The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-08
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you know that humanity touches its sum-
init in what we call manliness? You
know when fruit is ripe by its flavor. So
humanity ripens into courage, courage
both to endure patiently and achieve per
sistently and bravely. Perfect truthful
ness is the badge of courage. 1t takes
perfect courage to tell the truth and to
meet the fun responsibility of conduct. A
falsehood acted is cowardice begun. Mark
out the lines of truth and he ready to die
for them. Agnosticism is simply a loss of
clear knowledge of the truth. A story !
heard the other day IL the best illustra-
ton of agnosticism | ever heard. An eN-
press messenger was returning from his
run with a little dog in the car. The
agent at the end of the run came out 10
receive the packages. After checking
them in he noticed the little dog. Where
is that dog going to- he inquired. In
supreme disgust the messenger replied; L
don't know; he don't know; nobody
knows. He's done gone and chewed up
his tag How many men have chewed
up their baptismal tag and are without
convictions and hoplessiy adrift. For them
the invisible has ceased to exist. Truth,
virtue, honor, courage. faith, obedience
are no longer well defined terms. The
really courageous man never wants any
short cuts. Satan is always onering ms
fulcrum for our lives. IL used TO be said
that the chief end of man was to glorify
oph anu ~ I'm 80 -
is reversed and the chief end of God is to
glorify man and make him happy forever.
Well. | accept IL that way. The hope OF
our humanity is because We have touched
the hand of God. Brother. YOU can never
bring me any nearer to God than you
are yourselves. Go forth fearlessly to do
His work till we all come in the unity OF
faith and Of the knowledge of the Son Of
God unto perfect manhood, into the mea-
sure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ. and you can say at the last, Be
hold. here am l and the children Thou
hast given me-
Thu unmarried statistics of the con-
ference as prepared by Secretary W. I.
Goulder is as follows: Admitted on trial.
Joseph Whiteside. Remaining on trial,
A. A, Walker. Discontinued, A. Il. SAN
derson. Received by transfer from other
conferences. j. NJ. Settle from the Mis-
souri, and II. y. swift from the East Co
mmbia conference. Deacons for one year,
]. r.. Hubbs and w. q. Forbis, Travelling
preacher elected elder, Bernard Pas. Lo-
Gated this year, j. II. Shelton and X. IL
Shaeffer Supernumerary. T. W. Flowers
and j. Stanley. ~Superannuated. r. 5
Clark.
There are four local preachers I'm the
conference and 106 members. Forty-two
children have been baptised and ~ adults
There are eight Epworth Leagues, Win q
membership of PSI. There are Is Sunday
schools. with ll6 Sunday school teachers
and 934 scholars. The sum Of $50 was
considered necessary for s~uperannuatet
preachers and widows and orphans an'
s34 of this has been collected and added Il
funds already in hand. The sum OF S2p
has been contributed for church eNten
sion and SIS for the American Bible so
cietv. The sum OF 1868 has been raised fG
the presiding elder. 80. 1868 for the preach
ers in charge and $Sl. 80 for the support o
the bishops. There are II church socle
ties with II church edifices of the value o.
1000. There are IA charges. with IL par
sonages. of the value of $1,000. Ther'
IS one district parsonage of the value o
s1,GO0. The sum of sl2.25 was collected To-
the cause of education. The next annua
conference will be held at Boulder.