Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-07
New Mexico Mining


BABY 100 the arms OF q t'u'oi. GA
Guild
Oh there need OF missionary mining
100 ilt glorious mountains Of The south.
w,.tH 10 there need of missionary
mining among thp employers ana rn.
ployea Of the gigantic mills alons The
Atlantic coast
Us there need OF MISSIONARY m.nins
To- Chicago Foi',.uine Nlncfcnt Ian.
Fuagcs and iouynino foreign homes
we're recorded boz the annals OF Just
one settlement home ~ one season
But w. viii come nearer home ln
the west and southwest. what do We
find shifting drifting restless
masses of humanity Who. having read
the modern Arabian Nights fairy
tales published 70, thc many promoters
of various lands and schemes have
been irrislsiibly drawn to come and
see for themselves How are they
met with opcu arms a. hospitality,
with tho cordial hand grasp. with the
love Thai expresses In look word and
act the gospel OF the Master Miner
These homesict lonely dcsolntr and
many times destitute ones find them.
selves face "a face with the sfuur
SPHINX of the new world Ithr Sphinx
Of Indifference ana intolerance
What about the Orieutals la the
west thc Chinese aud Japanese what
fbout The negro What about the
red man What about the apathetic
face u' our own Mexican brother and
sister does Il not haunt you some.
times
o. there need Of missionary mining
In this great west and southwest
OF Nhat avail IL this projecting tonr
through our own civilized land Shall
~ develop the mines. or shall We
'hrur our shoulders. sweep aside all
Arguments. close our ewes stop our
ears and like the phnrisees Of old
thank God. We are not ns Others"
After all. Is Il worth Nhlle 20 trouble
| ourselves about present conditions
~ long rs We keep our own lives
clean ~ long as We earn our own
bread and butter support our own
hoves churches. benevolent societies.
etc, should We be- troubled our in.
1ucnco is surely good and n every.
body would only do likewise these
conditions would not oNist So. In
our sclfrirhieousness We settle back
among upholstered cushions. sing
\ psalms, repeat forms Of PRAYER ana
/ harden our hearts agains, those who
DO not follow IN our footsteps
/ Have YOU over experienced the joy
and satisfaction Of real missionary
mining Have you ever taken the
diamond arm OF truth and through In.
sisicni ana persistent tapping entered
/ NffH i.
nave You with careful. cautious hand
oi love placed therein the dynamite OF
the gospel of the Master Miner Aud
a. the Holy Spirit drew near with
lighted torch have YOU not been
amazed TO see old habits, traditions,
Ice ana sin blasted ont Of life
Have you not maryclcd at the reveal.
lion' For underneath all the debris
OF years hidden to all. hut the Master
/ Miner, thcrc Law the rich vein Of pure
gold Gold 10 he mined by the Mas
| ter gold, that when refined, coined
and stamped with Ills own superscrip
| ton, clrculates the gospel message
I carries the gospel love and he gospel
light into The darkest mines OF the
earth
Letters rom earnest workers In for.
eign fields give glowing accounts OF
the Joy with which they are received.
! The experience OF these missionaries
prove that the old.timr power OF the
Master Miner has not wancd. Il proves
that today lin this matcriplistic age
Ills word Is the one potent and virilc
force necdtul 10 form. transform and
reform nations, races and individuals
| alike Why Is not the work OF the
home missionary as effective
| One reason b.. that the home work
O. takes q surface survey and then
/ moves on 10 a more attractive rrgion
/ he DOES not drill deeply enough is too
I impatient for immediate results tries
/ to do things In his own strength and
cgotism. ana white intent upon tho
dgill forgets the source OF mower The
truth is. too often there Is dctach
men, between his own soul and Tho
/ vital truth and power The hom, mis-
/ siOnRry miner gives up too easily: hc
I Ia, rs "stick.to.it.iyencss lie rs not
! willing 10 search. Ia drill necessarily
/ and increasingly until he discovers
ore And n the ore happen TO be-
Iron instead Of the coveted gold
l he turns away disheartcned forgetting
Z that the Master Miner finds use foi
! The vessels a. baser metal forgetting
that the cleansing OF the lcpor and
The resurrection Of MARI Nasdalena's
soul was ms important TO the Master
Miner ~ the redemption Of the learn
ed scribe and The rich ruler
Did u ever occur 10 Won. 80 pu' your
self IN the place OF the stranger the
Invalid. the hOmc.sceker9 Were YOU
ever stranger somewhere or any
where We're Won ever lonely Were
YOU ever III when away from home and
friends with funds rapidly sccpinl
away? We're you ever confined n
one small room. where Won SLEPT nnt
often ate--and we're YOU ever com
PEELED 20 call just thar one tiny room
homc9 We're you over without meant
and looked upon with suspicion be
cause YOU asked FOR work? Have yol
ever known what q was 10 be- oaicch
lied. analysed and literally dlssecte'
by stranger Just brcause YOU askc'
20 De- directed 10 q cheap ruomn'
house Have YOU ever known how q
felt 20 be- put upon the SCALES of YOU
Christian Nelghbors Judgment eie'
askance. weighed carefully 10 mo bal
ance OF curiosity and the light O
Christian charity -then waved asid'