El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-15
E PAsO CHURCHES ASKED To BEGIN
SPECIAL CAMPAIGN AMONG FOREIGNERS
Request Is Sent by General Church Authorities Special
Week to Be Devoted to Foreign Born Here; El Paso
Presbytery to Meet at Alpine Friday; Ell
Paso Pastor to Be Moderator
Ii PROTESTANT churches

4 Ii PROTESTANT churches of FL
n Paso and in this entire part of
n Texas, have just been asked by
their respective general authorities TO
begin at once a campaign of education
among their people. and among the
people OF this CITY. regarding condi-
tions of immigrants settling here. This
campaign of education is 10 lead up TO
a general week, November 10th to 23d.
during which churches OF this city are
asked TO give particular attention to
peoples living here, and living in this
part of the state, who were born in
foreign countries. Not a single Pro-
testant church hereabouts but has re-
ceived requests and suggestions, or
that will not do so within the next few
days.
The authorities making the requests
to ministers of churches here are
recognized national ones, including the
women who are organized for world
work. and they cover missions, Sunday
schools, publication, and all of the lines
of effort to which the churches of this
city are committed 1t is a case of
church unity IN very practical form
The things that churches, their minis
ters and lay workers cooperating, are
asked to do are seven in number, and
/ To study population conditions in
their respective communities. and in
are represented, what are their num-
bers, what schools they send their chill
dren to, what churches they themselves
attend, what are their means Of live
interest in public matters, what are
conditions of houses or tenements they
the life of this city, and If they are
not, how they can be helped to do so.
?. To see if each church cannot, in
some way, do one or more definite
things for a few of these foreign born.
possibly foreign speaking families. If
nothing more can be accomplished II
is declared that a given congregation
can become personally acquainted with
a few families.
8 That every preacher in this city,
in this part of this state, preach SER
mons or give addresses on the subject
of the foreigners among US, and to do
so preferably on Sundays, November
4 That men and women, organized
into societies in the churches, hold
public meetings on Sunday afternoons
or on week nights, and plan addresses
Far Lands" The aim - to inform the
public about conditions of foreign
speaking peoples resident here.
>. That young people, organized Tor
work in so many Protestant churches,
take up the study of these foreigners
and when members have got lnIor-
nation to give it to other members.
Italians, Poles. and all of the foreign
peoples resident here, ana they are
6. That immigrant stories be told to
children in Sunday schools OF the city;
and that printed stories be furnished
children that they may become in
formed, and therefore less preJuulceu
it may be.
churches, either through their organl-
cations or otherwise, take up system
attic study of immigrant questions Inc
suggestion is made that these stuules
start in each church not later tnan the
first week in October, so as 70 cui-
inmate in the week that contains
day. AS part OF the stud
les, men in the churches OF TINS. CITY
are urged to go and get acquaInted
with some immigrant famllleS- snow
them some interest and attention. anu
then report to others of their cOngre-
cations. -.
Various minor suggestions are made
in addition to the foregoing one IS
that THANKSGIVING union services TINS
wear i'm this city take this subject of
the foreigners as topic VI course
child conditions. all of these are IN
line with the work OF llVS cu .a. cIiS =,
and thew are of immense advantage 70 !
the foreigners who nave come 10 1NiS
CITY TO become Americans. -
Presbyfery TO Meet Friday at Alpine.
The Ell PasO Presbytsry OF the res
byterian church viii convene at Alpihe' I
Texas. Friday for a three days session /
The Presbytery will close win the
program Sunday Rev W. c. Baber' OF (
the Altura Park presbyterian emu Oii'
Rev. c [. Overstreet and elder w; r /
Blair will represent +lIe First PresDy- /
terrain church of Ell Paso. Rev AennSIh
Brown of the East Ell Paso PresDy7
terrain church, and Rev. T. B. BAKER VIII
also attend from Ell Paso- -
The Moderator's sermon viii oe