The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 07, July, 1889 by Various
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page 28 of 105 (26%)
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should not go with its missionary work into the South at all, than that
it should go with a mission which strengthens the infidelity that denies that God made of one blood all the nations of the earth for to dwell together. * * * * * THE SOUTH. * * * * * MOUNTAIN WORK IN TENNESSEE. BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.W. HIATT. I have found the man of iron. In one short day, he travelled one hundred miles by rail, walked twelve miles over a steep and rocky mountain, rode fourteen miles horseback through a pouring and drenching rain, and at nightfall preached an earnest, telling sermon to an audience of railroad employees, besides performing the duties of organist and janitor. The next morning he was up at four o'clock and away for other tasks of similar sort. One who watches Brother Pope, must do it on the run. One of the fairest spots on the Cumberland Plateau is Grand View. Here the American Missionary Association holds a strategic position. The wild, magnificent scenery and the cool, bracing air, tingling with ozone, make it an ideal spot for a great religious and educational centre. Already eyes are turning upward from the surrounding valleys to this mountain |
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