. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . THE NEBRASKA FRONTIER 191 port Christian institutions, fromBroken Bow (pop. 1,375) to Hyan-nis (pop. 200), on the Burlingtonrailroad, is 131 miles, and the largestsettlement between has 150 Hyannis to Alliance (,535) *s fifty-eight miles and noth-ing between could be called a is the situation even on therailroad. Away from the railroadeven the post offices are in privatehouses. Organizing and sustainingchurches, or affording any adequateChristian ministration under theseconditions is a problem the NebraskaHome Missiona
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . THE NEBRASKA FRONTIER 191 port Christian institutions, fromBroken Bow (pop. 1,375) to Hyan-nis (pop. 200), on the Burlingtonrailroad, is 131 miles, and the largestsettlement between has 150 Hyannis to Alliance (,535) *s fifty-eight miles and noth-ing between could be called a is the situation even on therailroad. Away from the railroadeven the post offices are in privatehouses. Organizing and sustainingchurches, or affording any adequateChristian ministration under theseconditions is a problem the NebraskaHome Missionary Society has stud-ied earnestly and long. Fourth: The size of this frontierfield. It is nearly as large as Massa-chusetts, Vermont and New Hamp-shire combined. To Crawford fromBroken Bow, just spanning our fron-tier, is 247 miles, and from Lincoln,the home of Superintendent Bross,it is 419 miles. North and south, the span is 20S miles. These condi-tions make evangelization in ourfrontier so difficult the danger isthat all denominations will m
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