The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-04
Preacher Tells How He Gave His
Boy a Surprise.
'ALKS OF IMMIGRANT.
DIR. PuddefOOt Considers Him a
Blessing.
Interesting Session OF the State
Sunday School Convention.

DR.. w. G. Puddefoot, superintendent
OF home missions for lnolahd - I'm,
ent. Don't be too hard on tLg - ~
folks amusements, was InG dO hacked
gave the great audience when pa pa IN
the Auditorium "Wednesday hlsire ~
connection with the state SUNDAY
school convention. o,.,.ied .,
MY wife was dreadtully VIZ VII. ~ -,
said he, when she dlscoX S,il noe es
two or three times. 1 finally went 70
the how and asked him II ne Woulu
like to pIay a game of cards with me,
and he said yes. 1 asked MN Wi tae
game he would like TO PIaS eI1n,liv
of heo,s and skinned him at mis-
where in the world did you learn
how to play poker?' he askeu ~" III
amazement. ooh. learned 10 Play SiiT
game long before you were po[M. :
told. but stopped long ago, too; since
that time he hasn't had any desire TO
nlav cards. He enjoyed the fasclna-
ton of trying to play WlthouI 'ile
knowledge of his parents. ..,
DIR. Pnddefoot was speaking on THE
Jrnnisra nt-The Hopeful VS. the Dan
,ero,ls side He said we should not
Judge the immigrant and MS ways 'oo
harshly. e. - tho now,
,,,o,Id is +6e Immigrant he declared.
s'God has a purpose in bringing these
we have been praying God to let
us get out among the heathen- Ihey
have come to U.S.
Has Done Much for US.
THE immigrant has done as much Iof
us as We for him. We don want "
worry about the immigrant-he VIII take
care of himself if we take care OF our
selves.
1T will be well in discussing the i'm
migrant problem for us to reahze that
all that has been done on this CONT
nent, in arts, song and invention al
has been done by the immigrant ana
his decendents, also that from the
earliest settlements, the newcomer has
been looked upon with distrust.
Even Washington and Jefferson
wished that the Atlantic was sea OF
flames, forgetting that they We're once
strangers as were the Fathers. Now
there is no doubt that today We have
some real dangers owing largely to the
new types that are coming, but one
thing must be ever kept in mind, and
that is the almost magical effect the
new world has upon the newcomer.
Even the present generation feels the
changes and the children become
Americanized in a very short time.
1.-The very brain cells and nerve tissue
become changed. The nodded face,
the figure all become finer. The new
food, the house, the clothes, all work
with great rapidity, but the thing
which works the greatest wonder is the
sense of freedom. The education
through the eye and ear is constantly
producing new type. Many men and
women drop their old religion as they
do their European clothes. Thus the
Roman Catholic church claims to have
lost over fifteen millions of its MEM
bers.
Some things to remember first
what good the immigrant has brought
to us, beginning with Alexander Ham
ilton, then our great Treasurer Albert
Gallatin was a Swiss; Vim. Morris, WIN
gave so much money in time of need.
was an Englishman; Ericsson helped
with his Monitor. In fact, we have lit
tie to fear from the immigrant and very
much to gain. Today he does the heavy
work. In the past he built our rail-
ways and dug our canals. Today his
children and grandchildren are gov
ernOrS, senators and among our ablest
captains of industry.
Now it is a fact that in fifty years
we have trebled our population and
it is safe to say that in fifty years
from now we shall have 27O million
of English speaking people in the
United States and over q hundred
million more in the five nations The
learning of the English language by
the immigrant and his children is one
of the great causes of his deveIop-
ment."
In the afternoon DR.. Puddefoot
said:
If L can instill into the minds of
the Sunday school people here that
they must get out of the rut and coma
up on plane of more modern and
advanced thinking and application IF
the Bible in Sunday school teaching I