Iron County register., 1888-04-05
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SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS,
IRONTON, MO.
Graining, Paper-Hanging, Decorating.
st. Louis Correspondence.

Ed. Register-During the past week
all the Methodist ministers have been
absent at their annual conference at
Sedalia. There was large attendance
from all parts of the conference, and a
royal good time was enjoyed by them
for six days. The reports for the
churches are gathered at these confer
ences, and the appointments of the
preachers was arranged for another
year. 1t was found that the Mission
ary collections ere much larger than
ever before-a few dollars less than
SO 900, aud in few moments the
preachers made it up, so that they re-
port over SO 900. Such sum from this
part of the State, is no mean act and
yet no more than it should be-not as
large. How many times that amcunf
has been spent for rum, gambling, to-
bacco, theatres. &C., &c. While these
things tear down and destroy, the mis-
sionary work reforms and builds up
society and civilization. May we ever
prefer the better, and that which will
When we come to look at it, these
So, 900 are only a few cents apiece for
the members of the church. Your
correspondent was greatly pleased with
the following method of raising mis-
sionary money:
Rain Contyibution.-Once a little girl, who
loved her SAVIOR very much for having so
loved her, came to her minister with eigh-
teen shillings for the Missionary society.
"How did you collect SO much? Is it all
your OWN" asked the minister. "Yes sir,
| earned it." "But how, Mary -, you are
so young and SO poor:'' "Pease sir, when
! thought how Jesus had died for me, want
ed to do something for Him and heard how
money was wanted to send the Gospel to the
heather, and as had no money of my own,
l earned this by collecting rain-water and
selling it to washer women for a penny u
/ bucket. That is how got the money sir"
'My dear ehild,' said the minister II am
very glad to hear that your love to your
Savior has led you to work so long and so
patiently for Him, and now [ shall gladly
put down your name as a Missionary SUBJ
scriber." so, no sir, please; not my name"
"Wby not, Mary" "Please sir, would
rather no one knew but Him; / should like
| it to be put down as Rain from heaven"
/ Again I knew the following fact to
take place in one of the villages in
Southeast Missouri. A little girl want
ed to pay some money into the mission
ary treasury and she asked her father,
who was not member of the church,
for some. He could not quite see the
demand for it just like mis- daughter,
and put her off. About the same time
she was suffering with tooth ache.
She could not muster courage to have
it pulled, as her father wanted her to
do. He fiaally offered to pay her to
| have it pulled. She declined and suf-
ferei on for some time. At last she
asked her father if she could have the
money for her missionary society if she
would have the offending tooth drawn.
He told her she could do just as she
pleased with the money. The little
miss soon nerved herself, took the
dentists chair, had the tooth drawn
without murmur, took her money
j Ijoyfully to the society and spoke of it
as great satisfaction. Would that
more of the Southeast Missouri misses
had such grit. The lesson she learned
was worth more to her than the money
was to the missionary society.
/ st. Louis, March 28, 1888.