Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-17
MISSIONARY WORK.
"trip OF MNlonary Of Methodist Church
Among spanish N',S1rS.

try like the present uhr. lu
aiiillon 10 the ordinary preaching, ShIch
l- not onl, o, sundays, but lt,Qur II, eta
week iay- aud nights, ~ kngli-h AMI ~
spanish w. have oar quarterly confer.
ruce- ~ hold, often much planning, Wis
Ittng, writing And UAn-irtiug '"t our
o~u SPANISH pAprr etc Tut tnt me e.
turn aside from ali thu AL We. ualnui du-
ties aud write line by request ~ NY
new -paI~T iflrud~. aud ESPECIALLY NE"n
Siur Ut the IHNpIr afr ~ slow H. learn
HhAt ~ are dong, ~ The t,iI,",ug
questions might Indicate ~ hat l-Iuuf
IS,-Itlon What du you do why
iu Suu preach ~ spanish DO you g,t
any ot thr-r MrNlcau- converted"
Well, We'll, we'll -, Nrli. Nrll. vel.
a, II would tumble uut ~ h'd at
p.yirck ami stumble through the darn lu
the depot, AMI rir all over the ruuulI,
fut thu tuu Il II
lett nrlnr few lap hriurr | VA
ready being wired lu attend the funeral
the an. 81 little hu, III Rev senior
>ruufa NAlaLar, AT ~an MsrrIal, The ~
neral Ha- we'll attended. both l., rfotr-
iaht- aud la,mau tathuilc-. MrNlcau-
AID Nmrtiran- then vent on Ia b.
l'A1u AuI spent the ~un,lA, ~ ~" 18th
With my nephew Rev 1 VI llAtwusi'
preaching one" ~ spanish, tui at night
10 IA" Myrtle -trrrt M'thtil,t Episcopal
church iur Rev Mt HOLMAN Thence
~ L. ~nluinunNilh'. krlLpna. VIA Bowie.
md theme" up Ia" hlla fNrt -"mr eight
uIlr- /" los KanchrZ lie Lr- sanchez.
Hhrtr | preached the following thursday
It -" ~ aud At night The new church
nuililng Wa comfortably lillri with the
ltrm"f~ ui that vlacr mp~tl. on govern
Il'ut lands. The vt-luT'- report showed
that L." hal received thirty six prr-"n-
ut" the church since the last conference,
Ahlrh aided To- the Other membership,
makes u total Ut - mrmhrf- aud pro
mtlunrr- ali Mexican. uni SUNDAY
,rhu"l u eighty.
| found The preacher, his wife aud three
'hiiiru lNlug ~ n small tWm luS 1,
ilft n"t, hat the, -"rui"d happy. THIS
~" small tnnm hal the family, stove,
rrklng, eating sleeping, ~i.rrm aud
phriur, but the old -ating. rW'm tuf one
more WA- played out The preacher
-Hid he had the Aiul-- Tor tUu more
rooms but he had Il" money Ia hire urn
Ia hrlp HIM put them up and the hfrth.
rem were t"n busy 10 help him
preached that night un "Nut Ashamed "i
the ',usIal aud stated rmphatlchll, that
II WA not ashamed 81 the g,~,pl. but
" uld hr ashamed III the brethren II
th"S didn't help their preacher put ny
tlu-a aIohr~ aud make HIN ani hi- little
family mnr" comfortable Al which
fourteen ~ the brethren aru-e AMI
pledged twenty one days labor and more
II necessary, The pastor thought twenty
one days would he sufficient This means
nice, cory little parsonage Tor the
preacher
thrn went on AMI sp"nt the next
SUNDAY AT Bl-he- | waS the guest III
old New Mexico friends, Rev \. "
'ha~" aud wife; preached once In Eng
lI-h and once IN Spanish, This camp h
owned and managed by u wealthy east
arm company, II seemed very quiet aud
orderly. II II remarkable IN the fact
that. As some of them say. their latitude
AMI attitude and thu richness Of their
mines place them where they do not feel
the hea, nor the cold nor hard times The
company has erected n beautiful chapel
with the ground iloor fitted up Tor H.
hrsry, reading aud writing rooms. The
company als0 hire and pay their own
chaplain. think the lasl II objection
able. M II sAvOrs quite n little Of III,
union ~ state and church on q anal
scale. Hut the chapel. reading room,
and outside seats In the shade maze 4
comfortable place for the miner 10 spent
his leisure hours. and NJ comfortable We,
II that quite Il number preferred thoe,
easy seats 10 ascending the stairway I,
hear the sermon. When reminded Of II. 4
few responded. II don't believe much 10
such things" not knowing. perhaps, thai
that library, with It's hundreds. II not thou
sands NJ volumes, and reading rooms y,
tasteiully lifted up had their conception
IN the mind Of u noble Christian woman
the wife u one ~ the principal mana
gers. Mrs. Williams WA assisted b.,
other ladies. and their plAus were carriet
out very nicely
then went Oh 10 Tucson, where held
services AT night, preaching twice an,
holding communion services and quar-
terry conference and planning for Thu
erection VI n church building.
Thence went on 10 Arizola. whence 1
party OF twenty, with three double ant
twO single rigs. went out some eighteen
miles ~ visit the old Indian ruins o.
Ia-a ,rande.
The first thing of interest on the wa,
was the sight Of ella monster. eighteen
inches IN length.
The ancient ruins known ~ Cas,
,irande are pre- historic and full Of inter
rSt, and are said Ia have been visited Il,
early ~ 1913 by Cabrza de- Iaca. aud b,
Coronado in 1910. Hut cannot taxi
time 10 write up n description VI thes,
interesting RUNS,
Thence 10 Tempe, where | spent N,
sabbath, preaching twice IN English
once for the Methodist Episcopal churcl
aud once for our own Methodist people
Then came on 10 Phoenix, where | AL
now finishing this letter
The Salt river valley II tine country
and Phoenix Ii beautiful place, puttinl
on city airs almost equal 10 Albuquerque
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