The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-15
"ONLY AN IMMIGRANT"
BUT POTENT FOR GOOD
Declared Rev. j A. NorcrOss Of Boston,
Speaking at the Baptist Church
to Large Audience Last
Evening.

The auditorium of the First Baptist
church was we'll filled last evening, when
Rev j. A. Norcross of Boston, district
secretary Of the American Baptist Home
Missionary society, delivered his lecture
on Only an Immigrant" Mr. Norercss
is one OF the most interesting and en-.
thusiastlc speakers ever heard in this
city and carried bis audience with him
from the start His style is original
and his arguments are pointed with apt
Illustrations. many Of them from his per-
sona experiences
The speaker began by relating the de-
tails Of railroad wreck near Chicago,
in which so lives were lost one Of the
bodies being that Of an unidentified man,
whom the newspapers designated as only
an Immigrant He then drew a word
picture Of the father, AZ he was leaving
his rative land to earn living for his
wife and little ones and drew the com-
parison that while to the American peo-
pie who saw the item in the newspapers
he was only an immigrant, to his family
across the sea comes a memory Of one
who was kind and true.
Mr. Norcross said that 1t has been
said Of the foreigners by Americans that
they have mo mental conception Of what
is most desirable" Americans say that
the alien il simply looking after The
dollars. hut this II not true; the motto
OF the steerage Il. live and let live"
There have 26.000000 Of these aliens
come to our shores in the time that we
have kept census records. and these peo-
pie have ideas as noble and generous as
our own. When the hard times come.
the alien buckles bis belt together and
gets along more cheaply and pays his
bills. On the other hand, many Of the
native born Americans let out their helts
and live on credit
The aliens are not lazy and they do
have mental conceptions of the most
deirablen The speaker then cited the
instances OF the wonderful success Of
the Swedes as farmers in Maine and in
the middle West. and Of the success of
the Cinnamon in raising vegetables in
panama. when the Americans had given
II up.
III also spoke of Such noted aliens
as Paul Revere, Copley the architect,
General Phil Sheridan and Lieutenant
Ericsson the inventor Of the Monitor, all
OF whom did much for this country.
He said. .sI have looked for good things
in the aliens and I have found good
things in them" The speaker then com
pared the splendid mosaic works Of Ven
ice and Rome with the splendid mosaic
which God Ii making BY the lffermixture
81 creedS and races IN this country.
Mr.. N0rcross spoke of the excellent
work that = being done among the
foreigners in the line Of education by
the students Of the various colleges Of
New England. who are giving part Of
their time IN assisting these people to
gain educatinns Their social reception,
said the speaker Is bad Barriers are
erected, which the Almighty never IN
tended should BE- erected, and their spir
itual reception "A no better They are
given IN their missions whot Il cast Of
and cf no use IA the Ameriaans II
their churches This = not rigkt and
does not seem right 70 the ahen. who
comes from the land Of temples and
mosques
The speaker then complimented tbs
church on the italian Baptist church in
this city and said that ii was the best Of
its kind and f0r it's purpose ii New
England We must look upon TIE aliens
AZ men made III the image Of God and
meet them with an open hand and a
warm heart, and then the problem viii
solve itself
Special music was given during the
evening. The musical program consisted
Of two selections by a mixed quartet,
Of Misses pinbie Lewis and
Ethel Inalis and NJ. p. Kidder and VIII
liam Inglis. and duets b. Misses Grace
Wood and Henrietta Inglis.