
and giving thousands of dollars worth
away mis- money is turaed into the Rihlc
ard missionary department, which supports
these chapel cars and had Ill all cighty-sx
missionaries employed 20 work on destitute
fields last year
The first ear was so successful" con-
tinued Mr.. Sucker, that in six months |
6loC miles were Travelled. sixty places Wis |
He'd, over d00 meetings held over 500 had |
professed conversion and twcntv-ihree
churches and sunday schools had been or
fair estimate of the work taking II the
year round Within two years the churches
and Sunday schools throughout the country
had built No. ?. II was named Emmanuel
and dedicated at Denver In 1898. MIR VIM
fiills Of New York CITY then gave the
money TO build No. 2, which his wife mined
Glad 1'idings." No. ( soon followed II
was bull, like No > by the people This car
named Good Will" was dedicated al Sara
toga June, 1891 and started at once for its
field Of labor, which was aud is v1ur own
great TEXAS Good WIN travelled 10000
miles over the various roads. including the
trip from Saratoga. and witnessed the
prcachng Of some SEQ sermons durilg the
first - oily" mnaths.
Railroads have been exceptionally kind;
not one cen, mas been paid them or trans
Foriaton. Railroad corporations are made
up OF mon and they have souls. I have
been one Of them Between 1855 ard 1891 |
was with the civil engineering department
Of tho Chicago and Northwestern. I be-
lieve in railroad men. because Jesus Christ !
in thenL I soldor fail to refer 10
the knd.y interest ~ the railroads, how
ever. duly because IT is lust and r.ght For
instance. the Missouri. Kansng aud ToNrs
recently expended sope 5000 IN painting
and otherwise nvprhluliug This car and
hey did not allow us 10 pay dollar for ,
IT, DO they not deserve this simple rocog-
1ition7 / am sure. however. thst 1t ia not
expected by them They simply insist that
me constant good being done among their
men more than reppys them. One official c
said he could not but wish all his men were v
Christians. He recognizes the value of (
Christianity IN TIE life ani work Of his q
employees And ne said that from business q
1oint OF view alone a church was better @
han bank in any Western community d
In regard to the society supporting this b
york. Rev. Sucker sad; 1T is three-score c
ears and twelve. and began with the idea
II being American hut has outgrown it's
iame. There arc distributing or branch
lousos' at New York. Boston, Chicago, ST. s
.ous. Atlanta and Dallas in this coun ~. n
,esidcs agencies In Toronto and LontN, Il
While Bibles and tracts arc sent through Vi
mt tho world by this society. in fact, II 9.
s the only Baptist Bible society in the o
,orld. nearly hundred men arc engaged
s. missionaries all the time. | think the
ditor of the Waco Baptist STANDARD is T.,
light when he declares, az he does, when ~
yer he has an opportunity. that he con-
iders this society tho greatest single en- r
NJ Of usefulness IN the world, Feraon.
lly. believe in IT with all my heart and n.
believe have studiously watched Us n
.orkinrs with no prejudice In n: favor
~ Nj f. Moody has the store and Rev. ". ..
. Luther. Formerly ~ Houston. Is hlple n
rcretary for the Southwest at Dallas Ga
Mr.. Sucker Will not give up the pulpit
or abandon direct personal interest IN r
no chapel car work. The car mas oeeh '"