The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-04

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second in the ministry. He and Rev.
Jerome c. Bergman of the St. Louis
Conference are, we believe, the only
members of the General Conference OF
1874 now living in the M. E. Church,
South. DIR. Hunter has never been of
the effective list, and says if his life
were to be lived over again and God
wanted him in the ministry, he would
freely give all to Him again. Enjoying
good health and serving O small charge
he still breaches with power the un-
searchable riches of Christ Jesus"
The Methodist Episcopal Church
and the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, the two largest branches of the
great Methodist family in the United
States, report an aggregate total of l5s
Annual Conferences and missions, 49,
9SS itincrant ministers, 1902 local
preachers, 3,150,312 lay members, be-
ing net gain in lay membership dur
ing single year of 181 1888, and a total
value of church property Churches
and parsonages, but not including
other correctional church property of
over S1O9,sO3, ,276.
The NJ. E. Church, South, is said to
have more English-speaking members
in New Mexico than any other Church.
The Methodist Protestant General
Conference changed one word in the
eighth article of faith, as follows
"We have no power to do good works
pleasant and acceptable to God with
out the grace of God preventing U.S."
In place of the word preventing, the
word enabling was substituted. That
is a sensible change. What is the use
to hold on to words which to-day mean
the opposite of what they once meant?
The word prevent" means now just
the opposite of what it did when used
in formulating the articles of faith.
Denver, Colorado, Is the highest Of
the State capitals, being 5,175 feet
above the sea level. Annapolis, Mary
land, is the lowest, being only four
feet aboue the sea level.
The American Tract Society held its
annual meeting in New York, May
18th. The report showed receipts for
the year S45s,s 1858, and expenditures
S44S, ,5O4.
Bishop Galloway, the chairman of
the Mississippi State Prohibition Exec
utive Convention, to beheld in Jack
son, Miss, Wednesday, July 18th.
A man hickory-switched 200 lashes
because he refused to join the White
Caps in Salem, Ind, notwithstanding
the piteous pleading of his wife and
children.
Rev. V. A. Sharpe, the Presiding
Elder of Trinity College District, has
removed from Trinity College to Mt.
Vernon Springs, N. G., where his cor
will address him.
Thomas M'Elrath, the first publisher
Of The Nea0 York Tribune, is dead.
He was born in Williamsport, Pa, May
|. 1907.
C. Gross. a farmer in Pulaski, Mo-, )
was whipped to death by a band SINH
lar to the White Caps.
400 French fishermen have been lost
off the coast of Iceland.
"He was converted while boy"
So runs the record of most Of the new
Bishops. Vincent was licensed eX-
horter at seventeen. Joyce was con-
verted as boy. Newman was con-
verted while a boyy and joined the
Church at sixteen. Goodsell gave his
heart to God in his youth. "
DIR. MCANALLY, Editor of the st.
Louis Christian advocate, thinks that
Methodists in this county
should be divided into four General
Conference jurisdictions. One in the
Eastern, onein the Middle, one in the
Southern and one in the Western
States.
Fifteen years ago the bufalo-ranges
Of Kansas and Colorado were covered
with thousands of buffaloes. It is said
hat there are not more than two thous-
md of these animals now in existence.
The Rev. DR.. J. B. Shearer of Clarks-
Vile, Tenn, "a native of Virginia), has
been elected President of Davidson
College, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Rev. L. McKinnon,
who is severely afflicted with rheuma-
tism.
According to the figures furnished
by DR.. Allen, China, in 1885, had a
population of 1888, 500. His esti-
mate was based on public documents
from the Board of Reve-
lue of China.
1t isgenerally believed says The Pail
Mall Gazette that The Times of London
and the Gazette de France of Paris,
are the oldest newspapers in existence;
but this appears to be a mistake. The
honor belongs to the Chinese, who
possess a journal started nearly