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LETTER FROM HARD LABOR.
fhodist Quarterly Meeting-Consoli-
|ation Of Mt. Pleasant and Tranquil
CAaTcheS-7e1riGlc Storm Of
Wind and Hail..


"Sfine" Circuit, commenced i
Mount Pleasant church near thi
&C on last Saturday. At the ar
nted time very good congresa
n assembled. Rev. Nj. Mood, th'
esiding Elder, was present and re
rted himself ready for duty.
The Elder is looking well, anl ha
arly recovered from his eaocident
iy suffering some Inconvenience il
It being able tosuse his arnr as h
wont. He preached this mornin!
good plain practical sermon from
llossians sIchspter- and 1, 3, 8 ant
b vcrses-he is an earnest. imprcs
re speaker and seems devotcd TO hi
: ork. After tho sermon there wa
intermission Of threc.fourths of ar
Pur for refreshments. These people
bwn oufway ) are some on tho eating
.estion, iMr. Editor even in these
ard times, aud don't clicreip doing
ithout dinner if it can be avoided.
After dinner tho official member
hip sat in Conference; Presiding E:
cr in the, Chair and v: J. Mccain
5 Secretafy. Rev. Mr.. Geo. Boyd
bc preacher in charge gave 4; very
hcering account of his work. He
ad only missed one appointment, and
s hat day he was sick in bed; his con
kregations were large and attentive,
nd although he had no additions to
Membership to report, still felt that
[is laborswe not ia vain, and trust.
ID that ere the @harvest be past and
he summer ended many, very
many, awoaid be a%aHins to close in
with the ovestpres5 ofmercy and be
|Eavcd upon the terms Of the Gospel
lie had 6 .cllure!ies in ehargc-had J
Sabbath Schools in successful opera.
tion-numberihg some 200 schofars-
b schools met in private houses; those
were we'll attended and property
kept. lie received the congratula-
la,ions of the Elder, who wished
him staiq greater prosperity in his
work. Mr.. Boyd is . pico man, a
good preacher, and an earnest worker,
he is not very stout man and his
friends fear he will ovcrWork bims
Some important matters came be-
fore, the Conference. At their last
Quarterly mceting'a Committee was
to inquire into the feasibil-
ity of consolidating tho membership
of Mount Pleasant and Tranquil
churches and building . church CEN
trail between the two. :
This Coumitsee reported to-day,
and feeommended $that the two
churches unite, and that MS Brother
John X. Mccain had generously offer
ed building lot from bis land, would
further recon mcnd that it be aceept,
ed. Tho report of the Committee
was adopted. 1t was agreed ,upsa, TO-
remove Tranquil church to the new
site. A ConnnilteU consisting OF
Brethren Jesse s. Jay, W~J.S Mccain
and Jacb Langley were, appointed to
and take charge of this
work and 10 60 at tho work as soon
MS the crop is laid by. Mount Pleas
mt church was turned over to the
Quarterly Conference.s ]
The Committee g on the Parsonage
nexsreported. .GheyYhad used q good;
deal ofstime inltrying. to do what
they could had secured in cash and
subscriptions near. $49o-had been
offered building lot Of acres by
Bro. Isaac. Caldwell, gratuitously.
This lot is just across the public road
from thegon donated by Dro. Mccain,
for q church-und on the Old Long
Cane road u miles below Tricknm.
The conference accepted the very
liberal donation of Brother Caldwell,
and thfnedl dlovor Mt. PLEASANT church
to said Committee and instructed
them to push tae workto completion,
and haze Mount Pleasant churcl,
mosed downs and re-creeted with al
tcrations. and additions. The Com
mittee consists of Rev A. G. Hartman,
Wm. Mccain, Jacob Langley and
Deason. ~ &s 6
The removal Of Old Mount Pleas
ant from her present site will be at
tended with some emotions from those
who had been accustomed to wor
ship there, but it swiH De carrying
out o long fajt necessity, and tho con
ference have acted With sound jndg
meptin inaag gliratiagse desirable al
undertaking. The Conferenceelecte,
a Delegates 70 attend District meet
inyour place next month, namely
Wm. McGaiu, Jacob Langley, ,. W
Jag. ". J. Mccain:
The long looked for and much need
ed rain came last Saturday afternoon
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