The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-11
NATIONS DANGER
TOO GREAT WEALTH
Sec. j. E. McAfee of Presby-
terlan Board of Home Mis-
sions, Discusses Problem.
OTHER DlVINES HEARD
Home Mission Council Sends
Officials Here 10 Study Re
ligious Conditions.

The visiting members of tnc nome nus
sion council held a joint meeting In TN"
basement Of the new lmmanuel bap'isc
church of this city last evening Inc
Rev L. :. Bowciman, after the opening
services which consisted OF two songs by
tho choir and a prayer by the heN'
William NJ. Paden of tho First frcspE'e-
rlap church. introduced pr J.. G. barnes
of the American Baptist Missionary boaro
Of New York. and turned tho mectlhg
over 10 BIN aud his associates.
The Rev pr Barnes after expressing
tho appreciation OF tho board at inc re-
ccption they we're receiving here. cN
planned the purposes OF the meeting on
account Of The reports that reacned 'I'e
home office he said that 1t had been de-
cidcd To send out a group OF men To
investigate the conditions iii The west
"At FIRST" he said, ''it was thought That
there would be but three Of US IN TINS
trip, but we have had flvc end sometin-"
six in our party. We want TO Get Wy
facts REGARDING the religious si'nanon a.p
intend to visit all OF the western states
that VIC have not already been IN
Work Non-Secterian.
..1,barn is nothing scctarian about our
work and the fscts VIII be published
after we have made the investigation ana
-lthered them together. The meeting To-
night however. + of q different order.
We have been mea ting with the different
church boards and wlll meet with them
some more before we leave. Al INC meet
ing tonight we want TO put before YOU
some al the phases Of our work IN .iheI
,oIacos" He then introduced ms ieilo"
missionaries and each Of thcsc talked on
different phase Of the home in'ss'o"
work. -,
regatiouaI Home Missionary society
was the first of the missionaries 10 DC
called on. lie chose rs his phase OF tne
subject. .'1mmicI1 tion. Beginning WIN
the Immigration Of the Jews 10 Egypt. he
told OF tine different tides of immigration
down through the history of the World
There is an alien admitted In thiS coIn %
try every thirty seconds. he said. ms
Is the biggest bulk movement in the his
tory OF the world" The speaker told OF
the numbers coming in from the dhtcr-
cnt countries saving that there are more
Italians in New York City than in any
other CITY. excepting Rome and Naples.
''Thcrc arc more Jews IN New YORK clly
than there ever has been in any othcr
city," he said. There are more Ger
mans than in any other city excepting
Berlin and Hamburg.
Polyglot Population.
There arc places In New York where
a paper in tho English language cannot
bc bought although they Will be sold on
the streets In Arabic, YiJdish and Ital
ian. There Is a daily Arabic paper IN
our metropolis, five daily Jewish papers
and is many Ia the Italian language. The
rev. Mr. Breed showed The need of tho
gospel there and In other places saying
that these people have come 10 our doors
and are waiting Ia hear the good word.
T. f. McAfce. PHI. D., secretary Of the
board OF home missions of the Presbytcr,
ian church. was the second speaker. and
hc talked about the laboratory that God
has placed here for this generation 10
work in. ''1'he first of these Things,
he said, that We must learn to do IS TO
be good and prosperous q; the same time.
Although we almost tho Youngest OF
the nations wc.arc almost twice as rich
rs any of the others. Spain became sud-
possessions in America and IL proved her
downfall but the American people VIII
not 90 the way of Spain.
Riches Our Calamity.
Nor will America go the way Of
Rome. who dates her ia)l from the be-
ginning OF her luxury. We must solve
This question for we are doomed TO be a
rich people. The great wealth now is
ouly the beginning Tor the wealth now
is almost all being invested IN expensive
tools Tor acquiring more wealth. Our BUS
iness Is not TO dam money but 10 keep
money from dsmiDc the American people.
Another thing that we must do is 10
atone for tho ancient crime OF Babel.
We must weld the. dlilerent people 10
Cether and make Americans out of them.
This is being done to remarkable DC
gree. in some instances II has been
shown that in genera iioG the craniuns
OF the foreigners children have been
Inoldel into shapcly American heads. The
religious amalgamatlou must also take
place. No corrupt system OF religion can
exist permanently. We arc doomed 10
he a missionary people whether VIC win
or not. just as Wc are doomed 10 be q
rich people"
Tide Toward Cities.
L. McC,ash, LID, secretary of The
American Christian Missionary society.
took Cities. for his phase of the sub
ward the cities. explaining TINT this is
no, only In this country. hut In tho cities
of Europe. ASIA and Africa AS well. The
great struggle there" he said. ''is be-
tween righteousness and wickedne%s. He
spoke OF the cities units. ''1he scat
. tered commDnities get along In friend J.
y way, he said, but as soon as there
Is community enough there arc guilds
formed aud rivals spring up. Foods are
stored in warehouses until cNorhtants
can be secured for ~. Stock exchanges
arc established people are crowded into
tenement houses. dens Of iniquity are
opened up and burglars arc trained 10
send 10 the west to be dealt with by the
people there. The gospel and only the
simple gospel Christ taught II viii
bring about the amalgamatlon and re-
deem the race from the Grim" Of Babel
Mrs. V. z. Cutler. choristcr and sooist
Tor the Emmanuel Baptist church. with
tho assistance Of the choir, sang What
Shall the Harvest Be-" and then Or.
Ward Platt, secretary Of the Home Nils
sion society OF The Methodist Episcopal
church. made the closing address.
Growth Of Movement
Tho missionary education movement
received tho most of his attention foI
the eighteen minutes That lac spoisc Hc
hclitile0 the Idea az difficulty III raising
money for the work TO do and told how
casy this could be done. He told OF the
sure movement Of the United states to
gain supremacy over the Pacific and
showed the advantage Of having tho
great northwestern part Of this countr,
a religious storchousc from which L,
send out missionaries 10 the eastern
countries along with the wheat that &c
gent from Washington, oregon. Idaho anL
tic Dakotas
The diffcr rent missionaries were divIdct
among the different churches at thc
morning services as follows: The Rev
SIR. Breed occupied tho pulpit at ,h.
Phillips Congreg gationsl church. preach.
ing OH the law Of life, the Rev. Or. Nc.
Cash vas. at the Central Christian
church. where he preached on iie unit,
n responsibility: the Rev. Dr. Barnes
preached at the Emmanuel Baptis
church: the Rev.. DT. Plat preached a
tho First Methodist Episcopal church
and tho Rev. {. =. Woody OF The Ba
tist board OF homo miss&ns VINO is slst
with the party. occupied Inc pulpit al tht