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XXXU.-NO 33 THE ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE 0 THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. ESTABLISHED 1855 itn:u, RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1887. ($2.00 PER A"JT31 Iajsille in Adranc For the Advocate. Our Virfiinia Correspondence. v i. flN K. EDWARDS, L. P. lliK IK' OK OUU CIIILIMIOLP.1 T;:iu :v;ti l-O V,) i . - 1 to : I .in- Willi 1 . I. I it may i- ; I ffOVCl How ruthless hand plavs vith much of the seiiti- :md novelists. Alter the , hissed the meridian and M c!own towards the hori- inctiveiy uui our eyes i! try to conjure up the ; rhients mat are mter- iio's young dream; and, U audibly repeat : r to my heart are the . .liO.Hinml ?" mill, lnolcilior . vn u. ;i! "'-"""-i - o r, ',,!, !,c mist of irrepressible tears. jionie, un au ui us comes back to in I j faiciuation mat, nab a KiuMiip io jeu ui' innocence and. beauty in vhrh our tirst parents spent the morn i : -.f crc the blight of the curse f '.""j de?'-':led the flowers of Paradise of 'r fragrance and bloom. Fancy in- woii remembered object with ? i i' bewitching loveliness. davs are forgotten. Xo : no pang of pain ; no .ornoss ; no blasted hopes, iro-peets are recalled. We but that which is clothed inumts of beauty; nothing or repulsive. The garden iih fresh blown roses ; the I41 ilr-ir noun, iui an ui j h'Wheil a--x-iations comes back litinrv. a palpable reality. Seen , ' k,:.,,, r. v.-o invest it with a char t 'P 1;M'A - - .... i tcI5 can ' a -aruitu Ai the dark ".1 i'i 5t. la the !:a :!iat is colli I i:-e V . ,1 Whis unexhaled oil the beds of pink IaL'1 :olet ; the creepers hang in graee 1 :Vs toons from the trellised arbors; I honeysuckle perfumes the morning lair: theoM china tree in the yard, and I the ckfiiut trees in the lane; the ap- . .1 . i . 1 1 i rt-cs mat iiung oer uie garuen j. a:: i the wide-spreading oak that ho spring ; the hawthorn he.L'e. anil tne clusters of elders a1 ong ihe branch, all are beautiful and at tractive as seen in the morning light of memory, when age has dimmed the eye, the shades of the evening that nre- i ;ue the coming night are falling around I -eltere path that must soon end in the 1 A in 1 1 1 S K X C 1 1 A X 1 31 E X T . A return to the scenes of our child- :o!. auer long years or absence have intervened, lias the effect to disenchant the mind and heart of many a fondly htiihirhiatioii. Apart from ;Le ihar.-cs wrought by the remorse -hand of time, the unweicome dis covery is made that the ideal had :::r.i:.atc l the real in the fond recollec :ip of the home of our tender years. T:-a:r.e nil's, and streams, andliedg- anu iurests, together with ;:nestead, and garden plot, uaiacent range of woodland unntin. but all wear a ditl'erent 1 from that presented to the eye d.; - of our childhood, and early To h.2 sure, mauv of the fea- anu artilicial, have expression under the .:: audi ..-orroding hand of the re ;"''yv.r. and yet the natural " iha.i remain .no longer wear i :ri"vi,u11 .ui;,,t imprinted itself on aihn.;: uiiud. Tiie sweep of the a-: meadow hind is more con 'l:ihc contour of the hills and wa lis graceful, and the whole 1 ai(i p:cturesrpie than the npt hum the original on mem- Only the clumps of rue u.d the thorny clusters of and rasnberrv briars vr 1 T - - w itural f ia.-e nlu'e. jerrv. vi:ere. as seen through the lenses .f-rted fancy, we depicted llower .:T r;;rHu ai!d fragrant carnations, , ' ,j l;;li-?-r roses. The spring, under -c-itorinir branches of the gnarled "i jotted oak that towered above it, iOng'-r the crystal fountain that u the thrist with its cooling t'--t vhi -a the beaded perspiration on iuo. 1-ow of boyhood; and the - '-'ak, that warred with wintery ( !hi-hcd its shining leaves in , vainaer - ales, by some curious freak 1 'r.,. ha.s become dwarfed in '; Vr1'.1 r"bbed of the beauty that vea -t in tiie days of oul. youth lf fu-d not have the fascinating pic- - ' the scenes of our child n'' ( havo. hung up in the halls of ,fJ. utterly marred, and divested ifi''I:r;fi:itment' il wcre AVc11 not t 'Jdter long years of absence, hour-stead, wnerc we were 'I'iii W l.f l'p WO Cl.nnt nr early life. w 1 f ui-;- IVSTICAL X,OHK. ree score and ten'- have I" I'e'rSf VV r.ll ln- 1-.fT.r nvil Vf:!, ,;::-tf- i'Ul;l;rya limb .IlKi rOOUSt elasticity; when the eye i Ulid the ear heav3r, 'rl.. :.'r''';'-x'11(-'s Presents a chang- : ( ': fl'-d 1o the mind in the spring v '":lr ':''ivriC: years. The varnish !--r that concealed real insensible stages, gradu leaving ugly scars and ;'e:s viiPj-e innocence and ;ced the untutored and in ;.ve when life was young -"".s. As we advance in h'' things become slrijiped meretricious, and are no a fictitious value, tin- "'id conventional polilc- unci mere vro- 0!1-e misled upon onr ;;!- credulity, flattery and ; -:!:'.y phrase are all duly dis , j1 down ah their real 1 '!: t advancing years are i ' 'iill V : cea to 'US. 1 v, necessarily suspicious, but that the "mystical lore'' of the evening life gives an insight into the real value of a thousand things whose intrinsic worth has been misjudged and over estimated by reason of the talse standards applied in determining their merits and excel lence. Long experience and observa tion, where the mind is free from pre judice, are great teachers. On the one hand they disabuse the mind of early misconceptions : on the other tbpv foster and mature all the elements of knowledge implanted while the mind was in a plastic and formative state. It is only where there is a failure to heed the teachings of experience and observation that old age becomes quer ulous, morose, fault-linding, and cen sorious. There is nothing more attrac tive and beautiful than a bright, cheer ful, uncomplaining old age. It is sym bolized in a glorious, unclouded. nntumn sunset, the dusk of the evening mingl- mg witn tne golden light that Hushes the whole heavens, as the sun sinks below the horizon . AX APOLOGY. The foreging was written sometime ago, sugested by a glimpse of the for ests, and fields, and old familiar haunts associated with the recollections of my early boyhood. It will at least serve to give variety" to the columns of the Advocate devoted to "original correspondence;" and ma3' serve to impress some of my more 3-outhh.1l counsellors, critics, and advisers with the belief that I am not altogether out of sympathy with the young, on the one hand, and that I have not become querulous and fretful in old age. I cheerfully allow people to differ from me, without feeling a particle of acri mony towards them 011 that account. I have no animosities, 110 grudges, no reseutfulness towards auj' mortal on earth. Personally, I am at peace with God and all mankind. ,k Not as though I had already attained, either were al ready perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which I also am apprehended of Christ Jesus." I have seen a good deal in my day; among other things I have seen some very amort youug men. Sometimes I have seen smartness that verged on impertinence. 1 have had occa sion to change and modify a good many of the views and opinions honestly en tertained aiid pertinaciously defended by me at an earlier period of my life. I am therefore very indulgent in my feel ings even towards those who charge me with ' slandering' the ''sainted founder" of Methodism. I am rather amused than offended by such allegations. Now, my friendly reader, don't jump to too wide a conclusion. That good man, the Kev. John D. Blackwell, D. D., who died a short time ago, wrote a letter to me only a few months before his death, in which he used this sentence : I am sometimes so upset by tne obliquities of professedly good men that 1 almost wish I could go to heaven, if I were not a little afraid of heaven." SOMETHING AP.OUT DANVILLE. Danville now has street cars, running from the Richmond and Danville rail road depot to the corporation limits on West main. Street a distance of some thing more than a mile and a half. Dur ing the year there have been large and extensive additions made to the system of sewerage. Electric lights blaze on every street. A large number of hands is now engaged in excavating a new re servoir, on the most elevated point con tiguous to the city, and of much greater capacit7 than the old reservoir. A tract of land has been purchased br the city for an extensive park. A new cot ton mill is in process of erection, and will be put in operation before the winter sets in. This mill, added to the two large mills already in operation, will give employment to an increased number of hands, and contribute to the thrift and prosperity of the city. A new iron bridge, of elegant design, has been put up, during the year, across the Dan River, connecting Danville and Xorth Danville. The new Methodist Church in Xorth Danville is nearly completed. It is an elegant house of worship, and compares favorably, in point of architectural presentation and elegance of interior linish, with the best and most attractive churches in the State. In addition to the forego ing an immense amount of paving has been done 011 the streets; and, just now, the main thoroughfare leading from Main Street to the National Ceme tery is in process of being paved ; so that it may be said truthfully that no city of its size in any of the adjoining States has kept pace with Danville in the march of improvement. It is rapid ly taking on the air and port of a city. With all it has delightful society. a woki) to rnoTHi:n xash. Brother Xash must excuse me. 1 am entirely too obtuse to perceive the pertinence of his explanation to the point of inquiry raised by me in the card to which he refers. His learned and labored effort at explanation is as " clear as mud" to my mind. That, of course, is on fault of his. lie is not ex pected to give brains and ideas too. So far as I am concerned, personally, Brother Xash must allowr me to differ from him. I have no unkind feelings towards him, therefore I do not differ with him. In my simplicity I still in quire ; "does spiritual regeneration by the Holy Ghost, (what we as Metho dists call coversion), give the sub ject of this change the title to, and the qualification for'heavcu, in the event of death; or, is there something other than this change, and beyond it, condi tioned on an act of faith in reference to it, indispensable to our admittance in- i to heaven ? Bro. Xash may call this question a 44 scare crow," if he pleases, lie keeps at a respectful distance from it. Personally, 7, in common with all the Methodist preachers I have ever known, believe in Scriptural holiness, ft is a great deal better, however, in my 4; humble opinion" to live it, than! pJ.ut;, piaLe, aim quanvi aDOUL It. FURTHER NOTES. This is Monday, week I again went and preached in the at Rulliu. Brother Sept. 5th. Last 4 over the line," Methodist Church Round had corn- meeting there, menced a protracted which I am happy to learn, has been crowned with the conversion of more than twenty souls. Last might, the Rev. J. A. Cunninggim, Presiding Elder of the Greensboro District, came into Danville, from his' Quarterly Meet ing at Shady Grove, and preached an eminently practical and profitable ser mon to a large congregation in Mount Vernon Chnrch. Our people were de lighted with his visit, and benefitted by his sermon. We are beginning to get in sight of the approaching session of the Va. Conference, which is to meet in Dan ville, Xov. 17th. Bishop Key is ex pected to preside. Since my last letter, Rev. E. X. S. Blogg, another member of the V. Con ference has died. He was universally beloved, as a most estimable and ex cellent man. This makes 10 of our preachers who have died present Confer' nee year. The Danville College for Young Ladies opens 011 Wednesday of this wek, Sept. 7th. Already most of the teachers are in place and ready for work, and the boarders are coming in, with the prospect of quite as large a number of pupils as were matriculated the past year. Danville, J a., 1887. For the Advocate. One of (Sac FatEaers. during the BY REV. T. S. CAMPBELL. REV. STITII MEAD. A letter in the Raleigh Christian Advocate a few months ago from Rev. G. G. Smith and one very recently in the Christian Advocate, of Xashville, by the assistant Editor, Rev. W. A. Cand ler, make honorable mention of Rev. S. Mead as a pioneer Methodist preach er in Georgia ; and as having introduc ed Methodism into Augusta, and built the first Methodist Church in that city. Bro. Smith, or his prmteiynade the ink take of naming him Stephen instead of St'uh. It happens that I was well acquainted with him, when a boy and a young man. He was Presiding Elder of my parents in 1805, 0, 7.; was their pastor the year I was born, aid again five 3'ears after. When I was under deep conviction and spiritual distress, a bo3r of fifteen, he took special charge of me ; gave me the instruction I need ed and led me to Christ ; so that I trusted in him as myT savior. Subse quentPy he was frequent' at 1113' fath er's and showed a peculiar interest in the religious culture of 1113 brothers, sisters and ni3Tself. A holy influence was felt where he went and a cheerful abiding in Christ followed his visits. There was nothing ascitic in his reli gion, or so dignified as to make even the most humble or timid feel tli2 slightest degree of embarrassment in his presence. He was born in Bedford county, Va., Sept. 27th, 1707. 44 His father, Col. William Mead, was a farmer of consid erable wealth and served with distinc tion in the Revolutionary Wa." At the time of his death in 1835 being about sixt37-eight years old, he owned a small farm in Amherst county, two miles from Lynchburg. On it he lived in a comfortable little cottage. On a lot donated by himself, he, with such aid as he could obtian, built Mead's Chapel and organized a Society. Here he and family worshipped ; it being re gularly supplied hy the circuit preach ers. Here he ended his earthly pilgri mage and was buried. The Chapel is gone, but the monument over his grave 3'et remains. Entertaining a reverenti al respect and warm Christian affec tion for him, I made it a dut3T", as it was a privilege, on 1113" annual visits home, to visit him. He was a ripe Christian, and it was a benedection to enj03r his society. When about eigh teen years old his father, who had re moved to Georgia, put him to school at Augusta. I have a -very distinct recol lection of having heard him speak of his experiences in Augusta, especial when he wras sent there to preach. In 1789 he came to Virginia on business, lie reached Bedford in the time of a great revival conducted b3 C. S. Moor ing and others. In a few days he was happil3T converted, being in his twentj" second 3-car. In July 1700 he records that he was made partaker of "Perfect Love." I am persuaded he never lost the 103- of so deep an experience. The minutes show that he entered the min istry in 1702. The Conference obituary by mistake makes it 1703. He travel ed various circuits in Virginia "till 1700 when he was staticned at Augusta, Ga. This is the first time Augusta is found as an appointment of the Conference. In 1800 he was appointed to Burke and Augusta with "W. Avent. In 1801, 2, 3. be was Presiding Elder of Georgia Dis trict. This included about the whole State. Up to about this date the work was regarded as a whole ; -and the Con feree e as one so that no note was ever made of transfers ; hence it was legiti mate to send Stith Mead, or au3' other, from Virginia to Augusta or aii3T point where the godly judgment of the bish op niight see best. In 1804 he was again in Augusta. In 1805, G, 7, we find him in Virginia on Richmond Dis trict. In 1808 he was stationed in Richmond. This year was signalized by a gracious revival among the con victs in the State Penitentiary, main ly through his labors. A society con sisting of forty-eight of these convicts was organized with a class leader. He continued in various charges until 181G when with health impaired he located. He did not marry 'till of mature age, perhaps above fortv- 3-ears, when he married a lady many 3'ears his junior. He had his home in Lynchburg. Here he was very useful and was chiefly in strumental in building the first Metho dist house of worship in that city. His location was soon after the close of the war of 1812. There was a great boom in real estate, especiall3r unimproved city and town lots. He had considera ble patrimon3T. He must needs do something to support his family and belter his fortunes. He made invest ments that were unfortunate; a crash came. He was financially ruined. During the time of his location he was often engaged in revival meetings where he never labored in vain. He seemed in fact little fitted for any se cular employment. His talent did not lie that wa3-. Of what he saved from the wreck he secured the little home where he closed his life. He was of medium height, slender built, not muscular, but quite attenuat ed ; had a pleasant address, a voice of considerable compass and sang well. As I first remember him he dressed in the old style, with a shad or quaker coat, of ample skirt and length, knee breeches and buckles, long stockings and fair top boots. Hat corresponding, broad brimmed. Ashe went on horse back, saddlebags of long size and gam badoes were essential equipments. Had he carried more flesh he would in my early days have completely filled my ideal of a patriarch. He looked patrari chal. lie was patriarchal. He lived a sojourner. The Conference obituary sa3'S 4' he was notdistinguished by great talents, or literary attainments, but was eminentl3T useful." 44 A holy emo tion signalized his ministrations. There is no doubt that he was instrumental 111 promoting those revivals in the Southern States which 3et remain in their Affects upon societ3r and the church of Gou. ' The subject of this sketch was never robust. His life had been much worn before his location, and with hl failing fortunes had failed still more. In 1827 he was by vote of the Virginia Conference re-admitted to membership and placed as a beneficial' on the roll of the superannuated. Here he remained till removed to the higher felicities. But he wanted to do some thing for the Master and the good of man. lie looked to a field not supplied, and undertook what he called,andtruhy, the 44 James River Mission," reaching from Lynchburg to Richmond. lie went down one side and up the other preaching to neglected neighborhoods, and out-of-the-way places ; to white and colored. When he reacheel Rich mond he held special services for the convicts in the Penitentiary. M3' fath er's was one of his resting places. We were often thrilled b3" the narratives he gave of his meetings and successes in the conversion of souls. He served in this volunteer mission about two years. Old and feeble as he was, he abated none of his zeal in the sacred cause, but continued his labors as far as his strength would permit. In his last moments he evinced perfect resigna tion to the wrill of God, commending his family to God, he died triumphantly in the faith. Lexington, X. C, Sept. 2nd. 1887. For the Advocate. Our WsisSsfisisrton ILcUcp. (From our Special Correspondent.) President Cleveland has withdrawn to the seclusion of Oak View for sever al weeks vacation and announces his purpose not to visit the White House during that period except to attend to important public business. With the single exception of Secretary Bayard, all of the President's official family, in cluding Private Secretary Lamont, are on their vacation, and Washington is at its dullest now when you take away, the Chief Magistrate, the Cabinet, and Congress, the cit3s chief attractions are gone. The political quid mines have been aroused from their summer languor b3r the visit of Speaker Carlisle to the Cap ital, but that distinguished gentleman declares, in an interview, that he is simply here on Departmental business, and that no political significance what ever attaches to his presence in the city, and he further states that he knows nothing of the alleged Democra tic conference about which the news papers have had so much to sa3". 1 learn that there is a pretty prospect of a first class family row among the Democrates, upon the meeting of C011 ores. over the confirmation of United States Treasurer -the re" Hyatt's nomination volt being led by Senator Voor- iices because 01 uie lirasmui a iiusiu to dismiss from his office Jerome Bur nett, an Indian Republican politician, holding a $2,500 clerkship, and replace him with a Democrat of the Senator's selection. Mr. Hyatt is thought to be n Mugwump, and Senators Voorhees, Beck and Vance, an memuers 01 me Finance Committee, announced their purpose to mine mm wnen 111s name comes up. The annual reports of the Bureaux of the Interior Department are beginning to come in the first being that of Commissioner of Patents Hall, which shows that 40,078 applications for patents were made during the past fiscal 3"ear, and that the office is well up with the business in some classes of its work. The receipts during the 3Tear were $1,150,04G ; the disbursements were $981,044. The deficienc3r of the late financial clerk, Levi Bacon, is still $22,422. He renews the recommenda tions of his predecessor, that the Patent Office be provided more space and bet ter facilities, and that the model hall and the library room be enlarged and repaired. The partial report of Senator Cock rell's investigating committee shows that in a number of cases the work in the executive departments is far be hind. In the War Department it is estimated that it will take four or live years to adjust the claims under the act of July 5th, 1884. Congress hav ing imposed extra work on this Depart ment should supply additional clerical force, as a matter of justice, and the same claim holds good in the Pension Office, except that the clerks of that Bureau, by laboring longer hours, with out increased pay, have caught up with their work. After working five 3'ears, the archi tect announces the completion of the Pension building, at a cost of $000,000. It has been occupied two 3'ears in an unfinished condition, but it is now one of the most spacious, well lighted, ventilated and fully equipped public buildings in the world having all the latest appliances and improvements for the comfort and convenience of its oc cupants. The galleries are two thirds of a mile in length and the record room is s:xty two feet above the hall, and for the purpose of conveying baskets of heaT3T documents these long distances, an elevated railroad track has been provided which will be very useful. Of the thirty-six millions of trade dollars coined, onl3r about eight mil lions have been presented for redemp tion, and of these half a million have been re-coined mostly into dimes ; the period for redemption having expired cn the third insfe., no more can be re deemed. A late statement prepared by the Treasury shows that during the month of August there was a decrease of $737, 370 in the total circulation and an in crease of $10,210,200 in the total cash in the Treasury. President Cleveland, Secretary Fair child, and Congressmen Carlisle, Mills, and Scott are engaged at Oak Ariew in preparing a tariff reform bill, which is designed to command tne unanimous support of the dominant part3T, though it is understood that Ex-Speaker Ran dall, who is in the city, was not invit ed to the consultation. It is believed by well informed persons here that the Administration will stake its whole in fluence upon the fate of the proposed measure. The Internal Medical Congress has been in session all of this week, open ing Monday with President Cleveland and Secretary Bayard officiating and making brief addresses of welcome both distinguished gentlemen being greeted with generous applause. At night the doctors were honored with a great ball and banquet at the Pension Office, followed next night hy a recep tion b3T the President and his wife, at which they are said to have shaken hands with 0,000 people. Each day the Congress meets in sections and listens to learned essa3"S on the most subtile diseases of the human system and the best methods of treatment in such difficult cases, while the evenings are generally devoted to social festivi ties, which seem to be thoroughly en joyed and appreciated b3' the city's guests, each of whom bears upon his breast a medal and a blue rosette, as a distinguishing mark. The papers have been filed by Mr. Thobe in his contest for Mr. Carlisle's seat in the Fiftieth Congress, and it is noted as a remarkable circumstance, that the Ex-Speaker makes no response. The Chinese Minister has returned from Spain and is again at the Lega tion in Washington. This Celestial dignitary occupies the house built by Senator Stewart, of Xevada, known as "Stewart Castle," on Dupont Circle. Large as the house is, it is hardly large enough for the retinue of the Legation, .which includes innume: able Secretaries and a troop of Chinese servants. One of theMinister's household attracts ui i versal attention and is a great favorite and pet of the ladies of Washington. It is the ten year old nephew of the Min ister, a bright-03'ed intelligent boy,who dressed in native costume, looks like a miniature copy of his elders, queue, pig tail and all. He enjoys everything in America, specially talking and playing with the American boys and girls in the park opposite the Legation, and he has learned English with the usual facility of childhood. The Chinese gentlemen at the Legation are veiy social and mingle more in general societ3T than an3' of the other members of the Diplo matic Corps. One meets them in pri vate houses at tea or dinner, or finds a Secretary or two, enjoying a game of cards in some house, the home of a res ident n 011-oificial. The Chinese secre taries are veiy fond of the American young ladies, and show a wonderful tal ent, considering that their taste for beauty is educated from an Oriental standard, in selecting the handsomest. The diplomats who represent the Celes- j tial Empire, in the United States, will undoubtedly carry back to their native country a better and more thorough knowledge of American character and habits tan the representatives of any other foreign power at the Capital. Outside the Chinese, the diplomatic corps at Washington is a ver3' narrosr bod3'. Thfy do not mingle with citi zens except on public and official occa sions, but constitute themselves into a select but narrow-minded circle cf for eigners, and a few Americans whose recommendation to this little clique is based upon an avowed admiration and declared preference for foreigners and things foreign. A full blooded Omaha Indian is a clerk in the Interior Department. He has recently been promoted from a sal ary of si. 000 a year to one at $1,200 a 3ear. His services have been efficient and he has merited the promotion. His name is Francis LaFlesche, and he of ten acts as interpreter for the Govern ment. For the Advocate. TIac Preacher's ' IVivcs' Loan FiiimI for Parsonage ISnildii;, At its last Annual Meeting the Board of Church Extension authorized the Woman's Department to raise a loan fund for parsonage building ; and Rev. Henry E. Partridge of the Florida Con ference Board suggests the plan of th2 44 Preacher's Wives' Loau Fund" $5. 00, making a preacher's wife a Life Patron. I wish before the Annual Con ferences to call to it the attention, and urge each to send their pastor to Con ference with the $5.00 from them to make the pastor's, or presiding elder's wife, a life patron. This is a small sum for any congregation to raise and an eas3T way to show the interest felt in a cause that must commend itself to the wisdom and good feeling of every one who loves the Methodist Church with its peculiar, but power giving in stitutions. Au3r charge, or individual, that has desired to organize a parson age Society in connection with this Department and, as 3-et unable to do so, can in this way contribute to tho 2)cnnaneitt success of the parsonage movement ; for a loan fund once estab lished will be a permanent, perpetual agency for building parsonages. Sums of an3 size ma' be added to this 'fund. If Rev. David Morton is not in attendance upon the Conference the money should be handed to the Treas urer of the Conference Board of Church Extension, or if present, to the Sccre taiy or Treasurer of the0Womans De partment, to be sent with the names of life patrons to Dr. Morton. The amount and name.? should also be pub lished in the Conference organ. Do not delay. ONE RESPONSE. Montana, the only Conference to which our loan fund has been proposed sends a cheering response. Mrs. Stan ley, our Conference Secretary there writes: 44 Montana Conference reports ten subscribers of $5.00 each to the 44 Preacher's Wives" Loan Fund, all paid." There are but five preachers'' wives' and about a dozen preachers al together in the Conference. Let every Conference report suoh prompt and thorough work, and we will have a loan fund of at least$l 0,000 by the close of the year Lucinda B. Helm, Sec. Woman's Dept. Church Extension. FJi a'ethtov:n. A'., Aug. 2Sth. For tho Advocate. Ttie Week of Prayer ami Se3i"-Deaial. The collections from the week of prayer have reached over $14,301.00. This amount ha.s been reported by six hundred and seventy-two pastors. As we have over four thousand preachers in the regular work, it is evident that onl3T a small proportion, say about one fifth, observed the week of prayer. Had each one earnestly and prayerfully pre sented the appeal before his people, and led them in this service, our indebted ness would have been removed, and men who are waiting to go in answer to their Master's call could be sent out into the mission-field. After consultation with Bishops and members of the Board, we announce the call to observe a week of prayer and self-denial in behalf cf Missions re mains open. Absence of members, and other causes, hindered the efforts of many of the pastors. The opportunity is still offered each one to aid in remov ing this burden from the Board in order that we may enter and occupy the fields opened to us by the greatllead of the Church. Will each Conference take the matter in hand 'i or in their absence, or in advance of Conference action, will the pastors appoint the time and pro vide for its observance 5r We will re publish the programme and send it to all who will furnish their address. The week of prayer and self-denial has been a means of grace in the con gregations where it has been observed. Let all share the blessings ! Let all unite in this effort to lift the burden from our missions'! Will our brethren of the Church press indorse and enforce this appeal'? I. G. John, D. C. Kellev. Subscribe for this Advocate. Price, $2.00 per annum, post-paid. i
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