. Christian herald and signs of our times . INCIDENT INHERE is probably no single class ofj evangelical missionary work, the world over, which covers a widerbge of. MARKING Gospel standard in the remotest corners ofour land. These missionaries work especially in thescattered neighborhoods at the edgeof the new settlements — placeswhereno one has interestjpjfo enough to carry on the Gos-pel work, and where the peo-ple are not sufficiently inter-ested to support or even tostart a religious work. Tosuch localities every trainedmissionary goes with asmuch relish as the city pastordoes to his pulpi
. Christian herald and signs of our times . INCIDENT INHERE is probably no single class ofj evangelical missionary work, the world over, which covers a widerbge of. MARKING Gospel standard in the remotest corners ofour land. These missionaries work especially in thescattered neighborhoods at the edgeof the new settlements — placeswhereno one has interestjpjfo enough to carry on the Gos-pel work, and where the peo-ple are not sufficiently inter-ested to support or even tostart a religious work. Tosuch localities every trainedmissionary goes with asmuch relish as the city pastordoes to his pulpit. People how, breaks the home training and its in-fluences. Sunday becomes a visiting day,where men and women, who have beenseparated for a week or more, can camptogether, renew associations and learn thelatest news. These camps may be foundall over the West. No better hearted mencan be found anywhere. They havea rough, hard life of it and are notpolished in their manners; yetthev scorn anything but thepure Christianity. Always onthe alert, they are good stu-dents of human nature andcan judge the character of aman almost at sight. Oncemake a friend of the
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