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THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION.

BY REV. O. W. POWERS, A.M., PRESIDENT.

This organization is the highest

representative body of the Chris-

tians. Each member of the denom-

ination should be familiar with its

objects and methods.

The Convention is not a govern-

ing body. It has no authority to

make laws for conferences, churches,

or individuals. It is not an ecclesi-

astical tribunal. It entertains ' no

appeals from the decisions of other

bodies, and does not even undertake

to determine the standing of its

own members, except to see that

they are properly accredited. Nordoes it attempt to put forth anystatement of principles, or stand-

ards of doctrine for the people

whom it represents.

The Convention is the successor

of the " general meetings " whichwere held in the earlier years of

the history of the denomination.

These were occasions of worship

and fellowship. One of the objects

of the Convention is to promote the

fraternal spirit.

Very early in the history of these

gatherings it developed that co-

operation in Christian work was a

necessity. By this opportunities

for usefulness are created, and de-

nominational consciousness is pro-

moted. Working through indepen-

dent organizations, under the advice

and counsel of the general body, has

been the policy of the Convention in

most instances. But a closer and

more helpful relationship is being

sought. Supervision and coordina-

tion are seen to be essential to the

highest success. Through its de-

partment officers the Convention

seeks to know what is being done

in the various lines of denomina-

tional effort, to promote harmony of

plan and unity in execution, and to

secure due attention to the necessi-

ties of each enterprise.

Finally, it attempts to provide for

these necessities, at least in part,

by encouraging systematic giving

of money for the general work.

During the quadrennium of 1878-82,

only two general collections were

asked for. The New Bedford Con-

vention authorized four annually,

to which have been added special

opportunities for the Sunday schools

and Endeavor societies. The Con-

Joseph Thomas, whose picture adorns this page, was bornin Orange County, North Carolina, March 17, 1791. Hisparents were natives of Pennsylvania, but for a more genialclime, soon after their marriage emigrated to the South-land, where a family home was purchased. Unfortunatelyfor all, however, Mr. Thomas, in early .life had contractedhabits of intemperance, which led to the accumulation of

debts and the early loss of his property.When but seven years of age, Joseph was given to strangers,

a family near by adopting him as their own. He was treated,

however, with such cruelty that at the end of two years amarried brother residing in Virginia took him to his ownhome. While with this brother he was aflBicted with a white-swelling, which confined him to his bed for two years. Byreason of this sicknessand generally unfavor-able surroundings, hisopportunities for educa-tion were limited.In 1806, when but fif-

teen years of age, J osephattended a camp-meet-ing, where he was deeplyconvicted and began alife of private prayer.Several months passedin this frame of mind,and not until he pub-licly confessed Jesus didthe joys of assurancecome. Even then, thoughstrongly solicited, he didnot enter into churchrelationship. He hadbe'^n born into a largeliberty, and felt that hecould siirrender no por-tion of it. He had ten-derest love and fullestfellowship for all God'schildren, and could con-sent to enter into no re-

lationship which wouldin the least degree lessenthe measure iof that fel-

lowship.At last, when nearly

persuaded to standalone, that in his inde-pendence he might fel-

lowship all and workwith all, he heard of apeople called Chris-tians, whose creed wasthe simple Gospel.whoseonly Leader was Christ,and whose fellowshipwas as broad as theChristian life. Ho de-termined, first of aU, toknow more of them. Tothis end he visited ElderRainy, a minister of thatbody, and a few weekslater called on ElderO'Kelley, in Raleigh, N.C., by whom he wasbaptized by pouring.He united with ElderO'Kelley's church andhis gifts of exhortationbeing of rare excellence,he was at once licensedto preach and urged toimprove his gifts. Thiswas in 1807, while yetbut sixteen years of age.Before this time his

father must have died,for in setting forth upon his life work, his mother only is

.mentioned as being left behind. Elder J. Warren was about'starting for Virginia on an evangelistic tour and the youngpreacher consented to accompany him. After a few monthshe transferred his companionship to Elder Thomas Reeves,with whom he traveled through the western part of theState until the elder returned South. For some monthslonger he_ continued in labor alone, when he too returnedto his native State. For some years he continued his laborsin North Carolina and Virginia, having for his co-laborersO'Kelley, Rainy, Haggard, Halloway, Guiry, Barrett, Reeves,Dooly, and others. In 1810 he set his face to the southwest,evangelizing in Tennessee, then turning northward, passedthrough Kentucky, Ohio, and as far as Philadelphia, Penn.,where he arrived May 24, 1811. He had been much troubled

Elder Joseph Thomas —[the White Pilgrim.

as to the proper form of baptism, and from a sense of pelsonal conviction was now baptized by immersion.Some years before, and possibly when he entered upon hi

first journey as an evangelist. Elder Thomas arrayed himselin a white suit and went forth riding a white horse. Th^color of his suit was always the same ; he changed it not fothe heat of summer nor for Ibe snows of winter. In defensihe said, "The saints in the life of glory will be arrayed ii

white, the garments of righteousnefs, and there can be nimpropriety in my wearing a suit that reminds me o&thei,apparel." This peculiarity of dress added no little to thi

curiosity of the people to see the man, and so led to enlarge(audiences and thus increased opportunities for good. Naturally his soubriquet, Ihe White Pilgrim, came from this habi

in dress and life-long i

adhered to him. 1

April 5, 1812, whertwenty-one years of agehe was married to MissChristiana Rittenour, 8

young Christian lady ol

Frederick County. Vir-ginia. She made him a

most faithful and noblecompanion. But themarriage relation madeno change in his minis-terial habits; hence-forth, as hitherto, hewas a pilgrim, leavingthe care of home andfamily to a wife equallydevoted to his work ashimself. As an evan-gelist he followed hisconvictions of duty,though obedience ledhim into want, perse-cutions, and hardshipsalmost unendurable.In 1817, Elder Thomas

removed with his familyto Madison County, O..

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where he soon organized!a (Christian Church, ofwhich he became thepastor,butcould not dis-

continue his evangelis-tic labors, though thesehenceforth wore chieflywithin Ohio. Near hishome, at South Solon,Ohio, for many years heheld an annual campmeeting, from whichblessed results came.In the fall of 1834,

Elder Thomas set outon his last evangelistictour. It was a triumph-ant progress throughthe Eastern States.Hundreds gathered to,hear the wonderfulpreacher from the West.In early spring be sefc

his face homeward, buWhe was not to reach tha'q I

sacred center. At Johnsonburg, New Jersey, hewas stricken with thaiterrible malady, small-pox, from which, afteia brief period, he diedFrom fear of the contagion, his body wasburied in a secludedplace.Years later, the late

Elder J. S. Maxwell and others disinterred the body of ElderThomas and buried it with suitable ceremonies in the John-sonburg cemetery. Soon after his reburial. Elder John Ellis,

of blessed memory, visited the grave and wrote to thememory of Elder Thomas the beautiful song, "I came to thespot where the White Pilgrim lay." His grave is marked byan Italian marble monument, inscribed :

" Joseph Thomas,minister of the gospel of the Christian Church, known asthe White Pilgrim ; died April 9, 1835, aged 44 years.*In the fall of 183.5 Elder Isaac N. Walter came by coach

from New York City and preached the funeral sermon ofElder Thomas to a vast throng, near the old camp-meetingsite. There had been a strong friendship between the twomen, and they had labored much together. For long yearsthey have had sweet rest together in heaven.

THE" AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION

vention at Newmarket went a step

further in adopting the "appor-

tionment plan,"' by which is indi-

cated the minimum amount whichmust be raised by each conference

and church to carry out the plans

of the general body.

•It is expected that the calls for

the general collections, witdi the

dissemination of the information

required to make them effective,

will awaken such interest in the

churches, that they will be the

more ready to respond to other

appeals.

The most elaborate plans will

fail, unless attention is given to the

conditions of success. The mostimportant factor is unity. Discord

causes paralysis of the denomina-

tional energies. Then the Conven-tion must not be thought of as a

burden, but as a carrier of burdens.

Its enterprises must be presented

to the churches, not as being for-

eign to their interests, but as a part

of their proper work, which the

Convention is enabling them to per-

form in the most economical andeffective way. Moreover, the Con-

vention should be recognized by the

other organizations of the denomi-

nation, not as a rival of any, but as

the servant of all. And while its

initiative need not be waited for,

the advice and approval of the Con-

vention or of its executive board

should be secured whenever anyenterprise is undertaken which in-

volves the entire denomination.

The churches have the right to

expect from the Convention suchinspiration, enthusiasm and direc-

tion, that power may be created and

wisely used for the advancement of

their common interests. This de-

mands from the Convention and its

officers untiring zeal and careful

thought, and from the brotherhood,

the most hearty and loyal support

and cooperation.

CoNNEACT, Ohio.

THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION.By Rev. J. F. Burnett,

Officers.

Elected October 13, 1898.

President—Rev. O. W. Powers, A.M.Secretary—Rev. J. F. Burnett.

Vice-Presidents.

New England—Rev. Geo. A. Conibear.The South- Rev. W. W. Staley, D.D.New York,with New Jersey— Rev.C.J. Jones, D.D.Ohio, with Kentucky—Rev. Albert Dunlap.Indiana, Illinois, and Peninsular Michigan-

Rev. D. E. Millard.Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and the Northwest

—

W. P. demons.Kansas, Missouri, and the Southwest—Rev. John

Whitaker, D.D.

Department Secretaries.

Finance—Hon. F. A. Palmer.Missions—Rev. J. G. Bishop.Sunday-school -Rev. G. A. Tillinghast, D.D.Education—Rev. L. J. Aldrich, r>.D.Publishing—Rev . N. Del McReynolds.Christian Endeavor—Rev. D. B. Atkinson, A.M.

Secretary, Eaton, Ohio.

Trustees.

Rev. Henry Crampton.N. W. Grouse.Rev. W. H. Chidley.D. M. McCullough.

Rev. Horace Mann.Rev. A. H.Morrill, D.D.Rev.W. S.Long, D.D.Rev. John Whitaker, D.D.

Mission Board.

Rev. J. G. Bishop, Secretary and Treasurer.Mrs. Ada O. Warbinton. Rev. J. P. Barrett, D.D.Rev.W. H. Denison.A.M. Rev. M. T. Morrill.

Board of Control for FranMinton College.

Rev. John Blood. Rev. Mrs. Ellen G. Gustin.Rev. P. A. Canada. Rev. J. W. Wellons.

Rev. Geo. A. Conibear.

Board of Control for Correspondence College.

President-Rev. Martyn Summerbell. D.D., Ph.D.Rev. J. B. Weston, D.D. Rev.D.M.Helflnstine,A.M.Rev. John Whitaker, D.D. Rev. G. J. Jones. D.D.

Rev. L.J.Aldrich, D.D. Rev. S. S. Newhouse.Rev.W.S. Long, D.D. Rev. Albert Dunlap.

Benjamin Ferris Summerbell, the fourth of five chil-dren, was bom to James and Mary ( Ferris ) Summerbell, atPeekskill, New York, September 13, 1819. His father wasa local preacher of the Methodist Church, who carried theinfluence of his gift beyond the borders of his State. Thesecular calling of James Summerbell was that of a mill-wright, and it was by an accident, while repairing his mill-wheel, that an injury came from which in a few hoars hedied. He lived long enough, however, to call his five childrento his bedside, where he commended them to God and the<3are of his devoted wife. He was but thirty-five years of a«tewhen he thus sadly finished his career of earth. The chil-dren were all young, and the struggle of the mother in thesupport of her family fora period was little lessthan heroic. Benjaminwas the favorite of hismaternal grandfather,and it was on the FerrisEstate at Peekskill,where the bereaved boyspent his youthhood. Apart of this Ferris Estateat a later day was pur-chased by Henry WardBeecher as a countryhome.In early manhood, B. F.

turned his face and stepstoward the great city ofNew York, whither hisbrothers Nicholas andJames had already gone.The former had learnedthe tailor's trade, thelatter that of a carpen-ter. B. F. inclined tomerchandising, and as aclerk entered a large bus-iness house on GrandStreet. Though thebrothers had been raisedby Methodist parents,yet for some reason theywere drawn to the serv-ices of the ChristianChurch onBroome Street,where, under th e faith fullabors of Eld.Walter, all

made the profession offaith in Jesus. Theywere naturally gifted,and were at once improv-ing their gifts in all pos-sible ways. They wereso ready_ in exhortationthat their services werein demand soon beyondthe area of their ownparish, and from thepew to the pulpit wasbut a short and naturalstep. Has any revival ofany church ever beenmore blessed in its fruitsthan that in which Nich-olas, Benjamin, andJames Summerbell wereconverts ? Much of theearly work of thesebrothers was given tonear-by fields in NewJersey, and it was whileBenjamin was preachingin Warren County, ofthat State, that he be-came acquainted with,and interested in, Eliz-abeth, the daughter of John and Lydia Martin, of Blairstown.They were married in the Spring Valley Church, in 1847, hisbrother Nicholas officiating. Soon after the marriage B. F.entered upon the work of his first charge at Naples, NewYork. The_ journey was made in a light carriage, Mrs. Sum-merbell's sister accompanying them. It was a long journeyfor the times, and much of the way a wilderness. His othercharges as pastor are stated by his son in the following order

:

Greece, South Berlin, both of New York; Somerset, Swan-sea, and Lawrence, of Massachusetts; Randolph, Vermont;Providence, Rhode Island; Medway. New York; Marshall,Michigan; Burnt Hills and Portlandville, New York; andMadisonville, Pennsylvania.As a preacher he was convincing in his arguments and per-

suasive in his address. He was remarkably successful in hiswork. His social gifts were of a high order, and friendships

Eldek B. F. Summeebell.

were easily formed. As a pastor he was faithful. To winsouls to his Master was his one ambition—an ambition mostblessedly realized. He was regarded as a church builder,and weak churches sought his aid. The church built intostrength, he felt himself called to repeat such helpful workotherwheres.Brother Summerbell was an evangelist as well as a pastor,

and it became his rule to spend a part of each year in specialmeetings with other churches. Nowhere and in no work washe so happy as in revival work. Thousands were convertedunder his ministry. The revival everywhere was the outcomeof his work. He visited Quaker Street, New York, finding nochurch there. A revival followed with eighty conversions.

A church was organized,a good house built, andhe returned to dedicateit. He conducted severalblessed revival meetingsat Stanfordville, NewYork.While at Marshall,

Michigan, in 1870, he fell

a victim to malarial in-fluences, from which henever regained hishealth. From that datehe was never able to dofull ministerial work,though, as the aboveorder will show, he hadthree later charges.Some years before hisdeath, beingunable to dosatisfactory pastoralwork, he naturallyturned to his first pur-suit in life, and opened ageneral store at Moscow,Pennsylvania, in whichbusiness he was quitesuccessful. Moscow wasthe residence of hisdaughter, Mrs. Yeager.The great affliction of

his life came in 1890,when God took his be-loved wife to himself.From this time he madehis home with his daugh-ter until his death,whichoccurred at Moscow,November 12, 1895. Hehad lived on earth morethan seventy-six years,and was fully ripened byaffliction's hand andf lie Spirit's gracious pro-cnsses for the heavenly1,'arner.

It will be borne inmind that Brother Sum-merbell was a preacher'sson, and that two of hisbrothers were preachers.Singularly, each of thesebrothers had a son whoentered the ministry,while the only grandsonof Nicholas Summerbellbecame a minister. Aministerial familyindeed.Our brother was a

graceful writer, and hisarticles, always beauti-fully complete, werebrief as a rule and varied.Few names appear more

frequently on the Herald pages than that of B. F. Summer-bell, and few writers of the Christians have been morehelpful in their utterances. As a correspondent, he wascharming. He put love and life into his words. His letterswere a benediction. To read his letters was to listen to andinstinctively look into the face of the manBrother Summerbell was the father of three children—

Mary S. Hawkins, Lyda F. Yeager, and Dr. Martyn Summer-bell, so well and favorably known. For our brother to leavehis mantle on the shoulders of such a son must have beenone of his richest consolations in death. Blessed is thatminister whose son is also a minister.The funeral services were conducted by Dr. Warren Hath-

away, at the Madisonville Christian Church, assisted byElder Van Dyck, the pastor, and Elder A. D. David, of theMethodist Church.

THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION

Board of Advisors for Aged Ministers' Home.

Rev. .7. W. Wilson. Robert Call, Esq.Rev Horace Mann. .\lexaudor Savage, Esq.Rev. T. M. McWhinney, D.U.

Woman's Board for Home Missions.

Presideyit—'Rey. Emily K. Bishop.ru'e-Pres/dcji/—Miss C. Ella Keifer.Corrtspondiiui Secretary—Miss Orpba Adkison.Recorditu/Secretari/—Mrs..\tbella McK. Howsare.Treasurer—Mrs. Ada O. Warbinton.

Woman's Board for Foreign Missions.

President—Vice President— Rev. Emily K. Bishop.Recording Secretary— M.iss .\una Batcbelor.Corresponding Secretart/—Rev. Ellen G. Gustin.Treasurer— Mrs. Mary J. Batchelor.

Member of National Board of Directors of tbeAnti-Saloon League.

Rev. E. A. De Vore, D.D.

The American Christian Conven-

tion is the representative body of

the Christians. The membershipof the Convention is composed of

the presidents of our colleges and

one trustee of our Biblical School,

presidents of conferences and asso-

ciations, and delegates elected bythe various conferences of the

Church, one for each five hundredmembers or fractional part thereof.

The meetings of the Convention are

quadrennial, and while it has no di-

rect authority over the churches

and conferences, its wishes are gen-

erally and promptly carried out. It

seeks to raise money for the follow-

ing-named purposes : Education,

Missions, home and foreign ; the

Convention itself ; Sunday schools;

Aged Ministers' Relief ; Christian

Endeavor; publishing, and indeed

any other benevolence that recom-

mends itself as worthy and useful.

At the last session, held October,

1898, at Newmarket, Canada, the

Convention deemed it wise to ap-

portion §60,000 for the quadrenniumamong the various conferences of

the Church, or §1 5,000 a year for

four years. The Executive Com-

mittee soon after the adjournment of

the Convention met and proceeded

to carry out its expressed wish. Toeach conference was apportioned the

amount considered a wise and just

share by the committee, and they

were soon thereafter notified of the

fact, and kindly urged to ajjportion

the amount among their several

churches. The following-named

conferences adopted the plan in

keeping with the wishes of the

Convention : New Jersey, South-

ern Indiana and Illinois, North-

western Ohio, Ohio Central, Tioga

River, Rockingham, Eastern In-

diana, Western Indiana, Southern

Ohio, Erie (Pennsylvania), Yorkand Cumberland, Indiana Miami Re-

serve, Northwestern Indiana, NorthCarolina, Northern Illinois and Wis-

consin, Southern Kansas, South-

ern Wabash, Merrimac, Miami Ohio,

New York Eastern. The Rhode Is-

land and Massachusetts Conference

had for three years past been rais-

ing money by the apportionment

plan, and while it did not formally

adopt the plan as suggested by the

Convention, yet we are justified in

enrolling it among the conferences

that did. The amount of moneyraised during the year was not as

large as it should have been, but

the collections were more generally

taken by the churches than for anypreceding year. During the year

the Convention received 2139 remit-

tances, resulting in the amounts

and for the purposes named below:

Education $1,175 17

Home Missions ,3,588 94Foreign Missions 2,111 10

A. C. C 1,010 71

Sunday Schools 55 01

Franklinton 492 11

C. B. 1 19 70

^OsoAE FiTZALON Ingoldsby was the secoQd of four chil-dren born to Asa and Wealthy ( Sweet ) Ingoldsby. He cameinto this mortal life September 3, 18:^0, at South New Berlin,a little village in Chenango County, New York. He was thegreat-grandson of Ebenezer Ingoldsby, born in England in1730, but who, while yet a lad, came to this country for a per-manent residence. He is regarded as the progenitor of allthe American Ingoldsbys. During the Revolutionary War hewas a captain in the service, and with two sons did valiantwork for the nation's independence. He reared a family ofthirteen children, Asa, the youngest, being the grandfatherof O. F. Ingoldsby. This son was also the father of thirteenchildren, of whom Asa, Jr., the father of our subject, was thefourth. Singularly, the mother of our O. F. Ingoldsby wasalso one of a family ofthirteen children.When Brother In-

goldsby was but sixyears of age a calamitycame to the home thatcast a shadow life-longover his way— his be-loved mother enteredinto the angelic life.

The family home wasbroken up by this deathand Oscar -went to livewith his aunt, Mrs. MaryAllen, in Hartwick, NewYork, where for tenyears he made his home.He enjoyed the usual ad-vantages of the schoolsof his time, but was notregarded as a brilliantscholar.^ On the con-trary, his teachers votedhim stupid, indifferent,and even a numskull.In their last decisionthey were sadly mis-taken, for few men weremore brilliant of mindthan he. He was deemeda rogue in school, andmany a warviing he got.His aunt greatly de-plored this, and as aninducement to reforma-tion offered him a six-pence for every weekthat entailed no recordsof switchings. He neverearned the sixpence.Still, in self-justifica-tion, he claimed in afterlife that he was no worsethan his mates, but morehonest and manly, andso received many a cas-tigation that the realrogue would easily haveescaped. That was aday, as he aptly termedit, when the rule was tothrash knowledgem andthe devil out. Happily,we have outgrown thelogic of that bad phil-osophy.When sixteen, he be-

came a real lover ofbooks and an ardentstudent. He gives thecredit for this to thekindly spirit and excel-lent judgment of RufusLuce, his teacher of thatwinter. Several weeksbefore the school for the term was to close his uncle insistedthat he retire from the school and aid in the spring's work.Moreover, he said, " You may consider your schooling asended; you have had as good advantages as I have had, andI have succeeded fairly weU in life." Oscar declined to leavethe school, and he also declared that henceforth he woulddepend on himself; a manly resolution, which showed theexcellent mettle of his make. That spring he left his uncle'shome and walked seventy miles to the home of his father'sbrother. A little later he went on to Chenango County andfound a home among his mother's friends. There, after hay-ing, he attended a select school, and in the fall, feeling him-self fairly equipped, he engaged the winter school of thedistrict. He was but seventeen in this first work as a peda-gogue, but by much evening study he kept himself in advance

Peof. O. F. Ingoldsby.

of his best students and closed his school finally with excel-lent results and many warm commendations. Thereafter, forseveral years, he attended school in the fall and spring terms,spending his summers in farm work, and teaching winterterms. This continued until the fall of 1849, when he enteredOxford Academy to prepare himself for college. When nearlyready for college work proper, his health broke, from over-study and loss of sleep, and for three years he was unable toresume his special studies. Still, during this time, thoughin feeble health, he taught several terms. In 18,54, whentwenty-four years of age, Brother Ingoldsby was married toSarah C. Heniker, a lady of real worth, and to whom he inafter years delighted to give much credit for his own successin life. Five children, four sons and a daughter, came to

them, three of whomsurvived their father.For two years after hismarriage he taught aselect school at Hart-wick, Otsego County.Though married, he hadnot relinquished his pur-pose of entering college,a purpose which ElderSamuel Haywood en-couraged by introducinghim to Professor Chad-wick, the principal ofStarkey Seminary. Anengagement as teacherfollowed, and in the fallof 1856 he took up hisresidence and work atEddytown. He devel-oped great proficiencyas a teacher, in token ofwhich he was early hon-ored with the degree ofMaster of Arts by Syra-cuse University. At theend of five years. Profes-sor Chadwick retiringfrom the principalship.Brother Ingoldsby waschosen to succeed him,and continued to fill theposition with credit andsuccess until 1873. when,from broken health, heresigned and retired tothe pastorate of Free-hold, New York, wherehe served for severalyears. This was his onlyregular work as a pas-tor. He first united withthe church at Eddytownwhen it was first regu-larly organized, and in1858 he was baptized atGlonora bv Elder EzraMarvin. He did his first

preaching, probably,while canvassing forStarkey. In the springof 1873 he was ordainedto the work of the min-istry at the session ofthe Central Conferencefor that year. His ser-mons were character-ized by logical reason-ing and an earnestnesswhich dominated hiswhole life. He wasdeeply interested in theconstruction of the newchurch and, though sickwith a sickness which

he regarded as necessarily fatal, he hoped to live to witnessits dedication. The church was dedicated on Sunday, May16, 1898, the day before his death, and though he knew of thefact, he was denied the privilege of beiog present. On Tues-day morning the bell of the church tolled the death of Pro-fessor Ingoldsby, its first service of that nature. He wasburied from the new cburch. Rev. C. J. -Tones preaching thesermon, and Elders J. H. Carr, S. Brate, G. R. Hammond, andHenry Brown making brief addresses. The assisting clergy-men were also the pall-bearers. The death of ProfessorIngoldsby cast a general gloom over the church. Perhaps noman had served the cause of the Christians with greater fidel-ity or with larger sacrifice. He loved the cause he advocated." Living or dead, Starkey Seminary never had a better, truerfriend."

MISSION DEPARTMENT

Miss True Fund 3° ^Missions

,;;";v "r in "so

Aged Ministers' Relief {"»"

Toronto Mission '" ^Japan Missions ^ ,„

Deacouess Home „, ;.„

Oliristian Endeavor oa uu

Armoniau Missions '^' ,•*"

Publishmg Department "u uu

Palmer College -..•... ••• ,„ ^,

Woman's Foreign Mission Board ^" ""

Total $8'''13*'

The above amount does not rep-

resent all the money raised by the

Convention, as many personal gifts,

bequests, donations, and legacies

were sent to the Mission Secretary,

as were all sums raised by the

Woman's Home and Foreign Boards.

The Convention has enrolled on its

books, conferences, churches, and

ministers in twenty-seven States

and Canada as follows

:

Rhode Island and Massachiisetis- Conference, 1;

ministers, 37 ; churches. 33; members, 3,117.

Fernionf—Conference, 1 ; ministers, 8 ; churches, 6

;

members, 583.

Maine and Xew Hampshire— Conierences, 4; min-

isters, 61 ; churches, 60; members, 4,136.

Ftrgmia -Conferences, 5 ; ministers, 64 ; churches,

117; members, 11,296..

North Carohna -Conferences 4; mmisters, Wi

,

churches, 152 ; members, 9,885..

Georgia and Alabama-ConteTence^l; ministers,

22; churches, 21; members. 1,605.. .

Went Virginia—Conferences, 2; ministers, 15;

churches, 22; members, 633.

Neiu Yorfc—Conferences, 5 ; ministers, 95 ;churches,

85 ; members, 5,790.. . na u \

Neiv Jersey —C'onference, 1 ; ministers, 2b ; cnurcnes,

21; member's, 2,028.. . ^ ,.-,

Pennsylvania — Conferences, 5; ministers, 5d;

churches, 69; members, 3.550..

Ontario (Canada) -Conference, 1; ministers, 23;

churches. 25 : members, 1,034.

Ofcto—Conferences, 8; ministers, 267; churches,

266 ; members, 24,703.

A'«?i.<MCfcy—Conferences, 2 ; ministers, 48 ; churches,

55 ; members. 2,556._ „^, . i „„

/7u«a»ui—Conferences, 8; ministers, 264; churches,

261 : members, 23,456.. „^ , i „„

Mic/ugan—Conferences, 2 ; ministers, 36 ; churclies,

25; members, 1,398..

7o?oa—Conferences, 4; ministers, 78; churches, 55,

members, 4,451.. . ,

/»i7iois—Conferences, 5 ; ministers, 106 ; churches,

103; members, 7,628.. „, u i „=,

Wiscon.si?i—Conferences, 2 ; ministers, 24 ; churches,

23; members, 764..

T^as/uiigton- Conference, 1 ; mmisters, 8 ; churches,

8: members, 206.. ^ • u„

Vebrasfca-Conference, 1 ; ministers, 6 ;churches,

4; members. 169. ... ,„ i i

A'ansas-Conferences, 3; ministers, 5b; churches,

33 ; members, 1,134.. ,o i h„=

Missouri -Conferences, 3 ; mmisters, 43 ;churches,

39; members, 1,620.. ,„ i u„„

^rfcansas-Conference, 1 ; ministers, 12 ; churches,

7 ; members, 156.. , ,

Te.ras -Conference, 1; ministers, 12; churches,

10; members, 365. ... o i ,--,v,o=Ofciafeowio - Conference, 1 ; ministers, 8; churches,

5; members. 91.

The general work of the Conven-

tion is prospering, as seen in the

fact that 139 more remittances were

received this year than last, and for

the four general collections $623.00

more money than last year was

credited. The growth of the work

is slow, but all things considered is

certainly encouraging. To all the

ministers, pastors, and church of-

ficials, together with the many good

lay members of the churches, the

Secretary tenders his sincere thanks,

and hopes that throughout the year

to come the same good spirit and

fellowship may continue that has

prevailed from the beginning of our

acquaintance.

MISSION DEPARTMENT.

By Rev. J. G. Bishop, Mission Secretary.

" Go ye into all the world."

" The field is the world."

THE HOME FIELD.

In the home field, mission aid was

rendered at twenty-five points in

sixteen different States, including

Canada, as follows : Massachusetts,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, In-

diana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kan-

sas, North Carolina, Missouri, Colo-

rado, Washington, Arkansas, Indian

Territory, and Ontario. The prin-

cipal points at which the aid was

rendered were Bonney Street, NewBedford, Mass. ; Bogle Street, Fall

Abraham Snethen, the subject of this sketch, was born inBourbon County, Kentucky, January 1"), 1794. When seven-teen years of age he was sent to the Forks of the KentuckyRiver to gather corn. There he quarrelled with Ned Bow-man, whose grandfather was a Methodist minister. The fol-

lowing Sunday Bowman was to preach, and Abraham wentto the service, not to hear the sermon, but to whip NedBowman. The sermon was the first he had ever heard, andit wonderfully convicted him of sin. The next happy resultof the sermon was in his conclusion not to whip his foe. Aday or two later he turned homeward, and on reaching a higheminence in the way said to himself, " Henceforth I will live

a better life ! " He kept his vow !

The next year he attended his second meeting. It was inhis own neighborhood.While the preacher wasprayingadrunken roughcame forward and tookhim by his hair, shout-ing, "Ain't I a roarer!"That finished the prayer,and withoiit attemptingto preach the ministerwent his way. The nextservice was held in thatneighborhood fifteenyears later, and Abra-ham Snethen was thepreacher. "Continuethe services," they said.Snethen did, and soonhad a church of thirty-six happy converts.In 1814 Abraham went

again to the KentuckyForks to hear Bowman,but it happened that thesermon was by a Bap-tist. The old convictionwas renewed and deep-ened, seeing which theminister gave Abrahama New Testament, urg-ing him to study it. Goodadvice; but the eigh-teen-year-old boy didn'tknow bis letters. Stillhe was grateful for thegift, and in his home-ward walk, reaching theeminence where he hadvowed good things theyear before, he enteredinto another vow. Open-ing his Testament, hesaid, "I will learn toread and know thisBook." A blessed vow !

A day or two later,while driving the cowsup from the cane-brake,a voice whispered,"Abraham, pray I" Hefell then and there uponhis knees and prayed inhis first prayer, " God bemerciful to me a sin-ner!" God was mprciful.and the boy arose savedfrom sin. He went homeshouting and praisingGod, and laying his headin his mother's lap, ex-claimed, "Mother, I

have found salvation!"Father, mother, broth-ers, and sisters were allovercome and a revivalbegan in the home, in which all were converted, two brothersentering the ministry and his father becoming a local Meth-odist elder— a blessed first harvest

!

And now he must learn to read his Testament. Happily,his mother knew her letters and taught them to Abraham.She could carry her boy no further, but with great labor, inthe light of pine knots, he taught himself to frame firstthe syllables and then the words, and at last, to his unspeak-able joy, he could read his Bible. How wonderful the Bookwas I He must teach it to others I At once beset forth, hum-bly bearing the word that had so electrified him.He studied Methodism and the doctrines of the Baptists,

but said to himself, "The Book does not so teach me I" Andso he resisted the persuasions of both, remaining alone andpreaching the gospel as tlie Book seemed to preach it to him.When twenty-one years of age his parents removed toButler

Eldee Abraham Snethen.

County, Ohio, whither he accompanied them. Soon aftetheir arrival a meeting was held on Hannah's Creek, ii

which John Hardy and David Purviance were the preachergTliey were of the Christian Church. He had never heanChristian preachers before. He was delighted with theiteachings.May 31, 1814, he was married to Lydia Ritchie, a lady o

some scholarship, and who rendered him great service henceforth in many ways. The day following the marriage the;removed to Preble County, where he made himself a homiand preached as he could. In 1820 he was baptized by EldeShideler of the Christians, and the same year united witlthe Union Christian Conference. The next year he was oidained to the ministry. Elders David Purviance and Georg(

Shideler officiating. Hicontinued his labors ii

Ohio for about fifteei

years, but did not receive the cordial felloW'ship from the ministrythat his ability entitledhim to.

Elder Snethen wasvery poor. His ministry gave him 1 i 1 1 1 e|

compensation and onlj]

broken time for the supJport of his family. Not|often did he have moreithan a single suit, andmuch of the time hewent with unshod feet.'

In 1832 he was at acamp-meeting on HoneyCreek, in Miami County.The meetings seemedlifeless. Some one sug-gested that Snethen bocalled to the stand. Hewas at last reluctantlyinvited, but before hiS;

sermon was closed Chris-Itians and sinners!thronged the stand, withmingled voices of praiseand cries for mercy.Then it was that El-der Samuel Kyle cried,"Lord, send us morebarefooted preachers!"In 1836 Snethen re-

moved to Indiana, andthe same year organizedthe Tippecanoe Church.This was followed byother organizations, un-til he was justly calledthe Father of the Tippe-canoe Conference. In1849 lie removed fromWhite to Cass (bounty.He had cleared with hisown handsseveral farms,but one after another, hehad lost them all. Hishome was always hos-pitable and his familywas large. The greatsorrow of his life camein 1868, in the death ofhis devoted wife. Thenext year he removed toC'oflee County, Kansas,where he organized twochurches. In one of hisservices he was assistedby his son William andhis grandson Elijah

Martindale. In 1876 he visited Dakota, where he preachedwith vigor, and then retraced his steps to his daughter'shome in Minnesota, where, aft^r a brief illness, on January1, 1877, he entered into the companionship of the redeemedin the eighty-third year of his life.

Elder Snethen was a good man, and in some ways a greatpreacher. His labors were abundant, his sacrifices great,and the results of his ministry blessed. He was a small man,though stoutly built, and was thus capable of great endur-ance. Many a time, in his travels, he swam swollen streams,and more than once when ice ran in the rivers. Few mencontributed more largely to the building up of our cause inthe West, than this unpretentious man, but his reward wasnot reaped on earth : here, his privations were great. Manyprecious souls, probably tliousands, will rise up on gloryheights to thank God 'for the life of Abraham Snethen.'

MISSION DEPARTMENT

River, Mass. ; Newport News, Va.

;

Erie, Penn.; Sprin2:field,Ohio; Miin-

cie, Kokomo, and Lebanon, Ind.

;

Danville, 111.; Oxford, Mich.; and

Des Moines, Iowa.

New Points. Two new mission

points were taken on this year.

One is Ripley, Ohio, in connection

with the Southern Ohio Conference,

where we have a good church-house,

but by removals and deaths the

cause is run down. The other, andperhaps we have no more impor-

tant mission point anywhere in the

home tield, is St. Louis, Mo. Herea minister. Rev. A. E. Nelson, re-

cently broken off from the Metho-dists, has organized a church on the

unsectarian principles upon whichas a denomination we have stood

for a century. The pastor andchurch have recently united with

one of our conferences. Here is agrand opportunity for establishingan unsectarian church in this secondgreatest city in all the West.The following are the statistics

of the work in the home field forthe year closing October 1, 1899

:

Home Woek — October, 1898, to October, 1899.

Missions.

Lebanon, IndianaBogle Street, Fall River, MasbacLusettsKokomo, IndianaDanvillei IllinoisSpringtield, OhioErie, PennsylvaniaBonney Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts..Des Moines, IowaColumbus, OhioLewistown, IllinoisLincoln, KansasLangsville, OhioGary, North Carolina (Colored)Rockport, Missouri'Toronto, CanadaCarmi, IllinoisNewport News, Virginia (Colored)'Oxford, MichiganLexington, Michigan''Muncie, IndianaIndian TerritoryWashingtonArkansas^ColoradoElkton, Virginia (Special)

Sixteen States, twenty-live points.Totals

oa

101

Chaeles Watson Garoutte. soaof John S. and ElizabethGaroutte, was born in Knox County, Ohio, September 30,

1832. His father, for many years, was a devoted local min-ister of the Methodist Church and brought up his childrenin that faith and fellowship. His Grandfather Garoutte wasborn in France and for many years resided in that land. Hewas a Catholic priest in his earlier manhood, but of inde-pendent thought, liberal notions, and broad fellowship.Very naturally, he soon found that his liberty-loving soulwas not fully in harmony with the illiberal spirit of so non-progressive a body. He had inherited large wealth andboasted noble blood. In the struggle between the AmericanUnion and England, in 1812, his sympathies were whollyAmerican, and from hisown purse he fitted outmore than one ship towage war on Englishcommerce. The differ-ences between himselfand his church grewapace, and finally, as amatter of conscience andhonor, he abandoned thepriesthood and theu re-nounced his church. Healso crossed the seas andbecame an American cit-izen. Here he continuedto live until death, at anadvanced age. Whilestill in his boyhood,Charles Garoutte's par-ents removed from Knoxto Brown County, set-tling near Fayetteville.Though blessed withpious parents and thegeneral advantages ofreligious training, he,however, resisted the re-ligious convictions thatoften overwhelmed himuntil twenty-four yearsof age. Then, under thelabors of Elder G. W.Mefl:'ord,he renounced sinand Satan and espousedthe cause of the LordJesus. He was baptizedby Elder Meiiord and re-ceived to the fellowshipof the Five Mile Chris-tian Church.June 22, 1854, two years

before his conversion, lie

was united in marriagewith Miss ElizabethSheldon, the estimabledaughter of the lamentedElder Thomas Sheldon,who for so many yearsserved the ChristianChurch with rare fidel-ity. Brother Garouttewas most fortunate inhis choice of a life-part-ner, for never did a wifeserve the cause of herhusband with greaterdevotion.While Bro. Garoutte

felt strongly impelled toenter the ministry, asecular opening won hisheart and attention for atime. He was appointedto a clerkship in theLand oflice, and soonafter marriage removed to Chariton, Iowa, where he madehis first home. About two years later they returned to Ohio,settling at Five Mile, in Brown County. Now he felt im-pelled to preach that gospel which had been so rich a bless-ing to his own life. To remain a Christian he must lift highthe standard of the Cross and go forth as one sent of God.From the very beginning he developed rare ability as aspeaker and gave promise of great usefulness in the min-istry. His heart was hot with love to God and his soul onfire with the Holy Spirit. Never did a man give himselfmore enthusiastically to his chosen work, and the zeal andconsecration with which he began his work never abated.In 1858 he attended the So. Ohio Conference at its session

held at Stouts Run, and there became a member of thatbody. The following year, 1859, when the conference heldits session at the Eoon Churcli, Brother Garoutte was set

Elder C. W. Garoutte.

apart by ordination to the full work of the ministry. EldersMatthew Gardner, C. S. Manchester, and P. M. DeVore offi-

ciating. The third home of Brother Garoutte was Westboro,after which and in the order named he lived at Georgetown,Ripley, Jacksonville (Illinois), Marion (Indiana), Eaton,Dayton, Greenville, and Higginsport, Ohio. As pastor, heserved the following churches three years each: Dallas,Plum Run, Bentonville, Christian Chapel, Ripley, Bethle-hem, Sugar Creek, Higginsport, and Eaton. The MarionChurch, Olive Chapel, and Mount Zion he served two yearseach. The Teegarden Church, Sink Creek, Bethlehem, andHietts Chapel, one year each. Four years he served Jack-sonville and six years Greenville. He did, perhaps, his best

work at Greenville, thebeautiful edifice of thatcity having been builtunder his labors. Theresults of his labors wereblessed, many hundredsmaking the good profes-sion under his ferventappeals. In heaven avast throng will unite inpraising God for the life

and labors of Charles W.Garoutte.Our brother was pos-

sessed of fine executiveability, and was oftencalled to positions ofhigh responsibility. Sev-eral times, in his earlierministry, he was calledto preside at his confer-ence, and from the ses-sion of 1886 was annuallyreelected. For a time hewas president of theOhio State Association,vice-president for Ohioof the American Chris-tian Convention, trusteeof the Publishing Asso-ciation, and for somethree years its honoredand efficient agent. Hewas also a member ofthe Educational Boardof Antioch College, andat Ills death, presidentof the Board of Controlfor Franklinton College.In various other impor-tant ca pacities he servedhis ctiurch with fidelityand ability. He was in-

ten.-ely loyal to his peo-ple and sacrificed muchand willingly in theirservice.Wlien death came,

Brother Garoutte, withhis wife and grandson,was on a brief visit toold friends at GreenvilleO., and Union City, Ind.In the latter city heatti'uded the DiscipleChurch in the morning,olt'ering the prayer. Inthe afternoon he ad-dressed the Sabbathschool, and in the even-ing attended the M. E.Church. Following thelatter service, they re-tired to the home of Mr.Stewart, cousin to Mrs.

Garoutte, where, at eleven o'clock, he took violently sick,dying shortly after 12:00 a.m., November 18. 1895, aged 63years, 2 months, and 15 days. His last prayer is spoken of asmost fervent in spirit, and his last talk as being most deeplyinteresting. He had gone forth to the higher life with un-dimmed mentality and with a vigor of physical manhoodalmost wholly unabated. He had labored to the last anddied with his face toward heaven,— a happy ending of anoble and honored life. The burial services were held at theM. E. Church, Ripley, Ohio, November 20, 1895, Elders Bur-nett, Long, Singer, Shinkle, Mefford, and Fridman, of theChristian Churcli, officiating, assisted by Elder Abrams, pas-tor of the M. E. Church. The burial was in the Ripleycemetery, the Odd Fellows forming a guard of honor andperforming thfir impressive services at the grave. Mrs.Garoutte and daughter Bessie survive him.

MISSION DEPARTMENT 11

endowed money as a factor in soul

saving and world-evang-elization I

The amount of money receiveddurins: the year for home work was.^4,-417.30; something over $3,000 of

this was from Children's Day col-

lections, !?259.41 from the Woman'sHome Board, the balance from othersources.The Woman's Home Board is to

direct its efforts this year to the

St. Louis work. They are makingan effort, and we think they wall

succeed, in increasing their contri-

butions this year.

sliaU be witneHws unto me, both in Jeru-

salem.''—"Beginning at Jerusalem."The starting point of Christian

missions is the conversion of theindividual. No sooner is Andrewnumbered among the disciples thanhe finds his brother Simon andbrings him to Jesus. Thus mis-sions begin. The chosen one feels

that what is so good for himself is

good for all men. His experienceis fitted to be universal.

—

Bev. H. W.Lathe.

" Ye shall receive power after that the

Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye

THE FOREIGN FIELD.

The following are the statistics

of our Japan work for the yearclosing July 1, 1899 :

Statistics of Japan Woek—1898-99.

David W. Fowler, son of David and Sarah ( Brown) Fow-ler, whose portrait, true to life, greets the reader from thispage, was born in New York City, April 6, 1822. There hisresidence continued until he was nineteen years of age, therich opportunities of the public schools giving him specialadvantages. Then his parents removed, first, to Piqua, andsoon after to Troy, Ohio. A year or two later they made theirhome in Greenville, Ohio. There, and soon after their arrival,David was brought under conviction for sin by the faithfulpreaching of the word, and while yet twenty-one years of ageprofessed faith in the Lord Jesus.For him to be a Christian was to be a minister of the gos-

pel. He could not keep to himself anything so precious asthe good news he badheard. Soon the Spiritwhispered, "David, youmust preach my gospel."He consented at once,and entered the sacreddesk to proclaim God'sword. Hewas a preach-er from the date of hisspiritual birth, and hisfirst sermon prove'd thathis talent was of nomean order. He, fromthe start, took high rankas a preacher, his ser-mons being deliveredwith great power andremarkable effective-ness. In those first yearshe won many to theblessed faith by his ear-nest, convincing, andpathetic appeals.Among his earlier con-

verts was a man whobecame one of thebrightest and most con-spicuous stars of theChristian ministry,—Henry Y. Rush, who forthirteen years served asthe model editor of theHeraldofGospelLiberty.In his early ministry,

—perhaps in 1S47,— heremoved to Marion, In-diana, where he becamethe pastor of the Chris-tian Church, serving itin that capacity for aperiod of twelve years.Wonderful revivals at-tended his work, andgrea t numbers were bap-tized and received byhim into the fellowshipof his church. To thepeople of Marion, as thewriter well recalls,David Fowler was anideal preacher, and tosay that hewas foryearsidolized by his peopleis to state the truth butplainly. ProbablyBrother Fowler did thebest work of his life atMarion, and his intenselove for the dear oldchurch never abated.We are told that in hisvery last prayer he ear-nestly besought God'sblessing on the MarionChurch.Feeling that his work was done in Marion, he yielded hisplace— probably in 1858,— to Elder Thomas A. Brandon, who

built well on the broad foundation laid by Brother FowlerWhen the writer settled with the church New Year's, 1861 hehad been supplying the pulpit for some months. Perhaps in1862. under strong inducements. Brother Fowler removed hisfamily to Decatur, Iowa, and for several years gave himselfchieHy to secular pursuits. But the gospel fires could not goout in his heart, and in answer to his own longing no lessthan to the pleadings of the people, about the end of the Warfor the Union he returned to Indiana and resumed his life-work. Very soon thereafter, out of his labors, coupled withthose of the lamented Elder Georce Abbott, the churches ofGoshen and Ligonier were brought forth. These churcheshe served with great acceptacce for several year'sTheL22d day of October. 1871. was a high day with Brother

Eldee David W. Fowler.

Fowler, when, with the assistance of Elder Abbott, so ofteihis true yoke-fellow, he organized the church at WarrenIndiana. He had made long and good preparations for thiiimportant work, preaching more or less regularly to the peopie there for nearly two years prior to the organization. Hiserved the new church for some time, residing for a seasoiin the city. Few men were ever held in higher esteem by thipeople of Warren than Pastor Fowler. Subsequent to hisremoval, he often returned for a service, and always was h(greeted with throngs.

It was a delight, indeed, to hear Fowler preach. He was agentleman of fine personal appearance, his voice was melodious and winning, his delivery delightful, his flow of words

effusive, his thoughtsoften of the highest or-der, and his eloquenceat times burning andentrancing. HadDavidFowler had the advant-ages of a finished schol-arship, he certainly andeasily would have takenfront rank among theministry of his day.With the assistance of

Elder Abbott, we findthat Brother Fowler or-ganized the churches atLeesburg and Wabash.A few years later thelatter church, justly thepride of our people inthe State, passed fromour hands amid the deepregrets of a multitude.No one felt this loss morekeenly than BrotherFowler, for as early as1872 he had chosen thecity for his final resi-dence. There, twenty-seven years before hisdeath, he made for him-self and family a pleas-ant home, becomingwidely known as a flor-ist, which business hecarried on in connectionwith his ministerial la-bors. God's flowerswere his delight, and hetook untold pleasure intheir cultivation.In his later years

Brother Fowler wasabundant in ministeriallabors, though he feltthat he could not residewith his churches. Inthis, doubtless, he les-sened somewhat themeasure of his useful-ness. He was in greatdemand, both as pastorand in protracted serv-ices, up to the end of hiscareer. In later life, hecombined lecturing withpreaching, and gained awide reputation in hisnew field. The theoryof evolution, as taughtby Darwin, he regardedas rankest heresy, and inhis more popular lecturecombatted the teachingwith sledge-hammer

. ,, . ,. . , , .blows. He usually car-

ried his audience with him.He was on a lecturing tour in the West when stricken down,

lae night of his death be was to preach at Truro, Iowa. Heread Matt. 6:9, 10 as his text, but at once turned to BrotherJ^oUansbee and said, "Preach for me: I am very sick." Hewas taken to the parsonage of Brother Lamb, where, at

A'l'^uNo'^ember 3, 1897, he died without a struggle. " Thy

will be done," he said; and, "I would love to see my dearones at home once more." Brother Follansbee preached asermon at Truro from, " Thy will be done," and services wererepeated at W abash by the city pastors._Biother Fowler was twice married, twelve children bless-

ing his home. His first wife (Cynthia Ann McGinnisI'owler) died April 4. 1865. His second wife (MargaretM. PoJJcck Fowler) survives him, as do nearlyiall of hischildren.

12

MISSION DEPARTMENT 13

Siuiiniartj : Stations, 2 ; out-sta-

tions, 25; churches,?; members

—

male, :^30 ; female, 102=332; mis-

sionaries, 5; native evangelists, 7;

Bible women, 3 ; theological stu-

dents, 3 ; other helpers, 2 ; Sunday-

schools, 15; Sunday-school scholars,

594; day schools, 1; pupils, 20;

money raised by the Japan churches,

$218.00.

The receipts for the foreign workduring the year were $6,568.73. Ofthis amount about $1,200 was raised

by the Quadrennial September col-

lection ; $1,300 from the Woman'sForeign Mission Board ; the bal-

ance was from the Southern Con-

vention, the New England Conven-

tion, personal contributions, etc.

The Woman's Foreign Board has

had a large interest, and have been

efficient helpers in our Japan workfrom the commencement. They are

making special efforts to increase

their membership and enlarge their

contributions this year.

"I WANT to scatter to the four

winds the utterly false remark of

cynics and worldlings, that missions

are a disastrous failure. I say, on

the contrary, that when we com-pare the poverty of the meansadopted, missions are a supremeand unprecedented •—

^ I do not evenhesitate to say—a supernatural andmiraculous success."

—

Dean Farrar.

At this writing, November 13,

about one month and a half of the

present fiscal year is gone. Theyear has commenced hopefully.

Signs of new energy and effort are

manifest in various quarters. The

receipts are somewhat in excess of

the same period last year. Ourmission organizations and plans are

being more and more perfected,

though by no means yet perfect.

Some new plans have been adopted— plans that others have tested and

found to be good, among which are

the "Forward Movement Plan," the

"Annuity Plan," and the plan to in-

crease a missionary interest in the

Sunday Schools, and to ask of theman Easter offering for foreign mis-

sions. These plans are set forth in

the October number of the Christian

Missionary (which also contains the

annual report of the Mission Secre-

tary) and in other numbers follow-

ing. It is hoped that some pro-

gress may be made in getting these

plans before the Church, and that

they may bear some fruit, even in

this the first year of their adoption.

"Go, go, go ye into all the world

and preach the gospel to every

creature. " But " how shall they

preach except they be sent?" Whatyou and I do to obey these com-

mandments— to "go" or "send"

—

we must do quickly ; for He saith,

" Behold, I come quickly." "Evenso, come, Lord Jesus."

There will be no other oppor-

tunity for us to save lost souls bygiving our money for missions after

the present opportunity is past. It

is a dreadful thing to misuse the

Lord's trust funds and to knowthroughout eternity that souls are

in perdition who might have been

in heaven had we done what wecould and faithfully used what wasin our hands.

—

Dr. A. J. Gordon.

oNo NAME has greater lionor among the Christians than thatof Levi Hathaway. He was born in Middleborough, Mass.,February 6, 1790, the youngest of thirteen children. He hada rough and unpromising beginning. His father, Isaac Hath-away, was a devout man and a Bible student, but deeplytroubled over the perplexing problem of election. Was heelected? Were his c/i!7dren born into the favor of God ? Thesequestions gave him deep concern, and finally, when Levi wasbut one year old, he became insane. This was an afflictionworse than death to the home, and especially so in a timewhen such unfortunates could not have the tender care be-stowed now. In 1797. when but six years old, his devotedmother passed into the shadows of death. The family wasnow broken up, and Levi was taken to Welton, Maine, to livewith his oldest brother.Until he was eighteenthe home of this brotherwas his own.In very early life seri-

ous impressions came tothe lad. He felt thathe should be a Christian,and with such methodsas are now employed hewould have been in hisearly youth. Even asearly as eleven he wasstrongly impressed thathis life work was to bethat of a minister of thegospel ; hence to yieldto a confession of Jesuswastobeenrolled amonghis ministers. Wheneighteen, he visited hisnative home, and beingnow of a restless spirit,and chiefly from his re-ligious impressions, he,Jonah-like, engaged apassage by the sea, notas a passenger, but as adeck-hand. He shippedfor Europe by way ofthe West Indies. For-tunately for himself andmany others, the vessel,soon after leaving port,was crushed by a storm,and this released Leviand ended his career asa sailor. But rest hadnot come, nor had hisconvictions for sinceased, and to banishthese he started on footfor the then distantOhio. He reached theAllegheny Mountains,where a terrific stormovertook him, in whichhe despaired of his life.

Above the roar of thestorm God heard thevoice of the waywardlad. He was crying formercy and pledged thatif his life were spared hewould return home andopenly confess Jesus.The storm ceased andthe courage of the youngman revived. He madeanewproposition,whichhe regarded the Lord asaccepting :

" Let me goon to Pittsburg; then Iwill return home." AtPittsburg he was offereda position in St. Louis, which he accepted ; but, recalling hisvow, he cancelled the engagement and set out for home. Onreaching Morristown, N. J., his money being gone, he engagedin labor for a season and then attended a session of school,after which he went back to his New England home. Monthspassed, and his vow was unfulfilled. He was miserable. Theold convictions came back with terrible fury. A severe sick-ness followed, in which he despaired of recovery. He feltthat he was lost, but said he, " I will go down to the gates ofhell pleading for mercy." But the end had not come. Godraised him up. Now the good confession was made, andpeace, long and variedly sought, came in blessed measure.A first duty was baptism, and he requested the Baptist

minister to baptize him. He would do so on two conditions

:

first, he must subscribe to the creed ; and second, he must con-

Eldee Levi Hathaway.

sent to enter his church. The'noble young man said, "I c

not know that I believe the creed, and therefore cannot sigit." "Then I cannot baptize you." "I will wait, then" But it is, you say, your duty. What if death should conin disobedience ?" "If I die, I will report your conduct 1

Jesus, whom I love and am ready to follow." This incideiclearly revealed his worth and heroism. September 28, 181he was baptized by that God-fearing minister of the Chritians. Elder Daniel Hix, and soon united with his people.Converted, the call to preach was renewed by the Spiri

and with little resistance he entered the broader field withzealous and consecrated heart. He did not like to speak <

hear of his talks as sermons, and preferred to be called aexhorter, a term of great honor in those days. He was fu

of Scripture in his talkbut was careful that rtext should be introdutory to his sermonSoon after his baptis)he met with the Chritians in their generimeeting in New BedfonMass. From that daibegan his work as aevangelist. Where vethe Spirit led, he w£ready to go. Throngattended upon his milistry, and in almosevery place revivals folowed.December 21, 1815, i

Assonet, Mass., Broth(Hathawaywas set apaito the gospel ministr-Elders Daniel Hi;Philip Hathaway, Beijamin Taylor, and AsFoster officiating. Fcseveral years he ga^himself fully to evaigelistic work, travelinmany thousand mileithrough thirteen state:Everywhere the Spiridid wonders by hihands. He saw thoisands of perishing sou]born into the kingdon" He was original i

style, natural, Scriptiral, doctrinal, and hoitatory, while his appealwere pungent and hilogic inspired." In al

his work he sought thguidance of the Spirion his knees in earnesprayer. Almost invariably his course was cleawhen he arose to hi;

feet, and rarely did ht

have cause to questioithe correctness of hii

convictions. "To binheaven and hell,redemption, eternal life, the divine presence, were obvious, real, just at hand.Above all he was a godljman. He lived an un-spotted life. Those whcknow him best knewthat he was good, purein heart, that even herehe walked in white be-cause he walked withGod."While not a prolific

writer, he made many valuable contributions to our press,and in 1820 published a brief autobiography of himself. TheMilton and BaUstown Church, New York, was his first pastor-ate, covering seven years. Thence he moved to West Mendon,where he also remained seven years. There his wife died. In1844 he settled with the Royalton church, where he lived untildeath, at seventy-three years. He left two children, WarrenHathaway, D.D., of Blooming Grove, New York, and Mrs.Ursula H. Pease, Lockport, New York. Both are yet livingand both are deeply interested in the prosperity of the peopleto whose service the life of their father was consecrated.Levi Hathaway "was a man of strong passions, great de-

cision, intense determination, or red-hot will-power; yet ofgreat faith—unquestioned confidence in God. He was everbold and ready to do battle for the right."

MISSION DEPARTMENT 15

''Ami lie shall be witnesfn's unio me,

both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea,

and in Samaria, and unto the utter-

most parts of the earth."

The Board contemplates opening

a mission in the coming spring

among the Armenians; perhaps in

some city of Asia Minor, or in An-

tioch of Syria, where the "disciples

were first called Christians," if suf-

ficient money raised for that pur-

pose may be secured. Rev. M. G.

Alexanian, who is under appoint-

ment for that field, is now visiting

among the churches for that pur-

pose, and with encouraging success.

To have a mission on the other side

of the Atlantic as well as the Pacific,

and especially in the country that

first cradled Christianity, but fromwhich Christianity has been driven

by the cruel and relentless crescent,

—could anything be more inspiring

to our efforts, be a greater challenge

to our faith, or a stronger appeal to

our generosity?

The size of your offering does not

depend upon what you take out of

your pocket, but upon what youleave in it.

—

Barnes Horn.

The last year was a prosperous

year to our work in Japan. Andyet what seemed to be heavy mis-

fortunes fell upon it during the

close of the year. We lost one of

our ablest native evangelists, the

pastor of the Tokio Church. Pro-

fessor Woodworth, who had been

superintendent of the mission for

nearly seven years, returned home

;

one of our best Bible women and a

native helper also came to this

country to take a course of study

—

which they are now doing at UnionChristian College.

To help towards making up for

this loss. Rev. E. K. McCord andwife have been placed under ap-

pointment, and will probably sail

from San Francisco, January 24.

But the great need of our mission

in this field will not thereby be met.

At least one other mission family

ought to be sent during the year, if

suitably qualified persons may be

found, and the church, as a whole,

or some individuals or individual,

or some church or group of

churches, will provide the means.

Well may we write the word"opportunity" over the closing de-

cade of the nineteenth century; andwell may we be admonished that

opportunity is but another namefor importunity, as though Godwere beseeching us by every opendoor to open our hearts and to openour hands and to open our purses,

that we may worthily meet the

crisis of missions which is uponus!

—

Dr. A. J. Gordon.

Wanted, This Year.

Ten thousand dollars on the

Annuity Plan.

Five churches, or groups of

churches, to agree to support a

missionary,^— in addition to the reg-

ular missionary collections, of

course.

A contribution from every Sun-

day School in the denomination onEaster Sunday for foreign mis-

sions.

Jaspee Hazen.— Few men have a wider reputation amongthe Christians than Jasper Hazen. He was one of four chil-

dren born to Daniel and Olive ( Bartholomew;) Hazen. Hart-ford, Vermont, was his birthplace, and December 2, 1790, his

birthday. His father was a broad-minded, charitable Chris-

tian man. In his day he was stigmatized as a heretic, butthe judgment was wholly unmerited and unjust. He was aChristian simply and only, and as naturally fellowshipedGod's men in earth as God's angels in heaven.Jasper Hazen was fortunate in being born to such a father,

for in his father he saw such a display of heroism and faith

as had lighted many a martyr fire. The spirit that disfel-

lowshiped and unchurched Daniel Hazen was the same spirit,

milder in fury simply because the law bound it,

that had lighted theSmithfield fires and shutdungeon doors againstother heroes of the faitli— men in love with moralliberty. The crime ofJasper Hazen was theencouragement of reli-

gious services outsidethe pale of his ownchurch. The noble spir-

it of the father was be-

ing imbibed by the heartof a son destined to highrank in God's church.While but a lad, and

years before his conver-sion in fact, Jasperplanned to become a

minister of God. Withsuch convictions as toduty, and with such pur-poses for his manhood,it is easy to believe thathe could not have gonefar out of the moral waybefore his conversion,which transpired wheneighteen years of age.Two years later, whentwenty, he began topreach, making severalearly attempts in his ownneighborhood. Withthis preparation, he en-larged the borders of hisfield, crossing into NewHampshire and itiner-

ating as far south asHopkinton. He sowedskilfully, but left othersto do the reaping, andafter a time returned tohis father's home.Blessed fruits from thatfirst itinerary were longsince gathered into theheavenly garner. In 1810he seems to have visitedNew York, and there,perhaps for the first

time, mingled with theChristians, for in thatyear his name appearsin their records, he andJonatlian Thompson be-ing assigned to work inAlbany ("bounty, whichwas followed by blessedresults.Woodstock, Vermont,

was the early center ofthe work of our people,and in 1812 a conference of Christian preachers gathered in

the village. As we infer from our records, Frederick Plum-mer was there ; so were Elias Smith and Abnor Jones, and ourSaul,— Jasper Hazen,— was among these prophets of God,,participating zealously in their good work.A year later, 1813, was doubly memorable to our brother.

It was the year of his marriage and that also of his ordina-tion. Abigail C. Thomas, who became his wife, was remark-able for her Christian experience, her intelligence, and hersocial gifts. The young man was well married. For the twofollowing years he lived and preached in Hartford, his nativetown. He then moved to Woodstock, where he purchased afarm of his father-in-law, and for three years divided his

time between farming, teaching, and preaching. There wasalso a political side to his life, for in 1823 he was appointedRegistrar of Probate, and the same year and the year follow-

ing was sent to the legislature. In 1832 we find him theproprietor of a large tannery, which he had built in his town.Elder John Rand resigning the pastorate of the Woodstock

Church, Jasper Hazen was chosen pastor, and for twenty-eight years continued in this relationship, resigning thenthat he might remove to Albany, New York. In 1826 he, witha few other noble helpers, had timber hauled from the woods,hewed, and framed, and a sufficiency of brick burned toconstruct a church edifice. That his work as a builder wassubstantial is shown in the fact that the same edifice, some-what changed, is still used by the people of Woodstock. Thelarger part of the cost of the building stands to his credit—a sacrifice and labor of love.

Early in the twentiesBrother Hazen, withothers, compiled andpublished, "A ChoiceS'lection of Psalms,Hymns, and SpiritualSongs." Later he pub-lished a spelling book,which had quite generallocal adoption, and in1827, associated with.A^bner Jones, he pub-lished the Gospel Ban-ner. It continued onlyfor one year, its list thengoing to the Gospel Lu-minary.

"2,

In 1846 Brother Hazenremoved to Albany, andthe year following suc-ceeded to the editorshipof the Christian Pallad-nim, a publication whoseiu finance for the Churchwas wide and deep. Manyvolumes of the boundPalladium may be foundin Christian homes fromMaine to the fartherWest, and they are gemsof real value in the in-

spiring story they tell ofour earlier Church his-tory. Brother Hazenretired from the Pallad-ium at the end of eightyears, but published theF a mily Intelligencerfor some years longer.In 1867 he returned toWoodstock, his oldhome,where he spentthebalance of his days,—fifteen years in all,—loved and honored by apeople to whom his life

had been so rich a bless-

ing. March 30, 1882,

death came, finding aveteran of more thanninety-one years, ripeand ready for God's gar-ner.Nine children came to

tlie home of our brother,two of whom died ininfancy. The other sev-en lived to a good age,none dying under sixty.

Three of the children-till live — Ursula

^in

Missouri, Jasper in Ver.niont, and Olive in Iowa.Laura Hazen becamethe beloved wife of Elder

Moses Kidder, who succeeded her father in the pastorate at

Woodstock.The pastoral work of Brother Hazen ended with his re-

moval to Albany, although he preached occasionally. Possi-

bly he did more good as editor than he could have done hadhe remained in the pastorate. At least, we know that his

work as editor was a great blessing to his people, and it is fair

to presume that many were won to the higher life, and held

in the good old way, by his practical teachings and his fre-

quent stirring appeals. The crown of Jasper Hazen must berichly bestudded with stars. He who has succeeded to his

Woodstock work says, " Ho was very modest, a careful

preacher,— judicial, logical, convincing,— a beloved pastor,

a stanch friend in adversity, a charitable Christian, a sacri-

ficing church-worker." This estimate is based upon the testi-

mony of the aged members of the Church.

Elder Jasper Hazen.

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SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 17

SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.By Rev. C. A. Tillinghast, D.D., Secretary, Stanfordville, N. Y.

I AM sorry that the statistical re-

turns for this year are too meagre,

as yet, for me to attempt to makeany tabulated report. The figures

given in my report at Newmarketwere the result of the previous four

years* effort in collecting. Whatreports have come in during the

past year have not materially

changed those figures. Sunday-

school secretaries seldom send re-

ports without repeated urging, and

often not at all, which makes re-

turns slow and incomplete. I de-

sire once more to urge the impor-

tance of statistics upon the attention

of Sunday-school secretaries, Sun-

day-school committees, and, in cases

whenconferences have neither, uponconference clerks. I desire that a

careful report of all schools within

their jurisdiction be sent me every

year.

The things that still need especial

attention are the organization of

Sunday-school departments in our

conferences, many of which still

have no such provision. Primarywork, Kindergarten work. HomeDepartment work. Missionary work,

and a more careful attention to

thorough organization. Many of

our schools accomplish little to

what they might if their work wassystematized. Our Missionary Sec-

retary, Rev. J. G. Bishop, is anxious

that our schools should become moreactive in missionary work, and in the

hope of inspiring to this end I in-

sert the following

:

THE RELATION OF THE SUNDAY

SCHOOL TO MISSION-

ARY WORK.

The most important work of the

coming century will be the spread-

ing of the gospel in non- Christian

lands. Nothing will have so direct

and powerful an influence upon the

wealth and morality of the world

;

nothing will so help to settle the

vexed questions which our complex

civilization has raised ; nothing so

helps to sink deep and steady the

foundations of nations, and weld

them into unity.

"The government shall be uponHis shoulders," says Isaiah of the

"Prince of Peace," supposed to pre-

figure Christ, and the work of the

next hundred years is to elect himas the governor of the earth. Nowork somomentous—no opportunity

so magnificent, ever before came to

man. The broad fields of an entire

world are suddenly thrown open to

the sickle— rich with the unmeas-

ured wealth of ripened grain. Howto do this is the problem of the age.

No question now agitating the pub-

lic mind bears any comparison to

this in importance, or is so destined

to affect the religious, intellectual,

domestic, social, economic, and po-

litical interests of the century

before us.

It is a gigantic task that the Mas-

ter has laid upon us, but one that

promises such rich rewards that

every noble soul feels inspired to

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high endeavor. Our only hope of

success is in unity of action, andthis is coming.

The sects of Christendom are not

so dead that they can keep up their

petty bickerings, knowing that the

world is reeling into ruin as a con-

sequence. There is heart and life in

the body of Christ, and once the

eyes are open to see the danger andthe need they will evolve a powerof which we have no conception.

God is setting the great battle of

the earth in array before us in

showing us how contemptible are

the little denominational skirmishes

that have divided Christendom—closing up the ranks— arming us

with the " Sword of the Spirit,"

and shaking our sectarian nonsense

out of us. The day for drill anddress parade is past, and, shoulder to

shoulder, the church will soon nerve

itself in sober, serious earnestness

for the real conflict. We shall soon

be in the thick of the fight, andshall find that there is more of the

spirit of unity than we dream of.

When your neighbor's house is onfire you do not stop to discuss yourdifferences of belief, but mutually

rush to the rescue. , So when mencome to realize the real condition of

the non-Christian world, they will

forget their quarrels, and their real

manhood will assert itself. Theywill suddenly come to feel the truth

of the words, "One is your Mas-ter, even Christ, and all ye are

brethren."

And there must be unity of action

in the different departments of the

individual church. All our forces

must be brought to bear. We have

now, the Church, the Christian En-

deavor Society, and the Sundayschool as permanent organizations

through which to work. For the

inspiring of missionary zeal andthe collection of money the Churchshould reach all the adult portion

of the community, the Christian En-

deavor Society the youth, and the

Sunday school the children. Howto reach this last and connect it

with missionary work is the themeof this paper.

The first thing to do is to

/. Create an Interest.

Once awaken the interest and in-

spire the sympathy of children andyou can lead them as you will. Andthis is not a difficult thing to do.

Give them simply the facts. Theconditions in the non- Christian

world are such that they power-

fully appeal to the imagination andsympathy of the young. Nor is it

difficult to get the facts. More andmore they are being set before us in

ever multiplying ways. As the facil-

ities for intercourse increase in the

immediate future all the world is to

be open to our inspection. It is to

be one of the most profoundly in-

teresting fields of study. Man will

study himself as never before.

"The proper study of mankind is

man." But he must find and see

himself—his entire self— before he

can study himself understandingly.

Man is composite. It takes the

Japanese, the Chinese, the Indian,

the African, the European, the Amer-ican to make man—the cannibal, the

savage, the barbarian, the civilized,

the Christianized. He does not knowhimself until he sees his worst as

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well as his best side— until he

knows how impotent, how degraded,

how exceedingly sinful he is with-

out God, as well as how blessed and

powerful he is with Him. He does

not see himself until he recognizes

himself in the lowest as well as in

the highest. All our missionary

periodicals, our literary magazines,

our religious journals, and even our

daily papers are constantly publish-

ing things of profound interest and

significance. The heathen world is

bristling with facts that have only

to be told to stir the most sluggish

blood and fire the coldest heart.

And there is no reason why our

ministers, Sunday-school superin-

tendents, and teachers, should not

know them. Let these facts be

presented to the children by direct

teaching, by missionary concerts, bysermons, lectures, stereopticon pic-

tures— in every possible way, hon-

estly, earnestly, and persistently,

year in and year out, and it will not

be long before they will be all

aflame with missionary zeal. Andthen it will be easy

//. To Teach TJiem to Give.

The one especial need in mission-

ary work is money. A fixed habit

of giving must be formed, and the

Sunday school is the place to be-

gin. What we learn to do when in

childhood we naturally do in later

life. If we begin aright with our

children, the next generation will

give us what we need. To do this,

there must be some way devised for

constant, systematic, and complete

canvass. It can be done by a chil-

dren's missionary society or through

a committee. One of the best

schemes, it seems to me, for the

thorough canvass of the entire

community is to have a woman'ssociety, which shall collect a penny

a week from each adult, a commit-

tee of the Young People's Society

of Christian Endeavor, which shall

get a like amount from the youngpeople, and a committee of the

Junior Christian Endeavor Society,

which shall get the penny from the

children of the Sunday school. Onceinaugurated, it would be an easy

matter to pay the sum asked for,

and the aggregate would be vastly

more than we are now getting.

Where neither women's societies

nor Christian Endeavor societies

exist, the work could be done by

special committees appointed by the

church and Sunday school.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.

By Rev. W. B. Flandees.

OuRlsubject suggests these three

questions: What? Why? How?I. What? What is a Sunday-

school organization ? An organiza-

tion is the sympathetic union of

individuals for a common end. A

Sunday school is a sympathetic

union of individuals for a common,and that the highest end.

i. Sympathetic Union.—There can

be no real Sunday-school organiza-

tion where there is not a living

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sympathy between superintendent,officers, teachers, and pupils. Thereare Sunday schools and Sundayschools. Some are organized andsome are sadly disorganized.

2. Individuals.—To have an or-

ganization there must be individuals

to organize. Every boy in the

school has his own individuality.

It is the Christian man or womanwho is willing to take these sepa-

rate units of humanity and organizethem into a real Bible school that

can be called a true Sunday-schoolworker.

S. Common End.—The spiritual

welfare of every member of the

school. To bring the pupils to

Christ and to build them up in thedivine life is the end for which theschool is to be organized. Thisdemands Christian teachers. Noothers will do for a well-oreranized

school. They must know what sal-

vation means.II. Why ? Why insist on care-

fulness in organization ?

1. Because of tlte importance of the

Sundaij school. In this work we deal

with souls very susceptible to goodor evil impressions. Slip - shodmethods will not do here. It is im-

portant that this work be done well.

This cannot be done without organ-ization.

2. Because of the shortness of the

time. One hour a week. Careful or-

ganization will save a loss of time.

The bell strikes— just on time

—

and order, system, and organizationare apparent. No time is lost. Wedo business for God. We cannotafford to lose time. The hour is

gone. Was it well used?3. Because good organization is at-

tractive. A hundred persons pass-ing this church attract no one. Butlet a hundred men organized as acompany of soldiers pass—all keep-ing step, eyes front, uniformed

—

and we are at once attracted bythem. A Sunday school well or-

ganized is an attraction to othersas well as to its members. A schoolin confusion, superintendent late,

teachers absent, boys making anoise, soon destroys itself.

III. How? How have a goodSunday school? This is the ques-tion with many. Every school canbe organized.

1. By Systematic Planning.—Theremust be prayerful study and plan-

ning. We must have the necessarydepartments, the proper officers andteachers, and the right person in

the right place. Let there be at

least the main school, primary andhome departments. To these maybe added Intermediate, Junior, andKindergarten as they may beneeded. For officers have a goodsuperintendent, an assistant super-

intendent, a secretary, an assistant

secretary, a treasurer, a librarian,

an assistant librarian, a superin-

tendent of the Primary Depart-ment, an assistant superintendentof the Primary Department, a super-

intendent for the Home Department,and visitors for the same. Thereshould be a teacher for each class

and a number of substitute teach-

ers. Every school should have a

normal class and hold teachers'

meeting.2. By Constant Watchfulness. —

Having planned for a well-organ-ized school we must watch that it

fall not away from the high stand-

ard, and constantly to improve it.

S. By Faith in Children.— Do notgrumble because there is not better

material in your school. You will

be surprised to find what good ma-terial God has given you.

^. By Earnest Endeavor.— Sun-day-school work is worthy of ourbest efforts.

5. By Love for Christ.— If wework in the Sunday school for

Christ we will find it a delight, anda work that will yield a ;

fruitful

harvest.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 21

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS.[From Historical Sketch in M

At a meeting of the friends of

Sunday schools, held May 23, 1832,

in Philadelphia, on the occasion of

the anniversary of the AmericanSunday-School Union, it was found

that the workers present represented

fifteen States. After sonie discus-

sion, it was decided to call a national

convention, to meet in New York in

the fall of that year.

The convention assembled Octo-

ber 3, 1832, two hundred and twentydelegates being enrolled, represent-

ing fifteen States-—more than half

of the number then in the Union.

The second national convention

met in Philadelphia, May 22, 1833.

Only nine States were represented.

It was practically an adjourned

meeting of the first, and in the list

of conventions these two are fre-

quently counted as one.

The third national convention washeld in Philadelphia, February 22-

24, 1859. Seventeen States and the

District of Columbia were repre-

sented.

The fourth national convention

was held in Newark, New Jersey,

April 28-30, 1869. Twenty-eight

States and one Territory were rep-

resented, besides Canada, England,

Scotland, Egypt, and South Africa.

The whole number of delegates wasfive hundred and twenty-six.

The fifth national convention washeld in Indianapolis, April 16-19,

1872. Twenty-two States and one

Territory were represented by twohundred and thirty-eight delegates.

Canada, Great Britain, and India

were also represented, and com-

iuutos of Atlanta Convention.

J

munications received from Scot-

land, France, Switzerland, and Hol-

land. This convention has ac-

quired historical interest on account

of its inauguration of the system of

uniform lessons. It was adopted

with great unanimity and enthusi-

asm. The first committee, consist-

ing of five clergymen and five lay-

men in the United States, and one

clergyman and one layman in Can-

ada, was appointed to select the

lessons for the first seven-years'

course from 1873 to 1879.

The First International Conven-tion (Sixth National) was held at

Baltimore, May 11-13, 1875. Fourhundred and sixty-three delegates

were present, and 66,871 schools re-

ported.

The Second International Conven-tion was held at Atlanta, Ga. , April17-19, 1878. Here the second les-

son committee, consisting of four-teen members, was chosen to selectthe lessons from 1880 to 1886.

The Third International Conven-tion was held in Toronto, Canada,June 22-24, 1881. Communicationswere received from the conventionof the Maritime Provinces assem-bled in Halifax, N. S., from theEdinburgh Sunday-School Teach-ers' Union in Scotland, from theCopenhagen Sunday- School Com-mittee of Denmark, from the Com-mittee of the German Sunday-School Union at Berlin, from theNational Temperance Conventionin session at Saratoga, and fromPresident Garfield expressing in-

terest and sympathy in the work ofthe Convention.The Fourth International Con-

vention was held in Louisville, Ky.,June 11-13, 1884 At this meeting

22 SUNDAY-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

the third lesson committee waschosen to select the lessons from1887 to 1893. This also consistedof fourteen, but there were addedfive persons as corresponding mem-bers, four for Great Britain, andone for Prance.The Fifth International Conven-

tion was held in Chicago, June 1-3,

1887. Congratulations were tele-

graphed to Queen Victoria, to whichthe response came: "The Queenthanks the International Sunday-School Convention of the UnitedStates and Canada for their kindcongratulations.

"

The Sixth International Conven-tion was held in Pittsburg, Pa.,

June 24-27, 1890.

The Seventh International Con-vention was held in St. Louis, Mo.,in connection with the SecondWorld's Sunday - School Conven-tion and the First Conference of

Field Workers, from August 30, to

September 5, 1893. At this meet-ing was started the movement to

introduce Sunday-school work in

Japan.The Eighth International Con-

vention was held in Boston, Mass.

,

June 23-26, 1896. The report of

the treasurer showed a total ex-

penditure for the three years of

$23,855.23, and pledges were takenfor the new triennium, amountingto $35,203. At this Convention the"Fifth International Lesson Com-mittee" was chosen to select thelessons for 1900 to 1905.

The Ninth International Conven-tion was held in Atlanta, Ga. , April26-30, 1899, in connection with theField Worker's Conference, and thePrimary Union. About 1,500 dele-

gates were present.The Tenth International Conven-

tion will be held in Denver, Colo.,

in 1902.

THE NEW SERIES OF LESSONS.

On the first of January, 1900, webegin a new series of Sunday-

school lessons, which are to coverthe entire Bible in six years. TheInternational Convention meetsonce in three years, but the lessonscover six years, or two conventionperiods.The Lesson Committee meets

once every year in some one of theprincipal cities of the United Statesor Canada, and selects lessons for ayear. The committee keeps two orthree years ahead of the work in

schools so as to give ample time for

the preparation of lesson helps.

After the lessons have been se-

lected by the members of the com-mittee in America, they are sent to

the English members for their in-

spection and criticism. When thecommittee meets again, before anymore lessons are made out, they goover the suggestions made by theEnglish committee, changing andmodifying as is deemed wise. Thefinal responsibility rests with theAmerican members of the com-mittee.

The present Lesson Committeewas elected in Boston, 1896, andholds office until 1902. The idea of

uniform lessons was first conceivedin this country, and, for a time, wasconfined to it. Hence it is that thepreponderance of members and in-

fluence is given to it. The commit-tee is now at work on the lessonsfor 1902.

The entire six years series will

be largely biographical. The first

eighteen months will be given to a

chronological study of the life of

Christ. For three and a half yearswe shall study the New Testament,and for two and a half the Old Tes-tament. Any intelligent teacherwho will begin with this series of

lessons on the first of January next,

and carefully connect the lessons so

as to give a continuous chain of

history, can take his class throughthe entire Bible in such a way as to

give it a systematic training in

Biblical History.

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT 23

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.By Rev. L. J. Aldkicfi, D.D.,

The question of higher educa-

tion is one that cannot well be too

strongly emphasized. We are liv-

ing in an age of educational ideals.

Great problems are up for solution.

Methods, equipments, government,and morals as pertaining to our col-

leges and universities are discussed

as never before in the world's his-

tory.

Men and women of wealth are

devoting large sums of money to

provide endowments, buildings andapparatus, adequate to meet the

needs of a constantly enlarging

work. Never were more earnest

men and women engaged as pro-

fessors and students than during

the past year. Never were the

fruits of the work more encour-

aging.

It is the distinctive mission of

the Christian school to properly

develop the Christian man. Nogrander mission is conceivable.

Principles, powers, and possibili-

ties are to be unfolded. The soul,

as well as the intellect, is to be

trained in a scientific, symmetrial

manner.

Preparation for life, the end of

all true education, consists in some-

thing more than the training de-

rived from the study of books. It

is not of so much account what westudy as with whom we study.

The Christian college is mannedby instructors who are not simply

scholars, specialists in the chairs

they are called to fill— they are

thoroughly consecrated Christians

as well. Such teachers are not

Secretary, Merom, Indiana.

working primarily for the salary

they receive; their rewards lie, to a

large extent, in witnessing the de-

velopment of their pupils.

The teacher, yea, the pupil as

well, who is incited both by the

need of the work and a love for it,

has before him the mightiest in-

centive possible to do his best

work.

The nine or ten higher institu-

tions of learning under the care ofthe American Christian Conventionhave all enjoyed in the main a pros-perous year. There are now uj)-

wards of a thousand students in

these schools. Several new profes-sorships, and an unusually largeamount of material improvementshave been added during the year.Nearly all our colleges have alsoraised their standard of require-ments for graduation; and thefruits of this step are clearlymarked not only in the high gradeof work being done in the variousdepartments, but also in the strongmen and women sent out.

The secretary of the educationaldepartment is glad also to be ableto report that numerous conver-sions to the Christian life have oc-

curred among our students duringthe year. The Young People'sChristian associations are provinga strong ally to sound scholarship,sound morals, and sound manage-ment in our colleges. There havebeen very few cases of disorder ofany kind ; but, on the other hand,a growing spirit of industry, rever-ence for law and order and a Christ-like obedience.Your Secretary w^ould most ear-

nestly appeal to the brotherhoodfor an increasingly large supportof each and all of our mstitutions.Larger endowments, m^^e students

i

24 Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT

and professors should surely besent into this most inviting andimportant field.

The apportionment to the variousconferences and churches for Chris-

tian education is a practical andhelpful measure. Let us see to it

that the amount asked for by theConvention be fully realized.

Upon the whole, we may wellcongratulate the churches and take

courage in view of what has beenaccomplished during the past year.

The churches and schools shouldrealize more and more their com-mon interests, and should workhand in hand for the one great endfor which they exist ; namely, the

l^romotion of the cause of Christ.

What we want to have in thechurches we should first put into

the schools.

Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT.By Rev. Daniel B. Atkinson, A.M., Merom, Indiana.

Officers.

General Secretary— liev. Daniel B. Atkin-son, Merom, Ind.

Trustee of the United Society—Mr. George A.Chase, Fall River, Mass.New England Christian Coniention—Secre-

tary, Miss Mary A. Rowell, Franklin, N. H.Junior Secretary of New England Convention

—Miss Margaret Thresher, Freetown, Mass.Maine Conference— Secretary, Miss Hattie

A. Young, Stetson, Me.Rhode Island and Massachusetts Conference^

Secretary, Rev. P. A. Canada, Freetown,Mass.Merrimack Conference— Secretary, Miss

Mary A. Rowell, Franklin, N. H.Rockingham Conference—Secretary , Rev.

Joseph Lambert, Rye, N. H.Vermont Conference—Secretary, Mrs. G. W.

Morrow, Burlington, Vt.

York and Cumberland Conference—Secre-

tary, Miss Annie Libbey, Saco, Me.Ontario Conference—Secretary, Rev. W. A.

Terry, Eddystone, Ontario.

New York Eastern Conference—Secretary,

Rev. Fraser Metzger, Albany, N. Y.New York Central Conference— Secretary,

Rev. E. D. Hammond, Enfield Center, N. Y.New York Western Conference— Secretarv,

Rev. H. J. Rhodes, Machias, N. Y.Tioga River Conference—Secretary, Rev. O.

P. Potter, Marion, N.Y.New Jersey Conference—Secretary, Rev. I. .J.

Willmarth, Amesbury, Mass.Eastern Virginia Conference—Secretary, Rev.

M. W. Butler, Raleigh, N. C.

Erie Conference— Seci'etary, Rev. D. C.Loucks, Kittery Point, Me.

Ohio State Association — Secretary, Rev.G. R. Mell, West Milton, Ohio.

Northwestern Ohio Conference— Secretary,

Rev. Freemont McCague, Arthur, O.Miami Conjgrence— Secretary, Rev. McD.

Howsare, M(:i:^way, O.

Illinois State Conference—Secretary, Rev.G.D. Lawrence, Urbana, 111.

Illinois Central Conference—Secretary, Rev.C. S. Masterson, Garrett, 111.

Southern Wabash Conference — Secretary,

Rev. John Evans, Merom, Ind.Michigan Conference—Secretary, Rev. P. W.

McReynolds, Marshall, Mich.Eel River Conference—Secretary , Miss Ocie

Karns, Collamer, Ind.Northwestern Indiana Conference—Secretary,

Rev. J. W. Vance, Argos, Ind.Western Indiana Conference—Mr. Charles

Porter, Mellott, Ind.Miami Reserve Conference—Secretary, Mr.

Ed. T. Hatton, Center, Ind.Eastern Indiana Conference—President, Mr.

Jere Garrard, Muncie, Ind. ; Secretary, Mrs.Nettie Stovenour, Portland, Ind.Indiana State Conference— Secretary , Miss

Margaret Bennett, Portland, Ind.

Red River Con ferfnee- Secretarv , Rev. A. C.Hacke, Stanfordville, N. Y.

Southwestern Iowa Conference—Secretary,

Rev. F. L. Rasp, Gresham, Neb.

The Outlook.

Christian Endeavor is an inter-

denominational organization, and byits methods of woi'k secures the co-

operation of a large per cent, of the

denominations in advancing the

Redeemer's kingdom. The organi-

zation is also denominational in the

sense that each denomination has

full control over its own societies,

and outlines for them the work they

Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT 25

are expected to do. The society

cultivates the spirit of loyalty to

the denomination.

Christian Endeavor in the Chris-

tian Church has been loyal, and is

training a host of young people

for efficient service in the church.

These young men and women will

be stronger Christians because of

their early training, and will support

their denominational enterprises be-

cause they have leaj"ned the value

of systematic and organized eifort.

The very form of church govern-

ment adopted by the Christians

demands an internal cohesive ele-

ment. External force is lacking to

bring the members into line, and

this must be compensated for by an

intense love for the organization

and its principles, which, after all,

is the strongest unifying element.

We have been unable to secure

complete statistics up to this time,

and refrain from giving a partial

detailed report. There are not fewer

than 500 societies, with 10,000 Active,

3,500 Associate, 2,350 Junior, and

175 Intermediate members, makinga total membership of 16,025. Thefact that more than 16,000 persons

are receiving Christian training in

the societies of the Christian Churchshoald be a source of encouragement

to all. We have not, however, ex-

hausted the possibilities of our ownchurch. In fact, the work has only

begun. There are many churches

that are not organizing their youngpeople for Christian service ; there

are pastors who have never hadany actual experience with Christian

Endeavor. The coming year should

see a larsre increase in our work.

Foreign Missions.

The important question beforethe Christian world is the evangel-iziug of all nations. It is signifi-

cant that missions are given soprominent a place in all religiousdiscussions. The church is begin-ning to understand that it multi-plies by division. It increases bysubtraction. There must be di-

vision of laborers. The home field

should share its best workers withthe destitute lands of heathendom.The activity most needed in reli-

gious circles to-day is the activityof giving— subtracting money fromthe home treasury. The Lord'streasury is empty, while the treas-

ury of the Lord's people is full to

overflowing. "Spirituality cannotbe high, when liberality is low.When the church lacks funds, themembers lack faith."

The Endeavor societies have beenurgently requested by the Ameri-can Christian Convention to givetheir support to our work in foreignlands. The special field of mis-sionary activity is Japan. TheChristian Church has centered its

energies upon this field, and hasgained somewhat of a footholdamong the people of the SunriseKingdom. The Secretary of Chris-tian Endeavor has given the ques-tion of special work for the En-deavorers a great deal of attentionand has concluded that the societies

should give their support to thework already begun. New Eng-land is doing commendable work in

the support of our Japan workers,and the societies west of New Eng-land should give their support to thesame field. If the Endeavorers canfurnish suj^port for all the workerson the field at the present time, theMission Board will be left free to en-

ter new fields whenever it so desires.

In accordance with the request ofthe Convention, let the societies

give their earnest support to Japan.

26 Y. P. S. C.*E. DEPARTMENT

Franklinton College.

Horace Mann once said : "Theeducation which has ah'eady been

given a people, makes it necessary

to give them more. By instructing

them, new powers have been awak-

ened within them, and this intellect-

ual and moral energy must be

regulated. In this case we have

not to do with mechanical forces,

which, once put in action, accom-

plish their purpose and then stop.

No ; there are spiritual forces en-

dowed with a principle of life andof progress which nothing canquench.'"

When the American governmentgave liberty to the colored race, it

also gave the rights and privileges

of American citizenship. Duringthe years the colored people hadbeen held in slavery, they werebeing trained for a better civiliza-

tion than their ancestors had en-

joyed. The education they hadalready received when they wereset free, and the privileges grantedthem under our government madeit imperative to provide them withstill better facilities for gaining aneducation. The churches recog-nized this obligation and began to

found schools for the education of

the freedmen. Our own peopletook up the same work, and estab-lished a college at Franklinton,North Carolina. This college hasbeen doing very successful work.The one question which has con-fronted the Board of Control hasbeen the matter of finance. Thecollege endowment is very meager,and there must be constant supportby the friends of education. TheAmerican Christian Convention re-

quested the Endeavorers to supportthis worthy enterprise, and Thanks-giving was selected as an appro-priate time to make their offerings.

Each society should adopt some day

of Thanksgiving week as Franklin-ton Day. On that day a special

effort should be made to interest theEndeavorers in the w^ork and securea liberal offering for the college.

Intermediate Christian Endeavor.

By Rev. J. E. Meeker, Merom, Indiana."

It will be well for us to considera few things concerning the impor-tance of that much-neglected de-

partment of Endeavor work, the In-

termediate.Anyone who has observed the

lives of the masses of the peoplewho have passed the age of twentyyears, will see at once the impor-tance of this work.Only the memory of the large

Sunday-school class of bright, ques-

tioning, enthusiastic children, will-

ing to be guided and trusting in

their teacher, and a glance at themere handful of active. Christianworkers twenty years of age, will

reveal the sad truth that there hasbeen a deplorable falling away in

the ranks of the young people.

To look about us and see in the

ways of sin those boys and girls

who were once working as "little

children " for Christ, drives us to

the conclusion that somewhere in

the lives of those individuals there

has been mismanagement on the

part of the Christian workers whostarted them.

If we will but study the develop-

ment of young people and then ex-

amine our present methods of train-

ing them in the Christian school,

we will find the reason for this state

of affairs among the young men andyoung women.Let us look into the lives of those

of the "Intermediate" age, /. e., be-

tween the years of twelve and eigh-

teen. Is there any other time in

the lives of individuals fraughtwith such dangers, or with suchpossibilities for making noble char-

Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT 27

acters? Too old to be called chil-

dren and unwilling to be taught aschildren, too young to take theirplaces freely at the side of olderworkers.The girls are inclined to become

shy and the boys to think them-selves too manly and important to

be bothered with religion. Thoughts,which in early childhood were un-known to them, now creep into

their minds. Sentimentalism, thatdry rot of social life, is beginningto affect their lives. They arefighting - battles peculiar to thatperiod of life. They are just pass-

ing from childish innocence to

rational thought. They are filled

with the enthusiasm which will, if

misguided, bring them to ruin, or

if, on the other hand, it be directed

aright, will culminate in a nobleChristian life. They are just in the

real formative period of life. Whathand shall guide them? Who shall

be their teacher ?

In the Junior Endeavor, these

trials of youth are not mentionedbecause the members are too young.In the Endeavor prayer-meetingsthese are not mentioned because of

the peculiar restraints which seemever present concerning such sub-

jects.

What else can be done but to or-

ganize these young people into a

separate society and put with thema superintendent, who has their

welfare thoroughly at heart, to

guide them through these days ?

True it is, that many things mustbe taught which we do not hearelsewhere, but if we would hold

these young people, we must meetthe needs in their lives and aid

them in these trials.

ing long-absent friends. How areEndeavorers to recognize the En-deavorers of their own church ?

The badge has answered the ques-tion. Christian Endeavor is notashamed of its colors, and hastaught some young people not to beashamed of their denominations.The Endeavorers of the ChristianChurch have a badge, adopted bythe American Christian Convention.The badge is neat and beautiful andis a silent advocate of our creed,

the open Bible. Our Endeavorersshould wear the badge.

Statistics.

John Willis Baer, General Secre-

tary of the United Society of Chris-

tian Endeavor, has issued the fol-

lowing quarterly statistical report

:

United'States.

™Young People's Societies, 28,314; Junior Societies,12,877 ; Intermediate Societies, 977 ; Mothers' Socie-ties, 72 ; Senior Societies, 29 ; Parents' Societies, 1.

Canada.

Young People's Societies, 2,940 ; Junior Societies,534 ; Intermediate Societies, 21 ; Parents' Societies,2; Mothers' Societies, 1,

Foreign Lands.

Young People's Societies, 8,767 ; Junior Societies,

1,363; Senior Societies, 21; Mothers' Societies, 12;Intermediate Societies, 7. Floating Societies, 124

—

56.062.

Total membership, 3,363,720.

The Endeavor Badge.

It is a very pleasant experiencefor Endeavorers at great uniongatherings to meet members of

their own church. It is like meet-

There are more than 16,000

Comrades of the Quiet Hour.

The Christian Endeavor TenthLegion now numbers over 15,000.

The next World's Christian En-deavor Convention will be held in

London, July, 1900.

Portland, Maine, the birthplace

of Christian Endeavor, has twenty-seven societies in its city union.

The Congregationalists gaveChristian Endeavor to the worldas a denominational organization;

the Christians made it inter-de-

nominational.

28 Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT

Sending Money.

There should be uniformity in

the matter of sending money for

Convention purposes. It will lessen

the probability of loss; it will aid

in making reports ; it will be an

educational factor. The Secretary

of the American Christian Conven-

tion is authorized to receive moneyfor all Convention purposes. TheSecretary is Rev. J. F. Burnett,

Eaton, Ohio. The Endeavorers are

urged to senci their contributions to

him. These include gifts for Frank-

linton, home missions, foreign mis-

sions, education, and the convention.

Some conferences have authorized

their Endeavor secretaries or treas-

urers to receive the money. This

may be done, if the conference so

directs, but the money should then

be sent to the Convention Secretary,

Rev. J. F. Burnett.

Words of Commendation.

By Rev. W. W. Staley, D.D.

(President of Elon College.)

Christian Endeavor quickens

the sense of responsibility ; creates

a social circle on a religious basis;

cultivates sacred music ; disciplines

the young in punctuality and activ-

ity in Christian worship and work;

prepares conditions that keep the

pastor in touch with young life.

His danger is in growing away

from young people and making the

distance himself. This society pre-

vents it, if he takes part. In rais-

ing money for missions, etc., they

study the subjects and take on the

spirit of enterprise and liberality.

The leaders of meetings study the

Bible and engage in special prayer

during the week. When the meet-

ings are held just before the even-

ing service in the church it is a

good spiritual preparation for it.

Suffolk, Virginia.

Advantages.

By Rev. Alva H. Moeeill, D.D.

(Pastor Middle Street Christian Church.)

The advantages of Christian En-deavor societies are many.

First : They give young peoplesomething definite to do.

Second : Young people, notChristians, may be induced to

attend Christian Endeavor prayer-meetings when they would not goto other prayer-meetings.Third : If the pledge is observed

faithfully the young Christian will

be developed as a worker.Fourth : Such societies may be of

great service to the pastor, as well

as the church. They may be of

great service in interesting non-

church-goers to attend religious

services.

Fifth : There is encouragementand satisfaction in being a part of

so great an army of Christian

w^orkers.

Sixth : Faithful work here will

help to make more efficient sup-

porters of the church a few years

hence, while interest in missions,

good citizenship, temperance andall reforms, will be greatly in-

creased.New Bedfoed, Massachusetts.

Awaken to Duty.

By Judge O- W. Whitelock, Huntington, Indi-

ana, President Eel River ChristianConference.

The young people in each of our

churches should be organized into

a Christian Endeavor Society. Sucha society gives the young people

something to do. It develops their

ability to talk and pray in public,

and relieves them from much em-

Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT 29

barrassment felt by the youni>:. It

teaches them that united effort will

brins: success in a greater degreethan will single ett'ort.

Not only are the 3'oung peoplestrengthened intellectually, but theygrow spiritually, and come to con-sider it a pleasure as well as a dutyto engage in Christian work.Christian Endeavor develops bus-

iness capacity and systematic meth-ods of doing things. Those thatare trained in the Endeavor Societywill be the controlling power in thechurch of the future. Get the youngpeople interested and at work now,and the church of the future is se-

cure. Too little attention is givento the spiritual welfare of the youngpeople. We must awaken to ourduty in this regard, or we will notreach our possibilities.

An Evangelizing Factor.

By Rev. Geo. A. Conibeae.

(Pastor Broad Street Christian Church.)

No wide-awake, up-to-date churchcan or will afford to get along with-

out organizing its young people.

One of the most encouraging fea-

tures in my work is the readinesswith which the young people re-

spond to the opportunity for thedevelopment of Christian activity.

The splendid enthusiasm of youngpeople, as exemplified in the Chris-

tian Endeavor movement, is a mag-nificent promise for the unity of thechurch and the evangelization of

the world. It is a tonic to faltering

faith. A Christian Endeavor so-

ciety in a church, with proper cul-

ture, fosters the revival sjjirit, is animpetus to mis.sions, brings finan-

cial help, and is an inspiration to

the saints that have borne the bur-

den and heat of the day. For a

pastor to ignore it is to be blind to

his interests, and the church with-

out it, misses one of the best agen-cies the Lord ever offered it.

Providence, R."I.

Prayer-Meeting Topics, 1900.

[Copyrishteii. l>-<99, by tlio United Sucioty ofCliristiaii Endeavor. Usod by

Permission.!

.\ year's STunv OF Christ's pahahles.

January.

7. Prayer that obtains. I.nke 11:5-1:5;

18:2-5.

14. In the far country. Luke 15: 11-24.

21. "Send me." Isa, 6:1-10. (Quarterly

missionary meeting.)

28. Lessons for Simon and us. Luke 7: 36-50.

February.

4. Things that endure. Matt. 7:21-27.

( Christian Endeavor Day.)

11. Seek first the kingdom of God. Matt.

13:44-46. (Union meeting with the

Juniors.)

18. The sin of liquor-selling; how end it?

Hab. 2:1-15. (Quarterly temper-

ance meeting.)

25. The strength of humility. Luke 18:

9-14.March.

4. How God pays men. Matt. 19:30;

20: 1-16.

11. Rejecting Christ. Mark 12: 1-9.

18. Ye must be born again. John 3: 1-15.

( Meeting led by the pastor.)

25. The glory of obedience. Matt. 21 : 28-32-

April.

1. Alwaysready. Luke 21 : 29-36; 12: 35-40-

8. Christ our missionary model. John 4 :

5-15. ( Quarterly missionary meet-

ing.)

15. The Bread of life. John 6 : 24-40. ( Eas-

ter meeting.)

22. Serving God joyously. Matt. 22: 1-14-

29. What is God's due? Luke 20: 19-26.

May.

6. How Christians grow. Mark 4:26-29.

13. Vision and service. Ex. 24: 15-18; 32:

19,20; Matt. 17: 1-8, 14-20.

20. The power of a temperate life. Dan.

1:1-17. (Quarterly temperance

meeting.)

27. Have patience. Matt. 18: 21-35.)

June.

3. How to be a good neighbor. Luke10:2.5-37.

10. Lives that lift. Luke 13: 20, 21.

17. Abiding in Christ. John 15: 1-10.

24. Our eternal destinv. Matt. 13: 47-50.

30 Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT

July.

1. When is a nation safe ? Deut. 26. 1-11.

( A patriotic service.)

8. The power of small things. Mark 4

:

30-32.

15. How mission work will gain success.

Acts 1 : 6-14. ( Quarterly missionary

meeting.)

22. The needy at our door. Luke 16 : 19-31.

29. Cumberers of the ground. Luke 13: 6-9.

August.

5. The evil of envy. Luke 15 : 25-32.

12. Zeal. Luke 16: 1-13.

19. The woes of the drunkard. Prov. 23^

29-35. (Quarterly temperance meet-

ing-)

26, Ministering to Christ. Matt. 25 : 31-46.

September.

2. Seek souls. Luke 15:'1-10.

9. Our simple duty. Luke 17: 7-10.

16. The broad way ; the narrow way. Matt.

7:13, 14.

23. Tares in your field. Matt. 13: 24-30,

36-43.

30. Our foolish excuses. Luke 14: 15-24.

[October.

7. Eich toward God. Luke 12: 13-21.

14. Paul the missionary; the secret of his

success. II. Tim. 4: 18. (Quarterly

missionary meeting.)

21. Our stewardship. Luke 12 : 42-48.-

28. Do not worry. Matt. 6; 25-34.

November.

4. Are you doinir your best? Matt. [25:

14-30.

11. A decision for Christ. Luke 14: 25-33.

18. What intemperance costs our nation.

Prov. 23: 1-7, 15-21. (Quarterly

temperance meeting.)

25. Praise the Lord. Ps. 147:1-20. (Thanks-

giving meeting.)

December.

2. Spending time and taking pains for

Christ. Matt. 25: 1-13.

9. How' to listen. Matt. 13: 1-23.

16. Confessing Christ. Matt. 10: 32-39.

( Meeting led by the pastor.)

23. The glory of Christ. John 1:'1-14.

( Christmas meeting.)

30. The old and new ; your purposes. Luke5: 36-39; Matt. 13: 51, 52. ( A NewYear's meetirg.)'

Junior Prayer^Meeting Topics, 1900.

[Copyrighted 1899, by the United Society of Chris-tian Endeavor. Used by permission.]

A year's study of Christ's parables.

January.

7. How and for'what does'God want us to

pray? Luke 11:5-13.

14. Ways of losing God and ways of findinghim. Luke 15:11-24.

21. Some triumphs of missions. Acts 19:

10-20. (Quarterly missionary meet-ing. Asia.)

28. When will God forgive our sins ? Luke7:36-50.

February.

4. What will make us successful? Matt.7 : 21-27. (Christian Endeavor Day.)

11. Seek first the kingdom of God. Matt.13 : 44-46. (A union meeting withthe older society.)

18. Some of the evils that come from thesaloon. Hab. 2:5 8, 12, 15. (Quar-terly temperance meeting.)

25. Why is' it foolish to be proud? Luke18:9-14.

March.

4. How does God reward work done for

him? Matt. 20: 1-16.

11. What are some wavs of rejecting

Christ? Mark 12:1-9.

18. The cure for fault-finding. Matt. 7: 1-5.

25. Whom should we obey and in whatway? Matt. 21 : 28, 29. 30, 31 ( first

half).April.

1. Always ready for the Master. Luke 12 :

35-40.

!8. How may we, like Christ, "go aboutdoing good " ? John 4 : 5-15. (Quar-terly missionary meeting. Homemissions.)

15. Why did Christ call himself " the Breadof Life"? John 6:32-35. (Eastermeeting.)

22. How is religion like a feast? Matt. 22 :

1-10.

29. What do we owe to^God? Luke 20:

21-25.May.

6. Lessons from growing grain. Mark 4 r

26-29.

13. How does it injure us to harm dumbbeasts ? Deut. 25 : 4 ; Matt. 12:11;10 : 29.

20. Why is it best not to t6uch strong drink ?Dan. 1:8-17. (Quarterly temper-ance meeting.)

27. Whom should we forgive? Why? Howoften? Matt. 18:21-35.

Y. P. S. C. E. DEPARTMENT 31

June.

3. What do vou learn from the GoodSamaritan? Luke 10:25-37.

10. How can we make other lives better?Luke 18:20, 21.

17. The fruit Christ wants us to bear. John15:1-10.

24. How it pays to be good. Matt. 13 : 47-50.

JxUy.

1. How has God blessed our nation? 2Sam. 7: 18 24. (A patriotic meeting.)

8. Some little things that become greatthings. Mark 4: 30-32.

15. How can we " be witnesses " for Christ?Acts 1 : 4-8. (Quarterly missionarymeeting. The islands.)

22. What should we do for the poor ? Luke16:19-26.

29. Laziness: what harm comes from it?Luke 13:6-9.

August.

5. Whv is envv foolish and sinful ? Luke15 : 25-32.

12. Two sons: which are vou imitating?Luke 2 : 51 ; II. Sam' 18 : 24-.33.

19. The woes of the drunkard: what arethey? Prov. 23 : 29-35. (Quarterlytemperance meeting.)

26. How can we minister to Christ? Matt.25 : 31-46.

September.

2. How can we help Christ to find lost

souls? Luke 15:3-10.

9. What is a Christian's duty? Luke 17:7-10.

16. What is found in the broad way ? thenarrow way? Matt. 7: 13, 14.

23. Some tares that get into our fields.

Matt. 13:24-30,36-4.3.

30. Excuses Christ will not accept. Luke14 : 15-24.

October.

7. When is a man trulv rich? Luke 12:13-21.

14. Paul, the missionary: the secret of his

success. II. Tim. 4 : 5-8. ( Quarterlymissionarv meeting. Africa.)

21. Doing God's will. Luke 12: 42-48.

28. Do not worry. Matt. 6': 25-34.

November.

4. What are our talents ? Matt. 25 : 14-30.

11. Our crosses, and how to bear them.Luke 14:27-33.

18. Intemperance: what does it cost ournation ? Prov. 23 : 15-21 .; (Quarterlytemperance meeting.)

25. Praise God: for what? Ps. 147:1-20.( Thanksgiving meeting.)

December.'?

2. Spending time and taking pains for

Christ. Matt. 25:1-13.

9. Lessons from the parable of the sower.Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23.

16.

23.

How are we to confess Christ? Matt.10:32,33.

What birthday gifts shall we bring to

Christ? Matt. 2:1-12. (A Christ-mas meeting.)

What new things do you want to putinto the new year? Luke 5: 36-39.

(A New Year's meeting.)

PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT.The Constitution of the Amer-

ican Christian Convention providesfor a Secretary of Publishing, butthe duties, so far, have not beenvery onerous, as the Christian Pub-lishing Association seems to per-

form most of the duties that wouldnaturally pertain to the office of

Secretary of Publishing.However, this year, your Secre-

tary has been trying to make ar-

rangements for the publication ofbooklets or tracts containing thebest thoughts of our ablest men,and to distribute them at a nominalcost, if they cannot be entirely free.

Early in the year, in a form yet to

be determined, will be publishedthe address of Rev. T. M. McWhin-ney, D.D., delivered at the last ses-

sion of the American ChristianConvention at Newmarket, Canada,on the "Christian Movement," to befollowed in about three months bythe "Reformation of the NineteenthCentury," by Rev. Thomas Holmes^D.D.We hope to be able to publish

two more during the year, butfinancial considerations will haveto govern your secretary in thatmatter.

In the meantime we urge thebrotherhood to support our Pub-lishing House by placing its publi-

cations in the home and in theSunday school. We can also heartily

recommend the Christkin Missionary,

Christian Sun, and all our district,

conference, and local church papers.N. Del McReynolds,

Secretaiy Publishing, American Chris-

tian Convention.Yellow Springs, Ohio. November 8, 1899.

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BAPTISM.

By Rkv. R. H. Gott, Mellott, Indiana.

Water baptism has a prominent

place in the Christian economy, and

failure to comprehend the principle

involved in the ordinance occasions

controversy and a perversion of the

teaching of Jesus.

Two distinct characters in the Old

Testament, as priests of the mosthigh God, are representative of the

priestly office of Jesus Christ as set

forth in the New Testament. Mel-

chizedec, standing uniquely alone,

unknown to men because of lack of

compliance to a carnal command-ment, but known and recognized of

God as a priest, is the true type

of the spiritual high priesthood of

Jesus Christ. Aaron, chosen of Godand consecrated to the priesthood

by Moses, is the perfect type of the

life earthly of Jesus Christ.

Aaron was consecrated after the

following order: First, the wash-ing; second, the anointing; third,

the offering of a sacrifice.

When Jesus was thirty years old,

he entered upon the work of humanredemption, after the prototype hewould consecrate himself by the

priestly washing; following, the

Holy Ghost, symbolized by the an-

ointing oil poured upon the head of

Aaron, was poured out upon himwithout measure.

From that moment the life of

Jesus was a continuous one of self-

denial and self-sacrifice for others,

thus completing the type in Aaron'sconsecration. Christians are knownas a "chosen generation, a royal

priesthood, an holy, a peculiar peo-

ple; that they should shew forth the

praises of him who hath called themout of darkness into the marvelouslight."

It is well that the disciple be not

above his Lord. If Jesus found

added strength in consecration, the

disciple will likewise; for baptismis but an act of consecration, andthe principle involved is self-denial

and self-sacrifice for others.

The same principle must obtain

in the act of baptism in the believer

that obtained in the baptism of

Jesus, or he fails to be the true dis-

ciple.

Baptism in water, or with water,

is unimportant, unless the principle

of serious, earnest Christian conse-

cration is involved. Water being

the element involved, Aaron waswashed, Jesus Christ was baptized,but after what formula the worldknoweth not, neither is it essential

to know.Precedents and examples of con-

secration under God's former cov-enant lead fair and unprejudicedminds to a definite conclusion thatJesus was not immersed. Water is

water, be it meager in quantity orplentiful as ocean.Go ahead, my brothers, using the

element as your judgment may di-

rect; but do not lose sight of thefundamental principle— consecra-tion to God for the sake of human-ity. The Church never will be aunit in the adoption of a specific

form of Christian baptism ; butwhen the Church presents the real,

vital principle involved in the act,

then will the chasm now largelydividing God's people be effectuallybridged.

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NEWMARKET CONVENTION SERMON.

>

By Rev. W. D. Samuel.

Text— "One is your Master, even Christ; andall ye are brethren." Matt. 23:8.

Subject—" Christ and the Christian Brother-

hood."

We regard it a mark of distin-

guished honor that the AmericanChristian Convention has been in-

viied to meet on British soil. Witha certain degree of pride do werefer to Great Britain as our

"Mother Country." And well wemay, for she has given to Americasome of the grandest characters

known to history. To her we are

indebted for the Pilgrim Fathers,

who landed upon the New Englandshores in 1620, and dedicated the

New World to the most exalted prin-

ciples of political and religious

liberty. Whatever our progress as

a nation has been, however muchProvidence has smiled upon us, it

is pleasing to know that the child

has not lost its affection for its

mother, nor has the mother's affec-

tion for her child diminished. Werejoice to recognize the friendly

relations existing between Canada,

Great Britain, and the United States.

It is especially fitting, at this time,

that we should meet under the

British flag ; for Her Majesty, QueenVictoria, has manifested a deep in-

terest in the United States during

the recent unpleasant relations with

Spain. It was Great Britain that

recognized the unselfish motive of

our nation when it demanded that

Spain should cease to rule her colo-

nies by the methods of the DarkAges. It was Great Britian that

defeated the secret plans of unsym-pathetic nations for a general coali-

tion against the United States. Forthese evidences of friendship weare profoundly thankful and ear-

nestly hope that they will prove

harbingers of great good, not only

to these great Christian nations,

but also to all the world.

As a Christian people, we wouldbe ungrateful to God, if we should

fail to recognize that the friendly

relation existing between these

countries is due to the Christian

spirit which characterizes them.

They are Christian nations. Theyrecognize as basic principles the

fatherhood of God and the brother-

hood of man. These principles are

not mere theories, but are more or

less perfectly embodied in the so-

cial, business and national life.

They are also the fundamental prin-

ciples of Christianity, and for this

reason these nations are Christian

and owe their successes to the

Christian religion. We claim for

Christianity superiority over the

other religions of the earth, and it

is certainly ax)propriate at this time

to show,

1. The Superiority of the Christian

Religion.

Christianity is superior to other

religions in its adaptation to the

needs of man.The condition of the world at the

time of Christ's coming proves the

inadequacy of other religions to

meet the demands of the soul.

Christ found the world down in the

shadows when it ought to have been

up in the sunshine. The moralpowers of man were sluggish. Theold mythological religions, whichsprung originally from a deifying

of nature, had fallen into decay andlost their hold upon the people.

Nothing had arisen to fill the void

thus created. Philosophy hadplayedan important part in the develop-

ment of the intellectual powers, but

it failed utterly to stimulate andquicken the smouldering embers of

religious faith, or in any mannerhold in check the passions of man.

As a result there followed a loosen-

ing of the bands of morality, and

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men plunged into a degeneracywhich has no parallel in the annalsof history. This deplorable condi-

tion was due to the fact that manhad lost sight of God's true holiness.

His moral character was conceivedby transferring to him the moralattributes, affections, and lusts of

men. Step by step men were led

downward until they adopted the

most degrading forms of idol-wor-

ship. They worshiped the creaturerather than the Creator.

It is natural to man to worship.Among all nations, whether civil-

ized, half-civilized, or barbarous,some form of worship has beenfound. Therefore we conclude thatworship is innate in man."Man becomes assimilated in

moral character, to the object whichhe worships. " He looksupon the ob-

ject ofhis worship asthe embodimentof perfection. He therefore con-

demns everything in himself whichis unlike, and approves everythingwhich is like the character he rever-

ences. History tells us that themost corrupt attributes of humannature, and even of the lower ani-

mals, were ascribed to objects of

worship. And men, bowing to these,

sank to the lowest depths of vice

and immorality. Prom such a con-

dition it was impossible for man to

extricate himself. There was alonging, more or less keenly felt,

for some new regenerating force

that would change this corruptingtide in the affairs of men. The at-

traction of affection which originally

held the soul to God had been weak-ened; and the soul, revolving uponits own center, jarred with its fellow-

spirits until complete disorder pre-

vailed. In this condition, the soul

continued to roll away from thecenter of life and power which alone

could hold it in happy harmoniousmotion. This truth is beautifully

illustrated by the solar system. Thesun is the center of that system.

and around it the vast system ofworlds revolves in perfect order.That which holds each planet in its

place is the attraction of gravita-tion. The center of the Christiansystem is Christ. The force ofgravitation in this spiritual systemis love. And as the force of gravi-tation is the keeping power in thesolar system, so love is the keepingpower in the moral system. Theplanet that severs this bond of unionwill float aimlessly in boundlessspace. So the soul that severs its

relation to God will wander aim-lessly in darkness.The affections of the soul move

in view of certain qualities believedto exist in the object loved. Theheart never loves unless some lovelyqualities exist, or are belie v^ed toexist in the object of love. Throughself-indulgence and self-gratifica-

tion the soul was allowed to drift

away from God, and follow after

idols. The only way the soul couldbe drawn away from idols andbrought back into harmony withGod was by placing before it auobject of worship, absolutely pure,holy, and lovable. Pure characteris attained only by the worship ofa pure and holy being. Christ'sadvent was at a time when a newfactor was needed, one that wasable to lead men to a knowledge ofthe true God. '"When the fullnessof time had come, God sent forthhis Son into the world." He senthim as a revelation of himself."No man knoweth the Father, savethe Son, and he to whom the Sonwill reveal him." "God commend-eth his love to us, in that while wewere yet sinners, Christ died forus." Wonderful condescension onthe part of God! "Commendethhis love." We should as soon ex-pect that the flowers would haveneed to commend their beauty, thebirds their songs, the pearls theirluster, the sun his brightness, the

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moon her clearness, as God to com-mend hig love. The word meansto "give proof of."' Love oftenstretches out toward somethinghigher than itself. Love finds, orthinks it finds, the complement of

its nature in the excellence of theperson loved. It stretches out its

tendrils to clasp the tree whichbears some kind of fruit which it

deems needful to its welfare. Loveaspires. But "whereunto shall the

love of God aspire ? How shall

the infinitely great stretch itself

out to something higher, nobler,

vaster ? Above God there is none.

He alone is great. Below God is

none who possesses any greatnesswhich cannot be found in the divine

being. Incomparable love, becausenot drawn out by any superior

worth!" It is a compliment to ourhumanity that the infinite Fathersaw in us something worth redeem-ing. "God so loved the world that

he gave his only begotten Son, that

whosoever believeth in him shouldnot perish, but have everlasting

life. " The poet was under its divine

spell when he wrote the sublimewords:

'• When I survey the wondrous cross0(i which the Prince of glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss.

And pour content on all my pride.

" See, from his head, his hands, his feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down

;

Did e'er such love and sorrow meet.Or thorns compose so rich a crown?"

When the soul sees the love of

God exemplified in the death of his

Son, like the magnetic needle, it

begins to tremble with new life andturn to the cross. It is the magnetof love that God uses in drawingmen to him. "I will draw themwith the cords of a man and the

bands of love." The power whichdominates the world of mankind is

not the relentless force of natural

law. It is the law of love. Christ

recognized this. He came not to

compel the homage of the world.

bvit to win man by love. He drewhis disciples about him with the"cords of a man and the bands oflove."

"Great are the achievements gfthe chisel upon the block of marble,,

marvelous the skill with which amaster turns a dead canvas into alustrous life of beauty, matchless-the power that converts a clod into

a rosy apple ; yet neither art nornature knows any transformationso wonderful as that process bywhich God develops man from thesavage state into a high spiritual

life." This is the mission of Chris-tianity. It has been put to the test

among all conditions of mankindand has been perfectly adapted to

the requirements of each. It hastransformed the savage into a civil-

ized man. It has changed govern-ments. It has purified society. It

has satisfied the longings of the hu-man heart. It has given perfectpeace in the hour of death. Thesethings are conclusive proof thatChristianity meets the needs of thehuman family. No other religion

has done it.

II. The Relation of Cltrist to

Christianity.

1. The relation which Christ sus-

tains to Christianity is necessaryand vital.

Yonder orb of day is central andfundamental to the solar system.Without the attraction of the sun,the planets would leave their orbitsand the present order and harmonywould lapse into universal con-fusion. So also is Christ to Chris-tianity. He is the light and life ofthe whole system.This relation is not that of a

philosopher to philosophy. Thephilosopher may perish, but philos-ophy will endure. But not so withChristianity. When the " greatcommission" was given to discipleall the peoples of the earth, it had

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back of it all authority in heavenand in earth. For the Master said,

"All power in heaven and in earthis given unto me. Go ye, therefore,

and teach all nations."' Not onlywas there "all power" to supportthe disciples in carrying out theseorders, but there was also the pres-

ence of the Great Commander."And lo, I am with you alway, evenunto the end of the world." Whenhope looks longingly to "the betterland," she rests her confidence in

the comforting words of the Christ,

"I am the resurrection and the life;

he that believeth on me, though hedie, yet shall he live; and whoso-ever liveth and believeth on meshall never die." She trusts im-plicitly the one who said, "I will

raise him up at the last day.''" Christianity is non-existent with-

out Christ," says Canon Liddon ; "it

centers in him and radiates fromhim. It is not a mere doctrine be-

queathed by him to the world withwhich he has ceased to have anydealings. It perishes outright whenwe separate it from the living per-

son of its founder."Christianity is life. It is the per-

son of Christ which gives to Chris-tianity its peculiar charm. Theinward, vitalizing, self-j^ropagating

force of the religion of Christ is theChrist himself. Apart from Christthe Scriptures are cold and lifeless.

SejDarate Christ from the Bible andwe have a book without comfort,without hope, and without signifi-

cance. Without Christ, who is theresurrection and the life, our preach-ing is vain, our faith is vain, we areyet in our sins. The ordinances re-

ceive their significance from him.It is the life of the Son of God thatpulsates through these doctrinesand ordinances and gives them force.

2. Christ's relation as founder.Christ sustains the same relation

to his church that an architect sus-

tains to a building. In reply to

Peter's profession of faith in himas the Son of God, Jesus said,

"Upon this rock I will build mychurch." Here Christ representsthe church as an edifice of which heis the architect and builder. He is

the founder of the church.This was probably the first time

that the word " church " was everused in a religious seiise. And theword seems to be very much misun-derstood. We have many humandefinitions of it, and many man-founded churches ; but there is

only one true church—the churchfounded by Jesus Christ, the Son of

the living God. " There is only onebody, and one spirit, even as ye arecalled in one hope of your calling.'"

That "one body " is composed of all

who, from the heart, can makePeter's confession, "Thou art theChrist, the Son of the living God."So far as we are able to determine,

Peter was the first person who,by the inspiration of the Infinite

Father, ever confessed the divinity

of Jesus Christ. Just at the mo-ment when one person had attainedto that point, the church of Christbegan. Peter became a member of

that church upon profession of

faith in the divinity of Christ. Thiswas Peter's personal creed. It wasrather short, but it was sufficient

to call from the Master the uplift-

ing words, "Blessed art thou, SimonBar-jona : for flesh and blood hathnot revealed this unto thee, but myFather which is in heaven." Pe-ter's creed was given him by divinerevelation. It is rather doubtfulwhether it would admit him to thecommunion table of some religious

bodies now, but Christ admittedhim. Christ did not apply anyother doctrinal test. We are per-suaded that if this rule were fol-

lowed to-day, the religious worldwould be a unit. For three hun-dred years the church was a unit,

and but for designing men who

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crept into it and made their opinionsa test of church fellowship, thechurch would still be a unit. It

was man-invented theology thatdivided the church, and the samecause keeps up the divisions. Wehave entirely too much theologyand not enough Christianity. Whenwe are filled with the Spirit of thegreat Founder of the church, wewill be broad enough to receive into

church fellowship any who can withloving faith make Peter's confes-sion. All are agreed that Christis the Son of God and of divineorigin. That is the theology of

the heart ; and we should not careso much about the theology of thehead as the theology of the heart.The disciples had no finished syste-

matic theology. "They went every-where, preaching the word." Theywent everywhere preaching Christand the word grew mightily andprevailed. Dr. Gordon says : "TheNew Testament writers are in cap-tivity to their Lord ; they are his

bond-servants ; his empire overthem is something amazing andwithout a parallel in human his-

tory." This is only saying thatChrist lived in them and spokethrough them.

3. Christ's relation as the foun-dation.

When Christ said to Peter, "Uponthis rock I will build my church,"he referred to himself as " this

rock." The "rock" was the foun-dation. And "other foundation canno man lay than tliat is laid, whichis Jesus Christ." Paul addressedthis language to the church at

Corinth. He was the first to preachChrist in that city. His work re-

sulted in the organization of achurch In that church were someGreeks whowere born "politicians."

The effect of this party spirit soonshowed itself in the Corinthianchurch. Parties soon sprang up,claimirisr certain men as leaders.

Some were for Apollos; some for

Cephas; others for Paul, and still

others for Christ.

Paul rebuked them for their partyspirit by saying, " Other foundationcan no man lay than that is laid,

which is Jesus Christ."The same thing which occurred

in the church at Corinth has char-acterized the church ever since.

Schisms have sprung up in thebody. Men have exalted their fa-

vorite leaders and teachers. Andbecause of these things divisionsexist. However, Christ is the foun-dation of Christianity. Empiresarise and fall, philosophies comeand go, but Christianity will standforever. It will ever remain as aliving force in the earth. Thussaith the Lord, "Behold, I lay in

Zion for a foundation a stone, atried stone, a precious corner-stone,

a sure foundation : he that believethshall not make haste. " Other foun-dations may fail, but the foundationof the Christian system of religion

never, because God prepared it andlaid it. God grant that we maybuild upon this one foundation.

4. Christ's relation as head 'of

the church.Ages before the advent of Christ

to the world, one of God's ancientseers looked forward and saw theworld's gladdest day. That gladday dawned when God's best Soncame as the burden-bearer andcloud-lifter for the race. The bet-

ter element of society had becomethe lonely wanderers. They wereas sheep having no shepherd. Theprophetic zeal of the prophet Isaiahreached its zenith when he ex-

claimed, "Thou hast given him—Christ— as a leader and commanderunto the people." This propheticdeclaration demonstrates to us mostclearly one of the relations whichChrist sustains to his church. Thechurch here is described under thesymbol of an army, and Christ as its

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commander. This being true, all

the rules and regulations for its

government originate in him andwith him.

(rt) His Headship,"God hath put all things under

his feet, and given him to be headover all things to the church. " Inthis Scripture, Christ's supreme au-

thority both in the church and in

the world is clearly set forth. Thissupremacy was bestowed upon himby the Father as the reward of his

humiliation and suffering. Pauladds his testimony in language thatgives us the highest conception of

the exaltation of Christ. "Let this

mind be in you which was also, in

Christ Jesus ; who being in theform of God, thought it not robberyto be equal with God, but madehimself of no reputation, and tookupon him the form of a servant, andwas made in the likeness of men

;

and being found in fashion as aman, he humbled himself and be-

came obedient unto death, even thedeath of the cross. Wherefore Godhath highly exalted him and givenhim a name which is above everyname; that at the name of Jesusevery knee should bow, of thingsin heaven and things in the earth,

and things under the earth ; andthat every tongue should confessthat Jesus Christ is Lord to theglory of God the Father." Thuswe see that Christ has completeauthority over the armies of heavenand the earth and the spirits

under the earth. The story of

Christ does not terminate with Cal-

vary. He humbled himself and be-

came obedient unto the death of

the cross. "Wherefore God hathhighly exalted him." The browonce crowned with thorns, nowwears the diadem of universal sov-

ereignty ; and that hand oncenailed to the cross, now holds thescepter of unlimited dominion. Hewho lay in the tomb, has ascended

the throne of unbounded empire.The resurrection was the connect-ing link between the crucitixion ofChrist and his investiture. Theleadership to which he was exaltedhas a twofold relationship ; he wasmade " head over all things to the «

church," and he was made thehead of the church itself.

(b) His Headship Over AllThings.The thought of Christ's suprem-

acy over the material universe is

in harmony with the expression of

the Scriptures, "Without him wasnot anything made that was made.""By him all things consist." "Heupholds all things by the word of

his power," for "the governmentshall be upon his shoulders." Byvirtue of his office the elementsare brought in subjection underhim— all kings and nations ; all

saints in heaven and saints on theearth. It should make every Chris-tian heart tingle with honest joy,

that Jesus Christ holds in his handsall the complicated threads of prov-idence, and directs them for thegood of his church. All the ad-

vances in science, in history, in lit-

erature, are made tributary to thechurch. Christ is the living forcein life and literature. This is trueof all literature that has for its aimthe betterment of society.

At no other period in the world'shistory has the spirit of Jesus hada wider influence in literature thanit has to-day. Everything is meas-ured by its relation to the cross.

The exemplification of the love of

God in the death of Christ led man-kind to a higher and nobler concep-tion of God. They have come to

look upon him as a loving Father,whose heart ever goes out in tender-ness toward his erring children. Asthe tides are lifted beneath the un-seen pull of the moon, so this con-ception of God's true character gavea wonderful uplift and high aspira-

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tion to human souls. Thus we seethat "all things work together forgood to those who love the Lord."Christ, as head "over all things,'" is

a guarantee for the ultimate tri-

umphs of the church. Dr. Gordonsays: "We are here under theshadow of an infinite name ; we areliving and dying in the heart of anenfolding presence. We are com-pelled to acknowledge that thesecret molding energy of our civili-

zation is the mind of Christ. Thesign of his supremacy is every-where.''

(c) Headship of the Church.Christ as the head of the church

sustains a vital relation to his fol-

lowers.First. He is necessary to their

life.

In the fifteenth chapter of John'sGospel, the church is representedunder the symbol of the "vine andbranches." Jesus said: "I am thevine, and my Father is the hus-bandman. Every branch in methat beareth not fruit he takethaway : and every branch that bear-eth fruit, he jDurgeth it, that it maybear more fruit.'" "Abide in meand I in you. As the branch cannotbear fruit of itself, except it abidein the vine : no more can ye, exceptye abide in me.'" "For without meye can do nothing."' When we readthese verses we cannot escape theconviction that Christ aimed to

teach the source of all spiritual

life. The branch detached from thevine withers and dies. It cannotbear fruit except it abide iu the vine.

The vine nourishes it. The life of thevine fiows into the branch, and en-

ables it to bring forth fruit. With-out the vine the branch is worth-less. As the branch cannot live

except it abide in the vine, so thefollowers of Christ cannot live spir-

itually except they abide in Christ.

He is the source of all the spiritual

life of his followers.

Christ is the "head of the body—the church," holding the same rela-

tion that the head does to the nat-

ural body. His life is the life ofthe members. " Because I live, yeshall live also." Paul said, "Thelife I now live in the fiesh, I live byfaith in the Son of God." The life

of the church depends upon its unionwith Christ. The mainspring of all

holy impulses, the fountain of all

happiness is couched in the expres-sion of Paul, when he said, "I live,

yet not I, but Christ liveth in me."In " Natural Law in the SpiritualWorld," Dr. Drummond says, "Togive life and to give it more abun-dantly was Christ's mission to thQworld." And speaking of "con-formity to type," he says, "Whatgoes on in the animal kingdom goeson in the spiritual. In the animalkingdom the bird life seizes uponthe bird-germ and builds it up into

a bird, the image of itself. Thereis another kind of life of whichscience has taken little cognizance.It obeys the same laws ; it buildsup an organism into its own form;it is the Christ-life. As the bird-

life builds up a bird, the image ofitself, so the Christ-life builds up aChrist, the image of himself in theinward nature of man."'When Christ enters the soul a

new creation begins. His life flow-

ing into our lives makes us "newcreatures."What we need to-day is more life,

more of the Christ- life ; less of thefighting and more of the lovingspirit. The skeptic who delightsto answer our argument with argu-ment, will bow in the presence of apure life. Those who came into

contact with Christ felt that theywere standing in the presence ofa pure life. Those who came into

contact with Christ felt that theywere standing in the presence of

infinite goodness.Second. Christ is the constant

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companion of his followers. WhenChrist sent his disciples forth ontheir world-wide mission, he said,

"Lo, I am with you alway, evenunto the consummation of the ages.

"

Christ's presence is our stimulus.

There is a touching fact related

in the history of a Highland chief

of the noble house of McGregor,who fell wounded by two balls at

the battle of Prestonhans. Seeingtheir chief fall, the clan waveredand gave the enemy an advantage.The old chieftain, beholding theeffect of his misfortune, raised him-self upon his elbows, while theblood gushed in streams from his

wounds, and cried aloud: "lamnot dead, my children! I am look-

ing at you to see you do your duty."These words revived the sinkingcourage of the brave Highlanders.There was a charm in the voice andeye of their chief. It roused themto put forth their mightiest energiesto turn the tide of battle. What astimulus it should be to every fol-

lower of Christ to realize that heis with them "alway," not throughone battle, but in all the strugglesof life, "even unto the end of theworld."

Third, Christ enables his follow-

ers to overcome the world."These things have I spoken unto

you that in me ye might have peace.In the world ye shall have tribula-

tion ; be of good cheer, I have over-come the world." Again, "Ye areof God, little children, and haveovercome them ; because greater is

he that is in you than he that is in

the world." Thus we see the secretof the mastery over error, "becausehe that is in you is greater than hethat is in the world." The Chris-tian's business, while here, is to

conquer the world, and the guar-antee for his success lies in the fact

that Christ has overcome the worldand is with his followers, defendingand guarding them so thatnoweapon

hui'led against them shall be deadly.The living Christ is with his peoplenow, with his church now. And, as"all power is given unto him, bothin heaven and in earth," and as heis head over all things to the church,victory over the world is certain to

his followers.

Fourth. Christ is Master." One is your Master, even Christ.

"

The term "Master" means one whohas the right and power to governand teach— a leader. This powerwas given to Christ by the Father."All power is given unto me bothin heaven and in earth." Again,"The words that I speak unto youI speak not of myself, but the Fatherthat dwelleth in me he doeth theworks." This shows to us thesupremacy of Christ. And as su-

preme ruler he has a right to con-

trol individual life. "Ye are notyour own; ye are bought with aprice." He has a right to control

social life. Society has no right to

exist for any other purpose thanthat for which Christ died, namely,the salvation of men. The same is

true of business life. But espe-

cially Christ has a right to control

the religious life of his people. "Inhim was life, and the life was thelight of men." He summed it upby saying, "I am the resurrectionand the life." "He is the head of

the church." This gives him com-plete control of it, and places his

followers under obligation of exalt-

ing the Bible to the place of author-

ity in the church.The Bible is an inspired book and

therefore a sufficient rule of faith

and practice. "All Scripture is

given by inspiration of God, and is

profitable for doctrine, for reproof,

for correction, for instruction in

righteousness, that the man of Godmay be j^erfect, thoroughly fur-

nished unto good works." We neednothing else. Peter says, "For theprophecy came not in the olden

THE CHRISTIANS' ANNUAL 41

time by the will of man, but holymen of God spake as they weremoved upon by the Holy Ghost."And Jesus reached the climax whenhe said, "Search the Scriptures(not creeds ), for in them ye thinkye have eternal life, and they arethey which testify of me." "Oneis your Master, even Christ." Hesaid, "My words, they are spirit

and they are life."

III. The Cliristia)! Brothei-hood.

1. "All ye are brethren." Christgave to man's relation to man ahigher significance than man had.He taught the natural brotherhoodof man. Upon this he based his

world-wide commission to disciple

all the nations of the earth. Wehave one common Father. Malachisays : "Have we not all one Father?Hath not one God created us? Whydo we deal treacherously every managainst his brother, profaning thecovenant of our fathers?" In thefatherhood of God we have a bondof human brotherhood. Fatherhoodimplies brotherhood. He "hathmade of one blood all nations of

men." Our Father has a large pos-terity. They are in all places of

his dominion, in all conditions of

prosperity and adversity, and in all

stages of barbarism and civilization.

Some of them are brilliant and obeytheir Father, and some are dull andunruly; they hate their Father.They, through ignorance, crucified

Christ, their elder brother. But hesaid, "Father, forgive them, for theyknow not what they do." Jesusgave to mankind a higher andnobler conception of man's dutyto man.One needs only an acquaintance

with history to realize the crueltywith which slaves were treated in

ancient Greece and Rome. But for

the refining and ennobling prin-

ciples of Christianity, such bar-

barous practices might exist to-day.

Christ wrought such wonderful

changes in the nature of man thatthese relics of barbarism are fast

disappearing. "Christianity soughtto reform society from within out-

ward by working a true regenera-tion of spirit and thus of laws andsocial customs. It planted an acornand was surer of the oak than if it

had built it in any manufactory."The acorn that Christ planted con-tained the germ out of which thetree of righteousness sprung upand grew until it had exterminatedhuman slavery. The great prin-

ciples of the sermon on the mountare destined to become the rulingprinciples among the children of

men.2. Christ gave to brotherhood a

higher significance than naturalbrotherhood.

"All ye are brethren, " was s])oken

to his follov/ers. The Christianbrotherhood is closer and more vital

than natural brotherhood. Someone has said: "Of all relationships,

spiritual ones are the closest. Thespiritual kinship of man has beenthe dream of old philosophers andits attainment the endeavor of mod-ern reformers. Like the memoryof some lost paradise, it has floated

down the ages, and failing in onegeneration it has ever been revivedby another." This conception of

the kingship of man did not origin-

ate in the mind of man. It origin-

ated in the thought of God, andwas revealed in Jesus Christ, his

Son. It grew out of the fact that

man could only reach his higheststate of being by becoming a partof the society bound together bythe strongest and highest aspira-

tions of the human soul. TheBible recognizes the strongest hu-

man ties as an illustration of ourkinship. "The soul of Jonathanwas linked to the soul of David."

We hardly realize the possibility of

the human affections until by the

power of the spirit of Christ we are

42 THE CHRISTIANS' ANNUAL

lifted up into the higher sphere of

Christian living. Then there comesto us such an expansion of soul

that we feel like recognizing all

men as brothers. "Have we notall one Father?'' Yes, we have;therefore we are brethren.

3. Christ contemplated the unityand equality of' his followers. Inthat memorable prayer of Christ's

recorded in the seventeenth chapterof John, we find that he breathedout the inmost feeling of his greatsoul for the unity and equality of

his followers. Hear him : First,

he prays for his disciples. "I prayfor them ; I pray not for the world,but for them which thou hast givenme ; for they are mine. And all

mine are thine, and thine are mine;and I am glorified in them. Andnow I am no more in the world, butthese are in the world, and I

come to thee. Holy Father, keepthrough thine own name, thosewhom thou hast given me, thatthey may be one, as we are." Thenhe prays for those who shall believethrough the Word preached by thedisciples. "Neither pray I for

these alone, but for them also,

which shall believe on me throughtheir word. That they all may beone : as thou, Father, art in me, andI in thee, that they also may be onein us, that the world may believethat thou hast sent me." Oh, thatwe might learn from the Savior'sprayer, the necessity for Christianunity. For it is through the unityof the Christian church that theworld is to be convinced that JesusChrist is the "Sent of God."

4. The Essentials of Unity.(a) One of the essentials of unity

is the same life. That life is theChrist-life. "I am crucified withChrist : nevertheless I live

;yet not

I, but Christ liveth in me ; and thelife which I now live in the flesh, I

live by the faith of the Son of Godwho loved me and gave himself for

me." Self-crucifixion is the condi-

tion of new life. There is an oldself that must utterly perish, thatby its death and out of its deaththe new life may arise. Man mustdie to self before Christ can live in

him. Paul crucified self, yet hesaid, "Nevertheless I live, yet notI, but Christ liveth in me." So thatChrist was the inspiration of theapostle's life ; he was the main=spring of his actions ; the expansiveforce that broadened Paul until hecould say :

" There is one body andone spirit, even as ye are called in

one hope of your calling : one Lord,one faith, one baptism, one God andFather of all, who is above all andthrough all and in you all." Thissame spirit is essential to the unityof the followers of Christ.

( b ) Another essential to unity is

the same purpose. That purposeis the salvation of the world. Weshould have a higher object than to

build up a particular sect or de-

nomination. Our highest and onlyobject should be to save men. De-nominationalism dividesthe brother-hood, but we all agree on the neces-

sity of the salvation of souls. Adenomination is useless unless it

lives for the same purpose for whichChrist died,— the salvation of the

world. If we possess Christ's spirit,

we will not fight each other, but wewill fight sin.

(c) The next essential of unity

is submission to the same authority,

and that authority is Christ. He is

the head of the church, and as suchhas a right to say what the doctrines

of his church shall be. It is noth-

ing that a doctrine comes down withgray antiquity, to make it venerable.

Nothing is doctrine to the churchexcept what is contained in the

teachings of Christ. Men's opinionson doctrinal subjects divide; Christ's

words unite.

5. The Christian brotherhood in-

cludes all the followers of Christ.

THP CHRISTIANS' ANNUAL 43

This raises the question as to whois a follower of Christ, or, as wecommonly say, Who is a Christian ?

(a) The test.

In the seventh chapter of MatthewJesus tells us who are Christiansand how we are to know them

:

"Beware of false prophets whocome to you in sheep's clothino-,

but inwardly they are raveningwolves. Ye shall know them bytheir fruits. Do men gather grapesof thorns, or figs of thistles? Evenso every good tree bringeth forth

good fruit, but a corrupt tree bring-

eth forth evil fruit. A good tree

cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither

can a corrupt tree bring forth goodfruit. Every tree that bringeth notforth good fruit is hewn down andcast into the fire ; therefore by their

fruits ye shall know them." Thisis Christ's test of a Christian.

Therefore every one who bearsthe fruits of a Christian, whetherhe be Jew or Gentile, bond or free,

black or white, whether he comesfrom the tropical jungles of Africa

or the more enlightened countries

where civilization has made possi-

ble the development of the powersof the soul, is God's child. He is

my brother. We can do no better

here than to present the definition

of a Christian as given by Phillips

Brooks. He asks, "What is a

Christian"? Everywhere the manwho so far as he comprehends JesusChrist, so far as he can get anyknowledge of him, is his servant;

the man who makes Christ a teacher

of his intelligence and the guide of

his soul—the man who obeys Christ

as far as he has been able to under-

stand him. What, you say, the

man who imperfectly understandsChrist, who doesn't know anythingabout his divinity, who denies the

great doctrine of the church in

regard to him, is he a Christian?

Certainly he is, my friend. Theres no other test than this, the fol-

lowing of Jesus Christ. So far as

any soul, deeply consecrated to

him, and wanting the influence it

feels he has to give, follows Christ,

enters into his obedience and his

company and receives his blessings,

just so far as he is able to bestowthem. I cannot sympathize withany feeling that desires to make the

name of Christian a narrower name.I would spread it just as wide as it

can be possibly made to spread. I

would know any man as a Christian,

rejoice to know any man as a Chris-

tian whom Jesus would recognize

as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I

am sure, in those old days recog-

nized his followers, even if theycame after him with the blindest

sight, with the most imperfect rec-

ognition and acknowledgment of

what he was and what he coulddo."This is simply voicing in strong-

est terms, the exalted principle," Christian character, the only test

of fellowship." The principle wasexpressed by our Savior in the

language, "By their fruits ye shall

know them,'' also, "Whosoeverdoeth the will of my Father whichis in heaven, the same is mymother, my sister, and my brother."

Therefore we have mothers, sisters,

and brothers, scattered throughoutthe inhabitable globe. The churchof Christ is not built upon a like-

ness of taste, or identity of opinion,

but upon natural affinities. Thisbeing true, it takes into its fellow-

ship the good of ages past, and all

who now live upon the earth andserve God with their redeemedpowers Beecher said, "The true

man of God in our day, is he whofeels most sensibly his relationship

to the divine element which is in

his fellow-men. I never read a bookof a fine nature, but that I feel,

well, he is mine ; Pascal is mine,

Newton is mine. All the great na-

tures that have lifted themselves

44 THE CHRISTIANS' ANNUAL

up under the genial sun of right-

eousness and manifest God's powerare mine." Glorious principle in-

deed. And I rejoice in the fact

that this great spiritual uplift thatcame to such men as Beecher andBrooks is coming more and moreto be felt by the Christian world.At the World's Congress of Re-

ligions, many from foreign countrieswere animated by this same broadChristian fellowship. Listen to avoice from New Zealand: "It is asad spectacle to see that multi-

tude of 1,200,000,000 human beings,

created by the same God, destinedto the same happiness, and yet seethem divided by the various bar-

riers of unbelief. Now we arebrethren of the same Lord and canwalk the earth and say truly, weare children of the same God, and I

hope by the grace of God, the idea

of oppressing a man for his religious

belief will be blotted out forever."That prayer is being answered.Again we hear a voice from India,

(a woman). When her sisters

started for America, she said, "Tellthe sisters of America that we loveJesus." That is enough. The sameJesus is mine. For he said, "Who-soever doeth the will of my Fatherin heaven, the same is my mother,my sister, and my brother." So wehave relatives in Europe, Asia,

Africa, and America. This spiritual

kinship of ours may be made a greatfactor in evangelizing the world.It will be done by our helping to

answer the Savior's prayer for theunity of the church. "That theymay be one, as we are one, that theworld may know that thou hast sentme." I pray most devoutly thatthis Convention shall be character-ized by the spirit of unity.

Before the battle of Verona,Theodoric visited the tent of his

mother and sister, and requestedthem on the day of the most illus-

trious festival of his life, to adorn

him with the richest garmentsmade with their own hands. "Ourglory," said he, "is mutual and in-

separable. You are known theworld over as the mother of Theo-doric, and it becomes me to provethat I am the genuine offspring of

those heroes from whom I claimmy descent." So also, beloved,as followers of Christ, "of whomthe whole family in heaven and in

earth is named," our glory is mu-tual and inseparable. Let us nowin Convention assembled, show thatwe are the genuine children of theone common Father, and thereforebrethren, " endeavoring to keep theunity of the spirit in the bonds of

peace."

Christian Correspondence College

Under Authority of the American

Christian Convention.

Training for pastors and Chris-

tian workers under sympathetic

instructors. Best text-books used.

Students write in response to print-

ed question sheets, and their work

is carefully corrected. Memory,

imagination, and style are culti-

vated. The preacher's vocabulary

is extended and his preaching abil-

ity strengthened. Instructors give

counsel as to books for the library,

and as to the various problems that

perplex the young pastor. Courses

are now ready in Christian Evi-

dences, Church History, New Tes-

tament Work, Homiletics, Parlia-

mentary Law, and Theology.

For circulars and terms, address

the President,

Martyn Summerbell,

Eddytown, N. Y.

CONFERENCE STATISTICS 45

STATISTICAL KEY.

The conferences are divided into eight

districts in the following order: New Eng-

land—New York, with New Jersey, Penn-

sylvania, AND Ontario—Ohio, with Ken-

tucky—Indiana, Illinois, with Michigan— Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and the

Northwest— Kansas, Missouri, and the

Southwest— The South — Colored Con-

ferences.

Each district continues as named at the

top of each page through the conference

lists. The territory of each conference be-

ing given, aids in locating a church, espe-

cially when the church clerk's address is

given.

To find a particular conference, turn to

the Index, last pages. For any picture, see

Art Index, last pages.

To find a minister's conference connection,

see the Ministerial Directory, the figures

there indicating the page on which may be

found his com})lete conference list, wheremay also be found (on the same line witli

his name ) the church or churches he wasserving as pastor January 1, 1900. Anychurch he may be serving which does not

belong to his conference is so indicated bygiving the conference connection of the

church.

Names of licentiate ministers are set in

ilalic type.

Names of churches are set in three styles

of type. All churches have Sunday schools,

except those set in small capitals. Namesof churches set in italic type signify that the

church also has a Christian Endeavor So-

ciety.

The name of a church and its pastor is

given on the same line, if the pastor's con-

ference connection is not the same as that

of the church, we have so indicated it.

Under the name of the church we give the

valuation, then the membershi]>, then the

name and address of the church clerk.

'^f^-^

^^^%NMIDDLE STREET CHRISTIAN

CHURCH.

Middle Street Christian Chuech,New Bedfoed, Mass.

Rev. A. H. Morrill, DC, Pastor.

This building was erected

for the First Christian Churchin 1808. It was occupied bythat church until May, 1833,

when their present building,

the largest Protestant churchin the city, was dedicated. In

1834 it was secured for the

Second Christian Church, reor-

ganized in 1848 as the "Mid-dle Street Christian Church."

It is the oldest church building

in the city, and probably in the

denomination. It was never in

better repair than now, and is

well equipped for service.

46 NEW ENGLAND

New England Christian Convention.

( Prepared by the Secretary.)

Organized at Lynn, Mass., Nov. 5, 1845.

President, Rev. G. A. Conibear, Providence, R. I

Vice-President, E. L. Goodwin, Boston, Mass. ; Seoretary. Rev. A. H. Morrill. New Bedford, Mass.Treasurer, J. R. Dunham, Providence, K. I. ; S. S.

Secretary, Rev. M. T. Morrill, Woodstock, Vt. ; C. ESecretary, Miss Mary A. Rowell, Franklin. N. H.

;

Junior C. E. Secretary, Mrs. Alice V. Morrill, Wood-stock Vt.This convention is composed of delegates, lay and

clerical, from the conferences and meets annuallyin June.

HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONAEY SOCIETY.

Organized at Lynn, Mass., Nov. 5, 1845.

Incorporated by Mass. Legislature. March, 1866.

President, Rev. G. A. Conibear; Vice-President,

E. L. Goodwin ; Secretary, Rev. A. H. Morrill ; Treas-

urer, J. R. Dunham.

EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.

Incorporated by Mass. Legislature, March, 1863.

President, Rev. G. A. Conibear; Vice-President,

E. L.' Goodwin; Secretary. Rev. A. H. Morrill;

Treasurer, J. R. Dunham. Directors, Revs. MyronTyler, O. J. Hancock, W. B. Flandets, J. E. Evering-ham, and C. A. Tillinghast.These two .societies are composed of life and an-

nual members, and meet annually at same time andplace as the convention.

Rhode Island and Mass. Conference.

( Reported by Secretary Shank.)

rer»-t7or«/—Rhode Island, Southeastern Mass., andEastern Conn.Next session ( place and date not decided.)President, Rev. A. H. Morrill, New Bedford, Mass.

;

Vice-President, Rev. John MacCalman, Swansea('enter, Mass.; Secretary, Rev. C. H. Shank, NoDighton, Mass. ; Treasurer, J. R. Dunham, Provi-dence, R. I.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Anthony, Gould, Fall River, Mass—No pastorateBaker, M W, Versailles, Ohio -Versailles (Miami O)Barry, J E, 79 Wvman St, Jamaica Plain, Mass

—

(Children's Mission)Batchelor, B S, New Bedford, Mass -No pastorateBean, A L, Taunton, Mass— (Cong.)Bodman, E J, Pottersville. Mass—SomersetCanada, P A, Freetown, Mass—Freetown (Assonet)Clayton, B F. Franklin, Ohio-(Dentist)Cleverly, M M, Dartmouth, Mass—No pastorateCoe, I H, New Bedford, Mass—Acushnet. (Chaplain

New Bedford House of Correction)Conibear, G A, Providence, R I—ProvidenceFlanders, W B, New Bedford, Mass—New Bedford

(Bonney St)-New Bedford (Spruce St)

Fry, E C, Sendai, Japan—(Foreign missionary)Greenslitt, G W, Danielson, Conn—No pastorateGustin, Ellen G, Attleboro, Mass—No pastorateHonsberger, M J,W Mansfield, Mass—Mansfield (W)Howard, Lester. Stanfordville, N Y— (Prof C B I)

Howard, T W, Eugene, Oregon—(Home missionary)Johnson, Chas J, Westport, Mass—Westport (Cen-

tral Village)—Westport (South)Kennedy. G W, Moosup Valley, R I—No pastorateLewis, J M, Woodstock, N H—(Baptist)Luther, Nelson, Rockland, R I—No pastorateMacCalman, John. Swansea Center, Mass—SwanseaMacy, Edward H, No Westport, Mass—No pastorateMcCrone, H W, So Portsmouth, R I—Portsmouth

(South) [Y E)Merrill, Geo E, St Johnsville, N Y—St Johnsville (NMiller, Wm, Swansea (.enter. Mass—Westport (No)Morrill, A H, New Bedford, Mass—New Bedford

(Middle St)

Nichols, R J, Hampton, Conn—No pastorateParker, Chas, No Scituato. R I—No pastorateShank, C H, No Dighton, Mass—Dighton (North)-Smith, C P, Greene, R I—Rico City [Dighton (West)

Smith, J Stillman, W Roxbury, 48 Wren St, Boston,Mass—No pastorate

Sweet, W O, Apponaug, R I—No pastorateTillinghast, C A, Stanfordville. N Y—(Prof C B I>West, E W, Westerly, R I—No pastorate

Ordained, 35; licentiate, 1. Died since last re-port, Albert G. Morton.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45)

Acushnet~l H Coe. New Bedford. Mass$1,.500. 37—Mrs S Pratt, Acushnet, Mass [MassBoston— Rev M W Borthwicli(Rock),Cambridgeport,75,000. 40—F H Montgomery, 5 James St, Boston,Dartmouth (Bakersville)—No pastor [Mass$2,000. 26—No clerk reportedDartmouth (Hixville)—John Parris (Conf ?)

$1,000. 25—Mrs John F Mosher, Shawmut, NewBedford, Mass

Dartmouth (Smiths Mills)-C E Luck (Miami O),500 Pine St, Fall River, Mass.

$ 7C0. 35—Mrs Abbie A Tucker, N Dartmouth,MassDighton (North)—C H Shank, No Dighton, Mass$1,200. 40—Silas L Dean, Taunton, MassDighton (West)—C H Shank, No Dighton, Mass$1,200. 31—Mrs Geo W Chase, W Dighton, MassFall River (Bogle St)—R R Shoemaker (Conf?), 108

Bogle St, Fall River, Mass [River, Mass16.000. 132—Chas J Bauerle, 15 Prevost St, FallFall River {First) -CEl^uc^ (Miami O), Fall River20.000. 400—Edward Thurston, Fall River. MassFall River (North)—G H Allen (Conf?), Steep

Brook, Mass$2,500. 86—H H Simmons, Steep Brook, MassFoster Center-No pastor$1,500. 69—Walter I Stone, Auburn, R I

Freetown (Assonet)—P A Canada, Freetown, Mass$5,000. 69—B F Aiken, Freetown, MassFreetown (East)— (Supplied by a student)$5,000. 43-Hannah J Harper, East Freetown, MassHoward Valley—No pastor$ 500. '--5—No clerk reportedMansfield (W)—M J Honsberger,W Mansfield, Mass$4,000. 75—W 4 Crowley, West Mansfield, MassMattapoisett-No pastor$ 000. 10—No clerk reportedMoosup Valley—No pastor$1,200. 52—J W Phillips, Moosup Valley, R I

New Bedford (Bonney St)—W B Flanders, 16 HomerSt, New Bedford, Mass [Bedford, Mass

$5,000. 76—Edward C Sherman. 119 Fifth St, NewNeiv Bedford (First)-C J Jones (N Y Ei, N Bedford,75,000. 423-S D Ottiwell, New Bedford, Mass [MassNew Bedford (Middle St)—A H Morrill, 475 Cottage

St, New Bedford, Mass [Bedford, Mass10,000. 234-Chas A V Terry, 245 Chestnut St, NewNeiu Bedford (Spruce St)—W B Flanders, New Bed.$6,000. 67—Sarah E Bowen, 227 Cedar St, New Bed.Portsmouth (South)—H W McCrone, S Portsmouth,$6,000. 102—Elbert S Sisson, S Portsmouth, R 1 [R I

Providence—G A Conibear. Providence, R I [R I

25,000. 171—Chas E Barrett,31 Carter St,Providence,Rehoboth (So)—No pastor$1,200. 22—C H Pierce, So Rehoboth, MassRice City—C P Smith, Greene, R I

$2,.500. 75 -Emma A Fairbank, Greene, R I

Rockland—'So pastor$2,000. 98—Sarah E Olney, Rockland, R I [MassSomerset (Pottersville)—E J Bodman, Pottersville,

$8,000. 116—Ira Hathaway, Pottersville, MassSivansea—John MacCalman, Swansea Center, Mass$5,500. 143—Susie C Phillips, Swansea Center, MassWesterly—John G Dutton (Rock>, Westerly, R I

15,000. 277—Chas H Ledward, Westerly. R I

Westport (Brownells Corners)-No pastor$1,000. 29—Nannie C Brownell, Westport, MassWestport (Central Village)—Chas J Johnson, West-

port, Mass [Mass$1,000. ;i4—Joseph Artingstall, Central Village,PTesiport (North)— WmMiller,Swansea Center,Mass$2,500. 81—Frank S Petty, No Westport, MassWestport (South)—('has J Johnson, Westport, Mass$1,500. 57—James Smith, So Westport, Mass

33 churches—town, 23; country, 10. Preachingfull time, 25; no pastor, 8. Totals—valuation,$305,500; membership, 3.200; Endeavor societies.

25 ; Sunday schools, 31.

NEW ENGLAND

Rev. C. H. Shank, No. DrcnTON, Mass.Secretary Rliode Island and Mass. Conference.

Vermont State Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Scholefield.)

Territory—Theoretically, the whole State; ac-tually, the northern half, as we have no churchesin the southern half.Nfxt session, at Randolph, Vt., September 6, 190OPresident, Rev. G. W. Morrow, Burlington, Vt.

Vice-President, Rev. M. T. iMorrill, Woodstock, Vt.Secretary, Rev. C. H. Scholefield, North Shrewsbury, Vt. ; Treasurer, J. .J. Rhoads, West LincolnVermont.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTOEATE3.

Darling, Miss Myrtie, Calais, Vt— Calais [villeFoster, Silas, Cambridge, Vt—Helvidere and Water-Hale, Morton W. Lincoln, Vt—LincolnLattimer, J N, ManchesterCenter.Vt -No pastorateMatteson. Charles E, New Bedford, Mass—No pas-Morrill, M T, Woodstock, Vt — Woodstock [torateMorrow, GW, Burlington, Vt— ( State Superintendent

Anti-Saloon League)Scholefield, C H. N Shrewsbury, Vt—N ShrewsburySisco, H C. Jay. Vt—No pastorateWheeler, B F, Worcester, Vt -No pastorate

Ordained, 8. Licentiates, 2.

CHURCH.PASTOR. VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEEK. (Seep.45)

Belvidere and Waterville—Silas Foster, Cambridge,$ .500. 22—J H Fletcher. Belvidere, Vt [Vt ,

Calais—Miss Myrtie Darling, (Calais, Vt.$ 500. 34 -Mary A Holt, ( Calais, VtLmcoin—Morton W Hale, Lincoln, Vt$1,200. 46 -Mrs Josie L Morgan, Lincoln, VtN Shrewsbury—0, H Scholefield, N Shrewsbury, Vt$ 500. 42—Mrs J B .Johnson, N Shrewsbury, VtRandolph—W H Chidley (Ont). Randolph, Vt15,000. 200—H C Allen, Randolph, VtWoodstock—U T Morrill, Woodstock, Vt19,000. 254-Chas H English, Woodstock, Vt6 churches—town, 2; country, 4. Preaching, full

time, 6. Totals—valuation, .$-36,700; membership,598. Endeavor societies, 6 ; Sunday schools, 6.

Maine Conference.(Reported by Secrotaiy C;ird.)

rer)i7orj/—Central, Eastern and Nortlieni Maine.Next session, (place and date not decided.)President, Rev. J. W. Webster, Newport, Mo •

Vice President, O. O. Crosby, Albion, Me. ; SecretaryRev. J. W. Card, Albion, Me. ; Treasurer, John Mills'Newport, Me. *

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Baddershall.T.DixmontConter.Me- SuperannuatedBartlett, Rufus, Hermon, Mo—Dixmont (East)Boatright, D A, Corinna, Me—CoriunaBurrill, S L, Hermon, Me— Newburg (Second)Card, .1 W, Abion, Me—Albion—Athens [torat©Kllingwood, Chas, KUingwood Corners, Me— Nopas-(irindell. J W, ('enter Lovell, Mo—Center Lovell (YHardway. H G, Millbridge. Me— Millbridge [& C)Hewes, ('has E, Hermon, Mo—No pastorateHorn, Spencer, Dover, Me—No pastorateHumplirey, T P, Hamdon (corner. Me—No pastorateLake, Charles W. Nowburg Center, Me—Newport

(North)— StetsonLang, Wm H, St Albans, Me—No pastorateMaben, B S, Providence, R I—No pastorateMcKoen, S H, West Bangor. Me—Bangor—HermonMcLaughlin, H H, Carmel, Mo—Charleston—Pal-Pitcher, C S, Blaine, Me— No pastorate [myra (West)Potter, (ieorge, Monticello, Me-MonticolloReed, B P, Fairfield, Me—Clinton— Fairfield (North)Thomas, M, North Carmol, Me—No pastorateWard, F O, Augusta, Wo—AugustaWashburn, James, Parkman, Me- No pastorateWebster, J W, Newport, Me—NewportWheeler, S G, Easton, Mo-Mars Hill (Conf?)(Jrdained. 23 : licentiate, 1. Died since last report,

Susan Clark.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)Albion—J W Card, Albion. Me$4,000. 101-Ora O Crosby, Albion, MeAthens- J W Card, Albion, Me$000. 7-C TW Roweli, Athens, MeAugusta—F O Ward, Augusta, Me$7,.')00. 74—John O Boyes, Augusta, MeBanqor- S H McKeeu, West Bangor, Me$2,000. 91—A a (ireeley. No. 16 13th St, Bnngor, MeCharleston—H H McLaughlin, Carmel, Me$ 000. 31—J A Bi ooks, Charleston, MeClinton-BP Reed, Fairfield, Me$1,500. 28—Abner True, Clinton, MoCorinna—D A Boatright, ('orinna. Me$4,000. 53—E P Burriil, Corinna, MeDixmont (East) Rufus Bartlett, Hermon, Me$ 000. 110—J R Smith. East Dixmont, MeFairfield (North)-B P Reed, Fairfield, Me$1,200. 25—Almira W Tibbetts, No Fairfield, MeHermon—S H McKeen, West Bangor. Me$ 600. 37—E H Clements, Hermon Center, MeMillbridqe—'B. G Hardway, Millbridge, Me$ 600. 51—H L Brown, Millbridge, MeMonticello— George Potter, Monticello. Me.$2,000. 34-Frank G Foster, Monticello, MeNewburg (Second)— .S L Burrill. Hermon, Me$ 000. 20— (' H Whitcome, Newburg Center, MeNe7vport—J W Webster, Newport, Mo$i!,000. 59—F E Miles, Newport, Me [Me.Ye ly/jori (North)—('has W Lake, NeWburg Center,$ 600. 45-J E Marsh. No Newport, MeNo ('anaan and West Hartland—No pastor$ 000. 17—Chas P Nye, Canaan, MePalmyra (Westi—H H McLaughlin, Carmel, Me$ 000. 20-Wm M Gitchell, Pittsfield, MePalmyra—No pastor$1,000. 31—C M Jewett, Palmyra, MeParkman—No pastor$1,000. 27-L Tyler, Parkman, MeRipley— No pastor$2,500. 50—S S Parker. Ripley. Me67efson—Charles W Lake, Newburg Center, Me$ 000. 29-W B Ireland, Stetson, MeWinterport (West)—No pastor$ 300. 19—F A Parker, West Winterport, Me22 churches—town, 7 ; country, 15. Preaching, full

time, 6 ; half time, 6 ; once per month, 5 ; no pastor,5 Totals—valuation. .$30,800; membership, 9.59. En-deavor societies, 6; Sunday schools, 19.

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Christian Church, Millbridge, Maine.

Rev. H. G. Hardway, Pastor.

York and Cumberland Conference.( Reported by Secretary MouUon.)

Territory—York, Cumberland, aud Oxford coun-ties. Maine, and one cUurch in New Hampshire.Next session (place not decided), Sept. 20, 1900.

President, Rev. J H. Mugridge, North Saco, Me.

;

Sec'y and Treas., David Moulton, York Corner, MeMINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

CofRn, Leslie E, Danbury, Conn—Danbury (N Y E)Goodwin. Chas E, Dover, N H—No pastorateGraves, Joseph H, Exeter, N H—SuperannuatedHeikes, N M, So Berwick, Me—No pastorateKnight, Zebulon, So Berwick, Me—So Berwick June

tion—So Berwick and WellsMoses. Thomas G, York Corner, Me—YorkMugridge, J H, No Saco, Me—Blue Point—Harps-

well—No Saco

Phillips, Edwin R, Freedom. N H—FreedomRidlon, Nath'l T, Ogunquit, Me—York and Wells

Ordained, 9.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45)

Blue Point—J H Mugridge, No Saco, Me$1,000. 31—Mrs H E Leavitt, Pine Point, MeCenter Lovell—3 W Grindell (Maine ), Center Lovell,

$3,000. 170—H W Palmer, Center Lovell, Me [MeFreedom—Edwin R Phillips, Freedom, N H$3,000. 47—Ina E Foss, Freedom, N HHarpswell—J H Mugridge, No Saco, Me$ 600. 45—William Worthing, Cundys Harbor, MeMt Agamenticus—No pastor$1,000. 25—Alvah Trafton, Cape Neddick, MeNo Saco—J H Mugridge, No Saco, Me$4,000. 135—Alpheus Libby, No Saco, MeSo Berwick Jc(—Zebulon Knight, So Berwick, Me$ 700. 76—W R Graves, So Berwick, Me

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50 NEW ENGLAND

Christian Chukch, East Grafton, N. H.Rev. Edward Francis, Pastor.

Merrimac Conference.(Reported by Secretary Francis.)

Territory—Nine churches in five counties. One inGrafton Co., one in Sullivan Co., two in Belknap Co ,

four in Merrimac Co., and one in Cheshire Co., N. H.Next session (place not decided), Oct. — , 1900.

President, J. H. Rowell, Franklin, N. H. ; Vice-President, F R. Woodward, Hill. N. H.; Secretaryand Treas., Rev. Edward Francis, East Grafton,N. H.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Estes, B F, Hill. N H-No pastorate ^

Everingham, J E, Laconia, N H — LaconiaFrancis, Edward, East Grafton, N H—GraftonHinkley, Seth, Ogunquit, Me—SuperannuatedMorrill, W S, South Danbury, N H—South DanburyPhillips, L VV, Franklin. N H-FranklinPhillips, J R,'York. Me—SuperannuatedScott, .las F. East Westmoreland, N H—WalpoleWright, E H, Hill, N H—Hill VillageYoung, John, Sunapee, N H—SuperannuatedOrdained, 10.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seelp. 45)

Behnont—'Ho pastor$3,000. 61—Mrs S A Smith. Belmont, N HFranklin-1^ W Phillips, Franklin, N H10,000. 185—Miss C E Rowell. Franklin, N HGeorges Mills

—'So pastor

$3,400. 24—Austin AV Russell, Georges Mills, N HGrafton—Edward Francis, East Grafton, N H$3,800. 26—Jane E Martin, Grafton Center, N HHill Center— Nci pastor$1,000. 41-C M Cilly, Hill, N HHill Village-E H Wright, Hill. N H$5 000. 67—Nellie J Hathon, Hill, N HLaconia—J E Everingham, Laconia. N H$3,000. 160-O E BiDgham, 17 Bcgle St, Laconia, N HSo Danbury—\\ S Morrill, So Danbury, N H11,500. 49—W W Walker, So Danbury. N HWalpole—Jas F Scott, East Westmoreland, N H$ 800. 27—H E Houghton, Westmoreland Depot,

N H9 churches—town, 4; country, 5. Preaching, full

time, 6; no pastor, 3. Totals—valuation, $31,000;membership, 640. Endeavor societies, 9; Sundayschools, 9. .

Ju

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lyn, N. Y., wLere he labored until 1880. During thattime he attended the College of the City of NewYork and was graduated in 1S71 with the degree ofA.B. Later that of A.M. was conferred in courseafter submission of notes of study aud a thesis. In1S72, he wasrnade vice-principal of the Friend'sSeminary on Sixteenth Street aud Rutherford Place,New York City, and tilled the position until 18S(t.

At that time he was summoned to the pastorate ofthe Franklin Street Christian Church, at Fall River,Mass., wliere he had a successful stay of six years.Then for two years he was in charge of St. Paul'sEvangelical Church of Now York City. In 18SS lie

"^ was elected pastor of the College Cliurch of Bates^' College, Lewiston, Me. This position he resigned

'^//^ in 1898 to become president of Starkey Seminary.After graduating from the University of the City

of New York, Dr. Summerbell served for a time as aFellow in the College, and did work as an instructor,lu 1>74 he was elected a non-residout professor inthe Christian Biblical Institute of the TheologicalSeminary of the Christian denomination of Stan-fordvUle. N. Y. This position he still fills. In 1889he received the degree of Ph.D., after studies andupon examination, from the University of the t'ityof New York. His degree of D.D. was received fromUnion Christian College, Merom, Ind. In 1888 theChristian Church, desiring to establish a corre-spondence course of instruction for the ministry,elected him president of the Christian Correspond-ence College.Dr. Summerbell has published a book of special

services, a hand-book for ministers, which is verywidely used. In company with other distinguishedgentlemen of England and America under the gen-eral editorship of Dr. Lorimer, of Boston, he pre-pared a part of the People's Bible History. A wifeand seven children constitute his family. As will beseen. Dr. Summerbell is a gentleman eminent as ascholar and is a natural leader of men. He is also a thoroughStrong hope is cherished that Starkey Seminary with its fineexperienced guidance, soon enter upon a nobler field.

Maktvn Summerbell.

business man and an excellent organizer,record as a training school will, under his

Eddytown (New Yoek) Christian Church.

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New York State Christian Association.(Reported by Secretary Thompson.)

New York State Christian Association is a missionor benevolent institution. Its territory comprisesNew York State and parts of Pennsylvania. Theobjects are to promote the union and advancementof all our denominational interests within its boundsand, by cooperating with other similar associations,the union and advancement of the interests of theentire denomination. Through its five departments-mission, relief, educational, publishing, and Sundayschool—very much permanent good has been accom-plished. The Association meets biennially.Next regular biennial session, September 26, 1900.

President, Rev. C. J. Jones, Now Bedford, Mass.

;

First Vice-President, Rev. J. B. Weston, Stanford-ville, N. Y. ; Second Vice-President, Fred D. Foster,Memphis, N. Y. ; Secretary, Rev. Scott Thompson,Locktown, N. J. ; Ti-easurer, .James S. Frost, NorthRush, N. Y. ; Department secretaries

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Mission, Rev.J. B. Weston, Stanfordville, N. Y. ; Relief, Rev. J.

W. Wilson, East Springfield, Pa. ; Educational, Rev.Martyn Summerbell, Eddytown, N. Y. ; Publishing,Rev. M. D. Lyke, Kirkwood, N. Y. ; Sunday-school,Rev. Elias Jones, Akron, N. Y. In connection withthe New York State Christian Association a newincorporation has been effected, known as the NewYork State Christian Convention, embracing thesame territory. Its officers are the same as theAssociation's officers.

New York Central Conference.(Reported by Secretary Frost.)

Territor?/— Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne'Ontario, Yates, and Tompkins counties, and thoseportions of Livingston and Monroe counties lyingeast of the Genesee River.Next session, at Searsburg, N. Y.. Oct. 4, 1900.

President, Rev. O. P. Potter, Marion, N, Y. ; Vice-President, Rev. E. D. Hammond, Enfield Center, N.Y. ; Secretary, James S. Frost, North Rush, N. Y.

;

Treasurer, William B. Milliman, 16 Warwick Ave.,Rochester, N. Y.

MINISTEES, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Brate, S, Eddytown, N Y—No pastorateCarr, John H, Eddytown, N Y—No pastorateCook, Chas W, Memphis, N Y—MemphisCottom, J L, Westbury, N Y—WestburyDraper, Alice A, Gresham. Neb—No pastorateGrimes, Wm J, Syracuse, N Y—SuperannuatedGuthrie, J W, Conquest, N Y—SuperannuatedHammond, E D, Enfield Center, N Y—Enfield Cen-

ter—Searsburg [Union (N Y S)Hathaway, O 1, Binghamton. N Y—Binghamton—Humphreys, Arthur, Ingleside, N Y — Ingleside

(Tioga R)Livingstone, E C, Cleveland, Ohio—No pastorateMace, J A, West Vienna, N Y—West Vienna (Conf?)McAlpine, Ezra, Dundpe, N Y—DundeePotter, O P, Marion, N Y—MarionRhodes, H J, North Rush, N Y-North RushRockwell, Geo R, Emerson, N Y—EmersonUtter, A G, Plainvtlle, N Y—PlainvilleWiley, A C, Newark, N Y—NewarkOrdained, 18.

CHDRCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45)

Dundee—Ezra McAlpine, Dundee, N Y$3,000. 27-Wm McAlpine, Dundee, N YSdd.vfoton- (Supplied)$8,0(30. 79-Elizabeth BoUey, Eddytown. N YEmerson—Geo R Rockwell, Emerson, N Y$2,700. 59-Florence Emerson, Emerson. N YEnfield Center—-Yl D Hammond, Enfield Center, N Y$1,600. 36-.John R Baker, Enfield Center, N YLakeville—'E, G Ziegler, (Miami O) Lakeville. N Y$3,000. 78-Martha J Hanna, Lakeville, N YMarion—O P Potter. Marion, N Y$5,000. 79—Mrs E W Croucher, Marion, N YMemphis—Chas W Cook, Memphis, N Y$3,000. 55—Mrs Fred Foster, Memphis, N Y

Rev. Wm. J. Grimes, Syracdse, N. Y.

New York Central Conference.

Newark—A C Wiley, Newark, N Y$5,000. 78-J S Hedden, Newark, N YNorth Rush—H J Rhodes, North Rush, N Y$5,500. 133-JamesS Frost, North Rush, N YPlainville—\ G Utter, Plainville, N Y$4,000. 72—C R Smart, Plainville, N YRock Stream-No pastor$2,000. 14- C Elizabeth Warner, Rock Stream, N YSearsburg—E D Hammond, Enfield Center, N Y$1,500. 104 -Chas W Burr, Searsburg, N YSpringwater—No pastor$1,000. 58— Ezra Willis, Springwater, N YWestbury—J L Cottom, Westbury, N Y$2,000. '61—Mrs Nellie Lovejoy, Westbury, N Y

14 churches—town, 1 ; country 13. Preaching, full

time, 12; no pastor, 2. Totals—valuation, $47,300;

membership, 933. Endeavor societies, 10; Sundayschools, 11.

New York Northern Conference.

(Reported by President Vandewalker.)

Territory -Northern part of New York State.Next session (place and date not decided.)President, C. G. Vandewalker, Evans Mills, N. Y.

;

Vice-President, L. L. Allen, Watertown, N. Y. ; Sec-

retary and Treasurer, B. J. Ives, Watertown, N. Y.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Torrey, G R, Watertown, N Y—No pastorate

Ordained, 1. Died since last report, S. V. Sayles*

CHURCH, pastor,value, members, CLERK. (Seep.45.)

Brushton—'Ho pastor$2,000. 130—No clerk reportedEast Dickinson—No pastor$1,500. 40—C S Rockwell, East Dickinson, N YEast Hodndsfield—No pastor$1,500. 42—L F Allen, E Houndsfield, N YSanford Corners— No pastor$1,000. 15—R Spoon, Sanford Corners, N Y4 churches—town, 1 ; country, 3, No pastor, 4.

Totals—valuation, 86,000; membership, 227. En-deavor societies, 2 ; Sunday schools, 3.

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New York Eastern Conference.

l (Reported by Secretary Fonton.);

Territory—Its territorial area is recognized asbounded on the north by the counties of Herkimer,Fulton, and Saratoga, inclusive; oast by the westerncounties of Vermont, Massaciiusetts, and Connecti-cut, inclusive; south by New Jersey and Pennsyl-vania; west by the counties of Sullivan. Delaware,Otsego, and Oneida, inclusive; and such other con-tiguous territory as may find it convenient to asso-ciate with us.Next session, at Warnerville, N. Y.—1900.President, Rev. A. C. Youmans, Freehold, N. Y.

;

Vice-Fresident, Rev. R. Osman Allen, Stanfordville,N. Y. ; Secretary, Rev. R. G. Fenton, Hartwick, N.Y. ; Treasurer, Hiram S. Bradley, Hartwick, N. Y.

>UN1STEES, ADDRESSES, PASTOEATE8.

Allen, R Osman, Stanfordville. N Y—StanfordvilleBarnes, W J, 700 Leonard Street, Brooklyn. N Y—~" Rrnftlrlvn

Bassett, J H, Mineral Springs, N Y—East Cobleskill—Fulton and Cobleskill

Brown, G Verner, Nyack, N Y— (Student)Brown, Henry, Eddytowu, N Y—No pastorateCase, Wm, West Oneonta, N Y—No pastorateClark. John H, Cranberry Creek, N Y—Cranberry

Creek [(Conf?)Conkling, D L, Middletown, N Y-Faith ChapelCollins, J D, Potters Hollow, N Y-Bates-GilboaCouchman, Philip, Schoharie, N Y—SuperannuatedCrissei/, H Jennie, Vienna, N J—Hope—Vienna

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(N J) [Church (Conf?)Crosby, B S, 45 Jefferson St, Augusta, Me—PeoplesDavis, T N, Pino Plains, N Y—No pastorateFenton, R G. Hartwick, N Y—Hartwick First—Hart-

wick VillageFerrier, John M, Stanfordville, N Y—Pine PlainsFrench. Edward, Ketchum, N Y—Austerlitz— Ketch-Gaige, F E. Huntersland, X Y—Huntersland [umGardner, F H, Lubec, Me—Lubec (Conf?)Hainer, E W, South Valley, N Y—South ValleyHathaway, Warren, Blooming Grove, N Y— Bloom-

ing Grove (Cong)Hornbaker. W O. Schultzville, N Y—SchultzvilleJones, C -J, New Bedford, Mass—New Bedford ( First)

(RI.k Mass)Lyke, M D, Kirkwood, N Y—Kirkwood—West Wind-Mace, C S, Westday, N Y-Westday rsor(N Y S)McGlanflin, John, Red Rock, N Y-Red RockMcGlauflin, C F, Schenectady, N Y—No pastorateMetzger, Eraser. 107 Dove St, Albany, N Y—AlbanyNelson, Charles, Barkersville, N Y—BarkersvillePeck, Ira L. Charleston Four Corners, N Y—Carlisle

—Charleston Four CornersPendell, D L, .Alcove, N Y—AlcovePerlee, Silas H, Chatham, N Y—No pastoratePittman, J M, Windham, N Y—No pastoratePoste, Z A, Naples, N Y—President Franklinton

Christian College (colored), Franklinton, N CPratt. Joseph. Leeds, N Y—SuperannuatedPutnam, D I, Ravena, N Y—RavenaRockwell, H G, Stanfordville, N Y-Student C B I

Shaw. Wm H, Utica, N Y—No pastorateSummerbell, Martyn, Eddytown, N Y—President

Starkey SeminaryWarner, D P, South Berne, N Y—Reidsville—South

BerneWells, J J. East Sidney, N Y—No pastorateWeston, J B, Stanfordville, N Y-Pres C B InstituteWinans, J P, Rural Grove. N Y—Randall—RuralYoumans, A C, Freehold, N Y—Freehold [Grove

Ordained, 41 ; licentiates, 2. Died since last re-

port, C I Butler.

CHXIECH,PA8TOE,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45)

Albany—YvaseT Metzger, 107 Dove St. Albany, N Y$5,000. 113-G M Northrup, 244 Washington Ave,

Albany. N YAlcove-D L Pendell, Alcove, N Y. $1,200. 103—Edward J Zeller, Alcove, N YAusterlitz—Edward French, Ketchum, N Y$ SOO. 22—Wm Varney, Austerlitz, N YBarkersville—Charles Nelson, Barkersville, N Y$1,000. 36-Rosa E Bills, Barkersville, N Y

Rev. a. C. Yodmans. Freehold, N. Y.

President New York Eastern Conference.

Bates—J D Collins, Potters Hollow, N Y$1,000. 2l-Geo W Wilsie, Bates, NY [NYBrooklyn—'W J Barnes, 700 Leonard St, Brooklyn,12,000. 128—W W Dillon, 29 Newell St, Brooklyn, N YBuRTONViLLE—No pastor$1,500. 26—Elmer Stedwell, Burtonville, N Y [N YCarlisle-Ira L Peck, Charleston Four Corners,$2,000. 40—M H Brown, Carlisle, N YCenter Brook-C F Hook (Miami O), Otego, N Y$ 800. 51—E M Hamilton, Otego, N YCharleston Four Corners—Ira L Peck, Charleston

Four (.'orners, N Y$1,500. 167—C S Allen, Charleston Four Corners, N YClove—Geo W Perkins (Ontario), ("love, N Y$2,500. 71-E L Austin, Clove, NY [NYCranberry Creek—John H Clark, Cranberry Creek,$1,800. 36-Mrs J P King, ("ranberry Creek, N YZ)an6itrj/—Leslie E ("offin (Y & C), Danbury, Conn$2 500. 67—Mrs (t H Knapp, Danbury, ConnEast Cobleskill-J H Bassett, Mineral Springs, N Y$1,000. 29 -.John Dumond, East ('obleskill, N YFreehold—A C Youmans, Freehold, N Y$3,500. 165 -C R Lacy, Freehold, N Y [Springs, N YFulton and Cobleskill—J H Bassett, Mineral$ 600. 31—H V Shaffer, Mineral Springs. N YGalway—Xlouzo Shafer (Erie), Union Mills, N Y$1,200. 39-Mrs Eliza R Showers, MosherviUe, N YGiLBOA—J D Collins, Potters Hollow, N Y$ 800. 50—Mrs T Chichester, Broome Center, N YHartwick First—R G Fenton, Hartwick, N Y$ 800. 20 -Mrs Almira Winsor, Hartwick, N YHartwick Villnge—R G Fenton, Hartwick, N Y$3,000. 140-Hiram S Bradley, Hartwick. N YHuntersland—F E Gaigo, Hunter.sland, N Y.$3,000. Ill- Jerome Decker. Huntersland, N YKetchum—EilvfRTd French. Ketchum, N Y$ 400. 60-C Williams, Ketchum, N YLaurens—L A Dykeman (Tioga R), Laurens, N Y$1,500. 47-M Clark, Laurens, N YMaryland—No pastor$1,000. 15-C T Bush, Maryland, N YMedusa—No pastor$3,000. 82-R Gifford. Medusa, N YPine Plains—John M Ferrier, Stanfordville, N Y$1,000. 30—W W Hicks, Pine Plains, N Y

56 NEW YORK, WITH NEW JERSEY, PENN., AND ONTARIO

Medway—M C Youmans (N Y S), Medway, N Y$4,000. 130—A J Simmons, Medway N YMilan—John Epright (N J), Stanfordville, N Y$2,000. 62-F S Welch, Milan. N YOtego-CF Hook (Miami O), Otego, N Y$3,000. 92-H S Trask, Otego, N YPortlandviUe—N Putnam (Conf?), Oneonta, N Y$1,000. 53—Miss Maud Thorn, Portiandville, N YQuaker Street—No pastor$3,000. 128—Florence N Wilbur, Quaker Street, N YRandall—J P Winans, Rural Grove, N Y$2,500. 55—Yates H Cook, Randall, N YRavena—H I Putnam, Ravena, N Y$9,000. 91—O L Hannay, Ravena, N YRed Rock—John McGlauflin, Red Rock, N Y$1,500. 83—J B Lamoree, Red Rock, N YReidsville—D P Warner, South Berne, N Y$ 800. 60—E B Powell, Westerlo, N Y [ville, N YRichmondville—E G Evans (Conf?), Riclimond-$1,000. 24—Peter NeUis, Richmondville, N YRural Grove—3 P Winans. Rural Grove, N Y$4,000. 95—Geo J Gove, Rural Grove, N YSchultzville—W O Hornbaker, Schultzville, N Y$3,000. 115—Anna C Jackson, Clinton Corners, N YSouth Berne—D P Warner, South Berne, N Y$2,250. 79—W Shufeldt, South Berne, N YSouth Valley—E W Hainer. South Valley, N Y$1,800. 85-J M Lovejoy, South Valley, N Y [N YSouth Westerlo-.l H Shoults (Ont), South Westerlo,$4,000. 189—J T Hf>nnay, South Westerlo, N YStanfordville—R Osman Allen, Stanfordville, N Y$6,500. 162—Albert Knapp. Stanfordville, N YSt Johnsville- Geo E Merrill (R I & Mass), St Johns-

ville, N Y11,000. 210—A E Seaman, St Johnsville. N YUnion Mills—AlonzoShaffer(Erie), Union Mills,N Y$1,200. 49—Chas Sawyer, Broadalbin, N YWarnerville—EG Evans (Conf?) Richmondville, N Y$2,500. IS'-L D Burchard, Warnerville, N YWestday—C, S Mace. Westday, N Y$1,200. 33—Elmer Fuller, Westday, N YWest Laurens—No pastor$ 800. 45—Mrs Ida G Hopkins, West Laurens, N Y47 churches—town, 12; country, 35. Preaching,

full time, 38; half time, 4; no pastor, 5. Totals-valuation, $120,450; membership, 3,558. Endeavorsocieties, 17 ; Sunday schools, 39.

New York Southern Conference.

( Reported by Secretary VanAtta.j

Territory—New York as follows: Broome, Chen-ango, Cortland counties, and such other territory asmay be annexed from counties adjacent thereto.Next session, at Kirkwood, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1900.

President, Geo. P. Hubbard, Harford Mills, N.Y.

;

Vice-President, Rev. P. C. Vaughan, Harford Mills,

N. Y. ; Secretary, J. H. VanAtta, 216 Clinton Street,

Binghamton, }i.Y.; Treasurer, Merriett T. Adriance,Glon Aubrey, N, Y.

MINtSTEES, ADDEESSES, PASTORATES.

Hill, Lyman, Lisle, N Y—No pastorateHoldridge, Ira, Oquaga, N Y—No pastorateJames, Owen, Olyphant, Penn—No pastorateMather, Harriet S R, Moravia. N Y—No pastorateNewitt, H I, DeRuyter, N Y—No pastorateStearns, J W, So Berlin, N Y-So Berlin (Conf?)Vaughan, P C. Harford Mills. N Y—Harford MillsWelton, A J, Binghamton, N Y—SuperannuatedWilbur, H C, Vandalia, N Y—No pastorateWilcox, David, Harford Mills, N Y—No pastorateWilliams, F B, Newport, Pa—EvangelistWest, Jos, Glen Anbrey, N Y—Glen AubreyYoumans, J T, Whitney Point, N Y—No pastorateYoumans, M C, Medway, N Y—Medway (N Y E)

Ordained, 12; licentiates, 2.

CHUECH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEEK. (See p.45)

Binghamton—O I Hathaway, (N Y C) Binghamton,N Y

$3,000. 67—Mrs Hattie George, Binghamton, N YCaeolina—No pastor$ 200 18—H M Pettengrove, Slaterville, N YEast Willett—No pastor$1,500. 39—Chester Morgan, Penelope, N Y

Rev. W. a. Warnek, West Shelby, N. Y.

New York Western Conference.

Glen Aubrey—Jos West, Glen Aubrey, N Y$1,000. 26—Jos West, Glen Aubrey, N YHarford Mills—P V Vaughan, Harford Mills. N Y$3,000. 34-L M W Ayers. Harford Mills, N YKirkwood—M D Lyke (N Y E) Kirkwood, N Y$1,500. 43-Mrs Emery B Hall, Langdon, N YLapeer—No pastor$1,000. 20-Mrs S H Parker, Lapeer, NY (NYOtselic (First) — Silas Perlee, (Conf?) Beaver Meadow,$1,500. IS—Mrs Lois Blodgett, Beaver Meadow. N YUnion-O I Hathaway (N Y C), Binghamton, N Y$1,000. 19-Mrs D F Lashed, Hooper, N YWest Windsor—U D Lyke (N Y E) Kirkwood, N Y$1,000. 30—Mrs D Jackson, West Windsor, N Y10 churches—town, 1 ; country, 9. Preaching, full

time. 7: no pastor. 3. Totals—valuation, $14,700;membership, 314. Endeavor societies, 5; Sundayschools, 8.

New York Western Conference.(Reported by Secretary Pease.)

Territory—Western part of Monroe County, Or*leans, Niagara, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, and Cat"taraugus counties, N. Y.Next session, at Machias, N. Y., June 22, 1900.President, Rev. S. Q. Helfenstein. Orangeport,

N. Y.; Vice-President, Rev. E. C. Hall, Castile,N. Y. ; Secretary, .Jqbn B. Pease, Gasport, N. Y.

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Treasurer, J. D. Chase, Hilton, N. Y.

MINISTERS, addresses, PASTORATES.Allen, Alden, Morganville, N Y—MorganvilleChild, J D, Shelby, N Y—SuperannuatedCrowell, N W, Machias, N Y—MachiasHall, E C, Castile, N Y—CastileHelfenstein, S Q, Orangeport, N Y—OrangeportJones, Elias, Akron, N Y—No pastorateLawall, L C. Richmond, Ind—No pastorateLawton, J W, Manning, N Y

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ino pastorateMann, Horace, Piqua, O—Piqua (Miami O)Moore, D W, Dover, N J—SuperannuatedTryon, I C, Castile, N Y—SuperannuatedVanDyck. R W, No Greece, N Y—Parma and GreeceWarner, W A, West Shelby, N Y—West ShelbyOrdained, 13.

NEW YORK, WITH NEW JERSEY, PENN., AND ONTARIO

CHURCH, PASTOE.VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Castile—i: U Hall, CastUe.N Y$5,000. 100—Merton Phelps, Castile, N YEast Holland—No pastor$1,000. 24—Lewis Hawks. Protection,'N YMachias—'S W Crowell, Machias, N Y$4,100. 103-T E Orandall, Macbias, N YManning—No pastor$1,000. 59-Geo W Barber, Clarendon, N YMorganville—Alden Allen, Morgauville, N Y$2,100. 39—Robert Call, Stafford, N YNorth Pembroke—yio pastor$1,000. 61—D Mayhew, No Pembroke, N YOrangeport—S Q Helfenstein, Orangeport, N Y$4,100. 110—L H Pease, Gasport, N YParma and Greece—R W VanDyck, No Greece, N Y$:3,000. 87—H D Rowley, No Greece, N Y^Vest Shelby—W A Warner, West Shelby. N Y$3,000. 72—W J Shelp, West Shelby, N Y9 churches— town, 2; country, 7. Preaching, full

time. 6; no pastor, 3. Totals—valuation, $24,;}00;

membership, 655. Endeavor societies, 7; Sundayschools, 9.

Tioga River Conference.(Reported by Secretary Westfall.)

Territory—Comprises Bradford, Tioga, and Pottercounties. Pa. ; Tioga, Chemung, and Steuben coun-ties, N. Y., and adjacent territory.Next session, at Ingleside, N. Y., June 14. 1900.

President, Rev. T.V. Moore, Evergreen, Pa. ; Vice-President, Rev. H. L. Griffing, Syracuse, N. Y. : Sec-retary, Rev. L. J. Westfall, Knoxville, Pa. ; Treas-urer, Rev. J. H. Chsesman, Greenwood, N. Y,

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Allen, G E, Evergreen, Pa—No pastorateAllen, Rose, Evergreen, Pa—EvangelistBesemer, J E, Thurston, N Y—ThurstonBesemer, Mrs S A, Thurston, N Y—ThurstonBooth, C M, Westerlo, N Y—EvangelistBrainard, Geo D, Eddytown, N Y—WedgewoodCheesman, J H, Greenwood, N Y—No pastorateCole, D A, Cameron, N Y—No pastorateCole, F S, Hornellsville, N Y—No pastorateCurlett, Frank, Somerslane, Pa—East LawrenceDavy, S H, SabinsviUe, Pa—No pastorateDykeman. L A, Laurens, N Y—Laurens (N Y E)GriiBng, H L, Syracuse, N Y—No pastorateHurd, A J, Savona, N Y—Camp Brook-CameronKendall, A B, Evergreen. Pa—Evergreen—Franklin-Mead, F. Borden, N Y—No pastorate fdaleMoore, T V, Evergreen, Pa—No pastorate [atedRumsey, Miles, Trumbull Corners, N Y—Superannu-Slaught, Mrs B J W, Canisteo, N Y—No pastorateStocum, Wm, Greenwood, N Y—Bennetts Creek

(First) Bennetts Creek (Second) fnersThorn, C C, Trumbull Corners, N Y—Trumbull Cor-Westfall, L J, Knoxville, Pa— Knoxville

Ordained, 19 ; licentiates, 3. Died since last re-

port, J. M. Lewis, H A Stratton.

CHCRCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Bennetts Creek (First)—Wm Stocum. Greenwood,$ 000. 14—Mrs Wm Cross. Canisteo, N Y [N YBennef^s Greet (Second I—Wm Stocum, Greenwood,$000. 15-Mrs A Yanderhoof, Canisteo, N Y LN YCameron—A J Hurd, Savona, N Y$1,000. 24—Alice Rumsey, No. Cameron, N YCamp Brook—A J Hurd, Savona, N Y$1,000. 35-Mary E Mead, Borden, N YEast Z,a««rence—Frank Curlett, Somerslane, Pa11,500. 99—W H Hudson. Somerslane, PaEvergreen—A B Kendall, Evergreen, Pa$2,000. 95—Mrs C Corson, Evergreen, PaFranklindale—A B Kendall. Evergreen, Pa$2,000. 36—Helen Phelps, Franklindale, PaGreenwood—C W Schiller (Conf?i Greenwood, N Y$2,000. 18—Mrs M Tibes, Greenwood, NY [NY/nqrZeside—Arthur Humphreys (N Y Ci, Ingleside,$2,500. 73-Frank Boggs, Ingleside, N YKnoxville— \j J Westfall, Knoxville, Pa$2,.500. 68—.\lice Boardman, Knoxville, PaThurston—3 E Besemer and wife. Thurston, N Y$2,000. 40—Mrs Mary Whiting, Thurston, N Y

Rev. L. J. Westfall, Knoxville, Pa.

Secretary Tioga River Conference.

Trumbull Corners—C C Thorn, Trumbull Corners.$2,600. 79—H Cornish, Jr, Newfield. NY [NYWedgewood—Geo D Brainard, Eddytown, N Y$ 000. 46 -Ella J Smith, Wedgewood. N YWest Branch—W S Holland iConf?) Westpike, Pa$1,000. 18-Mina Campbell, West Branch, PaTFestpifce-W S HoUand (Conf?), Westpike, Pa$2,000. 21—Mrs M A Davis, Westpike, Pa [NYYojing Hickory—C W Schiller (Conf?) Greenwood,$1,100. 27—Devoe Bailey, Young Hickory, N Y16 churches—town, 4; country, 12. Preaching

full time, 14; half time, 2. Totals—valuation$23,200; membership, 708. Endeavor societies, 8;Sunday schools, 15.

New Jersey Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Bodine.)

Territory—New Jersey and Eastern Penn.Next session, at Carversville, Pa.. May 20, 1900.President, Rev. W. H. Hainer, Irvincton. N. J.;

Vice-President, Rev. W. P. Cha.se, Milford, N. J.

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Secretary. H. F. Bodine, Locktown, N. J. ; Treas-urer, W. R. Bearder, Locktown, N. J.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Bassett, W Irving. Carversville, Pa—CarversvilleBlood, John, Lewisburg, Pa—LewisburgBrand, A L, Malone, N Y—No pastorateCarter, Geo C, Baleville, N J—BalevilleChase, W P, Milford, N J—MilfordClark, J B, Williamstown, N J—No pastorateConrad, John, 670 N 13th St, Phila. Pa—No pastorateEpright, John, Stanfordville, N Y— Milan (N Y E)Fenwick, J B, Gulf Mills, Pa-Gulf MillsGennett, W L, Bridgeboro. N J—No pastorateHainer, W H. Irvington. N J—IrvingtonHawk, S D, Milford, N .1—No pastorateHayes, J E, Baptisttown, N J—SuperannuatedJackson. E M, Danbury, Conn—SuperannuatedLaird, J R, Finesville, N J—Finesville—SpringtownLennon, Wm, Gulf Mills, Pa—No pastorateLewis, A G, Johnsonburg. N .T—JohnsonburgMcAllister, D, 786 N 27th St, Phila, Pa-Mt Zion

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Christian Chdech, Gulf Mills, Pa., New Jeesey Conference.

Mitchell, E E, 2041 Brandywine St, Phila, Pa—Nopastorate [Madisonvillo

Powell, D E, Madisonville, Pa—Chapmantown—Price, W J, Lake Ariel, Pa—No pastorateSailer, P S, Milroy, Pa—Frenchtown—Little YorkShear, Geo B, Manning, N Y—No pastorateSummerbell. J J, Dayton, Ohio—(Editor H G L)Thompson, Scott, Locktown, N J—LocktownTopping, J P, Sweet Valley, Pa—No pastorateTopping, Loretta, Sweet Valley, Pa— Pleasant HillWillmarth I J, Amesbury, Mass—Salisbury PointWright, W J, Tullytown, Pa—Tullytown [(Rock)

Ordained, 23 ; licentiates, 4. Died since last report,B S Fanton. ^

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45)

JSaievine—Geo C Carter. Baleville, N J$5,000. 2U-Mrs M H B Couse, Baleville, N JCarversville-W Irving Bassett, Carversville, Pa$4,000. 54—James Hagan, Carversville, PaChapmantown—D E Powell, Madisonville, Pa$1,200. 35—Geo A Swingle, Avoy, PaFairview—J H Stout, (Conf?) Bridgeboro, N J$1,000. 33—Alice Gennett. Bridgeboro, N JFinesville—.Jos R Laird, Finesville, N J$1,500. 88—E A Fleuard, Finesville, N JFrenchtown—P S Sailer, Milroy, Pa$1,000. 55-S E Opdycke, Frenchtown. N JGulf Mills—J B Fenwick, Gulf Mills, Pa10,000. 80-Geo Nagel, W Conshohocken, PaHope—H Jennie Crissey, (N Y E^ Vienna, N J$2,100. 48—R M VanHorn, Hope, N J

Hopewell—No pastor$1,200. 25—Isaac Horn, Hopewell, N JIrvington—Vi H Hainer, Irvington, N J15.000. 214—Arch Wade, Irvington, N JJohnsonburg—A G Lewis, Johnsonburg, N J$6,000. 91—J W Hart, Johnsonburg, N JLeivisburq—iohn Blood, Lewisburg, Pa$6,000. 131—Annie Evans, Lewisburg, PaLittle York—P S Sailer, Milroy, Pa$ 700. 18—S B Garrett, Little York, N JLocA;^o?«n.— Scott Thompson, Locktown, N J$6,000. 185—G W Hockenbury, Locktown, N JMadisonville—D E Powell, Madisonville, Pe$2,200. 107—Kate Cartright, Jubilee, PaMilford—W P Chase, Milford, N J14.500. 338—W R Sailer, Milford, N JMt Zion—D McAllister, Philadelphia, Pa14,000. 29—Geo Smith, 430 Bainbridge St, Phila, PaPleasant i?i7i—Loretta Topping, Sweet Valley, Pa$4,400. 73-0 P Edwards, Sweet Valley, PaSpRiNGTOWN—Jos R Laird, Finesville, N J$ 800. 13—Jos Hawk, Warren Paper Mills, N JTullytown—W J Wright, Tullytown, Pa$2,200. 20—A W Wright, Tullytown, PaVienna—^ Jennie Crissey, (N Y E) Vienna, N J$5,000. 122—A B Howey, Vienna, N J

21 churches- town, 20; country, 1. Preaching, fulltime. 19 ; half time, 1 ; no pastor, 1. Totals—valu-ation, $103,800 ; membership, 1973. Endeavor soci-eties, 14 ; Sunday schools, 15.

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Rays Hill (Pa.) Conference.

(Reported bj' Secretary Boor, i

rerrtforj/—Embraces Bedford and Fulton coun-ties, and parts of Somerset County.Next session, at Sideling Hill, August 22, 1900.

President , Jolin B. Cooper, Chaneysville, Pa.

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Vice-President, Rev. W. C. Garland, Buffalo Mills,

Pa.; Secretary, M.. M. Boor, Artemas, Pa.; Treas-

urer, J. N. Robinson, PurceU, Pa.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Garland, .\ R, Purcell, Pa—Buckvalley—Fairview.Greenridge Mission (Conf?)

Garland, W C, Buffalo Mills, Pa-Milligans Cove.Spriug Hope (Conf?)

Martz, John, Glencoe, Pa—EvangelistMay, A W, Robinsonville, Pa — Greenfield—Jerusa-

lem—Pleasant Grove. Hills Chapel (.Conf?)Troutman.J NV, Flintstone, Md — Betliel—Sideling

Hill—Whips Cove

Ordained, 1; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VAMUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Bethel—J W Troutman, Flintstone, Md$ 800. 32- J N Robinson, Purcell, PaBuckvalley—A R (iarlaiid, Purcell, Pa$ 700 90-Mrs Loretta Lashley, Lashley, PaFairview—A R Garland. Purcell, Pa$ 800. 195-E Miller, Purcell, PaGreenfield—.A W May, Robinsonville, Pa$ 200. 13 -.James Morse, Piney Creek, PaHyndman—No pastor$ 400. 40—U S Bardman, Hyndman, PaJerusalem—A W May, Robinsonville, Pa$1,000. 27—John Martin, Locust Grove. PaMilligans Cove—W C Garland, Buffalo Mills, Pa$ 800. 54 S B Carpenter, Buffalo Mills, PaMt Hope—E N Turner (Conf?) Elbinsville, PaS 800. S6—Samuel Johnston, Elbinsville. PaMt Zion-E N Turner (Conf?) Elbinsville, Pa$ 600. 7.5—J G Collins, Elbinsville, PaPleasant Grove—A W May, Robinsonville, Pa$ 600. 46—Alfred Peck, Needmore, PaProsperity—E N Turner Conf?) Elbinsville, Pa$ 600. 22 -Wesley Bennett, Flintstone, MdSideling Hill—J W Troutman, Flintstone, Md$1,000. i;J9—Wm C Mann, Saluvia, PaWhips Cove—J W Troutman, Flintstone, Md$1,000. 33—Nathan Mellott, Locust Grove, Pa13 churches—town, 1 ; country, 12. Preaching,

full time, 1; halt time, 4; once per month, 7; nopastor, 1. Totals—valuation, .$9,300; membership,852. Sunday schools, 13.

Western Pennsylvania Conference.

I, Reported by Secretary Seese.)

Territory — Fayette, Green, Washington, West-moreland, and Somerset counties, Pennsylvania.Next session, at Unity ("hurch. October 18, 1900.

President, Rev. W. S. Miller, Mt. Braddock, Pa.

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Vice-President, Rev. W. H. H. Knight, Bridgeport,Pa. ,Secretary, Rev. A. S. Seese, Denison, Pa. ; Treas-urer, Joseph Anthony, Pleasant Unity, Pa.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Daniels, G W, Uniontown, Pa—ClarksvilleDaniels, John, Uniontown, Pa—No pastorateDavis, C W, Greensburg, Pa—No pastorateJennings, .John, Haydentown, Pa—SuperannuatedKnight, W H H, Bridgeport, Pa—HaydentownMiller, W S. Mt Braddock, Pa— BridgeportSeese, A S, Denison, Pa—Sugar LoafShow, Sanford. Fairchance. Pa—Mountain GroveStillwagon, J E, Connellsville, Pa—WestovertonOrdained, 8 ; licentiate, 1.

CHOECH, PASTOK.VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Bridgeport—W S Miller, Mt Braddock, Pa$ 600. 20-A D Kriegor, Stautter, PaClarksville—(i W Daniels, Uniontown, Pa$1,000. 25—Priscilla Rush, Clarksville, PaHaydentown—\V H H Knight, Bridgeport, Pa$ 700. 17—A BSwaney, Haydentown, PaMountain Grove—Sanford Show, Fairchance, Pa$ 000. 17—Amanda Jennings, Fairchance, PaSugar Loaf—A S Seese, Denison, Pa$ 400. 16-A R Boyd, Ohiopyle, PaUnity—No pastor$ 000. 12—Mary Eiclier, Mutual, PaWestoverton—J E Stillwagon, Connellsville, Pa$ 000. 10—No clerk reported

7 churches—town, 3 ; country, 4. Preaching, onceper month, 6; no pastor, 1. Totals—valuation,$2,700 ; membership, 117. Endeavor socioties, I ; Sun-day schools, 3.

Southern Pennsylvania Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Mellott.)

TerrtYorj/- Southeastern portion of BedfordCounty and western portion of Fulton County, Pa.Next session, at Jerusalem ('liurch, Aug. 16, 1900.

President, Rev. J. R. Logue, Pine Ridge, Pa.;Vice-President, Rev. Mary E. Turnttr, Everett, Pa.

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Secretary, Ira D Mellott, Sideling Hill, Pa.; Treas-urer, Stephen Winck, Gapsville, Pa.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Barney, Joseph, Clearville, Pa—Antioch—CedarGrove—Rock Hill -Tonoloway—Union Memo-

Barney, J H. Clearville, Pa—No pastorate [rialFoor, S W S, Rays Hill, Pa—Rays Cove-TatesvilleLogue, J R, Pine Ridge, Pa -Black Oak Ridge—Je-

rusalem—Pine Grove—Pleasant UnionRush, D M, Clearville, Pa—No pastorateShad, W H, Six Mile Run, Pa—No pastorateSipes, M L, Gapsville, Pa—GapsvilleTurner, Mary E, Everett, Pa—Mt UnionOrdained, 7 ; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH,PA3T0R,VAI.UE,MEMBER8, CLERK. (See p. 45)

Antioch—Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa$ 500. 60—W C Peck, (^ovalt. PaB O Ridge—J R Logue, Pine Ridge, Pa$ 600. 40-T R Bishop, Mann, PaCedar Grove-Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa$1,200. 63-David Winter, Dott, PaClear Creek—No pastor$ 800. 63—A B Morris. Everett, PaGapsville—M. L Sipes, Gapsville, Pa$1,000. 47 -Miss Iva Mellott, Rays Hill, PaJerusalem—J R Logue, Pine Ridge. Pa$ 500. 59—John McKee, Locust Grove, PaMt Union—Mary E Turner, Everett, Pa$1,200. 81—F J Zembower, Mench, PaNorth Point—No pastor$ 000. 11-Wm Swoup, Six Mile Run, PaPine Grove—J R Logue, Pine Ridge, Pa$ .500. .50-Silas Robinson. Piney Creek, PaPleasant Union—J R Logue, Pine Ridge, Pa$ 600. 12—Emma Mills, Pine Ridge, PaProvidence—No pastor$ 800. 17—Jacob C Smith, Everett, PaRays Cove-S W S Foor, Rays Hill, Pa$1,000. 71-S D Foor, Rays Hill, PaRock Hill—Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa$1,500. Ill—H F Mearkle, Mattie, PaTatesville—S W S Foor, Rays Hill. Pa$1,C00. 19-Clara Brallier, Tatesville, PaTonoloway—Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa$ 800. 19-Job Peck, Covalt, PaUnion Memorial —Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa$ 800. 57-P Clark, Mench, Pa16 churches—all in the country. Preaching, half

time, 13: no pastor, 3. Totals—valuation, 312,800;membership, 780. Endeavor societies, 2; Sundayschools. 16.

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Ontario Conference.

( Reported by Secretary Fletcher.)

Territory—Comprises the Province of Ont., Can.

Next session, at Bloomington, Ont., June 13, 1900.

Fresident, Rev. C. H. Hainer.Stouffville, Ontario;

Secretary, Rev.W. P. Fletcher, 128 Augusta Avenue,

Toronto, Ontario; Treasurer, Rev. W. W. Trull,

Orono, Ontario.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Chldley, W H, Randolpli, Vermont—Randolph (Vt)Fletcher,W Percy,Toronto,Ontario—Toronto (CJonf?)Garbutt.Thos,Little Britain,Ontario—Little BritainGould, E J. Apsley, Ontario—ChandosHainer, C H, Stouftville, Ontario—Altona—Bloom-

ington—RingwoodInch, W H, Toronto, Ontario—No pastorateMallett, J H, Drayton, Ontario—DraytonMorton, F, Keswick, Ontario—No pastoratePercy, W, Stoutt'villo, Ontario—No pastoratePerkins, Geo W, Clove, N Y-Clove (N Y E)Prosser, D, Newmarket, Ontario—KingProsser, James, Castleton, Ontario — Castleton —Prosser, S, Scugog,Ontario—Scugog [Cramahe HillPrj/ne, Jacob, Ballantrae, Ontario—No pastorateRuss, J L, Grafton, Ontario—No pastorate fhamRuttan,S N, Brougham,Ontario—Brougham—Mark-Sargent, W G, Ballantrae, Ontario—Church Hill-

Franklin—ScottShoults, J H, SoWesterlo, N Y-So Westerlo (N YE)Terry, W A, Eddystone, Ontario — Eddystone— MtTrMi^iW W, Orono, Ontario—No pastorate [CarmelVan NormantYain, Keswick, Ontario—No pastorateWeeks, T S, Newmarket, Ontario—Newmarket

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Union Street [MintoWilloughby, J Harriston, Ontario — Harriston—Willoughby, B A, Merom, Ind—Student U C COrdained, 17 ; licentiates, 7.

CHDRCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Altona—C H Hainer, Stoufi'ville, Ontario$2,000. 94—Abijah Jones, Altona. OntarioBaldwin—J W Dennen (OhioE) Keswick, Ontario$ 500. 9—Jas Anderson, Vatcboll, OntarioBtoomington—C H Hainer, Stouffville, Ontario$3,500. 85—J H Ramer, Bloomington, OntarioBrougham—S N Ruttan, Brougham, Ontario«3,000. 33—Robt Phillips, Brougham, OntarioCastleton—James Prosser, Castleton, Ontario$ 500. 28—H Moore, Castleton, OntarioChandos—E J Gould, Apsley, Ontario$ 300. 12—Jacob Turk, Apsley, OntarioChurch Hill—W G Sargent, Ballantrae, Ontario$ 800. 39—W H Irvin, Ballantrae, OntarioCramahe Hill—James Prosser, Castleton, Ont$ 700. 18-R A Palmatier, Morganston, OntarioDrayton—J H Mallett, Drayton, Ontario$2,000. 70—D Peacock, Drayton. OntarioEddi/stone—'W A Terry. Eddystone, Ontario$2,000. 44—J J Radcliif , Eddystone, OntarioFranklin—W G Sargent, Ballantrae, Ontario$ 600. 20—Isaac Rost, Mount Albert, OntarioHarriston—J Willoughby, Harriston, Ontario$ 300. 7—Miss Claire Annis, Harriston, OntarioKestvick—J W Dennen (Ohio E) Keswick, Ontario$2,500. 76— S B Purdy, Keswick, OntarioKing—D Prosser, Newmarket, Ontario$1,000. 58-W C Bogart, Kettleby, OntarioLittle Britain—Thos Garbutt,Little Britain,Ontario$ 6.50. 38—D Noble, Cresswell, OntarioMarkhavi—S N Ruttan, Brougham, Ontario$ 800. 27—Mrs A T Moore, Markham, OntarioMinto—J Willoughby, Harrison, Ontario$ 800. 30—J Howes, Harriston, OntarioMt C.\rmel—W a Terry, Eddystone, Ontario$ 500. 24—W P Eddy, Castleton, OntarioNewmarket—T S Weeks, Newmarket, Ontario15,000. 140—W R Travis, Newmarket, OntarioOrono—No pastor$4,500. 24—N F Hall, Orono, OntarioOshawa—No pastor12,000. 104—E S Dearborn, Oshawa, OntarioRingwood—C H Hainer, Stouflville, Ontario$2,000. 34—J Burkholder, Ringwood, Ontario

Scott—W G Sargent, Ballantrae, Ontario$1,500. 9-J B Lemon, Sandford, OntarioScugog—S Prosser, Scugog, Ontario$ 400. 19—Sayles Gerrow, Scugog, OntarioUnion Street—T S Weeks, Newmarket, Ontario$ 500. 29—J Cowleson, Queensville, Ontario25 churches—town, 5 ; country, 20. Preaching, full

time, 9 ; half time, 14 ; no pastor, 2. Totals—valua-tion, $58,350 ; membership, 1,071. Endeavor societies,12; Sunday schools. 20.

Erie Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Eldredge.)

Territory—Erie, Crawford, and Warren counties inPa., Chautauqua County, N. Y., and AshtabulaCounty, Ohio.Next session, at Conneaut, Ohio, September, 1900.Presideiit, Rev. O. W. Powers, Conneaut, O. ; Sec-

retary, Herman Eldredge, 814 State Street, Erie, Pa.

;

Treasurer, J. C. Drury, Beaver Centre, Pa.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Bolton, Ford, U S Army, Manila, Isle of Luzon,Bolton, J W. Erie, Pa—Erie [PhilippinesBullock, Irwin, Newark, N Y—Superannuated fateDillon, Alice J, McLallens Corners, Pa—No pastor-Dillon. J A, McLallens Corners, Pa—Draketown—

WashingtonEhrheart, J S^Elwood City, Pa—ElwoodCity (Conf?)Lawrence, Jno J, West Liberty, O—Glady Creek

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McKees Creek—West Liberty (Miami O)Loucks, D C, Kittery Point,Me—Kittery Point(Rock)Ludington, J H, Conneaut, O—(Physician)Powers, O W, Conneaut, O—ConneautShafer, Alonzo, Union Mills, N Y—Galway—Union

Mills (N Y E)Spriggs, J E, Bearlake, Pa—Blue Eye—Hare (^reek—

Pine ValleySpriggs, Frankie, Bearlake, Pa—BearlakeSweet, G W, Itley, Pa—No pastorateWilson, J W, East Springfield, Pa—SpringfieldWyman, O T, Dewittville, N Y—Dewittville

Ordained, 15 ; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Bearlake—Frankie Spriggs, Bearlake, Pa$3,500. 18-Bessie Phillips, Bearlake, PaBeaver Centre—E G Walk, (Miami O) Springboro,Pa$1,200. 86-J C Drury, Beaver Centre, PaBlue Eye—J E Spriggs, Bearlake, Pa$1,000. 15—Richard Wells, Spring Creek, PaConneaut—O W Powers, Conneaut, O$8,000. 149—F Erb, Conneaut, ODewittville-O T Vfyman, Dewittville, N Y$2,400. 63-Geo F Leet, Pt Chautauqua, N YDraketown—J A Dillon, McLallens Corners, Pa$2,0C0. 79-May Gardner, Itley, PaErie-J W Bolton, 411 W 7th St, Erie, Pa$5,500. 68—L Sherman, 905 Walnut St, Erie, PaFairview—^o pastor$ 500. 32—Mrs George Zindel, Fairview, PaFranklin— 'tio pastor$ 000. 26—Mrs Chas P Harris, McLane, PaGirard and Franklin—No pastor$2,000. 30—Mrs A A Dawley, Francis, PaHammonds Corners—J Boyd, (Conf?) Pierpoint, O.$1,000. 22—Mrs Lucy Holden, Monroe, OHare Creek—3 E Spriggs. Bearlake. Pa$1,200. 30-E J Hanrey, Wheelock, PaPine Valley—3 E Spriggs, Bearlake, Pa$ 800. 27—Mrs Susie Barton, Bearlake, PaSpringboro—'E G Walk, (Miami O) Springboro, Pa$5,500. 89—Miss M Carnell, Springboro, PaSpringfield—J W Wilson, East Springfield, Pa$2,900. 124- Mrs Hala Ellis, East Springfield, PaWashington— -J A Dillon, McLaUens Corners, Pa$1,500. 68—Mrs Almira McGrory, McLallens Cor-Waterford—No pastor [ners. Pa$ 200. 2— Mrs Amos Barrows, Waterford, Pa

17 churches—town, 9 ; country, 8. Preaching, full

time, 7 ; half time, 5 ; once per month, 1 ; no pastor,4. Totals—valuation, $39,200; membership, 928.

Endeavor societies, 14; Sunday schools, 15.

RECAPITULATIONS—FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICTS 61

Rev. D. Peosser, Newmarket, Ontaeio.Ontario Conference.

Recapitulation—New England.

( 1S9S. I

ro^aZs—Ministers, 100; ordained, 95; licentiates,5. 100 churches—town, 49; country, 51. Preaching,full time. 58; half time, 15; once per month, 5; nopastor, 22. Valuation, $5:30,125; average valuation,$1,301. Membership, 7.Sl4 ; average membership, 78.

iEndeavor societies, 69; no Kndeavor, 31. Sundayschools, 91 ; no Sunday schools, 9.

Recapitulation—New England.

(1*99.)

Tofa/s—Ministers, 106; ordained, 101; licentiates,5. 99 churches—town, 49; country, 50. Preaching,full time, 65 ; half time, 8 ; once per month, 5 ; nopastor, 21. Valuation, 8531,000; average valuation,$5,360. Membership, 7,89t5 ; average membership, 79.

Endeavor societies. 66; no Endeavor, 33. Sundayschools, 88 ; no Sunday schools, 11.

Recapitulation—New England.

C1900.i

Totals—Ministers, 105 ; ordained, 101 ; licentiates,4. 98 churches—town, 49; country, 49. Preaching,full time, 63; half time, 7; once per month, 5; nopastor, 23. Valuation, $529,500 ; average valuation,$5,403. Membership, 7,764 ; average membership, 79.

Endeavor societies, 66 ; no Endeavor, 32. Sundayschools, 89 ; no Sunday schools, 9.

Recapitulation— New York, with NewJersey, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.

( 1898.

1

2'ofa?s—Ministers, 198: ordained, 165: licentiates,33. 202 churches—towuj 59 ; country, 143. Preach-ing, full time, 97 ; half time, 63; once per month, 22;

no pastor, 20. Valuation, $477,300; average valua-tion, $2,362. Membership, 12,725; average member-ship, 63; Endeavor societies, 94; no Endeavor, 108.

Sunday schools, 175 ; no Sunday schools, 27.

Recapitulation— New Yoric, with NewJersey, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.

(1899.)

TofaJs- Ministers, 197; ordained, 168; licentiates,29. 200 churches—town, .59 ; country, 141. Preach-ing, full time, 107 ; half time, 54 ; once per month,18; no pastor, 21. Valuation, $472,400; average val-uation, $2,312. Membership, 12,402; average mem-bership, 62. Endeavor societies, 89; no Endeavor,111. Sunday scliools, 174 ; no Sunday schools, 26.

Recapitulation — New York, with NewJersey, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.

1 1900.)

ro<oZ.s'—Ministers, 202; ordained, 180; licentiates,22. 199 churches—town, 59; country, 140. Preach-ing, full time, 113; half time, 43; once per month,14; no pastor, 29. Valuation, J '62,100; average val-uation, $2,322. Membership, 12,116; average mem-bership, 61. Endeavor societies, 92; no Endeavor,107. Sunday schools, 167 ; no Sunday schools, .32.

STANFORDVILLE, N. Y.

(^% t^^ (^*

The purpose of the school is to

give needed help to young men of in-

telligent minds, consecrated hearts,

and true Christian aims in life, whofeel drawn to devote themselves to

the service of God in gospel work.

The study of the Bible in English

and in the original languages is

made a specialty, with such other

studies as are deemed best to pro-

mote the end in view.

ALL EXPENSES ARE LIGHT.

No charge is made for tuition or

use of rooms.

Good board is furnished at $1.75

a week.

For further information address

the president,

J. B. WESTON.

62 OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY

Ohio State Christian Association.(Reported by Secretary Howsare.)

!re7Ti7or?/— Embraces the State of Ohio. Confer-ences in Pennsylvania and Kentucky have beeninvited to join the Association.Next session, at Defiance, Ohio, November 13, 1900.

The Ohio State Christian Association held its last

session with the Christian Church at Mt Sterlinis:,

Ohio, November 14-16, 1899. It was largely attended.The Association has taken on new life. New lines

of work have been taken up. The Treasurer re-

ported $17,186 40 as the amount of permanent funds.Rev. McD. Howsare was elected as General Agent,Field Secretary, and Organizer. Conferences andchurches are to be more thoroughly organized andbetter methods used.The following officers were elected for 1899 and

1900: President, Rev. O. W. Powers, Conneaut, O.

;

Vice-Presidents, Rev. H. H. Holvert.tott, Marion, O.,

Northeastern Conference ; Rev. W. H. Thompson,Ansonia. O., Northwestern Conference; Rev S. A.Caris, Cardiugton, O., Ohio Central Conference;Rev. J. A. Southward, Five Points, O., Ohio Confer-ence; Rev. O. S. Thomas, West Milton, O., MiamiConference; Rev. W. J. Warrener. Federal, O.,0hioEastern Conference; Rev. C. O Brown. Clermont-ville, O., Southern Ohio ('onference; Rev. C. M.Hagans, Mt. Sterling, O., Mt. Vernon Conference.

Department Secretaries—i^mance— Rev. Al-

bert Dunlap, Columbus, O. ; Missions— 'R&\ . HenryCrampton, Eaton, O. ; Sunday Schools—Geo. Worley,Covington, O. ; Relief— Roy. Horace Mann. Piqua,O. ; Christian Endearor—'Ro\ . G. R. Mell, West Mil-ton, O. ; Education— Yi&v.yV H. Denison, Troy, O.

;

Publishing- Rev. H. Y. Rush, West Milton. O. ; Re-cording Secretary—'Ray . McD. Howsare, Medway,O. ; Trustees—Rev. W. A. Gross, Rev. B. H.Chris-man, Rev. Enos Peters, and Geo. Worley. The pres-ident, recording secretary, and department secre-taries compose the executive board.

Miami Ohio Conference.(Reported by Secretary Vaughan.)

Territory— Rarts of Hamilton, Preble, Darke,Shelby,Miami, Montgomery,Warren, Greene,Clarke,Champaign counties.Next session, (place not given) September 1, 1900.

President, Rev. N.Del McReynolds, Yellow Springs,O. ; Vice-President, Rev. W. A. Gross, Springfield,O. ; Secretary, Rev. B. F. Vaughan, Centerville, O.

;

Treasurer, Thos. A. Worley, Covington, O.

MINISTERS, addresses, PASTORATES.Aspinall, Geo L, Covington, O—Student U C CBeck, F H. Kessler. O—SuperannuatedBellar, William, Lebanon. O—SuperannuatedBishop, J G, Dayton, O- Mission Secy, A C CBishop, Emily K, Dayton, O—Asst Miss SecyBrandon, Richard, West Milton, O—SuperannuatedBrown, Eliza L, Liberty. Ind—No pastorate [Ind)Brown, L D, Pleasant Mills, Ind- Pleasant Ridge (,E

Cassel, Isaac, Boyd, O—No pastorateClark, Philip. Tippecanoe, O—No pastorateCoddington. C H, Conover, O—No pastorateCrampton, Henry, Eaton, O—ConcordDebra, I L. West Milton, O—No pastorateDenison, Warren H, Troy, O—TroyEnders, Geo C, Oberlin, O—Richfield (N W O)Etter, J E, Warren, Ind- Warren (Eel R)Fenner, J B, Sidney, O—No pastorateFlammer, William, Merom, Ind— Student U C CFurnas, O P, Fidelity, O—Laura—Shiloh SpringsGriffith, G L, Troy. O-SuperannuatedGross, W A, Springfield, O—No pastorateHawley, M F. New Rochester, O—No pastorateHiltebrand, J M, Dayton. O—No pastorateHoeffer, C W, Middletown, Ind—Middletown—

Mooreland— Straughn (E Ind)Hoeffer, H G, North Clayton, O—North Clayton.

Stelvideo (E Ind)Hook, C F. Otego. N Y-Center Brook-Otego (NYE)Howsare. McD, Medway, O—Field Agent for O S C AHusted, D S. Greenville. O—No pastorateJudy, DeK, Mt Heron. O— No pastorate

Prof. W. A Bh.l.

President Antioch College.

Kerr, Alva M, Dayton, O—Platt^burg-Wolf CreekKirby, J O, Christiansburg, O —No pastorateKlink, E C, So Solon, O—Hood.-Grassy Pt—So

Solon—Wilson Chapel (O Cen)Knife, D H, Fidelity, O—No pastorateLuck, C E, Fall River, Mass-Fall River (First)—

Dartmouth (Smith Mills) iR I & Mass)Mason, B, Springfield, O— SpringfieldMcCullough, Peter, Dayton, O—SuperannuatedMc Daniel, C A,Yellow Springs,O—Centerburg (Mt V)McKinney, A L, Troy, O —No pastorateMcReynolds, N Del, Yellow Springs, O—Gen'l workMcWhiniiey, T M, Dayton, O—Author and LecturerMorton, S C, Tippecanoe City, O—No pastorateNewhouse, S S, Marion, Ind—Marion (Eel R)Palmer, S G, Greenville, O—GreenvillePenrod, N W, Oran, O—No pastoratePhillips. C C, West Milton, O—SuperannuatedRapp, E M, Troy, O— No pastorateReed, E S, Greenville, O—SuperannuatedReynolds. W J, Covington, O—CovingtonRhodes, E E, Eaton, O—No pastorateRoyse, W L. Ludlow, O—No pastorateRush, H Y, West Milton, O- Evangelistic WorkSando, W H, Pleasant Hill, O—Greenville Creek-

HopewellSeever, Benj, Springfield,0—SuperannuatedSmith. H .\, Y'ellow Springs, O—Cove Spring—Phil-

lipsburg—Sugar Creek. V C Roads (O Cen)Stoddard. Rosa Lee, Dayton, O— No pastorateSummerbell, Carl, LeGrand, la—Pres Palmer ColThomas, Joel, Arcanum, O-SuperannuatedThomas, Omer S, West Milton, O—Ludlow Falls-

Sugar GroveThompson. Flora, Dayton, O—No pastorateUllery, J F, Conneaut, ©—(Principal Public Schools)Vaughan, B F, Centerville, O— General WorkWalk. E G.Springboro, Pa—Beaver Center—Spring-

boro (Erie)Warbinton, W T. Hagerstown, Ind—Hagerstown

(E Ind)—P Hill-U Cemetery (N J)

Watson, J P, Dayton, O—Ed S S LitWaymire, 1 C, Englewood. O—No pastorateWeeks, J W, Dayton. O—No pastorateZiegler. E G, Lakeville, N Y-Lakevillc (NYC)Ordained, ii7; licentiates, 10.

OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY 63

ANTIOCH COLLEGE.YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO.

HorSce Mann its first president: founded by theChristians in 1856. Autumn terms begin in Septem-ber. Three years preparatory course for college.The college department comprises three courses ofstudy

:

The scientific, leading to the degree of Bachelorof Science

;

The philosophical, leading to the degree ofBachelor of Plilosophy;The classical, leading to the degree of Bachelor of

Arts.

The course of study has been revised and enriched.More than $10,000 has been spent within the last

two years in repairing the college buildings, im-proving the scientific departments, and enlargingthe library; and still more is being done. No col-lege in the country provides for cheaper living.Yellow Springs, the seat of tlie college, is noted forits healthfulness and its beauty. The college standsfor the highest and best, and is conducted accord-ing to letter, and in the spirit of its original charter.For catalogue and further particulars, write to

the president,Prof. W. A. Bell, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

64 OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45)

Addison— S D Bennett, (S O) Uhristiansburg, O$ SOU. 114—Alonzo C Letfel, Christiansburg, OBethany—J B Lawwill, (S O) Lebanon, O$2,400. 278—S K Stephenson, Lebanon, OBethel—No pastor$ 300. 73—J W Shoup, Troy, OBethlehem—J F Burnett, (S O) Eaton, O$1,000. 91-M N Black, West Alexandria, O [OBoyd (Circlehill)-W H Thompson (N WO) Ansonia,$1,500. 126-Emma Landis, Boyd, OCarysvLUe-C C Ryan, iN W O) Tawawa, O$ 700. 144—T J West, Carysville, OChambersburg—No pastor$ 400. 35— Priscilla R Huey, Chambersburg, OOharity Chapel—Geo B Cain (E Ind), Sidney, O$ 800. 201—W H Prince, Ballou, OConcord—Henry Crampton, Eaton, O$2,500. 97-W E Ross, Ernest, OCove Spring—H A Smith, Yellow Springe, O$2,000. 131—C C Gorman, Troy, OCovington—\i J Reynolds, Covington. O18,000. 534-W W Whitmer, Covington, ODayton—No pastor$6,000. 157 -David R Fox, Dayton, OEaton—J F Burnett (,S O), Eaton, O12,000. 199 -S J Galloway. Eaton, O

JB»io?i—Clark B Kershner, (E Ind) New Carlisle, O$2,000. 91—Hettie Esterline, Enon, OFellowship—J B Lawwill (S O), Lebanon, O$1,200. 90—John Hoft", Mason, OFranklin— 'Ho pastor15,000. 145-Clara E Marshall, Middletown, OGenntown—J B Lawwill (SO), Lebanon, O$1,200. 126 -Eugene Evans, Leelan, O [erty. OGlady Creek—Jno J Lawrence, (Erie) West Lib-$1,200. 94—Wm Scarborough, West Liberty, OGreenville—S G Palmer, Greenville, O$7,000. 112—A C Brandon. Greenville, OGreenville Creek—W H Sando, Pleasant Hill, O$1,000. 50-David Patty, Bradford. OHoney Creek—S D Bennett (S O), Christiansburg, O$ 600. 125-J S Black, Christiansburg, OHood (Twin Creek)—E C Klink, South Solon. O$1,000. 87—T L Howell, West Manchester, O [Hill O -,

Hopmoell at Pleasant Hill—W H Sando, Pleasant/.$3,000. 323-N T Hill, Pleasant Hill, O 1Houston—T^o pastor '

$1,000. 62-W J Flynn, Houston, O a,

Jamestown—No pastor /h$3,000. 64—M T Ross, Jamestown, OLaura—O P Furnas, Fidelity, O$1,000. 132-Albert Hart, Laura OLost Creek— S D Bennett (S O), Christiansburg, O$1,800. 55— Miss Esther Kirbv, ('hristiansburg, OLower Stillwater—C J Hance (N W 0),Spencerville,0$1,500. 45—Wm Sinks, Union, OLudloiv Falls—Omer S Thomas, West Milton, O$3,000. 138 -A J Iddings, Ludlow, OMcKees (^reek-Jno J Lawrence (Erie), W Liberty,0$ 600. 66 -J B Hooley, West Liberty, OMiam^iville—No pastor$2,000. 73-Mrs Charles Westerman, Miamiville, O '

New Carlisle—Clark B Kershner (E Ind), New Car-$1,200. 37-Mrs D L Akers, NewCarUsle.O [lisle.ONew Palestine-C C Ryan (N W O), Tawawa, O$ 600. 60-WT Bothel, Tawawa, ONorth Clayton—H G Hoeffer, North Clayton, O$ 900. 49-D Heckendorn, Covington, OOran—Geo B Cain ( E Ind), Sidney, O$1,500. 136—G W Short, Loramie, OPhillipsburg—H A Smith, Yellow Springs, O$1,000. 104—Delia Baker, (Center. OPiqua—Horace Mann (N Y W), Piqua, O25,000. 349-J T Sanders, Piqua, OPlattsbui-g —Alva M Kerr, Dayton, O$1,800. 99—John Osborn, Plattsburg, ORemington—No pastor$1,.500. 58—Belle Buckingham, Remington, OSalem—No pastor$2,000. 50-Effie E Rogers, Clayton, OShiloh Springs—O P Furnas, Fidelity, O$1,500. 73-iD W Klepinger, Dayton, OSpring Creek—C A Garner (N W O), St Johns, O$ 700. 189-John Duer, Ballou, O

Springfield—B Mason, Springfield, O$8,000. 132-W A Gross, Springfield, O

Deacon Thomas A. Worley-("ovington,0.

Sugar Creek—H A Smith, Y'ellow Springs, O$1,500. 97-B F Vaughan. Centerville. OSugar Grove at Frederick-Omer S Thomas, West$2,000. 115—J R Furnas, Fidelity, O [Milton, OTroy—Warren H Denison. Troy, O13,000. 490 -Ina E Macy, Troy, OUnion (Chapel-Geo W Wright, (E Ind) Greenville,

O

$ 400. 195—Wm Fair, Red River, OVersailles— M. W Baker i R I & Mass), Versailles, O$8,000. 326—L Marker. Versailles, OWest Grove—Geo W Wright (E Ind), Greenville, O$ 600. 118—J F Buckingham, Painter Creek, O [OWest Liberty—Jno J Lawrence ( Erie), West Liberty,$1,600. 27— Miss Anna Kershner, West Liberty, OWest Manchester—H L Lott (E Ind), Mt Heron, O$1,800. 92—J W Horine, West M mchester, OWest Milton- G R Mell I N W O), West Milton, OS2,000. 189-Mi88 A B Cox, West Milton. OWest Union—G R Mell (N W O), West Milton, O$1,500. 293—S C Kessler, Kessler, OWolf Creek at Trotwood—Alva M Kerr, Dayton, O,$2 000. 65-N G Worley, Trotwood, O [^Springs. OYellow Springs—Frank H Peters (Mt V), Yellow$3,000. 191—B F Hoagland, Yellow Springs, O55 churches—town, 31 ; country, 24. Preaching,

full time, 10; half time, 20; once per month, 16; nopastor, 9. Totals—valuation, $180,300; membership,7,622. Endeavor societies, 20; Sunday schools, 54.

Southern Ohio Conference.

( Reported by Secretary Pride.)

Terntor?/-Comprises counties of Adams, Brown,

(Uermont, Hamilton, Clinton, and Highland, in Ohio,

and contiguous territory in Ohio and Kentucky not

belonsing to other conferences.

Next session, at Mt. Zion, Ohio, Oct. — , 1900.

President, Rev. J. F. Burnett, Eaton, O. ; Vfee-Presi-

dent, Rev C. L. Singer, Pt. Isabel, O. ; Secretary, Rev.

Ora L. Pride, Yellow Springs, O. ; Treasurer, E. J.

Prather, Felicity, O.

OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY 65

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Bagby, T F, Feesburg, O—No pastorate

B»gby, W W, Hamersville, O—No pastorate

Bennett, S D, Christiansburg, O—Addison — HoneyCreek—Lost Creek (Miami O) [Elbethel (Ky 1)

Bowman, T J, Ripley, O—Dallas — Millers Chapel.Brodt, W R, West Union, O—No pastorate

Brown, C O, Clermontville, O—Mt Zion—Union A CBurnett, J F, Eaton.O— Bethlehem—Eaton (Miami O)

Daugherty, J P, Ripley, O—No pastorate

DeVore. E A, Richmond, Ind—(Journalist)Dolby, W H, Nieholasville, O—No pastorate [runGaskins, H A, Manchester, O— Eagle Chapel—Stouts-Glasscock, T H, Ellsberry, O—Farmers ChapelGlaze, Joseph, RussellviUe, O—No pa.storateGraybill, T W, .Stieeprun, O—SuperannuatedGuild, G H, New Hope, O—SuperannuatedJackson, Geo B, Hamilton, O—Harwood-WestboroJones, J C, Dunbarton, O—No pastorateLawwill, C C, Ellsberry, O— Bible Chapel—Higgins-

port— Liberty Chapel [Genntown (Miami O)Lawwill, J B, Lebanon, O — Bethany— Fellowship —McDaniel, R H, Yellow Spring, O — RussellviUe.

Summerford (O Cen)Meflford, W W, RussellviUe, O—Pleasant HillMelvin, T J, N-^ville, O—Fellowship—Oak GroveMorris, S T, West Manchester, O—No pastoratePangburn, Wm, Sheeprun, U—SuperannuatedPiUer, Henry, Sunshine, O—No pastoratePrather, John H, Manchester, O—ManchesterPride, Ora L, Yellow Springs, O—Mt Zion (Mt V)Puraley, Mrs Nettie, Bethel, O— No pastorateSheeley, Mrs Adaline, West Union,O—No pastorate8helton, John, Atjerdeen, O—No pastorateShinkle, L M, Fi^emile, O—No pastorateShinkle, E^tella, Higginsport, O—No pastorateSmger, C L, Pt I-abel, O— Hiett Chapel—Pt IsabelStratton, Lot, Wallsburg,0—Westfork (Conf?) [ChapelSwope, S L, Felicity,O—Antioch—Mt Pleasant—PoplarVanderment, J C, Newhope, O—No pastorateWait, C W, Wallsburg, O— Eastwood (Conf?)Walker, I M, Covington, Ky—Christian Chapel—Five-

mile—Walnut GroveWallace, Jacob, Williamcburg, O—No pastorateWardlow, James, Neville, O—No pastorateWest, J P, West Union, 0-No pastorate

Ordained, 32; licentiates, 9.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—S L Swope, Felicity, O81,500. 139—H S Trisler, Maple, OBethlehem—No pastor81,800. 100—W E Shelton, Aberdeen, OBible Chapel—C C Lawwill, Ellsberry, OS 800. I5i— Arthur L Meranda, Hamersville, OBrowns Chapel—No pastor81,200. 311—Reuben Wilson, Mt Oreb, OChristian Chapel— 1 M Walker, Covington, Ky8 800. 1 in—Emma Lytle, Mt Holly, ODallas—T J Bowman, Ripley, O$ 1.50. 25—David Deakyne. Dallas, OEagle Chapel— R A Gaskins. Manchester, O81,500. 9i—Mrs OIlie Adamson. Neel, OEnon—James Tumlen (Kv 1), Ellsberry, O8 300. 150—T C Neeper, Ellsberry, OFairview Chapel—No pastor8 800. 140—J C Kimball, Wallsburg, OFarmers Chapel—T H Glasscock, Ellsberry, O8 800. 97 -Lot Stratton, Wallsburg, OFeesburg—No pastor82,'ioo. 147—J E White, Feesburg, OFellowship—T J .Melvin, Neville, O8 2C0. 145—Hannah Bowman, Hiett, OFincastle—No paster8 800. 88—J H Washburn, Fincastle, OFivemile— I M Walker, Covington. Ky81,000. 138—J D Shannon, Fivemile, OHarwood-Geo B Jackson, Hamilton, O8 500. 100—John Cochran, Pulse, OHiett Chapel—C L Singer, Pt Isabel, O81,000. 75—J C Martin. Hiett,

Bigginsport—C Ch«.wwi\\.E\\sbeTTy,082,000. 276—Mrs J W Brookbank, Higginsport, O

Rev. J. P. Daugheety, Ripley, Ohio.Southern Ohio Conference.

Liberty Chapel—C C Lawwill, Ell.sberry, O8 800. 46—Miss Ida Willert, Fruithill, OManchester—J H Prather, Manchester, O8 Olio. 21— J K Lawwill, Manchester, OMillers Chapel—T J Bowman. Ripley, O81,000. 64—John V Sanders, Newmarket, OMt Joy—No pastor8 500. 99—RS Jones, Mt Joy, OMt Pleasant—S L Swope, Felicity, O81,200. 185—C P Folks, Felicity, OMt Zion—C O Brown, Clermontville, O82,1100. 266—G W Bushman, Clermontville, ONeville— Marshall Gray (Ky 1), Bradysville, O81,000. 85—J H Wood, Neville, ONewhope (Ky)—No pastor8 600. 82—J S Smith, Mt Auburn, KyOak Grove—T J Melvin, Bentonville, O81,000. 75—J A Stroman, West Union, OOlive Chapel—No pastor8 800. 2.5—Wm F Kinnett, Georgetown, OPisgah—No pastor83,000. 227—A A Chapman, Levanna, OPleasant Hill—W W Mettord. RussellviUe, O8 200. 1611—Sherman Segondollar, Winchester, OPoplar Chapel—S L Swope, Felicity, O81,250. 64—Jesse Winder, Wiggonsville, OPt Isabel—C L Singer, Pt Isabel, O8 800. 169—A M Swope, Pt Isabel, ORussellviUe— B. H McDaniel, Yellow Springs, O82,000 212—W P Fuller, Redoak,0Stoutsrun—H A Gaskins, Manchester, O8 600. 91—A E Bowman, Stouts,

O

Tenmile—James Tumlen (Ky 1), Ellsberry, O8 .500. 43— Bert Linsey. Nice, OUnirm (A C^-C O Brown, Clermontville, O8 750. 128-Isaiah Shipley, Bentonville, OUnion (B C)—No pastor81,500. 91—W L Shinkle, Higginsport, OWalnut Grove— I M Walker, Covington, Ky81,000. 36—Edgar Boyce, Blowville, OWestboro—Geo B Jackson, Hamilton, O82,000. 95—Miss Kate M Wood, Westboro, O38 churches— town, 10; country, 28. Preaching,

half time, 14; once per month, 14; no pastor, 10.

Totals—valuation, 839,560; membership, 4,264. En-deavor societies, 12; Sunday schools, 35.

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DEFIANCE COLLEGE,

DEFIANCE, OHIO:

Practical, Ecooomlcal, Tfaoroagn.'^Abreast

of the Times.

Good table board, per week, Si.Tid;

rooms furnished, 40 to" 50* ceiit^.

Other expenses proportionately nidd-

erate.

I iThe college embraces academic andcollegiate courses of study, besides

the following schools : The Teachers'College, School of Commerce, Schoclof Shorthand , School of Music, Schoolof Oratory, School of Fine Arts, anda proposed Divinity School.

It is a Christian college, but un-sectarian in name and spirit.The college site is one of the mosi

beautiful in Ohio. It is on the eastside of North Clinton Street, and notfar from two most beautifnl streams,the Maumee and the Auglaize, atwhose confluence is situated old FortDefiance, of historic renown. Thebuilding is a brick structure, modernin its appointments, commodiousand convenient. Lovely shade treesadorn the grounds.Students receive personal atten-

tion. The locality is healthful.Moral and religious influences aregood. Students can enter at anytime. Preparation for our best col-leges and universities, for admissionto West Point Military Academy,aud Civil Service examinations aspecialty. tT^;^ SCBB15 For catalogue, address^ ^-^..-t™.

JOHN R. H. LATCHAW. D D., President, 'j

Defiance. Ohio. John R. H. Latchaw, D.D.

Northwestern Ohio Conference.I, Reported by Secretary Mell.)

Territory—Bounded on the north by Michigan toToledo, on the east from Toledo to Marion by theC, H. Y. & T. R. R., on the south from Marion toUnion City by the C. C. C. & St. L., on the westfrom Union City to Michigan by Indiana.Next session, at Harrods,Ohio. September 29, 1900.President, John Akerman, Herring, O.; Vice-

President, Rev. A. Notlsinger, Dupont.O. ; Secretary,Rev. G. R. Mell, West Milton, O.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Bell, S A, Quincy, O—No pastorate [ValleyBray, W O, Grover Hill.O—New Bethany—PleasantBushong, Jno, Columbus Grove, O—SuperannuatedChapman, J M, Delphos, O—No pastorateClapold, James, Grover Hill, O—No pastorateDeck, W N, Bryan, O—No pastorateFawcett, I M, Columbus Grove, O—No pastorateFoltz, G W, Deshler, O—VaughnsviUe. Buckland

[(Conf?)Gander, Lewis, VaughnsviUe, O—Cherry GroveGarner, G B, Herring, O—Bible Chapel—Harrods—

Lafayette—West Minster [(Miami O)Garner, C A, St Johns. O—St Johns. Spring CreekGleason. Mrs Esther, Defiance, O—EvangelistHance, C .J, Spencerville. O—Blanchard—Teegarden.

Lower Stillwater (Miami O)Hager, J S, Junction, O—.SuperannuatedHunt, E E, Dupont, O-Delphos

Kline, L C, Defiance, O—No pastorateLatchaw, John R H, Defiance,0—Defiance Christian

Church or Assembly—Ottawa RiverLepley, D, Lima, O—No pastorateLobaugh, D, Dupont, O — Dupont— McDonald-

Middle Creek. Pleasant Grove (O CenJLobaugh, C V, Antwerp, O—FlatrockLeonard, A, Grover Hill, O—No pastorateLundy, W L, Spencerville, O—Spencerville—West

Union. Woodington (E Ind). Antioch—Ren-nick Chapel—Williamsport (O Cen)

Mansfield. T H, Defiance, O—Antwerp—RosehillMavis, A W, Farmers, O—No pastorate [FeatherMcCague, F, Arthur, O—Bethel—Sixmile—WhiteMcCloud, N S, Dunkirk, O—No pastorateMell, G R, West Milton, O—West Milton—West

Union (Miami O) [tian Church or AssemblyNelson, Abraham E, St Louis, Mo—St Louis Chris-Noffsinger, A, Dupont, O -Mt Zion— Olive BranchOakley, H M, Dunlap, Kan—No pastorateRimer, WC, Columbus Grove, O—Bethlehem—Miami—Middle River—MuchinippiRogers. J H, Antwerp, O—No pastorate [(Miami O)Ryan, C C, Berkley, O— Carysville-New PalestineSlane, J M, Wetsel, O—No pastorateSmith, SE,Dupont,0—Manvilie (Conf?) [(MiamiO)Thompson, W H, Ansonia, O — Twomile. BoydTodd, M C, Defiance, O—SuperannuatedTucker, B F, Bloom Center, O—AntiochWooley, Wm, Columbus Grove, O—No pastorateOrdained, 35; licentiates, 4. Died since laet re-

port, Thomas Heston, J. F. Tingle.

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CHDECH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS,CLERK. (Seep.45.)

Ansonia—H J Duckworth (O Cen), Mt Sterling, O$5,000. 188-W Reed, Ansonia, OAntioch—B F Tucker, Bloom Center, O$ 800. 48—(' Henry, Mandale, OAntwerp—T H Mansfield, Defiance, O$1,500. 86—A Bauserman, Antwerp, OBethel—F McCagne. Arthur, O$1,200. 134—J H McCague, Arthur, OBlanchard—C J Hance, Spencerville, O$ 800. 65—E H Johnson, Dunkirk, OBethlehem—W C Rimer, Columbus Grove, O$1,000 62—S E Hefner, Harrods, OBible Chapel—G B Garner, Herring, O$1,200. 24—Edward May, Herring, OCherry Grove—Lewis Gander, Vaughnsville, O$ 900. 75—T H Graham, South Warren. ODefiance Christian Church or Assembly—John R H

Latchaw, Defiance, O$ 000. 52—P E Porter, Defiance, ODelphos—E E Hunt, Dupont, O$1,000. 50—J M Cliapman, Delphos, ODupont—D Lobaugh. Dupont, O$ 800. .34—W H Smith, Dupont, OFlat Rock—C V Lobaugh, Antwerp, O$ 300. 45-J Miller, Westville, OHarrods—G B Garner, Herring. O$ 700. 58—A Harrod, Harrods, OHartford—No pastor$ 300. 63- R Brooks, Spencerville.OLafayette—G B Garner, Herring, O$2,000. 131—F M Thayer, Herring, OLoganville—t^o pastor$1,800. 80—M S R')her, Loganville, OMcDonald—D Lobaugh, Dupont, O$1,000. !)4—B Holt, Jumbo, OMiami—W C Rimer, Columbus Grove, O$ 400. 56—A L Stevens, Pemberton, OMiddle Creek—D Lobaugh,. Dupont. O$1 000. 53—G W Gillespie, Grover Hill, OMiddle River -W (

• Rimer, Columbus Grove, O$ 300. 39 -J Burkliolder, Delphos, OMiller City-( - A Tracy (No E O), Dupont, O$ 700. 32—G H Riggle. Miller City, OMt Zion—A Noffsinger, Dupont, O$1,000. 115—G R Parrot, Continental, OMuchinippi-^' C Rimer, Columbus Grove,0$2,000. .'il—M M Wright. Bloom Center, ONew Bethany—W O Bray, Grover Hill, O$ 300. 27—G W Carr»'l). Roselms,0 [lisle, ONeiv Richland—Clark B Kershner (E Ind), New Car-

$ 450. 73—Charles Walter, New Richland, OOak Grove—No pastor82,000. 24— Miss Mattie Whetstone,Wapakoneta, OOlive Branch—A Noffsinger, Dupont, O$1,200. 20—G W Bowers, Convoy, OOttawa River—John R H Latchaw, Defiance, O$1,450. 242—B F Seitz. ('olumbus Grove, OPleasant Valley—W O Bray, Grover Hill, O$ 300. 41—J Bruce, Scott. ORichfield—Geo C Enders (Miami O), Oberlin, O$3,000. 77— Mrs Ella Tucker. Berkey, OEosehill—T H Mansfield, Defiance, O$ 300. 38—Geo Hostler, Paulding, OSixmile—F McCague, Arthur, O$ 250. 44—1 Laymon, Reids, OSouth Pulaski—No pastor$1,000. 50—J H Holt, Bryan, OSpencerville—'W L Lundy, Spencerville, O$2,500. 190—S L Fryer. Spencerville, OSt Johns-C A Garner, St. J.>hns, O$1,200. 83—G G Lusk, St. Johns, OSt Louis Christian Church or Assembly—Ahiaham

E Nelson. St Louis, Mo$ 000. 47—A P Clement, St. Louis, MoTeegarden—C J Hance, Spencerville, O.$1,500. 210—O F Bennett. Union City, IndTwomile—W H Thompson, Ansonia, O$1,500. 108—M Kiser, ('ridersville, OVauphnsville—G W Foltz. Deshler. O$l,0i30. 220—J M Cratty, Vaughnsville, OWest Cairo—T> K Leonard fConf?), McComb, O$2,400. 185—D D Thomas, West Cairo, OWest Union—W L Lundy, Spencerville, O$ 800. 20—J Locherage, Southworth, OWhite Feather—F McCague, Arthur, O$1,500. 35—A Harshbarger, McCartyviUe, O

Rev W. L. Lundy. Spencerville, Ohio.

Northwestern Ohio Conference.

West Minster—G B Garner, Herring, O$1,500. 27—L Q Kline, West Minster, O43 churches—town, 21; country, 22. Preaching,

full time, 2; half time, 24: once per month, 13; nopastor. 4. Total—valuation, $49,8.i0; membership,3,356. Endeavor societies, 18; Sunday schools, 41,

Mount Vernon Conference.( Reported by Secretary Harrod.)

Territory—Compri.aes Knox, Columbiana, Muskin-gum. Coshocton, and part of Morrow counties, Ohio.Next .session (place and date not reported.)President, Rev. Eno.s Peters, Johnstown, O. ; Viee-

Prestdent, Rev. J M. Carter, New Waterford,0 ; S«cre-

tary. Rev. Mills Harrod, Milford Center, O. ; Treasurer,

Rev. J. W. Wright, Willowbrook, O.

MINISTEBS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Carter, J M, New Waterford, O—East Middleton—Highland

Cope, Lycurgus, East Carmel, O—No pastorateCope, Mrs Lycurgus, East Carmel, O—No pastorateCowgill, S G, New A'exandria, O—No pastorateDunlap. \lbert, Columbus, O—Danville. Newton-

Union (Union Co) (O Cen)Grate, G W. Signal, O -Church Hill [(O Cen)Hagans.C M, Mt Sterling, O— Five Points—Mt Sterling

Halterman, C L. Oberlin, O—(Student)Harris, E M, Ripley, 0-No pastorate [(O Cen)Harrod, Mills, Milford Center, O—Milford CenterKilpatrick, R L, Perryton, O—East Union—VirginiaMaine, S S, New Brighton. Pa—WestvilleMcKown, S S. Beloit, O—No pastoratePeters, Enos, Johnstown, O—No pastorate [(Miami O)

Peters, F H, Yellow Springs, O — Yellow SpringsWeaver, J H, Kensington, O—No pastorate [ant

Wright, J W, Willowbrook, O—Cooperdale—Mt Pleas-

Ordained, 16; licentiate,!. Died since last report,

G. C. Hill.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEBK. (See p. 46.)

Appleton—No pastor$1,200 KO—John Benner, Croton, OCenterburg—C AMcDanieKMiami O) Yellow Springe.O$1,000. 7fi—W D Willis, Centerburg, O

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Ebv. Ends Peters, Johnwiowin, kjhuPresident Mt. Vernon Conference.

Church Hill-G W Grate, Signal. OS3,0U0. 120—SStooksberrv. Signal, OCooperdale—J VV Wright, Willowbrook, O$1,000. 31—Addle Rine, Cooperdale, ODanville—Albert Dunlap, Columbus, O$1,000. . 63—Miss Lou Tressel, Danville, OEast Middleton—J M Carter, New Waterford, O81,000. 75— Ira Kennal. Mosk, OEast Rochester—T M O^g (Conf?), Deavertown, O$1,000. 175—W C Moraan, Kensington, OEast Union—R L Kirkpatrick, Perryton, O$1,000. 60—Dr Chaney, New Guilford, OFairview—C A William's (O Cen), Raymonds, O$2,500 130-J B Oldaker, Utica, OHazel Dell—No pastor$ 600. 48—Volney Nichols, Newark, OHighland—J M Carter, New Wate ford, O$1,000. 123—M Johns, Teegarden OLiCKiNO—No pastor8 500. 31—John Hall, Homer, OMt Pleasant—J W Wright, Willowbrook, O$1,000. 13i—Mrs F E Biughman. Perryton, OMt Zion—Ora L Pride (S O), Yellow Springs, O82,000. 100— B FShafer, Frazeysburg, ONewark-No pastor$1,200. 90—C Leonard, Newark. ONew Alexandria—T M Ugg (Conf?), Deavertown, O$1,800. 162—D W Crist, Moultrie, ONew Bethel — No pastor$ 700. 45—Lvdia A Taylor, Moxahala, ORoseville—No pastor$ 600. 3-<— Luther Pace, Rossville, OSparta-H E Butler (O Cen), Peerless, O$1,000. 40—R A Sheldon, Sparta, OSugar Grove—No pastor8 300. 211—A Harrison, Brandon, OUtica—C A Williams (O Cen). Raymonds, O8l.2'i0 80—Martha Snair, Utica, OVirginia—R L Kilpatrick. Perryton, O81,000. 107—A Wright. Willowbrook, OWesfville—SS Maine, New Brighton, Pa$ 6'i0. 9i—Rebecca Randolph, Beloit, O23 churches—town, 8; country, 16. Preaching, half

time, 12; once per month, 4; no pastor, 7. Totals-valuation, 8^6,200; membership, 1,943. Endeavor so-

cieties, 4; Sunday schools, 19.

Ohio Eastern Conference.(Reported by Secretary Gregory.)

Next session ( place and date not reported.)

President. Rev. H. B. Brilev, Carbon Hill, O ; Vice-

President, Rev. Samuel Lewis, Bladen, O.; Secretary,

W. B.Gregory, Pointrock, O. ; Treasurer, Rev. Wm.J. Warrener, Federal, O.

MINISTERS, addresses, PASTORATES.

Angel, J A, Gallipolis, O—No pastorateArthur, W H, (jallipolis, O—Coes Chapel—Grahftm

Chapel—Mt Zion— WrighstownBrtley, Chas, Carbon Hill, U—No pastorateBnley, H B, Carbon Hill, O—SuperannuatedCardwell, W. W, Chestnutgrove, O—No pastorateCoe, Thomas, Carbon Hill, O—No pastorateCook. Thomas, Haydenville, U—No pastorateDennen, J W, Keswick, Ont—Baldwiu—Keswick (Ont)Grover, H A, Pine Grove, O—Little Kyger—Mound

Hill—Salem [Fairview—OkeyLewis, Samuel, Bladen, O—Campaign—Elisabeth

—

Long, G L, Chestnutgrove, U—No pastorate ^Lytle, Lloyd, Pointrock, O—No pastorate [—Mt ZionMassie, Jas B, Okey, O—Columbia— L,iberty—MorganNelson, Wm. Dexter, O—SuperannuatedSimmons, L E, Wilkesville, O—No pastorateSmith, J V, Pinegrove, O—SuperannuatedSpencer, Thos, Saudrun, O—No pastorateWarrener, Wm J, Federal, O—Spencer (Conf?)Wilson, H C, Pinegrove, O—Evangelist

Ordained, 14; licentiates, 5. Died since last reportAsa Drake.

OHURCB, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 46.)

Antioch— No pastor$ 600. 7a—A Wilcox, Chestnutgrove,Bulaville—No pastor$l,u00. 86—F L Hern, Bulaville, OCarbon Hill—No pastor$ 000. 51—Geo Donaldson, Carbon Hill, OChampaign—Samuel Lewis, Bladen, O8 -^W. 181—1 N Strausbaugh, Vanceton, OCoes Chapel—W H Arthur, Gallipolis, O$1,000. 75—A A Devol, Carbon Hill, OColumbia—J B Massie, Okey, O$ 800. 213—EdwiD WesUail, Pointrock, OCooks Chapel—George Coon (Ohio), Nelsonville, O8 200. 60—L L Sweazy, Nelsonville, ODickson Run—No pastor$ 6uO. 59—J H Mungan, Keystone, OEast Gallipolis—No pastor8 700. 42—Mary E Jacobs, Gallipolis, OElizabeth—Samuel Lewis, Bladen, O$ 300. lou—H Plymale, Thivener, OFairview—Samuel Lewis, Bladen, O$ 600. 70—J F Pyle, Waterloo, OGraham Chapel—W H Arthur, Gallipolis, O$ 6ii0. 54—Henry A Laner, Judson, OJacksonville—No pastor$l,:^oo. 13—No clerk reportedKiTTANNiNG—No pastor$ 6U0. 31—K L Carmichael, Starr, OLangsville—No pastor8 900. 75—Wm Lanery, Langsville, OLiberty—J B Massie, Okey, O$ 200 130-G W Lemon, Bladen, OLittle Kyger—H A Grover, Pinegrove, O9 600. 58—Kate Mulford, Cheshire, OMacedonia-No pastor$ 3)0. 127—W H H Boster, Hilton, OMonroe—No pastor8 50. 50—Mary E Drake, Comly, OMorgan—J B Massie, Okey, O$1,1100. 100—A M Grover, Pinegrove, OMound Hill—H A Grover, Pine Grove, O$ 700. 45—Wm J Warrener. Federal, OMt Zion—W H Arthur, Gallipolis, O8 700. 139—WS WoUott, Nelsonville, OMt Zion—J B Massie, Okey, O$1,200. 67—Nathaniel Wood, Joy, OOkey—Samuel Lewis, Bladen, O8 500. 70—C A Wiseman, Okey, OPleasant Valley—No pastor8 800. .35—D Smith, Stewart, OProspect—No pastor8 000. 60—E E Sprague, Evergreen, OSalem—H A Grover, Pinegrove, O81,000. 100—W C Turner, Dexter, OUnion Chapel—No pastor$ 300. 62—D W Smith, Vinton, OWrighistown—W H Arthur, Gallipolis, O$ 460. 75—C A Butler, Calvary, O29 churches—town 4 ; country, 25. Preaching, h»lf

time, 16; no pastor, 13. Valuation. $16,950; memberi,2,293. Endeavor societies, 2; Sunday schools, 16.

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Ohio Central Conference.(Reported by Secretary Watson.)

Territory—Comprises Central Ohio, with churches inthe following counties: Champaign, Clarke, Clinton,Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hardin, Madison, Mar-ion, Morrow, Pickaway, Ross, and Union.Next session (place and date not reported).Fresident, Rev. 0. A. Williams, Raymonds, Ohio;

Vice-l'rtsidenl, Ellsworth Bidwell. Resaca, Ohio; Secre-tary, John W Watson, Marengo, Ohio; Treasurer, S. L.Loughrey, Marysville, Ohio.

MINI8TBB8, ADDBEgSES, PASTORATES.

Barfell, Othias, Columbus, O—No pastorate [torateBartsih, Joseph, Box 18, Commercial Point, O—No pas-Beebe, G A, 89 E 5th Ave, Columbus, O—ColumbusBrown, J M, West Manchester, O— Mill CreekButler, H E, Peerless, O—Trenton. Sparta (Mt V)Cans, S A, Cardlngton, O— ResacaChrisman, B H, Centerburg, O—No pastorateClarridge, P, Fivepoints, O—No pastorateCochrun,SH,Westerville,0— Pompey [sonia (NWO)Duckworth, H J, Mt Sterling. O—Centerville. An-Dyer. O W, Reiley, O—No pastorateGriffith, S M, Worthington, O—No pastorateHutchinson, S A, Elmwood, O—SuperannuatedKing, S K, Columbus. O—(Court BalitI)Lewis, L E, Richwood. O—No pastorateMacamber, Naum, Hyattville, O—SuperannuatedMilholland, S M, Appleton, O—No pastorateParsons, D C, Appleton, O—No pastorateReynolds, J W, Clarksburg, O -Clarksburg [(EInd)Shane, G W, Greenville, O—Coletown—New LibertyShirk, Stephen, Peoria, O -No pastorateWebb,Wm,Frazeysburg,0—No pastorate [Utica(MtV)Williams, C A, Raymonds, O—Mt Olive. Fairview—Ordained, 22; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MBMBERg, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—W L Lundy (N W O), Spencerville, OS 7<'0. 83-C M Neff, Mt Sterling, OBlues Creek—No pastorS 300. 3i—No clerk reportedCenterville— a. J Duckworth, Mt Sterling, O81,200 175—Mrs Eva Duke, Lees Creek, OClarksburg—J W Reynolds, Clarksburg. O8 =>0(i. 99-0 M Houser, Clarksburg, OColumbus—G A Beebe, 89 E 5th Ave, Columbus, OSi^oo 1M7— H P Smith, 1264 Hunter St, Columbus, ODubh'i—No pastor81,0 lO. 138— Mias Edna Davis, Dublin, OFive|) lints—C M Haaans (Mt V), Mt Sterling, O82,200. 173—J M O'Neal. Fivepoints, OFountain Orove—No pastor8 900. 40—Sarah E Doudna, Richwood, OGrassy Point- E C Klink (Miami O), So Solon, O81.00(1. 81—Wm Ervin, Bookwalter, OMilford Center- Mills Harrod (Mt V), Milford Center.O81.000. 19S—EG Clark, Milford Center, OMM Oreek—J M Brown, West Manchester, O81,000. 40—D W Bowie, Ostrander, OMt Olive—C A Williams, Raymonds, O8 6011. 73—Albert -Vdams. Plain Citv, OMt sterling—C M Hagans(Mt V), Mt Sterling, O8i,000. 4*2—Geo W Tanner, Mt Sterling, ONewton—A Dunlap, 1299 Neil Ave, Columbus, O8 900. 76— Elizabeth Green, Raymonds, OOverly Chapel—No pastor«l,2i0. 30—John Smith, Chillicothe, OReasint Orove— D Lobaugh(N W O), Dupont, O$ 500, 60—G L Thompson, Mt Victory, OPompey—S B Cochrun, W»sterville, OS 3 10 24_Sadip Uonerhill, Cardington, ORtnmck Chapel—Vf L Lundy (NWO), Spencerville, O$ 100. 89—John W Sheets, Derby, OResaca—S A Caris, Cardington, O8i,IO0. 69— Ellsworth Bidwell, Resaca, OSouth Solon— E C Klink (Miami O). South Solon, OSI ,30'i. 70—H \ Rowand, South Solon, OSummerford-R H M<-Daniel (So O). Yellow Springs,

O

83.000. 92— Alice C Sprague, Summerford, OTrenton- H E Butler, Peerless, O8 a.io 68—R W Fisher, Sunbury, OUnion (Marion Co)— No pastor$ 700. 10— \lexander Kridler, Larue, OUnion (Union Co)—A Dunlap, Columbus, O8 800. 105—D D Hamilton, Marysville, O

John W. Watson, Marengo, Ohio.Secretary Ohio Central Conference.

Fienna Crossroads—HA Smith I Miami O). Yellow Springs,81," 00. 124—Mrs Nellie Jones, ViennaCrossroads, 0[0Waterloo—No pastor8 OuO. 24—Wm Anderson, Pancoastburg, OWatkins—No pastor8 800. 51— I Lame, WatkiBS, OWest Liberty—No pastor8 200. 20—Leonard Zent. Stantontown, OWitliamsport- W L Lundy (NWO), Spencerville, O87,500. 185—J West. Williamsport, OWilson Chapel—E C Klink (Miami O), So Solon, O81,500. 106—Mrs Mosuria Wilson, Orchard, OWoodstock—Nn pastor81.00(1. 40—F H Briney, Woodstock, OZion Chapel—No pastor81,000. 63—Anna Haughn, Pleasant Corners, O32 churches—town, II ; country, 21. Preaching, full

time, 3; half time, 8; once per month, 11 ; no pastor,1(1. Totals—valuation, 844, (i50; member,-hip, 2,987,

Endeavor societies, 16; Sunday schools, 31.

Ohio Conference.(Reported by Secretary Canter)

Territory—Comprises Jackson, Vinton, Pike, and apart of Scioto and Ross counties, ONext session, at Pike Run Valley Church, August

30, 19(10.

President, Rev. Joho A. Southward, Fivepoints, O.;Vice-President, Rev. V. R Dennis, So. Bloomingville,O.; Secretary, Henry Canter, Mabee, O. ; Treasurer,George Chase, Waverly, O.

UINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Bailes, W F, Limerick, O—No pastorate reportedBethel, James, Pikerun.O—No pastorate reportedBethel, Wm, Pikerun, O—No pastorate reportedBlake, G C, Antonis, O—No pastorate reportedBlake, W F, Alma, O—No pastorate reportedButler, S.Wellston, O—No pastorate reported [(Rock)Chase, David L. No Hampton, N H — No HamptonCoon, Charles, Monroe, O—No pastorate reportedCoon, George, Nelsonville, O—Cooks Chapel (O E)Cravton, T A, Plain City. O—No pastorate reportedCumminn, J B, Coalton, O—No pastorate reportedDavis, S E, Deer Creek, O—No pastorate reported

OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY 71

Dawson, Wm, Monroe, O—No pastorate reported

Dennis, VR, So Bloomingville, O—No pastorate re-

portedDouble, Jacob, Elmgrove, O—No pastorate reported

Drake, E A, Chillicothe. O—No pastorate reported

Evans, F E, Pride, O—No pastorate reported [ported

Evans,Thonn as, Hamden Junction,O—No pastorate re-

Gibson, John, Ray, O—No pastorate reported

Herelds, D, Highy, O—No pastorate reported

Heughs. S, Oakhill, O -No pasiorate reported

Holland, Thomas, Sant, O— No pastorate reported

Jenkins, Wm, Ray, O—No pastorate reported

Johnson, J B, Jackson, O—No pastorate reported

Maddox, John, Wellston, O—No pastorate reported

Moody, James, Bud, O—No pastorate reported

Nelson, N, Given, O-No pastorate reported

Nichols, J W, AUensville, O—No pastorate reported

mchols. Frank, AUensville, O—No pastorate reported

Rice, T J, Glenroy, O—No pastorate reported

Southward, John A, Fivepoints, O—No pastorate re-

portedTaylor, J B, Given, O—No pastorate reported

Timberman, J W, Allen, 0-No pastorale reported

Vitito, James, Coalton. O—No pastorate reported

Webb, J M, Pride, O—No pastorate reported

Ordained, 31 ; licentiates, 4. Died since last report,

Daniel Foster.

CHnKCH, PASTOE, VALUE, MEMBEB8, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—No pastor reported

J 500. 61—W H Jones, Camba, OAntonis—G C Blake, Antonis, O8 200. 60—Wm Willson, Antonis, OChapman—No pastor reported

$ 3uo. aa—Frank Swope, Chapman, ODennis—No pastor reported

9 aoo 2i—D Herelds, Higby, ODundas—No pastor reported

8 200. 30—Cyrus Shull. Dundas, OEdwin—No p.iitor reported

$ 400. 33—George Leavering, Chapman, OElmgrove—No pastor reported

J 3,i0. 40—J Double, Elmgrove, OFairview—No pastor reported

8 GOO. 124— Frances Willis, Springer, OHamilton—No pastor reported

J 700. 70—H (banter, Mabee, OHappy Hope—No pastor reportfd

8 400. 30—Wm C Hayslett, Wei.ston, OHiram—No pastor reported

8 300. 40— Effie Blosser, Plum, OHopewell—No pastor reported

g 3110. 4o_Wm Maddox, Wellston, OHopewell—No pastor reported

8 400. 12—Wm Emmons, Coalton, (J

Hopewell-No pastor reported

8 .ioo. 1^—D E BrowD, Stella, OJeffer.son—No pastor reported

f^ 200. 40—Richard Crabtree, Oakhill, OLily Chapel—No pastor reported

8 300. 20—H McDonald, Given, OLocust Grove—No pastor reported

8 300. 46- Eliza Shmotz, Vigo, OMacedonia—No pastor reported

I .5110. 48— Dollie Carter, S'-dan, OMeadow Run—No pastor reported

J ,5110. 10—Albert Chase, Waverly, OMonroe—No pastor reported

8 200. 30— Coon, Samsonville, OMt Vernon—No pastor reported

8 2'0. 18-Samuel Martin, Jackson, OMt Zion—No pastor reported

8 ."iOO. 20—No clerk reported

Oak Grove No 1—No pastor reported

S 3,,0. 46—No clerk reported

Oak Grove No 2—No pastor reported

8 200 20—R K Byers, Cox OPigeon Vallev—No pastor reported

8 300 26—T A Cravton, Springer, OPike Run Valley-No pastor reported

5 200 911— B K Franzey. Pike Run, OPleasant Hill-No pastor reported

S 200 .30— Effie Matthews. Pleasant HiU, UPleasant Vallev No 1-No pa-tor reported

8 600 130— Parkis King, Diffin, OPleasant Valley No 2-No pastor reported

8 500. 64—D F Crabtree, Crabtree, O

Pleasant Valley No 3—No pastor reported

8 400. 60—J W Kil breath, Halltown, Oj

Pleasant Valley No 4—No pastor reported

8 300. 24—No clerk reportedPleasant Valley No 5—No pastor reported

8 400. 30—Albert F Chase, Waverly, ORock Hill—No pastor reported

8 200. 67— R L Oiler, Jackson, OSedan—No pastor reported81,000. 47— Dollie Carter, Sedan, OShiloh—No pastor reported

.: „ r»8 800. 26—Clinton Johnson, Hamden Junction, U

St Paul—No pastor reported

8 400. 65— Henry Aokley, Pikerun, OS V Chapel—No pastor reported

8 6 0. 22— William Slaughter, Pride, OTriumph—No pastor reported

8 400. 18—John C Gibson, Roy, OWellston—No pastor reported

8 900. 63—W C Haslet, Wellston, OZion—No pastor reported

8 300. 24—J J Collins, Wellston, O

40 churches-town, ft; country, 3^- Pr«a«hing, full

time, 2; half time, 6; once per month, 20; no pastor,

12 Totals-valuation, 816,100; members, 1,676, Sun-

day schools, 30. ( Note :-This report is not complete.

We hope it will be greatly improved next year.)

Northeastern Ohio Conference.(Reported by Secretary Shuck.)

rerritori/ -Comprises Wyandotte, Crawford, Huron,

Erie, Hancock, Seneca, Richland, half of Marion, and

extreme western part ot Morrow counties.

Next session (place and date not reported).

President and treasarer. Rev H. H Holverstott,Mar-

ion O ; Vice-President, Rev. G. W. D. Short, Columbus

Grove, O.; Secretary, Rev. John L. Shuck, Agosta, O.

MINISTEBS, ADDEE8SKS, PA8T0EATB8. _Cook, John T, Espyville, 0-Espyville

Diekason, I N, DeClifE. O—No pastorate

Holverstott, H H, Marion, O—Zion

Mc Bride, James, Newark, O-No pastorate

Overlander, Addison, Bucyrus, O-No pastorate

Robinson, T J, Crestline, O -No pastorate

Short, G W D. Columbus Grove, O-Columbus Grove-Maple Grove

Shuck, John L, Agosta, O—Fairfield

Stephenson, E N, Alva, O-No pastorate

Street, John, Marion, O-No pastorate

Tracy, C A, Dupont, O-Miller City (N W O)

Wade, John, Marion, O-No pastorate^

Watkins, E A, Merom, Ind—Student U C C

Ordained, 11; licentiates, 2.

CHDRCH, PASTOR, VALDE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 46.)

Columbus Grove-G W D Short, Columbus Grove, O8i 000 46a-Albert McAdams, Columbus Grove, OEspyville—John T Cook, Espyville, O8 300. 24-JaneCarr. Espyville, OFairfield—John L Shuck, Agosta, O8 000 28— Matilda Clark, Espyville, OMaple Orove-G W D Short, Columbus Grove, O5 800. 40—Frank Logan. Columbus Grove. UZion—H H Holvei-stott, Marion, O8 700. 16—Phebe Baker, Larue, O

6 churches-town, 2; country, 3. Preaching, full

time, 1; half time, 1; once per tnonth, 3. Totals-

valuation, 84,800 ; members, 577. Endeavor societieg,

2; Sunday schools, 6.

Kentucky State Conference.(Reported by Secretary Gee.)

TVrrttorv-Com prises the State of Kentucky.

Next session, at Alcorn, Ky., September? 1900.

President, Rev. A P. Hurst, Muses Mills, Kv. ,Vice-

President, Rev. Harvey Sanders, Saulsberry, Ky . ,&e«-

retary Robert Gee, Grayson. Ky. ; Treasurer, Rev. T.

H. Meadows, Muses Mills, Ky.. „fu„a,„,„

The object of the State conference is to lay the State

nflf in districts. Each district reports to the State con-

ference, and the State conference makes a general

report to the Quadrennial.

72 OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY

Kentucky (First) Conference.(Reported by Secretary Meadows.)

Territory—Comprises northeastern Kentucky, em-bracing about eight counties.Next session, Briary Chapel Church, Sept. 6, 1900.President, Rev. F. M. Logan, Brushart, Ky.; Vice-

Iresident, Rev. Joseph Jourdan, Vanceburg, Ky. ; Sec-retarp. Rev T H. Meadows, Muses Mills, Ky.; Treas-urer, George E James, Muses Mills, Ky.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Burbage, H C, West Union, O—No pastorateBurns, G W, Brushart, Ky—No pastorateColqan, DC, Need more, Ky—No pastorateDuff. John, Trotter, Ky—No pastorateDunagan, John A, Crum, Ky—No pastorateEvans, W L, Vanceburg, Ky—North Cut [(So O)Gray, Marshall, Bradysville, O—Cedar Leaf—NevilleGray, H H, Trinity, Ky—No pastorateHedger, W W, Muses Mills, Ky—No pastorateHelterbrand, Daniel, Trinity. Ky—Long BranchHickerson, John, Wallingford, Ky—No pastorateHowe, J W S, Muses Mills, Ky—No pastorateHurst, A P, Muses Mills, Ky—Clear Fork—Grain Creek—Tar Station [bur^Jourdan, Jos, Vanceburg, Ky—Beechgrove—Clarks-Jourdan, Linza, Vanceburg, Ky—Crooked Creek-

Elliots ChapelLogan, F M, Brushart, Ky—Red Brush—Walnut GroveLogan, James, Brushart, Ky—No pastorate f— ZionHillLeper, W J V. Quincy, Ky—No pastorateMcClease, John, Mouth of Laurel, Ky—No pastorateMcClease, A J, Ryan. Ky—No pastorateMcKown, William, Brushart. Ky— Briary Chapel-

Big White Oak— Little White Oak [PleasantMeadows, T H, Muses Mills, Ky—Blankenship—PointScott, I S, Olive Hill, Ky—No pastorateShoemate, Thomas, Paris, Ky—No pastorateStaggs, G W, Smith Creek. Ky—Bethel—Boon Turnas—Raymies Chapel—St PaulTacket, Sherwood, Olive Hill, Ky—No pastorateThacker, Jr. Z T, Muses Mills, Ky—No pastorateThacker. Sr. Z T, Muses Mills, Ky—AntiochTumlen, James, Ellsberry, O—Enon—Tenmile (So O)Upton, G N, Crum, Ky—No pastorateWiggins, J R, Muses Mills, Ky—No pastorateOrdained, 27; licentiates, 3. Died since last report,

John Sullivan.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Alcorn—No pastorS 000. 10_W J V Loper, Quincy, KyAntioch—Z T Thacker, Sr, Muses Mills, Ky8 0(iO. 40—Linza Jourdan, Wesleyville, KyBeechgrove—Joseph Jourdan, Vanceburg, KyS 100. 41—Emma Richardson, Vanceburg, KyBeechWOOD—No pastor81,0(10. 5—Henry Arnal, Mt Carmel, KyBethel—G W Staggs, Smith Creek, Ky8 400. 128—G W Jourdan, Wesleyville. KyBig White Oak—Wm McKown, Brushart, Ky8 000. 41—Delia Reeder, York, KyBlaek Jack—No pastor8 200. 32—Wm Falkner, Valley, KyBlankenship—T H Meadows, Muses Mills, Ky8 30(1. 71—Sophia E Stone, Rueels, KyBoon Turnas-G W Staegs, Smith Creek, Ky8 000. 30—Robert Lower, South Mills, KyBriary Chapel— Wm McKown, Brushart, Ky8 000. 74—Mary Albany, Quincy, KyCarter—R B Conley (Ky ^), Olivehill, Kv8 000. 14—Hiram Davis, Carter City, KyCedar Leaf—Marshall Gray, Bradysville, Ky8 000. 41—Carl Hilterbean, Manchester, OClarksburg—Joseph Jourdan, Vanceburg, Ky8 000. 40—Amel Carrington, Vanceburg, KyClearfork—A P Hurst, Muses Mills, Ky8 600. 49-Albert Littleton, Munson, KyGrain Creek-A P Hurst, Muses Mills. Ky8 200. 42—J S Plummer, Plummers Landing, KyCrooked Creek—Linza Jourdan, Vanceburg, Ky8 000. 10—J W Walker, Covedale, KyDry Branch—No pastor8 000. 31—A L Buckner, Olivehill, KyElbethel—T J Bowman (So O), Ripley. O8 700. 72—W H W Outten, Plumville, Ky

Ellwtts Chapel—hiDZR Jourdan, Vanceburg, Ky8 000. 37—Nora E Elliott, Valley, KyFarfolk—No pantor8 000. 10—Lebird Stratton, Mouth of Laurel, KyHazel Branch—No pastor8 000. in—Ephrean Bond, Enterprise, KyKansas—No pastor8 500. M-AV Clark, Crum. KyLittle White Oak—Wm McKown, Brushart, Ky8 000. 12—John Higgins, Warwick, KyLong Branch-Daniel Hilterbrand, Trinity, Ky8 000. 17—Leondas Hyme, Crum, KyMarrowbone—No pastor8 600. 50—John G Ivens, Spalding, KyNorth Cut—W L Evans, Vanceburg, Ky8 000. Ifi—Harry E Seaton, Triplet, KyOaklan—No pastor8 150. 25—John Burton, Wesleyville, KyPine Valley—No pastor8 100. 33—Sarah Evans, Vanceburg, KyPoint Pleasant—T H Meadows, Muses Mills, Ky8 200. 83—W W Hedger, Muses Mills, KyRaymies Chapel—G W Staggs, Smith Creek, Ky8 OdO. 15—Ja-iet Zorns, Gohle, KyRed Brush—F M Logan, Brushart, Ky8 500 90—Mary Bruce, Carter. KvRock Springs--R B Conley (Ky 2), Miipes Mills,' Ky8 000. 24—Mary P Jones, Carter City, KySiloam—No paster8 000. 25—Jas W McClease, Wesleyville, KyStafford Hill—No pastor8 2(10. 65— Eliza I Cooper, Stone City, KySt John—R B Conley (Ky 2). Olive Hill, Ky8 500. 112—J R Brammes, Muses Mills, Ky

St Paul—G W Staggs, Smith Creek, Ky8 200. 67—James E Smith, Valley, KyTarfosk—No pastor8 200. 74—Ella Mauk, Mouth of Laurel, KyTar Station—A P Hurst. Muses Mills. Ky8 000. 40— Maymie McGee, Millersburg, KyTrace—No pastor8 100. 36—Anna Cooper, Rugels, KyWalnut Grove—F M Logan, Brushart, Ky8 500. 91—W F Green, Brushart, KyWalnut Hill—No pastor8 OdO 91— A J Pitts, Trotter, KyZion Hill—F M Logan. Brushart, Kv8 300. 85—C B Evans, Quincy, Ky42 churches—town, 5; country, 37. Preaching, once

per month. 27; no pastor, 15. Totals—valuation,87,450; membership, 1,932. Epdeavor societies, 1;Sunday schools, 29.

Kentucky (Second) Conference. ^( Reported by Secretary Forrest.)

Territory— Ij\x>e between No. 1 and No. 2 is Tigers-back to Olivehill, and thence with the E. L. B. S. B. R.to Licking River; up the river so as to include thenortheastern part of the State.Next session, at Alcorn Church, September 27, 19ro.

President, Rev. W. L Maddix, Saulsberry, Ky.;Vice-President, Rev. James S. Everman, Charlotte,Ky. ; Secretary, Rev. L H. Forrest, Sandyhook, Ky.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Andrew, Louis, Gravson, Ky—No pastorateConlev, R B, Olivehill. Ky— Little Sandy. Carter-

Rock Springs—St Johns (Ky 1)

Cornutte, Wm, Denton, Ky—No pastorateEllis, John A, Jacobs, Ky—Leatherwood—LimestoneEverman. James S, Charlotte, Ky—Spicewood [ViewForrest, L H, Sandyhook, Ky—Pine Grove— PleasantFraley, D A, Isomville, Ky—King Chapel—StinsonGee, Robert, Grayson, Kv—No pastorateMaddix, John W, Leon, Ky—Alcorn—Davyrun—RossMaddix, W L, Saulsberry, Ky—Alveny [ChapelMeadows, E, Newfoundland, Kv—Concord (Conf?)Sanders. Harvey, Saul.«berry. Ky—No pastorateSecton, W R, Denton. Ky—No pastoraleWhite, James, Sharpsburg, Kv—No pastorateWhitlock. W A, Denton, Ky—No pastorateWolford, E, Leon, Ky—No pastorate

Ordained, \<^.

RECAPITULATION—OHIO, WITH KENTUCKY 73

OHCRCH, PASTOR, VALVE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Alcorn—John W Maddix, Leon, Kyt 000. 65—W H Wampler, Greenup, KyAlveny—W L Maddix, Sanlsberry, KyS 000. 108—C M Lee, Leon, KyBaretts Creek—No pastor9 000. 28—Frank Everman, Fontana, KyDaryrun—John \V Maddix, Leon, KyS 000. 37—J W Gollihugh, Willard, KyGlanct Fork—No pastor$ OiiO. 17—J P Ballard, Denton, KyKing Chapel—D A Fraley, IsomTille', KyS 500. I0:i—H P Fisher, Saulsberry, KyLeathirwood—John A Ellis, Jacobs, KyS 000. 47—ThosClines, Jacobs, KyLimestone-John A Ellis, Jacobs, Ky9 000, 28—W Hulet, Lawton, KyLittle Sandv—R B Conley, Olivehill, Ky:$ 000. 12—J B CraiR, Bet, KyPine Grove-L H Forrest. Sandyhook, Ky$ 100. 35— Milesey Barber, Ridge, KyPleasant Hill—No pastorS lOU. IS^Mary Johnson, Limestone, KyPleasant View—L H Forrest, Sandyhook, KyS 100. 34— Harry Trent, Elliottville, KyRacoon—No pastorS 000. 18—No clerk reportedRice Chapel—No pastort 500. 85—No clerk reportedRoss Chapel—John W Maddix, Leon, Ky8 000. 42—D J Ross, Ohvehill. KySpicewood—James S Everman, Charlotte, KyS 000. 68—VVm Brison, Charlotte, KyStinson— D A Fralev. Isomville, KyS 000. 23—No clerk reported

17 churches (all country). Preaching, half time, 6;once per month, 6; no pastor, 5. Totals—valuation,SI,300; membership, 768. Sunday schools, 11.

Recapitulation — Ohio, with Kentucky.

(1898.)

To^aJs-Ministers, 259 ; ordained, 216; licentiates,

43. 274 churches—town, 86 ; country, 188. Preach-

ing, full time, 16 ; half time, 87; once per month,96; no pastor, 75. Valuation, $344,175; average

valuation, .$1,256. Membership, 24,919; average

membership, 91. Endeavor societies, 86; no Endeavor, 188. Sunday schools, 251 ; no Sundayschools, 23.

Recapitulation — Ohio, with Kentucky.

(1899.)

rotate—Ministers, 305 ; ordained, 255 ; licentiates,

50. 321 churches—town, 93; country, 228. Preach-

ing, full time, 16 ; half time, 96; once per month i

129; no pastor, 80. Valuation, .$381,850; average

valuation, $1,189. Membership, 27,259; average

membership, 85. Endeavor societies, 76; no En-deavor, 245. Sunday schools, 273; no Sundayschools, 48.

Recapitulation — Ohio, with Kentucky.

(1900.)

Totals—Ministers, 300; ordained, 261 ; licentiates

39. 324 churches—town, 97; country, 227. Preach-

ing, full time, IS ; half time, 107 ; once per month,114; no pastor, 85. Valuation, $386,550; average

valuation, $1,193. Membership, 27,417; average

membership, 85. Endeavor societies, 75; no En-

deavor, 249. Sunday schools, 271 ; no Sundayschools, 53.

Rev. Robert Gee, Grayson, Ky.

President Kentucky State Conference.

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74 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Indiana State Conference.

(Reporied by Secretary Atkinson.)

~2«mtori/—The Indiana State Conference is com-poaed of the following local conferences: Eel River,Northwestern, Western, Southern Indiana and Illinois,

Bible Union, Central, Eastern, and Miami Reserve.Next session (pUee not decided), October 'li, 1900.

President, Rev. D. Powell, Portland, Ind.; Viee-Presi-

dent. Rev. D. O. Coy, Taylorsville, Ind ; Secretary,

Rev. Daniel B. Atkinson, Merom, Ind.; TVeasurer, W.W. Sutton, HuQtington, Ind. Department Secretaries—Kdueation, Rev. G. R Hammond, Elkhart, Ind.; Mis-sions, Rev. Will J. Young, Huntington, Ind.; Sundayschools. Rev. A. L. West, Darlington, Ind.; ChristianEndeavor, Miss Margaret Bennett, Hector, Ind.; Pub-lications), Rev. H. B Bosworth, Portland, Ind.; Fi-

nance, Rev. M M. Wiles, Terhune, Ind.

Eastern Indiana Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Addington.)

Territory—Comprises counties of Wayne, Randolph,Henry, Delaware, and Jay, in Ind , and part of Darkeand Mercer counties, O.Next session, at Beaver Chapel, O., Sept. U, 1900.

President, Rev. F. F. Canada, Mull, Ind.; Vice-President, Rev. H. L. Lott, Mt Herou. O ; Secretary,Rev. A. M. Addington, Horn, lad.; Treasurer, H. 'V.

Overlease, Milroy, Ind.

MINISTEBS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Addington, A M, Horn, Ind- -No pastorateAddiogton, Tlios, Kidgeville, Ind—SuperannuatedArnold, G W, Yorkshire O—Osgood—Sugar Grove

—

Wabash Valley— Walnut GroveArrick, R P, Farmland, Ind—Farmland—MississinawaBailey, John A, Millville, Ind—Suj^erannuatedBales, W O, Snowhill, Ind—No pastorateBlodgett, Geo W, Anderson, Iad--SuperannuatedBosworth, A R, LeGrand, la—LeGrand (C la)

Bosworth, H B, Portland, Ind—Clear Creek— Hurri-cane—Pleasant Hill—Silver Creek

Boyce, W T, Muncie, Ind—No pastorateBurch, E, Arlington, Ind—No pastorateByrket, C F, Muocie, Ind—Antioch—Christian ChapelCain, Geo B,Sidney,0—Cliarity Chapel—Oran(MiamiO)Canada, F F, Mull, Ind—Beam>ville—Beaver Chapel

—Elm Grove—GranvilleCapron, Levi, Union City, Ind—No pastorateCoates, Anna, Harnsville, Ind—No pastorateCoons, J A, Nottingham, lod—Lugar CreekCoons, Jos M, Powers, Ind—SuperannuatedConner, J R, Winchester, Ind—Blountsville—North

White River—ParkerDavenport, D S, Harnsville, Ind—SuperannuatedDenny, L L, Selma, Ind—Nottingham—SiaterDrake, P A, Parker, Ind —No pastorateElliott, Martha, Farmland, Ind—No pastorateGade, L W, Versailes, O—No pastorateGray, Isaac H, .VI uncie, Ind—No pastorate [(Conf?)Greene, O S, Ft Recovery, O—Bethel New PiitsburgGrey,N W, Brinckley, Ind~Buena Vista—Ml Zion—Guinn, M M, Portland, lad—No pastorate [Sitrdiiia

Harris, O A, Shideler, Ind—Eden—JirehHoliday, L D, Montpelier, Ind—MontpelierJacobs, Jesse, Boundary. Ind—SuperannuatedJohnson, G W, Eiton, Ind—Jefferson—Union ChapelJohnson, I V D R, Albany, Ind—Albany—SharonJohnson, L W, Losantville, Ind—SuperannuatedJones, J E, Glenkarn, O—HoUan.sburgJulian, Tiffin, Christiaasburg, O—No pastorateKershner, Clark B, New Carlisle, O— Enon—New Car-

lisle (Miami O) N«w Richland (N W O)Long, A, Versailles,O—SuperannuatedLong, S, Versailles, O—SuperannuatedLott, H L. Mt Heron, O—Fellowship—Noble. West

Manchester (Miami O)Mallott, Riley F, Anderson, Ind—Olivet (Eel R).

Whetstone Chapel (I M R)Michael, W E, Savannah, O—No pastorateMcNees, Samuel. Farmland, Ind—Superannum.edMorinon, I H, Fountain City, Ind— FairviewMorgan, J L, Brock, O—No pastorale

Morris, Ida, Rural, Ind—No pastorateMullin, W F, Farmland, Ind—No pastorateMyers, Clement, Pony, Ind—No pastorateNealeigh, Jacob, Ludlow Falls, O—No pastorateNealeigh, Wm, Arcanum, O—SuperannuatedNewhouge, J T, Chesterfield. Ind—No pastorateOren, Edward, Parker, Ind—Mt GileadPe^ree, John, Losantville, Ind—No pastorateReedy, Emma, New Corydon, Ind—Christian UnionRobbins, John W, Mill Grove, Ind—Olive Branch

—

Pleasant Grove—Shiloh—Union—White River

—

WindsorRoberds, Jas, Sabina, O—SuperannuatedRobinson, P J, Farmland, Ind—No pastorateRoss, Morton, Muncie, Ind—Chester Center—Pleasant

Valley. So Muncie (I M R)Ross, W D, Winchester, Ind— WinchesterSimonton, S S, Montpelier, Ind—SuperannuatedSpade, D P, Portland, Ind—SuperannuatedSpade, Wm, Bryant, Ind—SuperannuatedSpitzer, T A, New Mt Pleasant, Ind—Como—Pleasant-

vale —PhiladelphiaStanley, Hannah M, Economy, Ind—No pastorateStovenour, F, Portland, Ind— Boston—Hannas CreekTate, W H H, Pikeville, O—SuperannuatedTerrell, Wm, Windsor, Ind—SuperannuatedTurner, P A, Anthony, Ind—No pastorateWarner, J F, Ft Recovery, O—Ft Kecovery—LakeviewIVatson, Henry, Anderson, Ind—No pastorateWatson, J A, Harrisville, Ind—No pastorateWetzel, I, Horn, Ind—No pastorateWoton, Hugh, Jordan, Ind—Superannuated [(MiamiO)Wright, G W, Greenville, O—Union Chapel—WestgroveOrdained, 64 ; licentiate.s, in. Died since last report,

Rebecca Kershner, A. H. Oren.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Albany— I V D R Johnson, Albany, Ind8i,.50u'. ]:ii—J W St Clair, Alr)any, IndAruioch—<; F Bvrket, Muncie, Ind.$ eno 109—M M HolidKy, Lo.-iantville, IndBeamsville— F F Canada, Mull, Ind8'.5uu. 167—E H Miller, B=amsville, OBeaver Chapel—F F Canada, Mull, Ind$ sou. Kio—Joe McCoy, Celina. OBethel—O S Greene, Ft Recovery. O$ 400 .it—Wm Slimmer, Macedon, OBlountsville-.} R Cortner, Winchester, Ind« ,iiuo. 65—J 3 Barr, Blountsville, IndBoston—V Stovenonr, Portland, IndSl.iiiO 6')—Iva Crawford, Boston. IndBristol—J T Phillips (W I), Frankfort, Ind8'., "00. 70—John Priag, Middletown, IndBrock—J A Watson, Harrisville, IndSl.iOO. 107- Fiuley Lanich, Brock. OBnenavis'a—N W Grey, Briokley, Ind8 80(1. /)!)— Bessie Jester, Unionsport, IndCarlos—No pastor» 6 10. 2i—Wayne Whitehead. Carlos, IndChe^tpr Center— Morton Ross, Muncie. Ind8 .-,00 60— Philip Thomas, Keystone, Ind

Christian Chapel—G F Byrket, Muncie, Ind81 ooo ;50— Perry Turner, Muncie, IndChristian C7/it"on—Emma Reedv, New Corydon, Ind JI

8 i 11. a;J— Flora Whiteman, Bryant, IndClear Creek— E B Bosworth, Portland, Ind$1,(00 1.57—Seth Hinshaw, Clark, IndColetown—G W Shane (O Cen), Greenville, O81, Milt. 48—C W Knoll, Mt Heron, OComo—T A Spitzer, New Mt Pleasant, Ind8 MlO. 10—J W Ray, Como, IndConcord—No pastor8 31)0. 13— H E McEvwen, Greenville, OCorinth—No pastor8 600. 30—W H Coffin, Muncie, IndEden—O A Harris, Muncie, Ind81,000. 240—1 H Shideler, Shideler, IndElm Grove— F F Canada, Mull, Ind8l,i0(l. 62—Samuel Barr, Blain, IndFai.rview—l H Morman, Fountain City, Ind5 .5(10. 8''—Geo K Hamilton, Darke, OFarmland—H P Arrick, Farmland, Ind8J.9II1). l-.'8—Zina Foster. Farmland, IndFellowsMp—H. L Lott, Mt Heron, O81,200. 64—Annie Stone, Ample, IndFt Recovery— J F Warner. Ft Recovery, O81,800. 161—Mrs Elmo J Rapp, Ft Recovery, O

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 75

Christian Chuech, Portland, Indiana. Eastern Indiana Conference.

<5ood Hope—No pastor

8 600. 39—A C Towell, Saratoga, Ind

Granville—F F Canada, Mull, Ind

gl 010 91—L W Davis, Granville, Ind [town, Ind

Hcigerstown—^ T Warbinton (Miami O). Hagers-

85,0(10. 6i—A C Walker, Hagerstown, Ind

Eannas Creek—F Sloven- ur, Portland, Ind

81,0(10 1 19— Homer Lafuze, Liberty, Ind

Hollansburg—i E Jones, Glenkarn, O82,5U(i .!I4—J E Jones, Glenkarn, OHarrisville—k N Morns (I M R), Muncie, Ind

jl lou 10 —Samuel Combs, Harrisville, Ind

Hurricane—^ B Bosworth, Portland, Ind

8 300. 66 -8 T Overlease, Milroy, Ind

Jefferson—G W Johnson, Eaton, Ind8i,8Mii. 119— David Myers, Upland, Ind

Jireh—O A Harris, Sh'ideler, Ind81,(100 40—O Holiday, Shideler, Ind

Lake View—J F Warner, Ft Recov^-ry, O8 OOip. •25—Daniel Teaford, New Madison, OLunar Creek-i A Coons, Nnttmgham, Ind

8 8'i(). :«-H C McRae, Marion, Ind UndMiddletown-C W Hoefter (Miami O). Middletown,

83,000. 52—L A Pickering, Middletown, Ind

JfiniuHe-No pastor% 800 65— Alfred Welker, MillviUe. Ind

Mississinewa—^ P Arrick, Farmland. Ind

8 600 92—Wm Pace, Brinekley, Ind

Mooreland-C W Hoeffer (Miami O), Middletown, Ind

81,600. l:-(0— Ahe Wrightsman, Mooreland. Ind

Montpeli«r—L D Holiday. Montpelier, Ind

81,200. 86—Wm W Adam". Montpelier, Ind

Mt Qilead— Edward Oren, Parker, Ind

8 8110 22—0 W Jones, Redkey, Ind

Mt Zion—No pastor8 800. 90-J B Finley, Celina, OMtZion—N W Grey, Brinekley, Ind

8 450. 65—F M Thornburg, Losantville, Ind

Muncie—V P Trotter (W 1), Muneie, Ind [Ind

8i,6uo. 50—D B Miller, 1625 S Monroe St, Muncie,

New Liberty—G W Shane (O Cen), Greenville, O8l,M)o. 75—Wm H Bales, Winchester, Ind

Noble—H L Lott, Mt Heron, O81,000. 126— Lizzie Monev, Ft Recovery, ONorth White River—J R Cortner, Winchester, Ind

jl^iOO 40—Marv J Shaver, Mull, Ind

iV^o«ina;iam—LL Denny, Selma, Ind

8 iMio. 35 -Mary C Clevenger, Nottingham, Ind

Ogden—A N Morri.« (I M R), Muncie, Ind

({ :{oo 4(1-0 B Byrket, O-iden, Ind

Olive Branch—iohn W Robbins, Millgrove, Ind

8 60(1. 91—Wm Bosworth, Bragg, Ind

Osgood—G W Arn"ld, Yorkshire, O$ MOO. 10"—J W Royd, O-good, OParker—J R Cortner, Winchester. Ind

8 45(1. 2=>—Annie Fraisure, Parker Ind

Philadelphia—T A Spitz^r. New Mt Plea:«ant, Ind

8 7i'0. 24— May. Hawk, Gates, Ind

Pleasantgrove-J W Robbins, Millgrove, Ind

8 3( 20— Ethel Thornburg, Farmland. Ind

Pleasant Hill— H B Bosworth, Portland, Did

8i,0' 0. 11«—A L Lindley, Jordan. Ind

Pleasant Ridge—L I) Brown (Miami O), Vine, O81,(i00. 60—A P Richards, Vine. OPleasant Vale—T A Spitzer, New Mt Pleasant, Ind

8 850. 139—G F Coons, Powers. Ind

Pleasant Vallev—Morton Ross, Muncie. Ind

8 .'•60 6"—L P Purwley, Hartford, Ind

Portland- f) Powell (W I), Portland, Ind

85,000. 150—T H Denny, Portland, Ind

Prairie Gmve—Isaac Lanning (Conf?), Millgrove, Ind

8 30(1. 20—Mary A Brown, Gaston, Ind

SaJamonia—No pastor, , ,

8-', 500. 123—PGCollelt, Portland, Ind

Sardma—N W Grey, Brinekley, Ind

8 800. 76—Walter Hardy, Mills Corner, Ind

76 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Sharon— I V D R Johnson, Albany, Ind< 800. 139—Anna M Godlove, Albany, IndShiloh—J W Robbins, Millgrove, IndS 500. 100—J H Ford, Brinckley, IndSilver Creek—H B Bosworth, Portland, Ind81,600. 68—Joe Lafuze, Liberty, Ind

Slatei—L L Denny, Selma, Ind$3,000. 63—Jonathan Thomas, Monlpelier, IndStelvideo—B G Hoeffer (Miami O), North Clayton, O$1,000. 80—Dola Sims, Stelvideo, OStraughn—C W Hoeffer (Miami O), Middletown, Ind9 800. iu4—Mary Waddell, Straughn, IndSugar Grove—G W Arnold, Yorkshire, O$ 150. 82— Miss Phebe Brewer, Hagerman, OSulphur Springs—No pastor9 400. 33—Mrs R J Fadely, Sulphur Springs, IndUnion—J W Robbins, Millgrove, Ind9 100. 68—IraSmithton, Losantville, IndUnion Chapel—Geo W Johnson, Baton, Ind$1,200. 52—Rachel Kimble, Balbeck, IndUnion Christian—No pastor$ 000. 43—No clerk reportedWabash—No pastor$1,000. 33—J W Sheward, Wabash, OWabash Valley—G W Arnold, Yorkshire, O$ 600. 70— David Bender, North Star, OWalnut Grove—G W Arnold, Yorkshire, O8 250. 60—Robert Brandon, Yorkshire, OWhite River—J W Robbins, Millgrove, Ind8 600. 89—C W McNees, Farmland, IndWhite Union—G D Foster (I M R), Kempton, Ind$ 500. 65—O A Fleming, Sulp'.urSprings, IndWinchester—W D Ross, Winchester, Ind$4,000. 139— Harry Imboden, Winchester, IndWindsor—J W Robbins. Millgrove, Ind$ 700. 45—S W Kennedy, Winchester, Ind

Woodington—W L Lundy (N W O), Spencerville, O$ 100. 93—Wm Sharp, Woodington, O82 churches—town, 34; country, 48. Preaching, full

time, 6; half time, 16; once per month, 51 ; no pastor,10. Totals—valuation, $91,1(0; membership, 6,324.Endeavor societies, 41 ; Sunday schools, 81.

Eel River Conference.( Reported by Secretary Barnes.)

Territory—Comprises Adams, Allen, Blackford, De-Kalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, Huntington, Lagrange,Noble, Steuben, Wells, Wabash, and Whitley counties,Ind.Next session (place not decided), August 15, 1900."

President, Judge O. W.Whiteloek, Huntington, Ind.;Vice-President, Rev. David Hidy, No. Manchester,Ind.; iSeeretarp, i F. Barnes, Huntington, Ind. ; Treai-urer, W. B. Knapp, Cromwell, Ind.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Abbott, N H, Mt Etna, Ind—No pastorateAtkinson, D B, Merom, Ind-Trimble (So W 111)

Fannin, Jesse, No Manchester, Ind—SuperannuatedJFrantz, Samuel, No Manchester, Ind—Buena Vista

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Freeman, Riley,Urbana, Ind—No pastorate [SalamoniaOloud, Geo W, Kimmell, Ind—No pastorateHammond, G R, Elkhart, Ind—Elkhart—GoshenHidy, Dav.'d, No Manchester, Ind—Collamer—New

Madison— Sparta—UnionJones, D W, Ft Wayne, Ind—SuperannuatedKemp, Alphonso, E, No Manchester, Ind—Millwood

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Tiosa—WakarusaManville, W S, Valparaiso, Ind—Superannuated

BtRTHPLACE OF EeL RiVER CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE, AUGUST, 1844. REUBEN ABBOTT ANDThomas Whitman Only Surviving CharteeJMembers.

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 77

Rev. David Hidt and Wife, North Manchestee, Indiana.

Eel River Conference.

Markley, J J, Murray, Ind—MurrayMarks, Levi, North Webster, Ind—SuperannuatedMcGinnis, D A, Monument City, Ind-'-SuperannuatedMiller, J M, BluHton, Ind—BlurltoD—SixmileMiller, V R, Goshen, Ind—Antioch—KelsoPage, R W, Merriam, Ind—Merriam—Paw PawParker, VVG,Goshen, Ind—Sidne)— Waterford. Bloom-SSaEJfingsburp (N W I)

Purdue, Wm. Warren, Ind—^No pastorate [burgBheubottom, M G, Wakaru.aa, Ind—Bellville— Millers-Ritienhouse, Jacob, Wawaka, Ind—SuperannuatedRittgers, J M, Huntington, Ind—PlunntreeRobinson. Eliza, Ft Wayne, Ind—No pastorateSamuel, W D, Dayton, O—(Agt C P A)Stuart, W W, Coloma, Mich—Thorn Creek. Coloma

— Lee Chapel (W M & No Ind)Tarr,CC,NewCarlisle, Ind—North Union—Spring Hill.

Olive Chapel (W M & No Ind)Tompkins, Mrs M A, Elkhart, Ind—No pastorateWhitman, Thomas, So Whitley, Ind—SuperannuatedWinebrenner. Peter, Merriam,"lnd--No pastorateWood, J A, Huntington, Ind—Dunfee—Pleasant GroveYoung,W J, Huntington, Ind—ClearCreek—HuntingtonOrdained, 27; licentiates, 4.

CHURCH, PA8T0B, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioeh—Y H Miller, Goshen, Ind81,600. 12.3— Levi Burnsworth, No Manchester, IndBellville— yi G Rhpubottom, Wakarusa, Ind3 8011. .'lO— Ell Keller, Warren, IndBluffton—3 M Miller, Blufiton, Ind83,uo0. 187—S E Whitman, Bluftton, IndBroadway—J Dipboye Jr (I M R), Frankton, Ind82,000. 68—Celia Gerken, Cromwell, IndBuena Vista—Samuel Frantz, Xo Manchester, Ind8 800. 74— Ella Hall, Linngrove, IndClear Creek—W J Young. Huntington, Ind8 700. 68—Samuel Beck, Huntington, IndCoJ(amer—David Hidy. No Manchester, Ind81,000. 126—Nettie GofE, Collamer, Ind

Dunfee— J A Wood, Huntinsdton, Ind»l,(iOO. 60—F W Clark, Coes.se, hidElkhart—G R Hammond, KIkhart, Indm,^W. 16—C W Bliss, Elkhart, IndEel River—B F Kemp (Cent?) No Marichester, Ind81,000. 124—Mrs Irene Brubaker, South Whitley, IndGoshen—G R Hammond, Elkhart, Ind82,0(10. 76—J W Kronk, Gos<hen, IndHuntington—W J Young, Huntington, Ind»l,5uo. 225—Clara Taylor, Huntington, IndKelso—V R Miller, Goshen, Ind8i,0(0. 163—George W Gill. Msjenica, IndLeesburg—B F Kemp (Conf?) No Manchester, Ind82,000. 86—Mrs Rose Becknel, Leesburg, IndLiberty Union—No pastor8 800 2.=i—J T Moosburg, Bly, IndMarion—8 S Newhouse (Miami O), Marion, Inda5,0o0. 22^-John W Miles, Marion, IndMerriam—R W Page, Merriam, Ind8:i,ni II 247—Mrs Mma Young, Merriam, IndMUlersburg—M G Rheubottom, Wakarusa, Ind82,400 89— Luther F Judy, Millersburg, IndMillwood—Alphonso E Kemp. No Manchester, Ind81,000. 103—J Whiteleather, Millwood, IndMurray—J J Markley, Murray, Ind8 800 97—W H Shady, Murray, IndNew Madison— David Hidy, No Manchester, Ind81,400 100—J M Foust, Servia Ind [Indyorlh Manchester— E F Spohn (Conf?), No Manchester,83,600. 160— Kosa Baker. No Manchester, IndNorth Union—C C Tarr, New Carlisle, Ind8 500. 25—W B Kennedy, Ft Wayne, IndNorth Webster—J Dipboye Jr (I M R), Frankton, Ind81,200. 98—Mrs Silas Huber, North Webster, IndOlivet—Riley F Mallott(E Ind), Anderson, Ind81,000. 57—Orestes Cripe, Alexandria, IndPaw Paw—R W Page, Merriam, Ind81,(00. 173—Samuel Amber, Urbana, IndPleasant Grove—J A Wood, Huntington, Ind82,000. 90—B F Humbarger, No Manchester, Ind

78 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Elkhart (Ind.) Christian Church.Eel River Conference.

Pleasant Hill (Noble Co)—No pastor9 800. 30—Emma Jarrett, Wawaka, IndPleasant Hill (Wells Co)—No pastor

IS 000. 25—J W Bock, Warren, lodPlumtree—i M Rittgers, Huntington, Ind81,500. 114—J W Wysong, Plumtree, IndSalamonia—Samuel Frantz. No Manchester, IndS 600. 19—Rhoda Keith, Banquo, IndSidney—W G Parker, Goshen. IndS 800, 71—W Messimore, Sidney, IndSixmile—J M Miller, Bluflton, Ind81,500, 103—Gertrude Biekel. Bluflton, IndSparta— David Hidy, No Manchester, Ind82,600. 150— Mrs John Crothers, Ligonier, IndSpring Hill—CC Tarr, New Carlisle, Inde 800. 64—J Growcock, Ligonier, IndSwayzee-E D Simmons (W I), New London, Ind% 800 59—B F Thomson, Swayzee, IndThorn Creek—W W Stuart, Coloma, MichS 700. 19—Wm F Chapman, Columbia City, IndUnion—David Hidy, No Manchester, Ind8 700. li'4—C LCone, Larwill, IndWakarusa—Alphonso Kemp, No Manchester, Ind81,200. 161— Willis O Yarrian,Wakarusa, IndWarren—3 E Etler (Miami O), Warren, Ind83,000. 263—J H Thompson, Warren, IndWaterford—W G Parker, Goshen, IndS 700. 39—Eliza Bemres, Goshen, Ind

41 churches—town 21 ; country, 20. Preaching, full

time, 3; half time, 16; once per month. 20; no pastor,

3. Totals—valuation, 891.100; membership, 4,138.

Endeavor societies, 16; Sunday schools, 40.

Bible Union Conference.(Reported by Secretary Osburn.)

Territory—Comprises counties of Jackson," Law»rence, Monroe, and Brown, in Indiana. ^^^Next session (date not reported for 1900). - -- ^

President, Preston Wray, Zelm, Ind ; Vice-Presi-dent, 3o\\n White, Mt. Liberty, Ind.; Secretary, Rev.Alfred Osburn, Eclipse, Ind.; freaswrer, Jesse George,Norman Station, Ind.

MINISTEBS, ADDRESSES, PASTOBATEB.

Aynes, Peter, Norman Station, Ind—Mt PleasantCallihan, Jacob, Mooney, Ind—No pastorate [PleasantFish, Isaac B, Norman Station, Ind—Blue Valley—MtGeorge, Jesse, Norman Station, Ind—LibertyGraham, David, Nashville, Ind—No pastorateHughes, Martin. Leesville, Ind—No pastorateLindley, Thomas J, Medora, Ind—No pastorateMcCune, John, Dillsboro, Ind—No pastorate HfOsburn, Alfred, Eclipse, Ind—Antioch—West LibertyPetrow, Preston, Schooner Valley, Ind—Mt HermonRoddy, Samuel. Pikes Peak, Ind—No pastorateSnyder, John, Mt Liberty, Ind—No pastorateWaskom, Isaac, Odon, Ind—No pastorateWilson, John R, Christiansburg, Ind—No pastorate

Ordained, 13; licentiate,!.

CHURCH, PABTOE, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEBK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—Alfred Osburn, Eclipse, Ind8 000. 36—David A Hawkins, Goss Mills, Ind

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 79

80 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Blue Valley—Isaac E Fish, Norman Station, Ind$ 000. 116—Samuel Bates, Elkinsville, IndLtBEBTT—Jesse George, Norman Station, Ind51,QUO. 142—A Usburn, Eclipse, IndMt Hebmon—Preston Petrow, Schooner Valley, Ind$ 000. 61— Isaiah Sherrill, Peter Cooper, IndMt Pleasant— Peter Aynes and Isaac E Fish, Norman

Station, IndS 000. 61—Jesse George, Norman Station, IndMt Zion—No pastorS 0011. 10—No clerk reportedWalnut Gkove—No pastor$ 400. 96—Joseph Bennett, Bethany, IndWest Liberty—Alfred Osburn, Eclipse, Ind9 000. 128—John A Snyder, Mt Liberty, Ind

8 churches—all country. Preaching, once permonth, 6; no pastor, 2. Totals—valuation, 81,400;

membership, 643. Sunday schools, 2.

Northwestern Indiana Conference.(Reported by Secretary West.)

7'erri<ort/—Comprises Miami, Cass, Fulton, Marshall,St. Josepii, Laporte, Stark, Pulaski, White, Carroll,

Tippecanoe, Benton, Jasper, Lake, Porter, and New-ton counties.Next session, at Greentown, Ind, Aug. 8, 1900.

Presiaent, Rev. S. McNeely, Tiosa, Ind. ; ^'^ce-iV€St-

dent, Rev. C. V. Strickland, Argos, Ind. ; becretary, Rev.A. L. West, Darlington, Ind.; Treasurer, S. J. Beck,Young America, Ind.

MINISTEKS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Brown, Sarah A, Elwood, Ind—No pastorateCalvin, 8 O, Castile, N Y—(Aged Mm. Home)Capron, Rev, Pulaski, Ind—No pastorateCoplen, E, Rochester, Ind—No pa.'-toraie

Dunfee, Jos, Tyner, Ind—No pastorateFeece, Wm, Monterey, Ind—No pastorateFord, Samuel, Pulaski, Ind—No pastorateGates, L, Laporte City, la—No pastorateHeflin.VVm, Michigantown,Ind—KeepsCreek. Friend-

ship (W I). Wildcat (Conf?)

Hicks, Geo B, Macy, Ind—Young America. Center(I M R). Osborn Prairie—Sterling (W I)

Jaekman, Taylor, Kokomo, Ind—No pastorateKob, J R, Center, Ind—No pastorateMeCoy, Chas E, New London, Ind—New BethelMcNeely. S, Tiosa, Ind—Crooked Creek—Rock Creek

Valley—Tippecanoe—TvpelvemileMelson, B A, Sheridan, Ind—No pastorateMiller, A, Curveton, Ind—No pastorateReed, Wm R, Argos, lad—No pastorateRhinehart, Wm J, Pulaski, Ind—Oak GroveRupe. J C, Argos, lad— Bufipalo—Eel RiverStrickland, C V, Argos, Ind—New Waverly—PipeStrickland. Mrs M A, Argos, Ind—Argos [Creek—ShilohVance, J W, Mexico, Ind—No pastorateWest, A L. Darlington, Ind—Burrows. Center Grove

—Darlington (W I)

Wiley, Geo W, Carrington , N D—No pastorate [OraWinegardner, W Y, Logansport, Ind—Indian Creek

—

Ordained, 22; licentiates, 3. Died since last report,

F. Vanness.

CHUECB, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBEBS, CLEBK. (See p. 45.)

Argos—Mrs M A Strickland, Argos, Ind10,000. 170—Wm Holin, Argos, IndBloomingsburg—W G Parker (Eel R), Goshen, Ind$1,200. 246- Martin Hodge, Talma, IndBuffalo—J C Rupe, Argos, Ind$1,000. 84— A G Coonrod, Buffalo, IndBurrows— X L West, Darlington, lod$3,00ii. 163—Chas Kennedy, Burrows, IndCedar Lake—No pastor$ 500. 50—Nelson Conner, Winona, IndCrooked Creek—S McNeely, Tiosa, Ind^1,500. 89—James Gray, Royal Center, IndDeercreek—E D Simons (W I), New London, Ind$2,000. 90— L F Murphy, Galveston, IndEel River—J C Rupe, Argos, Ind$2,000. 68—E G Gallahan, Peru, IndGreentown—John T Phillips (W I). Frankfort, Ind$5,000. 159— David Jones, Greentown, Ind

Rev. Wm. Heflix, MrciiicANTOWN, Ind.

Northwestern Ind. Conference.

Hickory Grove—^ H Gott(W I), Mellott, Ind$1,200. 156— Mi-s Eva Galloway, Idaville, IndIndian Creek—W Y Winegardner, Logansport, Ind$ 500. 28—Samuel Kochel, Star City, IndKeeps Creek—Wm Ueflin. Michigantown, Ind$2,000. 25—John Hines, Logansport, IndKokomo—F D Hobson (I M R), Kokomo, Ind$3,500. 122^A LVickery, Kokomo, IndMt Zion—Mike Wininser, Galvpston, Ind$ 100. 69— Mattie Taylor, Walton, IndNew Bethel—Chas E McCov, New London, Ind8 7U0. 43—Wm E Lowen", Lakeside, IndNew Waverly—C V Strickland, Argos, Ind$2,000. 50—Arrie Ferguson, New Waverly, IndOakgrove—Wm J Rlunehart, Pulaski, Ind$ 8i0. 51 —John Rants, Winamac, IndOakland—M M Wiles (I M R), Terhun", Ind$1,200. IIG—S Biegler, Burlington, IndOra—W Y Winegardner, Logansport, Ind$ 500. 90— Martha A Parker. Ora, IndPipe Creek—C V Strickland, Argos, ladJi.iMiO. 59—Amos Helvie. Anoka, IndRock Creek Valley—S McNee y, Tiosa, Ind»1,0(.0. .50~W L Small, Logansport, IndShiloh—C V Strickland, Argos, Ind$1,000. 70—Etta Bussard, Logansport, IndSummit View—No pastor$ 000. 50—C M Bennett, Argos, IndThomas Chapel—No pastor$1,500. 4.5—W H Haslett, Ockley, IndTiosa—W G Parker (Eel R), Goshen, Ind$1,200. 104—Ella Jameson, Tiosa, IndTippecanoe—S McNeely, Tiosa, Ind$ 700. 51—S B Ford. Pulaski, IndTwetvemile—S McNeely, Tiosa, Ind$ 800. 70—Abe Moss, Twelvemlle, IndWest Sonoka—No pastor$2,000. 80—Wm J Brown, Deercreek, IndWest Union—No pastor$ 200. 35—M M Heiland, Winamac, IndYoung America—Geo E Hicks, Macy, Ind$2,Ouo. 119—S J Beck, Young America, Ind

30 churches—town, 11 ; country, 19. Preaching, full

time, 2; half time, 2; once per month, 21 ; no pastor,5. Totals-valuation, $52,150; membership, 2,601.

Endeavor societies, 8; Sunday schools, 24.

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 81

.JjL^JiA,JJL,JjLJULJjL,JjLJJL.J^JjLJJL^JJL^JjL^JJL^JJLJJLJA.JJL^JJL~^

Pl,easa.nt, Hill (Indiana)^ Cheistianj Choech, Organized 1828.

TuEKEY Run, now Pleasant Hill Christian Church (W. Ind. Conf.), was organized by

Elders James and Solomon McKlnney, in Solomon McKinney's house, in Coal Creek Town-

ship, Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1828. with the following members: James McKinneyand wife. Solomon McKinney and wife, John Roll and wife, Ebenezer Westfall and wife.

More than one thousand names have since been added to the roll. The church has its

third house of worship, and has had James McKinney, Adam Thomas, Leonard Shoe-

maker, Thomas Carr, Joel Thomas, Samuel Gregory, W. T. Warbinton. J. T. Phillips, and

others, as pastors. It is the home church of Revs. A. L. and Moses McKinney, Joel ihomas,

Samuel Gregory, David Hays, Kate E. Miller, G. B. Merritt, and others.

It

82 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Mary Roll, Pierre, South Dakota.Born in 1800.

Mary Roll, nee Weslfall, was born in Dayton,Ohio, October 13, 1800. She was converted on MadRiver, under the labors of Elder Samuel Kyle in1821, and joined the Christian Church in 1822, andwas baptized by Elder George Shideler. She wasmarried to John Roll in 1821. She, with her hus-band, came to Indiana at an early day, and werecharter members of Turkey Run, now Pleasant HillChristian t/hurch, organized in 1828. Her husbanddied in 1836, leaving to her care a family of smallchildren; yet her faith in her Savior and her lovefor her church never faltered. She now lives atPierre, South Dakota, and is in good health. Herlife has been strangely tilled with pioneer adven-tures. Her peculiar characteristic has been holyliving, and a tenacity for the principles of theChristian Church.

Western Indiana Conference.( Reported by Secretary Brown.)

Terri<07-j/—Comprises eounties of Sull'van, Green'Owen, Clay, Vigo, Putnam, Parke, Hendricks, Boone,Montgomery, Benton, Tippecanoe, Fountain, Vermil-lion, Wairen, and Clinton.Next session, at Shiloh Church, August 21, 190O.

President, i.Q Henry, Wingate, Ind. ; Vice-Presi-dent, Prof. A. M. Ward, Merom, Ind ; Secretary,Rev. C. A. Brown, Lebanon, Ind.; Treasurer, B. F.Crane, Rob Roy, Ind.

MINISTERS, ADDEE8BES, PA8T0BATEB.

Akers. A J, Farmers burg, Ind—Mt Olive—OtterCreekUnion

Aldrich, L J. Merom, Ind—Big Springs—MeromBannon, L W, Waynetown, Ind—SuperannuatedBoord, J S, Veedersburg, Ind—No pastorate [SalemBrown, C A, Lebanon, Ind—Antioch—Liberty—NewCarney, A L, Svlvania, Ind—Bee Ridge—Croys Creek

—Mill Creek — Pleasantview — Union ChapelClick, F M, Lebanon, Ind—No pastorate [(Owen Co)Cook, DA, Cyclone, Ind—Christian Liberty—FairviewDooley, Mary, Watseka, 111—No pastorateDudley, J W, Linden, Ind—Mt PleasantEarl, I H, Wingate, Ind—No pastorateFrancis, J C, Merom, Ind—Union Chapel (Montg Co)Fry, Susan V, Tokio, Japan—Foreign MissionaryGillaspie, TC, Staunton, Ind—No pastorate

Rev. L. W. Bannon, Waynetown, Ind.

Western Indiana Conference.

Gott, R H, Mellott, Ind-Shiloh—Freedom- Zion.Hickory Grove (N W I)

Hays, Mrs B O, Marion, Ind—No pastorateHeath, A R, Covington, Ind—SuperannuatedJohnson, R M, Harmony, Ind—No pa.otorat*!

Meeker, J E, Merom, Iiid— PleaKant View (C 111)

Mosteller, Silas, Lebanon, Ind — Browns Wonder

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Center—Mt ZionNickel], J S, Wallace, Ind—No pastorateOliver, J W, Odell. Ind— No pastoratePage, Miss J C, Merom. lud—No pastorateParr, J A, Middletown, Lid-Christian Chapel (I M R)Penrod, C Tena, Sendai, Japan—Foreign MissionaryPhillips, J T, Frankfort, Ind— Mellott. Greentown

(N W I). Bristol (E Ind). New Liberty—Union(So Ind & 111)

Powell, D. Portland, Ind-Portland (E Ind)Quillen, Thos, Waynetown, Ind—SuperannuatedSimmons, E D, New London, Ind—Swayzee (Eel R).

Deer Creek (N W I)

Stackhouse, S, Westfield, Ind—SuperarnuatedTrotter, F P, Muncie, lod—Muncie (E Ind)Vinson, Mrs M J,Veedersburg, Ind— Portland MissionWoodworth, A D, Merom, Ind— Missionary EvangelistWoody, G, Darlington, Ind—Christian Chapel—Gar-

field—Scotland

Ordained, 29; licentiates, 6. Died since last report,J. S. Maxwell.

CHDECH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—C A Brown, Lebanon, Ind83,000. 201— Bert Kern, Frankfort. IndBee Ridge—A L Carney, Sylvania, Ind8 500. 88—L F Downing, Brazil, IndBig Springs—L J Aldrich, Merom, Ind8 600. 117—Ella Eno, Graysville, IndBrowns Wonder—Silas Mosteller, Lebanon, Ind82,000. 145—E M Henderson, Lebanon, IndCenter— Silas Mosteller, Lebanon, Ind8 800. 110—A W Dazey, Wingate, IndCenter Grove—A L West (N W I) Darlington, Ind8l,3'iO. 114—Catherine Young, Thorntown, IndChristian Chapel—G Woody, Darlington, Ind8 800. 95-John M Allen, Kirklin, IndChristian Liberty— D A Cook, Cyclone, Ind8 850. 94—Arthur Cash, Dot, Ind

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 83

Linden (Indiana) Christian Chuech.

Western Indiana Conference.

CroysCreek— A L Carney, Sylvania, Ind

8 800. 95— J RFinley, Harmony, Tnd

Darlington—k L West (N W I), Da -lington, Ind

82,000. 182—Ina Bowers, Darlington, Ind

Elm ffrot'e—No pastorJl.dOo. 145—Jeanette Anderson, Manson, Ind

Fa'jrviewJ—DA Cook, Cyclone, Ind

S 800. 83— Minnie Beeman, Gadsden, Ind

Freedom-R H Gott, Mellott, Ind

SI 400. 108—J T Carter, Yeddo, Ind

Friendship-Wm Heflin (N W I). iMichigantown, Ind

i 800 76—Marv Phillips, Michigantown, Ind

Garfield-G Woody, Darlinaton, Ind

J 8,(1. 59_Mrs Mary Binford, Garfield, ind

Lebanon—^o pastor$4,(011. 127—Maggie Stearns, Lf^banon, Ind

Liberty—C A Brown, Lpbanon, Ind

$1 200 158—Wm U:terback, CrawfordsviUe, Ind

iiAden-Robprt Harris (C 111), Veedersburg, Ind

82 3' 0. 150— Lavina Morford, Linden, Ind

Mellott—i T I'hillips, Frankfort, Ind

83,000. 169—Alice Reis-ter, Mellott, Ind

il/erom-L J Aldrich. Merom, Ind

S Olio. 161—Miss S E Hatten, Merom, Ind

Mill Creek—A L i 'arney, Sylvania, Ind

8 51 0. 38—R G Evans, Poland, Ind

MtOlive—A J Akers, Farmersburg, Ind

8 fiOO. 90-George W Van Cleave, Farmersburg, Ind

Mt Pleasant—J W Dudley, Linden, Ind

J nnii. 44—Anna Nicholson, CrawlordsviUe, Ind

Mt Zion—Silas Mosteller, Lebanon, Ind

8 600. 54—Ocie Kersey, Lebanon, Ind

New Salem—C A Brown, Lebanon, Ind

$3 000. 178—L P Campbell, Thorntown, Ind

Old Union—J B Martin (C 111), Johnsonville, Ind

8 SOO. 100—T J Nelson, Jamestown. Ind

Osborn Prairie-Geo E Hicks (N W 1), Macy, Ind

84,000. 164—A Boord, Stoneblufl, Ind

Otter Creek Union—K J AVers, Farmersburg, Ind

81,100. 121-A G Kessel, Fontanet, Ind

Pleasant Geove—No pastor, , r. t j

8 250 60—W M Ratclifl, Kingman, Ind [town, Ind

Pleasant Hill—W T Warbinion (Miami O) Hagers-

82,000. 236—J S Henry, Wingate, Ind

Pieosani Fie««—A L Carney, Sylvania, Ind

81 200. 141—Clara McKerns, Hazelngg, Ind [Ind

Portland Mission-Mrs M J Vmson, Veedersburg.

8 000. 27—Sarah Sheffer, Fountain, Ind [Ind

Prairie Chapel- Robert Harris (C III), Veedersburg,

8 500. 75—H W Ellis, Hillsboro, Ind

Scotland—G Woody. Darlington, Ind

81,200. 99—Olive Shane, Cyclone, Ind

Shiloh—R H Gott. Mellott, Ind

81,000. 120—R D Billingsby, Advance, Ind

Staunton-J E Kiger (layman). Silverwood, Ind

8 800. 73—Lizzie Tibbetts, Staunton, Ind

Sterling—Geo E Hicks (N W I), Macy. Ind

81,000. 57—RoseBriner.Veedersburg, Ind

tJnion Ceme«erj/-WTWaibinton ( Miami O), Hagers-

town, Ind ,. t j82,6=0. 165— Frank Helms, Aylesworth, Ind

Union Chapel (0*en Co)-A L Carney, Sylvania, Ind

8 300. 50—C V Neier, Cunot, Ind

Union Chapel (Clay Co)—No pastor

8 500. 5—No e'erk reported

Union Chapel (Montg Co)-J C Francis, Merom, Ind

8 3(i0. 69—C E Crain, Linn.'-burg, Ind

Yeddo-G W Draper (C 111), Danville. Ill

81,200. 40— Flora Philpott, Yeddo, Ind

Zion—R H Gott, Mellott, Ind

8 700. 73—L D Gard, Cory, Ind

43 churches-town, 13; country. 30 Preaching,

fulltime.2; halftime.6; once per month, 31 , no pas-

tor. 4. Totals-valuation, 852,160; membership, 4,F46.

Endeavor societies, 13; Sunday schools, 38.

84 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Mbllott (Indiana) Christian Church.Western Indiana Cnnference.

Indiana-j Miami Reserve Conference.( Reported by Secretary Wiles.)

Territory—Comprises the counties of Madison,

Hamilton, Tipton, Clinton, Howard, Grant, Hunting-

ton, Carroll, Cass, Miami, Delaware, and Wells.

Next session, at South Muncie Church, Muncie, Ind.,

October 2, 1900.

President, Rev. L.W. Hercules, Center, Ind.; Vice-

President, Rev. C. W. Snodgrass, Marion, Ind.; Sec-

retary, Rev. M. M. Wiles, Terhune, Ind.; Treasurer,

Samuel Todd, Frankton, Ind.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Boswell, D S, Swayzee, lud—No pastorate

Bozell, Geo, Tipton, Ind—Superannuated

Brock, Andrew, Liberty Center, Ind—No pastorate

Byrket, Eli, Warren, Ind—Superannuated

Chamness, A J, Millville, Ind—No pastorate

Clark, J L, Summitville, Ind—SuperannuatedClymer, J F, Elwood, Ind—Andrew Chapel—ClarktownComer, Jas, Center, Ind— No pastorate [—So MarionComer, J E, Center, Ind—Elm GroveDean, Ellen, Indianapolis, Ind—No pastorateDeerin. Oren, Upland, Ind—College Hill (Conf?)Dipboye, J W, Elwood, Ind— Farrville—Sugar CreekDipboye, J Sr, Summitville, Ind—No pastorateDipboye, J Jr. Frankton, Ind—Broadway—North

Webster (Eel R)Fite, S D, Gass City, Ind—SuperannuatedFiorea, H, Hatikleman, Ind—No pastorateFoster, G D, Kempton, Ind—New Hope—Sandbank

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Teetersburg. W hite Union (E Ind)Gardener, T J, Atlanta, Ind—No pastorateGarling, L K, Uunnegan, Mo— No pastorateHavens, I A, Elwood, Ind—Curtisville

Hen8ley,C C. Yorktovrn. Ind—No pastorateHercules, L W, Center, Ind—No pastorate

Himes, L, Arcada, Ind—No pastorateHinkle, A P,Goldsmith,Ind—Linnwood—Union ValleyHob-ion, F D, Kokomo, Ind—Kokomo (N W I)

Hubbartt, Geo, Warren, Ind—SuperannuatedHubbartt, Thos, North Judson, Ind- Pulaf ki (Conf?)Johnson, Milo E, Goldsmith, Ind—Goldsmith—TiptonJones, Albert, Gmdsmith, Ind—No pastorateLayman, John, Michigantowp, Ind—No pastorateMorris, A N, Muncie, Ind—Pikes Peak. Harrisville—

Ogden (E Ind)Morris, J F, 17l'> Columbia Ave, Indianapolis, Ind

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Indianapolis [(Wells Co)Mouncey, Bruce, Liberty Center, Ind—New HopeMusgrove, C J F, Muncie, Ind—No pastoratePage, J W, Jefferson, Ind—No pastorateParson, J P, Lewis Creek, lad—No pastorateRoberts, M, Upland. Ind—No pastorateSheets, Mary J, Yorktown, Ind—No pastorateSmith, F, Swavzee, Ind—SuperannuatedSnodgrass, C W, Marion, Ind— LandisvilleStafford, T L, Anderson, Ind—Yorktown (Conf?)Teeter, M L, Goldsmith, Ind—Darrows Chapel—SoWebb, L. Atlanta, Ind—No pastorate [LibertyWhitecotfon, H B, Indianapolis, Ind—No pastorateWiles, M M, Terhune, Ind—Oakland (N W I) [(N W I)

Wininger, Mike, Galveston, Ind—Mt Zion. Mt ZionWinton. James B, Tipton, Ind—No pastorateWisehart, Emaline, Marion, Ind—No pastorate

Ordained, 38; licentiates, 10.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seep. 45.)

.Anderson-No pastor$I,6U0. 140—John W Wilson, Anderson, IndAndrew Chapel—J F Clymer, Elwood, IndS 000. 20—No clerk reportedBethel—No pastor9 fiOO. 66—John H Zerfas, Frankfort, IndCenter—Geo E Hicks (N W I), Macy, IndJ.'i.dOO. 143—A G Ingels, Kokomo, IndChristian Chapel—J A Parr(W I), Middletown, IndS 000. 65—No clerk reportedClarktown—J FClvmer, Elwood, IndS 700. 61—Wm E Richards, Summitville, Ind

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 85

Rev. M. L. Teetee, Goldsmith, Indiana.Indiana Miami Reserve Conference.

College Corner—No pastor$ 000. 20—Emma Hiait, Stout, IndCurtisville— 1 A Havens, Elwood, Ind$5,000. 26—Manerva Perry, Curtisville, IndDarrows Chapel—M L Teeter, Goldsmith, IndS 400. 29-Ella Addison, Kokomo, IndElm Grove—J E Comer, Center, IndS 300. 21—Sarah M Bodkins, Florida, IndElwood—No pastorJl.BOO. 65—Mrs Anna Bolt, Elwood, IndFarrville-J W Dipboye, Elwood, IndJl.OOO. 79—D B Camblin, Farrville, IndOoldsmith—M\\o E Johnson, Goldsmith, Ind11,100. 60—J W Ellis, Goldsmith, IndIndianapolis—J F Morris, Indianapolis, IndS 000. a3—Willamette Marshall, Indianapolis, IndIronwood—No pastor81,000. 46—Robert Taylor, Myers, IndLandisville—C W Snodgrass, Marion, Ind$ 700. 67—Samuel D VVeesner, Landess, IndLinnwood—A P Hinkle, Goldsmith, Ind9 800. 29—James Alexander, Linnwood, IndMechanicsburg—No pastor$2,000. 58—A J Kisling, Mechanicsburg, IndMuncie—No pastorS 000. 40—No clerk reportedMt Zion—Mike Wininger, Galveston, Ind$1,000. 105—W H Wilson, Galveston, IndNew Hope—G D Foster, Kempton, Ind8 600. 84—Celia Van Buskirk. Atlanta, Ind [IndNew Hope( Wells Co)—Bruce Mouncey, Liberty Center,8 000. 15—No olerk reportedPikes Peak—A N Morris, Muncie, Ind$ 800. 49—John .Miller, Daleville, IndPrairieville—No pa.-tor83,000. 142—Ella Carter, Wiles, IndReeds—No pastor$ 500. 21—David S Hensley, Yorktown, IndRichland—No pastor8 700. 75—Mary L Rushton, Ekin, IndSandbank—G D Foster, Kennpton, Ind81,000 133—Rix L Hasket, Tipton, IndSouth Liberty—M L Teeter, Goldsmith, Ind8 700. 70—John Hunnicutt, MtZion, IndSouth Marion—} F Clymer, Elwood, Ind8 800. 77— J F Purtee, Marion, Ind

South Jlfuncje—Morton Ross (E Ind), Winchester, Ind8 OtO. bo—Wm McCorkill, Muncie, IndSugar Creek- J W Dipboye, Elwood, Ind8 400. 66— P James Smith, Kirklin, IndTeetersburg— G D Foster, Kempton, Ind81,600. 1(0—J D Davis, Rural, IndTipton— Milo E Johnson, Goldsmith, Ind81,000. 75—Silas Harvey, Tipton, IndUnion Chapel—No pastor8 000. 41— J T Wiseman, Atlanta, IndUnion Valley—A P Hinkle, Goldi^mith, Ind8 700. 48—Sarah Bolton, Elwood, Ind [son, IndWhetstone Chapel—Kiley F Mallolt (E Ind), Ander-81,000. 35—William Hull, Ander-son, Ind

36 churches—town, 14; country, 22. Preaching,half time, 5; once per month, 20; no pastor, 11.Totals—valuation, $36,30t ; membership, 2,264. En-deavor societies, 7;^Sunday schools, 34.

Central Indiana Conference.!.( Reported by^Secretary. Coy.)

L Terrj/ori—Comprises'.iHendrix,* Shelby, Johnson,Bartholomew,•Brown,.Ow en, and jj-ekson counties.;

U,Next session, at_Youngs;Creek Church, October 9,

1900.

i President, Rev. [E.. K.lPond, Cliflord, Ind.; Vice-President, Rev. .W.. W.i Freeman, Edinburg, Ind.;

Secretary, Rev. D. O. Coy, Taylorsville, Ind.;. Treas-urer, N. W-iAlexander, 1027.West New York St., Indi-

anapolis, Ind.

MINISTERS, ADSRESSEB, PASTOBATEg.

Baker,;P J, Lebanon, Ind—No pastorate

Bennett, J, Columbus, Ind—No pastorate

Carrothers, J W, Allerton, III—No pastorateCoy, D O, Taylorsville, Ind—Cliflord—Mt Olivet—Old

Union—Youngs CreekCummings, J, Kurtz, Ind—No pastorateDowney, A S, East Enterprise, Ind—SuperannuatedFreeman, W W, Edinburg, Ind—Mt Zion—New Bethel—Pleasant Ridge—StoryPond, E K, Clifford, Ind—Crooked Creek—RaintownWalden, Z F, Spencer, Ind—No pastorateWilliamson, C R, Story, Ind—West Liberty

Ordained, 10.

CHURCH, pastor,;talce,'^mbiibebs,[,clxbk. ( See p. 45.)

Blue River—No pastor8 500. 50—Geo A Wicker, Manila, IndChestnut Ridoe—No pastor8 000. 25—J Russel, Seymour, IndCliflord—D O Coy, Taylorsville, Ind$ 800. 43—John Linkie, Cliflord, IndCrooked Creek—E K Pond, Cliflord, Ind8 600. 52—C Eddy, Cooper, IndMt Olivet—D O Coy, Taylorsville, Ind$ 800. 75—J N Parks, Stmesville, IndMt Zion—W W Freeman, Edinburg, Ind$ 600. 94—J Tipton, Pikes Peak, IndNew Bethel—W W Freeman, Edinburg, Ind$l,t)00. 163—J Taylor, Cleona, IndOld Union—D O Coy, Taylorsville, Ind83,iOO. 12a—.Mary Pence, Taylorsville, IndPleasant Ridge—W W Freeman, Edinburg, Ind8 800. 126—Bell Scott, Mooney, IndRaintown—E K Pond, Cliflord, Ind8 600. 41—J B Graham, Listen, IndStoby—W W Freeman, Edinburg, Ind$ 100. 60—G Greathouse, Story, IndTaylorsville—No pastor$ 800. 45—Emma Schenck, Taylorsvillb IndWest Liberty—C R Williamson, Story, Ini.

$ 000. 49—J Chaffin, Mt Liberty, IndYoungs Creek—D O Coy, Taylorsville, Ina$1,000. 113—Geo Logan, Franklin, Ind

14 churches—town, 2; country, 12. Preaching, oaueper month, 11; no pastor, 3. Totals — Taluatioxi,$10,500; membership, 1,039. Sunday school*, 12.

Elder Z. M. Wilkins, whose portrait appears on this page,was, in many ways, a remarkable man, and is remembered bythe older generation of people with great admiration and alarge measure of love. He was the son of Thomas and Eliz-abeth ( Miller) Wilkins, and was born in Boss County, Ohio,June 25, 1811. He had the usual advantages of his day, andwas as well equipped for his life-work as the limited termsof the district school would allow. Nothing remarkablecharacterized his childhood, and we are told little of hisyouthhood. Religiously, he manifested no special interestuntil nearly twenty-four years of age, when, under the preach-ing of Elder Benjamin Sagar, of the Christians, he waspowerfully wrought upon and, with others, confessed Jesusto the joy of his soul.The burden of sin fullygone and the assuranceof regeneration com-plete, he saw from theopen Word that his nextduty was to profess hisfaith in the Savior's bur-ial and resurrection bythe beautiful ordinanceof baptism. As hethought upon this obli-gation and saw the uni-form example of theearly church -member-ship, which was so clear-ly an imitation of theLord's own example atJordan, he expressed awish to descend into theconsecrating tide, andwas waited on by theman who had inducedhis confession of sins.

He did not seek baptismin the hope of remission.His heart rested underno burden of sin. Heknew from his love toGod's people that he hadpassed from death untolife. His peace was likea river, the righteous-ness whereof was as thewaves of the sea. Oldthings had passedaway; all things hadbecome new. He liad noquestion that, likeDavid, his feet had beentaken from the miryclay of the horrible pitand placed upon therock ; the new song wasnot wanting to his lips,

and had he been dumb,he would have sung inhis heart. But when hecame forth from baptis-mal waters, there was anew flood of glory await-ing him— the heavenswere brighter, the waywas clearer, and hisheart was lighter from aconsciousness of a new,great duty done.He now entered the

church, but felt at oncethat his place was notin the pew; that Godwished him to stand onthe higher walls of hisZion, and as an embas-sador from him to pleadwith men, in Christ's stead, to be reconciled to their Maker.The call to preach was as clear to him as the call to repentand, later, to be baptized. With his love to God and hisgratitude for personal deliverance, there was no inclinationto resist the Master's demands, and in 1835, soon after enter-ing the church, he began as an evangelist to improve his gift.

He was now twenty-four years of age, and an unusuallymature young man. His natural gifts were of the first order,and they readily improved under active use.To preach a sermon that should please, or gain him the

voice of applause was no aim with him, but to awaken thesoul to the danger of its situation and the importance of im-mediate salvation through Christ, this was his one purpose,and his labor was not in vain. Men could not resist hisappeals. His intense zeal, coupled with a yearning love forthe perishing, moved multitudes to an acceptance of the

Elder Z. M. Wilkins.

oifers of Gospel mercy. In his earlier ministry he declinthe pastorate, and gave himself almost wholly to evangeliswork. His field was a wide one, extending through Oliio ii

Michigan on the north ; through Indiana to the west, aeven into Illinois. He would be gone for months from hoon a single tour, and would rest but briefly on his retufeeling himself ever impelled by the Spirit to go forth. >

did he confine himself wholly to men of his own race. Mared men yet sojourned in the roadless forests through whihis work led him, and these gathered in scores and hundnto listen to his appeals. Many a red man found, by hapexperience, that God was no respecter of persons.His life journey in his Master's name was a long one. Hi

and cold held no terrfor him. The swolstream was no obstato him and his faithbeast. Think of a joney eighty-six thousemiles long! Such a

j

grimage our brothmade in bearing the gpel to the perishing-journey long enoughbelt the world atequator three tin:

with a lap of ele'

thousand miles o^

Think of ten thousfpublic addresses ! (

ministers of to-day haly average over one hdred a year. Ten thsand sermons wouldgthem a hundred yeof such a life. Fifthundred times this nof God consoled theing while they mounfor their dead byopen grave. Rarely dsuch a record comethe minister of to-dNearly one thousatimes he solemnizedmarriage ceremoWhat a hold ha hadthe hearts of the peoiCompare this reowith that of the bus:man in our ministryday, and Elder Z.

Wilkins would bewhit behind that mHe was the first i

sionary supported inWest by the EastMissionary AssociatiVery many churclwere the outcome ofrevivals, the convertwhich often approaclthe hundred line,

was his rule to bap'at the close of his miings, and several til

the candidates mbered as many as nini

His sermons were fli

ing appeals under_

the power of the SpiHe had as ready aof the Bible as if it]

been written ontongue. Varied tnlations and the muplication of books m;Scripture knowlS'

of former measure now a thing impossible.He was a delightful conversationalist, and his visits to

home were always enjoyable. "Thousands in the realmimmortality will hail him as the instrument in God's ha;

of their salvation!" Brother Wilkins was married to 5

porah Thompson, December 4, 1833. She walked with hiii

a faithful companion to the near sunsetting of his own 1

preceding him by some three years. She died at Veedi

burg, Indiana, and he, from the quietude of the same ho)

went forth into her companionship, September 28, 1889. El

R. H. Gott, on the spacious lawn before the home, gave .

funeral discourse to the multitude that gathered to expr

the sincere respect they felt for real worth. In the deati

Elder Wilkins the loss of the Church was very great, for a a

iant servant had gone down to the grave. But he was weighwith years and ripe for promotion to higher spheres.

fi6

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 87

Southern Indiana and Illinois Conference.(Reported by Seeretary Hausfer.)

Next sfission, at Union, Ind., Se|Heniber 6, 1900.

President, D. A. Epperson, Haubstadt, Ind.; Vice-

President, Rev. A. H. Bennett, Arthur, lU.; Secretaryand Treasurer, A. W. Hausser, Texas City, HI.

MINISTEBS, ADDBESSEB, PASTOBATES.

Barrett. E Q, Meadville, Pa—(Student)Bennett, A H, Arthur, III—Arthur— Muncie (C 111)

Cox, I N. Texas City, 111—No pastorate [Pleasant Hill

Davis, W F, Boyie^tou, III—Canni—Moores Chapel—Defur, Clarence, Stewarisville, Ind—Bethsaida— Pop-

lar. Danville (C III)

Ellis, R J, Boyleston, III— Burnt PrairieEwin, Wm, Thackeray, 111—No pastorateLand, J M, Carmi, III— EvangelistLittell, J B, Boyleston, Ill—Boyleston — Christian

c;hapel. Christian Temple—Sugar Creek (SoRemole, U G, Mt Vernon, Ind—No pastorate [W 111)

Wiggins, J D, Ball, III—No pastorate

Ordained, 9; licentiates, 2. Died since last report,P. B. Brewer, Louis Remole.

CHDBCH, PABTOB, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 46.'

Antioch—No pastor$ 400. 10— Ada Knowles, Owensville, IndArrington—No pastor9 SOO. 35—Geo Borah, Sims, 111

Boyleston— J B Littell, Boyleston, III

9 500. 4' —Emma Parkinson, Boyleston, 111

Bethsaida^Clarence Defur, Stewartsville, Ind$l,30u. 114—J M Norris, Stewartsville, IndBurnt Prairie—R J Ellis, Boyleston, 111

S 600. 66—J M Land, Carmi, 111

Carmi—W F Davis, Boyleston, 111

S 3')0. 42—J W Jameson, Carmi, 111

Christian Chapel—J B Littell, Boyleston, 111

81,100. 40—Susan Hunt, Bungay, 111

Moores Chapel—W F Davis. Boyleston, 111

8 0. 49—G P Kinkaid, Mt Vernon, IndMt Zion—No pastorS 600. 13—Carrie Brausa, Hugo, IndNew Liberty—J T Phillips (W I), Frankfort, Ind81,700. 217—Jennie Emerson, Cynthiana, IndPleasant Hill—W F Davis, Boyleston, 111

8 600. 2ii—John Baughman, Albion, 111

Pleasant Union—No pastor8 500. 40—S A Tramel. Famous, III

Poplar—Clarence Defur, Stewartsville, Ind8 900. 88—A W Hausser, Texas City, III

Richland—No pastor8 600. 26—E L Neavill, Boyleston, 111

Union—J T Phillips fW I). Frankfort, Ind [ville, Ind8 600. 79—Maggie Schnell, 414 Upper 4th St, Evans-

ISchurches—town, 2; country, 13. Preaching, half

time, 1 ; once per month, 9; no pastor, 5. Totals-valuation, 810,200; membership, 869. Sundayschools, 15.

Illinois State Conference.( Reported by Secretary Hoel.)

Territory—Comprises the State of Illinois, includ-

ing Western III., Central III., Southern III., SouthernWabash, and that part of the Northern 111. and Wis.,

and of the Southern Ind. and 111. Conference whichis in HI.Next ses.sion (place and date not reported) .

President. Rev. R .W. Pittman, Fiatt, 111. ; Vice-Pres-idents, presidents of the District Conferences; Secre-tary and Treasurer, Rev. I. Millard Hoel, Newton, 111.

Central Illinois Conference.(Reported by Secretary Wilson.)

Tcrriiorj/ (not well defined)—Churches in Vermillion,Douglas, Coles, Moultrie, Piatt, Dewitt, and Cham-paign counties, III., and Warren County, IndNext session, at Pleasant ViewChurch, Aug. 29, 1900.

President, A. L. Johnson, Alvin, 111.; Vice-Pres-ident, Rev. G. W. Rippey, Atwood, 111.; Secretary,Will R. Wilson, State Line, Ind.; Treasurer, E. P.

James, Mansfield, 111.

MIN'ISTBRS, ADDBE8SE8, PASTOBATES.

Braithwaite, E, Ivesdale, III—No pastorateCarter, L S, Hammond, III— MilinineClapp, J Alex, Danville, III— Bethel— Lake ForkDraper, G W, Danville, III—Olive. Yeddo (W Ind)Ealey, W M, Urbana, III—No pastorateEmbree, Isaac, Georgetown, 111—No pastorateFitts, F F, Atwood, III—No pastorateGreen, John, Danville, III—No pastorateGunn, H H, Oakwood, III—SuperannuatedHarrington, M J, Meroni, Ind—Cedar Grove—New Vil-

lage Chapel [Prairie Chapel (W Ind)Harris, Robert, Veedersburg. Ind—Hope. Linden

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Harshbarger, S, Atwood, III—SuperannuatedHawk, C, St Joseph, HI—Christian Chapel—LaPlaceHoilges, S, Catlin, III—No pastorateLake, Israel, Hillsdale, Ind—No pastorateLawrence, G D, Urbana, 111—Atwood—MtZion—UrbanaLeavitt, L M, Hammond, III—No pastorateMartin, J H, Johnsonville, Ind—Old Union (W Ind)Masterson.C S, Garrett, 111—Prairie Hope—ProspectMendenhall, I C, La Cygne, Kan—No pastorateMiller, Mrs K E, Champaign, III—Forest Hill—PiersonPatterson, J J, Danville, III—Poage—U C ChapelRippey, G W, Atwood, III—No pastorateSnyder, Thos, Pilot, III—No pastorateSwisher, Samuel, Diknville, III—Pleasant GroveOrdained, 22; licentiates, 3. Died since last report,

P. M. Schultz.

CBURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBEB8, CLEBK. (See p. 46.

Arthur—\ H Bennett (So Ind and III), Atwood, III

83,50u. 9;^—W H H Reeder, Arthur, III

Atwood~G D Lawrence, Urbana, 111

81,500. 173—O L Storey, Atwood, III

Bethel—} Alex Clapp, Danville, 111

81,300. 100—E B James, Mansfield, 111

Cedar Grove—M J Harrington, Merom, Ind81,200. 50—Jonas Clem, Blount, 111

Christian Chapel—C Hawk, St Joseph, 111

81,ioo. 80—Jennie L Tevebaugh, Pilot, 111

Danville -Clurenee Defur (So fnd & HI), Danville, HI87, .500. 67—Nora Watson, Danville, 111

Forest Hill—Mrs K E Miller, Champaign, III

8 6(J0. 67— Lula Zufall, Covington, IndHedrick—>o pastor81,200. 37— Wni Messmore, Hedrick, IndHope—Robert Harris, Veederi-biirg, Ind81.500. 80— Mollie Thomas, Hope, III

Lake Fork—J Alex Clapp, Danville, 111

$ 800 106—Anna Quick, Atwood, III

La Place—C Hawk, St Joseph, 111

8 800. 88—Bennie Fleck, La Place, 111

Milmine—h S Carter, Hammond, III

8l,80o, 54— Lizzie Lefever, Milmine, HIMt Zion—G D Liwreiice, Urbana. Ill

81,000. 4i—G W Swearinger, Urbana, 111

Muncie— A- H Bennett (So Ind and 111), Arthur, III

81,200. 104—J G Lucas, Muncie, 111

New Village Chapel—M J Harrington, Merom, Ind8 600, 41—Thos Brazelton, Georgetown, 111

Olive—G W Draper, Danville, III

81,01)0. 61)—Will Palmer, Deers, 111

PiERSON—Mrs K E Miller, Champaign, III

8 650. 60 -Gertie Stallsworth, Pierson, III

Pleasant Grove—Samuel Swisher, Danville, III

8 250. 8.5—J M Peters, St Joseph, III

Pleasant Fiew—Jacob Meeker (W Ind), Merom, Ind8 6(i0. ISl—Zac Starr, Bismark, 111

PoAQE—J J Patterson, Danville, 111

8 000. 2.5—Callie Hoffman, Homer, 111

Prairie Hope—C S Masterson, Garrett, 111

81,200. 117—Wiley Hawk, St Joseph. Ill

Prospect—C S Masterson, Garrett, III

82,000. 103—J D Black, Ogden, 111

South Prairie—No pastor81,500. 60—Marshall Hall. Dealand, 111

Tilton—Thos Bishop (Conf?). St Joseph, III

8 750. 23—E W Huston, Vandercook, 111

U C Chapel-J J Patterson, Danville, III

$ 900. 70—Geo H Erhardt, Pierson, III

Urbana—G D Lawrence, Urbana, 111

82,500. 202—Kate Bensyl, Urbana, 111

26 churches—town, 9; country, 17. Preaching, halftime, 14; once per month, 10; no pastor, 2. Totals

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valuation, 837,050; membership, 2,130. Endeavor so.

cieties, 13; Sunday schools, 24.

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Southern Illinois Conference.(Reported by Secretary Davidson.)

Territory—Jaokson, Williamson, Johnson, Union,and Pope counties.Next session, at Christian Union Church, Aug. 30,

1900.

President, Rev. M. L. Fly, Progress, 111. ; Secretary,Rev. T. J. Davidson, Alto Pass, 111.

MINISTEBS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Bowerman, G J, Murphysboro, 111—No pastorateBrewer, John, Carbondale, III—No pastorateBrooks, M C, Makanda, 111—DruryChilders, W C. Wollcreek, III—No pastorateClifton, J H, Vienna, 111—No pastorateCraig, W D, Wolfcreek, 111—No pastorateCr*,..der, N G, Bloomfield, 111—Mt OliveDaviason, T J, Alto Pass, 111—No pastorateDoolin, G W, Murphysboro, III—Christian UnionFly, M L, Progress, 111—Ebenezer—New Fellowship

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Union Hill

Fulgham, P O, Murphysboro, 111—No pastorateHale, W C, Makanda, III—No pastorateHess, Perry, Carterville, III—No pastorateHiller, Q W, Makanda, III--N0 pastorateLindsey, 1, Alto Pass, III—No pastorateLindsey, W R, Flat River, Mo—No pastorateMartin, W T. Regent, III—No pastorateMcDaniel,J VV, Murphysboro, III—Little Crab Orchard

—Mt Pleasant—New LibertyReed, W R, Wolfcreek, 111—Oak GroveReynolds, M G, Allerton, III—No pastorateUnderwood, Wm, Murphysboro, III—No pastorateWilson, W A, Murphysboro, III—No pastorate

Ordained, 21; licentiate, I.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Brewer Union—No pastor9 000. 29—Maude Lipe, Pomona, III

Christian Home—No pastor

tl 000. 10—Lucy Biadburn, Allerton, III

Christian Union—G W Doolin, Murphysboro, 111

S 450. 67—Selina Ervin, Murphysboro, 111

County Line—No pastorJl,(i0o. 67—A K Hiller, Carbondale, 111

Drury—M C Brooks, Makanda, III

% 350. 9—J W Holland, Carbondale, III

Ebenezer—M L Fly, Progress, III

S 000. 42—A RCox, Goreville, 111

Hickory Grove—R D Hall (Conf?), Regent, 111

% 500. 56—G W WoUard, Wolfcreek, 111

Hickory Ridge—No pastor% 000. 15—Thomas Cochran, Murphysboro, 111 [111

Little Crab Obohard—J W McDaniel, Murphysboro,S 500. 4('—Wm Hagler, Carbondale, 111

Mt Cana—No pastor

S 600. 47—A H Dawson, Wolfcreek, 111

Mt Olive—N G Crowder, Bloomfield, HI$ 700. 10—J E Pflieger, Vienna, 111

Mt Pleasant—J W McDaniel, Murphysboro$ 600. 186—BettieC Norton, Pomona, 111

New Fellowship—M L Fly, Progress, 111

S 000. 24—John Brooks, Makanda, 111

New Home—No pastor9 000. 26—W T Maxwell, Glendale, 111

New Libertv-J W McDaniel, Murphysboro, 111

$1,000. 89—J W V Fly, Progress, 111

Oak Grove—W R Reed, Wolfcreek, 111

$ 400. 61—W A York, Cottage Home, 111

Union—No pastorS 700. IS'i-J T Brooks, Cobden, 111

Union Hill—M L Fly, Progress, III

S 800. 99—S Crawshaw, Carbondale, 111

18 churches—all country. Preaching, half time, 3;

once per month, 8; no pastor, 7. Totals—valuation,

87,600; membership, 1,062. Sunday schools, 17.

Southern Wabash (III.) Conference.(Reported by Secretary Mahaney.)

TerWforj/—Occupies Clark, Cumberland, Effing-ham, Crawford, Lawrence, Jasper, Kichland, Clay,and Wayne counties, Illinois.

Next session, at Brockville Church, Oct., 1900.

President, Rev. M. V. Hathaway, Trimble, 111.;

Vice-President, Rev. J. J. Douglass, Merom, Ind.Secretary, Rev. P. S. Mahaney, Winterrowd, 111.;Treasurer, J. H. Brinson, Willow Hill, 111.

ministees.Taddeesses,[pastorates.

Cheek, S L, Noble, 111—Superannuated [SumnerDouglass, J J, Merom, Ind— Green Hill—Lamotte—Evans, John, Merom, Ind—Fox PrairieGettinger, H, Merom, Ind—No pastorateGray, D, Sumner, 111—No pastorateGuyer, Evan, Hutsonville, 111—No pastorateHatfield, D H, Newton, 111—No pastorateHathaway. M V, Trimble, 111—No pastorateHerrin, A, Olney, 111—No pastorate [villeHoel, I M, Newton, 111—Hidalgo—Newton—Porter-Jacobs, A O, Eberle, 111—Brookville—Cottage Home

—Mt Gilead-Mt ZionKitchen, Walter, Greenup, 111—No pastorateLannan, Hattie, Parma, Idaho — (Gov position)]Mahaney, P S, Winterrowd, 111—LibertyMcKinney, Geo, Wynoose, III—Freedom (Conf?)Paul, W T, Greenup, 111—Mt Olive (Jasper.Co)-

Willow Prairie—WinterrowdPlunkett, J M, Trimble, 111—No pastoratePrice, Samuel, Greenup, III— Berlin—Bible Chapel

—

Grand Prairie—Mt Olive (Cllark Co) | ValleyRansford, W H, Oblong, III -Glenwood—PleasantRoberts, Walter, Kibbie, 111—No pastorateRobinson, Frank, Merom, Ind—No pastorateRyan, D A, Greenup, 111—No pastorateShepherd, J A, Wynoose, 111—SuperannuatedSmith, V, Hord, 111— No pastorateTracy, J A, Claremont, 111—Bethany—LucaslCreek

—Sandy Creek—Sugar Prairie [BendWade, Pleasant, Newton, 111—Forest Ridge—SouthWade, Thos, Greenup, III—Antioch—Bethlehem—

Fairview—White Oak ChapelWright, J B, Sumner, III— SuperannuatedWright, J L, Greenup, 111—No pastorate

Ordained, 24 ; licentiates, 5.

CHUECH, PA8TOE, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45.)

Antioch—Thos Wade, Greenup, 111

$ 600. 40—Emma Dishong, Claremont.ilUBerlin—Samuel Price, Greenup, III

$ 400. 57—E H Francis, Pierceburg, 111

Bethel—No pastor$ 800. 28—Edward Walker, lola. 111

Bethany—3 A Tracy, Claremont, 111

$ 750. 119—A J Coleman, Hunt, 111

Bethlehem—Thos Wade, Greenup, 111

$ 800. 153—J M Moore, Helena, 111

Bible Chapel—Samuel Price, Greenup, 111

$ 800. 25—Mollie Newman, Stoy, 111

Brookville—A O Jacobs. Eberle, 111

$ 900. 98—Nina Bennifield, Hunt, 111 [ton. 111

Christian Temple-J B Littell (So I and 111), Boyles-S 850. 93—Alice Moore, Flora, 111

Cottage Home—A O Jacobs, Eberle, 111

$1,000. 66—A L Beard, Louisville, 111

Fairview—Thos Wade, Greenup, 111

$ 500. 51—Daisy Printz, Lis, III

Forest Ridge—Pleasant Wade, Newton, III

$ 700. 61—W A Sutterfield, Wynoose, 111

Fox Prairie—John Evans, Merom, Ind$ 500. 40-Frank Elston, Olney, 111

Glenwood—W H Ransford, Oblong, 111

$ 600. 73—Wm Sager, Noble, 111

Grand Prairie—Samuel Price, Greenup, 111

$ 900. 122—Preston York, Robinson, 111

Green Hill—J J Douglass, Merom, Ind$ 000. 73-F M Shaw, Palestine, 111

Hidalgo-I M Hoel, Newton, 111

$1,200. 98—Wm Vanatta, Hidalgo, 111

Hunt City—No pastor$1,100. 16-Nancy Coons, Hunt, 111

Lamotte—J J Douglass, Merom, Ind$ 700. 138-C (' Horning. Palestine, 111

Liberty-P S Mahaney, Winterrowd, III

$ 500. 51—Sallie Johnson, Wynoose, 111

Lucas Creek—J A Tracy, Claremont, 111

$1,000. 210—Joseph Blair, Hord, lUMt Gilead—A O Jacobs, Eberle, III

$ 600. 129-D I Shearer, Olney, 111

Mt Moriah—No pastor$ 000. 36—Mary E Rude, Moonshine, 111

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 89

Mt Olive (Clark Co)—Samuel Price, Greenup, 111

$ 650. 51-J V Poe, Martinsville, 111

Mt Olive (Jasper Co)—W T Paul, Greenup, 111

$ 5tXJ. i3—Hermiua Cramer, Palmersburg, 111

Mt Zion—A U Jacobs, Eberle, 111

$ 650. 89- Nelson Tharp, Greenup, 111

Newton—I M Hoel, Newtou. Ill

$3,000. 129—Scuyler Rood, Newton, 111

Pleasant Valley-W H Rausford, Oblong, 111

$ 600. 62—J A SkagKs, Oblong, 111

Porterville—I M Hoel, Newton, III

$1,500. U5-Eva Kurtz, Eaton, 111

Sandy Creek—J A Tracy, (^laremout. 111

$ 800. 9S-Pearl E Thomas, Newton, 111

Shiloh—No pastor"

$ 600. lOd—J A McNair, Willowbill, 111

SocTH Bend— Pleasant Wade, Newton.'IU$ 800. 58-Samuei Hughes, Dark Bend, 111

Sugar Creek—J B Littoll (So I & 111), Boyleston, 111

$ 600. 125—Anna Enoch, Olney, 111

Sugar Prairie- J A Tracy, Claremont,'I]l$ 800. 57—W C Montgomery, Olney, lUSumner—J J Douglass, Merom, Ind$1,000. 113-B L Cunningham, Sumner, 111

Trimble-D B Atkinson (Eel R), Merom, Ind$ 300. 152-Peter King, Trimble, 111

White Oak Chapel—Thos Wade, Greenup,1111

$ 600. 78—M E Robinson, Kibbie, 111

Willow Prairie—W T Paul, Greenup, lU$ 600. 69—J A Keran, Annapolis, 111

Winterrowd— W^ T Paul, Greenup, 111

$ 400. 66 -Emma Lake, Winterrowd, 111

38 churches—town, 9; country, 29. Preaching,half time, 1 ; once per month, 34 ; no pastor, 3. Totals—valuation, $2^,600; membership, 3,188. Endeavorsocieties, 8; Sunday schools, 31.

Western Illinois Conference.(Reported by Secretary Wilhelm)

Territory—Comprises Fulton, Warren, Knoz, Mc-Donough, and Brown counties.Next session, at Salem, 111., September — , 1900.

President. A. L. Wingate, Avon, 111. ; Vice-Presi-dent, M. H. Mitchell, Ellisville, 111. ; Secretary, L.D.Wilhelm, Industry, 111. ; Treasurer, F. M. Bordner,Lewistown, 111,

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Ashby, R, Industry, 111—Industry—SalemAtchison, L B, Greenbush, 111—SuperannuatedCrawford, Jacob, Lewistown, 111—Poe—ShankHayden, J J, Blairstown, la—SuperannuatedIrons, E W, Ellisville, 111—SuperannuatedIrons, Geo W, East Galesburg, 111—WaterfordLaird, S B, Fiatt, 111—SuperannuatedMartindale, C S, Lewistown, III—No pastorateMcMiUen. John, Winterset, la—SuperannuatedPittman, R W, Fiatt, 111—Fiatt—Marietta—OliveRay, D S, Marietta, 111—SuperannuatedWelch, J R, Marietta, 111—No pastorateWinans, B F, Edinburg, 111—No pastorate

Ordained, 12; licentiate, 1. Died since last re-

port, John R. Jones, H. H. Like, R. Stewart.

CHDECH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45.)

.4n<toc/i—No pastor$1,000. 17—John Shriver, Smithfield, III

Christina—No pastor$1,200. 38—Anna Bolender, Lewistown, 111

Fiatt-R W Pittman, Fiatt, lU$2,200. 43-A Morris, Fiatt, 111

Franklin—No pastor$ 700. 22—M H Mitchell, EUisville, lUIndustry—R Ashby. Industry, lU$2,500. 8S—John Kinkade, Industry, lULewistown—No pastor$1,200. 185—Miss Crawford, Lewistown, 111

Marietta—R W Pittman, Fiatt, 111

$ 800. 44—D S Ray, Marietta, lUMound Chapel—No pastor$1,200. 30—Charlie Thomas, Havana, lUMt Pleasant—No pastor$ 800. 19—B F Bolan, Smithfield, 111

Olive—R W Pittman, Fiatt, 111

$1,500. 128—J M Hendricks, Avon, 111

Ontario-G A Brown (N 111 & Wis), Ashton, 111$1,500. 50-J H Newman, Nekoma. Ill

Poe—Jacob ('rawford, Lewistown, III

$ 000. 30—J F Williams, Damon, 111

Salem—R Ashby. Industry, III

$1,200. 13-H N Ross, Roscville, III

Shank—Jacob (Crawford, Lewistown, 111

$1,000. 35- J H Long, Clayton, 111

Temple—No pastor$1,200. 50- C A Carlson, Tablegrove, 111

Waterford—Geo W Irons, East Galesburg, 111

$1,000. 54—James Hardin, Lewistown, 111

16 churches—town, 4; country, 12. Preaching,half time, 5; once per mouth, 4; no pastor, 7.

Totals—valuation, $19,000; membership, 846. En-deavor societies, 4 ; Sunday schools, 15.

Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Conference.( Reported by Secretary Sanford.)

Territory—Extends from Lake Michigan to theMississippi River. Northern boundary includingcounties of Racine, Walworth, Rock, Green, and apart of Grant, all in Wisconsin. Southern boundaryincludes all north of Henry, Bureau, and Lasallecounties. 111., and to the point where the IllinoisRiver crosses the eastern boundary of Grundy Co.,thence east to the eastern boundary of Illinois.Next session, at Capron, 111., June — , 1S<0(|.

President, Rev. G. A. Brown, Ashton, 111. ; Vice-President, Rev. M. G. Collins, Austin, 111. ; Secretary,W. L. Sanford, Chana, 111. ; Treasurer, John Piper,Freeport, HI.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Brown, G A, Ashton, Ill-Ontario (W 111)Collins, M G. Austin, 111—SuperannuatedRolph, F B, Taylor, 111—SuperannuatedStrickland, F G, Chicago, 111—Union Church (Conf?)Wright, J R, Leaf River, 111—Leaf River-North

GroveOrdained, 5. Died since last report, A. H. Clark.

CHURCH, PASTOR.VALUE, MEMBEES,CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Capron—yV W Riley (Osage), Capron, lU$4,200. 47—Robert Ridge, Capron, 111Leaf River—J R Wright, Leaf River, 111

$2,000. 53-J D Palmer, Leaf River, 111North Grove—J R Wright, Leaf River, 111$1,300. 60~C F Allen, Leaf River, 111

Washington Orove—Vf E Stockley (U la), Ashton,Ill$2,000. 115—W L Sanford, Chana, 111

4 churches—town, 2; country, 2. Preaching, fulltime, 4. Totals— valuation, $9,500; membership,275. Endeavor societies, 2 ; Sunday schools, 4.

West. Mich, and N. Ind. Conference.( Reported by Secretary Almack.)

rerriforj/-Comprises Cass.Van Buren, St. Joseph,Kalamazoo, Allegan, Barry, Ottawa, Mason, and ad-joining counties in Michigan, and Laporte and St.Joseph in Indiana.Next session, at Coloma, Mich., October 5, 1900.President, Rev. O. P. Miller, Cassopolis, Mich.

;

Vice-President, Rev. A. W. Willis, Coloma, Mich.

;

Secretary, O. S. Almack, Hopportown, Mich. ; Treas-urer, John Ross, Hollywood, Mich.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Burton, A S K, Ganges, Mich—No pastorateCunningham, S C V, New Carlisle, Ind—Superan.Davis, R, Marcellus, Mich—General EvangelistMiller, O P, Cassopolis, Mich—No pastorateMyers, George, Carlton Center, Mich—No pastorateRemington, G J, Fountain, Mich—Fountain—Lin-

coln RiTerStewart, F E, Bachelor, Mich—No pastorateVanhoesen, Peter, Bachelor, Mich—First Christian

Church—TalmanWillis, A W, Royerton, Mich—Lee Chapel—RoyaltonOrdained, 9. Died since last report, D. Terwil-

legar, T. S. Webster.

90 INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN

Marshall (Michigan) Cheistian Chukch.

Rev. P. W. McReynolds, Pastor.

CHURCH, PASTOR.VALDE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Coloma—Vi W Stuart (Eel R), Coloma, Mich$1,000. 101—Mrs C L Huntoon, Coloma, MichFirst Christian CImrch (Mason Co)—Peter Vanhoe-

sen, Bachelor, Mich$ 000. 30—Daniel Lapham. Bachelor, MichFountain—G J Remington, Fountain, Mich$ 000. 65-Mrs A Stubbs, Fountain, MichFranklin—No pastor$1,000. 20—No clerk reportedGalena—No pastor$1,400. 25—No clerk reportedJefferson—No pastor$ 500. 25—No clerk reportedLincoln River—G J Remington, Fountain, Mich$ 000. 25—Mrs Emma Marcellus, Sugar Grove,

MichLee Chapel—W W Stuart (Eel R), Coloma, Mich$1,200. 69—Mrs Phpbe Carmon, Avis, MichOlive Chapel—C, C Tarr (Eel R), Bly, Ind$1,4*10. 69—Ernest Mofflt, New Carlisle, IndRoyalton—A W Willis, Coloma, Mich$ 000. 30-Miss Laura Williams, Hollywood, MichTalman—Peter Vanhoesen, Bachelor, Mich$ 000. 12-J M Willis, Talman, Mich

11 churches—town, 2 ; country, 9. Preaching, fulltime, 1 ; half time, 7 ; no pastor. 3. Totals—valua-tion, $6,500 ; membership, 471. Endeavor societies,4; Sunday schools, 8.

Michigan Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Mudge.)

Territory—State of Michigan.

Next session, at Oxford, Mich., Oct. 3, 1900.

President, Rev. J. A. Young, Romeo, Mich, ; Vice-

President, Rev. D. E. Millard, Portland, Mich. ; Sec-

retary, Rev. E. Mudge, Maple Rapids, Mich. ; Treas-

urer, Isaac Hewitt, Maple Rapids, Mich.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Adams, F H, Kalamazoo, Mich—SuperannuatedBailey, Mrs Sarah, Leonard, Mich—No pastorate•"Bennett, S W, Lexington, Mich—LexingtonClark, Harry, Hillsdale, Mich - No pastorateDavis, R, Marcellus, Mich—EvangelistDeyo, C I, Britton, Mich—BrittonFowler, S M, Kalamazoo, Mich—Superannuated"Hamilton, John, Lapeer, Mich—No pastorate-'Hayward, H, Lexington, Mich—SuperannuatedHenry, A N, Battlecreek, Mich—No pastorateHolmes, Thomas, Chelsea, Mich—No pastorateHudson, J A, Oakland, Cal—(Independent church)Linscott, Thos, Sparta, O — SuperannuatedLong, R H, Maple Rapids, Mich—Greenbush—Maple

Rapids— MiddletonMcGeorge, S, Howard, Mich—No pastorateMcReynolds, P W, Marshall, Mich—MarshallMillard, D E, Portland, Mich—No pastorateMudge, E, Maple Rapids, Mich—Pleasant Valley—

VergennesRapp, B F, Defiance, O—SuperannuatedReiley. Wm, Oxford, Mich—OxfordRoof, Nathan, Ashley, Mich—SuperannuatedRoot, V S, Yuma, Mich—No pastorateRyker, P L, Maple Rapids, Mich—No pastorateSimpson. P H, Battlecreek. Mich—SuperannuatedSnyder, S, Oxford, Mich—Thornville"Soule, John C, Romeo, Mich—No pastorate*Wilson, Wm, Port Huron, Mich—No pastorateYinger, Geo, Albion, Mich— RichfieldYoung, J A, Romeo, Mich—Ray Union—RomeoOrdained, 27 ; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45.)

Adams—No pastor$1,200. 30-Lafayette Post, Hillsdale, MichBritton—C I Deyo, Britton, Mich$5,000. 10—Estella Smith, Britton, MichGreenbush—R H Long, Maple Rapids, Mich$1,500. 100—Fanny Remaylye, Eureka, Mich'•'Lexington—S W Bennett, Lexington, Mich$ 300. 26—J J Boyd, Lexington, Mich

INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WITH MICHIGAN 91

Rev. p. W. McReynolds, Marshall, Mich.

Pastor Christian Church.

Maple Rapids—R H Long, Maple Rapids, Mich$4,000. 112-M S Moss, Maple Rapids, MichMarshall—P W McReynolds, Marshall, Mich86,000. 200—H G Brooks, Marshall. MichMiddleton—R H Long, Maple Rapids, Mich$3,300. 67—J H Zion. Middleton. MichOxford—Win Reiley, Oxford, Mich$2,200. 17—Mrs W Hagerman, Oxford, MichPeeeinton—No pastor$1,500. 20-Ida Penfield, Perrinton, MichPleasant Valley-E Mudge, Maple Rapids, Mich$ 800. 16—Mrs F M King, Banister. MichRai/ Union—J A Young, Romeo, Mich$1,500. 75—Miss Mason, Ray Center, Mich'''Richfield—Geo Yinger, Albion, Mich$1,000. 20—A A Skinner, Davison, Mich''Romeo—J A Young. Romeo, Mich12,000. 72—.John C Soule. Romeo, Mich'•'Thoenville—S Snyder, Oxford, Mich$ 500. 50—No clerk reportedVergennes—E Mudge, Maple Rapids, Mich$ 600. 25—Elizabeth Hopcman, Alton, Mich15 churches—town, 9; country, 6. Preaching, fuU

time. 7; half time, 3: once per month, 3; no pastor,2. Totals—valuation, $41,400 ; membership, 870; En-deavor societies. 8 ; Sunday schools, 13.

Ministers and churches marked (*), belong toMichigan Eastern Conference.

Recapitulation—Indiana, Illinois, with Michigan^( 1898.

)

TotoZs—Ministers, .390; ordained, 342 ; licentiates,48. 383 churches—town, 123 ; country,260. Preaching,full time. 27 : half time, 71 ; once per month, 228 ; nopastor, 57. Valnation, $472,775; average valuation,$1,212. Membership, 32.306 ; average membership, 84.

Endeavor societies, 124 ; no Endeavor, 259. Sundayschools, 355 ; no Sunday schools, 28.

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92 IOWA, WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA, AND THE NORTHWEST

Rev. J. W. Piper, LeGeand, Iowa.

President Central Iowa Conference.

Central Iowa Conference.

(Reported by Secretary CoiBn.)

Territory—Comprises central part of Iowa ; no

fixed boundaries or limits.

Next session, a week before fall opening of Palmer

College, at Barnes, Iowa.

President, Rev. J. W. Piper, LeGrand, la. ; Vice-

President, Rev. W. C. Smith, Albion, la. ; Secretary,

Eev. F. G. Coffin, demons, la.; Treasurer, H. G.

NefE, Albion, la.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Bennett, E E, Lake City, la—Lake City

Broyles, A O, Barnes, la—No pastorate

Burdine, Hugh, Barnes, la—No pastorate

Burdine, Wm, Barnes, la—Forest Home. Bethlehem—Ebenezer (D la)

Coffin, F G, demons, la—ClemonsDalzell, George, Chicago, 111— {City Missions)Dolby, Aaron, Barnes, la—SuperannuatedEmley, W T, LeGrand, la-Oakland (U la)Fnrnas, James, Marshalltown, la—No pastorateFurnas, Rebecca, Marshalltown, la—No pastorateGodley, A, 702 W 7th St, Des Moines, la—No pas-

torateGrafton, J C, LeGrand, la—Dakota City—FairviewBines, W C, Marshalltown, la—No pastorateMilne, Wm, LeGrand, la—Shiloh (U la)Myers, Joel, Leaf River, 111— Pleasant Hill (S W la)Piper, J W, LeGrand, la—Sugar Creek (Gonf?)Potter, Nathan, Olin, la—No pastorateSmith, W C, Albion, la—No pastorateTerrell. Melissa, 218 S Yellow Spring St, Springfield,

Ohio—No pastorateThompson, D W, Albion, la—Oak Grove (U la)Welker, Geo, 1512 High St, Des Moines, la—Des

Moines

Ordained, 19; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seep.45.>

Barnes—Robert Boyce (U la), Ferguson, la$3,500. 128—Mrs Delia Eastman, Barnes, la ',

Bethel—D M Hellinstine (U la), LeGrand, la$ 700. 109—Henry Neli, Albion, laClemons—F G Coffin, (JJemons, la$1,300. 117-Mrs 1 SRist, Clemons, laDakota City—J C Grafton, LeGrand, la$1,500. ao—Mrs P J Kendell, Dakota City, la ![IaDes Moines—Geo C Welker, 1512 High St, Des Moines,$ 000. 38—Mrs N J Bagley, 1007 Lafayette St, Des-Fairview—J C Grafton, LeGrand, la [Moines, la$1,000. 85—James Horrigan, Haven, la ,^ ^^Ferguson—Robert Boyce (U la), LeGrand, lai$1,700. 112—Mrs Seth Smith, Ferguson, laForest Home—Wm Burdine. Forest Home, la$1,000. 73-Mrs Manta Farmer, Forest Home. la , ZLake City—E E Bennett, Lake City, la .„-.- ^$1,500. 57- J O Smith, Lake City, la

-'^

LeGrand—X R Bosworth (E Ind), LeGrand, la$1,500. 167—Alva H Welker, LeGrand, la _ J^^10 churches—town, 7 ; country, 3. Preaching, full

time, 4; half time, 6. Totals—valuation, $16,700;membership, 931. JEndeavor societies, 5 ; Sundayschools, 10.

Union (Iowa) Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Helflnstine.)

Territory—CompriseslKeokuk,iWashington, Mus-catine, Louisa, Des.Moines,lHenry, Jefferson, Wa-pello, Davis, IVanBuren, and Lee counties, Iowa,and Knox County, Missouri.;

Next session (place and'date not"reported).

President, Rev.iGeorge^B.' Phillips, Fairfield. la. ;

Vice-President, Rev. Charles Coop, Perlee, la. ; Sec-

retary, Rev. D. M.^Helfinstine, LeGrand,.Ia.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Boyce, Robert, lLeGrand„"Ia—Barnes—Ferguson (C

Coder, Chester, Letts, la—No[pastorate [la)

Coop, Charles, Perlee, la—AntiochFordyce, Lewis, Libertyville, la—SuperannuatedHawk, Edward,Martinsburg, la—No pastorateHelflnstine, D M, LeGrand, la—Bethel,.(C,! la).

Wheelers Grove (S W la)Hutton, David S, Martinsburg, la—No pastorate

""

McDonald, Charles W, Perlee, la—SuperannuatedPhillips, George B, Fairfield, la—No pastorateSage, Edward W, Washington, la—No pastorate "^^Stockley, W Ernest, Ashton, Dl—Washington Grove

(N Ills & Wis)

Ordained. 9 ;Ilicentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBEES,CLERK. (See p.;45.)

Antioch—Charles Coop, Perlee, Iowa$1,400. 84—Albert C<'op, Perlee, laBethlehem—Vfm Burdine (C la), Barnes,'Ia$1,600. 171-Harmon Fite, Eldon, laEbenezer—Wm Burdine (C^ la), Barnes, la$1,200. 72—Asa S Fry, Fairfield, laHopewell—No pastor$ 600. 30 Elijah Hawk, Martinsburg, laOak Grove—D W Thompson i(^ la), Albion.'Ia$1,800. 65—George Hankins, Myrtle, laOakland—W T Emley (C la), LeGrand, la;$ 800. 30-Mrs J A Davis, Conesville, laPleasant Point—No pastor$ 000. 15—G W Laird, Oakland Mills, laPleasant Ridge (Mo)—No pastor$1,000. 88—Thomas Slocum, Greensburg, laSandusky—No pastor$ 800. 66-Miss Altha E Denmire, Sandusky, laShiloh— Wm Milne (C la), LeGrand, la$1,000. 66—David S Neiswonger, Washington, la

10 churches—town, 1 : country, 9. Preaching, halftime, 4; once per month, 2; no pastor, 4. Totals

—

valuation, $10,200; membership, 687. Endeavor so-cieties, 2 ; Sunday schools, 9.

IOWA, WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA, AND THE NORTHWEST 93

Southwestern Iowa Conference.Reported by Secretary Walters.)

re»Titor!/— Southwostern Iowa and contiguousterritory in Missouri and Nebraska.Next session, at Griswold, la., September 5, 1900.

President, Rev. J. W. Ackley, Madrid, la.; Secre-

tary, Rev. N. Walters, Griswold, la.: Treasurer,Rev. R. A. Lewis, Linden, la.

MINISTERS, ADDEESSES, PASTORATES.

Ackley, J W, Madrid, la—MadridAmos, J E, Nampa, Idaho—No pastorateBisbop, L C. Atlantic, la—SuperannuatedBogar, Eli M, Rockport, Mo—No pastorateBooher, Henry, Holiday, la—No pastorateBryan, T M, Dale City, la—No pastorate [ShilohBurnham, A C, Linden, la — Franklin— Linden—Denton, J B, Wheeler, la— EvangelistDiltz, T C, Brownville, Neb—Fairview (Taylor Co)Gettis, J D, Fontanelle, la—SuperannuatedGoodwin, C W, Goff, Kan— Evangelistic work;Irons, M F, Talmage, la—No pastorateJames, Mrs A R. Alcott, Colo—No pastorateJellison. P W, Winterset, la—SuperannuatedJones, J Q. 400 So First St. Council Bluffs, la—No

pastorate fLoucks Grove—Union (3hapelLewis, R A, Linden, la— Fairview (Adair Co)—McFarland, .1 H, Rockport. Mo—No pastorateMoore, .1 L, Griswold. la—SuperannuatedRasp, F L. Gresham, Neb—No pastorateRenslow, Elmer, Fansler, la—No pastorateSmith, Amos. Arbor Hill, la—No pastorateSmith, Samuel, Lewis, la—No pastorateStorrs, N C. Winterset, la—EvangelistSfoi'er.J A.Madrid.Ia—No pastorate [Hill (Page Co)Wallace. Maggie, Griswold. la—Griswold—PleasantWalters. N, Griswold la—No pastorateWright, Z M, Griswold, la—IranistanOrdained, 23; licentiates, 4.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEEK. (See p.45.)

CoON Valley—No pastor$ 000. 41—.1 W Bryan, Panora, laFairviev} (Adair Co)—R A Lewis, Linden.'IaSl.OOO. 12'<-Mary E Ford. Stuart, laFairview (Taylor Co) -TC Diltz, Brownville, Neb.$1,000. 70-D VV Herring. Leonard, laFranklin—A C Burnham. Linden. la$ 000. 40-A W Randall. Dale City, laOriSMJo/d-Maggie Wallace, Griswold, la.Sl,.500. 14.1—Wm L Dean, Griswold, laHillsdale—No pastor$ 000. 2.1-No cl«rk reportedIranistan—Z M Wriglit, Griswold, la$1,500. 70-Fred H Franklin, Lewis, laLincoln School House—No pastor$ 000. 12—Emanuel Hawk. Nishnabotna, MoLinden—A C Biirriham, Linden, la$1,500 115 -E S Young. Linden, laLone Chanel —No pastor$ 700. 66-J B Zuck, Hamburg. laLoucks Grove— R A Lewis, Linden. la$1,800. 90—Hannah Loucks, Stuart, laMadrid—.J W Ackley, Madrid, la$6,200. 205-Geo Hutton. Madrid, la. [wold, laPleasant Hill (Page Co)—Maggie Wallace, Gris-$ 200. 60 -Geo Ross, Essex. la [Leaf River. lUPleas 4NT Hill (Dallas Co)—.Joel Myers (C la),$ 000. 63—W H Schlosser, Dallas Center, laPleasant Valley—No pastor$ 000. 62—Geo Triplett, Henderson,^IaRockport—No pastor$000. 17-T J Davis, Rockport, MoShiloh— .4 C, Burnham, Linden, la• $1,000. 110-A M Webb, Greenvale, laTarkio Vallev—No pastor$ 600. 40—E Fry Mapes, Fairfax, MoUnion (^<hapel —R A Lewis. Linden, la$1,000. 13S-Ella Lower, Redfield, la

Union School House—No pastor$ 000. 10—(Charles Madison, Carl, laVictory ("enter—No pa«tor$1,200. 86-J E Ball, Guthrie Center, la [laWheelers Grovo-D M Heltinstino ( U la), Le Grand,$2,500. 229—John A Knox, Wheeler, la22 churches—town, 4 ; country, IS. Preaching*

full time, 1: half time, 12; no pastor. 9. Totals-valuation, $21,700 ; membership, 1,822. Endeavor so-cieties, 8; Sunday schools, 15.

Des Moines (Iowa) Conference.( Reported by Secretary Neville.)

rcrrt^ory-Comprises counties of Dallas, PolkMadison, Boone, Story,Warren, Adair, Union, Ring-gold, Decatur, Clark, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Ap-panoose, and Wayne.Next session (place and date not decided.)

President, David Abbott, Thayer, la. ; Vice-Presi-

dent, Rev. J. H. Creger, Peru, la. ; Secretary, Thos.W. Neville, Orient, la.

MINISTERS, ADDR9SES, PASTORATES.

Bagley, Wm, Des Moines, la—SuperannuatedCarter, G H, Osceola, la—No pastorateCreger, J H, Peru, la—No pastorateElwell. .1 O, ^Vfton, la—No pastorate [ant RidgeFenwick, C R, Des Moines, la—North River—Pleas-Femvick. L, Des Moines, la—No pastorateFitzgerald, R, Barney, la—No pastorate [(Conf?)Follansbee. L E, Winterset, la— Winterset. HootenGarrett. E E, New Kirk. Okla—No pastorateLamb, -Tehu. Greencastle. la—f^reoncastleLamb. N E. Greencastle. la—GreencastleLee. E C. Murray, la—Pleasant ValleyLockwood, Samuel, Osceola, la—No pastorateMilne, George. Orient, la— Hill of ZionMillor, M B, Madrid, la—No pastorateMofRt, S. A.fton, la-No pastorate [Center (Conf?)Myers. B F, Osceola, la—First Otter Creek. LibertyReed, John D, Thayer, la—HopevilleThomas. Alonzo. Truro, la—East Peru—TruroYoung, Charles H, Truro, la—No pastorate i

""Ordained. 19; licentiate, 1. Died since last re-port, J. L. Towner.

church, pastor,VALUE, MEMBERS,clerk. (Seep.45.)

Christian Union No 112-W B Golden (r'onf?),West-$ 000. 35-E V HavD'^s, Beaconsfl"ld.Ia [erville,IaCounty Line—W B Golden fConf?1.Wosterville, la$ 000. 29—E V Havnes. Beaconsfield, laFast Pent—.Alonzo Thomas, Truro, la$1 400. 141-L P Hiatt Peru. laFirst Otter Crppik-B F Myers. O'^ceola, la$1,200. 55 -William J Berger, Liberty Corner, laGreencastle—.Jehu and N E Lamb. Greencastle, la$ 000. 25-N E Lamb. Greencastle. laHill nfZion—G(^rtrse Milne. Orient, la!R2.700. 193—A S Lvnn. Orient. laHopeville—.John D R<»ed. Thayf-r. la.« SOO. 80—A Redinger. Honeville.IaMt Zion—W B Golden (r:onffVWe=tervine,Ia.? 800. 103- J F Clawson. Wpsterville, laNorth River -C R Fenwick. Dp=; Moines. la$1,200. 47-Washina'ton D^y. Spring Hill, laPleasant Ridse-C R Fenwick. Des Moines, la•Si. 100. .50-W F Traie. Afton, laPleasant Valley—V^ C Lee, Murray, la«1,000. 85— David Abbott, Thayer, laTftaver—No pastor$ 600. 18-S S Morrow. Des Moines, larr7<ro—Alonzo Thomas, Truro. Ta.$2,250. 133—J E Middleton. Truro. laWintprs"t—'Lt E Follansbee, Wintor=et, la$6,900. 190 -Mrs Louie Haines, Winterset, la T

14 churches—town, 4 ; country, 10. Preaching, full

time. 2 : half time, 7 ; once per month. 4 ; no pastor,1. Totals—valuation. $19,950; membership, 1,184.

Endeavor societies, 5 ; Sunday schools, 13.

94 IOWA, WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA, AND THE NORTHWEST

Richland Union Conference,(Reported by Secretary McNees.)

Territory—Richland, Vernon, Monroe, and Craw.ford counties, and Woodland, Sauk County, Wis.

Next session, at Excelsior Union Church, Oct. —1900.

President, Rev. Martin Buroker, Sylvan, Wis.

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Vice-President, Rev. Wm. A. Elder, Sylvan, Wis.

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Secretary, Rev. J. H. McNees, Richland Center, Wis.

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Treasurer, L. P. Kline, Bloom City, Wis.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Buroker, Martin, Sylvan, Wis—No pastorateElder, Wm A, Sylvan. Wis—EvangelistFisher, E W. Soldiers Grove, Wis—No pastorateGarner, H, Viola, Wis—Beaver Valley—Lebanon-

Mound ParkHaskins, Edward, Excelsior, Wis—No pastorateJones, G W. Ithaca, Wis—Richland Center — Smith

ValleyMark, Jacob, Richland Center, Wis—No pastorateMcNees, J H, Richland Center. Wis—Excelsior Un-

ion—Haskins Chapel—Kickapoo Center—Pleasant Ridge

Morris, D E, Richland Center, Wis—West WillowPoff, G M. Viola, Wis—SuperannuatedRodgers Martin, West Lima, Wis— Pine RiverSmith, Ephraiin, Viola. VVis—No pastorateStone, J A, Brockton, Wis—No pastorate

Ordained, 11 ; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR, VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45. '

Beaver Valley—H Garner, Viola, Wis$ 200. 20—Mary Kauffman, Hillsboro, WisDayton—No pastor [Wis$ 100. 10-Amelia Stambaugh, Richland Center,Excelsior Union—J H McNees, Richland Center,Wis$ 100. 94—No clerk reportedHarmony—No pastor$ 000. 44— Margaret Felton, Boaz, WisHaskins Chapel—J H McNees, Richland Center,Wis$ 500. 65-0 R Dyer, West Port, WisKickapoo Center—J H McNees, Richland Center,WisS 000. 19—Mary Bond, Viola, WisLebanon—Henry Garner, Viola, Wis$ 01 0. 10- C H Rinehart, Gays Mills, WisMaple Ridge—No pastor$ 200. 56—TW Payne, Rockton, WisMound Park—Henry Garner. Viola, W^is$ 000. 13-Sarah Sliult, Viola. WisPine River— Martin Rodgers, West Lima, Wis$ .=)00. 33-Geo Seely, West Lima, WisPleasant Ridge—J H McNees, Richland Center, Wis$ 500. 55-HO Walker, Sylvan, WisPleasant Valley—No pastor$ 350. 49- No clerk reportedRichland ('enter—G W Jones, Ithaca, Wis$ 000. 25—Mabel M McNees, Richland Center.WisSmith Valley- G W Jones, Ithaca, Wis$ 400. 16-WmSnyder, Loyd, WisWest Branch Chapel—No pastor$ .TOO. 44—Marion Beatty, West Lima, WisWest Willow—D E Morris, Richland Center, Wis$ 000. 25-Mary Jones, Ithsca, Wis16 churches—town, 4 ; country, 12. Preaching, half

time, 8; once per month, 3; no pastor, 5. Totals-valuation, $3,:^50 ; membership, 578. Endeavor soci-eties, 2 ; Sunday schools, 16.

Northern Wisconsin Conference.(Reported by Secretary PoUey.)

TerrtYori/—Originally it included all of the Statelying north of the row of counties along the south-ern border of the State. It comprises the same now,except the counties of Richland, Vdrnon, Monroe,Crawford, and part of Sauk County.Next session, at Maple Creek, Wis., June 8, 1900.President. Rev. Wm. Steuart, Sugarbush, Wis.

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Secretary, Rev. H. E. Polley, Chelsea, Wis. ; Treas-urer, Samuel Cottrill, New London, Wis.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Clancy, C H, Baxter, Iowa—Baxter (Conf?)Dawson N, Downing, Wis—DowningDearholt, John, Reedsburg, Wis—SuperannuatedFish, A, Osage, la—Superannuated [ners (Conf !)

Noble, JW, Greenbush, Wis—Greenbush. Union Cor-PoUey, H E, Chelsea, Wis—(Principal of Public

Schools)Shumway, Wm, Reedsburg, Wis—SuperannuatedSteuart,Wm,Sugarbush,Wis—Maplecreek—MuckwaOrdained, 8.

CHURCH,PASTOR,VALUE,MEMBERS,CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Downing—N Dawson, Downing, Wis$ 300. 15—No clerk reportedGreenbush—J W Noble, Greenbush, Wis$1,000. 22—C A Winn, Greenbush. WisMaplecreek—Wm Steuart, Sugarbush, Wis$1,000. 22—Daisy Hutchinson, Sugarbush, WisMuckwa—Wm Steuart, Sugarbush, Wis$ 500. 36—Samuel Cottrill, New London, WisStevens Point—No pastor$ 000. 18-MrsEdgarKing, Stevens Point, WisWautoma—No pastor$ 200. 5—Josiah Ethridge, Wildrose, Wis6 churches—town,l; country, 5. Preaching, full

time, 4; no pastor, 2. Totals—valuation, $3,000;membership, 118 Sunday schools, 5.

Western Washington Conference.(Reported by Secretary Fry.jJ

Territory—Comprises the State.ffNext session (place and date not reported).President, Rev. H. Fry. Montesano, Wash.; Vice-

Presidoit, Rev. W. R. Caldwell, Montesano, Wash.;Secretary, A. W. Fry, Markham, Wash. ; Treasurer,C. W. Walson, Montesano, Wash.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Burk, O, Brooklyn, Wash— BrooklynCaldwell, W R, Montesano, Wash—Johns RiverFry, H, Montesano, Wash—Home MissionaryHutton,F D, Monte8ano,Wash—Bitter Creek—Vesta.Lynn, Allen. Wynooche. Wash—ArtieOlson, J C, Montesano, Wash—No pastorateStone, T, Melbourne, Wash —MelbourneOrdained, 5; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOE,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seep.45.)

Artie—Allen Lynn, Wynooche, Wash$ 50. 15—Allen Lynn, Wynooche, WashBitter Creek—F D Hutton, Montesano, Wash$ 000. 44—Miss Carrio Olson, Montesano, WashBrooklyn—O Burk, Brooklyn, Wash$ 100.' 34—Emma Roberts, Brooklyn, WashElm A, No 19— ino pastor$ 000. 9—N Ruling, Elma, WashJohns River—W R Caldwell, Montesano, Wash$ 000 43—J L Phillips. Markham, WashMelbourne—T Stone, Melbourne, Wash$ 100. 40—Mrs T Stone, Melbourne, WashSatsop—No pastor$ 000. 7—Sarah Twidwell, Satsop, WashVesta—F D Hutton, Montesano, Wash$ 000. 14—Charley Roberts, Vesta, Wash8 churches -country, 8. Preaching, half time, 1;

once per month, 5 ; no pastor, 2. Totals—valuation,$250; membership, 206. Endeavor societies, 3; Sun-day schools, 6.

Nebraska Conference.

(Reported by President Michener.)

Terrifor?/—State of Nebraska.Next session, at Wayland, Nebraska, Sept., 1900.

President, Hon. N. S. Michener, Gresham, Neb.;Vice-President, J. E. Ingerson, Gresham, Neb. ; Sec-retary, Mrs Louisa Ware, Gresham, Neb. ; Treas-urer, J H Davis, Gresham, Neb.

KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND THE SOUTHWEST 95

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Beardshear, H, Ponca, Neb—SuperannuatedHarlan, 1 C, Sioux City, la—No pastorateHarlan. Mary. Sioux City. la—No pastorateKirk, William, York, Neb—No pastorateMcCoy, J F. Ulysses, Neb—No pastorate

Ordained, 4 ; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH.PASTOR,VALUE,MEMBERS,CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Wat/land—No pastor$1,000. 119—N S Michener, Gresbam, Neb1 church— (country). No pastor, 1. Totals—val-

uatit)n, $1,000; membership, 119. Endeavor societies,

1 ; Sunday scliools, 1.

Recapitulation— Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and

the Northwest.

(189.^.)

3'ofa?s—Ministers, 121 ; ordained, 96; licentiates,25. 90 churches—town, 19; country, 71. Preaching,full time, 11; half time, 44 ; once per month, 18;

no pastor, 17. Valuation. $57,650; averape valua-tion, $641. Membership, 5,245: average member-ship. 58. Endeavor societies, 32; no Endeavor, 58.

Sunday schools, 82 ; no Sunday school, 8.

Recapitulation—Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and

the Northwest.

( 1899.)

Tota/s— Ministers, 116; ordained»99; licentiates,17. 90 churches—town, 22; country, 68. Preach-ing, full time, 9; half time, 4.3; once per month.16; no pastor, 22. Valuation, $62,000; average val-uation, $689. Membership, 5,590; average mem-bership, 62. Endeavor societies, 26; no Endeavor,64. Sunday schools, 82 ; no Sunday schools, 8.

Recapitulation— Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and

the Northwest.

(1900.1

Totals—Ministers, 112; ordained. 98; licentiates,14. 87 churches—town, 21 ; countrv, 66. Preaching,full time, U; half time, 38; once per month. 14; nopastor. 24. Valuation. $76,150; average valuation,$875. Membership, 5,645; average membership, 65.

Endeavor societies. 26: no Endeavor, 61. Sundayschools, 75; no Sunday schools, 12. ,

Kansas State Conference.(Reported by Secretary Cameron.)

Next session, at Lincoln, Kan., at the close of theschool year of Kansas Christian College.President, Kev. I. Mooney, Towanda, Kan. ; Secre-

tary. Rev. E. Cameron. .Sycamore Springs, Kan.;Treasurer. Mrs. S. E. Wheeler, Delphos, Kan. ; Trus-tees,Mrs N. R. B. Whitaker. Lincoln, Kan. ; E.Coate,Heber, Kan. ; Rev. J. S. Masters, Fredonia, Kan.

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Columbus Hendrickson, Lincoln Kan.

Eastern Kansas Conference.(Reported by Secretary Carter.)

rerrt7orj/—Comprises Cherokee, Crawford, Bour*bon, Linn, Miami, Johnson, Wyandotte. Doniphan'Atchison. Jefferson, Douglas. Franklin. Anderson'Allen, Neosho, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson, Wood"son, Coffey, Osage, Shawnee, .Jackson, Brown'Nemaha, Pottowatomie. Wabaunsee, Lion, Green"wood. Elk, and Chautauqua counties.Next session, at Maple Grove. Kan., Oct. — , 1900.

President, J. H. Vliet, Ward, Kan.; Vice-Presi-dent, Rev. A. Reed, Ridge, Kan. ; Secretary andTreasurer, M. L. Carter, Vilas, Kan.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Allison, .\lfred, Chetopa, Kan—No pastorate.Allison, James, Chetopa. Kan—No pastorateCoates, Daniel. Thayer, Kan— Maple (iroveDarnall, T C, Chetopa, Kan—No pastorateHess, J W, Columbus, Kan—No pastorateJones, Oscar. Columlins. Kan—No pastorateKing, \ A, Elm t'ity, Kan—No jiastorateKirk, J W, Columbus, Kan— Fir.st (ChristianMasters, J L, ("otfoyvillo. Kan—Pleasant ValleyMasters, .1 S, Fredonia, Kan—Elm City—Highland

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White HallMcHargue, A D, Independence, Kan—FairviowMcHargue, J N, Independence, Kan—No pastorateMcMurray, A A. Madison, Kan—No pastorateReed, A, Ridge, Kan—No pastorateRoberds. E, Burlington, Kan—No pastorateRaid, E B, Columbus, Kan—No pastorateSicks, Jacob, Independence, Kan—No pastorateTague, John, ('olumbns, Kan—No pastorateWilkins, L, Wichita, Kan—No pastorate

Ordained, 16; licentiates, 3.

CHURCH,PASTOR,VALUE,MEMBERS.CLERK. (See p. 45.^

Fairview—A D McHargue. Independence, Kan$ 000. 11—G W Sicks. Independence, KanFirst Christian—J W Kirk, Columbus Kan$ 000. 33—J W Kirk, Columbu«, KanElm City—J S Masters. Fredonia, Kan$ 500. 133—E Mason, Elm City. KanHighland—J S Masters, Fredonia, Kan$ 000. 39-E S Baker, Dexter, KanLane—No pastor8 500. 35—E L Frame, Lane, KanLoCKLARD—No pastor$ 000. 23-Jacob Dreitzler, Bartlett, KanMaple Geove—Daniel Coates, Thayer, Kan$ 000. 19—Viola Maraigm, Morehead, KanMt Pleasant—No pastor$ 000. 88—Lincoln Martindale, Burlington, KanMt Zion—No pastor$ 000. 40—Sallie Masters, Fredonia. KanPleasant Valley—J L Masters. Cotfeyville, Kan$ 500. 70—Ida McLaren, Vilas, KanShaw Creek—No pastor$ 000. 25—Mrs J E Bradfield, Verdigris, KanWhite Hall— J S Masters, Fredonia, Kan$ 000. 10—No clerk reported

12 churches—town, 2 ; country, 10. Preaching, full

time. 7; no pastor, 5. Totals—valuation, $1,500;membership, 526; Sunday schools, 4.

Northern Kansas Conference.(Reported by Secretary Hihbs.)

Next session, at Lincoln, Kan., Sept., 1900.

President, C.C. Stoner, Rice, Kan. ; Vice-President,.A.L. Roe, Superior, Neb. ;6Vcre^ar?/,Rev. M. J. Hibbs.Rice, Kan. ; Treasurer, B. F. Rose, Concordia, Kan,.

ministers, ADDRESSES PASTORATES.

Bushong, Hannah, Heber, Kan—No pastorateBushong, Peter, Heber, Kan—Nelson. Pife Creek.

(Conf?)Coates, J W, Heber, Kan—No pastorateDaley, Hiram, Almena. Kan—SuperannuatedDexter, Henry, Burroak, Kan— Pleasant ValleyElliot, Ellen, Heber. Kan-MeredithHarper, M O. Bloomington, Neb—No pastorateHarvey, E E, Warwick, Kan—No pastorateHillman. J J, Lincoln, Kan—SuperannuatedHibbs. M J, Rice, Kan—No pastorateMerritt, J G, Enosdale, Kan—No pastorateNaillieux, S, (yoncordia, Kan--No pastorateNoble. P S, Willamina, Ore—No pastorateRandall, B F, Agra, Kan—No pastorateStrange, J S, Lincoln, Kan—No pastorateStrange, S A. Lincoln. Kan—No pastorateStrange. T M, Lincoln. Kan—No pastorateWright, H J, Graves, Kan—SuperannuatedWright. J T, Almena, Kan—No pastorateWhitaker, O B, Lincoln, Kan— Lincoln

Ordained, 18; licentiates, 2.

^6 KANSAS, MISSOURI, ANDJTHE SOUTHWEST

•CHUECH, PASTOR, VALDE, MEMBEHS, CLEEK. (See p. 45.)

Lincoln—O B Whitaker, Lincoln, Kan.$ 000. 58—M D Weber. Lincoln. KanMeredith—Ellen Elliott, Heber, Kan$ 600. 75—R A Knowles, Heber, KanMorning Star—No pastor$ 000. 69—Estella Smith. Almena, KanNelson—Probably P Bushong. Almena, Kan$ 000. 7—Mrs M Bartell, Almena, KanNew Haven—No pastor$ 000. 50—Lizzie Rothimer, Rice, Kan

Olivehill-No pastor$ 000. 56—Henry Forrey, Harrison, KanPleasant Valley—Henry Dexter. Heber, Kan$ 000. 15-L T Ford, Oakhill, KanPrairie Gem—No pastor1$ 000. 6—Estella (Irabtree, Quickville, KanShermanville^No pisto r

$ 000. 10—Smith Artman, Goodland, Kan9 churches—town, 1; country, 8. Preaching, full

time, 2 ; once per month. 2 ; no pastor. 5. Totals-valuation. $600; membership, 346. Endeavor soci-eties, 1 ; Sunday schools, 7.

Southern Kansas Conference.( Reported by Secretary Cole.)

Territory—The west three-fourths of SouthernKansas.Next session (place undecided), October 6, 1900.President. Rev. 1. Mooney Towanda, Kan.; Vice-

President, Rev. J. W. Kinney, Potwin, Kan. ; Secre-tary, Rev. Henry Cole, Arlington, Kan.; Treasurer,N. J. Rasmussen, Neola, Kan.

MINISTERS, addresses, PASTORATES.Barton, Barnabas. Liverpool, Kan—No pastorateBloomfield, S B, Oakland, Kan—No pastorateCameron, E, Sycamore Springs, Kan — Matfield

Green—Pleasant CenterCole, Henry. Arlington, Kan—NeolaFitch, W H, Valley Center, Kan—EvangelistFuller, Wm R. Little River, Kan—Nicker'^onGalway, N (', Coolidge. Kan—No pastorateKinney, J W, Potwin. Kan—No pastorateMizener, A C, Eldorado, Kan—EvangelistMooney, I. Towanda. Kan—TowandaMorgan, D E, Macy. Ind—No pastoratePocock, L A, Sedgwick, Kan—Evangelist [HillRasmussen, Emma, Neola, Kan—Butler—PleasantTipton, J W, Oberlin, Kan— EvangelistOrdained, 12; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seep.45.)

Butler—Emma Rasmussen. Neola, Kan$ 50. 16 -Grace Butler, Kingman, KanGolden Gate—No pastor$000. 15~WO Moore, Murdock, Kan FKanMatfield Green—E '"ameron. Sycamore Springs,:$ 800. U—Marv Mitchell, Matfield Green, KanNeola—Henry Cole, Arlington, Kan$ 000. 2.5—Emma Rasmus.^en. Neola, KanNickerson—Wm R Fuller, Little River, Kan$000. 9—.TH Riers. Nickerson. Kan [KanPleasant Center—E Cameron, Sycamore Springs,IS 800. 7—W T Davis. Amador, KanPleasant Hill—Emma Rasmussen, Neola, Kan' $ 800. 44—riarissa Cole, Bone Springs, KanPleasant Valley—No pastor$ 000. 12—Ozella Davis. Prattburg, KanTowanda—I Mooney, Towanda, Kan$ 800. 22—Birdie Orban. Towanda, Kan'"9 churches—town, 3; country, 6. Preaching, halftime. 7; no pastor, 2. Totals—valuation, $i3,250;

membership, 164. Sunday schools, 6.

North Missouri Conference.(Reported by Secretary DeWeese.)!

Territory—Central portion of North Missouri.Bounded on the south by the Missouri River, andon the north by the Iowa State Line.Next session, at Bethlehem Church, Sept. 5, 1900.

President, Rev. S. D. Collier, Lemonville, Mo.

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Vice-President, Rev. F. E. Hessenflow, Farmersville,Mo. ; Secretary, Rev. C. DeWeese, Indian Grove, Mo.

Rev. Henry Cole, Arlington, Kansas,Southern Kansas Conference.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Bradshaw, J A, Unionville. Mo—No pastorateCollier, S D, Lemonville, Mo—Beulah—Mt Harmony

—Welcome HomeDavis, John, Laredo, Mo—Superannuated [BranchDeWeese,C, Indian Giove, Mo—Indian Grove—LongGolden. A J, Grepnleaf, Mo—No pastorateHessenflow, F E, Farmersville, Mo—No pastorateJennings, N L. Seymour, la—SuperannuatedJohnson. J S, Chillicothe, Mo—No pastoratePerry, H, Dewitt, Mo—Craig S HStephenson, J W, Nodaway, Mo—BlackberrySweet, T B, Weaubleau, Mo— KvangeMstWall, C S, Kansas (^ity, Mo—No pastorateWebster, C W, Gait, Mo—Pleasant Hill

Ordained, 12; licentiate, 1. Died since last re-

port, S. P. Summers.

church, pastor.value,membbrs,cleek. (Seep.45.)

Bethlehem—No pastor$ 800. 35—Morton .Vdkins, Wakenda, MoBeulah—S D Collier. Lemonville, Mo$ ,500. 69—Thomas Dodson, Penviile, MoBlackberry—J W Stephenson, Nodaway, Mo$ 000. 21—No clerk reportedCraig, S H—H Perry. Dewitt, Mo$ 000. 42—Mrs A Shindhelm, Dewitt, MoIndian Grove—C DeWeese, Indian Grove, Mo$ 500. 34—J T May. Indian Grove, MoLong Bbanch—C DeWeese, Indian Grove, Mo$ 000. 18—Mrs Adalino Cox, Keytesville, MoMonarch—No pastor$ 000. 45—EnosSmither. NodHway, MoMt Harmony—S D Collier, Unionville. Mo$ 400. 27--H E Hanel, Unionville, MoPleasant Hill—(^ W Webster, Gait, Mo$ 800. 64—J A Claypole, Laredo, MoPleasant Valley—No pastor$ 000. 40—W P Copsairt. Dewitt, MorWelcome Home—S D Collier. Lemonville, Mo$ 300. 66—Mrs L E Hatfield, Lowground, Mo11 churches—country 11. Preaching, once per

month. 8; no pastor, 3. Totals—valuation, $3,300;

membership, 461. Sunday schools, 7.

KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND THE SOUTHWEST 97

Osage Conference.(Reported by Secretary Chancellor.)

r^rrtfory—Comprises, Hickory, St. Clair, Miller,Maries, Cole, Polaska, and Camden;counties.Next session, at Antioch Church, Aug. — , 1900.President, Rev. John Whitaker, Weaubleau, Mo.

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Vice-Pyesident, Rev. John D. Simms, Gerster, Mo.

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Secretary, Rev. P. Chancellor, Hermitage, Mo.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Adamson, John, Chalklevel, Mo—No pastorateAllen, O N, Postoak, Mo—No pastorateChancellor, P, Hermitage, Mo—No pastorateHuey, S C, Voris, Mo—No pastorateLawson, Lindsey. Iberia, Mo—No pastorateMarshall. John, Humansville, Mo—No pastorate>Ieely, J EVancleve,Mo—Washington School HouseKenfrow. J M. Iberia, Mo—No pastorateRiley, W W. Capron, 111—Capron (N 111 and Wis)Robinson, Geo, Iberia, Mo — Clifty— River Dale—

SanteeSeaton, Benjamin, St Darus, Mo—No pastorateShepherd, George H, Iberia, Mo—No pastorateSimms, John D, Gerster. Mo—Antioch -Bethany—

Crosslane-Union Hill TLiberty-Mt ZionSooter, V, M, Iberia, Mo—Concord—Etna—Iberia—Sooter, Wm M, Iberia, Mo—HopewellSullens, E E, Capes Ferry. Mo—No pastorateTurner, E, Lowry, Mo—MoneganUmphry, Edgar, Capps. Mo—No pastorateWard, F M. Postoak. Mo—No pastorateWhitaker, John, Weaubleau, Mo—WeaubleauOrdained, 14 ; licentiates, 6.

•CHURCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—John D Simms, Gerster, Mo$ 000. 21-W H Sparks, Lowry City, MoBethany -John D Simms, Gerster, Mo$ 000. 56-E M Allen, Terry, MoClifty—Geo Robinson, Iberia, Mo$ 000. 49— Melissa A Smith, Dixon,'MoConcord-C M Sooter, Iberia, MoS 000. 15 -Mattie Gott, Ulman, MoCrosslane -John D Simms, Gerster, Mo$ 000. 14—Prentis Bernard, Quincj , MoEdith—No pastor$ 500. 26—John Martin, Edith, MoEtna—C M Sooter, Ibena, Mo$ 500. 135-G Skaggs, Vancleve, MoFlat Wood—No pastor$ 000. 50—Miss Josie Schubert, Iberia, MoOood Hope—No pastor$ 000. 50—L C Lee, Tavern, MoHOPRWELL-Wm M Sooter, Iberia, MoS 000. 34- Elizabeth Lee, Iberia, MoHumphrey Creek—No pastorS OOO. 100-H Atkinson, Capps.lMoIberia—C M Sooter, Iberia, Mo.$ 600. 49-BFFike, Iberia. MoJohnson School House—No pastor$ 000. 80—.Joseph Slawson,Iberia,:MoLiberty-C M Sooter, Iberia, Mo$ 300. 37-J W Nickels, Dixon, MoMonegan—E Turner, Lowry. Mo$ 501). 43—C L Reasoner, Ohio, MoMt Gi lead—No pastor$ 000. 109-.Joseph Pendleton, Iberia, MoMt Pisgah—No pastor$ 000. 14—Sherman Heberling, Teal, MoMt Zion—C M Sooter, Iberia. MoSl.GOO. 119-P B Lupartns. Ulman, MoPleasant Valley—No pastor$ 000. 15—James Kelley, Dillon, MoRiver Dale—Geo Robinson, Iberia, Mo$ 000. 12 -Louisa E McKmnan, Wheeler, MoSantee—Geo Robinson, Iberia, Mo$ 000. 14—.James Kelley, Dixon, MoSpring Dale—No pastor$ 000. 15-SM Smith, Teal, MoUnion Hill—John D Simms, Gerster, Mo.S 000. .^6-T J Murphy, Weaubleau, Mo [MoWashington School House—J E Neely, Vancleve,$ 000. 34-M Rose, Tavern, Mo

Rev. Abraham E. Nelsov, Saint Lodis, Mo.

Weaubleau—John Whitaker, Weaubleau, Mo$3,000. 141-E L Butler, Weaubleau, MoZion Hill—No pastor$ 000. 23—F S Fitzwater, Maries, Mo026 churches—town, 3; country, 23. Preaching,half time, 10; once per mouth, 6; no pastor, 10.Totals—valuation, $6,400; membership, 1,311. En-deavor societies, 2 ; Sunday schools, 12.

Spring River Conference.(Reported by Secretary SuUens.)

Next session, at Galena, Kan., Oct. 20, 1900.

President, Rev. B. F. Berry, Galena, Kan. ; Vice-

President, Rev. John Tague, Columbus, Kan. ; Sec-

retary, Rev. E. E. SuUens, Galena, Kan. ; Treasurer,Mrs. J. W. Carney, Galena, Kan.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.

Berry, B F, Galena, Kan—No pastorateBurton, George, Hallowell, Kan—Galena—HallowellGibson, L L, Everton, Mo—No pastorate(jlaze, James, Columbus, Kan—No pastorateHull, Emerson, Columbus, Kan—MitchellHumphries, A, Aurora, Mo—No pastorateMoody, Laura, Galena, Kan—No pastorateRamey, Royal, Everton, Mo—No pastorateSullens, E E, Galena. Kan—No pastorateTague, John, Columbus, Kan—No pastorateVan Horn, W M, Galena, Kan—No pastorate

Ordained, 11.

church,pastor,VALUE,members,clerk. (See p. 45.)

Galena—George Burton, Hallowell, Kan$ 600. 24—B D Moody, Galena, KanHallowell—George Burton, Hallowell, Kan$ 200. 25—Wm A McKee, Hallowell. KanMitchell—Emerson Hull, Columbus, Kan$ 000. 35—S A Hull, Columbus, Kan3 churches—town, 2 ; country, 1. Preaching, once

per month, 3. Totals—valuation, $800 ; membership84. Sunday schools, 2.

98 KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND THE SOUTHWEST

Northwestern Arkansas Conference.( Reported by Secretary Young.)

Territory — Comprises twelve counties in thenorthwest corner of Arkansas.Next session (place and date not decided.)President, Rev. M P. Julian, Chester, Ark. ; Vice-

President, Rev. A. J. Manners, Gentry, Ark.; Secre-tary, Rev. C. H. Young, Seba, Ark. ; Treasurer, Rev.J. W. Null, Seba, Ark.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Baker, J F, Gentry, Ark—TrammelDrake, D R, Manchester, Mo—No pastorateDrake, S S, Chester, Ark—Elizabeth ChapelJulian, M P, Chester, Ark—Conference MissionaryKinney, P F, Francis, Ark—No pastorateManners, A J, Gentry, Ark— Pleasant GroveMcGinnis, D D, Francis, Ark—No pastorateNull, J W, Seba, Ark—Conference MissionaryNelson, Peter, Francis, Ark—No pastorateRaynor, S, Harrison, Ark—Francis--Wolf SpringrsSmith. C W, Lick Branch, Ark—Lick Branch—New

ProspectYoung, C H, Seba, Ark—Wire Springs

Ordained, 12.

CHURCH, PASTOE,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Elizabeth Chapel—S S Drake. Chester, Ark$ 300. 25—No clerk reportedFrancis- S Raynor, Harrison, Ark$ 200. 3.><-CanieAsher, Francis, ArkLick Branch -C W Smith, Lick Branch, Ark$ 000. 34- W N Gass, Burlington, ArkLone Cedar- No pastor$ 000. 6— M C Drake, Chester. ArkNew Prospect— C W Smith. Lick Branch, Ark$ 000. 15—No clrrk reportedPleasant Grove- A J Manners, Gentry, Ark$ 000. 11—Elmer Bnrrett, Gentry, ArkSingleton No pastor$ 000. 16- No ch rk reportedTrammel J F Raker, Gentry, Ark$ 000. 7 - Tilda Baker. Gentry, ArkWire Springs—* " H Young, Seba, Ark$ 000. 11- Mrs A L Young. Seba, ArkWolf Springs— S Raynor. Harrison, Ark$ 000 23- J A ( ox, Francis, Ark10 churclies — town, 1; country, 9. Preaching,

once per month, M; no pastor, 2. Totals— valua-tion, $500; membership, 1S6. Sunday schools, 5.

Red River Conference.( Reported by Secretary Hacke.)

TerHfor?/— C< uiprises northern Texas and part ofthe southern jiart of Indian Territory.Nextsessi<m,at Inrieiendence, Texas. July 18.1900.

President. A. W. Peuuel, Basin Spiings, Tex.

;

Vice-Prexident. R. W. Henry, Pontotoc, Ind. Ter.

;

Secretary ovd Treasurer. Rev. A. C. Hacke, Stan-fordville. N. Y ; A.isistant Secretary, Rev. W. G.Cox, Basin Springs. Tex.

ministers ADDRESSES, PASTOBATES.

Cox, W G. Basin Springs. Tex—No pastorateCox, Maggie A, Ba>in Springs, Tex— No pastorateEldredge, H. Sadler, Tex—No pastorateEubanks, W L, Willis, Ind Ter—Bourland—Chris-

tian Chapel— PlainviewHacke, A C. Stanfordville, N Y—West Pine Plains

(Conf?)Lea, Emma, Cliff, Ind Ter—No pastorateMartin. C H. Ada, Ind Ter—No pastoratePemberton. J S, Gordonville, Tex—No pastorateRollins. H D, Brownville, Ind Ter—Independence-Scott, G W, Willow Point, Tex—Agnes [StarWhite, J W. Ardmore. Ind Ter—No pastorateYaw, J F, Powell, Ind Ter—Hamilton Springs

Ordained, 6; licentiates, 6.

CHURCH, PAST0R,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Agnes-G W Scott, Willow Point, Tex$ 000. IR-Mrs Kate Jordan, Agnes. TexBourland-W L Eubanks. Willis, Ind Ter$ 000. 23—A G Floyd, Willis, Ind Ter

Rev. W. p. Hostetter, Floyd, Okla.Secretary Oklahoma Conference.

Christian Chapel—W L Eubanks, Willis, Ind Ter$ 000. 15—Mrs KE Eubanks, Sadler, TexHamilton Springs—J F Yow, Powell. Ind Ter$ 100. 32—P E Lee. Brownville, Ind TerIndependence—H D Rollins, Brownville, Ind Ter$ 000. 90—A W Penuel, Basin Springs, Tex,Pilgrims Chapel— No pastor$ 000. 14—Sam Hanna,.Connorsville, Ind Ter,Plainview—W L Eubanks, Willis, Ind Ter$ 000. 27—Mrs M A Harmon, Weaverton, Ind TerStar—H D Rollins, Brownville, Ind Ter$ 000. 30— Miss Jes.sie Holley, Brownville, Ind Ter8 churches— (all country) ;

preaching once permonth, 7; no pastor, 1. Totwl valuation, $100:membership, 249 ; Sunday schools, 3.

Oklahoma Conference.(Reported by Secretary Hostetter.)

Terrtior.v—Oklahoma and Indian Territory.Next session, at Pleasant Grove Church, Okla.^

August, 1900.

President, Rev. F. M. Thomas, Elba, Okla. ; Vice-President, Rev. W. J. Shepperd. Purcell. I. T. : Sec-retary, Rev. W. P. Hostetter, Floyd, Okla.; T7-eas-urer, J. W. Powell, Pawnee, Okla.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.Cooke, H, Wellston, Okla—No pastorateFunderburg, P, Orinsville, Okla—Oak GroveGeller, J, Floyd, Okla— No pastorateHamm, J A. Marena, Okla— Pleasant GroveHostetter, W P, Floyd, Okla-Cimarron Valley-

Coal Creek—Osage CityPowell, J W, Pawnee, Okla—No pastorateShepperd, W J. Purcell, I T—No pastorateThomas, F M. Elba, Okla—No pastorateWhite, J T, Osage City, Okla—No pastorate

Ordained, 5 ; licentiates, 4.

CHURCH,PA8T0E,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45./'

Cimarron Valley—W P Hostetter, Floyd, Okla$ 000. 7-Mary J Crawford. Gushing, OklaCoal Creek-W P Hostetter, Floyd, Okla$ 000. 10—Louisa R Barvier, Ralston, OklaOak Grove—P Funderburg, Orinsville, Okla$ 000. 19—Louia A Branch, Marena. OklaOsage City—W P Hostetter, Floyd, Okla$ 000. 38—F M Lewark, Osage City, OklaPleasant Grove—J A Hamm, Marena, Okla$ 000. 20—Nelia Broyles, Orinsville, Okla5 churches—town, 1 ; country, 4. Preaching, half

time. 1 ; once per month, 4 Totals—valuation, $000 ;

membership, 94. Sunday schools, 5.

THE SOUTH 99

Recapitulation— Kansas, Missouri,',and^tlie Southwest.

(I.s98.)i

To/a/s— Ministers, 135; ordained, 115; licentiates,20. 95 churches—town, 15 ; country, 80. Preaching,full time, 7; half time, 5; once per month, 55; nopastor. 28. Valuation, $15,400; average valuation,$162. Membership, 3,313; average membership, 35.

Endeavor societies, 6 ; no Endeavor, 89. Sundayschools, 76 ; no Sunday school, 19.

Recapitulation — Kansas, Missouri, andthe Southwest.

(1899.)

To^aVs—Ministers, 131; ordained, 108; licentiates,23. 94 churches—town, 13; country, 81. Preaching,full time, 7; half time, 4; once per month, 54; nopastor, 29. Valuation, $16,450; average valuation,$175. Membership, 3,366; average membership, 37.

Endeavor societies. 6; no Endeavor, 88. Sundayschools, 71 ; no Sunday school, 23.

Recapitulation— Kansas, Missouri, andthe Southwest.

(1900.)

Totals—Ministers, 130; ordained, 106; licentiates,24. 93 churches—town 13; country, SO. Preaching,full time, 9; half time, 18; once per month, 38; nopastor. 28. Valuation, $16,450; average valuation,$175. Membership, 3,421 ; average membership, 37.

Endeavor societies, 3; no Endeavor, 90. Sundayschools, 51 ; no Sunday school, 42.

Southern Christian Convention.( Reported by Secretary Kernodle.)

Territory—The Southern Christian Convention is

composed of the following conferences : VirginiaValley (/onference, J. S. Kagey, Secretary, Harrison-burg, Va. ; Georgia and Alabama Conference, J. W.Payne, Secretary, Truett, Ala. ; EasternVirginia Con-ference, T. J. Lawrence, Secretary, South Quay,Va.

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Western N..C. Conference, Rev. H. A. Albright, Sec-retary, Molfitt, N. C. ; N. C. and Va. Conference, Rev.J. W. Holt, Secretary. Burlington, N. C. ; Eastern N.C. Conference, Rev. Herbert Scholz, Lindsay, N C.Next session, at Franklin, Va., May, 1900.

President, Rev. W. W. Staley, Suffolk, Va. ; Vice-President, Rev. J. W. Wellons, Durham, N. C. ; Sec-retary, P. J. Kernodle, Elon College, N.C. ; AssistantSecretary, S. A. Holeman, Elon College, N. C;Treasurer, J. A. Mills, Raleigh, N. C.The Home Mission work of the convention, as

shown by the report of the Christian Missionary As-sociation, at the meeting of the convention, atRaleigh, N. C, is in successful operation. The As-sociation maintains a General Missionary in its

bounds. As regards Foreign Missions, it is believedthere is a steady growth of interest.The convention has submitted to the various con-

ferences composing it plans for the complete liqui-dation of the indebtedness of Elon College, whichthey have accepted. Thus, practically the collegeis freed from any embarrassment as to its futureprogress. There is manifestly an increased interestin education.The convention has also inaugurated plans for an

orphanage, for which considerable funds have al-

ready been contributed.

Eastern Virginia Conference.( Reported by Secretary Lawrence.)

Territory—Comprises southeastern part of Vir-ginia and part of Gates Co., N. C.Next session, at New Lebanon, Va., Oct. 30, 1900.

President, Rev. N. G. Newman, Franklin, Va.

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Secretary, T. J. Lawrence, South Quay, Va. j Treas-urer, W. H. Jones, Jr., Suffolk, Va.

P. J. Keenodle, a. M.

Secretary Southern Christian Convention andProfessor in Elon College.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Barrett, J P. Norfolk, Va-NorfolkBarrett, J W, Windsor, Va—No pastorateBarrett, D P, Nashville, Tenn— 'Student)Butler, H H, Suffolk. Va—Antioch-Bethlehem—

Cypress Chapel—Mt CarmelCharnock, Roger, New Bedford, Mass—No pastorateHarrell, J W, Waverly, Va— Barretts— Burtons

Grove— Centerville-Emporia—New LebanonHolland, R H. Holland, Va—No pastorateHurley, M L, Elon College, N C—No pastorateJohnson,! W, Windsor, Va-Holland—Isleof Wight

C H-Oakland-WindsorKitchen, J T, Windsor, Va—Johnsons Grove—Union

(Southampton)Moore, H C, Louisa, Va—No pastorateNewman, N G, Franklin, Va—Berea— (Nansemond)—Franklin—Holy NeckPorter. M P. Norfolk,Va—Berea (Norfolk)—BerkleyPeel, R H, Waverly, Va—Ivor-Spring Hill-Union

(Surrey)-WaverlyStal«iy, W W, Norfolk, Va—Suffolk

Ordained, 14 ; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH, PASTOE,VALUE, MEMBEES, CliEEK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—H H Butler, Suffolk, Va$1,500. 253-N B Mumford, Windsor, VaBarretts—J W Harrell, Waverly. Va$ 600. 140—J D Pond, Airfield, VaBerea (Nansemond)—N G Newman, Franklin, Va$5,000. 99—F M Arthur, Deans, VaBerea (Norfolk)—M P Porter, Berkley, Va$1,500. 141—M W HoUowell, Greatbridge, VaBerkley— M. P Porter, Berkley. Va$7,000. 160-C A Morwitz, Jr, Berkley, VaBethany—No pastor$1,200. 68-T J Lawrence, South Quay, VaBethlehem—H H Butler, Suffolk, Va$1,500. 298—J W Folk, Suffolk. VaBurtons Grove—J W Harrell, Waverly, Va$1,000. 118-E W Carroll, Wakefield. VaCenterville—J W Harrell, Waverly, Va$ 250. 38—W M Ferguson, Disputanta, Va

100 THE SOUTH

Cypress Chapel—H H Butler, Suffolk, Va$2,000. 298—A L Harrell, Cypress Chapel, VaDamascus—No pastor$1,000. 252—J R Corbett, Sunbury. N CEmporia—J W HarreU, Waveriy. Va$1,000. H3-C Bradley, Waveriy, VaEures—No pastor$ 800. 179—W M Sparkman, Eures, N CFranklin—N G Newman, Franklin, Va$3,700. 52—Mrs Annie Lee Gay, Franklin, VaHolland—1 W Johnson, Windsor, Va$2,000. 250—R H Holland, Holland, VaHoly Neck—N G Newman, Franklin, Va$3,000. 436—Julius T Rawles, Box Elder, VaIsle of Wight C H—I W Johnson. Windsor, Va$1,000. 84-R L Spivey, Isle of Wight C H, VaIvor-R H Peel. Waveriy. Va$1,000. 33-B H Laine, Ivor, VaJohnsons Grove—J T Kitchen, Windsor, Va$ 7U0. 87—J W Johnson, Aidyl, VaLiberty Spring— No pastor$1,.500. 207—F E Parker, Savage Crossing, VaMt Carmel—H H Butler, Suffolk, Va$1,000. 235—R E Turner, Darden, VaMt Zion—No pastor$1,500. 53-G W Haughwout, Crittenden, VaNew Lebanon—J W Harrell, Waveriy, Va$1,200. 73-0 V Oockes, Sexton. VaNorfolk—J P Barrett, Norfolk, Va25,000. 261-M J W White, Norfolk, VaOakland— 1 W Johnson, Windsor, Va$2,500. 120—E C Ramsey, Chuckatuck, VaProvidence—No pastor$2,500. 76—F L Portlock, Norfolk, VaSarem—No pastor$ 500. 31—C J Savage, Sarem, N CSpring Hill-R H Peel, Waveriy, Va$1,000. 102-0 C Richardson, Dun, VaSuffnIlc—'W W Staley, Suffolk, Va30,000. 412-B F Cutchin, Suffolk, VaUnion (Southampton)—J T Kitchen, Windsor, Va$ 800. 124—J I Joyner, Isaac, VaUnion (Surry)—R H Peel, Waveriy, Va$1,000 79—C W Whitmore, Sexton, \ aWaverly-R H Peel. Waveriy, Va$1,500. 12S-R T West, Waveriy. VaWindsor—I W Johnson, Windsor, Va$1,500. 67—M L Watkins, Windsor, Va33 churches-town, 8; country, 25. Preaching, full

time, 3; half time, 2; once per month, 21; no pas-

tor, 7. Totals-valuation, $107,2.50; membership,5,017. Endeavor societies, 4 ; Sunday-schools, 33.

North Carolina and Virginia Conf.(Reported by Secretary Holt.)

Terrtforj/—Comprises that part of Piedmont sec-

tion lying along the line between North. Carolinaand Virginia.Next session, at Apple Chapel ('hurch, Nov. 20, 1900.

President, Rev. J. O Atkinson. Elon College, N.

C; Secretary, Rev. J. W. Holt. Burlington, N.C.;Treasurer, Rev. T. W. Strowd, Union Ridge, N. C.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTOEATES.

Apple, Solomon. Semora, N C—SuperannuatedAtkinson, J O, Elon College, N C-(Prof Elon ConGarden, J S, Caldwell Institute, N C—Goshen

Chapel. Bethany (E N C)Dawson. T B, Elon (JoUege, N C—MfZionFord, W H. Carysville, O—LecturingFulton. H C. White Road, N C—No pastorateHerndon, W T, Harrisonburg. Va—Beulah—Mary-

land—Mt Olivet—Woodland—Woods Chapel(Va Val)

Holt, J W, Burlington, N C—Belews Creek—HinesChapel -Lebanon—Longs Chapel

Iseley, A F, Shallowford, N C—Apple Chapel—Big+ Falls—Concord

Klapp, P T, Elon College, N C—Bethlehem—How-i.«--;;«ards Chapel-Mt Bethel ferty (W N C)

Long, W S, Elon College, N C—Salem Chapel. Lib-Patton, J W, News Ferry, Va—Hebron—Ingram—

Pleasant Grove—Union (Va)Pinnix, J W, Kernersville, N C—Pleasant RidgeStrowd, T W, Union Ridge, N C—Bethel

Tickle, G W, Leaksville. Va—LeaksviHe—ProspectWellons, J W, Durham, N C—Durham [(V C)

Ordained, 14; licentiates, 2.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALDE, MEMBERS, CLERK.(See p. 45.)

Apple Chapel—A F Iseley, Shallowford, N C$1,200. 190—Z Christman Jr, Liberty Store, N CBelews Creek—J W Holt, Burlington, N C$ 500. 56—V O Robertson, Belews Creek, N CBethel—T W Strowd, Union Ridge, N C$1,000. 61—L H Walker, Anderson, N CBethlehem—P T Klapp, Elon College, N C$1,500. 338—L D Rippey, Altamahaw. N CBig Falls—A F Iseley, Shallowford, N C$ 200. 19—J C McAdams, Burlington, N CConcord—A F Iseley, Shallowford, N C$ 700. 58—G G Anderson, Milesville, N CDurham—J W Wellons, Durham, N C$2,000. 101—T J Hayes, Durham, N CElon College—J U Newman (W N C), Elon Col, N C$ 000. 56—Mrs J M Roberts, Elon CoUege, N CGoshen Chapel—J S Carden, Caldwell Institute, N C$ 300. 43 -S L Slaughter, Berea. N CHappy Home-L I Cox (W N C), Elon College, N C$ 600. 84-J W Foster, Oregon, N CHawriver—W G Clements (E N C), Morrisville, N C$2,5.50. 32—H V Simpson, Hawriver, N CHebron—J W Patton, News Ferry, Va$ 800. 132—C M Gordon, Everett, VaHines Chapel—J W Holt, Burlington, N C$ 800. 188-W A Heath. Greensboro, N CHowards Chapel-P T Klapp, Elon College, N C$ 700. 44-W B Madison, Wentworth, N CIngram—J W Patton, News Ferry, Va$1,200. 78-Myrtle Boyd, Stebbins VaKallam Grove-L I Cox (W N C), Elon Col, N C$ 500. 34-D F Wilson, Bason, N CLebanon—J W Holt, Burlington, N C$2,000. 135—Walter L Taylor, Semora, N CLexington—No pastor$ 000. 12—Walter Koonce, Lexington, N CLongs Chapel—J W Holt. Burlington, N C$1,000. 102—W J Fitch, McCray, N CMt Bethel—P T Klapp, Elon College, N C$ 800. 73—D I Cummings, Simpson Store, N CMt Zion—T B Dawson, Elon ("oUege, N C$ 800. 38—Mrs Mary Bradley, Carr, N CNew Lebanon—L 1 Cox (W N 0), Elon College, N C$1,000. 44—W H Sharp, Bason, N CPleasant (jrove—J W Patton, News Ferry, Va$2,000. 210—H T Headspeth, News Ferry, VaPleasant Ridge—J W Pinnix, Kernersville, N C$ 800. 71—J H Barker, Summerfield, N CSage Garden—J H Wright (W N C), Ashboro, N C$ 200. 27 -John A Holder. Kernersville. N CSalem Chapel-W S Long, Elon College, N C$ 600. 115—J C Hammock. Walkerton, N CShallowford—C H Roland (E N C), Elon (College, N C$1,200. 75-W D Walker, Burlington, N CSouth Boston—No pastor$ 100. 17—J A Reese, South Boston, VaUnion (N C)-C C Peel (W N C), Ashboro, N C$ 500. 253—J D Wilkins, Maywood, N CUnion (Va)—J W Patton, News Ferry, Va$ 600. 133—Miss Ella Sanford, Virgilinia. Va30 churches—town, 5 ; country, 25. Preaching, full

time, 1 ; half time, 2 ; once per month, 25 ; no pastor,2. Totals—valuation, $26,150; membership, 2,819.

Endeavor societies, 2; Sunday schools, 27.

Eastern North Carolina Conference.( Reported by Secretary Scholz.)

Territory — Comprises part of Warren, Vance,Franklin, Wake, Johnson, Orange, Harnett, andChatham counties.Next session, at Oak Level Church, near Youngs-

ville, N. C, November 7, 1900.

President. Rev. Jas. L. Foster, Raleigh, N. C;Secretary, Rev. Herbert Scholz, Lindsay, N. C;Treasurer, J. E. Ballentine, Varina, N. C.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Barbee, A P, .Jonesboro, N C—Moore Union—NewElam—New Hill—Turners Chapel. Cumnock—Grace Chapel—Poplar Branch (W N C).Egypt (Conf?)

THE SOUTH 101

Butler, M W. Raleigh, N C-RaleigbClements, W G, Morrisville, N ("—Hayes Chapol

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Marthas Chapel—Morrisville. Hawriver (NC&V)

Foster, JasL,Raleigh, N C—MtAuburn—Went-worthHarward, W D, Frankliuton. N C—Beulah—Liberty

—Mt Carmel— Mt (iilead—New Hope — OakLevel—Popos Chapel— Youngsville

Iseley, E T, Selma, N C—Auburn— Pleasant Grove-Pleasant Hill—Spik)ua. Selma (Conf?)

Johnson, L F. Elon College—No pastorateKlapp, S B, Youngsville, N C — Amelia — Bethel—

Christian Chapel — Ebenezer — Good Hope

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Mt Hermon-Six Forks—Walnut GroveMangum, L W, Benson, N C—No pastoratePounds, T A. Clayton, N C—No pastorateRowland, C H, Elon College, N C-Shallowford (NScholz, Herbert, Lindsay, N C—Damascus [C ct V)Underwood, G R, Osgood, N C—Catawba Springs

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Shallow Well. Hanks Chapel-Zion (W N C)Whiteman, J A, Kilgo, N C—No pastorateWicker, J D, Jonesboro. N C—Christian Light

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O'Kellys Chapel- Pleasant Union—Plymouth-Wake Chapel. Graham (W N C)

Wicker, W C, Baltimore, N C— (Student)Winston, M L, Creedmore, N C -No pastorate

Ordained, 16; licentiate, 1.

CHURCH, PASTOE,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLEEK. (See p. 45.)

Amelia—S B Klapp, Youngsville, N G$300. IS-JE Austin, Clayton, N CAntioch— No pastor$ 500. 6o—Mrs N J Harris, Elams, N^CAuburn—E T Iseley, Selma, N C$ 500. 39—VVm Watts, Auburn, N C [N CBethany- J S Carden (N C >fc V), Caldwell Institute,$ 100. 20—L Carden, Breeze, N CBethel—S B Klapp, Youngsville, N C$ 300. 28—J M Dennis, Enno, N CBeulah—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C$ 500. 46- J B Edwards, Rolesville, N CCatawba Springs—G R Underwood, Osgood, N C$ 500. 117—E B Morris, Raleigh, N CChristian Chapel— S B Klapp, Youngsville, N C$ 800. 159—L S Mann. Corinth, N CChristian Light—J D Wicker, Jonesboro, N C$ 500. 20—J R Brown, May. N CDamascus—Herbert Scholz, Lindsay, N C.$1,500. 119-M A McCauley, Chapel Hill, N CEbenezer—S B Klapp, Youngsvilla, N C$ 300. 82—M J Carlton, Flint, N CGood Hope—S B Klapp, Youngsville, N C$ 300. 56—J D Pleasants, Pernell, N CHayes Chapel—W G Clements, Morrisville, N C$ 500. 83—G O Barbee, Garner, N CLiberty—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C51,000. 221—B R Eaves, Epsom, N CMarthas Chapel—W G (Elements, Morrisville, N C$ 900. 42—H Mulholland, Williams Mill, N CMoore Union—A P Barbee, Jonesboro. N C$ 200. 62—N A Matthews, Grotto, N CMorrisville—W G Clements, Morrisville, N C$ 600. 34—J H Moring, Morrisville, N CMt Auburn—Jas L Foster, Raleigh, N C$1,000. 1.59—S P R^ade, Palmer Springs, VaMt Carmel—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C$ 350. 51—W J Wilson, Wilton, N CMt Gilead—W D Harward. Franklinton, N C$ 250. 25—W B Hunter. Stallings, N CMt Hermon—S B Klapp, Youngsville, N C$ 600. 47—W I Beasley, Auburn, N CNew Elam—A P Barbee, Jonesboro, N$ 800. 173—J A Goodwin, Merry Oaks, N CNew Hill—A P Barbee, Jonesboro, N C$ 400. 30—J R Gardner, New Hill, N CNew Hope—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C$ 500. 88—W R Rogers, Youngsville, N COak Level—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C$ 800. 132—A C Wicker, Franklinton, N CO Kellys Chapel—J D Wicker, Jonesboro, N C$ 700. 87—J W Atkins, Williams Mill, N CPiney Plain—No pastor$ 400. 28—T H Prince, Massey, N CPleasant Grove—E T Iseley, Selma, N C$ 500. 10—E S Coates, Pratt, N CPleasant Hill—E T Iseley, Selma, N C$ 600. 36—J C Hardee, Benson, N C

Deacon Alfred Morinu, Raleigh, N. C.

Born February 25, 1814, 85 years old ; has been aChristian and church member 67 years; served asdeacon to date—59 years ; was in the meeting in1847, when the Southern Christian Convention wasorganized, and was elected treasurer of same andfilled that office correctly and faithfully till May,1894, being 47 years. He has possibly attendedmore sessions of the Conference and Conventionthan any other member. He has enjoyed all thehonors the Church can bestow and ever provedloyal and faithful to the trusts placed in him.He was born and raised in Chatham County, N.

C, near the burial place of Rev. James O'Kelley.He now enjoys his ripe old age in the comfortable

home of his son, Brother Frank O'Kelley Moring.He patiently awaits the call, " Well done, thougood and faithful servant." He is still active inchurch and conference work.

Pleasant Union—J D Wicker, Jonesboro, N C$ 400. 54—W J Long, Lillington, N CPlymouth—J D Wicker, Jonesboro. N C$ 600. 48—J W Rhodes, Kadar, N CPopes Chapel—W D Harward. Franklinton. N C$1,500. 104—Mrs A M House, Franklinton, N CRaleigh—il W Butler, Raleigh, N C$7,000. 71—Lee Johnson, Raleigh, N CShallow Well—G R Underwood, Osgood, N C$ 800. 159—J C Kelly, Jonesboro. N CSix Forks—S B Klapp, Youngsville. N C$ 150. 31—Mrs Alma J Penny, Six Forks, N CSpilona—E T Iseley, Selma. N C$ 500. 15—R I Lassiter, Spilona, N CTurners Chapel—A P Barbee, Jonesboro, N C$ 500. 59—A W Wicker, Colon, N CWake Chapel—J D Wicker, Jonesboro, N C$ 500. 203—J E Ballentine, Varina, N CWalnut Grove—S B Klapp, Youngsville, N C$ 300. 22— Miss Delia Grissom, Grissom, N CWentworth—Jas L Foster, Raleigh, N C$ 600. 35—C H Stephenson, Raleigh, N CYoungsville—W D Harward, Franklinton, N C$1,200. 22—T L Moss, Youngsville, N C41 churches—town, 4; country, 37. Preaching,

full time, 1; once per month, 38; no pastor, 2.

Totals—valuation, $30,250; membership, 2,900. En-deavor societies, 1 ; Sunday schools, 33.

102 THE SOUTH

Christian Church, Cornee Hillsboeo and Dawson Streets,Ealeigh, North Carolina.

^«S******^**^$-**^^*^*^^^^i^^^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

THE SOUTH 103

Rev. Jas. L. Fostee, Raleigh, N. C.

President Eastern North Carolina Conference.

Virginia Valley Conference.(Reported by Secretary Kagey.)

Territory Comprises Shenandoah," Rockingham,and Augusta counties. Va.Next session, at Antioch Church, August 30, 1900.

President, S. W. Lincoln, Lacy Springs, Va. ; Sec-retary, J. S. Kagey, Harrisonburg, Va. ; Treasurer,•C. D. Maphis, Linville, Va.

MfNISTEES, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Black, B F, Elon College, N C—New Providence (W

N C) [hem—Concord—LinvilleLassiter, L L. Tenth Legion, Va—Antioch—Bethle-Swank, C H, Singers Glen, Va^No pastorate

Ordained, 1 ; licentiates, 2. Died since last report,D. T. Dean.

CHURCH. PASTOR,VALDE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—L L Lassiter, Tenth Legion, Va$2,000. 97—J S Kagey, Harrisonburg, VaBethlehem—L L Lassiter, Tenth Legion, Va$1,000. 67 -A B Martz, Lacy Spring, VaBeulah—W T Herndon (N C & V), Harrisonburg, Va$ 000. 13—Edward Michael, Keezeltown,VaConcord—L L Lassiter, Tenth Legion, Va$ 500. 33-J C Huffman, Hupp, VaLinville—L L Lassiter, Tenth Legion, Va$1,000. 63—C E Berry, Melrose, Va [VaMaryland-W T Herndon (N C &V), Harrisonburg,$ 000. 13-J D Hillyard, Harrisonburg, VaMt Grove-S L Baugher (V C), Beldor, Va$ 000. 18—Wm S Cline, Penlaird, Va [VaMt Olivet—W T Herndon ( N C & V) , Harrisonburg,$ 000. 12—George Lilly, Harrisonburg. VaNewhope—A G B Powers (V C), Hupp, Va$1,000. 54—Walter Liskey, Harrisonburg, Va [VaWoodland—W T Herndon (NC&V), Harrisonburg,$1,000. 19-Alfred W Andes, Weyers Cave, VaWoods Chapel—W T Herndon (N C <fe V), Harrison-

burg, Va$1,000. 20-Nettie S Neff, New Market, Va11 churches— (all country). Preaching, once per

month, 11. Totals—valuation, $7,500; membership,409. Sunday schools, 6.

Georgia and Alabama Conference.(Reported by Secretary Payue.)

Territory—Western portion of Georgia and easternportion of Alabama.Next session, at Beulah Church, Truett, Ala., ,

1900.President, Rev. J. W. Elder, Ofelia, Ala.; Vice-

President, Rev. W. R. Knight, Poavy, Ala. ; Secre-tary, J. W. Payne, Truett, Ala. ; Treasurer, S. N.Sledge, Roanoke, Ala.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.Carter, E M, , Alabama—No pastorateCoats, A, -. Alabama—No pastorateDavis, W D, Daviston, Ala—No pHstorateDollar, C M, Lime, Ala—Antioch—Bethany—Mt Zion

—Union GroveElder, H W, Phoenix, Ala—Beulah Jirard—Browns

Spring—Oak Grove—Providence ChapelElder, J D, Milltown, Ala—OaklandElder, J W.Ofelia, Ala—Macedonia—New Harmony

—New Hope [—Rock SpringElder, T H, Milltown, Ala—Bethlehem— Forest HomeFletcher, W D, Jirard, Ala—No pastorateGarrison, J D, Tehopka, Ala—Christiana—FolsomsHorn, D G, Jirard, Ala—No pastorate [ChapelHunt, G D, Emuckfaw, Ala—Beulah—McGuires

Chapel— Pleasant Grove—Union ChapelHurst, G M, Redapple, Ala—No pastorateHurst, W G. Redapple, Ala—No pastorateKnight, W R, Peavy, Ala—Christian Home—CorinthLeslie. Robert, Langdale, Ala—No i^astorateLett, M F, Clanton, Ala—Mt CarmelMalone, C G, . Texas—No pastorateOrr, J B, Mt Calm, Tex-Orrs Chapel (Conf?)Swann. C W, Buckeye, Ala—No pastorateVichers, J M, Emuckfaw. Ala—No pastorateWilliams, J E. Langdale, Ala—No pastorateYoung, B F, West, Ga -Smiths ChapelOrdained, 19 ; licentiates, 4.

CHORCH, PASTOR,VALUE, members,clerk. (Seep. 45.)

Antioch—C M Dollar, Lime, Ala$ 600. 50—W H Abbott, Double Head, AlaBethany—C M Dollar, Lime, Ala$ 300. 48—G M Holder, Rockmills, AlaBethlehem-T H Elder, Milltown, Ala$ 100. 50—H F Knight, Westpoint, GaBeulah—G D Hunt, Emuckfaw, Ala$ 500. 121—Charles Bailey, Truett, AlaBeulah Jirard—H W Elder, PhtBuix, Ala$ 600. 17S-J J Beaird, Jirard. AlaBrowns Spring—H W Elder, Phoenix, Ala$ 50. 66—L B Lawrence, Ph(jonix, AlaChristiana—J D Garrison, Tehopka, Ala$ 300. 52—W A Jennings, Tehopka, AlaChristian Home—W R Knight, Peavy, Ala$ 200. 59— S Lauderdale, ('owpens, AlaCorinth—W R Knight, Peavy, Ala$ 300. 20—No clerk reportedFolsoms Chapel- J D Garrison, Tehopka, Ala$ 000. 10—J Blackman, Tehopka, AlaForest Home—T H Elder, Milltown, Ala$ 600. 50—J L Smith, Rockmills, AlaMacedonia—J W Elder, Ofelia, Ala$ 350. 39-L L Watts, Buckeye, AlaMcGuires Chaoel-G D Hunt, Emuckfaw, Ala$ 250. 114—Z E Veasy, Emuckfaw, AlaMt Carmel—M F Lett, Clanton, Ala$ 000. 11—A R Johnson, Energy, AlaMt Zion—C M Dollar, Lime, Ala$ 500. 77-W H George, Peavy, AlaNew Harmony—J W Elder, Ofelia, Ala$ 100. 101—T L Orr, Abner, AlaNew Home—T J Edmonson (Conf?), Talbut, Ala$ 150. 60—W T Collier. Delta, AlaNetv Hope—J W Elder, Ofelia. Ala$ 600. 130—R Elder, Happy Land, AlaNoonday-No pastor$ 000. 14—J M Carpenter, Wedowee, AlaOak Grove—H W Elder, Phoenix, Ala$ 600. .56—Mrs Mattie Bass, Phoenix, AlaOakland—J D Elder, Milltown, Ala$ 000. 12—John H Short, Cherry, AlaPleasant Grove—G D Hunt, Emuckfaw, Ala$ 330. 69—J R Orr, Marcoot, Ala

104 THE SOUTH

Providence Chapel—H W Elder, Phoenix, Ala$ 600. 91—G R Able, Richland, GaRock Spring—T H Elder, Milltown, Ala$ 300. 63—C C Hornsby, Cornhouse, AlaSmiths Chapel—B F Young, West, Ga$ 000. 18 -S H Prather, Lagrange. GaUnion Chapel—G D Hunt, Emucktaw, Ala$ 000. 55-W L Osborn, Langdale, AlaUnion Grove—i; M Dollar, Lime, Ala$ 300. 20—Amos Holladay, Stroud, Ala27 churches—town, 4 ; country 23. Preaching, half

time, 1 ; once per month, 2.") ; no pastor, 1. Totals

—

valuation, 87,650; membership, 1,634. Endeavor so-cieties, 2 ; Sunday schools, 1.5.

Western North Carolina Conference.( Reported by Secretary Albright.)

Territory—Mostly in the Piedmont section.Next session, at St. Johns Church, Randleman,

N. C, , 1900.President, Rev. P. H. Fleming, Burlington, N. C;

Secretary, Rev. H. A. Albright, Moffitt, N.C. ; Treas-urer, Capt. J. A. Turentine, Burlington, N. C.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Albright, H A, Moffitt, N C—Antioch (Randolph Co)Baldwin, M A, Cedar Falls, N C— Center Grove-

Pattersons Grove—Pleasant UnionBoone, C A, Eloa College, N C—No pastorate [GroveComer, J R—Spencerville, N C—Big Oak — ShadyCox, L I, Elon College, N C—Smithwood. Happy

Home—Kallam Grove—New Lebanon (C N &V)Fleming, P H, Burlington, N C—BurlingtonHammer, M E, Tillman, N C—Antioch (Chatham

Co)—Christian Union—New Center— PleasantGrove—Union Grove

Hatch, J W, Pittsboro, N C—No pastorateHayse, W N, Erect, N C—No pastorateJulian, W R, Millboro. N C—No pastorateKern, B F, Moffitt, N C—Spoons ChapelLong, D A, Graham, N C—No pastorateLawrence, W W, Erect, N C—Browns ChapelMoffitt, H T, Moffitt, N C—No pastorate [& VaNewman. J U, Elon College, N C—Elon College (N CParker, J W, Randleman, N C—Parks X Roads-

Pleasant Cross—Pleasant Ridge—Shiloh—StJohns [Union. Union (N C & V)

Peel, C C, Asheboro, N C—Asheboro— Ramseur

—

Roach, W H, High Point. N C—High PointWay, P T, Unionville, N C—TeachingWay, S H, Forkcreek, N C^—No pastorateWebster, J A, Franklinville, N C—No pastorateWhite, T E, Elon College, N C—No pastorateWright, J H, Asheboro, N C— Clover Orchard

—

Keyser — Macedonia — Pleasant Hill. SageGarden (N C & V)

Ordained, 18; licentiates, 5. Died since last report,J. S. Lawrence.CHURCH, PASTOR,VALDE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p.45.)

Antioch (Chatham Co)—M E Hammer, Tillman, N C$ 200. 81—Finnie Oldham, Goldston, N CAntioch (Randolph Co)—H A Albright, Moffitt, N C$ 400. 31-W W Brady, Moffitt, N CAsheboro—C C Peel, Asheboro, N C$2,000. 33—Thomas J Moffitt, Asheboro, N CBig Oak—J R Comer, Spencerville, N C$ 300. 61—Mrs Neomi Baily, Big Oak, N CBrowns Chapel—W W Lawrence, Erect, N C$ 200. 25—W L Brewer, Spencer, N CBurlington—P H Fleming, Burlington, N C86,000. 204—John R Foster, Burlington. N CCenter Grove—M A Baldwin, Cedar Falls, N C$ 750. 38—R L White, Rosewood, N CClover Orchard—J H Wright, Asheboro, N C$ 000. 48—T F McOly, Camp, N CChristian Union—M E Hammer, Tillman, N C$ 200. 84-C McNeill, Why Not. N CCumnock—A P Barbee (E N C), Jonesboro, N C$ 000. 44—W M Gunter, Cumnock. N CGrace Chapel—A P Barbee (E N C). Jonesboro, N C9 600. 83—H B Way, Sanford, N CGraham—W C Wicker (E N C), Elon College, N C$1,750. 33—J D Kernodle, Graham, N CHanks Chapel—GRDnderwood(ENC), Osgood,NC$ 500. 143—Artemas Hatch, Pittsboro, N C

High Point—W H Roach, High Point, N C$ 200. 42—A V Driver, High Point, N CKeyser—J H Wright, Asheboro, N C$ 500. 22—P J Harris, Keyser, N CLiberty—W S Long, (N C & Va), Elon College, N G$ 500. 24—Miss Cornie C Hatch, Liberty, N CMacedonia—J H Wright, Asheboro, N C$ 000. 16—Levi Tucker, Asheboro, N CMt Union—No pastor$ 000. 25—No clerk reportedNew Center—M E Hammer, Tillman, N C$ 400. 130-E E McNeill, Why Not, N C [N CNew Providence—B F Black (Va V), Elon College,.$3,000. 92—Jas M Turner, Graham, N CParker Cross Roads—J W Parker, Randleman, N C$1,000. 114-R W York, Kildee, N CPattersons Grove—M A Baldwin, Cedar Falls, N C$ 500. 62—John A Ellison, Franklinville, N CPhillips Chapel—No pastor$ 000. 26—D W Cox, Harpers Cross Roads, N CPleasant Cross—J W Parker, Randleman, N C$ 300. 30—J A Henson, Central Falls, N CPleasant Grove—M E Hammer, Tillman, N C$ 900. 283—A L Brady, Cheeks, N CPleasant Hill—J H Wright, Asheboro, N C$1,000. 120—Dr D H Albright, Sandy Grove. N CPleasant Ridge—J W Parker, Randleman, N C$ 800. 119—W E Allred, Ramseur, N CPleasant Union—M A Baldwin, Cedar Falls, N C$ 550. 57—W R Harris, Jacksons Creek, N ('

Poplar Branch—A P Barbee (E N O), Jonesboro, N G$1,000. 31—Jordan Parish, Lemons Springs, N CRamseur—^C C Peel, Asheboro, N C$ 800. 21—T A Moffitt, Ramseur, N CShady Grove—J R Comer, Spencerville, N C$1,000. 87—Hiram Freeman, Ether, N CShiloh—J W Parker. Randleman, N C$ 800. 153—B S Moffitt. Moffitt, N CSmithwood—L I Cox, Elon College, N C$ 500. 55—P D Reitzel, Liberty. N CSpoons Chapel—B F Kern, Moffitt, N (*

$ 200. 37—G H Kinney. Franklinsville, N CSt Johns—J W Parker, Randleman, N C$ ^00. 217—G A Hendrix, Randleman, N CUnion Grove—M E Hammer, Tillman, N C$1,000. 70—J N Cagle, Brown, N CWinder—No pastor$ 000. 25—No clerk reportedZion—G R Underwood (E N C), Osgood, N C$ 800. 172—J A Kelly, Osgood, N C38 churches— town, 6; country, 32. Preaching, full

time. 2 ; half time, 2 ; once per month, 31 ; no pastor,3. Totals—valuation, $29,450; membership, 2,938.

Sunday schools, 38.

Virginia Central Conference.(Reported by Secretary Tamkin.)

Territory—Comprises the Blue Ridge Valley, part,of the Great Valley of Virginia and Hampshire Co.,.

West Va.Next session, at Dryrun, Va., August 9, 1900.

President, Rev. J. W. Dofflemyer, Elkton, Va

;

Vice-President, Rev. A. G. B. Powers, Hupp, Va.

;

Secretary, Rev. John Tamkin, Edith, Va. ; Treas-urer, Martin Strickler, Leaksville, Va.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Baugher, S L, Buldor, Va—Antioch—Pimple Hill..

Mt Grove (Va V)Davis, A P, Swiftrun, Va—No pastorateDofflemyer, J W, Elkton, Va—('hristian Chapel—

Dryrun — East Liberty — Newport — TimberRidge [Hope(VaV)

Powers, A G B, Hupp, Va—Joppa—Mt Salem. NewRoach, Killis, Nortonsville, Va— High Point—Mt

Lebanon—Mt UnionTamkin, John, Edith, Va—PalmyraOrdained, 6.

CHDRCH,PASTOR,VAIiUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Seep.45.>

Antioch—S L Baugher, Beldor, Va$ 000. 56—W A Royer, Island Ford, VaBethel—No pastor$ 000. 30—No clerk reportedChristian Chapel—J W Dofflemyer, Elkton, Ya$ 000. 26—No clerk reported

THE SOUTH 105.

Rev. J. W. DoFFLEMYEE, Elkton, Virginia.

President Virginia Central Conference.

Dryrun—J W Dofflemyer, Elkton, Va$ 300. 36—A Munch, Seven Fountains, VaEast Liberty—J W Dotiiemyer, Elkton, Va$ 250. 110—A J Kite, Grove Hill, VaHigh Point— Killis Roach, Nortonsville, Va$ 000. 27—Thomas Crawford. Swiftrun, VaJoppa—A G B Powers, Hupp, Va$ 350. 55—John Tamkin, Edith, VaLeaksvillp—G W Tickle (N C & V), LeaksviUe, Va$ 800. 91—G W Rothgeb. LeaksviUe. VaMt Lebanon—Killis Roach, Nortonsyille, Va$ 300. 81 —Isaac t'omer, Shenandoah, VaMt Olivet-No pastor$ 000. 59—Z Marshall. Nortonsville.VaMt Pleasant—No pastor$ 000. 25—C Dovel, Elkton, VaMt Salem—A G B Powers, Hupp, Va$ 000. 37—J E Watkins, Beldor, VaMt Union—Killis Roach, Nortonsville, Va$ 000. 40—W A Crawford, Nortonsville, VaNewport—J W Dofllemyer, Elkton, Va$ 800. 114—Wm Cornell, Kountz, VaPalmyra—John Tamkin, Edith, Va$ 000. 61—John Carper, Edinburg, VaPimple Hill—S L Baugher Beldor, Va$ 000. 17—M V Louderback, Alma, VaProspect—G W Tickle (N C & V), LeaksviUe, Va$ 000. 26—J E Sheflett. Smithland, VaTimber Ridge—J W Dofflemyer, Elkton, Va$1,000. 2f)0—A S Anderson, Hooks Mills, W VaWhite Hall—No pastor$ 000. 56—J W Conley, Christman, Va19 churches—town, 2; country, 17. Preaching,

half time, 1 ; once per month, 14 ; no pastor, 4. To-tals—valuation, $3,800 ; membership, 1,147. Sundayschool, 11.

Southwestern West Virginia Conference.

(Reported by Secretary Thevenin.)

Terrifor?/-Comprises Wood, Jackson, Mason,Putnam, Kanawha, Fayette, Lincoln,

_Cabell,

Wayne and Mingo counties, in West Virginia.Next session, at Mountain Valley Church, August,

1900.

President, C. G. HUl, Charleston, W. Va.; Vice-

President, Rev. J. W. Bunch, Chillicothe, O ; Secre-tary, Rev. J. L. W. Thevenin, Henderson, W. Va. ;

Treasurer, Samuel J. Butler, Charleston, W. Va.

ministers, addresses, pastorates.Bunch, J W, Chillicothe, O—West CharlestonFerguson. Samuel J. Beech Hill, W Va—Mt Valley

—Shady Hill -White Pine

Manley, John L, Middleport, O—AntiochMcCarley, J N, Portland, O—No pastoratePorter, John R, Thivener, O—No pastorateThevouin, Robert, Winfield, W Va—Mt CarmelThevenin, J L W, Henderson, W Va—No pastorateWiggins, C P. Middleport, O—No pastorateOrdained, 6; licentiates, 2: died since last reportj

W. W. Lee.

CHURCH, pastor,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

Antioch—John L Manley, Middleport, O$ 000. 32—John L Manley, Middleport, OAerington—No pastor$ 300. 28—No clerk reportedBethel—No pastor$ 000. 32-Minnie Tout, Elwell, W VaEvergreen-No pastor$ 000. 20—Floyd Means, Fraziers Bottom, iWVa.Fraziers Bottom—No pastor$ OUO. 21—No clerk reportedHenderson-J A Angle (O E), Gallipolis, O$1,400. 35—No clerk reportedMorning Star—No pastor$ 000. 10—Ella Nesselroad, Nesselroad, W VaMt Carmel—Robert Thevenin, Winfield, W Va$ 000. 15-George McLaughlin, Winfield, W VaMt Tabor—No pastor$ 100. 23-Amos Glasburn, Beech Hill, W VaMt Valley—Samuel J Ferguson, Beech Hill, W Va$ 600. 32—Elizabeth Siders, Arlee, W VaNew Mt Pisgah—No pastor$ 000. 24—John Shelines, Redmud, W VaOak Ridge—No pastor$ 000. 21 -Minnie Sanborn, Winfield, W VaShady Hill—Samuel J Ferguson, Beech Hill, W Va,$ 000. 12—No clerk reportedShrewsbury—No pastor$ 000. 28-Charlos Knight, Shrewsbury, W VaWest Charleston—J W Bunch, Chillicothe, O$1,200. 38—J W Leeper. Charleston, W Va *

White Pine—Samuel J Ferguson, Beech Hill, W Va$ 000. 20—No clerk reported

16 churches—towns, 4; country, 12. Preaching,once per month, 7; no pastor, 9. Totals—valua-tion, $3,600; membership, 391. Sunday schools, 6.

West Virginia Conference.(Reported by Secretary Roy,)

rerriior?/ ^Comprises portions of Randolph,Tucker, Pendleton, Grant, and Hardy counties,\V. Va.Next session, at Dry Fork, W. Va., Sept. 29, 1900.

President, Rev. E. J. Bennett, Dry Fork, W. Va.

;

Vice-President, E. C. Mersing, Dry Fork, W. Va.

;

Secretary, Hayes Roy, Dry Fork, W. Va. ; Treasurer,.A. B. Flanagan, Redcreek, W. Va.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Bennett, E J, Dry Fork, W Va—Assist at Dry ForkBonner, J W, Redcreek, W Va—Dry Fork—Harman

-Oakdale [Valley (Conf?)Collins, W I, Cortland. W Va—Fairview—CanaanEnds,WH. Moorefield,WVa—C-ornerChurch(Conf?)Miller, N B, Harman. W Va—EvangelistRiggleman, Simon, Moorefield, W Va—HopevilleWolford, C J, Redcreek, W Va—Surveys—Carrs-

(Confl)

Ordained, 4 ; licentiates, 3.

CHURCH, PASTOR,VALU e,membees,cleek. (Seep.45.>-

Dry Fork—J W Bonner, Redcreek, W Va$ 000. 190—Oliver Bonner, Dry Fork, W VaHarman—J W Bonner, Redcreek, W Va$ 000. 9—No clerk reportedHopeville—Simon Riggleman, Moorefield, W Va$ 000. 12—No clerk reportedOakdale—J W Bonner, Redcreek, W Va$ 300. 40—Otic Riggleman, Moorefield, W VaRichmount—S M Bonner (Conf?), Dry Fork, W Va$ 150. 45—Wm Malow, Harman, W VaWoLFORDS—8 M Bonner (Conf?), Dry Fork, W Va$ 100. 9—C J Wolford, Redcreek, W Va6 churches—(aU country). Preaching, half time,

6. Totals—valuation ,|$550; membership, 305 ; Sun-day schools, 5.

106 COLORED CONFERENCES

Recapitulation—The South.(1898.)

Totals—Ministers, 116; ordained, 91 ; licentiates,25. 207 churches—town, 29 ; country, 178. Preach-ing, full time, 5 ; half time, 5 ; once per month, 180

;

no pastor, 17. Valuation, $209,025; average valua-tion, $1,011. Membership, 17,061; average member-ship, 82. Endeavor societies, 11 ; no Endeavor, 196.Sundaj' schools, 162; no Sunday school, 45.

Recapitulation—The South.(1899.)

Totals—Ministers, 117; ordained, 91; licentiates,26. 213 churches—town, 31 ; country, 182. Preach-ing, full time, 6; half time, 6; once per month, 171;no pastor, 30. Valuation, $215,350; average valua-tion, 1,011. Membership, 16,926 ; average member-ship, 80. Endeavor societies, 11 ; no Endeavor, 202.Sunday schools, 170; no Sunday schools, 43.

Recapitulation—The South.(1900.)

Toiate—Ministers, 118; ordained, 98; licentiates,.20. 221 churches—town, 33; country, 188. Preach-ing, full time, 7 ; half time, 14 ; once per month, 172

;

no pastor, 28. Valuation, $216,200; average valua-tion, $979. Membership, 17,560; average member-ship, 80. Endeavor societies, 9; no Endeavor, 212.Sunday schools, 174 ; no Sunday schools, 47.

North Carolina Conference.(Reported by Secretary Long.)

Territory—1<SoTth, Central, and Western N. C.Next session, at Green. Level, N. C, Nov. 14, 1900.President, Rev. Wm. Williams, 817 E. Blount St.,

Raleigh, N. C; Vice-President, Rev. B. Young, Mid-dleburg, N. C. ; Secretary, Rev. H. E. Long, Frank-linton, N. C. ; Treasurer, H. K. Kearney, Franklin-ton, N. C.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Albright, S W, Hawriver, N C—Archie Grove

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MebaneAlexander, J A, Norfolk, Va—Lone Star (E Va)Alexander, P R, Palmer Springs, Va—Mt ZionAlien, John, Mt Energy, N G—Kinches Chapel—Ma-

ple Temple — Pleasant Union—Popes ChapelAllen, W, Cary. N C -Pleasant Hill [ChapelAlston, C J, Silk Hope, N C-Pine Hjll—YoungsvilleAlston, H S. Epsom, N C—No pastorateArrington, D, Graham, N C—No pastorate [HillBaldwin, H B, Apex, N C—Christian Home—ZionBaskerville, H S, Manson, N C—No pastorateBullock, E, Nutbush, N C—Burches Claapel—Jeru-

salem—Roanoke C^hapelBullock, T, Nutbush, N C—(Christian Antioch—Oak

Level (Vance)—St Andrew—White GroveColeman, S, Keats, Va—Childrens Chapel (Va)Core, J C, Stanfordville, N Y—No pastorateDugger, W H, Oxford, N C—Lewis Chapel—St LukeDuke, G W. Ridgeway, N C-Rowland Chapel-StGoode, S, Aberdeen, N C—No pastorate [MaryOreen, R, Raleigh, N C—No pastorateHarden, M D. Graham, N C—No pastorateHenderson, John, Williamsburg, N C—No pastorateHenderson, J A, Woodworth, N C—TeacherHester, M M, Durham, N C—BereaHinnant, J W, Gary, N C—Blossom Grove—Cedar

Hill—Christian Chapel—FranklintonHoUaivay. A J, Nutbush, N C—No pastorateBorton, W H, Bogett, N C-New Bethel—Poplar

Springs—Red Hill—Rocky BranchJohnson, R D, Southern Pines, N C—No pastorateJones, S W, Franklinton, N C—St DelightKearney, R K, Franklinton, N C—No pastorateKint, John, Holly Springs, N C—No pastorateLevister, T J. Burlington, N C—Raleigh (West)Liggons, A D, Holly Springs, N C—No pastorateLoag, H E, Franklinton, N C—Professor in CollegeMabrey, J H, Cary, N C—Pleasant Grove. Free

Liberty— Holly Springs (Conf?)Marsh, Wm, Lindhurst, N C—No pastorateMayo, Wm, Bangor, N C—No pastorate

Rev. H. E. Long, Franklinton, N. C.

Secretary North Carolina (Col.) Conference.

McBroom, J H, Hawriver, N C—Green Level

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White Rock. McBroom Chapel (Couf?)McKinzie, J E Raleigh, N C—No pastorateMeadows, J W, Mt Energy, N C—No pastorateOnslow, Jacob, Wilmington, N ('—

' hristian Hope-St Lewis. Cedar Hill ( E A N C)

Perry, Adora, Raleigh, N U—No pastoratePetty, Jerry, Raleigh, N C—No pastoratePretty, Robert, Harpsboro, N C—No pastorateRay, C W, Stainback, N C—Hawfleld—St John-

Union Chapel—Wesley ChapelRay, J N, Youngsville, N C—No pastorateRei 1,E S, Woodworth, N (^—No pastorate [(Conf?)Ruffin, L A, Raleigh, N C—Cary. Hanks ChapelSmith, Geo, Newhill, N C—No pastorateThompson, A J, Vanteen, N C—No pastorateTyson, L C, Burlington, N C—Childrens Chapel—

Strowds GroveWhitaker, R T, Raleigh. N C—Bishop TempleWhitaker, Simpson, Raleigh, N C—No pastorateWilliams, B J, Raleigh, N C—No pastorateWilliams, W B, Burlington, N C—No pastorateWilliams, Wm, 517 Blount St, Raleigh, N C—Ebe-

nezer—Rocky SpringsYoung. B. Middleburg, N C-Island Hill—St Paul-

Williams Chapel. Hickory Grove (Conf?)

Ordained, 37 ; licentiates, 18. Died since last re-

port, Thos. Brown, Wm. McCoy.

CHURCH, pastor,VALUE, MEMBERS,CLERK. (Seep. 45.)

Arcliie Grove—S W Albright. Hawriver. N C$ 000. 15—Charles Cooke, Big Falls, N CBerea—M M Hester, Durham, N C$ 000. 10—No clerk reportedBishop Temple—R T Whitaker, Raleigh, N C$ 100. 15—John Harris, Greensboro, N CBlossom Grove—J W Hinnant, Cary, N C$ 100. 20—J A Stewart, Lyons, N CBurches Chapel—E Bullock, Nutbush, N C$ 150. 227—A J HoUaway, Nutbush, N CCary—L A Ruffin, Raleigh, N C$ 800. 200—Richard Jones, Cary, N CCedar Grove—No pastor$ 50. 13—Elizer Bishop, Nelson, N CCedar Hill—J W Hinnant, Cary, N C$ 000. 24—Murray Williams, Wilmington, N C

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Childrens Chapel— Li C Tyson, Burlirmton, N C$1,S0U. 120— P D Everett, Graham, N CCLiildrens Chapel (Va)—S t'oleinan, Keats, Va$ 000. 20—Mary Williams, Keats, YaChristiau Aatioch—T Bullock, Nutbush, N C$1,300. 309—J E Pearson, Wootlworth, N CChristian Chapel—J W Hinnant, Cary, N C$ 150. 78—J E Wilson, Newhill, N CChristian Home—H B Baldwin, Apex, N C$ 400. 23—D O Baldwin, Apex, N CChristian Hope—Jacob Onalow, Wilmington, N C$ 50. 39—Cain Jenkins. Nelson, N C [CiDeens Grove—R B Broddie i Conf?), Henderson, (N$ -too. 12— Willie Mills, Martin, N CEbenezer—Wm Williams, S17 Blount St, Raleigh, N C$ 500. 51- -L L Callers, Burlington, N CFranklinton—J W Hinnant, Gary, N C$2,200. 161—M S Cook, Franklinton, N CGreen Level—J H Mc Broom, Hawriver, N C$ 50. 81—W H Hester. Hawriver, N CHawfield—C W Ray, Stainback, N C$ 200. 57—J H Rogers, Scotts, N CIsland Hill-B Young, Middleburg, N C$ 000. 33—B Terry, Guy, VaJerusalem—E Bullock, Nutbush, N C$ 800. 110—H Alexander, Palmer Springs, VaKinches ( bapel^John Allen, Mt Energy, N C$ 550. 57—S W .(ones, Franklinton, N CLewis Chapel—W H Dugger, Oxford, N C$ 000. 20—No clerk reportedMaple Temple—John Allen, Mt Energy, N C$1,500. 52—R H Reavis, Raleigh, N CMebane—S W Albright. Hawriver, N C$ 200. 7—M Joues, Mebane, N CMt Zion—P R Alexander, Palmer Springs, Va$ 200. 53—John Henderson, Williamsburg, N CNew Bethel—W H Horton, Bogett. N C$ 100. 26—Bonnie Whitley, Arpsboro, N COak Level (Vance)—T Bullock, Nutbush, N C$ 800. 114—T S Bullock, Nutbush, N COak Level (Wake)—No pastor8 50. 46—L W Russell, Rogers Store, N CPine Hill—C J Alston, Silk Hope, N C$ 100. 33—Thomas Horton, Silk Hop^, N CPleasant Grove—J H Mabrey, Raleigh, N CS 600. 152—J D Tabon, Morrisville. N CPleasant Hill—Wm Allen, Cary, N CS 1.50. 40—A L McLean, Raleigh, N CPleasant Union—John Allen, Mt Energy, N C$ 2.')0. 140—R S Harp, Vanteen. N CPopes Chapel—John Allen, Mt Energy, N C$ 40U. 3^— Henrietta Grissom, YoungsviUe, N CPoplar Springs—W H Horton, Bogett. N C$ 500. 169—Geo Reddick, Raleigh, N GRaleigh (Westj—T J Levister. Burlington, N C$ 80O. 72—John Petty, Raleigh, N CHad Hill—W H Horton, Bogett, N C$ 200 85—W M Watson, Archer Lodge. N CKoanoke Chapel—E Bullock, Nutbush, N C$ 200. 60—RobtJiggets, Palmer Springs, VaRocky Branch—W H Horton, Bogett, N (J

$ 200. 67—Atkinson, Meeksville, N CRocky Springs—Wm Williams. Raleigh, N C$ 300. 75—B Perry, Grissom, N CRowland Chapel—G W Duke, Ridgeway, N CS 4.=iO. 50—J H Alston. Epson. N CSt Andrew—T BuUock, Nutbush, N C$ 200. 70—S P Kearney, Henderson, N CSt Delight—S W Jones, Franklinton, N C$ 100. 32—A L Clifton, Royal, N CSt .John—C W Ray, Stainback, N C$ 100. 52—Thomas Horton, Silk Hope. X CSt Lewis—.Jacob Onslow. Wilmington, N C$ 100. 16—Mrs J H Lewis, Wilmington, N CSt Luke—W H Dugger, Oxford, N C$ 200. 2S-Betty Hall, Oxford, N CSt Mary—G W Duke, Ridgeway, N C$ 100. 10—E P Jefferson, Warren Plains, N CSt Paul—B Young, Middleburg, N C$ 500. 83—G B Bullock, Middleburg, N CStrowds Grove—C L Tyson, Burlington, N C$ 700. 54-C A Strowd, BeUevoir, N CUnion Chapel—C W Ray. Stainback, N C$ 200. 39—Y S Turner, Bigfalls. N CWesley Chapel—C W Ray. Stainback, N C$ 500. 78-Lula Hadeu, Lindhurst, N CWhite Grove—T Bullock, Nutbush, N C51.500. 113—S W Rowlett, Middleburg, N C

White Rock— J H McBroom, Hawriver, N ('

$1,000. 42—N L Curtis, Durham, N CWilliams Chapel—B Young, Middleburg, N C$ 50. 25—L.A.ll°n, Oxford, N ('

Youngs Chapel—No pastor$ 50. 20—James Leach, Lemay, N CYoungsviUe Chapel—C J Alston, Silk Hope, N C$ 50. 11—Gertrude Baker, YoungsviUe, N CZion Hill—H B Baldwin, Apex, N C$ 200. 40-J H Wilcox, Osgood, N C57 churches—town, 24; country, 33. Preaching,

full time, 22; once per month, 32; no pastor, 3.

Totals—valuation, $22,150; membership, 3,692. En-deavor societies, 5 ; Sunday schools, 53.

Eastern Atlantic N. C. Conference.( Reported by Secretary Taylor.)

rerrt7or.iy—Bounded by the Atlantic coast line

down to Cape Fear, and thence up the Wilsonshort cut to the coast line.

Next session, at PoUoksville, N. C. Nov. 7, 1900.

President, Rev. Joseph Mann, Pamlico, N. C;Vice-President and Treasurer, Rev A. Small, Pam-lico, N. C; Secretary, Rev. F. L. Taylor (Box 54),

Newborn, N. C.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.

Aldridge, I Newbern, N C—Newborn MissionCarr, B R, Stella, N C—Bogue Mission—SmallsLewis, C, Maribel, N C—Broad ('reek [ChapelMana, Joseph, Pamlico, N C—Galilee—Zion HiUMoore, H E. Pamlico, N C—Oriental Mission fConf?)

SmaU, X, Pamlico, N C—Christian Chapel—MyrtleGrove—St Antioch—St Matthew

Smith, J H, Maysville, N C—No pastorateSutton, \, Pamlico, N C-Oak GroveSutton, B, Arapahoe, N C-South Creek MissionTaylor, F L, Newbern, N C—Pilgrims Rest—Union

Chapol—Watson TabernacleTucker, Samuel, Ft Barnville, N C-No pastorateWilliams, M, Stella, N C—StiUa Mission

Ordained, 9 ; licentiates, 3.

CHURCH. PASTOE.YALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (See p. 45.)

BoGUE Mission—B R Carr, Stella, N C$ 000. 15—No clerk reportedBroad Creek—C Lewis, Maribel, N G$ 800. 144 -H E Moor, Pamlico, N CCedar Hill-J Onslow (N C). Wilmington, N C$ 000. 15—Jacob Onslow, Wilmington, N CChristian Chapel—A Small, Pamlico, N C$ 000 23-No clerk reported •

Galilee—Joseph Mann, Pamlico, N G$ 000. 25—H Hunter, Pamlico, N CGreens Chapel—No pastor$ 600. 76—S Green, Fort BarnesviUe, N CMyrtle Grove—A Small, Pamlico, N C$ 600. 37-S M Holt, MaysviUe. N CNewbern Mission—I Aldridge, Newbern, N C$ 000. 6—No clerk reportedOak Grove—A Sutton, Pamlico, N C.$ 000. 8—M J Lane, Tuscarora, N CPilgrims Rest—F L Taylor, Newbern, N C$ 200. .54—C A McCabe, North Harlowe, N CSmalls Chapel—B R Carr, Stella, N C$ 600. 45—Jeremiah Louick, Arapahoe, N CSouth Creek Mission—B Sutton, Arapahoe, N C$ 200. 4—No clerk reportedSt Antioch—A Small. Pamlico. N C$ 850. 79—J F Squires, Maribel, N CStiUa Mission—M VViUiams, StiUa. N C$ .50. 13—A F Williams, StUla. N CSt Matthew—A SmaU, Pamlico, N C$ 900. 53—J G Coleman, PoUoksviUe, N CUnion Chapel—F L Taylor, Newbern, N C$ 650. 26-Wade Taylor, (Coahoma, N CWatson Tabernacle—F L Taylor, Newbern, N C$1,500. 49—M A Franks, Newbern, N CZion Hill—Joseph Mann, Pamlico, N C$ 350. 48—Daniel Cooper, Pamlico, N C

R'18 churches- town, 3 ; country, 15. Preaching, onceper mont , 17; no pastor, 1. Totals—valuation,$7,300; membership, 720. Endeavor societies, 3;

Sunday schools, 15.

108 COLORED CONFERENCES

Eastern Virginia Conference.(Reported by Secretary Howell.)

Territory—Eastern and Western Virginia. Com-prises part of Nansemond, Isle of Wight, South-ampton, Sussex, Surrey, Norfolk, Northampton, andWarrick counties.Next session (place and date not reported for 1900)

.

President, Rev. F. E. Jordan, Holland, Va. ; Secre-tary, W. T. Howell, Holland, Va. ; Treasurer, Wm.H. Reid, Somerton, Va.

MINISTERS, ADDRESSES, PASTORATES.Banks, P C, Berkley, Va—Little Zion BethelBillups, Rev, Berkley, Va—No pastorateBooker. Joseph, Windsor, Va—No pastorate•Copland, Jeston, Whaleyville, Va—SuperannuatedCopland, J M, Suffolk. Va—No pastorateDillard, Isaiah, Furgerson Wharf, Va—Bethany

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Mercy Seat—Windsor GroveFaulk, C, Boxelder, Va—No pastorateFaulk, J J, Holland, Va—Union Hill [StephensFerbee, D E, 34 Columbia St, Portsmouth, Va—StFuller, N, Berkley, Va—No pastorateHamlin, Henry, Airfield, Va—No pastorateHowell. S A, 647 22d St, Newport News, Va—Corinth

Chapel—Westerly GroveJones, J T, Berkley, Va—No pastorateJordan, F E, Holland, Va—Chapel Grove—Laurel

Hill—Mt Arat—Zion [Olive BranchMatthews, W S, Portsmouth, Va—New Hope—NewMcDowell. J, Norfolk, Va—No pastorateMiller, D, Suffolk, Va—No pastorateNewsome, B F, Eastville, Va—MacedoniaParson, J M, Franklin, Va—Holly Spring—Home-

ville—Pleasant GroveSteward, J W, Storys, Va—No pastorateSumler. J S, Berkley, Va—Christian Antioch—Provi-

dence—St LukeVick, E M. Portsmouth, Va—No pastorateWilliams, H W, Rodman, Va—Mt Calvary—St Mar-

thas ChapelOrdained, 19 ; licentiates, 4.

CHDRCH, PASTOR,VALUE, MEMBERS, CLERK. (Bee p. 45.)

Bethany—Isaiah Dillard, Furgerson Wharf, Va$ 400. 33—W L Tynes (no postoffice reported)Chapel Grove—F E Jordan, Holland, Va$2,000. 244—J J Eby, Windsor, VaChristian Antioch—J S Sumler, Berkley, Va$1,200. 73—Calvin Morns, Suffolk, VaCorinth Chapel—S A Howell, 647 22d St, Newport$2,000. 287— VV A Copland, Holland, Va [News, VaHolly Spring—J M Parson, Franklin, Va$ 400. 50—Mrs M E Cheek, Whaleyville, VaHomeville—J M Parson, Franklin, Va$ 300. 25—Miss E E Urquhart, HomevUle, VaLaurel Hill—F E Jordan, Holland. Va$1,000. 125—W T Howell, Holland, VaLittle Zion Bethel—P C Banks, Berkley, Va$ 200. 25—Mrs M C Holcomb, Portsmouth, VaLone Star—J A Alexander (N C), Norfolk, Va$1,000. 51—L Jones, Norfolk, VaMacedonia—B F Newsome, Eastville, Va$ 150. 20—R R Reed. Eastville, VaMercy Seat—Isaiah Dillard, Furgerson Wharf. Va$ 150. 25—P C Walker (no postoffice reported)Mt Arat—F E Jordan, Holland, Va$1,000. 128—R J Milterr, Suffolk, VaMt Calvary—H W Williams. Rodman. Va$ 50. 10—Lizzie Barber, Mackies, VaMt Lebanon—No pastor$ 200. 35—No clerk reportedNewhope—W S Matthews, Portsmouth, Va$1,000. 125—Jas H Case, Berkley, Va [VaNew Olive Branch—W S Matthews, Portsmouth,$ 000. 25—No clerk reportedParson Hill—Peter Chapel (Conf?), Berlin, Va$ 50. 10—Jas Nickols, Berlin, VaPleasant Grove—J M Parson, Franklin, Va$1,000. 68—1 H Harrison. Sebrells. VaProvidence—J S Sumler, Berkley, Va$2,000. 125—J M Lawton, Berkley, VaSt Luke—J S Sumler, Berkley, Va$ 800. 100—Frank S Brown, VicksviUe, VaSt Marthas Chapel—H W Williams. Rodman, Va$ 500. 25—Mary Byrd, QuiJlians, Va

St Stephens—D E Ferbee, Portsmouth, Va$ 50. 20—W F Griffin, Portsmouth, VaUnion Hill—J J Faulk, Holland, Va81,500. 160—F T Ricks. Enterprise. Va [News, VaWesterly Grove—S A Howell, 647 22d St, Newport$1,800. 75—W Rainey, Newport News, Va [VaWindsor Grove—Isaiah Dillard, Furgerson Wharf^« 200. 35— Miss L B Eavans, Windsor, VaZion—F E Jordan, Holland, Va$2,000. 220—A H Lee, Boxelder. Va26 churches—town, 4; country, 22. Preaching, full

time, 2; half time, 2; once per month, 21 ; no pastor,.1. Totals—valuation, $20,950; membership, 2,119.

Sunday schools, 23.

Recapitulation—Colored Conferences.(1898.)

ToiaZs-Ministers, 72; ordained, 54; licentiates,18. 73 churches—town, 25 ; country. 48. Preaching^full time, 50; half time, none; once per month, 21;no pastor, 2. Valuation, $27,960 ; average valuation^$383. Membership, 4,445; average membership, 61.

Endeavor societies, 6; no Endeavor, 67. Sundayschools, 67 ; no Sunday school, 6.

Recapitulation—Colored Conferences.(1899.)

Totals—Ministers, 91; ordained, 66,' licentiates,25. 99churche8—town, 29; country, 70. Preaching,full time, 52 ; half time, 2 ; once per month, 41 ; nopastor, 4. Valuation, $49,400; average valuation,$499 Membership, 6,493 ; average membership, 65.

Endeavor societies, 7; no Endeavor, 92. Sundayschools, 91 ; no Sunday school, 8.

Recapitulation—Colored Conferences.(1900.)

Tofa^s-Ministers, 90; ordained, 65; licentiates,25. 101 churches -town, 31 ; country, 70. Preaching,full time, 24; half time, 2; once per month, 70; nopastor. 5. Valuation, $50,400; average valuation,$499. Membership, 6.531; average membership, 65.

Endeavor societies, 8 ; no Endeavor, 93. Sundayschools, 91 ; no Sunday school, 10.

Grand Recapitulation—Eight Districts.

(1898.)

TotoZe—Ministers, 1,391; ordained, 1,174; licen-

tiates, 217. 1,424 churches—town, 405; country,1,019. Preaching, full time, 271; half time, 290;once per month, 625 ; no pastor, 238. Valuation,$2,134,410 ; average valuation, $1,499. Membership,107,868; average membership, 76. Endeavor socie-ties, 428; no Endeavor, 996. Sunday schools, 1,259;.

no Sunday school, 165.

Grand Recapitulation—Eiglit DistrlctA»

(1899.)

TotaZs-Ministers, 1.452; ordained, 1,230; licen-

tiates, 222. 1,505 churches—town, 423 ; country, 1,082..

Preaching, full time, 279; half time, 283; once permonth, 672; no pastor, 271. Valuation. $2,205,000;

average valuation, $1,465. Member.ship, 112,414;

average membership, 75. Endeavor societies, 381;no Endeavor, 1,124. Sunday schools, 1,299; no Sun-day school, 206.

Grand Recapitulation—Eight Districts.

(1900.)

Totals—Ministeis, 1,436; ordained, 1,241; licen-

tiates, 195. 1,520 churches—town, 435 ; country, 1,085.

Preaching, full time, 269 ; half time, 307 ; once permonth, 655; no pastor, 289. Valuation, $2,230,450;

average valuation, $1,467. Membership, 111,717;

average membership, 73. Endeavor societies, 403;no Endeavor, 1,117. Sunday schools, 1,274; no Sun-day school, 246.

INDEXES 109

INDEX TO CONFERENCES.Conferences. Page.

Bible Union 78Central Illinois 87Central Indiana. 85Central Iowa. 92Des Moines 93Eastern Atlantic N C (Col).... 107Eastern Indiana 74Eastern Kansas 95Eastern Nurth Carolina 100Eastern Virginia 99Eastern Virginia (Col) 108Eel River. 76Erie.. 60Georgia and Alabama 103Indiana Miami Reserve 84Kentucky ( First) 72Kentucky (Second) 72Maine.. 47Merrimac 50Miami Ohio 62Micfciigan. 90Mount Vernon 68Nebraska 94New Jersey 57

Conferences. Page.New York t'entral 54New York Eastern 55New York Northern 54New York Southern 56New York Western 56North Carolina and Virginia.. 100North Carolina (Col) 106Nt>rtheastern Ohio 71Northern Illinois and Wis 89Nt)rthern Kansas 95Northern Wisconsin 94North Missouri 96Northwestern Arkansas 98Northwestern Indiana 80Northwestern Ohio 67Ohio. 70Ohio Central 70Ohio Eastern 69Oklahoma 98Ontario 60Osage 97Rays Hill (Pa) 59Red River 98Rhode Island and Mass 46

Conferences. Page.Richland Union. 94Rockiugliam 49Southern Illinois 88Southernlndiana and Illinois. 87Southern Kansas 96Southern Ohio 64Southern Pennsylvania 59Southern Wabash (111) 88Southwestern Iowa 93Southwestern West Virginia.. 105Spring River 97Tioga River 57Union (Iowa) 92Vermont State 47Virginia Central 104Virginia Valley 103Western Illinois 89Western Indiana 82Western Michigan and N Ind. 89Western North Carolina 104Western Pennsylvania 59Western Washington 94West Virginia 105York and Cumberland 48

ART INDEX.

Name. Page.Bannon, L. W 82Bell, W. A 62<Jole, Henry 96Daugherty, .7. P 65DofSemyer, J. W 105Foster. Jas. L 103Fowler, David W 12Garoutte, C. W 10Gee, Robert 73Goodwin, Chas. E 49Grimes, Wm. J 54Hardway, H. G 49Hathaway, Levi 14Hazen, Jasper 16Heflin, Wm 80Hidy, David, and wife 77Hostetter, W. P 98Ingoldsby, O. F 6Kernodle, P. J 99Kidder, Moses 51

Latchaw, John R. H 67

Name. Page.Long, H. E 106Lundy, W. L 68McReynolds. P. W 91Moring, Alfred 101Nelson, Abraham E 97Peters, Enos 69Piper, J. W... 92Prosser, D 61RoU, Mary 82Shank, C. H 47Snethen, Abraham 8Summerbell, B. F 4Summerbell, Martyn 53Teter, M. L 85Thomas, .Joseph 2Warner, W. A 56Watson, John W 70Westfall, L. J 57Wilkins, Z. M 86Worley, Thos. A 64Youmans, A. C 55

Name. Page,Young, John A 91

CHDECHES AND SCHOOLS.

Antioch College 63Argos 79Defiance College 66East Grafton 50Eddytown 53Eel River Conf . ( Birthplace) .. 76Elkhart 78Gulf Mills 58Linden 83Mellott ; 84Michigan 90Millbridge 48New Bedford ( Middle St.) 45Pleasant Hill 81Portland 75Raleigh 102Starkey Seminary 52

OUR DEPARTED HINISTERS.

"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lordfrom henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works dofollow them." (Rev. 14:13.)

Name. Conference. Page.

Brewer, P. B So. Indiana and Illinois... 87Brown, Thomas North Carolina (Col) 106Butler, C. I New York Eastern 55Clark, A. H No._ Illinois and Wis.Clark, Sasan Maine..Dean, D.T Virginia VaUeyDrake, Asa Ohio EasternFanton, B. S New Jersey.-Foster, Daniel Ohio.Heston, Thomas Northwestern Ohio...Hill, G. C Mount VernonJones, John R. Western IllinoisKershner, Rebecca Eastern IndianaLawrence, .J. S Western North Carolina... 104Lee, W. W Southwest West Virginia.. 105Lewis, J. M Tioga River 57Like, H. H Western Illinois 89

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Name. Conference, Page.MaxweU, J. S Western Indiana 82McCay, William North Carolina (Col) 106Morton, Albert G Rhode Island and Mass... 46Oren, A. H. Eastern Indiana 74Remole, Louis So. Indiana and Illinois... 87Saylps, S. V New York Northern 54Shultz, P. M Central Illinois 87Stewart, R Western Illinois .....'. 89Stratton, H. A Tioga River 57Sullivan, John Kentucky First 72Summers, S. P North Missouri 96Terwillegar, D W. Michigan and No. Ind.. 89Tingle, J. F Northwestern Ohio 67Towner, J. L Des Moines (Iowa) 93Webster, T. S W. Michigan and No. Ind.. 89Vanness. F Northwestern Indiana 80

110 MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY

MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY—1900.

Note.—The following is a list of the names and post-oflBce addresses of the ministers of the Chris-tian Church as far as they could be obtained. As changes are constantly occurring, we can aim onlyto give the roll as it stands at the date of publication. It is almost complete, and is as accurate as-

our seventy-two Conference Secretaries could make it. The reports of the Secretaries are relied uponas official. Every Conference Secretary should send us a complete and accurate directory of his Con-ference not later than November 1 of each year. Ministers receiving transfers are considered membersof the conferences granting the transfers until reported as having been received into other conferences.Conference membership appears in parenthesis after each name. _

The abbreviations made necessaryfor each will be readily understood. If any minister's name is omitted, he should notify the Secretaryof his Conference, thereby avoiding its omission in next year's directory.

For a minister's pastorate see page indicated by the figures.

Abbott, N H (Eel R)Mt Etna, lud

Ackley, J W (So la)

Madrid, laAdams, F H (Mich)

Kalamazoo, MichAdamson, John (Oaage)

Clialklevel, MoAddingion, A M (E Ind)

Horn, IndAddmgton, Thos (E Indj

Ridgeville, IndAkers, A J (W Ind)

Farmersburg, IndAlbright, HA (W N 0)

Moffit, N CAlbright, S W (N C)

Hawriver, N CAldrich, LJ(W Ind)

Merom, IndAldndge, I (E A N C)

Newbern, N CAlexander, J A (N C)

Norfolk, VaAlexander, P R (N C)

Palmer Springs, VaAllen, Alden (N Y W)

Morganville, N YAllen, G E (Tioga)

Evergreen, PaAllen, John (N C)

Mt Energy, N CAllen, O N (Osage)

Postoak, MoAllen, Rose (Tioga)

Evergreen, PaAllen, R Osmau (N Y E)

Stanfordville, N YAllen. W (N C)

Gary, N CAllison, Alfred (E Kan)

Chetopa, KanAllison, James (E Kan)

Chetopa, KanAlston, C J (N C)

Silk Hope, NCAlston, H S (N C)

Epsom, N CAmos, J E (So la)

Nampa, I-daho

Andrew, Louis (Ky 2d)

Grayson. KyAngel, J A (O E)

Gallipolis, OhioAnthony. Gould (R I & M)

Fall River, MassApple, Solomon (N C & Va)

Semora. N CArnold, G W (E Ind)

Yorkshire, OhioArrick, R P (E Ind)

Farmland, IndArrington, D (N C)

Graham, N CArthur, W H (O E)

Gallipolis. OhioAshby, R (W 111)

Industry, III

AspinaU, Geo L (Mi O)Covington, Ohio

Atchison, L B (W 111)

Greenbush, 111

70

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Atkinson, D 13 (Eel R)Merom, Ind

Atkinson, J O (N C A Va i

Elon College, N CAynes, Peter (B U)

Norman Station, ltd

Badder8hall,T(Me)Dixmont Center, Me

Bogby, T F (So O)Feesburg, Ohio

Bagby, W W (So O)Hamersville, Ohio

Bagley, Wm (Des M)Des Moines, la

Bailes, W F (Ohio)Limerick, Ohio

Bailey, John A (E Ind)Millville, Ind

Bailey, Mrs Sarah (Mich)Leonard, Mich

Baker, J F (JS W Ark)Gentry, Ark

Baker, M W (R I & M)Versailles. Ohio

Baker, PJ (C Ind)Lebanon, Ind

Baldwin, H B (N C)

Apex, NCBaldwin, M A (W NC)

Cedar Falls, N CBales, WO(EInd)

Snowhill, IndBanks, P C (E Va)

Berkley. VaBannon, L'W (W Ind)

Waynetown, IndBarbee, A P(ENC)

Jonesboro, N CBarfell. Othias (O Cen)

Columbus, OhioBarnes, W J (N Y E)

700 Leonard St, Brooklyn,NY

Barney, Joseph (So Pa)Clearviile, Pa

Barney, J H (So Pa)Clearviile, Pa

Barrett, D P (E Va)Nashville. Tenn

Barrett, E H (So 1 & III)

Meadville, PaBarrett. J P (E Va)

Norfolk, VaBarrett, J W (EVa)

Windsor. VaBarry, J E (R I & M)

79 Wyman St, JamaicaPlain, Mass

Bartlett. Rufus (Me)Hermon, Me

Barton, Barnabas (So Kan)Liverpool, Kan

Bartseh, Joseph (O Cen)Box 18, Commercial Pomt,Ohio

BaskerviUe, H S (N C)Manson, N C

Bassett, J H (N Y E)Mineral Springs, N Y

Bassett, W Irving (N J)

Carversville, Pa

Batchelor, B S (R I & M i

76 New Bedford, Ma^sBaugher, S L (Va Cen)

1(0 Beldor, VaBean, A L (R I & M)

78 Taunton, MassBeardshear, H (Neb)

Ponca, NebBeck,FH (Mi O)

47 Kessler, OhioBeebe, G A (O Cen)

6, 89 E 5th Ave, Columbus,Bell. S A (N W O)

65 Quincy, OhioBellar. Wm (Mi O)

93 Lebanon, OhioBennett, A H (So I & 111)

70 Arthur, III

Bennett, E E (C la)

74 Lake Citv, laBennett, E J (W Va")

90 Dry Fork. W VaBennett, J (C Ind)

98 Columbus, IndBennett, S D (So O)

46 Christiansburg, OhioBennett, S W (Mich)

85 Lexington, MichBerry, B F (Sp Riv)

K 6 Galena, KanBesemer, J E (Tioga)

104 Thurston, N YBesemer, Mrs S A (Tioga)

74 Thurston, N YBethel, James (Ohio)

108 Pikerun, OhioBethel, Wm (Ohio)

82 Pikerun, OhtoBillups, Rev (E Va)

100 Berkley, VaBishop, Emily K (Mi O)

70 Dayton, OhioBishop, J G(MiO)

Dayton. Ohio5i Bishop, L C (So la)

Atlantic. la

fO Black, BF{V a. Y)Elon College, N C

59 Blake, GC (Ohio)Antonis, Ohio

99 Blake, W F (Ohio)Alma, Ohio

87 Blodgett, Geo W (E Ind)Anderson, Ind

90 Blood, John (N J)

Lewisburg, Pa99 Bloomfield, S B (So Kani

Oakland, KanBoatright. D A (Me)

46 Corinna, MeBodman, E J (R I & M)

47 Pottersville, MassBogar, Eli M (So la)

96 Rockport, MoBolton, Ford (Erie)

U S Army. Manila, Isle

70 Luzon, PhilippinesBolton, J W (Erie)

106 Erie, PaBonner, J W (W Va)

55 Redcreek, W VaBooher, Henrv (So la)

57 Holiday, la

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Booker, Joseph (E Va)

Wiudsor, \ft

Boone.CA(WNC)Elon College, N C

Boord,JS(W Ind)Veedersburg, Ind

Booth. C MlTiopa^Westerlo, NY

Borthwick, W M (Roek)Cambridgeport Ma>s<

Boswell, L>S(i MR)Swaysee, Ind

Bosworth, A R (E Ind)

Le Grand, la

Bosworth, HB (EInd)Portland. Ind

Bowerman, G J iSofitMurphVi'boro, HI

Bowman, T J (So O^

Ripley. Ohio

Boyce. Robert (U la)

LeGrand. la

Boyce, W T (E Ind)

Munfie, IndBozell.Ge-iClMR)

Tipton, IndBradshaw. J A (N Mo)

Unionville, MoBrainard, Geo D (Tiogf. t

Eddytown, N \

Braithewaite, E (G lii»

Ivesdale. HI

Brand, A Lt^^.l)

Malone, NY ,-,.,.,Brandon, Richard (M>0)

Weft Miltor, Ohio

Brate, SfN YCiEddytown. N x

Brav. WO(NWO)^Trover Hill Ohio

Brewer, John i9?,J"'Carbondale, HI

Brilev, Chaf iQ E)

Carbon Hill, Ohio

Brilev. H B (O E)

^'carbon Hill, Ohio

Brock, Andrew (I M R)

Liberty Center, Ind

Brodt, W R (So O)

West Union, Ohio

Brooks, M C (So 111)

Makanda, 111

Brown. C A (W Ind)

Lebanon, Ind

Brown. COiSoO)Clermontville. Ohio

Brown, Eliza L (Ml O)

Liberty, Ind

Brown, G A (N 111 & \V >

Ashton. Ill ,„ _ _Brown, G Verner (N Y Ei

Nvack, N YBrown, Henry (NYE)

Eddytown. NYBrown,JM(OCen)

West Manchester, Oh

Brown, LD (Mi C)

Pleasant Mills, Inf\

Brown,SarahA(NWIiElwood,Ind

Brovles, A O fC la)

'Barnes, la „, ^

Bruce, James E (Rock)

Boston, MassBryan. T M (So la)

Dale City. la

Bullock, E (N C)

Nntbush, N CBallo<>k, Irwin (Erie)

Newark. NYBullock. T (N C)

Nutbu-h. N CBunch, J W (S W W V? .

Chillieothp. Ohio

Burbage, H C (Ky 1st)

West Union. Ohio

Burch. E (E Ind)Arlington, Ind

Burdiiie, Hugh (C la)^^

108 Barnes, la

Burdine, Wm (C la),

1(14 Barnes, la

Burk, O (W Wash)82 Brooklyn, Wash »

Burnett, J F (So O)

',7 Eaton, OhioBurnham. A C (So la^

^^49 Linden, la

Burns, G W (Ky let)

8t Brushart, KyBuroker, Martin (K U)

74 Sylvan, WisBurrill. S L (Me)

74 Hermon. M© , ^ . , ,

Burton,ABK(WM&NI,

Burton. George (Sp Kn )

65 Hallowell, KanBushong, Hannah (N Kan I

^.

92 Heber. KanBushong, John (N W O

74 Columbus Grove, t» "<

Bushong. Peter (N Kan)^.^

84 Heber, KanButler. H E (O Cen)

96 Peerless, Ohio

Butler. H H (E Va)

57 Suffolk. Va

87 Raleigh, N OBu^'er, S (Ohio) _q

67 Wellston, Ohio

Byrket, C F(EInd)^^

62 Muncie, IndByrket, Eli (I M H)

^^54 Warren, Ind

67^

Cain, Geo B (EInd)

88 Sidney, OhioCaldwell, W R (W Wash)

69 Montesano, WMsnCallihan, Jacob (B Li )

fin Mooney. Ind

Calvin. SO(N WDH Castile. NY

Cameron, E (So Kan)

65 Svcamore Springs, KanCanada, F F (E Ind)

s« Mull, IndCanada,PA(RI&M)

a9 Freetown, Mass"

Capron. Levi (EInd)

65 Union City. Ind

Capron, Rev (N W I)

62 Pulaski, Ind

Card. J W (Me)

89 Albion. MeCardan. J S(NC&Va)

Caldwell InstitiUe. N C

Cardwell,WW(OE)Chestnutgrove, Ohio

Caris. S A (O Cen)Cardington. Ohio

Carney, A L (Wind)Sylvania, Ind

Carr.'B R (E A N C)

Stella. N CCarr. John H (NYC)

Eddytown. NYCarrothers.JWiCInd)

Allerton, 111

CaW«r, EM (Ga& Ala)

. Ala

Carter, Geo C (N J)

Baleville. N .1

Carter, O H (Des M)Osceola, la

Carter, J M(MtV)New Waterford, Ohio

Carter, L 8 (C III)

Hammond, 111

Case. Wm (N Y E)

West Oneonta. IN Y

Cassel, Isaac (Mi O)

Boyd, Ohio

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Millville, IndChancellor, P (Osage)

Hermitage, MoChapman. J M (N W Oi

Delphos. OhioCharnock, Roger (EVfl)

,PaChase. David L (Ohio)

No Hampton. N HChase. WP(NJ)

Milford, N J

Cheek, S L (So W)Noble, 111

Cheesman, J H (Tioga)

Greenwood, N i

Chidley, W H (Oni)

Randolph, VtChild.JD(NYW)

Shelby, NYChilders, WC(SoIll)

Wolfcreek, III

Chrisman.BHlOCen)Centerbure. Ohio

Clancy, H (No W)Baxter. la

Clapold. James (N W O)

Grover Hill. Ohio

Clapp, J Alex (C 111)

Danville, 111

aark, Harry (Mich)

Hillsdale, MichClark, J B (N J)

Williamstown, JN J

Clark. John H (NYE)Cranberry Creek, N \

Clark, J L (I MR)Summitville, Ind

Clark, Philip (Ml O)

Tippecanoe, Ohio

Clarridge, P (O Cen)Fivepoints Ohio

Clayton, BF(R I &M)Franklin. Ohio

Clements, W G (E N C)

MorrisviUe, NOCleverly, M M (R I & M)

Dartmouth, Mass

Click, F M (W Ind)

Lebanon, Ina

Clifton. J H (So 111)

Vienna. Ill

Clymer. J F (1 M R)Elwood.lnd

Coates. Anna (E Ind

i

Harrisvillp. Ind

Coates, Daniel (E Kan.Thaver. Kan

Coates, J W (N Kan)Heber, Kan

Coats, A (Ga & Ala)

Cochins hV Cen)Westerville. Ohio

Coddington,CH(MiO)Conover, Ohio .

Coder, Chester (U la)

Letts. la

Coe t-n (R I & M)New Bedford. Mass

Cbe, Thomas (O E)

Carbon Hill, Ohio

Coffin, FG fCia)demons. la

Coffin. Leslie E(Y&C)Danbury, Conn

Cole, D A fTioga)Cameron. N V

Cole. F S (Tioga)HornellsviUe. IN i

Cole. Henry (So Kan)

68 Arlington KanColeman. S (N C)

87 Keats. VaColgan, D C (Ky Ist)

SB Need more, KyCollier. 8 D (N Mo)

62 Lemonville, Mo

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112 MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY

Collins, J D(NYE)Potters Hollow, N Y

Collins, MG(N III & W)Austin, 111

Collins, W I (W Va)Cortland, W Va

Comer, Jas (I M R)Center, Ind

Comer, J E (I M R)Center, Ind

Comer, J R (W N C)Spencerville, N C

Conibear, G A (RI & M)Providence, R I

Conkling, D L (N Y E)Middletown, N V

Conley, R B (Ky 2d)Oiivehill, Ky

Conrad, John (N J)

671' N Thirteenth Street,Philadelphia, Pa

Cook.ChasW (NYC)Memphis, N Y

€ook, D A (W Ind)Cyclone, Ind

Cook, John T (N E O)Espyville, Ohio

Cook, Thomas (O E)Haydenville, Ohio

Cooke, H (Okia)Wellston, Okla

Coon, Charles (Ohio)Monroe, Ohio

Coon, George (Ohio)Nelsonville, Ohio

€oons, J A (E Ind)Nottingham, Ind

Coons, Jos M (E Ind)Powers, Ind

Coop, Charles (U la)

Perlee, la

Cope, Lyfurgus (Mt V)East Carmel, Ohio

Cope. Mrs Lycurgus (Mt V)East Carmel, Ohio

Copland, Jeston (E Va)Whaleyville, Va

Copland, J M (E Va)Sutlolk, Va

Copl»n, E (N W I)

Rochester, IndCore, JC(NC)

Stanfordville, N YCiornutte, Wm (Ky 2d)

Denton, KyCortner, J R (E Ind)

Winchester, IndCottom, J L (N Y C)

Westbury, N YCouchman, Philip (N Y E)

Schoharie, N YCowgill,SG (MtV)

iSew Alexandria, OhioCox, I N(SoI &Iin

Texas Citv, III

Cox, LI (W NC)Elon College, NC

Cox, Maggie A (Red Biv)

Basin Springs, TexCox, VVG(RedRiv)

Basin Springs, TexCoy, D O (C Ind)

Taylorsville, IndCraw. W D (So III)

Wolfcreek, 111

Crampton, Henry (Mi O)Eaton, Ohio

Crawford, Jacob (W 111)

Lewistown, III

Crayton,T A (Ohio)Plain City, Ohio

Creger, J H (Des M)Pern, la

CHs.sev, H Jennie (N Y E)Vienna, N J

Crosby. B S (N Y E)Augusta, Me

66

89

105

81

84

104

46

Crowder, N G (So III)

Bloomfield, III 88Crowell, N W (N Y W)

Machias, N Y 56Cummings, J (C Ind)

Kurte, Ind 85Cummins, J B (Ohio)

Coalton, Ohio 70Cunningham,SC V (WM&NI)

New Carlisle, Ind 89Curlett, Frank (Tioga)

SomersJane, Pa 57

MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY 113

Eldredge, H (Red Riv)Sadler, Tex

BUingwooii, Chas (Me;iillingwood Corners, Me

Elliott, EUeu (N Kan)Heber, Kan

EUioti, Miirtha (E Ind)Farmland, Ind

Ellis, John A (,Ky -M)Jacobs, Ky

Elli8, KJ (Sol & 111)

Boyleston, 111

Elwell, J U (DesM)Afton, la

Embree, Isaac (C 111)

Georgetown, 111

Emiey, W T (C la)LeGrand, la

Enders, Geo C (Mi O)Oberlin, Ohio

Ends, VV a (W Va)Mooretield, W Va

Epright, John (N J)Stanfordvilie, Is Y

Estes, B F (Mernmae)Hill.N H

Etter, J E(MiO)Warren, Ind

Eubanks, W L (Red Riv)Willis, Ind Ter

Evans, F E (Ohio)Pride, Onio

Evans, John (So W)Merom, Ind

Evans, Thomas (Ohio)Hamden Junction, Ohio

Evans, W L (Ky Ist)

Vanceburg, KyEveringham, J E (Merrimac)

Iiaconia, N UEverman, James S (Ky 2d)

Charlotte, KyEwin, Wm (So I & 111)

Thackeray, 111

Fannin, Jesse (Eel R)No Manchester, Ind 76

Faulk, C (E Va)Boxelder, Va 108

Faulk, J J(E Va)Holland, Va 108

Faweett, I M (N W O)Columbus Grove, Ohio 67

Feece, Wm (N W I)

Monterey, Ind 80Fanner, J B (Mi O)

Sidney, Ohio 62Fenton, R G (N Y E)

Hartwick, NY 65Fenwick, J B (N J)

Gulf Mills, Pa 67Fenwick, C K (Des M)

L>es Moines, la 93Fenwick, L (Des M)

Des Moines, la 93Ferbee, DEiE Va)

Portsmouth, Va lOSFerguson, Samuel J (S W W Va)

Beech Hill, W Va 105Ferrier, John M (N Y E)

Stanfordville, NY 65Fish, A (No W)

Osage, la 94Fish, Isaac C (B U)

Norman Station, Ind 78Fisher, E W (R U}

Soldiers Grove, Wis 94Fitch, W H (So Kau)

Valley Center, Kan 96File, 8 D (I M R)

Gass City, Ind 84Fiits, F F (C lllj

Atwooa, HI 87Fitzgerald, E (Des M)

Barney, la 93Flavimtr, Wm (Mi O)

Merom, Ind 62

Flanders, VV B (R 1 & M)Nevr Bedlora,Masa 46

Fleming, P H (W N C)Burlington, N C 104

Fletcher, W D (Ga A Ala)Jirard, Ala 103

Fletcher, W Percy (Ont)Toronto, Ont 60

Florea, H (1 M R)Hacklemau, Ind 84

Fly, M L(So 111)

Progress, HI 88Follansbee, L E (Des M)

Wintersel, la 93FoltB, G W (IN W O)

Deshler, Ohio 67Poor, S W S (So Pa)

Rays Hill, Pa 69Ford, Samuel (N W 1)

Pulaski, Ind 80Ford, W H (N C & Va;

Carysviile, Ohio 100Ford>ce, Lewis (U la)

Liberty ville, la 92Forrest, L H (Ky td)

Sandyhook, Ky 72Foster, G D (1 M K)

Kempton, Ind 84Foster, Jas L (E N C)

Raleigh, N C 101

Foster, Silas (Vt)Cambridge, Vt 47

Fowler, S M (Mich)Kalamazoo, Mich 90

Fraley, D A (Ky 2d)Isomville, Ky 72

Francis, Edward (Merrimac)East Gral ton, N H 60

Francis, J C (W Ind)Merom, Ind 82

Frantz, Samuel (Eel R)No Manchester, Ind 76

Freeman, Riley (Eel R)Urbana, Ind 76

Freeman, W W (C Ind)Edinburg, Ind 85

French, Edward (N Y E)Ketchum, NY 66

Fry, E C (R 1 & M)Sendai, Japan 46

Fry, H (W Wash)Montesano, Wash 94

Fry, Susan V(W Ind;Tokio, Japan 82

Fulgham, P O (So III)

Murphysboro, ill 88Fuller, N (E Va)

Berkley, Va 108Fuller, Wm R (So Kan)

Little River, Kan 96Fulton, H C (N C & Va)

White Road, N C 100Funderburg, P (Okia)

Orinsville, OkIa 98Furnas, James (C la)

Marahalltown, la 92Furnas, O P (Mi O)

Fidelity, Ohio 62Furnas, Rebecca (C la)

Marshalltown, la 92

Gade, L W (E Ind)Versailles, Ohio 74

Gaige, F E (N Y E;Huntersland, NY 65

Oalway, N C (So Kan)Ccolidge, Kan 96

Gander, Lewis (N W O)Vaughnsville, Ohio 67

Garbutt, Thos (Ont;Little Britain, Ont 60

Oardener, T J (I M R)Atlanta, Ind 84

Gardner, F H (N Y E)Lubec, Me 55

Garland, A R (Rays H)Pureell, Pa 69

Garland, W C (Rays H)Buttalo Mills, Pa 69

Garling, L K (i M R,Dunnegan, Mo 84

Garner, C A (N W O)St Johns, Ohio 67

Garner, G B (N W O)Herring, Ohio 67

Garner, H (R U)Viola, Wis 94

Garrett, E E (Des M)New Kirk, OkIa 93

Garrison, J D (Ga & Ala)Tehopka, Ala 103

Gaskius, H A (So O)Manchester, Ohio 66

Gates, L (N W 1)

Laporte City, la 80Gee, Robert (Ky 2d)

Grayson, Ky 72GelUr,J (Okla)

Floyd, Okla 98Oennett, W L (N J)

Bridgeboro, N J 67George, Jesse (B U)

Norman Station, Ind 78Gettinger, H (So W)

Merom, Ind 88Gettis, J D (So la)

Fontanelle, laGibson, John (Ohio)

Ray, Ohio 71Gibson, L L (Sp Riv)

Everton Mo 97Gillaspie, TC (W Ind)

Staunton, Ind 82Glasscock, T H (So O)

Ell8berry,Ohio 65Glaze, James (Sp Riv)

Columbus, Kan 97Glaze, Joseph (Ho O)

Russellville, Ohio 66Gleason, Mrs Esther (N W O)

Defiance, Ohio 67Oloyd, Geo W (Eel R)

Kimmell, Ind 76Godley, A (C la)

702 W 7th St, Des Moines, la 92Goode, S (N C)

Aberdeen, N C 106Goodwin, Chas E (Y & C)

Dover, N H 48Goodwin, C W (So la)

Gott, Kan 93Golden, A J (N Mo)

Greenleaf, Mo 96Goss, John A (Rock)

Haverhill, Mass 49Gott, R H (W Ind)

Mellott, Ind 82Gould, E J (Ont)

Apsley, Ont 60Grafton, J C (C la)

LeGrand, la 92Graham, David (BU)

Nashville, Ind 78Grate, G W (Mt V)

Signal, Ohio 68

Graves, Joseph H (Y <& C)Exeter, N fl 48

Gray, D (So W)Sumner, III 88

Gray, H H (Ky Ist)

Trinity, Ky 72Gray, Isaac H (E Ind)

Muncie, Ind 74

Gray, Marshall (Ky Ist)

Bradysville, Ohio 72Graybill, T W (So O)

Sheeprun, Ohio 65Green, John (C III)

Danville, III

Oreen, R (N CJRaleigh, N C

Greene, O S (E Ind)Ft Recovery, Ohio

Greenleaf, ES(Rock)York Corner, Me

87

106

Greenslitt, G W (R I & M)Danielson.Conn 40

Grey, N W (E Ind)Brinckley, Ind 74

Griffing, H L, (Tioga)Syracuse, NY 67

Griffith, G L (Mi O)Troy, Ohio 62

Griffith, S M (O Cen)Worthington, Ohio 70

Grimes, Wm J (NYC)Syracuse, NY 64

Grindell, J W (Me)Center Lovell, Me 47

Gross, W A (Mi O)Springfield, Ohio 62

Grover, H A (O E)Pine Grove, Ohio 69

Guild, G H (So O)New Hope, Ohio 65

Guinn, M M (E Ind)Portland, Ind 74

Gunn, H H (C 111)

Oakwood. Ill 87

Gustin, EllenG(RI & M)Attleboro, Mass 46

Guthrie, J W (N Y C)Conquest, NY 64

Ouyer, Evan (So W)' flutsonville. 111 88

HHaeke, A C (Red Riv)

Stanfordville, N Y 98

Hagans, C M (Mt V)Mt Sterling, Ohio 68

Hager, J 8 (N W O)Junction, Ohio 67

Hainer, C H (Ont)Stouflville, Ont 60

Hainer, E W (NYE)South Valley, NY 56

Hainer, W H (N J)

Irvington, N J 67

Hale, W C (So 111)

Makanda, III 88

Hale, Morton W (Vt)Lincoln, Vt 47

Hall,EC(N Y W)Castile, NY 66

Hall, Edwin C (Rock)Kittery, Me 49

Halterman, C L (Mt V)Oberlin, Ohio 68

Hamilton, John (Mich)Lapeer, Mich 90

Hamlin, Henry ^E Va)Airfield, Va 108

Hamm, J A (Okla)Marena, Okla 98

Hammer, M E (W N 0)Tillman, N 104

Hammond, E D (N Y C)Enfield Center, NY 54

Hammond, G R (Eel R)Elkhart, Ind 76

Hance, C J (N W O)Spencerville, Ohio 67

Hancock, O J (Rock)Reeds Ferry, N H 49

Harden, M D (N C)Graham, N C 106

Hardway, H G (Me)Millbridge, Me 47

Harlan, I C (Neb)Sioux City, la 95

Harlan, Mary (Neb)Sioux City, la 95

Harper, M O (N Kan)Bloomington, Neb 95

Harrell, J W (E Va)Waverly, Va 99

Harris, EM(Mt V)Ripley, Ohio 68

Harris, O A (E Ind)Shideler, Ind 74

Harris, Robert (C 111)

Veedersburg, Ind 87Harrington, M J (C III)

Merom, Ind 87

Harrod, Mills (Mt V)Milford Center, Ohio 68

Harshbarger, 8 (C III)

Atwood, 111 87Harvey, E E (N Kan)

Warwick, Kan 95Harward, W D(ENC)

Franklinton, N C 101

Haskins, Edward (R U)Excelsior, Wis 94

Hatch, J W (W N C)Piltsboro, N C 104

Hatfield, D H (So W)Newton, 111 88

Hathaway, M V (So W)Trimble, 111 . 88

Hathaway, O I (N Y C)Binghamton, NY 64

Hathaway, Warren (N Y E)Blooming Grove, NY 55

Havens, 1 A (1 M R)Elwood, Ind 84

Hawk, C(C III)

St Joseph, 111 87

Hawk, Eaward (U la)

Maninsburg, la 92Hawk, 8 D (N J)

Milford, N J 67Hawley, M F (Mi O)

New Rochester, Ohio 62Hayden, J J (Will)

Blairstown, la 89

Hayes, J E (N J)

Baptisttown, N J 67

Hays, Mrs BO.(W Ind)Marion, Ind 82

Hayse,\V N (WNC)Erect, N C 104

Hayward, H (Mich)Lexington, Mich 90

Heath, A K(W ind)Covington, Ind 82

Hedger, W W (Ky 1st)

Muses Mills, Ky 72Heflin, Wm (N W 1)

Michigantown, Ind 80Heikes, N M (Y & C)

So Berwick, Me 48Helfenstein, 8 Q (N Y W)

Orangeport, NY 66Helfinstme, D M (U la)

LeGrand, la 92Helterbrand, Daniel (Ky 1st)

Trinity, Ky 72Henderson, J A (N C)

Woodworth, N C 106

Henderson, John (N C)Williamsburg, N C 106

Henry, A N (Mich)Battlecreek, Mich 90

Hensley, C C (I M R)Yorktown, Ind 84

Hercules, L W (I M R)Center, Ind 84

Herelds, D (Ohio)Higby, Ohio 71

Herndon, W T (N C & Va)Harrisonburg, Va ICO

Herrin, A (So W)Olney, III 88

Hess, J W (E Kan)Columbus, Kan 96

Hess, Perry (So 111)

Carterville, III 88

Hessenflow, F E (N Mo)Farmersville, Mo 96

Hester, M M (N C)Durham, N C 106

Heughs, 8 (Ohio)Oakhill, Ohio 71

Hewes, Chas E (Me)Hermon, Me 47

Hibbs, M J (N Kan)Rice, Kan 95

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Wallingford, Ky 72Hicks, Geo E (N W I)

Macy, Ind 80

Hidy, David (Eel R)No Manchester, Ind 76

Hill, Lyman (NYS)Lisle, NY 56

Hiller, G W (So 111)

Makanda, 111 88

Hillman, J J (N Kan)Lincoln, Kan 96

Hiltebrand, J M (Mi C)Dayton, Ohio 62

Himes. L (1 M R)Areada, Ind 84

Hinkle, A P (I M R)Goldsmith, Ind 84

Hinkley, Seth (Merrimac)Ogunquit, Me 60

Hines, W C (0 la)Marshalltown, la 92

Hinnant, J W (N C)Gary, N C 106

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Oquaga, NY 56Holiday, L D (E Ind)

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Holland, Va 99Holland, Thomas (Ohio)

Sant, Ohio 71

Hollaway, A J (N C)Nutbush, N C 106

Holmes, Thomas (Mich)Chelsea. Mich 90

Holt, J W (N C & Va)Burlington, N C 100

Holverstott, H H (N E OOMarion, Ohio 71

Honsberger, M J (R I & M)W Mansfield, Mass 46

Hook, C F(Mi O)Otego. NY 62

Horn, DG (Ga& Ala)Jirard, Ala 103

Horn, Spencer (Me)Dover, Me 47

Horton, W H (N C)Bogett, N C 106

Hornbaker, W O (N Y E)Schultzville, N Y 65

Hostetter, W P (Okla)Floyd, Okla 98

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Howard, T W (R I & M)Eugene, Oregon 46

Howe, J W 8 (Ky Ist)

Muses Mills, Ky 72

Howell. S A (E Va)Newport News, Va 108

Howsare, McD (Mi O)Medway, Ohio 62

Hubbartt,Geo (1 M R)Warren, Ind 84

Hubbartt, Tho»(I M R)North Judson, Ind 84

Hudson, J A (Mich)Oakland, Cal 90

Huey, 8 C (Osage)Voris, Mo 97

Hughes, Martin (BU)Leesville, Ind 78

Hull, Emerson (Sp Riv)Columbus, Kan 97

Humphrey, TP (Me)Hamden Corner, Me 47

Humphreys, Arthur (N Y C)Ingleside, NY 54

Humphries, A (Sp Riv)Aurora, Mo 97

Hunt, E E (N W O)Dupont, Ohio 67

Hunt, G D (Ga & Ala)Emuckfaw, Ala 103

Hurd, A J (Tioga)Savona, NY 57

Hurley, M L (E Va)ElonCollege, N C 99

Hurst, A P (Ky 1st)

Muses Mills, Ky 72

Hurst, G M (Ga & AlaRedapple, Ala 103

Hurat, W G (Ga & Ala)Redapple, Ala IqS

Husted, DS(Mi O)Greenville. Ohio 62

Hutchinson, S A (O Cen)Elmwood.Ohio 70

Hutton, Davids (U la)

Martinsbnrii, la 02

Hutton, F D (W Wash)Montesano, Wash 9i

Inch, W H (Ont)Toronto, Ont 60

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Ellisville. Ill 89

Irons, Geo W (W 111)

East Galeshurg, 111 89

Irons, M F (So la)

Talmage. la 93

Iseley, A F (N C <fe Va)Shall owford. NO 100

Iseley, ET (E NO)Selma, N C 101

Jackman, Tavlor (N W 1)

Kokomo,'Ind 80

Jackson, E M (N J)

Danbury, Conn 57

Jackson, Geo B (So O)Hamilton, Ohio 65

Jacobs, Jesse (E Ind)Boundary, Ind 71

Jacobs, O A (So W)Eberle, III 88

James, Mrs A R (Sola)Alcott, Colo 93

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Olvphant.Pa 56

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Wmterset. la 93

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Jennings, John (W Pa)Havdentown, Pa 59

Jennings, N L fNMo)Seymour, la 96

Johnson, Chas J (R I & M)Westport. Mass 46

Johnson, G W (E Ind)Eaton. Ind 74

Johnson, IV DR(ElQd)Albany, Ind 74

Johnson, I W (E Va)Windsor, Va 99

Johnson, J B (Ohio)Jackson. Ohio 74

Johnson, J S (N Mo)Chi:iieothe, Mo 96

Johnsm, L F (E N C)Ellon College 101

Johnson, L W (E Ind)Losantville, Ind 71

Johnson, Milo B (I M R)Goldsmith, Ind 84

Johnson, R D (N C)Southern Pines, N C 106

Johnson, R M (W Ind)Harmony, Ind 82

Jones, Albert (I M R)Goldsmith, Ind 84

Jones, C J (N Y E)New Bedford. Mass 55

Jones, D W (Eel R)

Ft Wayne. Ind 76

Jones, Elias (N Y W)Akron, NY 56

Jones, GW(RU)Ithaca, Wis 94

Jones, J (So O)Dunbarton, Ohio 65

Jones, J E (E Ind)Glenkarn, Ohio 74

Jones, J Q (So la)

400 South First Street,

Council Bluffs, la 93

Jones, J T (E Va)Berkley, Va 108

Jones, Oscar (E Kan)Columbus, Kan 95

Jones, S W (N C)Franklinton. NC 106

Jordan, F E (E VaHolland, Va 108

Jourdan, Jos (Ky 1st)

Vanceburg, Ky 72

Jourdan, Linza fKy 1st)

Vaneebnre. Ky 72

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Julian, M P (N W Ark)Chester, Ark 98

Julian, Tiffln (E Ind)Christiansburg. Ohio 74

Julian, W R (W N C)

Millboro, N C 104

KKearney, R K (N C)

Franklinton, NC 106

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Kemp, Alphonso E (Eel R)No Manchester, Ind 76

Kendall, A B (Tioga)Evergreen. Pa 57

Kennedy, G W (R I & M)Moosiip Vallev. R I 46

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Kerr, Alva M (Mi O)Dayton. Ohio 62

Kershner. Clark B (E Ind)New Carlisle, Ohio 74

Kilpatriek, R L (Mt V)Perryton, Ohio 68

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King, S K (O Cen)Columbus, Ohio 70

Kinnev, J W (So Kan)Potwin. Kan 96

Kinney, P F (N W Ark)Francis. Ark 98

Kint. .lohn (N C)Hollv Springs, NC 106

Kirbv, J O (Mi O)Christinnsburg, Ohio 62

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Kirk. William (Neb)York, Neb 95

Kitchen, J T(EVa)Windsor, Va 99

Kitchen, Walter (So W)Greenup. Ill 88

Klanp. P T (N C A Va)Elon College. N C 100

Klapp, SB (ENC)Youngsville. NC 101

Kline, LC(NW O)Defiance, Ohio 67

Klink, EC (Mi O)So '^olon, Ohio 62

Knif», D H (Mi O)Fidelity. Ohio 62

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Knight, W R (Ga A Ala)Peavv, Ala 103

Knieht, Zebuton (Y AC)So Berwick, Me 48

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Laird, JR(N J)

Finesville, N J 57

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Lake, Charles W (Me)Newburg Center, Me 47

Lake. Israel (C 111)

Hillsdale, Ind 87

Lamb, Jehu (Des M)Greencastle, la 93

Lamb. N E (Des M)Greencastle, la 93

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Carmi, 111

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Lannan, Hattie (So W)Parma, Idaho

Lassiter, L L (Va V)Tenth Legion. Va

Latchavf, John R H (N W O)Defiance, Ohio

Lattimer, J N (Vt)Manchester Center, Vt

Lawall. LC (N Y W)Richmond, Ind

Lawrence, G D (C III)

Urbana, 111

Lawrence, Jno J (Erie)West Liberty, Ohio

Lawrence, W W (W N C)Erect, N C

Lawson, Lindsey (Osage)Iberia, Mo

Lawton, J W (N Y W)Manning, N Y

Lawwill,CC(SoO)Ellsberry, Ohio

Lawwill, JB"(SoO)Lebanon, Ohio

Layman, John (I M R)Michigantown, Ind

Lea, Emma (Bed Riv)Clitf, Ind Ter

Leaviit, L M (C 111)

Hammond. Ill

Lee, E C (Des M)Murray, la

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Alto Pass. Ill

Lindsev, W R (So 111)

Flat River, MoLinscott, Thos (Mich)

Sparta, OhioLittell, JB (Sol and 111)

Boyleston. Ill

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Lobmgh, C V (N W O)Antwerp. Ohio

Lobaugh, D (N W O)Dupont. Ohio

Lockwood, Samuel (Des M)Osceola. Ta

Logan, F M (Kv Ist)

Brushart, KyLogan, James (Ky Ist)

Brushart, KyLogue, J R (So Pa)

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Quinoy. Kv 72

Lott. H L (B Ind)Mt IJpron. Ohio 74

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Luck.CE (Mi 0^Fall River. Mass 62

Ludington, J H (Erie)Conneaut. Ohio 60

Lundv, W L (N W O)Spenoervilte, Ohio 67

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ilfaw. Edward H (R T & M)No Westport. Mass 46

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Maine, SS(MtV)New Brighton. Pa 68

Mallett, .T H (Ont)Dravton. Ont 60

Mallott. Rilev F (E Tnd)Anderson. Ind 74

Malone, C O (Ga A Ala), Texas 103

Maneum, L W fE N C)Benson, NC 101

ManUv. .lohn L (S W W Va)Middleport. Ohio 105

Mann, Horace (N Y W)Piqna. Ohio .56

Mann, Joseph fF, A N C)Pamlico. NC 107

Manners, A J (N W Ark)Gentrv. Ark 98

Mansfield, T H (N W O)Defiance, Ohio 67

Manville. W S (Eel R)Valnaraiso, Ind 76

Mark. Jacob (R U)Richland Center. Wis 94

Marklev. J J (Eel R)Murrav. Tnd 77

Marks. Levi ("Eel R1North Webster, Ind 77

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Martin. C H (Red Riv)Ada, Ind Ter 98

Martin, J H (C 111)

.John son ville. Tnd 87

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Regent, III 88

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MartindaU, C 8 (W 111)

LewistowD, 111 89

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Mason, B (Mi O)Springfield. Ohio 62

Massie, Jas B (O E)Okey, Ohio 69

Masters, J L (E Kan)CofTeyville, Kan 95

Masters. "J 8 (E Kan)Fredonia, Kan 95

Masterson. C S (C 111)

Garrett. Ill 87

Mather, Harriet R 8 (N Y S)

Moravia. NY 56

Matteson. Charles E (Vt)

New Bedford. Mass 47

Mati-hews, W 8 (EVa)Portsmonth. Va 108

Mavis, A W (N W O)Farmers. Ohio 67

May. A W (Rays H)Robinsonville, Pa 59

Mapo, Wm (N C)Bangor. N C 106

McAUistfT. D (N J)

786 N Twentv-seventh St,

Philadelphia. Pa 57

McAlpine, Ezra (N Y >•)

Dundee, NY 54

McBride, James (N E O)Newark. Ohio 71

McBroom, J H fN C)Hawriver. N C 106

McCagne, F (N W O)Arthur, Ohio 67

McCarlev, J N (S W W Va)Portland, Ohio 105

McClease, A J (Kv 1st)

Ryan, Kv ' 72

McClease, John (Kv 1st)

Mouth of T>anrel. Kv 72

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McCord, E K (Rock)Wolfhoro, N H 49

MeCnv, Chas E (N W I)

New Ijondon. Ind 80

McCov. J F (Neb)Ulvsses. Neb 95

McCrone, H W (R I & M)So Portsmonth, R T 46

McOnllough. Peter (Mi O)Davton. Ohio 62

McCnne, John (B U)Dillsboro, Tnd 78

McDnniel. C A (Mi O)Yellow Springs. Ohio 62

McDaniel. J W (So III)

Murphvsboro. Ill 88

McDaniel. R H (So O)Yellow Springs, Ohio 65

McDonald. Charles W (U la)

Perlee, la 92

McDowell. J (EVa)Norfolk, Va 108

McFarland, J H (Sola)Rockport. Mo 93

McGeorge, S (Mich)Howard. Mich 90

McGinnis, D A (Eel R)Monument Citv. Ind 77

McGinnis, D D (N W Ark)Francis, Ark 98

MeOlaufiin, C F (N Y E)Schenectadv, NY P6

McGlanfiin. .Tohn (N Y E)Red Rock, N Y 55

McFargue, A D (E Kan)Independence. Kan 95

MeHaraut. J N (E Kan)Independence. Kan 96

McKeen,S H (Me)West Bangor. Me 47

McKinnev. A L (Mi O)Troy, Ohio "2

McKiniiey. Geo (So W)Wvnoose. Ill 88

MeKinzie, J F fN C)Raleigh. NC 106

McKowD.SS(Mt V)f. Beloit, Ohio 68

McKown, William (Ky Ist)

Brushart, Kv 72

McLaughlin, H H (Me)Carmel. Me 47

McMillen, John (W 111)

Winterset, la 89

McMnrray, A A (E Kan)Madison. Kan 95

McNeely,S(N W I)

Tiosa. Ind 80

McNees, J H (R U)Richland Center. Wis 94

McNees, Samuel (E Ind)Farmland. Ind 74

McRpvnolds. N Del (Mi O)Yellow Springs. Ohio 62

McRevnolds, P W (Mich)Marshall. Mich 90

McWhinney, T M (Mi O)Davton, Ohio 62

Mead. F (Tioga)Borden. NY 57

Meadows. E (Ky 2d)Newfoundland. Ky 72

Meadows, J W (NC)MtEoergv. NC 106

Meadows, T H (Kv 1st)

Muses Mills, Ky 72

Meeker, J E (Wind)Merom. Ind 52

Mefford, W W (So O)Russellvitle. Ohio 65

Mell.G R(N WO)West Milton. Ohio 67

Melson, B A (N W I)

Sheridan. Ind 80

Melvin. T J (So O)Neville. Ohio 65

Mendenhall. I C (C 111)

La Cvgne. Kan 87

Merrill, Geo E (R I A M)St Johnsville. N Y 46

Merritt, J G (N Kan)Enosdale. Kan 95

Metzger. Eraser (N Y E)107 Dove St. Albany, N Y 55

Michael, W F, (E Tnd)Savannah. Ohio 74

Milholland.SM(OCen)Appleton, Ohio 70

Millard. D E (Mich)Portland. Mich 90

Miller, A (N W I)

Curveton. Ind 80

Miller. D (E Va)Suffolk. Va 108

Miller, J M (Eel R)Bluffton. Ind 77

Miller. MrsK E (C III)

Champaign. Ill 87

Miller, M B (Des M)Madrid, la 93

Miller, N B (W Va)Harm an. W Va 105

Miller, OP (W M ANT)CassopliB. Mich 89

Miller. Wm fR I & M)Swansea Center, Mass 46

Miller. WS(W Pa)Mt Braddock. Pa f>9

Miller, V R (Eel R)Goshen, Tnd 77

Milne, Georee (Dc M)Orient, la "3

Milne. Wm (C la)

LeGrand. la 92

Mitchell. EE(N J)

2041 Brnndvwine Street,

Philadelphia, Pa 68

Mizener, A C (So Kan)Eldorado, Kan 96

Moflit. S (Des M)Afton. Ta 93

Moflfitt. H T (W N C)Moffitt. N 104

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Moodv. Laura (Sp Riv)Galena, Kan 97

Moonev, I (So Kan)Towanda, Kan "»

Moore, D W (N Y W)Dover, N J

Moore, HC(K Va)Louisa, Va

Moore, H E (E A N C)Pamlieo, N C

Moore, J L (So la)Griswold, la

Moore. T V (Tioga)Evergreen. Pa

Morean, D E (So Kan')Macy. Ind

Morgan, J L (E Ind)Brock, Ohio

Mormon, I H (E Ind)Fountain City. Ind

Morrill, A H (R I A M)New Bedford. Mass

Morrill, M T (VtlWoodstock, Vt

Morrill. W S (Merrimac)8onth Danburv, N H

Morris, A N (I M R)Muncie, Ind

Morris. 1) E (R U)Richland Center, Wis

Morris, Ida (E Ind)Rural Ind

Morris. J F (I M R)1715Colnmbia Ave,Indianapolis, Ind

Morris, S T (So O)West IVfanchester, Ohio

Morrow. G W (Vt)Bnrlington, Vt

Morton, F COnt)Keswick. Ort

Morion,?, G (Mi O)Tippecanoe Citv, Ohio

Moses. Thomas G (Y & C)York Corner, Me

Mosteller, Silas (W Ind)Lebanon, Ind

Mouncey, Bruce (I M R)Libertv Center, Ind

Mudge. E (Mich)Maple Rapids. Mich

Mugridee, .1 H (Y & C)No Saco, Me

Mullin, WF(ETnd)Farmland, Ind

Murray. D R TRock)Medford, Mass

Musgrove, C .1 F (I M R)Muncie. Ind

Myers. B F rOes M)Osceola. la

Myers, Clement CE IndlPonv, Ind

Myers. George (W M & N I)

Carlton Center, MichMyers. .Toel (C la)

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Nealeigh. Wm CE Ind)Arcanum. Ohio

Neelv. J E (Osage)Vancleve. Mo

Nelson. Abraham E (N W O)St Louis, Mo

Nelson, Charles (N'Y E)Barkersville, N Y

Nelson, N (Ohio)Given, Ohio

Nelson, Peter (N W Ark)Francis, Ark

Nelson, Wm (O E)Dexter. Ohio

Newitt. H I (N Y S)DeRnyter. N Y

Newhouse, J T (E Ind)Chesterfield. Ind

Newhouse, 8!S rMi O)Marion. Ind

Newman, J U (W NC)Elon College, N C

Purslep, Mrs Nettie (So O)Bethel, Ohio

Putnam, D I (N Y E)Ravena, N Y

<PQuillen, Thos (W Ind)

Waynetown, Ind

RRamey, Royal (Sp Riv)

Everton, MoRandall, B F (N Kan)

Agra, KanRansford, W H (So W)

Oblong, 111

Rapp, B F (Mich)Defiance, Ohio

Rapp, E M (Mi O)Troy, Ohio

Rasmussen. Emma (So Kan)Neola, Kan

Rasp, F L (So la)

Gresham, NebRay, C W (N C)

Stainhack. N CRay, DS (Will)

Marietta, 111

Ray. J N (N C)YouDgsville, N C

Raynor, S (N W Ark)Harrison, Ark

Reed, A (E Kan)Ridge, Kan

Reed. B P(Me)Fairfield. Me

Reed, ES (Mi O)Greenville, Ohio

Reed. John D (Des M)Thaver, la

Reed, Wm R (N W I)

Argos, IndReed, W R (So III)

Wolfcreek, 111

Reedy, Emma (E Ind)New Corydon, Ind

Reid. ES(NC)Woodworth, N C

Reiley, Wm (Mich)Oxford, Mich

Remington, G J (W M & N I)

Fountain, MichRemole, U G (So I A 111)

Mt Vernon, IndRenfrow, M J (Osage)

Iberia. MoRenslow, Elmer (So la)

Fansler, laReynolds, J W (O Cen)

Clarksburg, OhioReynolds, M G (So III)

Allerton, 111

Reynolds, W J (Mi O)Covington, Ohio

Rheubotlom, M G (Eel R)Wakarusa, Ind

Rhinehart, Wm J (N W I)

Pulaski, IndRhodes, E E (Mi O)

Eaton, OhioRhodes, H J (N Y C)

North Rush, N YRice, T J (Ohio)

Glenroy, OhioRidloD. Nathaniel T (Y A C)

Ogunquit, MeRiggleman, Simon (W Va)

Moorefield, W VaRiley, W W (Osage)

Capron, 111

Rimer. W C (N W O)Columbus Grove, Ohio

Rippey, G W-(C 111)

Atwood, 111

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Rittenhouse, Jacob (Eel R) :

Wawaka, IndRoach, Killis (Va Cen)

Nortonsville, VaRoach, W H (W N C)

High Point, N C

Smith,JStinman(RI A M)

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Ward, FO (Me)Augusta, Me

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Warner, J F (E Ind)Ft Kecovery, Ohio

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Warrener, W m J (,0 E)Federal, Ohio

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Waskom, Isaac (B U)Odon, Ind

Watkins, E A (N E O)Merom, Ind

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Watson, J P(MiO)Dayton, Ohio

Way. PT (W M C)(jnionville, N

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