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CH"RTS>TIA.lSr HERALD. : :------- - ■ are still a few old soldiers in the California Department. church who were present when 1 made The good (»nieesion ancT CONDUCTED BY PROF. J. DURHAM. obeyed the gospel more than a All matter intended for thia department should be addressed to Prof. J. Durham, Col quarter of a century ago. It was lege City, Oaliferuta. within her sacred precincts I first The Abingdon, Illinois, Church. met the partner of my youth and joy of my riper years, and there — liva private card wrUteaJo us * few hours after the work was con- boys and two girls in the way they sumated, we were more than de should go. They are fast stepping lighted to hear, that what lias been into the bivouac of life with educa two congregations in Abingdon, ted heads and hearts, I trust with ITT7 i .^ —yo r -afaoqf i n ine a'Toly ambition^ years have they lived in this di and usefullness. It was there from vided state, bqt like kindred drops the hands of the founder of the col of water they have become one. lege Bro. P. H. Murphy an able and Many of these brethren I have faithful servant of the Master, that known from the beginning of my my companion and self received college days. We have wept, sang our diplomas. And lastly be it lit I and prayed together. I had learned tle or much it was by the authority to love them for their devotion, of the church at A. that your hum their faith and their love, and with ble servant was set apart to “ Do pleasure, yes, a joy that is unspeak- the woik of an Evangelist,” and sacred tabernacle where we vfere wont in days of yore with its win dows open toward the New Jerusa lem to sit down in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. I look back mor? than twenty years and see those brethren worshiping together. Some have been called to a higher life, others are left to wind their way to the old chapel again, and with heavenly benedictions unite their voices in singing “ Rock of Ages,” and “ How < sweet how heavenly is the sight.” Their eyes have grown dim, their steps are' feeble, but fresh on their minds are the words they have heard within those sacred walls from Campbell, Murphy, Franklin, Errett, Burnett, Burgess, Lard and others, unfold ing in thrilling eloquence the glories of the world to come. Many times like Jacob at Bethel they could almost see the Son of God as cending and descending, the heaven ly scenes were so graphically painted. The church of Christ cannot be divided. Any other church can be divided, but the church is one. Members may differ in views and may separate from each other, but that is a division among its mem bers and not 'a division in the church. For the brethren and the church at Abingdon, Illinois, I have the warmest affection. They have beared and fostered a college that has done untold good for the cause of education and primitive Christi anity, and I hope and pray that Phienix like, that that noble insti tution may plume herself for a more lofty Hight toward usefulness than has ever been recorded. There the same cleric, Bro. J. B. SclieitlTn, whose name is attached to my cer tificate of ordination, is attached to the letter of greeting that the one church now sends out to the church es every where. Then with more than ten years spent in the church and college work at A. I can but feel the deepest solicitude for her welfare. And now while our chos en home is in this Sunny Land, and I write from where the tide ebbs with the setting sun, I look i* back to all those sacred scenes and with eyes dimmed with tears of joy, I hope and pray that they "all may be one that the world may be lieve,” that the sunset of their lives shall be most happy and promising and when their footsteps shall stray down the shore of death’s river the boatman, ever ready shall take them to the sunlit hills of everlast ing rest. Amen. attendance in the city. They have been using the Cumberland Presby- TenalT^urctr <Tu ring th e"”sti m Hi 617 Thtir preacher has returned and our brethren will occupy the theatre until they put up a house of their own. They have begun already to- move in the work. pect that much of the preacher ? Out of 60 agents who offered their tracts only two or three have sent in any money. Send in your gifts, orders for tracts, and encouraging words.'' I can not tell you all the good I am doing. The eyes of God are upon us. Bro. A. M. Sanford, a graduate of J. W. H igbee . our College City school, has just re Madisonville, Ky. turned from a summer vacation with Weather Report. his relations in Marion Co., Mo. He ..... factory while gone, tho only begin ning in the work. He will teach during the coming year near Butte city in Colusa county. We hope he will have ample opportunity to ex ercise his ability. Bro. McHatton will begin a pro tracted meeting at Red Bluff on 13th of Sept.' 3 Br.. R. Ik«.!.'..? Mo ., is ex pected soon to be in California. Bro. H. spent several years in Cal., and we are glad to hear of his return. Falling Behind. -1 intend to keep the brethren fully advised in regard to the Christian Sower Tract Fund. The contributions to it have well nigh çeased and the purchases have materially decreased during the past month or more. This cramps my efforts and cuts off a good many tracts from destitute fields. This work is no greater than the brethren make it. It is not n<y Fund any more thàn it is yours, It has no endowment from which to obtain assistance in time of need. If it faits in its work it re- fleets no more upon my zeal than upon yours. A new’ edition of 21,000 tracts is now on its way here, but the cash box is empty and Bro. Frank Tandy has located at nothing can be done till liberal Wheatland, Cai. He says, “ My brethren send in enough to relieve work opens out here very nicely. matters. At least $50 is needed now. Many calls are being made Bro. James Logan is earnestly at vyork,.at his old home in Ukiah, for new tracts, but these cannot be Mendoceno county. Bro. Logan is issued unless more than this a w’orkman, and we expect good re amount is sept in. From letters that are constantly being received sults from him. I am sure the Fund has many Bro. J. B. Johnson who come to friends, but each one seems to thiuk California with Bro. Ingram, has that some other body is helping to resigned his work at Los Gatos and support the work and bo gives Saratoga, on account of poor health. Bro. Johnson’s health has not been nothing. When the work first good for several years, and he hoped began making appeals the novelty that California would greatly im of the matter caused some to con tribute and some to purchase tracts. prove him. He will soon return to These have ceased their efforts. Missouri. Brethren, you must not expect a Bro. Ingram’s work in San Jose conversion from every dollar’s has greatly improved. The largest ’worth of tracts sown. Do vou ex k ---------------------- no rain, 2 cloudy days, the remain ing 29 days being smoke, the smoke obscuring the face of the sky. The mean temperature for the month was 63 84 . Highest daily mean temperature for the month 69°, on the 26th. Lowest daily mean 61°, on the 17th. Mean \ temperature for the month at 2 o’clock p. M. 75.81°. Highest tem perature for the month 87*7 at o’clock P. M., on the 26th. Lowest temperature 55°, at 7 o’clock A. M., on the 19th. The prevailing winds for the month were from the North during 26 days, S. W. 3 days,- South 2 days. During August, 1882, there was • 0.03 in. of water fell on the 23rd, 27 clear and 3 cloudy days. Mean temperature for the month 63 21°. Highest daily, 74°, on the 30th. Lowest daily, 53°, on the t 25th. T. P earce . Eula, Or., Sept. 1,1883. The Freethinkers’ Convention will be held at Rochester, N. Y., from August 30 to September 2. It will be one of the largest gatherings of the kind ever held in this country. Many prominent speakers are ex pected. In June, the Convention, through the columns of the New York Herald, invited to meet with them as their guest any representa tive of the orthodox churches. This invitation has been accepted by the Rev. Thomas Mitchell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a distinguished Methodist minister. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Hanson Place Methodist Church, and is not now a pastor ; for a number of years he has devot ed himself to literary work. His address before the Convention will be delivered August 30, and will be replied to the following evening by the Hun. T. B Wakeman. The dynamite type of politics is - the outcome of atheism. What sacredness is there in the life of a creature without a soul?— Christian Adto'cate. 5 4 I 1