Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-03-06

To TIE oIGef requiring report
/ /. From the preachers, OF their labors
since the last meeting
Tie response is
The Church here four years ago consist
ed Of seven members, with one house Of
worship laden with lclt Of over FIVE hun
drcd dollars. We have paid every cent :;
graded and put down a sidewalk put up
fence and cualho3ye and introduced gas; paid
for all, and have over one hundred dollars
in TIE treasury We have built three
Chspels with less than two hundred dol
lars debt remainiu" on all. Our member
ship now stands one hundred and twenty
two. Have ovcrpaid our pastor every
year and row set of Lisiony.'lc Charge
two nice ci!urchcs--as s"lt.sUstainin~,
with a membership o. sixty
9 From the class leaders
Glass meetings are very well attended.
3 From TIE Sunday ScAoo's-
All our Sunday Schools are in good
working condition, ana, through tie grace
o. oar Lord jesus are answering tAc end
Of their creation, Il nursery ot TIE Church.
4 From the stewards Of tie chUr,l-
b'SPi'" I'll" hAaNcHI PI'SSi'i' we nave
paid All, ana "''rP"lu some "i '''' cI'''''S
against us.
10 I'll" INQUIRY tor a report
/. i.a' u u"'i'S 1"i 'Hc l''i'' o' inc
poor OF the church =
me Fepy Is
we nave Ii" poor WHO hc'o h'Il E', we
are ass's''n& 't"Nc OUTSIDE OF '"r '.,''''''.
:. Is 'h' c''l'r "'te cong IT'S ""'H 80
,,tor,r.rs and for the COLLECTIONS orla,ed
by the Annual Conference?
All nnr Mission collections have been
taken; ais. NIL the o,Lcls ordered by the
Conference
= Is o,r RELIGIOUS literature circulated
nd roalg
On. Iit,r,t,,r, * csrcrlat,I end read Int
no, to the extern, !, should he,
4 md : Can tI,c ch,,r,h extend IFS work
,v ,.s,,blishipn additional prayer.ricrtings
Sunday school or in any other way ,
Cam onvlhro We done lo STRENGTHEN and
buil1 mn the c)u,ch in tie community
md 70 advance tLe ca,,s, Of Christ?
We are doiuo All we can TO extend tie
kirr,,rn of orr blessed SAVIOR, ana 70
strcnnthcn It by bearing patiently tie
cross of Jcsus
After PRAYER hv Rev. F. NJ Davis and
siulr;ro Of doxolo.y. the meeting was nd
harmed with fine n,s,or', h..nc1;ct,on
l. w. U>s,rp. President.
1T. GrrzuSD>>yER. Secretary.
I.,ur rop Co>rrr1-xct --pev's /. y
Waterman and l.. " Ua,l,p pastors re-
.nc,,iv,.I,. nt,,n II : ,i,,,rrb and II +
CLurch South, in F,o.tGur~, preached
their final sermons last Sunday.
Mr.. W;d,Ir1an has been a faithful pas
tor. he leaves lIs Nh,uch here in a pros
porous condition, numerically and fnan
cially. He has ACCOMPLISHED almost a
wonder in the Quick and thorough wo,i,
of providing for Tie early liquidation of a
large dcEt. This effort was attended with
no little labor outside Of that usual to tie
charge OF large paS'o'"t'S, N"' ne leaves II
Wcll done. In The pulpit he is an able, cane t
preachers; the ch,uch which oilta;ns his
'.....,..o, :. c.,,,,,,, !, ,,,.,,,,.,. ,.,..,,
II hc"0S @""o pastor
y report elsewhere will slow the extent
of Rev, Mr., lla. lGps four years pastorate.
In the order Of Mctl.odistic ilincrancy his
lot will also fail to anot.cr Charge WHO W il
find in lin a quiet, thorough, popular
worker, and good preacher,
are at work with GOOD prosuccts of more
orders
p,ton,oc ovnocts to o,,en charity -
str,,lv u,n ot o. al ,vnrp,
CaIe,lo,i, started onrrat,ons Monday
H.r Vein and Eoonty mines leran Nom
dow, Win. .,o,t,,,, of f.t,, c..r 1,.,l. h.-
tween tl,.m
Tive ,,or.olil.,;,,, r,i,os ar, doiuo u,ap
mere are Sr"uhCs LOT expecting chrour
aging reports from other mines IN short
Time
And now the Frostharg JouREAL wants
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