. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. d in Baltimore the Board has shared for thethird time in a missionary exposition, under the direction ofthe Missionary Education Movement, by providing the Ameri-can Indian Exhibit, which as in previous expositions occupiedthe largest section on the home mission floor. The attendanceand interest were good. Presbyterians have reason to take courage in their efforts toreach the long neglected pagan tribes, and to nurture ourPresbyterian Indians in t
. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. d in Baltimore the Board has shared for thethird time in a missionary exposition, under the direction ofthe Missionary Education Movement, by providing the Ameri-can Indian Exhibit, which as in previous expositions occupiedthe largest section on the home mission floor. The attendanceand interest were good. Presbyterians have reason to take courage in their efforts toreach the long neglected pagan tribes, and to nurture ourPresbyterian Indians in the Christian faith. Our presentpurpose is to encourage the Indians everywhere in Americato adjust themselves to the new conditions and strange rela-tions into which they have been forced, and to help them underGod to work out their own salvation and destiny in Americanlife. THE DISTRICT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. For this section,—comprising the Synods of Alabama (includ-ing Florida), Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri,Oklahoma, Tennessee (including our work in Georgia andNorth Carolina), and Texas (including our work in Louisiana),. .... £ id n >i N cd >cd R !z cd Cd C u H u OJ Oh > T3 cd U 0 ./) ^ XI aj o J3 n c 5 i* J3 cdR £ 0 ^-^ en cd R g - R ;R cd cd s~ J PL, 1913.] BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS. 25 —the field secretary, the Rev. B. P. Fullerton, D. D., ,presents the following statement:— Material conditions in the District of the South and South-west have not greatly changed from what they were a year ago. The prospective opening of the Panama Canal has led far-sighted statesmen and church leaders to believe that theSouth will become the rendezvous of immigrants from southernAsia as well as southern Europe. The Government is pre-paring for this by the erection of a commodious and imposingimmigration building at Galveston. The disturbed condition in Mexico has resulted in a largeimmigration into Texas. Many Mexicans will become perma-nent residents
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