The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-02
vas estabrsed in 1886, Mrs. Hargrove

was estabEsed in 1886, Mrs. Hargrove
| told of the methods of distributing aid.
| The sneaker is comedy woman, her
| hair tinged iron gray, of grace and re-
pose. with quiet musical voice and point
ed practical habit of thought. She re-
ce;ved undivided attention, rs she told
OF the worthiness of the cause espous-
ed hy her.
Mrs. Hargrove told of an incident in
Western conference where the parson-
age was very unhealthy, the result being
that a son was soon taken from the pas
tor and his good wife. The speaker
knew Of the poverty in that parsonage
and of the long journey the heart-strick-
en- family was about to take to another
home, and that the undertaking was too
great. The crisis was met by the socie-
ty. Needy students as well as preach
ers' wives came within the scope of the
work.
The Home Mission work is divided in
to different departments and taking the
parsonage department, Mrs. Hargroye
told pathetic story of little parsona ge
she saw once where the ceiling could
be touched almost. The picture of that
family coming to church with trousers
too long and sleeves too short.
er--:t was a touching incident fol-
lowed by amusement, as Mrs. Hargrove
said, turning toward her husband, that
she didn't know whether she ought TO
tell this story of the northwest as the
Bishop might want to send some Of the
brethren there. Then Mrs. Hargrove
gave an instance of a parsonage that
was a dug-out, and then narrated Incl.
dents of salaries to Methodist preachers.
one of them having received for the year
one quarter of beef, one bushel OF APP
pies and a half dollar. The smile that
followed was on the surface only, as all
felt the heroism at the bottom of such
an experience. Another preacher re-
ceived twelve pairs of socks. 1t was
to meet such cases as these that the So
ciety existed.
Then there was an Educational de
partment, and she told Of the upbuilding
OF the schools for the Cubans Mt Tampa
Florida. A converted Cuban had charge
OF the boys school there. AS soon as
they were converted they wanted to tell
the glad news.
In north Georgia. the Society is found
ing a school for the mountain girls.
Another department is the Chinese
md Japanese work, chiefly on the Paci-
fc coast. About 100000 or 100000
Chinese are in California. The China
pep have hnrrowed down into the
ground 70 live cheaply. There are
twenty High Binder Societies there,
I the members of which are sworn to kill
any one they are told to kill. There are
SO opium dens. and many loss houses.
Tie Chnamanpwas the most easily
. reached, of all the heathen,f and was a
mower in carrying the message to his
fellow countrymen. There was a Japan
csc school in Oakland. The Methodist
church had eleven japanese churches on
the coast. - rt EY .f5
Perhaps the most important branch
was the city mission work that has to
10 with the bleak want Of street-people.
fru.t-venders and others in the great
cities. Women and children there are
who are not reached by anybody except
the city missionary The address of
Mrs. Hargrove continued to grow more
and more interesting, and as intently
as all listened there was not
one who seemed more pleased than
Bishop Hargrove, who sat on the front
bench, his face suffused with gentle
gleam Of sympathy with every word
and pride in the clear and charming
telling of them.
There were the Departments Of Syste-
matte Giving and Night Boxes, which
about covered the field, and now Mrs.
Hargrove spoke of the needs. In doing
so, she illustrated her remarks with u
large map of the United States, on
which was outlined in different colors,
all foreign countries showing France to
be equal to Pennsylvania, New York
and the New England States combined.
ETC., etc. The colossal size and product
of the United States were further thus
accentuated. Surely the Master gave all
this territory and greatness for some
purpose. Eighteen countries equal to the
area of the United States, supported $50
millions of people This was followed by
other interesting statistics illustrating
the same truth of the need of and field
for the missionary work in hand. The
practical application was made in the
necessity of christianity among the men
who were to cast the votes that deter
mined the character of the country s
government.
t The six southern states in which the
negroes were most numerous were the
strongholds of Professionalism, because
the foreigners were thus kept out. New
England, infused with foreigners, so
many of whom were Catholics or nom
church members, had been called more
Pagan than Puritan. How many of
the workingmen were Protestants? But
the working men had always received
the name of Christ with reverent re-
spect. Professionalism had not a suffi-
| Gent hold on the Workman. Were
there not signs of disintegration in
this country? She was not pessimist,
but, pauperism is on the increase in
this country, and drunkenness, and
anarchy, and something should be done
to give the gospel to the poor. When
the poor do not receive the gospel, the
prosperity of that nation is in danger
Mrs. Hargrove had spoken about an
hour to the qualification Of all, and
closed with an eloquent exhortation tc
the women of the church to come to the
help Of the great work.
i Before adjournment the pastor, DR.
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