Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
FROM BUFoRD,s STATION, Tenn.

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and prosperous New Year to you
l keep my promise at long range
, Some men go to Conference, get theiI
appointments, move to them, then
write; some write instanter, Others
make haste slowly. Goodloe and
Cullom made quick work of it. ]
enjoyed their letters very much.
They were both happy; both made
good selections, and the Bishop made
good selections for their people. ]
like their loyalty to and love for
their parsonages. When a man I'M
used to manual toll takes an axe
and goes to the forest and rears a
parsonage from the stump, that par
sonage is dear to him. / have very
close kinship to two in that district
myself; one l never occupied at all !,
the other I occupied the full length
of the pastoral term. | am now in
very coy one, apd suppose, if no
calamity befalls me, that shall oc-
cupy it at least one year. | have
two country churches, about one
hundred and fifty members, and a
good community to serve.
i We have enjoyed season of de-
lightful weather, and the farmers
have succeeded in gathering their
crops beyond their expectations.
Your people are far in advance of
the people of Giles county in the Gull
ture of wheat and the quantity and
quality produced. Some people are
seeding yet and the ground not well
prepared. But while on the wheat
| question / am reminded of flour.
When we arrived here we unheaded
a barrel of Minor AndersOn's very
best, and though we have not struck
the bottom yet, the express agent
has notified me that he holds two
| barrels from Trenton subject to my
| order. / have not seen them, but
predict "Glenburnie Mills" on the
outside and as nice an article on the
inside asKentucky can produce. God
bless these kind friends! I have
not been able to etaway from their
kind deeds in many years.
Rev. r. J. Craig, of Port Royal, is
here on a visit to his family and
friends. / am not surprised that he
draws all hearts to him. His parents
are among my best members, his
home one of the lOveliest, and his
family piOus, intelligent, happy.
Let any ''mother in Israel" in his
charge know that no friendlier hand
ever spread a couch for a weary
itinerant than that of the mother of
young Craig. 1 often enjoy the gen
erous hospitality of their delightful
home, and pray that God may raise
up for the noble young legate of the
skies such a homeand such a mother
wherever his lot may be cast.
am delighted to hear Of the ac-
ceptability and success of my success
sor. God only knows how deeply
solicitous / am for His cause among
those people. Three years of earn
est, faithful toll for them, and three
years of sympathy and kindness in
return cannot be forgotten in day;
and am glad they have at last
worked up to comfortable salary,
though did not get to stay with
them and enjoyit. New Providence
and Bethel have bit to vie with
each other in iberality and devotion
to the church, and the result will be
one Of the most desirable places in
in the Conference to unambitiOus,
cOnsecrated men. 1t seems to me
that to them a parsonage is indis-
pensible, and l hope that Bro. Han
ner will succeed in securing one this
year. The parsonage that now oc-
cupy is a gift to the church from
one who loves her well, a man whom
God has blessed in basket and in
store. The church is one of his
heirs. His children are delighted
with his beneficence and will profit
by his example. When mans at.
tachment to the church goes down
into his pocket and draws out thous-
ands to build churches, parsonages,
educational and publishing institu-
tions, it is not difficult to locate the
affections of his heart, for "Where
the treasure is there will be the heart
also"
There are hlndreds of children
who read the CHRONICLE weekly
that l would dearly love to see.
"Birdie is perfectly inconsOlable."
Well, Birdie, there is a "sweet by
and by" be good in the future, as
you have in the past, consecrate
yourself to God, and let us "meet on
that beautiful shore" Ellen will |
meet Bro. Hammer at the gate, and
ride in with him, and welcome him
to as hospitable a home as ever
lodged a weary itinerant. Fannie |
would write to me, but did not ask
her. God bless you, my dear afflicted |
child! l ask yOunow. Little Matte
says, "That clock says Brother
Duncan, Brother Duncan" Yes, |
and Brother Duncan says you are as
sweet little Sunday School scholar
as ever tOddled up and down the isle |
of Bethel Church. Yes, Kittie, and |
when that dream comes to pass l |
will tell you the same cold story of
Jesus and his love- that won your
heart to him last summer.
What a nice time you Providence |
children must have had at the festi- |
val. | wish / could have walked in |
in the midst of your glee. Well, we
have had some Christmas down |
here; five cases of measles, several
fine turkeys and some nice remem-
ORANGES from friends far away. |
When you children are over in town
Won NAV see q kind-lOOkino UpDo-