Cogdill In Canada
As most readers of the Gospel Guardian probably already know, Brother Roy E. Cogdill left his home in Lufkin and went into Canada the first of June for an extended period of gospel preaching in the Province of Ontario. Elsewhere in this issue we give a report from him indicating the progress that is being made, and pointing out the unexcelled opportunities that are now presenting themselves in our great neighbor to the north. The work there is not easy, but neither is it impossible. By patience, persistence, and unremitting endeavor the cause can be made to flourish once again in Canadian fields.
We believe there are many reasons why Canada should offer a very attractive sphere of activity for "mission minded" churches. It is near at hand; the language spoken is our own (with a few intriguing variations); the people are more similar to us than any people on the earth not of our own nation; and with the break-down of the old established religions, the Canadian people are lost and at sea. The finest and most spiritually minded element in the population is no longer satisfied with the rank modernism and thinly veiled infidelity of the "United Church"; but they know not where to turn. Once the truth is presented to them, there must be many who will gladly receive it.
There is real advantage in supporting a work as near as Canada. It is possible to have fairly frequent visits from the man on the field,- reporting back to the supporting congregation. Then, too, it is often quite helpful to have the local preacher go into the mission field and help the preacher there in a gospel meeting. He can bring back a true and unbiased report of that work, factual and objective, which would be extremely difficult for the man who is actually on the field to prepare. It might even be possible for several from the local church to visit the Canadian "mission" on their summer vacations, and get a first hand view of the work being done. This of course cannot but serve to stimulate interest in the field.
Canada affords a wonderful opportunity for some truly constructive work. Who is interested? What congregation will undertake the task? Read Brother Cogdill's article in this issue, and then see if there is anything you can do to help the cause in Canada.