highest political opportunities when and J wish you abundant success?
he exchanged the palace of a king I hand my copy to our senior elder
for the tents of an ungrateful, un­ and his wife, two of the best posted
disciplined, and half civilized race and best every way, members of the
escaping' from
; “Paul was ‘ Reformation, and their reiterated
an improvident man when he cast statement that it is “a safe, sound
away the advantages of his position paper, with the gospel ring in its
as a Jewish teacher to become the .columns indicates the impression it
ivn nd Arina
esi
haa made.”_ .
The best way to advertise a good
and rejected gospel; Luther was a
foolhardy man when he left the thing ia to send the thing itself.
peace of his cell at Erfurt for the So if you will .send a number of
seething turmoil of the Reforma- copies to me I will put them in the
tion; all men who set the impress' hands of my members, and if it
of their personality upon history does you no good it may do them
“ ^i n rel r n p rotteiit m e n; th ey d ef y the some good;
R. B. N eal .
precepts of a timid prudence, and
throw themselves boldly into the
Letter from Bro. G. W.
everlasting. arms that uphold 1 the
Richardson.
universe.
If you are in any kind of
M c C oy , Oft, Aug. 14, 1883.
Letter from India.
temptation in which prudence and Bro. Floyd;
I wish to say to my friends that
policy draw you on one side and
A. M. M c L ean ,
principle on the other, risk all for on to-morrow I expect to start for
Cor. Sec. F. C. M. S.
principle; if you are in perplexity Waitsburg, W. T., where we expect Dear Brother:
or doubt, if past unfaithfulness has to remain for a time indefinite.
From our oriental home among
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barrassment and entanglement, dress us at the above named place. to watch the weekly line of mail
take the boldest and shortest way My health is poor, but have been steamers as they leave the far-off
out; God is pledged to help you, preaching as much of my time as I Western shores, and through fhany
and as he guided Abraham, Moses, could. While at Sodaville we had thousand miles of ever changing
Paul and Luther, so he will direct four meetings. Bro. Doty also had seas, bear to us the news from loved
one meeting at Sodaville during ones, and somehow I have not often
your path.— Christian Union..
our stay of two weeks at that place. imagined that those white-winged
Our audiencca were said to be the messengers might be coming clothed
Correspondence.
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largest ever convened at the school­ in mourning.
Letter from Bro. R. B. Neal
house in Sodaville. Much interest
The painful news of the death of
seemed
to
be
felt
on
the
subject
of
your cousin and my true yoke-fel-
L ouisville , K y .,
religion.
Our
assemblies
contained
luw in the gospel—D. C. McKay—
Aug. 6,1883.
men
and
women
of
all
sects
com
Dear Bro. Floyd:
was most unexpected, and has pro­
I have been fighting sickness all mon in this country who were duced a peculiar sadness in my
summer—since May I have been there for health.
heart. I only knew him for two
While at Sodaville my wife was years, but during that time we
preaching by proxy ; "have had all
my appointments filled by some taken very ill, and so soon a* she were often together in the common
one else. I am now able to pre­ was able to travel we started home­ work of the Master, and I loved
pare Tice Worker for August. It ward. On our way home we him as a brother and confided in
will soon be out “ red-hot for pro­ visited many old friends and rela­ him as a true man of God and my
hibition.” As I am the Publishing tives in the Forks of Santiam, and personal friend. It does not seem
Co., Editor and Mail Clerk of this at Scio preached for Bro. Doty on possible that his useful and promis­
prominent journal and do the work Lord’s day. I felt much like I was ing life has ended on earth. About
and board myself, during my sick­ taking my leave of them till the the time of his death I was writing
ness if rested. I trust that soon a great meeting beyond the grave.
to him about his coming to India
Scio is the first church that 1 to assist us in our mission. The
long list of temperance men and
women as subscribers will enable ever attempted to organize.» In thought almost startles me that in
me “ to hire a hand or two.” As a 1852 we began an organization at all my correspondence home I may
number of your readers are sub­ what was afterwards known as the be writing to the dead insteal of
scribers to Tice Worker I state the Hester school-house. It was com­ the living. Though so far away, 1
above that they may understand posed of the members of my father’s feel this loss most keenly, and can
that The Worker is not fashionable family includ.ng father and mother. but unite with you and his brothers,
enough to take a willing vacation Their names were as follows, viz : of whom I heard him 8peak so
John G. Richardson and Orpha often, and all the host of his friends
during “ the hot season.”
I note with pleasure Bro. R. ^Richardson his wife, lather and and brethren, in moufning, what
Graham’s " Words of Cheer ” to mother, L. C. Richardson, W. W. seems to us, his untimely death.
your paper. Such is his prestige Richardson, G. W. Richardson and
Let us, my brethren, press on in
and influence that if you could get Mary Ann Richardson his wife. our pilgrimage Zionward, though at
his statement before those not For that church I labored five times we are in sorrow, knowing
readers it would be much better years, and then removed ty Folk I that “ weeping may endure fur a
than a chromo to swell your list. county, where we now live. Four night, but joy cometh in the morn­
You are giving us a good paper, out of the six charter members of ing.” 0u> comfqrt and hope is in
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the Scio church have passed away
and now know and feel what it is
to be beyond the dark river, and I
feel like one who has come to the
ThwHffi nl r, an d w -waifeing for tha
boatman pale to come and take me
over. Many may pass over before
me, but |hey will not be greatly in
advance of me. I have but one re­
quest, and that is, that I may be
carried safely over to our Father’s
house.
During our trip of near four
weeks we met many old friends
that we will not meet again till the
malting Gxul
all. who
love our Lord in sincerity and
truth.
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Yours very truly, —.
G. W. R ichardson .
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Him “ who giveth ds the victory
through oifr Lord Jesus Christ.”
The monsoon has come at last,
and we are thankful that we can
.ugAin-npen-mixjdoLira- and .window^__ _
and look out upon the refreshed
earth.
The rainy season was
ushered in with storms of wind and
dust, accompanied by lightning and
thunder, and in many places much
hail fell. It rainsnow nearly every
day, and In many places in India as
much as nine inches is the rainfall
in one day. We are just emerging
from our first hot season as well as
the eight months’ drought, and the
change from the dry hot air of the
past three months to the damp and
sultry weather of the last two
weeks does not seem to agree with
us very well. Most of the people
complain just now of depressed
spirits. We are much weakened
in body, and have very little energy
to work, bilt we hope in a few
weeks to have our usual strength.
been morein-
Jhe
fanai
tensely hot than the average years,
according to the meteorological re­
ports, which may account for our
enervation.
None of us has had any con­
tinued sickness, though all of us,
excepting Mrs. Wharton, have had
II
attacks of some specific disease.
Last week 1 had my first sickness,
which consisted of acute inflamma­
tion of the stomach (gastritis), from
which I am now gradually recover­
ing through the skill and nursing
of my ever-faithful wife who in
much anxiety successfully filled the
place of physician and nurse. There
is no M. D. in Hui da, and the near­
est one at Khandwa, 68 miles away,
has no enviable reputation in his
profession, so we are left in sickness
to our own resources. We have
made, and are still making, as good
use of our medical works and
medicines as our strength and time
will permit, and though we often
wish we had the help of a good
physician, yet in the absence «of a
skillful practitioner we are thank­
ful for our library and medicine
chest. Though deprived of the
wisdom and skill of men, we have
in much sympathy ministered as
best we could to each other in the
hours of affliction, and while using
the remedies our best judgment
prescribed, we have not failed to
look to Him “ who healeth all thy
diseases; who redeemeth thy life
from destruction.”
Our mission work is opening
upon us much faster than we aro
able to meet the demands. Per* -