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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1902.
HOME MISSIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST
AN ADDRESS BY REV. EDGAR P. HILL, OF PORTLAND, BEFORE
THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, J902
My text Is In the second chapter of the
history ot the City of St. Louis. It reads
as follows: "In 1S32 four Flathead -Indians
from Oregon came to this city In
search of the white man's book." The
scene In the frontier audience-room when
those redskins stood before General Clark
is -worthy a panel of honor at the National
Capital. That was one of the great mo
ments In our National life. It announced
the beginning of a new epoch in the
territorial expansion. It brought face to
face a disappearing Tace and its white
conqueror. Most thrilling, most pathetic
of all was the religious significance of
that notable scene. The dusky strangers
had picked their way through trackless
forests, over Inhospitable plains, past hos
tile tribes, to beg of the white man a
copy of that mysterious book, written
by the finger of the Great Spirit. Cen
turies before an apostle had heard the
cry from afar, "Come over and help
us." But these modern Macedonians, in
stead of asking some one to come to
them, had gtfne in search of the bless
ing. At the risk of their lives they had
made a perilous journey of 3000 miles to
len cl the white man's heaven.
Dr. Nichols did not live in St. Louis
in those days. Therefore the visitors
were taken to the dancehouses. They
tw the altars where the Great Spirit was
worshiped with candles. They were en
tertained at sumptuous feasts. Then they
turned towards the "West with heavy
hearts. "You make my feet heavy with
burdens of gifts," their spokesman said;
"and my moccasins will grow old In car
rying them, but the book is not among
them. JVhen I tell my poor, blind people.
In the big council, that I did not bring the
book, no word will be spoken by our old
men or our young braves. One by one
they will rise up and go out in silence.
My people will die in darkness, and they
will go on the long path to the other
bunting grounds."
The story of this incident was circulated
through the East, and stirred the church
with profound emotion. Heroic souls
were eager to undertake the dangerous
mission. In four years, two missionaries
with their brides were on their way to
the "West with the white man's book. ,
What Oriental tale has halt the charm
and romance that gather about the be
ginnings of missions on the Pacific Coast!
Pifty years ago the far "West was a place
of enchantment. The streams of Cali
fornia seemed paved with gold. Men
became rich in a day. "While at the north
on the Columbia, picturesque John Mc
Loughlin was holding his court at old
Fort Vancouver, like a baron of the
middle ages. A peculiar Interest attaches
to the mission work of those days, by
reason of the daring of the men, the
romantic setting of the drama, and the
momentous results which have already
come and are sure to follow.
First, let us notice the work of our
missionaries in the Pacific Northwest.
The early settlement of Oregon and
"Washington was in decided contrast to
the movoment which resulted in the build
ing up of California. The Argonauts
went out in search of gold. The Oregon
pioneers went out to find homes. The
gold excitement attracted to the South
many adventurers and desperadoes who
became a terror to the law-abiding ele
ment. The men who settled the North
crossed the plains with their families and
established quiet villages. The Callfor
nlan was apt to be a man of loose mor
als, who had little regard for things
religious, whose plan was to make his
stake and return to the East. The typi
cal Orogonian was a man of a different
stamp. He carried with him some books,
some seeds, drove a few head of stock,
and went out to find a permanent home.
Modern California began as a mining
camp. The Oregon and Washington of
today have grown from the peaceful ag
ricultural settlements of a half century
ago. There Is one name that stands out
before all the rest In the history of those
early days. We love to tell of our hero.
We regard him as one of the great men
of the Nation. His courage, his far-see-ing
wisdom, his consecration to the cause
of his master, furnish material for a
National epic You of Massachusetts de
light to tell of Samuel Adams, the pa
triot. You of Ohio tell of your Garfield,
the statesman. You of Illinois tell oi
your Lincoln, the martyr. We, from the
West, come to you with the name of one
who was as patriotic as Adams, fis states
manlike as Garfield, and who, like Lin
coln, wears the crown of martyrdom
Marcus Whitman, the Presbyterian elder
and home missionary.
Dr. Whitman, with his young bride, and
Hev. H. II. Spalding, also recently married
and accompanied by his wife, crossed the
plains in 1S36. They established a mission
on the Upper Columbia, near the present
city of Walla Walla. General John C.
Fremont is popularly known as the
"pathfinder." We think of this daring
soldier threading his way past warlike
Indians and over unknown alkali deserts
to the Pacific Ocean, thus preparing the
way for those who were to follow.
But It Is well to remember that six
years before the gallant soldier had dis
covered the famous South Paes In the
Rockies, two Presbyterian Home Mis
sionaries and their young wiyep had gone
ahead to prepare the way for the path
Under. When Whitman and his party had
passed the spot which marks the dividing
line between the Mississippi Valley and
the Pacific slope, they stopped and dis
mounted. Spreading their blankets, they
lifted the Americart flag, read a chapter
from God's word, and took possession of
the land In the name of Christ and the
Church.
Barrows, the historian, well sa.s that
along with the historic scenes of Balboa
at Panama, and the Pilgrjms at Plymouth
Rock, there should be a place for the
picture of these Home Missionaries kneel
ing around the open Book, with the
American flag floating overhead.
You are all familiar, no doubt, with
the etory of Whitman's ride to Washing
ton in the Winter of 1S42-3. You have no
ticed also, perhaps, the attempts to be
little the service of Whitman by those
who Insist that the Northwest Pacific
would have been saved to the United
States even if that Winter's ride had not
been taken.
And now It will be In rder'for some
one to rob Columbus of his glory, by in
sisting that America would have been dis
covered, even If he had never lived, and
Washington of his, by declaring that the
colonies might have become free without
his help, and Lincoln of his. by trying to
prove that emancipation might have come
in some other way. The fact remains that
Marcus Whitman, with a single compan
ion, did make that fearful Journey through
the snow to tell the President that the
British were planning to eeize the Terri
tory. He did pleAd earnestly with Presi
dent Tyler and Secretary Webster, to hold
the land. He did guide a great wagon
train across the prairies, and thus insure
the Territory for the Stars' and Stripes.
Therefore, we have the right to place In
our column the little salary paid to Mar
cus Whitman, Missionary to the Cayuse
Indians, and in the other the almost
fabulous wealth of Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington, and Alaska, and to say to the
sceptic "Here reckon up for yourself
the indebtedness of this nation to the
cause of Home Missions." The First
Presbyterian Church on the Pacific Coast
was organized in 184G by the Rev. Lewis
Thompson, at Clatsop Plains, Oregon, near
the spot were Lewis and Clarke spent a
Winter 40 years before, between their
memorial expeditions across the continent.
The Presbytery of Oregon was organized
In 1S5L The Synod of the Pacific, Includ
ing the present States of California, Ore
gon, Idaho, and part of Montana was or
ganized In 1S53 in San Francisco. It was
Some 1250 miles long by 700 miles wide, and
wd an area as large as all New England
and New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illi
nois, Indiana and Iowa, with enough over
to make a state the size of South Carolina,
In 1876 the Synod of the Pacific was dl-
vided into the Synod of California and
the Synod of the Columbia. In 1S90 the
Synod of the Columbia was divided Into
the Synod of Oregon and the Synod of
Washington. For over half a century the
home missionaries of the Pacific North
west have plunged Into the forests, picked
their way along the trails of the miners, 1
burled themselves for months at a time
In Isolated places far from the main lines
of travel. They have sacrificed, without
a murmur. They have won the respect of
the rough backwoodsmen who hate
shams. They have not feared to declare
the whole counsel of God to men who
did not want to believe that the gospel
was true. I wish you might know some
of our home missionary soldiers your
home missionary soldiers whose heroisms
are rarely heralded abroad and who have
no martial music to Inspire them to bat
tle. Let me introduce you to some of
them. Here comes one swinging up the
street on his pony, his long ulster Is
covered with mud; he has on rubber boots
that come to his hips. His white necktie
his got around under his ear. 'His face
beams with such Joy as danced In the
eyes of the seventy when they returned
to the Master. The hand that grasps
yours is not dainty and white, like thil
of the fashionable preacher who spends
his forenoons with his books and his
afternoons over the teacups. I tis rough
and brown and strong. He has ridden 35
miles, through the mud, since 7 o'clock
this morning. Yesterday he went to he
little church off In the foothills, built the
fire, rang the bell, conducted the service,
superintended the Sunday school, led the
singing for the Christian Endeavor Socie
ty and preached In the evening. Here Is
another who has Just returned from a
trip through the cow counties. Last Tues
day you might have seen him on a stage
with his felt hat drawn down over hi?
eyes, trying to catch a wink of sleep be
tween Jolts as he drew near the end of
a Jotlrncy of ISO miles from the railroad.
On Wednesday he went with the local
missionary from store to store, to raise
money for the coming year. In the even
ing he told the old story of Calvary, to a
rough crowd that filled the little church
to the doors. Thursday he moved on 50
miles, and preached to jnen who had not
heard a sermon In 20 years. Last year
he traveled by, stage and horseback and
boat a distance of 27,000 miles, and was
with his family 37 days out of the 365.
And here Is another he knows every
trout stream within 25 miles of his sta
tion, cin kill deer every shot at 400 yards,
and preach six nights In a week without
getting tired. An Anarchist In his town,
hearing that President McKinley had
been assassinated, said, "I'm glad of it,
he ought to have been killed long ago."
When this home missionary heard what
his townsman had said, he went to the
Anarchist's store, looked the man straight
in the eye and said. "My friend, I under
stand that you said this morning that
you were glad our President had been
shot. You ought to be ashamed of your
self. I want to tell to you that If I ever
hear of you saying such a thing again
I'll give you the worst thrashing you ever
had." The Anarchist looked the preacher
over for a moment, as If noting the broad
shoulders and the meaning of the steady
gray eyes; then he apologized, and said
he would never say such a thing again.
That Is the way our home missionaries
sometimes preach the gospel of patriot
ism. Have you any Idea of the monotony
amidst which some of those men live
and move and have their being? It is one
thing to grow excited over the sparkling
pages of the Sky Pilot. It is a second
thing to visit a lumber camp for a day,
or spend a few hours in a TOlllcklng min
ing town. It is a third thing to listen
to blasphemy three hundred and sixty
five days In a year, to give one's heart
and head and hand to the work, with full
devotion, for 12 months and apparently
make no more Impression on the god
lessness of a town than If a cowboy had
taken a shot at the moon, to face the
same rocky canyons and the same deso
late hills, month after month and year
after year. Let me tell you a little Inci
dent to illustrate the dreary lives of some
of the people who live In the West. A
friend of mine was traveling In Eastern
Oregon some months ago, when he found
It necessary to stop for the night at a lit
tle ranch house off on one of the ranges.
He found the rancher's wife and 'daugh
ter busy .with their tasks. While the
stranger sat before the kitchen stove, the
mother and daughter, without leaving
their work for a moment, told with glow
ing faces of a great Joy that was soon to
be theirs. For 14 long years the mother
had slaved on that ranch.'' During all
that time she had never so much as vis
ited a town, while the little girl had
never seen a store in her entire life.
Every morning the rancher sprang on
his pony and was off with his men. He
often found It necessary to go to the
railroad, 70 miles away. He had his com
panionships and his digressions. He was
a good man and loved his family, but
he was thoughtless and allowed the wife
and daughter to toll on like galley slaves
chained to their oars. But at last they
were to visit the town, 70 miles away.
The rancher had promised them that in
the Fall they could go with him to market
his stock. How excited they were as
they told the stranger about It all. How
many things they were going to see, and
buy! What a good rest they were going
to have! Their hands fairly flew as the
vision floated before them and lured them
on. Then while the smiles of anticipation
were still on their faces, the rancher
came in. He was a great rough broad
shouldered man. He had ridden far In
search of some missing stock, which was
not found. He was disappointed and
cross. After greeting the visitor, he
flung himself Into a chair and began the
conversation with two blundering sen
tences which seemed to snap the strings
of two poor hearts. "We can't go to
town this Fall. We'll have to put It off
another year." The little girl's eyes in
stantly sought the mother's face in dumb
bewilderment, and the two stood, for a
moment, as If paralyzed by the disap
pointment. The daughter whispered,
"Mamma, can't we go?" The mother mo
tioned to the child to keep still and the
two turned to stagger along towards the
old tasks. And I suppose that they will
never know very much what a city really
is, until they behold that city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker la
God. It is to such people that our home
missionaries minister. It is in such sur
roundings that they live. It is such crush
ing monotony that some of them must
endure. Will you be surprised If I tell
you that sometimes at the Spring meeting
of presbytery one of them has been over
heard saying to another: "I wish it was
my turn to go to the assembly. I haven't
seen my parents tor 12 years. And my
wife wants to visit her old mother Just
once more before she dies." God bless 'the
home missionaries of the land, those pa
tient, courageous, devoted soldiers of the
cross. The Nation has no braver defend
ers and the church in all Its ministry no
manlier, more faithful men.
California is the big state geographically
and almost every other way. Victor Hugo
reminds us that the land of Job bred mon
sters. There the cat became a tiger, the
lizard a crocodile, the pig a rhinoceros,
the snake a boa constrictor, the nettle a
cactus, and the wind a simoon. But Hugo
had never seen CallfOrnlu. Think of going
out with a hook and line and catching
a bass weighing 300 pounds. Think of
standing at the foot of a 'granite cliff
and looking straight up to its top, 3000
feet above you. Think of driving through
a grove of trees that rear their heads 300
feet in the sky, and that were growing
when Jesus stood on the shore of Galilee.
It has been aptly remarked that Cali
fornia has its eye chronically focused for
large dimensions and that its first con
scious throb was in a paroxysm of wild
speculation.
No sooner did the news reach the East
that gold had been discovered at Sutter's
Mill, on the Sacramento, than multitudes
began to turn their faces towards the
West. Lawyers closed their offices, farm
ers left the plows, merchants disposed of
their goods and took ship for the long
voyage. But along with the eager argo
nauts, lustful for gold, went men of equal
daring, but of more consecrated spirit,
whose ambition was the saving of souls.
The three W's, as they are affcctlonately
called. had largely to do with the begin
nings of our work In California. Gold
was discovered In February, 184S. In De
cember of that same year Rev. Sylvester
Woodbrldge was on his way to the Golden
Gate, and In April. 1S49, at Benlcla, or
ganized the first Protestant church In Cal
ifornia. Rev. Albert Williams followed the
first "W" In two months and in the fol
lowing May, organized the First Presby
terian Church of San Francisco, with six
members. The third "W," Rev. James
Woods, left New York In May, 1849. and
reabhed his destination after a voyage of
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THE COUNTRY H03IE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TEMPORARILY THE
UNITED STATES.
three months. That the experiences of :
Mr. Woods on the ocean were not alto- j
gether to his taste. we may Infer from
the Ingenuous remark with which he be
gins his delightful book of reminiscences.
"The sweetest music I ever heard of
earthly note or ever expect to hoar, until
the melody of golden harps shall break up- J
on tno enraptured spirit, was me raiuing j
of the Iron cable singing the march of the
anchor to the bottom of the sea, to grap
ple with the rocks and hold us to safe
moving Into the harbor of San Francisco."
To Mr. Woods belongs the honor of build-
lng the first Presbyterian church in the .
state, at Stockton, in 1EG0. One Is bcwll-
dered as he confronts the wealth of ma- j
terial which early Presbyterlanism in
California affords. Our home missionaries
were untiring as the gold seekers. They
sought out the most remote camps, with
the eagerness of prospectors. They seized
strategic points with the foresight and
skill of a statesman. The scholarly Dr.
Scott, fresh from a church of commanding
Influence In New Orleans, brought to the
work his splendid gifts of organization
and administration. He was a leading
spirit In laying the foundation of our
Theological Seminary now located at San
Aneslmo. We may get some Idea of the
stuff of which those men were made by
recalling the reply of young Brier, who
when asked by the board secretary,
where he wanted to go, replied, "Give me
the hardest field you have," and he was
sent to California. The experiences of the
missionaries were often exciting, if not
always altogether pleasant. One preacher,
on being shown to his room at the hotel,
noticed a hole In one of the window
panes at the head of the bed. "How did
that get there?" asked the preacher. "Oh."
replied the landlord languidly. "A man
was shot In that bed yesterday." It was
a common thing to hear the remark,
"We are having a very quiet time. No one
has been killed for a week. It is time we
had a free fight and some funerals." It
took men of grace and grit to move calm
ly through such scenes, and. looking into
the faces of men who thought no more of
shooting down a man than a dog, to tell
them that they were on the swift road to
hell. The synodlcal missionary for so
many years (Thomas Fraser) swept his
eye over his vast field, which, as some one
has put it, extended from San Diego to
the North Pole, nnd directed his troops,
like a trained general. Going down Into
the chaparral and sagebrush and gravel
of Southern California, he found a little
settlement largely composed of Span
iards, where some Presbyterian work had
been begun and abandoned. Writing back
to the board he said: "There arc places
which the Presbyterian Church must take
and hold, regardless of expenje, as Eng
land holds Gibraltar." Bacf came the
word indicating a commingling of scepti
cism in the field, with confidence in tho
man: "If you begin that work It must be
on your own faith, not on ours." The
work was reorganized. In a few years
new people began to pour in. A $50,000
church was built. Colonies were sent out
to form other organizations. Today there
are upon the floor of this assembly repre
sentatives from that settlement In the
chaparral bushes which Dr. Fraser visited
In 1874. They are here representing 3500
Presbyterlap church members, to Invito
this General Assembly to meet next year
in their beautiful city of Los Angeles to
partake of such hospitality as only Call
fornlans know how to give. And what
shall I say more? The time would fai
me to tell of the abundant labors of Wllley
and Douglas and Bell and Burrows and
Harmon and Walsworth. and Alexander,
who organized churches,jrtanted schools,
endured hardships. AH these have "ob
tained a good report" and most of them
have entered Into their reward.
You who have never been In the Pa
cific Northwest think of Alaska as a
frozen waste, which has been brought to
the world's attention temporarily by the
discovery of gold, and which in a few
years will be given over again to the seal
hunters and the Esquimaux. You who
have sailed along the beautiful flords of
the Northland In an excursion steamer,
think of It as a land of magnificent scen
ery, of great rivers of ice, by the side
of which the glaciers of Switzerland
would seem hardly large enough to sup
ply an ordinary ice chest, and which
after a few years will become a play
ground for tourists. I pick up the latest
folder, sent out by one of the transcon
tinental railroads, which are always sup
posed to speak the truth, and read that
"farmers should not think of going to
Alaska, since no agricultural products
of any kind can be successfully raised
in that country." A special Government
agent recently sent put by the Depart
ment of Agriculture brings us a very
different report. He saw In gardens, in
Sitka, as line potatoes, cauliflower, cab
bage, lettuce and radishes as can he
found anywhere on this continent. He
met a man who had turned out 45 head of
horses in the Fall of 1899 and the next
Spring had rounded up 43 of them alive
and well. He discovered that In one
stretch of 403 miles along the Yukon there
were 2,000,000 acres of good pasture and
farm land. At one of the mission stations
he asked that the cattle, which, by the
way, the Indians call "McKinley moose,"
be turned Into the pasture that he might
photograph them, when to his astonish
ment he found, that the cattle were soon
totally out of sight in the tall grass,
which reached above their backs. He re
ported to the Government that Alaska
can furnish homesteads of 320 acres each,
to 200.000 families. While, in addition to
all this. It is the Judmgent of the most
conservative men there, that the gold sup
ply. Instead of being almost exhausted,
as yet has hardly ben touched. Long
before the discovery of gold on the Yu
kon turned the attention of the world to
wards Alaska, the Presbyterian Church
was establishing missions, training the
natives and building up Its splendid in
dustrial plant in Sitka. For many years
Dr. Llndsley, of the First Presbyterian
Church of Portland, bore upon his heart
the needs of the Alaskan Indians. In
1S69, when William H. Seward- was return
ing from the North, the eager pastor met
the secretary In Victoria and talked with
him concerning the people of the newly
acquired territory. He organized thd first
American church there. He secured the
money and materials for tho first church
building that was erected in Alaska, and
up to the day of his death, was keenly
Interested in all that pertained to the na-
SAGAMORE HOUSE, OYSTER
tlves of the North. Rev. S. Hall Y"oung,
who has returned to his former field of
labor, began work at Fort Wrangel In 1S7S.
It wa& there that the first Presbyterian
church In Alaska was organized in the
following year. Dr. Sheldon Jackson is
recognized throughout our church as Alas- J
ka's missionary bishop. He has been with
me woric practically from tne Deginning.
To his indomitable energy and clear vision
Is largely due our success In that fascin
ating field, while the President of the
United States brought honor to himself
when he called to the highest office In
that vast empire, a man who went forth
as a humble home missionary of the Pres-
byterlan church. Governor John G. Brady.
TheWmark is sometimes made that thet'le town on the Willamette River, In
best Indian la a dead Indian. Let me tell i Oregon. It put In $400 the first year. $300
you a story. In one of thr Alaskan towns thc eccond year, and $200 in each of the fol
compoacd of Christian Irlans, the Gov- lowing years. And this was the result,
eminent Is in the hands of 20 Councllmen. I fi"anc,all stated. In the five years from
suggested bv the missionary, and elected i 1S9 to 1894 Inclusive, that one church In
by the natives. On a certain occasion the i
missionary called the Indians together.
nominated one of their number and asked
them to vote. Every Indian was given a
button. When the ballot-box was passed
every one In turn was to put his hand In
the box. It he ratified the nomination
he was to rtaln the button, but If not
thc button was to be dropped. According
ly the box was passed, and to his sur
prise, the missionary found that some one
had dropped his button. Thinking there
8 J n .w Zi and ai
ary ordered another election, ana again
' i - .. rA i tho. hrvr Tho
i Jl7,ii w rtAformlnpd
missionary was "."Pd He determined
to find out why any one should oppose his
L0- !"i0!Si,t.riS5aI
man wiu jjul m "c """"""""";--
to his house the next afternoon and ex
plain. At the appointed time, an Indian
anneared and said: "I am the man.
kvn nv.irttrMi lioi'n i-nti tn rnv TiOTTl-
"i,ai U"-1," ""-,' .";---' nomination. And it Is generally under
lie?" asked the missionary well, not , stQod that thefe ha & Presbyterian
long ago. that man and I went to Bella Chmch bundJn5 jn the state of Oregon.
Bella to trade. The storekeeper gave him Washmgton and Idah ,n wh,ch thoee
a dollar too much in change, wnen no
saw it he whispered to me and said. Shall
I keen Itr I said. 'No. that would be steal
lng,' and he gave it back. But I think
that a man who would even stop to ask
such a question is not fit to be a council
man." Are all your Aldermen so exceedingly
conscientious that they would hesitate
about keeping a dollar which was not
theirs, and would then give it back to Its
rightful owner? Sometimes returning
tourists, after spending their time peeking
into dance houses and investigating the
quarters of the Tanch Indians, Insist that
missions in Alaska are a failure. Jet
me tell you another story- A few years
ago. while on an excursion to Alaska, l
overheard the passengers criticising the
work of the missionaries until my cheeks
flushed with Indignation. On the Sab
bath I was Invited to conduct services on
shipboard, and determined to give the
people an object lesson. A young Indian
from New Metlakahtla, to whom I had
been Introduced, came on board. I con
sulted with him and arranged a plan Into
which ho entered with the greatest eager
ness. When the hour came for worship
the dlnlng-saloon was crowded with wor
shipers. I conducted the services up
to the time for the sermon. Then I said:
"When j-ou return to the States, you will
want to tell the people something about
Alaska missions. This morning we have
with us a full-blooded Indian, whose an
cestors were such people as you have seen
In the ranches. I have asked him to
tell us something about the work of the
missionaries among his people." The
young man arose. His very appearance
commanded Instant attention. He hdd a
large head. His hair was as black as
a raven's wing. He was a college grad
uate, and an accomplished musician. He
had taken a course in law. and had Just
finished the middle year in the theological
seminary. In choice English he spoke
for over half an hour, telling of the mar
velous changes that had come to his peo
ple, who. Instead of being the savages
whom William Duhcan had found there 40
years before, had their canneries, their
stores, their printing presses, their schools
and their churches. As he closed his
address, he said with flashing eyes, "And
now I want you to know, that all this
has come about, not through the Govern
ment, for the Government was here be
fore, and not through the traders, for
they have brought up only their vices;
but through th simple preaching of the
gospel of Jesus Christ." The people list
ened with breathless Interest, and when
the service was over one who had been.
the loudest In denunciation of the mission
aries came forward and said: "I have
been converted." I have the pleasure
of introducing to you today that young
Indian, with whose name many of you
are now familiar. Rev. Edward Marsden,
now laboring among bis people at Saxman,
Alaska. It makes one's blood tingle to
tho finger tips to know of the noble men
and women who havo gone to thc far
Northland with the blue banner of Prcs-.
1 a t 1 , . 1 W .l. 1-- n l. I
cross. Away up within the Arctic Clrcl
went young Dr. Marsh with his bride
where the monarch whose throne is of let
and in whose dark audience chamber flash
es the aurora, built about them grea.
ramparts of snow, and for nine long
months shut them In. N Gambel and his
wife, on the way to their lonely station
on St. Lawrence Island, found graves
in the depth of an Arctic sea. At Juneau
and Wrangel and Skagway and Nome and
the rest, our home missionaries are at
work endeavoring to lay deep and strong
the foundations of a great empire. How
can we sit with folded arms or offer per
functory prayers when new lands are be
ing discovered, great sacrifices are being
made In the name of Jesus, and vast pos
sibilities await the putting forth of our
hands? Even ahasty review of the heme
mission enterprises on the Pacific Coast
produces some profound impressions. The
returns are quick, abundant and substan
tial. In religious work It Is much as it
Is In soil culture. One year a traveler
through the Yakima Valley In Washing
ton, or through the chaparral country of
Lower California might see only vast deso
late stretches, where even a vulture could
hardly exist. Five years afterwards, the
same traveler, passing through the same
country, might find himself in such a gar
den spot as hie eyes never looked upon.
The sample turning -of a little stream
frcro its course Is able to work such won
ders as we used to think could be read
about only in fairy books. Consider some
of the lightning transformations, your
BAY
EXECUTIVE MANSION OF THE
Board of Home MiMions has helped to pro
duce. Less than 50 years ago a home
missionary stood under a 11-e oak across
the bay from San Francisco, and delivered
the first sermon ever preached In the lit
tle village that was springing up there
Today the City of Oakland Is a city of
cnurcnes. ana tne rst tresoyienan
Church Is a tower of strength. Fifty-three
years ago tomorrow a heme missionary or
ganized .the First Presbyterian Church of
San Francisco with six members. Only
a few years passed by, when a member
of that congregation gave 500,000 to equip
our Theological Seminary at San Anselmo.
Forty years ago the Board of Heme Mis
sions decided to Invest some money In a
'" '"c uoura oi name .Missions invest
ed a total of $1100. gave back to the
cause of home missions in round numbers
the sum of $45,000. It raised for the other
agencies of the church, including congre
gational expenses, the sum of $250,000, and
gave another quarter of a million to
equip one of the finest academies to be
found between the oceans. Even a Cali
fornia real estate boomer has no such In
vestments to offer.
And I feel that It 'would be wrong, even
In the most cursory review, to omit men-
tlon of the fact hat Into e membership
-v.,.,, v.i. u t- tt
of the church, which the Board of Home
Missions started away off there In Oregon
and conaecrated , h whose names de
"rve to be known and held In honor by
Presbyterians everywhere. Williams S.
Ladd and Henry W. Corbett for over a
quarter of a century gnve with princely
I ppnftrflflltv trt nil tVia npAnnltfe ef nur rla
, . - . -
roval men d,d not lnvcat at least'a hun.
, - . ,,. onrh
dred dollars each
Well. If-the churches on the Pacific Coast
are thus rolling In wealth, how comes U
that we make our pitiful appeals In tho
East for help and urge Sunday-School
scholars to save up their pennies to -send
thc gospel to thc destitute places on the
Pacific Coast?
Let wo tell you. I have simply been
showing you two or three big pumpkins
to give some Idea ofthe possible yield.
If only the soil were brought under culti
vation. We have a rich, vast territory.
but It Is very sparsely settled as yet.
. an(j tno mcn 0f -wealth In our churches
are verj. ew out of the States of Cali-
fomla. Oregon, and Washington might be
carved 40 New Jerseys, with enough over
for three States the size of Massachu
setts. In your synod qf New Jersey, you
have over 75,000 Presbyterians, and over
300 churches, most of them strong and well
equipped; while we. covering a territory
40 times as large, have only a little over
half as many members, and our really
strong churches could be counted on the
Angers of your two hands. Oregon, which
covers a territory as large as the States
of New York and Pennsylvania combined,
has only three Presbyterian Churches that
have a membership of even 200. We have
single counties as large as the entire
State of Delaware, with only one Presby
terian mlsslonarj within Its bounds. How
stupendous the task! How vast the possi
bilities! With what eagerness the church
should spring to the work!
The eyes of multitudes in the East are
now being turned toward our Western sea.
The Puget Sound Country Is attracting
hosts of bright, brainy, busy youths from
the older States. Lumbermen are coming
from Michigan and Wisconsin, where the
forests have almost disappeared and 'are
buying up the rich timber lands of Ore
gon. California Is now recognized as the
world's fruit garden. And all the States
are only at the threshold of their great
ness. You got a hint during the war with
Spain of the place we arc to occupy some
day In the National life. The ship that
led the fleet right over the sunken mines
at Manila and to the splendid victory, hore
a name of magic, for we of the Coast had
named It after one of our cities, the Olym
pla. At Santiago the one battle ship that
called forth the world's unanimous ad
miration and wonder by means of Its
marvelous 13.000-mlle voyage and its inspir
ing dash, we had constructed on the
Western Coast and christened, the Oregon.
The Pacific Coast has suddenly assumed
a new significance. As by the turn of a
kaleidoscope the geography of the world
has been shaken Into a new combination.
All the world forces are seen gathered
about the Western Sea. as on a vast
crystal paved battle field to engage In
humanity's final contest. Tho commercial
powers .of the world are there. Tho
engine-makers of America are contesting
with the engine-makers of England. Flour
makers from the Palouse wheat belt are
1 in Japan contestlnc with flour-makers
from Russia. Great ship freighters are
now on the stocjes In the American yards
which are Intended to help win for Ameri
ca, the world's commercial supremacy
The political powers of the earth are
gathered about the Western Sea, as It
preparing for the flhal conflict. China Is
there with such possibilities of evil as
make us afraid to think; with such possi
bilities of good as to bewilder our hopes.
Japan Is there, alert and aggressive. Eng
land Is there with mighty fleets and vast
Interests. Germany and France and the
Netherlands are all there eager and ex
pectant. Russia, resistless and mysterious,
has at last made Its way overland to the
scene of greatest Interest; while In a day
the United States has made Its way over
sea, and confronts the rest. There they
seem to pause for a moment awaiting a
signal. Who has the audacity to prophesy
days and ways? Who Is as faithless as
to question the result? The religions of
the world are gathered about the Western
Sea getting in readiness for the culminat
ing battle. The followers of Confucius
are there by the millions. Buddha's Monks
long ago carried the message of the.r
master to the lands that fringe the Pa
cific. The followers of the Arabian proph
et, numbering 2O.00O.C0O, In Southern China,
alone are pushing their campaign with
fanatical enthusiasm. While the soldiers
of the cross, moving westward from their
Asiatic home, have no-v almost encom
passed the globe, and with the resistless
strength "of wealth and Intelligence and
spiritual power at their command,, have
sent ahead their scouts for the battle ot
Armageddon. Twenty-live years from now
the conflict will be at Its height, and in
50 years, the victory may be won. Then
let the church at once mass Its strength
there on the Pacific. What General ever
acquired triumph by sending camp follow
ers and the disabled to the front. Send
your strongest Into the mountains nnu
to the North, where men dig for gold, and
Into the forests, where the future cities
arc to be. Strengthen the school of the
prophets at the Golden Gate. Give us a
strong Chrlctlan College, that shall com
mand the great Columbia River basin for
Christ. Then eager hanJs will carry the
banner of the cross on and on toward
the farther West until It halts at last on
Calvary, whence It started so long ago.
In the village of Chamounl nestled trust
fully In a Swiss village. Is a beautiful
bronze monument erected to the memory
of Saussure, the Swiss geologist, who was
one of the first to stand on the summit
of Mount Blanc. Balmat. the guide,
stands atone side looking Into Saussure's
face, with his outstretched finger pointing
to some object' In the distance. The geo
logist with wide-open eyes. Is looking in
the direction indicated by the guide. In
stinctively the traveler turns and looks
upward, when behold there stands tne
monarch of the Alps, as calm as If made
for eternity and as beautiful as If fresh
from the hand of God. I would that
some such piece of bronze were given a
place In this throbbing commercial center
of the world's life. I would placp upon
Its pedestal the prophetic words ot
Thomas H. Benton, who turning towards
the Rockies, said: "There lies the East.
There lies India." I would that the out
stretched untjrlng finger might remind
your financiers that yonder are the op
portunities, might be to your statesmen
an unfailing Inspiration, and that It might
arouse the hosts of Christ for their con
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