The Spirit of missions . people in North Carolina alone, and this number is destined to be in-creased many fold in the near conditions not only produce im-portant social and economic questions;they offer a wonderful opportunity forthe Church to spread its message amonga people whose need is great and towhom it is almost unknown. The question has been asked, Canthe Episcopal Church reach and holdand uplift these factory people? Hereat Mayodan we are trying to answer itby a practical experiment. An attractivechurch, well located, was built soon afterthe town was started. Here servic
The Spirit of missions . people in North Carolina alone, and this number is destined to be in-creased many fold in the near conditions not only produce im-portant social and economic questions;they offer a wonderful opportunity forthe Church to spread its message amonga people whose need is great and towhom it is almost unknown. The question has been asked, Canthe Episcopal Church reach and holdand uplift these factory people? Hereat Mayodan we are trying to answer itby a practical experiment. An attractivechurch, well located, was built soon afterthe town was started. Here serviceswere held by a visiting clergyman onceor twice each month and a Sunday-school was conducted from time to timeby the two or three communicants inthe village. After eight years of occa-sional services, during which time therewas scarcely an addition to the Church,those in authority realized that to makeany real progress there must be a resi-dent minister who could identify himselfwith the people by going into their (133). SOME OF MAYODANS RAW MATERIAL homes and knowing them in their every-day lives. Accordingly, about four years ago, ayoung clergyman was sent to live inMayodan, being the first and, at thetime, the only resident pastor in the vil-lage —? although several denominationshad erected church buildings in whichoccasional services were held. He soon saw that to obtain the bestresults it was necessary to secure asufficient number of helpers and an ade-quate equipment for some sort of insti-tutional work. There were few, if any,to teach in the Sunday-school, play theorgan and assist in the work generally—and as the clergyman had five other mis-sion stations under his dharge he had tobe away from Mayodan a great deal ofthe time. An appropriation from theBoard of Missions enabled BishopCheshire to place an efficient womanworker in the field and soon afterward aconsecrated young layman came to serveas lay-assistant. Meanwhile a small two-room cottagenear the church was s
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