Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-20

war and thirty seven IN New Moxico.
Thus making hiiy-ono years
li might be- asked which % 400 those
places made the creates. impression
upon nel anawor Army fife
Preaching IN the army was go diner
nni from anywhere else Army iifn
with iis long marches skrmlahlng.
battles constant dangers. haf taolf
losaons and were very auercsiiYc
The reflective mind found much 20
think OF and many Lessons were siu-
died and learned without hook such
f0r instance. n8 patience. confidence
in Che righteousness of our cause the
motives that lead ua out and ihr hope
0i victory the confidence we had in
aur lcas,Ors n8 President lincoln.
Generals Grant. sherman. sheridan
and Howard and o hQni ui others. aa
ven ag confidence IN our comrades.
Tor we would aH soon look lHr The
moon to FAN 90 The earth nH FOR n aIlQ-
Der 10 dessert hts cnmuido in the face
- battle 10 such confidence or faith
in ar these how easy 10 carry the
thought to faith and confidence On our
hpaveniy Father To pregch with
these thoughts in army liio and stand
INK na Il we're IN the midst Of ihe liF.
lng and tho dead with an the aforo-
mentioned thoughts before you how
easy y was 10 preach
Also work 10 New Mexico has been
very impressive. Goldsmith In bis
Animated Nature" speaks OF the mon
keys warming themselves by the fires
the travellers made. but the lazy
! things could never build their own
, fires. So when we came % New Mex.
leo W. found no spiritual fires burn
J inE and ee have been klndllng hroa
J On New Mexico over since, BY the helr
OF the lord Your speaker had trav.
oled thirty thousand milea Ina New
Mexico before the railroads came.
About shroe hundred and sixty thou
! sand b. rail- I found but few Riblca
: Of any kind 10 1870 the iliiieracy
stood at about 90 degrees; there we're
bat very few Americans ln the counirg
and the outlook was exceedingly dis
cnuraginr Tn my hr1t trip 81 four
hundred miles, four weeks travel
preached eleven times 60 aixiy-olghi
people. You may see ~ a glance how
dlscouraGing % wns az that time with
the Spanish language yet % be learn
do. our missionary Work IN New
Mexico has not gone forward with
raps and bounds as some say theirs
has. but hns moved gradually. In 1870
We had 30 members: In 1850 wc had
ave hundred moro or less, IN 1884
the work was divided Into English and
Spanish. and We gave on about two
hnndred American members 20 the
= English work. and several church
a buildings. and In 1890 we had about
\ lftoon hundred Spanish -spoakinf
! members; in 1900 We had about TWEEN
I tYtwo hundred and No our last confer
cncc Just clos,ug the statistics ahoH
/, that We have ihiriy-ono hundred. We
!, have thlrty-four church buildings
!. twenty nine paraonngoH valued no SIS.
y O00. SUNDAY school scholars 1882 ant
, On an this you VIA see we have had =,
i build our own ares end have had g
!, dig this an ont Of Romanlsm. ani
I when compared with ans other Tx
. mission ln the world. considering th'
limited missionary funds We have ha,
a we ore not ashamed Co compare i
u With any other mission.
4. Dear old Grand Army men i an
y glad Cd see you here tonight ] have
4 already spoken a little On army iii'
/, but Wish now to speak a fow world
M 60 you ahoW my eventiul trip tc Mln
"a uoapols 10 attend the National In
sr campment ST tho Grand Army Of th
m Republic DO WAS great privilege q
,e match with over sixteen thunaand q
i che 0d soldiers nei thalanding en-
" excessive heat @ waa q wonderful
.r. privilege io soc lrtuoau four and nv
y. Thousand civilians in Minneapolis, fll
An Ing the sidewalEa front yards. door
,d ana Windows. sometimes up 10 "a
,r tonth ana twelfth staries ri privat
'o and public buildings with wavin
I'M handkerchieis shouts and cheers oyo
H. the old soldier on hls march that dal
N, There were only three of us from Nel
u. Mexico. but az the speaker had "a
4, honor 90 carrying the New Mexic
M banner ho loit as proud as Rinl
- The most interesting OF a. noweYe
!. Nas the reunion of his Old regimen
the Twenty Wisconsin Volun
IA tctrs where nc met with about hft
M esd thc old soldiers of the Twenty-dftl
A Many OF them had their wlvt
~ ald daughters AMI sisters and rcln
~ tives ANA The reunion was simply won
IN deriu AZ that reunion the major {
IA be fwoltyhfih was there and "
IN made him chairman of the meeiin
~ in my address % the old comrades
M slil "Heee sits in that chair. The hl
IA iaf of our mobile Twenty fifth. J rod
MI Wlth him ln the army hundreds an
~ ! might say thousands az miles ap
n, ] avn glad % say today that he neyi
M. spoke ln me an unklnd word ! Woul
llko to aaythe same of Col Ruak n
Ia were yei living / wish ! could "a
HI the same of all mv brethren in %
~ ministry ! stand tonight on the SOY
nd cntyglpanih round OF long laddo
IA The steps of the ladder have been oI
Il. ward and upward and from ihiH tol
IA. most slon / shall soon step upWal
ar and iiks Lazarus the angels VIII con
lu and bear me away go ihe better HON
IA, Thcn WAS Sung by iho choir
.hf "My latest sun is sinking fast,
he My Journeys almost rum
Niy stfonnesl trials now are past.
nd My triumph s begun.
IN 81. come angel band.
la. Come nhd around mc atandl
ln. O bear me away on y1nr SNOW
ny Wings.
he fn nay immortal home
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