Home Missionary, The (May 1890-April 1891) . wasthat Harvard was so far away and the expense so much greater (about$150 per year) that many a worthy young man would fail to obtain aneducation. This argument has a tenfold force when applied to the youthof Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana. There is a wide region there,hundreds of miles in extent, with no college able to reach the young peo-ple and do the work required. Every large section of the country has, in the main, raised up its ownministry and Christian workers. Eastern Texas and Western Louisianamust do the same. But this cannot be do
Home Missionary, The (May 1890-April 1891) . wasthat Harvard was so far away and the expense so much greater (about$150 per year) that many a worthy young man would fail to obtain aneducation. This argument has a tenfold force when applied to the youthof Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana. There is a wide region there,hundreds of miles in extent, with no college able to reach the young peo-ple and do the work required. Every large section of the country has, in the main, raised up its ownministry and Christian workers. Eastern Texas and Western Louisianamust do the same. But this cannot be done without the Christian col-lege. I know of sixteen churches of our order, to say nothing of thoseof other denominations,with only three or four ministers, and a part of theseunqualified for their work. In many communities Sunday-schools andchurches could be organized and souls saved and trained for the Mastersuse, if we had the money and the men. In no part of our fair land is 1890. THE HOME MISSIONARY. [275 LADIES COTTAGE JMtlMHMlMMHira. T.,^ ? I SI «... ppes ^wi^!^*^ Jl^!t:;i> WIG M3 COTTAGE j cmtn i (I
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