The Need of Home Mission Work
By Editor
THE past two weeks have been rich in accidents which have caused the loss of life and destruction. Floods in Oregon, New York, and Arizona have destroyed life as well as property, while floods have caused immense loss of property in other localities. There have also been many railway accidents, owing in part, no doubt, to softening of the roadbed and wash-outs by the rains, frosts, and floods. Crimes of various kinds have kept the record good in that respect, criminals seemingly growing bolder and more hardened; and many times justice is not dispensed. As the Methodist Christian Advocate of St. Louis says: "A horrible crime is committed, the criminal arrested and imprisoned, and if he or his friends happen to have money enough, under one plea or another the case is put off from one court to another, until the witnesses are out of the way, or some other event occurs which seems to justify his acquittal, and he is turned loose to repeat his criminal acts." Another brutalizing element is the many prize-fights continually being held all over the country. There is certainly need of home mission work.