Ellsworth American., 1911-02-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAyoR.
Pr1yM Meeting Topic For the Week
Heqinnina Feb. 26, 1911.

Beginning Feb. Is. 1911.
IOc.-A missionary journey around the
w&SA-u Missions in the United States
tsth,.-asa- ". IL Edited by Rev. Sher-
- H Doyle, D. ID,
ne southern part of the United
S1hsus ID great missionary field The
s0skhesn people themselves have no
need ef the missionary. They are. per
haps, the most deyout and conserya-
sfte CArstian people in our land. The
ned ef the missions is net. therefore. 8
neea Of southerners. but tn the south
thgre are several classes of what we
CO IN the mission work the excep-
aBaal populations of the United States
q such classes three of the largest and
Mnst needy, so far as the gospel is con-
cesned, are to be found in the south
l1A-she negroes. the mountain whites
ara the Mexiczns in the United States.
DDch one Of these classes is very large
- nambers and is most morally and
spfEaiuAily degraded
\
Of people, then. Is a population of
S,O00Q0e as against 100000 in the
nsrth and these latter more widely
dbuihuted than are the multitudes
sf the south. Some states aud especial
Il some cities have a larger black pop
uhaisa than white. and these were a
sanding menace to this great section
of sur country. once so great and pow
sfl n all things. before the war
BANGED them into almost dire poverty.
Bst Dsoly they went to work after the
"0RVeShaggers" had been forced out
~ the south in q different way is
aeaih beceming richer and more pros
pGs8. Sons and even daughters of
ssafhe1n parentage. who in the days be-
fore the war would have considered it
q great indignity to have engaged in
houstYial business or in labor of any
I'D. with their sons and daughters.
~ present generation have dropped
- pest and gone to work. and some
a Il hArd work, to redeem the south
aaA to build up 4 new south. and.
asSfai success. Nor do they fear the
dEky. and perhaps If the north. even
= missionaries. had remained out of
~ sssth and the negro had not been
S1~ea . vote they themselves might
hse handled the ve1ed questions be-
fose them with far greater success
- has 80 far been accomplished
hey know the negro, how to keep him
i Ab place, where be must be kept.
wAea he outnumbers the white popuia-
~. for 4 superior race. no matter
Asw great the difference tn population,
v0 never be ruled by an inferior race
Brains always win in such a conflict
Bat being freed and given the right of
1anchise Immediately changed his
D0kisa- and In many thousands Of oc-
Osisns darky docility turned back al
nOst to African ssvagery. with disas-
6sas results both to white and black.
Bat these millions have souls which
nd to be saved. and our greatest de-
Ha0inatioa began missionary work
ansng them, consisting Of elementary
e4acatioo. teaching various kinds of
AA1stries. and especially the gospel,
which is stHl greatly needed regardless
of eur schools and churches.
Z The mountain whites. In the
sssther1 mountains in Virginia. West
Virginia. Kentucky and Tennessee
ansther peculiar population exists
1amberins 1000. 900 souls. These are
the people who were descendants of
- Scotch and Scotch Irish. who op-
pesed slavery and lost their all in the
Revolutionary war. were driven far
tAer and farther back into the noun
6ias until they were cut off from civ
nntion and were like a lost race
lii 4 recent date No people have
1arded the gospel more than they
1Asif neral degradation was almost
ceOpsete. but the mountains were
sp0ed up. and these descendants of
tn sturdiest of a religions ancestry
were found and their awful manner of
He disclosed Missionaries. day and
Sa6Aath school teachers have poured
u. and the miracle in American mis-
seens tcday Is the improvement of this
a7oN race"
2 The Mexicans In the western part
of the southern states Here there
Aye together Mexicans of the low
- caste. Indians and half breeds
. the thousands They are among
he most reckless and toughest of any
poop3e In the United States. Yet they
iced the gospel and are getting 1t. but
With NO great effects except ii be the
chhdren in the schools. the method
most often used.
BIBLE READINGS
1k vi. $40: Neh- ii. is: Ps. Ii. Is:
lrev. xiv. "a: Jer- xxx, I: Matt. xvii
NJ: xviii. 10. 20: Luke XIV, 1-lo:
AeD !. 1-14: Rom. tx, l-5. <. Ii. Is.
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