The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-11
Columbia District Items.

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meetings since Nov 7. More than
twice that member OF sermons
preached, and yet am under obliga
tions to kind brothers for timely as
sistance. Travel necessary to two
rounds about fourteen hundred
miles, four fifths behind Morgan.
The second round began with the
Sc ere weather Jan. 6. They have
been faithful companions. A lapsus
cataDai caused me to miss one quar-
terly conference. 1t survived. TIE
district is moving up Preachers
are putting their collections behind
them Now for good meetings and
stewards left without excuse.
Aren't these Indispensable, much
abused and noble-hesrted men.
There is a forward movement
among them. During this cold
and bitter weather they have col
lected and paid over to their preach
ers, including this individual about
nineteen hundred and fifty dollars.
They have attended the quarterly
conferences twenty Eve per cent.
better than they have any half year
since / have been on the district.
Some are at their old tricks-stay-
ing. away the first quarter becau Sc
they have done nothing. The sec
ond because the weather is too
cold, the third because they are
busy and the fourth because it is
too hot; and they don't like to go
o gu artery meeting any way, be-
tause the presiding elder is always
preaching and quarreling about
money. There is a revolution 60
ingson in this district on the stew
ard question We seek to effect
wholesome changes without hurt to
the body of Christ. About four
teen hundred dollars foreign mis-
sionery money has been collected
and paid to the treasurer. Had
January and February been as
clement months as November and
December, it would have reached
two thousand. Preachers and
people are in earnest. Those who
are delayed in their collection will
find that to collect and pay over by
the district conference will be a
great help 10 the steward by keep
ing these collections out of their
way at the close of the year. Let
the people stand by their preachers
in this work. Speak kindly to
them, pray for them, and give of
the substance with which God has
blessed them.
The district conference will be
held in Pulaski, beginning Thurs
day morning, June IL, at $50
o'clock. Rev. B. F. Haynes, pastor
of Pulaski station, will preach on
the relation of pastor and people at
ii o'clock the same day. Bishop
Wilson has been announced for
this meeting but at this writing is
quite i'll. / have good reason to be
lieVe that we will be well bishoped.
Brethren. if you were on domestic
missions, dependent on the collec-
tions for your support, and our
domestic missionaries were on the
work that you have, what would
you have them do? Would you
have them put you off through all
the long severe winter and sultry
summer and then come TO
conference with about so per cent
of the assessment? 1 add no more
on domestic missions.
Already we are beginning to lay
our neighbOrlv plans 1t is we'll
No preacher can afford to till the
field of another and let his own
grow up in weeds, no matter how
much the people he visits may
"praise his preaching and give him
things" Yet when we have met all
the obligations growing out of our
relations to our own people we
ought to help each other all we
can. sour preacher has become al
most stranger to us, he has been
running about so much" The
preacher in turn feels that his peo-
PIE do not appreciate him. an d de-
sires better geld. The only sure
stepping stone to better field is
thorough cultivation of the one in
hand.
But / am writing curTenti oalanao
/ sought only to satisfy some heart
which says: "Tell us as we gladly
hear, how our cause speeds on its
way" For the remaining half of
the present conference year let us
meet responsibility like soldiers of
Jesus Christ. Important work is
before US. There is not a man, wo-
man or child in the church of God
upon whom no responsibility res is.
The Lord of Hosts is with us; the
God Of Jacob is our refuge"
T. j. DUNCAN.