| Show PREACH GOSPEL IN RID LANDS Congregationalists Planning to Invade Reclaimed Regions of the West NOT ENOUGH MINISTERS CONFERENCE BEING HELD AT ATTHE ATTHE THE TH E KNUTSFORD Field missionaries in the coast moun mountain mountain mountain tain states are beginning to appreciate that the scope of their work Is being con considerably considerably considerably enlarged by the rapid progress made in the reclamation of arid lands by b irrigation and when the representatives of ot the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing society In this section met for Cor fora Cora a three days conference at the Knuts Knutsford Knutsford Knutsford ford last evening this was one of or the th leading topics of ot discussion In speaking of or this problem Dr Frank Franl FrankK K Sanders of or Boston secretary of the time so society society who arrived here yesterday morn mornIng lag ins said Nb So 0 one has any Idea II ea how much more difficult our work has become during the past few years eara through the springing up of small towns and villages in hitherto uninhabited country Take Tale tot foY Instance In the valley of Nevada where several villages have havo grown up lip recently in a region which not long ago was never thought of or for hu human human human man habitation These people must be reached in some way wa and the only thing that thai we can do under the time circumstances 13 is to Increase our force We are arc going to consider this matter at our meetings here and try t to devise some means for fo distributing the territory equitably be between between between tween our workers until more satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory arrangements can be made to take care of the additional burdens which have been placed upon us by the rapid ad advancement advancement advancement of the irrigation movement Prominent Men Here Dr Sanders Is one of or the leading men in the Congregational church In the coun COUll country try tr is a graduate of Yale university and was for several years ears a teacher in the thc Yale Tale divinity school He now devotes his whole time to the work of the Sunday school and publishing society of the church The Thc conference is being attended by bv fourteen field missionaries from eight different dif different ferent ferE nt states Among the most prominent of those who wh arrived yesterday is Pro Professor Professor fessor Charles S Nash of or the Pacific The Theological Theological seminary at Berkeley Berkele Cal Cat He lie HeH Heh lieh H vice Ice president nt of the national society and has charge of the work in this re region region region gion Others in attendance are Rev Rp Edmund Owens of ol Arizona Rev E J Singer in car e of the field In Northern California and Rev Re II H P Case from the southern district of that state Rev Hev A S Rush of Colorado Rev Re IL H A Lee of Idaho Rev Hev W V S Bell BeIl of Montana Rev Re H N Smith of Oregon Rev He Samuel Green and Rev J M L Deck of Washington and Rev He W WB WB WB B D Gray Gra and wife and Rev J M 1 Bab of Wyoming |
