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Southern Christian
MACON.GEORGIA.SEPTEM BEE 18,1877
FLORIDA CONFERENCE.
For the convenience of the Preachers and
Delegates going to Tampa, the. Florida Con
ference will meet on Thursday, the loth of
November. G. F. Pierce.
Sept. 7th, 1877.
PRESERVE THE FRUITS.
For several weeks past onr columns have
been laden with revival intelligence, and in
this issue we present such an array of these
buoyant bulletins of victory as show's plainly
that the campaign against sin is being pushed
as vigorously as ever, and with unabated sue"
cess. There is much that is inspiring in
these announcements of scores and hundreds
who are being won from the service of Satan
and the world and marshalled in the sacra
mental host, and every pious heart among
us must swell with joy at the intelligence.
We sympathize with the exultation of the
earnest preachers, and faithful praying pri
vate Christians, whose labors and prayers
are being erowned with these blessed results.
Most heartily do we commend their zeal and
their faith, and rejoice with them that rejoice
in these seasons of gracious visitation. But
we “rejoice with trembling” as we meditate
upon the perils which will beset the pathway
of these multitudes, and contemplate the
possibility, indeed the probability, that many
if not most of them may have to confront
these perils and contend with them in com
parative ignorance of the devices of the
Wicked One and without the aid of faithful
pastoral instruction and training.
As the years go by we become more and
more thoroughly convinced that Christian
culture is the paramount need of the Church,
and that delinquency at this point accounts
for any disparaging disproportion between
immediate apparent, and ultimate real, fruits
of what are called revival meetings. We be
lieve in revivals, rejoice in what has already
been accomplished through them, and in the
contributions they are making from year to
year to the spread of the gospel, the quick
ening of the faith and zeal of the Church,
and the awakening and conversion of souls.
May the day be distant, aye, may it never
oome, when Methodism forfeits its claim to
being called a revival Church. We exult in
the frequency and power of these special
visitations which have marked, indeed large
ly made, its history. But while we recognize
their agency in the marvellous growth of the
Church and regard them indispensable to its
vitality and farther development, we cannot
close our eyes to the fact that the Church
has fallen far short of realizing the full legit
imate fruits cf such distinguished marks of
divine approval, and is to day far below the
status of spiritual power, if not of numeri
cal strength, which its revival experience
ought to have achieved for it. We have not
been derelict in using the gospel appliances
to which revival influences are promised and
to which they have been munificently vouch
safed ; but we have been sadly deficient in
the prayerful, painstaking, persistent toil,
which is necessary to conserve, and make
permanent in a steadfast Christian life, the
fruits gathered during these gracious sea
sons. We are too prone to limit our solici
tudes and exertions to the revival sea
sou, and forget that; that we seem
then to have will prove
barren of permanent good, and indeed,
will result in positive spiritual damage to
unstable souls, unless the labors of the revi
val are succeeded by the unremitting watch
care and counsel of the pastor and devout
Christian friends. In an accommodated
sense we may press the caveat , “ Let not
him that putteth on the harness, boast airfre
that putteth it off"—let not the laborious
pastor who has succeeded in bringing many
members into the Church, rest on his success
es or rpgard his work as satisfactory, until
he has done all in his power to edify the in
experienced converts, and confirm them in a
scriptural apprehension of the duties and re
sponsibilities of the new life to which they
have been introduced. For lack of this,
many gathered in at revival meetings who
ran well for a season, have had hindrances
in their course, and lapsing into their former
inodes of life, are less susceptible to Divine
itiHueiices to day than before they were count
ed as trophies of the truth. We beg the
thoughtful attention of our ministerial breth
ren to this subject. We beg our people who
love the Church, and whose hearts are glad
dened by the revival of God’s work in their
congregations and communities, to co ope
rate with their pastors in zealous effort to in
struct, encourage, and confirm young pro
fessors in the way of life. A revival of this
sort of work is sadly needed, and would
enhance incalculably the net permanent
fruit of the “ glorious meetings” so numer
ously reported in the Advocate, and for
which we have so much reason to rejoice
and be thankful.
REV. JOSEPHUS ANDERSON. I. D.
The following letter, though personal to
the editor of this paper, contains so much
that will be of profound interest to the nu
merous friends of Dr. Anderson in Florida
and Georgia, that we will be pardoned for
giving it the publicity of our columns. We
do not recall just now the allusion to the
Doctor’s movements which misled his Florida
correspondent, but our impression is that
“the wish was father to the thought,” and
that there was nothing beside the hope that
it might be so, in the mention of his visit to
Virginia for necessary recreation, to justify
the inference that it was his purpose to re
turn to Florida. We rejoice in our brother’s
improved health, and trust his bow may
abide in its wonted strength yet many years :
Farmvii.i,e, Va., Sept. 4th, 1877.
Uev. F. M. Kennkky, D. D., — My Dear
Brother ,- One of my dear Florida corres
pondents, in a letter recently received by
me, stated that she saw in the Advocate
that I had left Arkansas, and she supposed
that I was returning to Florida. As my
papers go to Helena, and I have not seen a
copy of your journal since I left, I do not
know what she saw that gave her such an
impression.
My leaving Florida was not of my procur
ing nor at my instance, but purely a work of
God's providence, and I felt satisfied after it
was done that my transfer to Arkansas was
of God. My health since has sometimes
caused me to feel somewhat in doubt whether
it might not be the will of God that I should
return to Florida, especially as so many
earnest appeals come to me to do so. But
the speedy restoration of my health by a
brief season of vacation has convinced me
that rest was all that I needed. Five years
without a vacation, while I studied harder
and labored more than I ever did, had pro
duced physical weakness and exhaustion,
and when I came away on this visit to my
native State my system rapidly returned to a
healthy condition, and I now weigh more
than ever in the past.
I love Florida with a profound and warm
affection, and would gladly labor and die
there; but duty is my rule of life, and as I
am fully satisfied that God has sent me to
work for Him in Arkansas, I shall return to
my field of labor there. Bishop Doggett
felt that he was doing God’s will when he
sent me there; and I felt that I was obeying
my heavenly Father when I went, and now
J must stay there until I feel sure that God
wills my removal. My only amis to glorify
God, and lam happy in the effort. He has
greatly blessed my unworthy labors in the
west. Nearly forty eight years of my life
have passed ; the remaining years must he
His. Yours truly,
Josephus Anderson.
DEATH OF REV. OLIVER EADT.
It is with the painful sense of personal be
reavement that we publish the following
letter, received the day before our paper
goes to press, which announces that as faith
ful, and indefatigable, and consecrated a
minister of Christ as we have ever known,
has been summoned from his earthly toils
and privations to the rest and rewards of the
faithful on high. We knew Oliver Eady
long and intimately, and it is the memory of
the Christian excelelncies which were con
spicuous throughout the whole period of our
acquaintance that leaves no shadow of appre
hension that our friend has not been exalted
to a high place among the just made perfect.
Without reputation as a brilliant preacher,
and, indeed, perhaps somewhat quaint in
his methods and manner of exposition, he
sometimes presented the truth with wonder
ful power, and we have witnessed most gra
cious results under his preaching. A simple,
unpretending man, rather shrinking than ob
trusive, he had acquired vast stores of infor
mation, which were intelligently arranged in
his mind, and were always at command when
the proprieties of the occasion seemed to him
to demand their use in conversation. As
tronomy and Natural History were favorite
branches of study with him, and we have
often been astonished at the amount of eru
dition he displayed, in a quiet way, on those
subjects. Bro. Eadjs was for a number of
years an approved and efficient member of
the South Carolina Conference, where he la
bored until failing health demanded his re
moval to the more favorable climateof Flori
da. There his health greatly improved, and
when we last saw him, his general appear
ance warranted the expectation of many
years of usefulness, and rendered all the
more unexpected and startling the intelli
gence which we publish below. The stricken
wife and eight sorrowing children are entitled
to the sympathy and prayers of the Church,
from which the husband and father while
living withheld no service of which he was
capable.
Rev. M. M. Michau, writing September Bth,
says:
Rev. O. Eady, presiding elder of the
Gainesville district, had fever, but left home
lor a two weeks’ tour on his district. On his
return from Ocala, he found his son B -.scorn
with fever, and while nursing him, he had a
bilious attack, August 30th. The next day
he was delirious, but on the day following he
was perfectly rational, and was happy in the
love of God. He said to his wife, “ I would
not mind suffering if I could always he in this
state of mind.” On Sunday, September 2d,
he was composed, and patient under afflic
tion. This was the first Sunday he had taken
from his work since Conference, having pro
mised to preach a funeral sermon at Adams
ville church, near his home. It was my
privilege to visit him on Monday. He was
very much exercised about his appointment,
and requested me to attend it for him, make
known his condition, and hold his Quarterly
Conference on the Crystal River Mission. At
night he suffered from congestion of the
brain. On Tuesday he was a little better,
and spoke freely to me of the work on his
district, and the provision that ought to be
made for it at the next Conference. His
heart was in the work and his faith in God
unshaken. He spoke of his sufferings, but
rejoiced in the assurance that “all things
work together lor good to them that love
the Lord.” ‘Early on Tuesday night he lost
the power of speech, but lingered on until
Wednesday, 7 o'clock, p. m., when he quietly
passed away. He spoke not a word; but
for a score of years his life was a worthy
practical comment oil the religion he pro
fessed and preached. He was an efficient
presiding elder, popular throughout his dis
trict, and beloved by all Ins preachers. A
faithful servant bl God has been taken home,
Weaving behind fond wile aiHd eight aff'eS*
tionate children to mourn his loss, for whom
many hearts are touched with sympathy and
filled with sorrow. A suitable obituary will
be prepared by a friend in due time.
The Preacher’s Wife. By An Old Trav
eling Preacher. Nashville, Tenn : Publish
ing House of M. E. Church, South. Price
$1.50.
This is a very neat volume of 350 pages,
clearly written, and with resemblances of
style to certain comparatively recent issues
from our Publishing House, which leave lit
tle doubt as to the identity of “An Old Trav
eling Preacher.” Whether right or wrong
in our surmise the writer is thoroughly ac
quainted with the practical workings of Meth
odist preacher life, and has made a just and
entertaining contribution to the worth of the
noble women who share their sacrifices and
strengthen their hands. We have enjoyed
this little book thoroughly, and while there
might be somethings to criticise, there is much
more to commend, and we take pleasure in
assuring our preachers and their wives, as
well as those among whom they labor, that
they will not regret the outlay for this volume,
which they will read with great interest, and
may read with no little benefit.
Southern University, Greensboro, Ala.
—We are in receipt of the Annual Catalogue
for 1876—’77, from an examination of which
it is plainly apparent that this institution has
been revitalized and started forward on a
career of increased prosperity under its re
organization by anew board of instruction.
Rev. Luther M. Smith, A. M., D. D., the
Chancellor; Rev. I. S. Hopkins, A. M.,
M. D., Professor of Natural Science; and
Rev. Josiah Lewis, Jr., A. M., Professor of
English Language and Literature, are all
well knowu in Georgia as accomplished in
structors, and their numerous friends will be
rejoiced to hear of the growing prosperity of
the institution with whose fortunes they have
identified themselves. The catalogue gives
the names of 121 matriculates, of whom 92
were in actual attendance during the session,
which was an increase of 16 over the preced
ing session.
Rrv. S. S. Cox, D. D.—We are rejoiced
to see that our esteemed brother, the Editor
of the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist, who
has been prostrated by a very serious spell
of illness, has so far recovered his health as
to be able to resume his duties as Editor.
We congratulate him and the large constitu
ency whom he serves soably from the tripod,
upon his return to duty; and sincerely hope
that he may realize abundant compensation
for his sufferings in the gracious fruits of a
sanctified afliiction.
From Oxford. —We rejoice in the intelli
gence furnished by the following brief note
Irom Dr. Haygood, dated September 12:
We have forty five new boys in College
Classes here on the 3pot—at least a hall
dozen more are certain to come. A large
increase also in the Preparatory Department.
Nearly all the old boys have returned.
Augusta District. —Please notice that the
appointments for Dearing Mission, and Spar
ta, are changed from the dates formerly pub
lished. Bro. Bigham writes that his camp
meetings have been well attended and that
there were many conversions.
Florida Conference. —Please observe at
the head of our editorial columns that Bish
op Pierce, for the convenience of members
and visitors, has appointed the session to be
gin on Thursday, instead of Wednesday.
Marion District, Souh Carolina Con
ference. —Attention is directed to certain
changes in the announcement of Fourth
Round, by the presiding elder.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
A PARISH FOR I)R. FOWLER.
We invited Dr. Fowler to name that “ en
tire” parish in the Southern States that is
without Protestant preaching. We denied
the existence of such communities as he
imagined—communities without the means
of grace.
But we have, since writing our denial of
such heathenism in the Southern States, dis
covered a very sad and humiliating fact,
which we commend to Dr. Fowler’s serious
consideration. We have not been on the
lookout for the sorrowful state of things we
are about to mention. Nor do we speak of
it here with pleasure—far from it.
In the Northwestern Christian Advocate ,
of August 22, (which, by the way, contains
an undignified editorial on the subject of the
Northern Methodist Church and its South
ern work,) the Rev. J. T. Cooper has an in
structive article on “ Methodism in the
Country.” Mr. Cooper, in explaining the
decadence of Methodism in many Northern
rural communities, makes the following
statements:
“ Rich men will continue to remove. As
our farmers and others become rich on our
country charges, they go away to larger towns
and cities. This often greatly weakens and
sometimes also so diminishes the membership
that societies have been really [nearly ?] or
quite annihilated. Some of these prosper
ous brethren are sometimes lost s : ght of and
are unused in efficient work as soon us they get
nicely fixed in the chnrches in large towns
and cities. Therefore the question is some
times raised: Why do they not Btay where
God made them rich and help on Jesus’ king
dom in the ‘old neighborhoods,’ which are
full of souls to be saved and perishingly
needing help? The reply is: ‘ These are
soulsot foreigners ? Must Me'hodism with
draw from foreigners ? lam sad to say I know
of places where she has shrunk away. Any
where in Illinois you will find vast neigh
borhoods of people whose temples of worship
have been forsaken because of intense
wnrldliness. In other cases none of any
Christian name hare ever been planted.
Here reside 4 wicked foreigners’ or Ameri
can skeptics. The cure is not in a return to
four or eight weeks circuits, but in sending
into these places scores of single young men
content to serve about two such neighbor
hoods, and content to receive from two to
three hundred dollars.”
We have italicised a few lines in this quo
tation from Mr. Cooper’s article to call Dr.
Fowler’s especial attention to the statements
they contain. Of course we cannot decide
upon the correctness of Mr. Cooper’s state
ments. And we dislike extremely to guess
about such matters where we are ignorant of
the facts. We wouid hesitate to say of the
great State of Illinois, where the Northwest
ern Christian Advocate (eloquent in its ap
p?uls to Northern Methodism to stand by
its missionary work in the heathenish South
ern States), circulates so largely, and where
it wields, doubtless, a most potent influence,
that there are “ vast neighborhoods of peo
ple” where no Christian Church has “ ever
been planted,” and many others where there
is no “ Protestant” preaching. We would,
on no account, say such things as a bold
guess or figure of speech. We would be
afraid to do so. But it seems incredible
that Mr. Cooper, who seems to be on the
ground, should “ evolve” such statements
“from the depths of his consciousness.” And
it is equally incredible that Dr. Arthur Ed
wards, who is a genuine missionary in his
instincts, and who insists so earnestly upon
Northern Methodism doing missionary work
“ yonder” in the South, should allow Mr.
Cooper's statements to pass unchallenged
unless they are true to the letter. Dr. Ed
wards, among other arguments in his edito
rial of August 22, urges that “ Belf-respect”
compels Northern Methodism to stand by its
Southern experiment (this last is our word.)
Now, we believe that Dr. Edwards’ “ self
respect” would compel him to contradict
and reprove Mr. Cooper for his alarming
statements —if, unfortunately, the facts did
notified thg tainted JEditor # to silppt en-,
dorsement of their correctness.
It is a sad thing Indeed that there should
be “ vast neighborhoods of people” in Illi
nois without the means of grace. If this
state of things continues there will be trouble
for our Illinois brethren. We implore Dr.
Fowler to give attention to this matter. He
should urge the Bishops and the Board of Mis
sions of his great Church to take hold of these
“ vast neighborhoods of people” in earnest
and give them the means of grace.
It is an unspeakably sad thing that such a
neighborhood should exist in Illinois; it is
almost as sad that Northern Methodism should
have allowed such a state of things to occur.
Mr. Cooper haß found Dr. Fowler’s parish-
Inadvertently, or ignorantly, or “in a figure,”
Dr. Fowler located it in the South. But it is
in Illinois. 11.
Oxford.
A TELL-TALE WATCH.
One evening on the cars as we were going
out from a certain railroad centre we ob
served a pretty girl of about sixteen sum
mers, whose talk was rattling and whose
dress was “ loud.” In addition to theusual
outfit of rings, bracelets, pins, and so forth,
she wore a flashy chain about her neck, and
a gold-looking ladies’ watch stuck in her
belt.
A word of good bye, spoken through the
window, showed that she was an engineer’s
daughter. Next week the strike came. We
thought of the pretty girl and her outfit of
flafhy finery. We do not mean that the
girl’s finery and the strike Btand to each
other pecisely in the relation of cause and
effect. Nevertheless, the association of
ideas principle brought up the girl when we
read of the strike. This girl’s father drives
his locomotive and receives what the rest do.
Now what business had his pretty daughter
with rings, bracelets, watch chains, watches
—either gold or oroide 7 He might answer,
“ It is none of your business,” but that is
no reply. Our question is pertinent, al
though the daughter and the father may
think it only impertinent. Thousands upon
thousands of engineers’ daughters are repre
sented by the pretty girl we saw in the cars.
And carpenters’, blacksmiths’, and other
workingmen's daughters are “ gotten up re
gardless of expense.” And the wives of
these toiling men sometimes dress after the
same pattern.
What led the engineer’s daughter to cover
her pretty self with jewelry 7 The banker's
daughter. So dresses the rich merchant’s
daughter. Also the Governor’s, the Sena
tor’s, the Wall Street speculator’s. So dress
the daughters who make a show in the world
and lead the fashions.
The moral right of the banker to waste
money in mere display we do not discuss
here. Only this —we know not where he
will find his argument. Certainly, not in
God’s word. But granting the banker’s right
to dress his wife and daughters like prin
cesses, we venture to ask, What right has
the locomotive engineer—the day laborer—
to imitate his rich neighbor's example I We
fear the engineer—should he see this article
—will not be pleased. We do not write it to
please him. But before he answers the ques
tion he will be a wiser, if not a better man.
He may plead the “ rights of an American
citizen.” Good as far as it goes. But this
plea does not cover the case. There are
some rights that rest on grounds undefined
in the Constitution. American citizenship
gives a man no right to make a fool of him
self or of his daughter. We call to mind a
friend who will feel disposed to reprove us
for that hard word —“fool.” But it is a Scrip
tural word —used judiciously and without
malice. And we much incline to the opin
ion that where a man receives small daily
wuges, and has a family to support, feed,
clothe, shelter, and educate—gold chais,
watches, and such like trinkets, hung about
his daughters, become prima facie evidtfice
of folly. The girl we saw in the cars itore
two months wages at least—if her trinjets
were good. If not, the sham was a shale.
Engineers, like bankers, sometimes (set
sick. Wages stop, family expenses do rot.
They increase rather. The doctor’s md
druggist’s bills are costly “ extras.” Ihe
money fooled away on trinkets and otier
imitations of rich people would meet tifcse
charges. If not needed to meet the e
expenses that follow sickness and Tr- jgf
this wasted money would lay the foandiwon
of a home. It would do many things to
make the engineer truly free by securing Idm
and his against want. Engineers sometimes
get killed, as do other heads of families. At
all events, sometimes they die. What th&n ?
Wages stop. Rents are tinpaid. Credit is
strained till it breaks. Then there is wtnt,
hunger, cold, nakedness. What can*the
trinkets do then ? Sold for half price or
less, they buy bread for a time. What nxt?
Want. Sometimes shame. For your poor
girl, dressing like the banker’s daughter,
tries to live like the banker’s daughter—
“like a lady” as they say. That means
generally— to do nothing. The difference is
often this: the banker's daughter has “hu-ed
servants” to wait upon her; the labour's
daughter has—her mother. The result is,
the banker's daughter cannot help hqgytlf,
unless her education chances to be thorough
—and few rich people’s children are
thoroughly educated. But the banker’s
daughter may, for a time at least, have
money enough to pay her way Btj ’ • •
borer’s daughter—“raised like a lady
“cannot dig.” She cannot teach. She has
no money; her father “loses his situation;”
falls sick; gets killed; dies of disease. What
then ? There is not room in this paper lor
the answer. But much of our “hard times”
comes of this foolish imitation of bankers
and princes. The French peasants paid
most of the war indemnity to Germany.
But French peasants do not dress their
daughters like princesses. And their daugh
ters work—do something, and are of some
use.
No doubt people who hive engineer’s wa
ges will continue to try to dress their daugh
ters as if they had rich men’s incomes. liyt
they can't do it. Trying to do it makes them
poor and miserable.
Truly, “ godliness with contentment is
great gain.” H.
Oxford.
Corrtsponteic*.
LETTER FROM CANADA.
Dear Brother Kennedy: Through the
kindness of my stewards in granting me
leave of absence for a month, I am now in
Canada, enjoying a visit to my home, and
renewing acquaintance with the friends and
scenes of my youth. The weather has been
much warmer than I anticipated, though for
the last day or two it has been quite cold,
necessitating the use of an overcoat. 'The
change of climate has been beneficial to my
health, and I hope to return to my charge
with an increase of strength, both physical
and spiritual.
This is a charming country in thesumjfner.
The hills and valleys are clothed with the
richest verdure, and the lakes, whether seen
in the blaze of the noonday sun, or amid
the soft shadows of twilight, enchant the
eye with their splendor. To appreciate Can
ada one must stay awhile there ; the traveler
who hurries through is apt to form a very
imperfect estimate of its merits It is sur
prising what improvemen's are being made
here, It i3 three years since my
and these have been years of uninterrupted
progress. It is gratifying to see the number
of new mansions, public buildings, work
shops, etc., which have recently been erect
ed. The people here are hardy and indus
trious ; they love their country, and seem
determined to develop its resources, and to
bring it to as high a state of perfection as it
is possible for it to attain. Then they have
an excellent government with which they are
well satisfied ; and thus contented and pros
perous, they are rapidly advancing to influ
ence and power.
I am glad that Methodism shares in the
general prosperity. The union of the Wes
leyan and New Connection bodies has teen
productive of great good. Every year brings
a large increase to their numerical strength,
and they bid fair to leave far behind all other
Protestant denominations in this country.
One of my greatest pleasures since com
ing here has been a visit to the Grimsby
Camp meeting. A more beautiful spot for
such a meeting I never saw. It is right on
the banks of Lake Ontario, and midway be
tween Hamilton and Niagara. A spadwua
hollow forms the auditorium. There re no
arbor ; the only covering is the foliage of the
majestic maples which stand thick within
the enclosure. A neatly ornamented stand
for the preachers and choir is at the lower
end of the declivity. Close by is a taberna
cle for love feasts and prayer-meetings, and
where, too, the people can worship in in
clement weather. Ranged around are about
seventy-five tents. These tents are small
cottages built in gothic style, and bearing
poetic names, and intended for summer res
idences as well as for camp meeting pur
poses. There is also a hotel where meals
are furnished at the low price of 40 cents for
dinner, and 25 cents for breakfast or tea.
The Sunday I spent there I shall long re
member. The first service I attended was
a Fellowship Meeting in the tabernacle. It
lasted an hour, and from sixty to seventy
spoke of the goodness of God and the tri
umphs of his grace. I noticed that as many
women spoke as men. Next came “ the
great congregation ” at eleven —the thou
sands and thousands from the Borrotutoic
country and from across the lake. The ser
mon was a powerful discourse on “ Felix
Trembling.” After the second sermon I
sauntered along the shore for a mile or two,
reading my Bible and meditating on the
works of God. O, that the desire kindled
in that lonely walk may find Bhape in my
subsequent life I How I felt my soul aglow
with the love of God 1 How I longed for all
hardness and icinesss to be removed from
my heart; that I might be like some grand
lake upon which perpetual summer broods,
and that every relation, every impulse of my
being,might roll and break in waves of music
on the shores of God’s eternal love. Alto
gether it was a pleasant day, and calculated
to elevate one’s thoughts to that eternal en
campment upon “the sea of glass mingled
with fire," and of which Ontario, bathed in
the beams of the setting sun, was to me a
touching type.
Of course I visited Niagara. It was a
stormy day when I was there, but one be
comes almost oblivious of the weather while
standing in the presence of this wonderful
display of creative power. There it
from age to age, an emblem of the majesty
of God. I stood and gazed on it in silent
awe. The small swift birds rejoicing in its
spray, unterrified by its thunder, alone af
forded a relief to the feelings which oppress
ed me. I thought how I, too, by “anew
and living way,” might draw near “ the Ma
jesty on high," full of confidence, and with
none of the “ fear that hath torment.”
Monday last I visited Toronto. This is
the largest city in the Province of Ontario.
One of its principal architectural attractions
is the Metropolitan Methodist Church. This
is said to be the finest Methodist Church in
America. I had seen Mt. Vernon in Balti
more, and thought that the finest, but it is
evidently eclipsed by it Canadian rival. In
the afternoon I called on the pastor, the
Rev. William Briggs, one of the most elo
quent preachers in Canada. The meeting
was pleasant, as he was an old friend, and
One who rendered me great service when I
was preparing for the ministry. His car
riage was kindly placed at my disposal, and
I had an opportunity of visiting the Queen’s
Park, the University, the Horticultural Gar
den, and other points of interest.
In conclusion I would say that it has been
to me a source of unqualified pleasure to
find our Canadian brethren deeply interest
ed in our work in the South. As an evi
dence of their fraternal affection they send
Rev. George Douglass, D.D., and ex-Gov
ernor Wilmot, their two most most promi
nent men, to onr next General Conference.
Your brother, 11. L. Harper.
Hamilton , Sept. 5, 1877.
FOR THE WESLEYAN FEMALE COL
LEGE, >: icon, <;a.
A salutation to its five hundred or more
living graihia'es in Georgia and other States,
from its first, oldest, and ever-present friend
—one who has been present at all its literary
festivals up to the last, and was never wea
ried in feeling from want of living, glowing
interest in female collegiate education up to
date.
I am happy to say to you that the last
commencement, being the fortieth at which
my appetite for such fare has been regaled,
the richest, entertainment of all—was
so, of course, because, as a college, we are
determined to use only the ascending scale.
We now reward, by addition, suitable testi
monials, all excelsior improvements of ge
nius, both by special diploma and by special
gold medal. All useful merit is duly re-
warded.
I am the only living, acting member
of the original trustees. Even when the
college was being builded I was there; was
its first traveling agent to beg building funds
and lecture on woman’s inherent mental
equality with men to learn anything requir
ing only meutal capacity and mental com
prehension. In their place, no duties and
acts of my life afford me as much solid pleas
ure, as anything I may have done to foster
and to further collegiate female education.
To me, when I had sons and daughters to
educate, the idea of my son coming home
from college, and sitting in my parlor and
talking of college knowledge, and his sister,
who mentally was as well endowed as him
self, sitting and listening, but dumb with
the silence of ignorance, just because she
was a sister, and left without the same kind
of meutal culture, was to me unbearable as a
course of domestic economy. Therefore I
did all I could do to get up this female col
lege; and it has fully redeemed all I ever
said it would do. Its graduates have proved
my original postulate, that the Creator never
made one half of human kind to be morally
and mentally inferior to the other.
Now, therefore, my beloved graduates, let
me say this much to you of my own accord
—for lam not hereunto appointed—that as
the college must have some material help,
both to repair and to improve the college
buildings, and as the Board, at its last meet
ing in .Tune, appointed the President, Rev.
W. C. Buss, I). D., to proceed at his own
discretion to obtain the money for these nec
essary ends, it seems to me he must call on
you to honor your venerable Alma Mater
with some real testimony of your living love
for your college. I voluntarily send in ad
vance my request that every one of you
make him —President Bass—for the college,
a handsome contribution. Many of you
have talked pf me as if you, pwed me muqji
for my humble efforts in behalf of collegiate
female education. I claim nothing; and if
you did owe me anything I would ask you to
give it to the college.
I am your old, constant friend,
L. Pierce.
GREENVILLE DISTRICT, SOUTH CAR
OLIN'A CONFERENCE.
In a private letter dated Sept. 3d, which
we take the liberty of publishing, Rev. O. A.
Darby, the presiding elder, says :
My district, I am glad to say, is in better
condition than at any time since I have been
in charge of it. Though healthful progress
is slow, it is in eome instances rapid enough
to be perceptible. This is the case in this
part of our Conference. The redemption of
the State from political misrule, the prospect
of abundant crop?, and the spiritual bless
ings which God has sent upon Churches and
communities, have inspired the people with
fresh hope, and have stimulated them to
greater activity in goofl works. New, and in
some instances, very neat churches and par
sonages have been built; others are in con
templation. We have good reason to hope
that the reports to be made at the approach
ing session of our Annual Conference, will
show a gratifying increase in the value of
Church property, the number of members,
the salaries of preachers, and the collections
for Conference purposes.
We have been favored with the presence
and pulpit labors of Bishop Wightinan at
several points in the district during the sum
mer. He has just returned from Tennessee,
and is looking well, though he has traveled
much, and preached at three or four District
Conferences. The Bishop and his family
are now in Williamston, enjoying the chalyb
eate water, and refreshing quiet, of our pleas
ant little village. Yesterday he preached in
Greenville ; next Sunday he will be at
Sharon camp meeting, Reidville circuit; the
Sunday after, at Sandy Springs camp-meet
ing ; and the fourth Sunday in the month,
Ire expects to occupy the pulpit in this place.
It is a delight to have the Bishop amongst us.
His presence and preaching are doing much
to encourage and strengthen the Churches.
►_l have been doing double duty this year.
In addition to my regular work I have been
assisting brother Lander in his College. The
Fall session has opened encouragingly, and
pupils are still coming. Bro. Lander has
adopted the “ One study plan.’’ The ses
sion of twenty weeks is divided into sections
of five weeks each, and the pupil instead of
prosecuting four studies at once, devotes an
entire section to one text book, making three
recitations in it per day. Of course, there
are other things required, as reviews of pre
vious studies, composition, spelling, calis
thenics, etc. ; but this is the method by
which the regular curriculum is pursued. It
works charmingly. Instead of producing
weariess. it creates enthusiasm. Clearer ideas
of the subjects studied are obtained ; and in
deed, it is hard to tell which are most pleas
ed, the teachers or the pupils.
Bro. Lander’s institution seems to be the
child of Providence. It was strangely open
ed, and it has been as strangely preserved
during these five years of trial and poverty.
It has done good service for the Church, not
only by the superior intellectual and moral
training it has afforded to her daughters,
but by the contribution of over three thous
and dollars in tuition to ministers’ chil
dren. This school is a necessity in this
Piedmont section of the Conference, and
is eminently worthy of our sympathy and
encouragement.
But I must close. My soul has been in
better health this summer than my body.
The one has often gone on its mission in
weariness, while the other has almost con
stantly been rejoicing in a precious love for
its adorable Redeemer. 0 1 that the world
might see his beauty; then every knee
would bow, and every tongue would confess
Him to be Lord to the glory of God the
Father.
LETTER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
REV. T. S. DANIEL.
Dear Bro. Kennedy : By previous ar
rangement with brother Leard, I came by
C. C. and A. Railroad to Johnston, near
Edgefield, to aid him at Spann’s church in
the services and privileges of a protracted
meeting. My friend Arthur met me, and
conducted me to his venerable mother-in
law’s residence, and I got, from four till six
o’clock, a good, refreshing sleep, and then
found the dear old lady to be my good old
friend. Mrs. Boulware, whose husband was
sheriff of Edgefield district during 1844-’45,
where, as junior, I was broken into the har
ness of itinerant work under Allan McCor
quodale—that is, as Bishop Paine once said,
“If I was ever broken in.” Bro. Leard was
detained by the funeral services at the burial
of Charles Kenny, at Harmony Grove, and
sister B. came on to Spann’s with me to be
gin our meeting here, with the comfortable
transportation furnished by Mrs. Preston
Wright. At the church I m3t Dr. Lovick
Hill, who, with tearful eyes, asked me if I
had heard of the death of his brother, Thomas
Sumter Daniel, and asked me to write a no
tice for the Advocate, and gave me in wri
ting the date of his birth and death.
Thomas Sumter Daniel was born Decem
ber 30th, 1814, and died August 27th, 1877.
He travelled the Union circuit in 1840,
where I was brought up, and though not
then a member of the Church, I learned from
my mother and otberwhow much he was ref
spected and loved around the whole circuit;
and when I was permitted to spend my two
first years in the ministry amongst his early
friends and kinflred, I found the amplest
reason for love, confidence, and admiration
for him, and it deepened and continued to
the last. None can tell his whole worth.
The motives of his location, if disclosed fully,
would invest him with all the characteristics
of the best and noblest of sons and brothers.
I saw and felt it all as I beheld the flowing
tears of his youngest half brother Lovick
Hill. His mother married first his father,
then Mr. Spann, and last Henry Hill, well
and widely known in the last fifty years, and
all the Spann and Hill children loved, hon
ored, and cherished brother Sumter. He was
sober, stern, unflinching in character and
manner, yet to his trusted and intimate
friends he was open, genial, and courteous,
and never tired of doing them good. His
education was sufficient to fit him for conge
nial intercourse with the best society, and
did not incline him to be less accessible to
and interested in the poor, for the common
people heard him gladly. He loved books
to the last, and was always a student. His
judgment was clear and quick, his language
of the purest Anglo-Saxon, and his style in
cisive, didactic, solemn, pointed, andalwavs
interesting and profitable. In this region—
from Aiken to Anderson, from Newberry to
the Savannah —he was well known and large
ly useful. He was never married, yet no
minister of Christ was more esteemed and
respected by females, old and young:
“ His witness is iu heaven,
His record is on high.”
When I recall his many superior qualities,
and exalted claims to honor and gratitude
from all, and when I recall the facts of my
intimate fellowship with him, I involuntarily
exclaim, “ Peace to his ashes, honor to his
memory,” and can say in a good sense,
“ carve not a line, raise not a stone, but
leave him alone in his glory.”
Of course the Conference, next December,
will have a full and proper obituary read at
a memorial service, as is our custom, and
it will be printed in onr Minutes, and thus
be'read and known of all. This offering, as
requested by Dr. Ilill, I layon his new made
grave, and shall, with renewed diligence, try
to copy his virtues and rejoin him in the
home above:
There the soldiers all shall meet,
And their old companions greet,
And the glorious theme repeat—
Christ has gained the day !”
Our meeting is a glorious success ; so
with one just closed at McKendree’s. Bro.
Clifton reports similar success at Emory
Cbapel, on his circuit, near by, and Bro.
Clide also pushes the battle to the gate at
Nazareth, just east of us; and, God be prais
ed, the work goss bravely on in every direc
tion. J. W. Kelly.
SOME EVANGELISTIC LABORS.
Mr. Editor : While on a visit to my daugh
ter, in Darlington county, S. C., about a
year ago, I engaged in meetings that were
being held by brethren in different parts of
the country. About four months ago I felt
deeply impressed with the conviction that I
ought to engage heartily in evangelistic work,
and have been acting upon it. My first
meeting was held at Graham's kd Roads, and
continued about two weeks with good re
sults. I then went to Kingstree and remain
ed about the same length of time; there
were several conversions at each place. At
the solicitation of Rev. D. J. McMillan, I
conducted a meeting of nine days’ continu
ance at Pine Grove, about ten miles from
Manning. Of this meeting the Clarendon
Press says:
The great revival of religion to which we
alluded in the last issue ot the Press, con
tinued with unremitted zeal for nine days, at
Pine Grove, near this place, during which
time between fifty and sixty souls were con
verted to God, and twenty members added
to the Church. Mr. J. L. Tillman, Evangel
ist, of Eufaula, Alabama, was present dur
ing the entire meeting, assisted, occasionally,
by the Rev. D. J. McMillan, preacher in
charge of the Methodist circuit, and latterly,
by the Rev. Bowen Clarkson, a local minis
ter, living not far off. It was, indeed, a re
markable visitation of the presence and bless
ing of God. Just such a meeting has never
taken place here before. Without any un
due excitement a lively interest was mani
fested from the beginning, and assumed pro
portion as it progressed, until that wild, se
questered spot, had been made, under Divine
Providence, to “ blossom like the rose.”
Among the converts are several whose lives,
heretofore, have borne anything else than
the faintest resemblance to Christianity.
The work, we are told, still goes bravely on
in the neighborhood from house to house,
and promises to do even more than what Has
been already done. The labors of Mr. Till
man seem to be signally blessed. He is a
most worthy gentleman, a devoted Christian,
and an earnest laborer in the vineyard of the
Lord.
Since I came to this part of the country—
about four weeks ago—at the different meet
ings, there have been not less than one hun
dred conversions. Bros. McMillan, Stafford,
and others, have been with me at these
meetings, and the good work still goes on.
J. L. Tillman.
Manning, S. C., August 29, 1877.
Broad River Circuit, North Georgia
Conference. —Rev. J. F. Mixon writes Sept.
7 : “ The Holy Spirit has visited two of my
appointments in convicting, converting, and
reviving power. During a meeting at Pope’s
Chapel, beginning August 17th and continu
ing six days, we saw and enjoyed seasons of
Pentecostal power. This church is greatly
revived —two added to the membership. At
“ Old” Independence, the nursing mother of
Borne of our ablest preachers, and a church
that ought to be historic in Georgia Meth
odism, a meeting began on the 24th and con
tinued ten days, resulting in thirty accessions
to the membership. It was the Third Quar
terly Conference. Our beloved presiding
elder, Bro. Pierce, was with us four days;
also Rev. W. P. Pledger, of Washington,
both preaching with great power and effect.
I feel grateful to Revs. W. L. Wootten, N.
Ware and E. G. Mur rah at the latter place,
and Rev. Dr. Calloway and Bros. Mitchell
Adams and C. C. Mitchell at the former, for
valuable services also.
rOWDEII SPRINGS CIRCUIT. NORTH
<i EO lt(i IA CON E E ItENCE.
Mr. Editor: This is my sixth appoint
ment in seven years of itinerant life. I have
asked and received all of them from the
Great Bishop of souls, hence it has been easy
to trace the hand of Providence in each field,
and in none more than this l have five
churches and about five hundred members.
The circuit covers an area of free, productive
soil, densely populated. A great many have
suffered themselves to run in debt, but they
see their error now, and are making great
efforts to pay their creditors.
We are doing something in the way of ma
terial improvement—building one new church
and repairing others. Bishop Marvin says
never let the cry of hard times slacken our
zeal for Church extension. I hold that the
more we have to do the more time we should
spend in prayer ; the greater our financial
pressure, the more should we deny ourselves,
and let onr liberality to God abound. Good
seasons, a year’s health, and late frost, will
give us liberty from an old debt, while the
reverse will ruin us for years. These bless
ings are in the hands of Providence.
I hope to bring up a favorable financial
report. This has been an unusually good
crop year. Nothing has failed ; the outlook
is most promising. Our people propose to
quit talking about hard times, and pay up.
I have held two protracted meetings. At
Ebenezer we received sixteen, and at Midway
thirtysfcwo, f>y profession of faith. There
were two remarkable seasons in the meeting
at Midway. On Wednesday night seventeen
joined at one time. One in the fulless of his
soul exclaimed, “We all want to join.” On
Saturday night, from the intensity of interest
felt, several mourners obligated themselves
to remain all night or obtain the blessing.
Forty or more of us promised to stay with
them ; but, by a little after ten, they were
all happy in the love of Jesus.
I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of
brothers.!. Anderson, J. B. C. Quillian and
W. O. Butler.
I had a meeting of a few days at Powder
Springs. Two joined by profession of faith,
making in all fifty. Here I was assisted by
bros. M. W. Norton and L. Mizell. The
Salt Spring camp-meeting embraces the fourth
Sunday in September.
“Our Children.” by Or. Ilaygood, is the
book for the times— MuUwmin parvo. The
people will read it. It will do good. I want
to place a copy of it in each family of my
circuit. I sold a copy of it to a young man,
who told me afterwards that he spent one of
the most pleasant Sabbath evenings of his
life reading this hook. It made him happy.
Parents, read it, and give it ti your children
to read. Yours, fraternally,
Sept. 5, 1877. D. J. Weems.
LIMESTONE SPRINGS CIRCUIT, S. C.
CONKKItENCE.
Mr. Editor: lam nearly through with
my special meetings for the present year,
having only one more ahead of me. We
have not had a great deal of noise at any of
these meetings, but good has been done.
There have been fifteen added to the Church
here this year ; three prayer meetings have
been organized and kept up ; and best of all,
many hare professed conversion. During
this year we have had several extra oeca
sions in the bounds of this circuit, all of
which I have no doubt contributed largely to
the interests of Christ’s kingdom First
was the District Conference in Meaopota
raia Church. This was a precious time to
this circuit, and that community in particu
lar. In August the Teachers’ Convention
of Spartanburg county met at' this place,
which, besides the literary advantages to the
community, was a real religious feast. I was
delighted with the prominence that was
given in all the discussions, to moral and
religious training, and the earnest denuncia
tion of immoral and irreligious instructors.
Upon the whole, I think there is an upward
tendency in this circuit; and I am sure
there are no better people anywhere in our
Conference. I need say nothing on the
finances of the circuit, but will just refer
the readers of the Advocate to the Minutes
when published, and let every one judge for
himself how these people take care of their
preacher, and what interest they feel in col
lections ordered by the Annual Conference.
Sept. 8, 1877 J. B. Wilson.
THANKS.
Mr. Editor: I take the liberty of express
ing through your paper my grateful thanks
to the brethren of Charleston for help in the
time of need. I am indebted to the Rev.
T. E. Wamamaker, our presiding elder, and
his dear wife, for their interest in this mat
ter, and for bringing before the three charg
es my temporal wants. I pray God’s richest
blessing may rest upon these dear friends
who have so substantially shown their love
for the cause of Christ, by aiding one of His
little ones. Also to the brethren of Spar
tanburg, Lancaster, Bamberg, and Walter-
boro circuits, my thanks are due for their
kindness to me in this my hour of trial. God
is true, and he will not forget us if we con
tinue true to Him. Glory be to God for en
abling us to say from the heart, even through
adversity and affliction, “The Lord’s will be
done.” Brethren, pray for me, that God
may direct my every step and keep me un
til that day for Jesus' sake.
Yours in Christ, G. Peirce.
Jacksonboro, S. C., Sept. 3, 1877.
WHITESBCRG CIRCUIT, NORTH
GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Dear Brother Kennedy: There is quite
a revival spirit over most of this circuit. I
took charge of it six weeks ago, and have
been engaged most of the time in revival
meetings. There have been forty-two ac
cessions, and the working force of the Church
—especially among the young men —has been
gren’ly developed. The protracted meeting
at Whitesburg continued four days—with
twenty-two accessions. Nearly the entire
male membership of this Church are active
lay-workers, both at home and abroad. The
new Churl'll building is one of the prettiest
village churches in Georgia. When we
think of the sad state of things on this cir
cuit six weeks ago, we are thankful to God
for His great mercy—for the conversion of
so many souls, and the strengthening of the
zeal and faith of His children. We have
one more protracted meeting to hold.
Fraternally, W. A. Parks.
Newnan, Ga., Sept. 8, 1877.
Leesburg Circuit, Siicth Georgia Con
ference. —Rev. L. A. Snow writes: We
have just closed a fine meeting and begun
another on this work. The first was at
Adams’ Station, Albany Branch S. W. R.
R., and lasted eight days. A deep religious
feeling pervaded the entire community, the
congregations increased from service to ser
vice, and more interest, was manifested than
for years before. Even the unconverted
begged that the meeting should not close.
Two were added to the Church, and others
who were awakened here will go to other
I am now confined to my room
by an attack of fever, but hope to be at my
post again in a few days. A failhful band
of workers are carrying on the second meet
ing, from which I was so unexpectedly re
moved. God give them success. Brethren,
pray for us.
VOLUME XL., NO. §B.
Camilla and Newton Circuit, South G bor
oia Conference. — U- v. E. J. ltentz writes
Sept. 4th: The Lord hath done great tin-gs for
us on this circuit. At Bethany the Church
was greatly revived, there were a number
of conversions, and eight accessions. At
Blowing Cave and Branchville twenty-six
were added to the Church. At Pelham we
had no church; the brethren and friends
erected an arbor ; brother Bradford and I
gave them a four days’ meeting, which re
sulted in the organization of a Church of
twenty five members. Our arbor meeting at
Camilla was a glorious success. The old
brethren say such a meeting was never before
seen in this section of country. Brothers
Bass, Felder, Cook, Ainsworth, Lockwood,
Bradford, and McGehee, assisted in the
meeting. Many backsliders were reclaimed,
the entire membership was revived, and
fifty-three joined the Church. Bro. Bass,
whose preaching was in demonstration of
the Spirit and with power, greatly endeared
himself to our people.”
Hall Circuit, North Georgia Confer
ence.—Rev. M. J. Cofer writes: Protracted
services have been held at four of the
churches on this work, and at one school
house, all of which have been blessed with
the presence of the Holy Ghost. Seventy
have been added to Ihe Church; others will
be before the harvest is past. Some few of
the converts at our meetings have joined
another Church, and we bid them God
speed. The extra meetings will be con
tinued for some weeks to come, and there
are good signs of an increasing interest.
Antioch camp meeting embraces the second
Sunday f in October. The local brethren
have rendered good service on this circuit
during the summer campaign. Rro. J. 11.
Baxter and Col. C. P. Crawford contributed
valuable aid.
Norcross Circuit, North Georgia Con
ference. —Rev. \V. YV. Lampkin writes
Sept. 7 : “ During the past few weeks we
have enjoyed most precious seasons of grace
in the bounds of this circuit \Ve have had
some excellent meetings; a number of con
versions, and thirty one accessions to the
Church. At Prospect we had a glorious
meeting which lasted nine days, resulting
in a grand revival of the Church, a number
of conversions, and nineteen accessions.—
The Lord has given us at Prospect a num
ber of workers, male and f male, whose
beginnings promise the riches! faults for the
Church and cause of Christ. I acknowledge
the valuable assistance of Revs, it H. Ro
gers, of the itinerancy, and J. C. Holbrook,
of the local ranks.”
West Chester Circuit, South Carolina
Conference. —Rev. M. H. Pooser writes
Sept. <i: The Lord is most graciously muffi'*"
festing himself in West Chester Circuit, in
convicting and converting power. I closed
the third of a series of special meetings yes
terday. Besides thirty nine accessions and
many conversions, the Church has been great
ly revived and refreshed. “ Home altars ”
which had decayed and fallen have been re
built, and new ones erected. Men who were
dumb in the Church before are not ashamed
to lift their voices in humble prayer in the
great congregation. Some interesting par
ticulars hereafter. We begin another meet
ing to-night at Pray for us.
Wackkenah Circuit, Florida Confer
ence.—Rev. R. H. Howren writes, Sept Bth :
“ The good work is ati’l going forward on
this circuit, and seems to be permeating the
entire charge. A gentleman of standing in
this community came to the parsonage a few
days ago desiring baptism, and to be receiv
ed into the Church, which was done. The
day following another called, and asked for
the doors of the Church to be opened at a*
different place the following Sabbath, as he
wished to join, and thought his brother would
also join. And yet at another point two or
three are waiting to join at my next round
So the work goes on. The Lord be praised 1”
Marion Circuit, South Carolina Con
ference.—Rev. J. W. Mcßoy writes Sept.
11 : Our meeting at Britton’s Neck contin
ued ten days. In all respects it was pleasant
and profitable. Five additions —four chil
dren baptized, and at tha last service thir
teen stood up and declared that they had
been converted at the meeting, among whom
was the neighborhood physician who had
been in the Church twenty years without re
ligion. While this meeting was going on I
went to the Ark, ten miles below, and re
ceived twelve into the Church, and baptized
seven adults and three children.
Butler, South Georgia Conference.—
Rev. G. S. Johnston writes Sept. C: YVehave
just closed our meeting at Butler, which
lasted seventeen days. I do not think I
ever saw n meeting of greater power—the
Church being fully aroused and gloriously
revived. Twenty were added to the Church,
and I must say, that during an experience
of sixteen years in the itinerancy, I have
never received at one time the same number
that were equal to these in all respects. The
future of Butler Church is encouraging.
Pray for us.
Sknoia Circuit, North Georgia Confer
ence.—Rev. T. J. Curtiss writes: “I closed
a gracious meeting at Bethel church last,
night, of nine days’ duration, resulting in a
number of conversions and forty-three acces
sions. Bros. Rush, and Stillwell, a local
praacher, were on hand most of the time
doing good service. Much is due them for
their faithful preaching. Bro. Vickory, a
local preacher contributed largely to the
success of the meeting by his efficient labors
in the altar and at the prayer meetings.”
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Jeffersonville, South Georgia Confer
ence.—Rev. J. W. Domingos writes Sept..
5 ; We have just closed a very gracious re
vival meeting The Church was much re
vived, and many souls tasted aud saw that
“ the Lord is good many were converted;
and twenty-eight joined the Church. We
have had four of these revival meetings on
the circuit—a great many have been blessed,
and fifty souls have been added to the
Church since they began.
Barnksvii.ie, North Georgia Confer
ence.— Rev. W. P. Rivers says in a recent
note: There is a great awakening here—
conversions, and accessions to both Churches.
The membership is revived, and the Holy
Ghost is moving the people. Thirty or forty
were at the altar for prayer last night. Pray
for us.
Thomasville District, South Georgia
Conference.— Rev. E. H. McGehee, presi
ding elder, says in a business note of Sept.
7:1 am glad to report gracious revivals
around the district. About four hundred
have been added to the Church within the
last two months, and the good work contin
ues.
Santee Circuit, South Carolina Confer
ence.—Rev. J. L. Shuford adds to a busi
ness letter of August 28th : “We are in
the midst of a glorious revival at Summer
ton. Last night the altar wai crowded with
penitents—some found peace. Pray for us.
Fairrurn Circuit, North GeorgiaJCon
ference. —Rev. L. P. Neess says, Sept. 6:
I have just closed a very good meeting at
New Hope. There were seve r al conver
sions, and fourteen additions to the Churchy