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THE NEEDS OF THE HOME MISSION
FIELD IN NEW ORLEANS
PRESBYTERY.
In making our appeal for help in the
support ot Home Missions in our Presbytery,
the committee first lay before
you certain salient facts concerning that
wnrlf
1. Consider the vast extent of the
territory involved. Our field comprises
the whole of extreme Southern Louisiana,
and stretches from the Texas border
to the Mississippi-line. In the main
it lies along the several railroads running
into our city.
(a) On the Southern Pacific Railroad
we have churches at Houma and Tliibodaux,
cared for by Rev. J. N. Blackburn;
at Morgan City, Centerville and Berwick,
with Rev. C. A. Hyland as minister; at
New Iberia, Abbeville, Gueydan, Wright
and several other points, under our
French evangelist, Rev. M. R. Paradis.
(b) On the Texas and Pacific are the
Gretna and Westwego churches.
(c) On the Illinois Central are
churches at Poutcliatoula, Areola, Amite,
and preaching stations at Kenner, Hammond,
Kentwood and Montpeller. At
present there is no resident minister in
this great and needy field.
(d) On the Great Northern we have a
station at Mandeville, supplied every
fifth Sabbath by Rev. J. M. Williams,
whose other fields at Covington, Slidell
and Madisonville have recently become
self-supporting. At Bogalusa there Is a
church, with Rev. Edmond La Vergne
as pastor. This work has developed rapidly,
and has become almost immediately
self-supporting. In connection with It is
a preaching station at Franklinton.
(e) In Livingstone Parish we have a
Hungarian church, Rev. John Kovacs,
minister.
(f) In New Orleans the Committee
have under their jurisdiction the Italian
church, Rev. C. Russo. evangelist, and
the French church, Rev. P. Ph. Briol,
evangelist, and the Berean church (colored)
Rev. R. H. Alston, minister.
2. As you can see from the above,
we have by no means overtaken our field.
There are still many towns in lower
Louisiana into which we have never entered,
and there are whole sections of
the country absolutely destitute of Presbyterianism.
3. We want you to help in this great
work, and help at this time is sorely
needed, for our treasury is heavily over
drawn.
(a) We must have money to pay back
what we owe.
(b) We need enough to pay the salaries
of all the men named above. Of
course, tneir several neids neip to support
them, but as yet they can only do
so partially.
(c) We need funds to employ additional
men for the ever-growing needs of
our work. New towns should be entered
at once, and new neighborhoods In the
country should be visited and nreachlng
points established and maintained there.
(d) Wfc need the money to employ a
city missionary to work In the prisons
and asylums, and to organize and devolop
L .V
tfB PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1
Sunday schools in those sections of New
Orleans which we have failed, heretofore,
to reach, and to help evangelize the great
un-churched masses of our city.
Send all contributions promptly to Mr.
John E. ltodd. Treasurer, 701 South Peters
street. New Orleans.
, George Summey, Chairman.
J. C. Barr,'Secretary,
i J. W. Caldwell, Ass't Sec'y.
John E. Rodd, Treasurer.
C. L. Nourse.
T. G. Hardie.
Henry Ginder.
GOVERNOR GLENN IN TEXAS.
Time is now growing short in which
to arrange for the visit of Governor
Glenn, of North Carolina, who is to spend
the month of April in Texas. It is our
desire to get all the facts before the
churches that he is to visit, that they
may plan to the best interests of the
cause. The final itinerary has been decided
upon.
Gainesville, March 30; Sherman, March
31 and April 1; Abilene, April 2 and 3;
Dallas, April 4 and 5; Fort Worth, April
6 and 7; Waco, April 8 and 9; San Anto
nio, April 11 and 12; Corsicana, April 13
and 14; Austin. April 15 and 16*. Houston,
April IS and 19; Galveston, April 20 and
21; Orange, April 22, thence to New Orleans
and eastward.
The primary purpose of the visit of
Governor Glenn is to advance the causo
of Home Missions in our church. This
should never be lost sight of. While we
desire to invite all other denominations
to join with us in welcoming and hearing
Governor Glenn, we must remember that
he is here to stir up and create an interest
in the Home Missions of the Southern
Presbyterian Church, and to give an
opportunity to those who do desire to
give of their means to this cause.
Tho nlan of iho Pontiml Pnm1*1oo of
Atlanta is that each church shall pay the
expenses of Governor Glenn while in their
city, and his railroad fare from the last
point visited to that city. It is quite possible
in Texas that a fairer means win
be devised by which each church can pay
in a prorated share of the entire traveling
expenses to headquarters and have all
expenses paid from here. That, however,
is in the future.
We are now at a crisis in Home Mission
work. It must go forward. When a
man of national importance gives his time
and talents to bringing this great cause
t<? the attention of the Church, it is our
duty to at least secure him a representative
audience and endeavor to make it
possible for him to speak to all those
who have the means to support the cause.
At Birmingham, men actually begged to
be allowed to give. The churches are
able to give. They only need to be
orougnx iace 10 iace wiui xne iacts.
Finally, the watchword now should be
"Work". Get your committees to woraing,
get the people of the smaller
churches aroused, get people to hear Governor
Glenn who should be Interested,
and who can do something for the cause.
The Synodlcal Committee will do its besr,
but the success or failure of Governor
Glenn's visit depends on you.
W. T. Read,
Secretary to Synodlcal Committee.
rH. March 17, 1909.
THE TEXAS PRESBYTERIAN ENCAMPMENT.
The Texas Presbyterian Encampment
will be held th's year at the Westminster
Assembly grounds, one mile south of
Kerrville, Texas, from July 22 to August
10. The Encampment will, as
heretofore, be divided into three conferences.
From July 22 to July 28, it
will be under the auspices of the Synodi
cai Committee of Home Missions, cf
which the Rev. J. P. Robertson, of Sherman,
Texas, is chairman. This conference
will be addressed by workers from
the field, and by men who have made a
special study cf the subject cf Home Missions,
especially .as it affects the Presbyterian
Church in Texas. Judging from
the interest and enthusiasm aroused in
the Home Mission Conference, held last
year, we may expect that this year's
conference will be even better and more
far-reaching in Its results.
The week beerinninsr Tniv ">Q nr.*
ing August 4 will be given up to the
consideration of the foreign mission
work, and will be in charge of Rev. R. M.
Hall, D. D., of Galveston, Texas, who is
chairman of the Synod's Foreign Mission
Committee. Dr. Chester, of Nashville,
Tenn., and at least two foreign missionaries,
will be present and lend their aid,
and in addition there will be a number
of addresses by laymen of Texas who
have this work on their hearts.
From August 5th to August 10th will
be devoted to the consideration of Sunday
School Work. This part of the program
will be under the supervision of
Rev. W. L. Hickman, of Texarkana, Ark.Tex.
In addition to these cnnf0 n??.
vx/utvi^uLc o, ur,
R. E. Vinson, of the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, at Austin, Texas, will
have a daily Bible class. Those who
have attended the previous encampments
need to have nothing further said with
regard to Dr. Vinson's work. He has
always made the encampment attractive
by his interesting Bible classes.
Rev. T. F. Gallaher, of Sulphur Springs,
Texas, will have charge of the music,
which of itself insures this part of the
program to be well taken care of.
The program throughout is so arranged
as to leave all of the afternoons free for
recreation and rest.
The fishing, mountain climbing, bathing,
boating, tennis playing, etc., have
always appealed to the people who have
attended these encampments, and every
efTort will be made to make these features
even more interesting in the futnro
A number of people have leased lots
on the ground, and are making preparations
to build Bmall cottages, so that they
may be able to spend the entire summer
at this beautiful place, which we hope
will become the rallying point for all
Presbyterians in the southwest. At the
same time, we do not debar any people
of good character who may wish to come
and sojourn with us here.
For those who will not have cottages
of their ftwn (>!??? '*
? ? , utsio io an ample supply
of tents, cots, and other camping parnphanaiia
which can be rented at a reisonable
price. The dining hall on the
ground will be open, and meals will be
served at this place under the superintendency
of an efficient matron.
The management is at present work