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June 30, 1909. HOME MISSION W< SPEAKINC We give below, with a where they have seemed < of a most valuable and ii issued by our Assembly's sions. The facts which it tical importance. They aj of the Church. In the a\ its duty to the foreign-spe call is given to enter in ai needy and promising fields results already accomplisl efforts, indicate the rich ha field he properly covered. "Hitherto the people of the immigration problem the North, the East and majority of the immigrant sections, but no longer is eigners are in the Southei known. Within three y< Norfolk; in Tampa then 10,000 Italians; in New O of Italians, Spaniards, Syi number will be multiplf Isthmian Canal bears on i notions Crv * --.111 1- ? - ? IIBUUI13. OU II Will UC III rivaling New York as a pc in Mobile, in Pensacola ai In some Texas counties th German* in others the I heard. In Birmingham a Alabama 'tongues are coi tower of Babel was bui beginning o*" what is to b< not a /ufu'S, but a prei Committee is endeavoring the means at hand, to giv< pel in their own tongue, work follows: "Mexican.?Here is one missionary endeavor that On July 30, 1908, the the Texas-Mexican Pr< churches and about 1,000 bytery is coterminous wit mere are more than JIH bounds, and many thousa their faces this way from of our missionaries in J established mission there, which began with a const had been received into tf Several of the native past< were trained by Dr. Prat been a constant exchange * of the Rio Grande. Eng in Texas are three Americ Scott, our first missionary the Mexicans; Rev. R. Campbell, formerly a miss C. R. Womeldorf, who, i for some years a missioi also three Mexican pastor THE PRESBYTERIAN DRK FOR FOREIGN} PEOPLE. i very few minor changes called for, the greater part iteresting circular recently Committee of Home Miscontains are of great pracDpeal strongly to the heart vakening of our church to aking people amongst us a nd occupy one of the most ever presented to us. The lied, in our merely initial irvest that is in store if the the South have regarded as something peculiar to the West, for the great s formerly settled in those this the case. More forrn States than is generally ;ars 15.000 have romp to c are 15,000 Cubans and Orleans there are thousands ians and others, and their ed many times once the ts bosom the vessels of the i Galveston, which is now >rt of entry for immigrants, id the Gulf Coast country, le court records are kept in Spanish language only is nd the furnace districts of lfused like unto when the Iding.' This is only the ;; and realizing that this is sent duty, the Assembly's I, as far as possible with s these multitudes the GosAn outline of our church's : of the brightest spots in is to be found anywhere. Synod of Texas erected :sbytery, with seventeen communicants. This Pres h the Synod of Texas, and 3,000 Mexicans within its tnds each year are turning old Mexico. The influence dexico and of the longer is felt in the Texas work, ecrated Mexican elder who le church by Dr. Graybill. 3rs now laboring in Mexico t in Texas; thus there has of workers on the two sides aged in the Mexican work an evangelists?Rev. W. S. V on the American cidc tr? D. Campbell, with Mrs. ionary in Mexico, and Rev. vith Mrs. W'omeldorf, was lary in Brazil. There are s and three Mexican evan OF THE SOUTH. gelists. Each year an average the church on profession of tli "French.?In the State of fewer than 250.000 French-sp them descendants of the origi eight whole counties withou and several with only one. Orleans there are fewer th; among 181,000 Roman Catl French church in New Orlean liriol is minister. Rev. M. R. evangelist of the French-sp Teche section of the State. "Italian.?About 50.000 It Louisiana, all Romanists. In one Italian church of more cants, with Rev. Christopher work is abundantly successf can be done. A new mission just been opened at Enslev district, where there is a colc an aggressive work is being c Rev. C. Barana, by means schools, stereopticon lectures meetings. The first to enter 1 missionary, is fast gaining a li is most encouraging. "German.?Rev. Louis Vos are pastors of our two Churches in New Orleans. 'I ary enterprises, but are churches, contributing to a church. Mr. Voss recently these German churches point ful method of reaching foreij isters of their own nationality at first, and in due time the canized.' "Cubans.?The Cuban coloi numbers about 15,000, and tl our church undertake mission Rev. P. If. Hensley, formerly has been placed in charge of and under his wise guidanc expect most encouraging resu "Bohemians.?Rev. Frank ?r t) ?i : t-? ui uuiicuiiaiis near jr< recently ordained and licen Presbytery and set apart as pj Several other colonies of Boh the mines in the mountains other sections. The diffici people is to find one of the qualified to act as spiritual ur "Indians.?This is the old* our church, being for mai foreign. We have nineteen c among the Choctaws and Chi communicants embraced ii which includes all our Indi; There are day schools at A and Cold Springs; at Goodla age about 150 Indian childn being trained for citizenship Durant Presbyterian Colleg< girls receive a higher educat 5 of 100 are received into eir faith in Christ. Louisiana there are no eaking people, most of nai settlers. 1 here are t a Protestant church, In the city of New an 4,000 Presbyterians lolics. We have one s, of which Rev. P. Ph. Paradis is presbyterial leaking people in the alians are located in Xew Orleans we have than eighty communiRusso as pastor. His ul and indicates what among the Italians has , Ala., in the furnace >ny of 15,000. Already onducted by the pastor, of kindergarten, day and evangelistic tent this promising field, our learing, and the outlook iS and Rev. Jacob Meier German Presbyterian 'hese began as missionnow self-supporting 11 the causes of the wrote: 'The history of s out the only successors. Give them min, aiding them financially church will be Amerily at Tampa, Fla., now te call was urgent that lary work among them. ' a missionary to Cttba, this new mission field, :e we may confidently Its. Uherka is pastor of a >tprcKiirnr \/*o T-TV. sed by East Hanover istor for his own people, emians are employed in of West Virginia and ilty in reaching these ir own number who is ider-shepherd. sst missionary work of ny years classified as hurches and ten pastors ckasaws, and about 700 n Indian Presbytery. an work in Oklahoma, ntlers, Chish Ok Tock nd School and Orphanin, mostly orphans, are and for Christ, and at ; about 200 boys and ion.