Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-26
RELIGIOUS WORK
AMONG FOREIGNERS
Considered In Connection With
Christian Endeavor Topic
for tho Week.

Communicated.
Christian Endeavor topic. Christian
Progress Among tho Immigrants.
Isaiah 43:1-7.
Tho immigrants who come to our
land are Gods people. God died for
them as well AZ all mankind. Can
we as Christians despise them, shun
them and consider them as religious
cast-offs? America is the land OF
promise to the Respondent and de-
pressed peoples OF other nations. one
has but. TO watch group OF foreign
horn singing America to receive an
inspiration OF his duty to get out and
work to help make his city and coun-
try what the foreigner thinks II Is.
| We have In our land representatives
from all parts OF the civilized world.
| These immigrants need teachers tu
teach them English and they know
| this need But they also need frlends
This js the church's sphere and oppor-
| tunity: she can welcome them
| Through helping those in our midst
we will bo helping numbers OF others
Every foreigner converted IN America
becomes directly or Indirectly a mis-
sionary agent abroad, spreading q
knowledge OF the truth among his
kindred and tribe. II has been truly
said that Through Immigration tho
United States has become-the greatest
foreign mission field on Tho Globe :
What do we Christians of Whining
ton know about the forelgn-born Of
our city? We know that we have in
our midst large numbers of foreign.
born. especially OF Italians and Slavs
But most of us know very little OF
what is being done for the lntellec.
tual and spiritual welfare of thes.
newcomers. In brief form the write,
Will endeavor to depict some OF tn,
work being carried on among thes,
peoples.
Through stsfte appropriations class
es for the foreign-born are conducted
at night In various sections Of on,
cities. In these classes instruction &
given In English. History, Civics ant
other subjects TO help Americanlz,
these people. This work Is limited onl,
by the size OF the appropriation avail
able and by the lack Of the teachers
Progress along social as welt as in
tellectual lines liz being made undet
the direction of the Americanizatlor
Committee OF the New Century Club
Glasses for the mothers, parties for tn,
younger folks, cooking classes and tn,
work In home teaching have been o
inestimable value in showing thes
people that the folks OF Wilmingto,
take an interest In them and i'm tn
instruction given. Too much cred'
! | ~ "A f.%Df lr, \fro
; and the members OF her comrnItte
for the work that they are carrying
on. Many times groups of thes
foreign classes have been entertaine
In tho homes of members Of this com
mittee. Such expressions go a lon
way toward breaking down any barr
iers of distinction that the foreigner
among us may have believed to eris
Many of the classes conducted by thi
committee have been held IN the.room
of tho italian Presbyterian Church an
in cooperation with this church.
This Presbyterian Church, to
gethcr with. small Methods
mission. constitute tho only or
ganized church work among IN
: large Italian class. on the part ,
{. Church Is the contribution OF the Bar
tists IN our city mission field. In larg
. measure these missions are merely e,
isting. They have need OF funds an
still more OF efficient volunteer worl
ers to carry on the work in It's man
Fest phases TO make It in some sma
/. way the success that II should be.
. our city is TO be Christian city thei
/, is much work TO Sa done.