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January 30, 1902.
Notes From the Field.
NORTHWEST TEX. CONFERENCE.
Christmas Eve night we were
We have 150 members to begin with;
EAST TEXAS CONFERENCE.
Bro. Hughes,
LEGGETT MISSION.
station,
Texas Conference, was with me.
We have not been
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are trying to put it in every family.
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It is my purpose, as soon as I
time, assessed $400 for presiding elder and
pastor. This Church was organized forty-
has never failed to meet its assessments.
Its broad liberality is partly due to the
influence and example of that prince of
laymen, A. H. Henry, who served as stew-
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College Mound, which has half of the stretched arms.
usually in good spirits—remarkably good Myra
for it to be so dry. “We thank God,” but p
yet. Two weeks ago we gave our pas- .have been only trying to “take courage.”
ville. Propose to inaugurate a Sunday- pate a good year along all lines.
“Texas Mail Order House.”
O. P. Thomas, Jan. 28: The itinerant be done, and if God permits
wheel in its revolutions has thrown me it
as pastor of parishioners of other days. -
Twenty-five years ago I was sent to the ♦---
MARYSVILLE.
L. F. Palmer, Jan. 20: I left Dexter
Circuit December 10, 1901, and landed
in Marysville parsonage the next even-
BANDERA AND MEDINA.
M. K. Fred, Jan. 21: We are in the
treated us in like manner. Again Ban- here.
five years ago. Since its organization it
L. C. Allen, Jan. 23: We are here that I left a good people at Kountze;
safe and sound; have made one round they know how to treat their pastor,
on our work and glad to say we are and will be long remembered by their
cheerfully received in the homes of pastor of last year. When we came to
our people. A pounding? Well, yes! Beaumont we found no parsonage nor
We received many good things, such as furniture. Brother Jeff Hargroves, our
flour, coffee, potatoes, butter, turnips, steward, went out and rented a house,
pork and so on. Our many friends and then went to the furniture and
have our thanks. Much hard work to hardware stores and laid in $74 worth
one Sunday in each month.
The minutes show that Horn Hill charge
was assessed $28 each for foreign and do-
mestic missions last year, when it should
have been only $20. Horn Hill paid all
her claims last year and $2.15 over, which
was placed on conference claimants. But
we only get credit for the $2.
SANTO.
G. D. Wilson, Jan. 28: The good people
of Lipan gave us a big pounding last Sat-
urday evening. It was the first pounding
we ever got that far from home—fifteen
miles. This pounding followed our first
Quarterly Conference. Our presiding el-
der was present and carefully looked after
the interests of the charge. We are very
hopeful—expect a great year. God bless
these good people. Will do our level best
for them.
tor a leave of absence for three months,
which he is spending in Chicago try-
ing to better qualify himself for his
work. His local preachers are doing
his work well for him.
are hopeful of a good year. Rain is ----------------I---------
much needed. Our people are getting dera pounded us. Our people are a very kindly remembered. Received a
gloomy. Provender is scarce. We big-hearted and God-fearing people, lot of nice things off the tree, among
have many young people in our work, and We delight to serve them. We have them a purse containing $6. Our be
Our purpose is to lead them to Christ. larger congregations than when-we loved has been with us in his first
first came on the work. Our Sunday- round of Quarterly Conferences. He
five removed by certificate; some have schools are progressing nicely. The has his hand upon the throttle and his
moved in, and we expect to come out prayer-meetings are growing, the mem- hand upon the rail We arrived in
in the advance line this fall. Have a bership is increasing, and the Quar- Sabine Pass on the 1130 o clock tram,
mid-week prayer-meeting at Marys- terly Conference is coming. We antici- and found a nice reception awaiting us
- - at Brother Douglass ; a dinner spread
people have given me every mark of ap- official board assessed for P. C. and , ,
preciatlon. Saturday last we had a meet- p E colaricc foir rh. Midon oon1. Scrofula, with all its swollen glands,
ing of our Board of Stewards, who made n . saa.1es . n- ine GOem propio running sores, inflamed eyelids, cutaneous
a liberal assessment for their pastor, received us with open hands and out- eruptions, yields to Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
whole charge; all pullirg for an out-
pouring of the Holy Spirit. We have
FROST.
W. H. Crawford, Jan. 26: Our first
Quarterly Conference is over. • Though
we met on Thursday, yet the attendance
was splendid. This circuit is served by
one of the most efficient Boards of Stew-
ards in the district. In spite of the finan-
cial strain, they raised the pastor’s salary
a little. This circuit pays the best salary
to the preacher in charge of any in the
district except Corsicana and Mexia Sta-
tions. They divide everything with their
preacher’s family. They propose to untie
his hands and let him give himself wholly
to the ministry. Bro. Bailey was at hfs
post. His bow still abides in strength. I
RJy believe he is the deepest spiritual preacher
b.,ever heard. Peace be upon his head.
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he will prove to be the right man in the ers Christmas Eve. New Year’s they unseasonable hour—9 p. m.—when we
right place. In spite of the bad weather pounded us right. I am glad that they arrived, we found on the table and in
nhtwanstrnnsngmtteonaerewninso bad commenced on New Year’s for it ap- the pantry many substantial evidences
that only a few of the Official Board were pears that they intend to keep it up. of appreciation and true Christian love,
present, reports were very good; $140 re- Wife and I noticed that for four days and not being satisfied with their first
ported for support of the ministry, and in succession last week they brought attempt, when the weather moderated
$120 for church and parsonage repairs. , „ . 1. . , J “ 11 ’ 1 1 . ,
Will you please let me mention some of us something nice and valuable the good people pounded us again, and
the wonderful things that I have done Among the presents were four nice such a dray load as did come was a
CITY MISSION, FORT WORTH.
I. Z. T. Morris, Jan. 27: Since con-
ference fifteen homeless children have
come into my care from poverty, vice
and some of them dens of iniquity,
and are to-day in good homes, with
all that any child needs to make it
happy now and Christian men and
- women in the future. Besides these,
as many as twelve women who could
not afford to give up their children
have been helped, and fully seventy-
five garments have been distributed
among the poor. My work increases
every week. After you have met all
your Church obligations and want to
make a free-will offering, I believe I
for the entire conference. I know
some of the brethren will feel bad
when they hear that we had a bounti-
ful supply of duck and oyster stew and
no telling what else. I want to say
$179. The whole amount is $679. It
is $30 less than last year. Many tokens
of kindness have found their way to
the parsonage. Taken as a whole, we
this year? When I reached Ben Frank- quilts. The good women have placed caution! We are starting off well,
hinaabernsnngirenarattnuenpamanagteinn a carpet in one room and will soon car- Already we have had a fine meeting,
on the work. Found the parsonage in Pet another. A kind brothei in Saint Run ten days and received ten mem-
rather bad shape and barn in need of a Jo, and another in Myra told me to bers into the Church, besides the spir-
handslsentatmpiorka Anarmk 1 wanted them. "A friendly barberin W^are'visiting tom To" sT to
and two galleries at the parsonage, and Saint Jo, who is not a member of the getting acquainted. By the grace of
in a few weeks will have remodeled the Church, said: “Let me cut your hair God +his shal1 he +he Hes+ n,
barn Money in hand to renovate the and shave it shal cost you noth- th Sha be the best J ear of our
church at the Gap. And I have done all . , n, L, ’ . 1 . , J T , 1 lives.
this this year. The board raised the 1n8; a“ these kindnesses i teel P. S.—As I did not mail my letter
preacher’s salary $100 over last year. The quite unworthy, but by the grace of Satrdav t want +. Add that w, Laa
fact is, everything is just simply booming. God I shall do the hardest year’s work paa- want toadd that we had
Congregations increasing every service, of my life There never was a kinder tWo large congregations Sunday, re-
It would be very unkind to write such j 1 . , a 6 ceived two members into the Church
an article but for the fact that I am fol- people, and no preacher ever had a by profession of faith and raised the
lowing myself, beginning my fourth year better presiding elder. If we do not peSS1o Ot Iah, and iased the
on the work. So no reflections on any have a successful year I shall be great-' collections for all purposes in cash
dear brother. Success and a happy new ly disappointed,
year for everybody. • 1 s
ukM. Pattillo, Jan. 26: The last
ori 1. Conference made Hico a full
hlisenstead of a half, as before,
"B., ’ 1 ed our former pastor, Henry
kim[o the delight of all. On De-
4,,. P. Fife began a union
moraxhtre in our new church, and
tne Christians of Hico rejoiced to-
gether as never before. The meeting
was forced to close just at the time
when it looked like great results would
follow in the salvation of many of our
people. We trust and believe that we
have not seen the end of this meeting
school at Sivel’s Bend in February.
Have but one Sunday-school to call
our own. Some points have been in-
fested with the Sunday-school Union
craze, which interferes with Church
schools. We must have houses of our
own. Then we can the better have
schools of our own. First Quarterly
Conference at Wolf Ridge February
22 and 23. Come and be on hand, ev-
ery official member.
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TERRELL CIRCUIT.
and good subscriptions. Praise God.
ing. Met a kind welcome on the work, midst of our third year at this place,
Have preached sixteen times for the and can truly say that during these
people. Collected $13 for Orphanage years the lines have fallen to us in
and $4.25 for expenses for delegates to pleasant places. When I was read out
General Conference. Will soon have for Bandera and Medina I shed no
the Bishops’ money., The Circuit Stew- tears, neither did I protest; but with a
ards met January 11, and propose to heart full of delight I came home deter-
pay the pastor $416. The District mined to make my work a‘better one.
Stewards send us the P. E. claim, $84. Our people gave me a royal welcome on
Total, $500. The general collections our return. They gave many expres-
is earnest and conscientious in the
pulpit, sweet and tender in the home.
We had a pleasant time together. The
power of the Lord was with us. We
are planning for a good revival the
fifth Sabbath in June.
BURNET.
Jas. M. Sherman, Jan. 23: The good
people of Marble Falls gave this
preacher and his family this week a
“pounding” in due and ancient form.
It was just simply immense. The sec-
ond night after Christmas our Burnet
people served us in the same way. We
can but earnestly pray God’s rich
blessings upon them one and all, and
we are determined to try to make this
the best year of the four.
SAINT JO. a real working Church here at Grove-
R. J. Smith, Jan. 27: I preach ton, and they are going to take care
at Saint Jo three Sundays and at of their pastor and family. May heav-
TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
ELDORADO, O. T.
G. M. Moon, Jan. 22: Our first Quar-
terly Conference is a thing of the past.
Our beloved presiding elder was not
present. Bro. Bachman, our preacher
in charge, presided. Every point on
the work was represented. It was the
best all-round Quarterly Conference I
have attended since I came West. Our
stewards made an assessment for P. C.
of $450. Everybody seems well pleased
with our new preacher. He preached
Saturday an able discourse that we all
enjoyed. Dinner was on the ground in
abundance. The P. E. not being pres-
ent, this writer filled the 11 o’clock
hour Sunday—preached to a large
crowd in our new church, and received
six into the Church. Baptized five in-
fants. Will say, for the comfort of our
beloved Bro. Young, that as a local
preacher I have never had a P. C. yet
that did not always find more work for
me than I was able to do. For the
past twelve years I have kept up six
to ten appointments per month and as-
sisted my P. C. in his revivals when
needed, and when he did not need me
other traveling preachers did, and I
will say I never have been disturbed
in any way. I never had a P. C., nor
ever helped one in a revival, but that
there is a warm place in my heart for
him. We are in a hand-to-hand battle
with the saloon element here, and ask
the prayers of all the Church that we
overcome the monster. Our Church
has doubled the last year in numbers.
the M., K. & T. R. R. We had our
parsonage. Had a good Quarterly
Conference. We are very hospitably
entertained in L.e homes of Miss Mary
Page and Sister Fred Plummer. I
have been a pastor four years—this is
my fifth—and this is the first time we
have had a representative from all the
points.
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yet reaping the good from our
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ROUND TIMBERS.
Jno. A. Travis, Jan. 27: Thursday, 23d
inst., was the time for our first Quarterly
Conference. At the time appointed—11
a. m.—there were two stewards, a few
old ladies and the public school children
(for all our places of worship are school-
houses save one) present. Of course, the
preacher and wife were there, but our
beloved presiding elder, Bro. J. H. Wise-
man, had been called home to the bedside
of a sick child from Seymour, and hence
was not present. But we held services
any way, and called the conference to
meet at Bro. Gorden’s residence—a good
steward—near by, at 2 o’clock p. m. By
that time another steward, who is also
a Sunday-school superintendent and
Church trustee, had materialized. The
Quarterly Conference Journal was not
present, and hence no roll was called.
Only those present were registered. The
pastor’s salary assessment was not made,
as two important (?) places were not rep-
resented. The business of this charge has
never been faithfully attended to—five
appointments, one Church Register and
not a single/o-s Conference Record
on the en tire p Never had been a
Church Confee held on this work.
Three of- the appointments. Heve not the
names of its members on Copfece of paper
even—only in their minds.’ Well, the pas-
tor can very easily report progress, for
there is simply no chance to go back—
already on the bottom. But people are
HARMONY.
Oliver C. Swinney, Jan. 27: Harmony
Circuit is situated about twenty miles
north of Gatesville, in a fine belt of coun-
try. It includes a part of Coryell and
Bosque Counties. When we arrived here
we found the parsonage located at Hurst
Spring, not a very desirable place for a
parsonage, by any means. So we set to
work to have.it moved. Our property was
worth but little at that point, hence we
could not get near its value, so we bought
a lot in Turnersville for $100 and pulled
the house on wagons, with twenty head
of horses and mules. So you see we are
located in a nice little village, and are
making some preparations to repaint the
house, and then we will have a neat little
cottage for the next preacher. Our first
Quarterly Conference is past. Our pre-
siding elder was called off on business and
could not be with us, but Bro. T. B. Hil-
burn, from Jonesboro, came and preached
us a splendid sermon and held conference
for us in the afternoon. We have a faith-
ful set of stewards, and they made a very
liberal assessment for the support of their
preacher during the year. Last, but not
least, one afternoon a few weeks ago, to
our surprise, we noticed several buggies,
etc., drive up and hitch. The people came
in, and we enjoyed ourselves in a social
way for a while, and then they began to
bring in their cargoes and we found our-
selves supplied with such things as flour,
sugar, coffee, eggs, etc.; and pounds have
been finding their way to the parsonage
ever since. Surely we serve a people that
are loyal to their Church and who love
and serve God, and they do not forget to
come to church. It is an inspiration to a
preacher to preach to such people.
pounded, as some of our good preach- NORTHWEST TEXAS CONFERENCE
ers call it, but, oh! what a downpour BROTHERHOOD, ATTENTION.
„ ,, t , „ 11 , Rev. Peter W. Gravis, a member of the
of the Holy Ghost as fell on us at some Brotherhood, died at his home at
of our meetings, until a number of US Zephyr, Texas, Jan. 18, 1902. Your mor-
were filled with the fullness of Jesus tuary fee of $2.isnow due and should be
- g— — . - ’ ----- - - ------ - , . . , . . 1 in the hands of the Treasurer by Feb. 22.
ard for more than forty years. Two years and were constrained to praise the T find it hard to handle checks on local
ago, full of years and good works, he good Lord and say hallelujah! banks, as it frequently costs exchange,
was gathered like a ripe shock into the Notice has been mailed to every member,
garner of the Lord. Most of his children, ----•--- If yours has not reached you it has mis-
like well-matured olive plants, live in the GROVETON. carried. An immediate response will pre-
community, striving to emulate the ex- vent forfeitures. Address me at 409 S.
ample of a noble father. Aunt Mary, the Geo. E. Parsons, Jan. 24: We have Fifth Street, Waco, Texas.
devoted wife, feeble and much beloved, just finished up one month on our new M. S. HOTCHKISS,
still lingers this side the river, patiently work and am nleased +. sav +h-t h. Sec. and Treas., N. W. T. C. Brotherhood,
awaiting her translation. Elmo, a small Work, and am pleased to say that the
railroad town six miles east of Terrell, future is very bright indeed. Our con-
is another of my appointments. Here we gregations are large and attentive. We
have a small but heroic membership. At had another real nonding vesterdav__
this place our people have recently built had another real poi Ad. ng yesterday
a nice church, and the outlook for Meth- not one of those little things, but a
odism is encouraging. At Able Springs whopper—dry goods and clothing in
and Eden, my other two appointments, abundance and cash to buy the. neces-
the membership is small, but faithful and . c ... _ “ . , .
true. Living in our own home at Terrell, saries of life. Our parsonage is being
as we do, and serving this good people, painted. The spirituality of our ment-
we regard ourselves as having one of the bership is steadily improving. Prayer-
most pleasant appointments in a ministry .201 . T. e ..
of forty-twq years. The Advocate is in n eting well attendec. In fact, we are
great favor, among our people, and we moving along finely—no friction in the
sions of delight, and to prove what been writing about, but there has been
they had said, our Bandera people pro- a never-ceasing evidence of kindness
ceeded to give us a first-class pound- shown us. Good things have been
ing. Next in turn our Medina folks coming in every day since our arrival
Kaufman Circuit. College Mound at that GOLDEN.
time was one of the appointments of said T ~ c
circuit. At our last conference I was ap- D. E. Pulley, Jan. 23: Our first Quar-
pointed to the Terrell Circuit, College terly Conference is a thing of the past.
Mound being one of the four appoint- Our beloved, J. T. Smith, was on time
ments which constitute the pastoral - , , . . - , . ,
charge. For me to say I am pleased with and at his post looking after the in-
my work is putting it moderately. My terests of Church and preacher. The
quarterly meeting at Saint Jo on the WILLS POINT.
25th and 26th instant. Brother Geo. S. j p Turrentine, Jan. 18: After
Sexton, our live presiding elder, Was serving the full term allowed by the
on hand. He having been the former law of the Church at the delightful
pastor here some eight or ten year: little city in the quiet center of Shelby
ago, and being greatly loved by all i County, Texas, “the great iron wheel”
NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE. was -certainly a treat, not only to the dropped me Off here in this goodly
pastor, but to all the people to hear place Wills Point | J
----- him preach and to meet his genial face P,415 m L, tne 1 charge
BEN FRANKLIN. again. The brethren made a good as- in the East Texas Conference on the
J. B. Minnis, Jan. 28: Our first Quarterly sessment of $600 for the P. C. We have West boundary line, SO 1 have come at
Conference was set for last Saturday and eorooni7ec 01r Tinior and Senio, one step from Center to circumference.
Sunday. Our presiding elder, E. H. Casey, reorganized our Junior and Senior simply delighted with the
came Friday evening, fully equipped and Leagues, and when your brethren come X.d52.-8ued . -6
armed for the battle; and I suppose, from to District Conference you will see for charge not that we were anxious to
all appearances, he had several tip-top yourselves that we have good Leagues leave the many kind friends at Cen-
sermons to deliver. But, poor fellow, it ’ , rponiy +I W H M 8n- ter. God bless them all! But as the
rained all day Saturday, sleeted and We have oiganized two W. H. M. bo ,
snowed all day Sunday, and was no bet- cieties of 43 members. We have re- change must needs be, that we have
ter Monday; so not a sermon was preach- ceived 31 members into the Church, found it so entirely satisfactory. Truly
SOUTH BEAUMONT AND SABINE. (
R. O. Bailey, Jan. 21: After spend- 5
ing one year with the people of i
Kountze charge, after the revolution of 8
the great Episcopal wheel, we were I
dropped in South Beaumont. We have
three appointments, the one above w
mentioned, also Sabine Pass and <
Grigsby’s Bluff. Having made one ,.
round and preached at all the places (i
can say we are placed among a very N
kind and generous-hearted people. We T
have not received the generous pound- (
ing that some of the brethren have N
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