Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-13
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The Cedar Hill missionary boxes
are having a good run in this region.
We are philanthrophists over this
way, and ever ready torelieve those
that are i'll distress moreover, we
know not how soon we ourselves
may need help. Our missionary
boxes will be giving out after a
while, and, until they are taken in,
we shall not be without hope of
raising what is expected of us; but
if we should fall behind of course
our neighbor over the way will re-
pay our generosity-if his present
efforts do not exhaust his resources.
What blessing good neighbors are!
Much is being said against Prof.
Tice's predictions for the month
of March, and yet, by closely COM
pairing his forecasts with the wealth
er, during that month, as well as
January and February, / cannot
find when he has made any serious
mistake. My opinion is that some
newspaper man has made mistake
in stating his forecasts. I am be-
ginning to believe that his theory is
correct in the main, but as to telling
when it will rain or snow on Icha-
bod Cranes school house he makes
no such pretension.
I had the pleasure, few nights
since, of lodging undert the hospitable
roof of Geo. F. Adams, Esq, in
company with Mooney, Cullom and
Craig, and also of taking supper
with CullOm at VIM. Pickering's.
He and his wife are perfectly hap
Ply in their new charge, he is "bust-
ing out the middles" finely, and up
to the second Quarterly Conference,
had received over half his salary.
What other charge in the Clarks-
vile District has done so well ?
Three cheers for SOuthside! and as
many for Cullom But mind that
Asbury does not take the lead on
the last stretch. She is moving off
finely. Both charges are blessed
with good stewards.
Assisted by the Revs. r. j. Craig,
Brewer and Stack, we held religious
services several day at Mt. Carmel,
including the fifth Sunday in March.
The principal object of the meeting
was to revive an interest in the
church, which has gotten to be in a
very dilapidated condition. 1t is
thought that good was done in this
direction, and, in addition, two per-
sons were gathered into the fold of
Christ, one of them my own son.
To my mind there is no more i'm
pOrtant point in this charge than
Mt. Carmel, and the day is coming
when new and imposing edifice
will take the place of the old one,
perhaps not on the same spot,
though not a great way off. Wise
and prudent brethren are already
beginning to devise plans looking
to this end, and they are brave
enough to carry forward what they
undertake; men who prize religious
privileges more than they do
worldly goods.
In the Bethlehem community
large substantial and commOdiOus
school building will soon be erected,
and permanent employment will
be given to a first class educator.
This is more in the right direction,
and it is hoped that nothing will oc-
cur to defeat the enterprise. / do
not pretend to craftsmanship, but it
has never occurred to me that the
free school system was blessing in
the rural districts. Every commu-
nifty must look after its own educa-
tiOnal interests. What can be done
in city cannot always be done in
the country. PlOw boys and town
boys are very different institutions.
ASRITRY