West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-06-22
Religious News and Notes.

Rev, G. E. Stevenson, Of Wayne
Circuit, thanks his people for the
present Of a fine young horse.
Mrs. Sarah Colville, of Ashland,
KY, bid in the M. e. Church South
at public sale on last Monday, pay
ing $3,675.25. She bought it for the
congregation, who are to redeem it
at their pleasure, and are to pay no
interest, The congregation have
already raised $720 cash to help this
good lady pay on the debt. Charles
ton Leader.
The venerable Rev. Loyal Young,
DID,, late of Parkersburg, made a
visit of some days last week to DR..
Whiting in this city. There is
some hope that he may be settled
with the churches in Winfield and
PIT. Pleasant as joint passionate.
Many cordially welcome him here.
He will be much priced as Chris
tian neighbor, should he come
Leader.
And well may you prize the Doc
tor as christian neighbor, and
happy will you be to get him.
The M. E. Church South Sunday
School will hold a Temperance pic
mic at the McEldowney yard and
orchard, first place above the resi-
dence of John G. McEdlowney, July
2, 1881, commencing at 10 o'clock,
a. MI otzeL Democrat.
Francis Murphy, the well-known
temperance evangelist, having be-
come a member of the M. E. Church
at East Brady, by letter from the
First M. E. Church, Freeport, ILL.,,
was on Friday evening, June 3, by
the official board at East Brady,
duly recommended to the Clarion
District Conference for license to
preach. The District Conference
will meet at Reynoldsville on Mon
day evening, June 9th. Brother
Murphy will address the Confer
ence on Tuesday evening, June %.
Pittsburg Aduocate.
The Ohio Central Railway has
decided to run no more excursion
Or other trains on Sunday, in order
that they may give to their en-
ployees one day in the week for
rest and worship.
Rev. H. A. Thompson, D. d.,
president of Otterbein University,
Westerville, Ohio, and Rev. J. W,
Hoyt, D. d., editor Of the Religious
Telescope, Dayton, Ohio, were cho-
sen by the recent General Confer
ence of the United Brethren Church
delegates to the Methodist Ecumen-
ical Conference.
Rev. DR.. George, late of Parkers-
burg, who followed DIR. Thomas in
Chicago, has recently raised $4,000
to pay off debt on his church.
Rev. DR.. Morehouse, Correspond
ing Secretary of the American Bap-
fist Home Mission Society, calls
for 100000 for the endowment of
the Freedmen's Baptist Institutes
of the South.
Is woman a true woman who
silently looks on with folded arms
as souls are sinking down to ruin ?
Forgetful of self, let us recognize our
responsibility to labor for God and
perishing humanity. In the very
opening Of the New Testament, we
find our Master sending forth wo-
man as an evangelist, who told Of
Him that had revealed himself to
her at the well.-MrS. Quinton'S
Speech at I1,dianapoLis
"No Baptist pastor whose church
reports to its Association nothing
for foreign missions should dare to
stand a moment longer in his pull
pit; let him step down and out"
That is the way a Northwestern
pastor put it at indianapolis, says
the Herald.
Our presiding elder, Rev. J. F,
Medley, broke his rib; no, a rib, the
other day, and hence could not at
tend his quarterly meeting last
Saturday.-CentraI Methodist.
Bishop Huntington, a few days
ago, at Syracuse, n. Y, ordained