Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-21
THE IMMIGRANT
|SSERNON TOPIC
Rev, j. w. Epperly Discusses
Some Problems Arising
from Influx Here
from Outside
SERIOUSLY TREATED

/ LpitiiEs Ol thS FIRST haptiSt church,
spoke on The Immigrant" Music
was furnished by the Presbyterian
choir and Mrs. w. p. Sims gave sew
serai vocal solos
( Making our country Gods cOun-
( Try is a problem OF this age" de-
l claTed Mr. Epperly. other ages
/ and peoples may have had the same
problem but they failed TO ACCOMPLISH
/ the task; with G7.0O0.000 people out
( side evangelical churches, with an
| annual expense bill OF more than
1900 coo. 900 for criminal prosecution.
with $l,SOO,00O,OOG spent for drink in
twelve months, with $500. 900 900
spent annually for imported Injuries.
with large centers of population
| seething caldrons OF vice. ana With
a growing disregard for the sabbath
and sacred things We could not call
the job more than just begun.
We did not inherit this. as we
have some problems that are nation
al in their scope. For instance the
race problem. the problem OF corpo-
rate gIeeda nd centralized wealth,
aud other like issues This problem
is not thrust upon MS because we are
more devOut than were our fathers
Neither is il a problem arising from
a sensitized conscience Over-zealous
with a humanitarian spirit. But il
does come TO be our problem. because
We have been made 10 hear. in this
as no other age has heard, the call Of
our Lord TO eyangelize the world, be-
ginning at Jerusalem.
To make this country Gods coun-
try Is 70 make the people Gods peo-
pie. This problem includes and I'M
terests every American citizen. white,
black or brown. and every foreigner
that may have landed on our hOspitl-
bic shores. 1t means the blotting out
OF national preference and prejudices
and work fSr the salvation of the
people as Jesus wrought for the sal
walton Of the world Il is not al
ways an easy matter for American
to love American, for Jew To love
Jew. for Greek to love Greek Dut
here We are committed to the task OF
loving a heterogeneous mass of hu-
mainly Whether we are able to ac-
complish this great and worthy task
will depend on how we can adjust
ourselves to the loving and serving
Tor the Gospels sake, our neigh urs
from leyond the sea.
The immigrant has come 10 he a
great problem. he is a moral problem.
he is an economic problem. for he is
q social. moral and economic force in
cur American life. 10000 land on Cur
shores every week, two cities the size
of Bisbee. In one year three cities
the size of Los Angeles or two tue
size OF New York every five years. |
Were We 10 turn this mighty lide /
of humanity into a territory the size I!
OF the two states Of Kansas and Ne I
braska. in five years time there would !
be a population OF 81 10 every square /
mile of this vast area. but statistics !
show that the relative per cent OF .
foTeign-bOrn living within the L. s. /
at any one time has not changed f,
since 1860.
yThese people are from all parts d! /
the world. Like the Queen of Sheha, /
they have heard and come to see. !
They are all good AIissOurians fOr /
they have TO he shown. They are |
generally poor but industrious and I
ambitious to better self and pOsteriUy /
They bring Drawn and muscle-"e |
need it to develop the resources Of /
this great country. ReligiOusly they I
are catholic. Roman or Greek, with |
q small sprinkle Of professionals. DR.. /
Barns says that 1900 Of the $4,000 |
who land weekly know nothing |
about the Bible.
But what are the capabilities 0! |
these people, II is not so much what |
the immigrant is as what can he be-
come under new and better environ !
ments, socially. morally, and industrI- !
ally. These people have been an I
people generation after
What will he do when /
you remove the pressure? The steam
engine can be made 10 pop on at |
twenty pounds of steam but il could i
move no freight. The capabilities OF
the engine would remain the same,
and when you would give her lZO
pounds Of steam she would do you
service. When you remove the pres
sure from these people and let them
come into their own they viii mani
fest power and service. They have
made great advancements in this
country in the face OF the most un-
conditions. They have the
stun in them 10 make good cttizens.
Steiner in his book On the Trail Of
the immigrant quotes some college
as saying that 5000 OF
these sturdy-going industrious 'or-
eigners are worth more on an aver
age TO American industry than an
equal number of college graduates.
Steiner says the peril OF the in
migrant is a fantasy Of the imagin-
alton. There is a peril but the peril
is in the American. The foreigner
will make a good citizen II the Amer
lean will show him how. Every life
Is a force and the foreigner is no eX-
ceptlon. and any force is dangerous
not controlled. When the immigrant
is Americanized and Christianizcd
our task IS complete and the problem
solved"
Tonight at 1870 O'Clock Rev. +. u
Decker OF the Methodist church
win speak on Rural Regions and
the City"