. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . stateand they reach as far north as SonomaCounty. And in those early days another worldpower, Russia, sent its missionaries repre-senting the Greek Church. They camefrom tne frozen regions of the north, cross-ing at Behrings Strait. They planted thestandards of their faith in Alaska and ondown the coast as far as Fort Ross, Cali-fornia, which is also in Sonoma County,where the ruins of an old Greek Church canbe seen to this day. And even as the Sansand Santas of Southern California testifyto the presence of missionaries of the LatinChurch, even
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . stateand they reach as far north as SonomaCounty. And in those early days another worldpower, Russia, sent its missionaries repre-senting the Greek Church. They camefrom tne frozen regions of the north, cross-ing at Behrings Strait. They planted thestandards of their faith in Alaska and ondown the coast as far as Fort Ross, Cali-fornia, which is also in Sonoma County,where the ruins of an old Greek Church canbe seen to this day. And even as the Sansand Santas of Southern California testifyto the presence of missionaries of the LatinChurch, even as the names of Alhambraand Alviso, Alameda and Alvarado point still further back to the days whenthe Moors crossed into Spain bringing theArabic Al with them to be carried inturn by missionaries to the new world, sothe names in Sonoma County, RussianRiver, Sebastopol and St. Helena speak to this day of the presence of Russianmissionaries from the Greek Church. But in the religious life of that great stateGod meant that Saxon ideals and Puritan. CHARLES R. BROWN, OF CALIFORNIA principles should also enter. Across theplains and around the Horn, there came acompany of devoted men and women tobuild churches and found schools, to thusdeclare a purer Gospel to the life of thatrapidly growing commonwealth. And inall the walks of life to-day thoughtful menare rising up in recognition of the workof Whitman and Benton, of Willey andDwiaell, of Mooar and McLean, callingthem and those who made it possible forthem to come blessed, indeed. Theybrought, in far more generous measure thandid the Spanish and Russian missionaries,moral insight, moral energy and moralremedy. The investment of money in home mis-sionary work is one which yields royalreturns. Cast thy bread upnn the moun-tains and the prairies of the West and youwill find it after many days. Our own California is a new state. The Old SouthChurch of Boston and this splendid churchwhere we are meeting, had both celebratedtheir tw
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