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Having occasion to spend some
time in travel through portions of
Colusa, Tehama and Butte counties,
I gather such items as seem of
interest. These counties are large,
in fact, the three, in the aggregate,
are larger than several of the New
taking their stand from some heav­ full course, and has already begun
enly mountain of prophecy, and the work of the ministry. We
look along the lines of the earth [ hope to have a good- report from
and see how “ God moves in a mis him. He is a young man of ability.
terious way his wonders to perform.’ The brethren at this place still meet
Let us hold up our heads, get on in the hall or school-house. They
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Through all of these counties
when God says, “ And to him shall
the gathering of the people be,” see there are several important points
if this grand old prophecy is not where we hope as soon as is possi­
being fulfilled before our eyes. ble to see the work opened up.
“ Because iniquity abounds the love
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of man shall wax cold,” but let
them go, yet d6 all you can to save
The coiner-stone of the new
them ; but let us not fold our arms Methodist -Episcopal Church at
and say, “Zion is becoming wasted.” Canoga, N. Y., was laid with appro­
On the incoming tide of the “ gos­ priate services on July 25th.
pel to---the world," you man. sea- a
Methodism seems to take kindly
great breasting wave on the crest
to
French soil. The French Metho­
of which you may sec in a halo of
glory the Son of man with the dist Conference which has just clos­
words, “ Lo I am with you even ed its sittings at Dicu le-Fit, Drome,
shows a most encouraging
o o condition
unto the end of the world.”
We met with the brethren in of affairs.
Chico at 11 o’clock on Lord’s day.
The Methodist Camp-meeting at
They have a small live congregation Sing-Sing, N. Y., has become histor-
which is far better than a large ic. The fifty-second annual meet-
dead one. I did not suppose when ing, for which unusual preparation
itself is about as large as Rhode
Island. And that which stands in
the way of the prospects of our
State in every respect is the. large
farms.
Great land grants, or
moneyed men trying to buy every­
thing that joins them. The largest
farmer in the U. S. has his land in
these counties. The idea of one
man owning G5,000 acres of land ;
while there are a great many who
have from one to fifteen thousand
acres. Un these large ranches you
will frequently find a brother who
has settled there till he makes his
*' stake,” as he calls it, then he
expects to move to where he can
educate his children, and enjoy the
benefit of church privileges,, but
these are mostly hopes from liegin­
ning to end, and nothing more.
We found religious people in many
places, of different names, deploring
the spiritual declension of the
church and growing cold in their
‘ doing the word.” One Baptist
brother said, certainly, he thought
the world growing worse and
Christianity losing ground, but
alter we ascended a little hill-top of
thought aud took a view of the
world, the advancement of Bible
study, mission work, and vast num­
bers obeying the gospel, he limited
his remarks to his own neighbor-
hood.
There are a great many Chris-
tians who look at God’s goodness,
hia promises, his grand lessons to
the world from a canyon, instead of
was'any member of the congrega­ gust 7th and continue ten days.
tion that I knew, but I found there
The Irish churches, including the
were several that I had known for
Synod of the Episcopal church, the
many years. They met in a pri­
vate school building which is quite Assembly of the Methodist church,
comfortable. We had a good con­ and the Conference of the Methodist
gregation. I was doubly pleased church, have completed their annual
meetings, and notwithstanding the
to make the acquaintance of Bro.
D. W. Gilbert, of Vina, who. is troubles which have agitated the
country, they all seem to have made
foreman on Stanford’s great vine­
yard. Bro. S. comes to Chico and most satisfactory progress during
the past year.
preaches for the brethren part of
The idols worshipped by the
the time. He is a Bible man, a
good preacher, and exemplary, I am heathens of India and Africa are
informed. He preaches occasional­ now alT manufactured in England,
ly at Vina, where he is destined to and there is a handsome profit in
do a good ,work if he will not the trade. The commercial value
become weary in well doing.
of brass and iron gods sent out to
. I visited the M. E. Sunday school heathen lands far exceeds tint of
and heard the_Baptist S. S. close the Bibles, and tracts, and volumes
up. Theft; are earnest workers in of Watts hymns that go in the
same cargo.. The missionary socie
each one.
Bro. H. S. Hartley, of Butte ties of Great Britain might profita­
City, is preaching part of his time bly make a note of this interesting
fur the little congregation at Chico, fact.
and is making his arrangements to
The South American Missionary
leave his farm and to locate with,
where he can do more toward the S1KÌety of the Established Chinch
advancement of the cause. Sister of England has an educational sta­
H. is an earnest worker and the tion on Keffd, one of the Falkland
family are good singers, and we ex­ Island, where youth are taken from
pect to hear a good report from Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego and
their labors. The same eve over trained.
twenty miles distant we met with
Among the contemporaries of
the brethren in Butte City, Here Martin Luther was the Swiss Re
we have a good congregation, or­ former, Zuihglius. His four-hun­
ganized and cared for by Bro? dredth anniversary will occur Jan.
Heartly. This is the home of Bro. 1, 1884, and the Swiss Reformed
J. R. Grinstead, who will graduate churches propose to celebrate this
next year at College City m the i day.
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CONDUCTEDBY PROF. J. DURHAM.
All nmtter intended for this de|«rtment
should be addressed to Prof. J. Durham, Col­
lege City, California.
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Stete" Meet i rig1. is1,1 " ' an-1
nounced to convene at Vacaville on
the 5th day .of October.
We have learned that Bro. Mc­
Hatton, our State evangeliet, has
bought property in Santa Rosa.
—SKaar^^la4‘44>know“f^-t-h4s'imd
hope some "of those bewitching
young sisteis of Santa Ross will
capture Mc’s. black eyes. “ He ¿s
in the hands of his friends,” and
they are about to settle hi in
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Rev. J. McC. Holmes, D. D., pas­
tor of the State Street Presbyterian
Church, Albany, N. Y., recently
preached his sixth anniversary ser­
mon. During the past year sixty-
one members have been received, of
whetafchirhyniBa were nixeanfeasiun ■
of faith. The church has had dur­
ing the year six young men in course
of preparation for the ministry, one
of whom has just completed his
course, and is about to be settled pas­
tor of a church. The Sunday-school
lias a ruTToF804 ineinDers. The to­
tal contributions of the church dur­
ing the past year amounted to $20,-
810, of which $13,300 were for be-
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The following suras from the
Quarter-Centennial Fund of the
United Presbyterian church have
been distributed : Foreign Mission*,
$30,000; Home Missions and
Church Extension, $28,500; Minis­
terial R.-licf, $0 000; Freedmen’s
Missions and Knoxville College,
$10,500; Allegheny Theological
Cl
cal Seminary, $13,500 ; Westmin­
ster College, $18,000; Monmouth
College, $18,000; Muskingum Col­
lege, $12,000 Orphan Home Alle­
gheny, $4,392 91.
Au important meeting in the in­
terest of the Women’s Home Mis­
sionary Society of the Methodist .
Episcopal church is to be held at
Ocean Grove, N. J., on Aug. 14th.
It isexpected that Mrs. ll iys, presi­
dent of the society, will preside.
The Methodist women of Georgia
are organizing a Women’s Home
Missionary Society.
The first Univorsalist Church of
Erie, Pa., together with its pastor,
have abandoned that faith and be­
come Unitarians.
The Biptist statistics for last year
ill the United States show an aver- '
age of somewhat over 1,78G bipUz-
ed on each Lord’s Day.
1 wo well qualified men are to be
sent from London on a visit of in­
quiry to study and report the pres­
ent state of the native Chrstian
churches, and to sec if the Church of
England can do anything to assist
the Coptic churches. The Associa­
tion for the Furtherance of Christi­
anity in Egypt has the matter in
hand, and - has appropriated $2,500
for expenses. The appointment of
the men who are to make the in­
spection is to be approved by the
Archbishop of Cahterbury, who is ‘ \
president of the association.
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