Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-10
St. Louis CORRESPONDENCE.

Ed. Register-One of the marvels of
this day is the fact that Bishop VIM.
Taylor, of the NJ. E. Church, went to
Africa four years ago to found and fos-
ter the mission of that place. 1t has
been supposed by all that no American
could live in that land of palms and
tigers. Two other bishops OF the church
went there for short time. Bishop
Scott for few months. He got home
but never fully recovered from the aw-
ful effects OF the fever of that land.
Bishop Haven only a few years ago
went there in the winter. touching on
the coast for a yefy short time, and
FASTENED away. He did not get sick,
but lie carried in his system the debil-
itating effects of the climate up to the
time of his death. Some thought his
death was partly the result of his visit
to Africa. Four years ago when it was
proposed to elect Bishop for that land,
Taylor said he would 60 and live there
and had no fear of death or sickness.
He went. and last Saturday landed in
New York safe and sound. He has
come to attend the general conference.
which meets in New York next Tues
day, and will continue here through
the month of May. Iu his stay in
Africa Bishop Taylor has not been an
idler. He did not spend his time in
reclining under palm trees nor on
broad varandas of luxuriaut ease. He
has been far in the interior, looking at
the wants of the country and people.
He has sought out the petty kings and
rulers and made friends of them: he
has gotten many valuable tracts of
land Cor churches and parsonsges-in
some instances money and valuables to
help in ths erection of the houses. The
Bishop has not been simply a director
of things, but, in some instances, when
he found it necessary, has taken hold
and has done manual labor along with
the men he had in his employ. And
yet amid all this the Bishop comes
back to his native land sound ami
hearty. A marvel, surely! Must it
not be that the mans faith and conf
dence in God had much to do with it?
Who says it did not?
The Bishop will be able now to tell
the church many things they never
knew nor heard of, and aid very mate
rally In the great work of establishing
the gospel in that long forsaken land.
He has given the proof that great work
can be done there. He has also found
that there are vast resources of wealth
in that nation that the world knew
but little or nothing about. The church
will doubtless give him many more
helpers and more means than ever be-
fore. He is to speak next Sabbath in
New York on his African mission.
Hope the press will give us bis address,
as thousands would read it with great
interest.
Another of the advance wonders of
this age was the conference OF the
Boards of Friends or Quakers, which
met at Indianapolis lsst week. That
church has generally been adverse to
mission work. In this conference there
were present about seventy delegates
representing the various yearly meet
iDgs of the country. They have raised
during the past year $27 900. They
have work in China, Japan, Mexico,
Jamaica. Syria and among the Indians
of cur own country. They have a
Friends Idvocate, published in Chica-
go, which does much TO arouse the
Friends to activity in this cause. DIR.
Geo. POST, of Syria, gave history of
their work in that country. Many pa
pers and addresses were given In the
conference. Verify, the world moves,
when we find the good old Quaker
coming to the front in the work of
sending the gospel to the lost and be-
nighted souls of men scattered over
this world.