. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . 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 masstheir forces in nearer and cozierfields, leaving the cattlemen andtheir families in spiritual destitu-tion. In this situation the local churchesare too few and scattered to minis-ter to more than a fraction of thepopulation. Along the tw
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . 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 masstheir forces in nearer and cozierfields, leaving the cattlemen andtheir families in spiritual destitu-tion. In this situation the local churchesare too few and scattered to minis-ter to more than a fraction of thepopulation. Along the two lines ofrailroad that cross our frontier, theNorthwestern and the Burlington,approximately 530 miles of rail, areeighteen churches of our order andin some instances 140 miles betweenchurches. Off these roads are avery few others. Here, the noblestof our pastors, contending with vastdifficulties, preach often, as do mis-sionaries, Stocking at Burwell,Noyce at Brewster, and Evans atTaylor; at numerous out stationsand mission Sunday schools, are. BRANDING CALVES IN THE SAND HILLS 192 THE HOME MISSIONARY rendered valiant and fruitful servicewith ability and devotion beyondpraise. But to the methods of the localchurch must be added that of theitinerant missionary. Through itsveteran superintendent and hisassistant missionaries, our sistersociety in the Sunday school field,have visited county after county,organized and fostered Bibleschools, preached and conductedinstitutes, evangelized and wroughtfor the Master in a service that has To the worker she said: Its im-possible to organize a Sunday schoolin D—. Its too wicked. For mypart I wont be mixed up with suchpeople. Her husband, not a Chris-tian, said: If you could organize aa Sunday school over there, youcould raise the dead. Yet, un-abashed, tne worker entered, suc-ceeded in gathering on that firstSunday twenty-four children andtwo women. Others had promisedto help. A Sunday school was or-ganized. At the close of the first
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