The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-15

IluitlinR parsonage at an eaf1s day. Fonr
4 years ago the membership WAS I76; last year
L was ia. They have had quite an increase
North Topeka charge has praspered all the
/ year lfeviyaf influence and power have been
eight have besss convicted and brought Into
/ the church making \ Lnen beFship OF QUE hum
dred aad steven fhey have Ta;sed $50 bal
bell and tower. also as for pArsonase. .tlt M
sIre: also slz5 for an organ. $Iao for missions;
| iOR Foreign y Oneass Mission S0cIely; also
so q SundAs SchO0iS rothers L0vrjoy aud
Mitchell had enc Of the most Successful camp
Olafhe station Is doing we'll They have
had . sgondeEsnl rssixal daring the Patronage
6srsSip Was $, nov il L Isl the nss gain in
two Year, nas been 49, They have raised
1850 and paid on their church debt
some forty or my have bean converted. and
znsAs City. & lnzes. has. been added % lhe
e9arge, Bro. Jasobs y b gold tried IN the
slsNtpse Sid IeIexa charge has been grad
10, 90 sas Ssrssse AZ fas o,. 4 EGaS seas
ne fsIIss t q: Bro Bro ftalpson. by Rev w IL
~ q: ensT Ss 1EsS1 o a ss
moved the church from Laaes deid ~ EdgeF-
s9S Sssp.ss 8 = ar lRp 3 siyle
lions They hase had . net gam. OF 81 Inen-
- ndoEa charge Z, in a healthy condition.
Tney have epmsneneed building > church in
9a IL Viii t. = e Di el n MI has
n Peoria sP and princeton charge has had a lne
aaa ha ss had fsSTsal nearly all the
year Insy have purchase, and nearly paid
Clinton charge, has nova. church and par
sqnage, and has had some religious pros
= 4 = =. 80. ..=.,.
1abdrn charge has good church and par
,sonage end p In . healthy condition..
Lenk, and is sGoing well. They have COM
menced 70 build a parsonage.
Il Dtt8WH tati0E had the services Of Rev. H.
p. Fisher for about hall the year, when it be
can1e Aecassafy to employ him as agent of
G 26be %oTR as & e h 9Rn %aS
in the right EAaee. Bishop Ames has applied
TO supply the vacancy at Ottawa, by appotnt-
tnE keRs G. n Rice, since which time Brother
Rice has beea doing a valuable service, They
have nnfsted the church and built an excel
Lawrence Station has just been refreshed by
Rss Hi HaSferi. has been elected Fresi.
bors az the beginnins OF i6e college, year. He |
has made bis Charge In Lawrence and there a |
sueeesse 1T is hoped the on pledged honor OF
ence tn-rendenng the necessary ali Tor You
toang. struggling and prosperous SCHOOL .ioal
wi n the college. : most glorious and gracious |
reviVei of religion. Sod fas put his seal of |
sPRrobasipn on this institution by this won
Y5Eis Is tie ri close Of my term on BALDWIN city
district. II hAGe oBly to say shat my associa-
lions with The preachers and peonle have al
ways Deem shAfmonious, and fam hope of
med al soksaa snd religious profit. NGod has
revived dis work annually in most OF the
work The church has gradually increased.
not only numerically, but in molal power.
leave the district, through the blessing of God,
IN proSP9fens ic0bdltIon Now, in parting
with myr PFethren. let me say my earnest
prayer s for your entire salvation. 7 can say,
thr0nSh TOD grace, the last year has been the /
best OF my lite. I10Se God and the bre. hren,
,W9k. DAVIS.
The -characters. of the following
Elders were passed = E. A.. Perrin,
z. L. Hartford, @. r. Rice, 81. D.
Fisher, DIP. Mitchell, j. p. Nessly,
S. r. Jacobs, e. z. Houts, Fl. K.
Muth, j. McQuistop,. and J. w.
They reported the flowing cob
lections: ~
r. L. Hartford, President of Baker
TIA ivarsitv = Y.aT1ort MT y.,esaut