The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-21

pumpe tne me blood into =
organtsm.
The tssms MISSION Tssl1
The most gigantic feature Is
immigrant. From every contiM&nt
Island mnAsS hsaven, foseigneen
trooping In, crushing each Oth1r
the rest Of ~ In their Gauef &l@
pcde. 1,4SS,34e Of thAm cOInA r. q
years time: more than 1o0.0oo GN
month. $4,000 Of this number $3.50
70 the South each year. FpOn
different countries they come. seD91
senting IS different races
Our Job Of giving these ifnmt1f14
the gospel, cannot be far1ned ont, U
carried on by proxy. Then, too, tn1z
are coming to our shores for pt1t9
poses other than those Of got11
wealth. Many OF them are here
set up a heather propaganda Of tt3t
gfon. There Is now a dourishl1s#
Vedanta society. which claims m1oE9
than five thousand women synir3
thizers In New York alone, and WINCH
owns a large estate in Connecticut*A
Seattle has its Buddhist temple: and
Chicago and Lowell. Mass, have th0iSx
Xoroastrian temples.
The most thrilling feature Of TIM
peFpfexing enterprise Is the inxueSS
diacy Of the task. The paganixsn9a q
influence Of the heather among uAta
can be overcome only by our imme@
diate and successful efforts In Chris
thanking them. There Is no meth01S
Of going about the business excGpt
that simply OF going about Il. IM8
our homes churches and cities WaS
are to begin til. personal appeal. the
hand to hand battle which alone cAats
assure success. Here are Hans Aubesls
biauben and Ikey Snigglefritz sau1t~S
tering along our streets, staring "a
the signs Many Of them are g0fhGs
to be American citizens. The S0fgs
sides of their souls are out, ready
to be stamped. Shall 1t be with this
image of Caesar and commercialisTas
or Christ and Righteousness?
Enough foreigners return to their
native land each year to eyangeltss
the earth in generation II they
were wisely distributed. They think
| Of our vices as the fruit of Our res
HgieH, Just as-we- have been aeesss-
! toned to think of the vices Of the
Orient as the fruit of their religions. 4
| The world is Judging US by what
| 1t sees and hears and feels Of an
! applied gospel. And 1t will be our
| applied gospel in the home land that
will carry at last the convincing mis-
| slonary message to the ends of thss
| earth.
Material Prosperity.
Another alarming feature OF our
| task Is material prosperity. Our
wealth represents larger values thah
! found among any other peoples on
| TIE globe. And no section Of the
| land has prospered more rapidly, or
is to-day more inviting to the ener~
| xrtic business man than the South.
Let It be noted that her fabulous
! - 49, 0rpt -
| eration. She was great enough 70
stand the devastation Of four years
| of fearful war. and the no less In
human years of reconstruction. We
had a religion virile enough for the
| days Of our poverty and adversely.
But have we religion viriie enough
to hold us in the days OF our pros
perity?
In the last analysis naterialism ~
not the Southern peril. but rather w
are burning up with feverish pas
sion for = gospel splendid enough ~
/ form, and spiritual enough In power
| to redeem a prosperous people, and
sanctify them, property and al. Our
are and our home missionary enter
prise demand gospel which shall
| be able to achieve that sort OK q
| thing.
/ what the Home Boa q Is Doing. !.
1t Is great task Vel and ana
Gea nave ass" - :. ara nai a. our
wortny =. Us -" sa,x - ~ fars
home De .aa observation-disclosures uf ia
~" !, 10. aho,,, * workers among
the foreieners' 90 Iheun." IN -, :
schools; IL, ~s .sassel s.,a @a Who
dents; 40 as shn,,s o1o enn-
nus. az masro missionary eyange-
| veIs' .;.ssanar.as Who sunnly 81
ns.s, =. so saiss;an stations III
Cuba; missionaIiss a.. ...,@s T. IL
helpers aoins sa osnscn h",Iaina a..
canal aons' ws,cn n" aided In building
p par ~ is., vsar ana % mis-
sss cnorcnes ,as W. Ind,an. IN okl..
sionar'es sp bora a,sn cn-operates ii,
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number OF states IN aa.nr. ~
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