The Washington herald., 1906-11-04
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tached TO his private train. and the mis-
sionaries were feasted as never before.
On this trip the ground was broken for q
church. and the railroad man offered TO
give $1o0 toward every church founded by
the car mission.
Sometimes the car Is summoned to the
railroad shops, that the employees may
have the benefit OF religious services. The
original idea Of the chapel car was to
visit churchless towns and to stop peri
odically with the people there until they
began 70 erect a church. So rnssy places
were found however. where a church
had been built, but services abandoned
and the church building allowed to fall
into decay, that it was decided to stop
ar such towns also.
IN the Southwest the cowboys watch
eagerly for the coming of the car. and
are delighted when they get the mission
ary and his wife 20 visit their ranches.
often thers Will be onIy-one cowboy in
a Mexican border ueighborhood who can
speak English. but he translates for the
rest, and all appear able TO sing Justify.
In the Northern woods the work is
chiefly IN lumber camps. and here the
trip is cold and cherries. for winter is
the time that these men must be reached.
Often the car is engaged weeks ahead
to visit the civil engineers and trial
crews who are building roads IN the will
doTness. Then the car IS attached 10 a
construction train, and services are held
morning and night
Quite as interesting are the services
in the mining districts OF the Middle
West, where the men come to the train
with miners lights in their caps. The
seats on such occasions are well filed
three on one side of the aisle and two On
the other. Each inch Of available space
is utilized.
Few persons realize. how much good
these cars do. unless they are privileged
10 take a trip on the frontier and TO
watch the work Of the missionary. In
addition to affoTding opportunity for
those who desire 10 attend church serv-
ice. they are often visited by men who
come TO scoff but remain to pray Many
d time rough. u1COuth men smoke
through a service and squirt tobacco
juice on the loo-. This means that the
missionary must scrub the car on his
hands and knees the rext morning. so
that It may be clean for the coming serv-
ice
The life Of a chapel-car missionary is
not an easy one by any means, for in the
long Northern winters the car is in
bleak places; they are obliged to saw
their own wood, split IL and stack it In
the car. and always be prepared for the
blizzard that is apt to sweep down the
unprotected railroad tracks in the little
settled portions Of Northern Wisconsin
and Michigan.
Camera Aids the Work.
Every worker is equipped with q cam
era. and takes snapshots Of the towns.
meetings. and localities where the ear is
stationed. He makes systematic reports
to the American Baptist Publication So
ciety. under whose auspices the cars are
sent out. \ car costs about $1,000 for
the bare building, and the maintenance.
of a few thousand dollars q year. falls
on the society.
In one instance, fifteen women built q
car. They selected for its name The
Messenger of Peace. and X circulates in
the Middle West The Herald OF Hope
was built by several young men.
Conductors. engineers brakemen, fire
men. news agents, all classes Of railroad