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Hence the periodical is an exped­ more evenly distributed among its
Correspondence.
population.
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ient for teaching and ought to be
Letter from W. H. Maloney.
used because it is such. But then; State in 1883 averaged about $113
in having a periodical we must have for every man, woman and child
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aparatus, editors, printing presses, within its’borders. ’
March 20, 1884.
All things considered, there is no Bro. Floyd:
secretaries (fat or otherwise) and
I have just arrived home from
all these under the name of pub­ better place to plant the cause of
lishing company 1 All right, I say, primitive Christianity. And we are Garfield county, where I have had
do not get off of the line of their
duty.
The strange part for mortal to'
perform is for an editor, or fat em­
ployee of a religious publishing
com pan y t o sit wh i scwy’ohair'and
write condemnation on missionary
society, since every thing he says
or can say against the missionary
organization^ as such^pplies with
equal force against his periodical
and his editorial self.
Columbia, Mo.
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THE CAUSE IN KANSAS.
BY F. M. KAINS.
My duties have been so numer­
ous and varied that I have not
written as much for you as I had
• -premised anddesired.-... —.
The outlook, in this State is most
encouraging. The general condi­
tion of a state or district has much
to do with the growth and progress
of the cause of Christ. When the
people feel hopeful and cheerful
about the material interest of the
country, I think they are more apt
to look after the interest of the
churches.
Kansas is just of age (21 years
old) and has commenced to live.
The period of her youth has past,
¿/id the State in the full stature
and strength of manhood, has set­
tled down to business. There is no
longer anything experimental about
Kansas. The State is the birth
place of a quarter of a million of
people. Those who are here do not
talk of going back or of going on,
as soon they have accumulated
means, but are satisfied with Kan­
sas as a permanent home. The
abounding fertility of Kansas soil,
the healthfulness of the climate, the
pleasant conditions of life hefe,’ the
intelligence arid enterprise of Kan­
sas people; these are questions no
longer open for discussion. They
are settled.
Kansas is not only one of the most
beautiful and fertile regions on the
map of the World, but is to day one
of the most prosperous States in the
Unioft. It has fewer immensely
rich or very poor people than any
other State. It has greater wealth,
in proportion to population than
. pny other State, and that wealth is
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planted, housefrof worship are being
built, and our preaching force is
being increased almost every week.
Preachers are coming to stay.
The condition of our State mis-
dent of the State board wrote me
not long since that we would soon
be up with many of the older States
in the .missionary work. I have
been doing the work of State evan­
gelist for four months now and
have enjoyed the confidence and co­
operation of the churches in every
part of the State; We are now as­
sisting in sustaining three local
missions. The number will be. in ■
creased as soon as funds will allow.
During the four months of my work
I have raised in cash and subscrip-
tions for local and general work
about six thousand dollars ($6000.)
Arrangements for six church build
ings Rave been effected and five
preachers have been assisted to lo­
cations and effective work. •
Some of our papers and preach­
ers spend much time in quarrelling.
As a rule those who talk much of
plans of work do very little of it.
But I shall not complain. Will try
to do the work assigned me by my
brethren and enlist all I can in the
good cause.
A very successful teacher of
young children writes : “ I went to
my school-room, yesterday, oppress­
ed with a great sorrow that almost
paralyzed my ability to work. But
I could not be otherwise than very
tender and forbearin^ with my
children, while my heart was in the
shadow of its great bereavement.”
If the teacher would, after this ex­
ample, make the cloudy and weari­
some days of private affliction the
occasion for especial manifestation
of forbearance and compassionate
discipline, what a change would
come over a thousand school-rooms.
Every true instructor of youth owes
to the children the most precious
result of the struggle.against temp­
tation, real sorrow; or moody de­
pression.“ One day of. teaching,
under such circumstances may of­
ten accomplish a life work among
children.— Ibid-
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An honest man is believed with­
out an oath, for his reputation
•Bwears for him.
house, where we organized a con-
gregation of twenty-five members ;
14 by letter, 1 from the Pres­
byterians, 1 reclaimed and 9 by
confession. The outlook is good
fordthe- A d-ur e. - ■ Al tho ugh -
will
be compelled to meet with a great
deal of opposition among the differ­
ent denominations we trust, by
carefully placing our plea before the
people, it will be the means of
'winning many who are opposed to
us, to the Christian faith. The
brethren having made arrange­
ments with me to preach for them
half of the time, I will meet with
them the 2nd and 3rd Lord’s days
of each month. We desire the
prayers of our brethren that we
may successfully present the truth
so that it may be the means of
winning many souls to Christ.
There is a great good to be done in
Garfield county if there was labor­
ing brethren to do (he work.' Please
continue to send me your worthy
paper ; it gives me great support to
hear from the labors of our breth­
ren. Mòre anon.
MT H. M aloney .
Letter from Bro. Hollenbeak.
F airview , O r .,
March 18, 1884.
Dear Herald:
For some time I have intended
writing you, but having nothing of
interest to write I have deferred.
The cause of Christ is not ad­
vancing as we would like to see it.
We attended Bro. Edmunds’ last
meeting at Coquille City. At his
request we preached in the even­
ing, assisted by Bro. Easter. What
a pity it is that Bro. Edmunds
cannot be supported. We want to
say to the brethren who have read
Bro. Spriggs’ appeal in the H erald
and who have plenty of this world’s
goods, if Buch there be, that here
are the sick hungry, thirsty, etc.
“ Verily 1 say unto you insomuch
as ye did it unto one of these my
brethren, even these least ye did it
unto me.”
Last Lord’s day, at Fairview,
there was a good attendance and
the best of attention, and one addi­
tion.
Yours in Christ,
S. B. H ollenbeak . .
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Returning from Lost Spring I
commenced meeting, in Touchet
church on Friday before the 2nd
Lord’s day in March, and closed on
the following Monday evening,
with four confessions and baptisms.
The meeting was well attended.
“ToucEet" 1‘7s"*a" very pleasant com-
/p^unjty of people, mostly our breth-
ren. The neighborhood of people
is mostly composed of Hatleys. I
made my home mostly with Bro.
Baily, who is one of the best men I
‘TVer Thrived ah acqiikihtance with.
It would - not be possible in
our brief Ifetter to speak of the
many kindnesses shown to the
writer during his stay in Touchet.
Spending Monday night
with
Bro. and Sister Drake, in Day­
ton, on Tuesday morning I turned
my face homeward, having been
absent nearly three months. The
storm becoming severe about mid^z
day J stopped at the residence o^
Bro. W. R. Marquiss and rested
until Wednesday morning. Bro.
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Christian men with an active
thinking mind as well as a good
heart whose praise is among the
entire brotherhood of Columbia
county. Near by is the pleasant
home of Bro. and Sister Cyrus, who
are well worthy of mention among
the., faithfulones... Leaving Bro. . . .
Marquiss’ on Wednesday morning,
Ljourneyed on, stopping at Pomer­
oy, and enjoying another pleasant
visit for an hour with our faithful
co-laborer in the gospel, Bro. J.
Hastings and his Christian family,
after which I traveled on in the
direction of Almota, and reached
the Chapel school-house just as the
people were gathering together for
preaching. Bro. W. H. Maloney
had commenced a series of meet­
ings there on the Saturday before»
and had worked up a fine interest;
up to Wednesday evening there
had been five immersions and
several others to be immersed. They
had organized with 26 members.
They had arranged with Bro. M. to
preach for them one-fourth of his
time. Although I had traveled
about 28 miles, and was much
fatigued, I yielded to the urgent
demands of the brethren and spoke
to the congregation, and traveled
sight miles further, and btopped
with Bro. Geo. W. Burford; at Ilia.
On the next morning I resumed
my journey, and although the road
was horrible, I ma*de good time,
reaching Bro. Phillips’ by nOon,
where I rested an hour, after which
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