The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-16

those people in the Northwest who are
able to smoke a half dozen bit CT
gars a day. while he had to do with
out any, and who could ride in their
standard Pullman cars, while he had to
plenty able to take care of them
selves. AS he sits down. half dozen
men cry Amen" while a score more
are seen to nod their heads vociferously
in sanction of what the brother" has
just said. 1t is then up to the pastor
to show wherein there are moral and
spiritual needs in the midst of all this
great affluence; that the majority OF
the early settlers were adventures
who came West for the sole purpose of
making money and without any
thought to either their own moral and
spiritual welfare or that of their neigh
bors; that many Of them had been
converted at later dates and united
with the different churches but, not
having had the special training in Civ
ing that those who had remained at
home and been regular attendants upon
the services the family church had
enjoyed, they did not view this mat
ter from the right point of view and
hence. We're niggardly in giving their
tho of no work in
destitute communities; that there We're,
however, few in every congregation
that were exceedingly liberal in the
use of their money and that this few
gave more prOpOrtiOnately, than their
brethren in the East. After all this
loss of the time that should have been
spent in preaching the sermon and all
of this nerve force that might have
been utilized. the minister sees the
brethren" go down into their pocket
books with some degree of hesitancy
and extract therefrom the requisite
amount for the work in the West. But
each year makes this task more and
more difficult. "You see," said Mr..
McAfee, facetiously, 1.-The trouble is
these fellows think in Jumps"
Serious Problem.
But. adroitly put as was this prob
lem. it is nevertheless a very serious
of all denominations will have to face
squarely and for which each must find
a solution. While there is not going to
be any tendency upon the part or tine
different home mission boards to cut
off the supply of funds necessary to
the maintenance of the work in this
great territory suddenly and thereby
embarrass the workers and, possibly,
undo all the work that they have done
moral and religious welfare of it's peo-
pie, there is being put forth a stead
fast effort upon the part of all of them
to encourage the churches which have
been maintained either as a whole or
in part to become independent and
self-suppOrting congrega tiuns
And there are those of us who be-
lieve that this will not be calamity
for many of these congregations Con-
gregations of people are good deal
like individuals; when they become
accustomed to receiving their food and
clothing from an unseen hand there is
tendency to be willing to allow this
same hand to furnish all that it will
as long as it will On the other hands.
there are, many congregations as there
are many people that will not accept
help from an outside source unless
compelled to do so in order to main
tain their existence and who will insist
on being allowed to run independently
as soon as they have passed the emer-
gency.
There ae many of those con-
gregations known to the writer and
they are to be congratulated for the
pluck and spirit of self-sacrifice when
makes them pursue such a course while
others who are better able to support
themselves than they are still drawing
from the paps of the boards a large
portion of their financial subsistence
We do not believe the average man OF