The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-03

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he has done here. he did there holdiro
ms position US a friend Of our neonle
lie and Bishop Hagood are looE al
upon as two Of our best irieu Is ip thl
south L hope we shall be able 10
make as good an impression in the
community as that conference. AS
we meet here, the community onUht
TO be made better by having ms i'm
their homes; and we trust that each
home will be made better by our pres
ence.
Paul Quinn College at Waco Tex
under the auspices of our church had
last year at tins time ninety-four SIN
dents; ana today we have l15-prob-
ably more now. The institution is i'm
better condition than it has ever
been; ana 1t is being better SUPPORTED
by our people. Several have SPOKEN
TO mo about going away neXt wear
WIN me TO some Other district to
which may be assigned by the gen.
efal conference. | want to say this to
you, when | leave Texas and 20 some
Whefe else to perform episcopal
uuIleS, II you are my friend, stay in
leNas ana take care of our churches
IN THIS state, and that will prove your
friendship more than anything else
yoE can do.
must return to Austin. In build
ing this church we did not build il
ourselves. The people of the other
race in this city extended to us lib
eral hand every time we called upon
them for assistance. l have travelled
fifteen thousand miles since last June,
around by way of Vicksburg Missis.
slppi, Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Helena, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco Sacramento,
Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, st.
Louis, Fort Scott, and then through
Louisiana and back to Texas, and |
have never seen a city that | would
prefer to live in if | could settle down
and have a quiet home, better than
Austin, Texas. Loud applause.
There is no better class of people on
the face of Gods earth than live in
the city Of Austin. l have never So
journed in city in my life that | en-
jOyed myself better than the five
years | spent in Austin. | remember
distinctly when L wanted four or five
hundred dollars to assist in building
this church [ app led to one of the
banks OF this city and the money was
loaned to me on my note, without a
mortgage OF any kind. lhe people
here seem to be in some respects in
advance of the people of most Of
the cities of this state or any
other. never found better
friends than in Austin. We have
another church on the other side of
the city; and it has an Indebtedness
of about $500. a gentleman in the city
gave us thel0t upon which it is erected
and loaned the money to furnish the
lumber. | ask you, DO you know any
city where the citizens of wealth and
INTEL igence are so liberal?
Several voices: No! No
Bishop Grant-Your property must
be covered up with mortgages to OBJ
tain such consideration, drawing the
highest interest. So you may know
how gratifying it is to me tovisit Aus
tin with such pleasing memories asso-
ciated with it.
hope, brethren, that your reports
will be in advance of other returns. L
hope they may be eXcellent-that they
may be creditable to you, and that
they will do justice to the interest you
represent. / think from your appear
ance, with few exceptions, they viii
be in advance of any previous year
God bless the tri yelling elders, pastor;
and people. God bless you all in the
discharge of your duty, and make you
serviceable in saving souls. Loud
applause.
Rev. w. b. Rankin, district super
intendent of the American Bible sOci-
ETY.; J. j. Lane, correspondent OF the
Globe Democrat and the San Antonio
Express; Rev. J. p. Howard, pastor of
the A. Nj. E. church at Houston; Kew.
G. e. Taylor, presiding elder of the
West Texas conference, San Antonio
district; Rev. HI. l.. Trapp, pastor OF
the A. NJ. e. church at Brennan; Rev.
4. Gordon, pastor at Hearne; Rev. }.
w. Watson, pastor at Palestine, and
II. A. Wells of Houston were INTRO
duced to the conference and invited
to a seat within the bar.
Elder Rankin addressed the confer
ence in the'interest of the Bible socl-
etv. in which he made a good speech
and good impression, and at its con-
clusion the conference donated to that
institution $40.
The financial and statistical reports
of the pastors were called for in their
several charges during the past year:
and they were Fredericksburg OF OF
them showing an increase, which Will
be tabulated and published:
The honr of Adjournment having ar
rived the session was closed with ue-
votional services.