The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-11

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Oh many of the sousf ar1f States were Tnjkin
III their Circuits bfsa1sa thew baHu6 I,eYses
II aud there was rsebfDg fS feef tNsn Wiz
IL even f they had tHess ~ the cstnfr xAEhsa3ean
late and the Church aswasfes 80, ~ s., 4 2 r
But he thanked Goo stlfat be had gyed &
see another and q brighter day-to "a 81 fhe
i General Conference In New GREENS ysitf
fear and TREMBLING, and bare his heart seaI
for Joy as .tl1e brethren c.sHe up In bread
cloth telling that d better day had dawnedl
and 70 see Brother Wilson, md Brothe.
Martin, and Brother aRosZeA, aud Brother
Register, and Brother tVeitch, and Brother
Eggiestou, from grand old Baltimore, come
to say I'VE want to join you" and to
witness the progress Of the Methodist
EpiseopaF Church South, unta it now
numbers e00, 600 members, and gave
800, 900 for benevolent purposes last year.
1t Is grind old church. Amt you glad
that you'6eiong to it7 III did NOT, ] would
join 1t before morning.
He gaYea vivid and telling description of
his surrender "on the last evening of the
last day on the last ten aeres,n and Of his
going home emith only twenty five cents in
silver In his pocket, which had been given
him, with farewell hug, by Texan soldier
who had found Jesus in the camp under his
ministry to find bis house burned aud his
property gone and met q weakened
brother, who proposed that they should has.
ten at once to, Join the Northern Church
once more. He sketched the labors of the
Church since then, said that they had organ-
lied new churchfor every day, and claimed
that the history Of Christianity affords no
parallel to the progress OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South since 1885,,
He then passed to; the practical part
OF his efort-the collection-and held the
audience for an hour convulsed with laugh
ter ny his humorous hits or touched by his
pathos, while he rolled up bis collection to
nearly, II not quite, two thousand dollars.
One brother Hon. William Milnes) gave
before he got through, for himself, his fam.
lily, and bis Sunday school, $500. The whole
congregation responded freely. and the
brethren were delighted, saying to one an.
other: "The old times before the war
have come back again."
Ihere was very spirited contest between
several Of the Sunday schools. The Staun-
ton school pledged $50 Ito be paid in ninety
days., the Harrisonburg school pledged $40,
and Trinity school, Baltimore, SS45. The Staun-
ton school at once raised to $50; tie other
schools raised their pledges, and the Shenan.
aoan iron-Works entered the lists, and there
was an exciting contest until Staunton
school stood pledged for $3.50, and shenan-
doah IRONY Works school for $3.50.
Just before the close Of the meeting
Staunton school rallied her forces. and
pledged 5000; but immediately after MI.
Mines pledged the Shenandoah school for
$3.50.
DR.. McFerrin IS certainly "prinee of
agents." and one Of the readiest men have
ever seen. Before Diminishing he sung an
Indian hymn, told several touching incl.
dents, and left the congregation 10 pleas
ant glow of religious feeling. Z
It was q grand meeting. VIAToR.