The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-04-26

| lives. Suicide is 80 common amone
them, child murder. Before the ewes Of
their mother the little girls are often
| drowned by enraRed fathers who care
only for sons. From babyhO I'd TO heI
| grave woman is burdened soul, little
better than the beasts that perish, and
yet for her your Savior died. Will you
not tell herr Suppose when Mary went
and found the empty tomb and the
Master called her by name and babe her
tell the disciples that He was risen aud
would go fore them into Galillee that
she had answered, "OI, l am q woman,
l must not speak to men. ! will rejoice
In the TACT that YOU are indeed alive
again, but l will keep il TO myself" We
could not say of her, then, "she loved
much" for Jesus said, ''if ye love Me ye
will keep my commandments" II we
know Him We will love Him. KNOWN
means lovin' and lovin' means doin',"
Cripple Tom saya. Yes, il we really
know Jesus we will obey Him and He
said, preach My Gospel to every
creature" Suppose Jesus had never
commanded that could the apostl % have
helped going il they believed what they
said they helieved2 Peter and John
said I'VE cannot but speak the things
we have heard and seem" SO today the
10000 women of ~ enrolled in this
foreign mission work feel we cannot but
tell these idolaters OF our living SAVIOR
from sin.
II we believe that Christianity is the
only true religion, il we believe the
. Bible contains Gods revealed will, if we
know we have the truth and that Nh
hammedanism, Buddhism, ROmaniem,
Confuscinssm and every form of idol
worship are nothing but abomination in
the eyes of our Lord if we know, by ex
peIience, that God can pardon sin and
Gle ause from sin; if we acknowledge the
Lord Jesus Christ to be our Master, il we
love our Master we will obey and as far
as in us lies we will preach the Gospel
to every creature. There are 200 heather
women to every Christian woman of us
II fail to care for my 200, il you fail to
care for your 200 where will the guilt
b.?
Bishop CRANBERRY says, "the question
is not, will the heather be saved with
out the Gospel, but will you be il you
do not give it to them?" Paul SAYS,
"how shall they believe in Him OF whom
they have not heard ? How shall they
hear without preacher? How shall
they preach except they be sent ?" ]
say who shall send them if you and /
fail2 We are not responsible for but
200 each. But for this many we are
God help us to he about our work at this
eleventh hour! Ten cents a month
from each of us for dues, ten cents once
a year for Conference expense fund.
Will you not come to our help, you dear
women Of Fordsville?
MORNING sEssIoN-sECoND DAY.
The morning session Thursday was
opened bv devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Bishop Morrison.
The principal business Of the session
was the election of delegates and alter
mates to the annual conference. The
following were elected:
j A. Bennett, S. j. Baker, ]. S. Stir
man, Thomas b. Henderson,, w. P.
Stevens aud w. E. Parrish were named
as alternates.
Rev. Grant Reynolds reported the
condition of the Fordsvile circuit as fair
There were three church edi6ces and a
good Sunday school. People attended
church When the weather is good.
Spiritual condition is unknown,
The presiding elder reported the
Beech Grove circuit, which is in charge
of BIO E. V. Dowd, who is popular and
is doing good work. He also reported
the Patesville circuit in charge of R9v.
A. T.. Barnett The finances are i'm
proving and the congregations are in
creasing. Calhoon circuit, in charge OF
Bro eastman, is doing nicely He is
one OF the best men and is doing faith
ful work The Cloverport circuit has
two edfices, 1t has a Womau's Mis-
sionarv Society. The league died; con-
gregaiions are small and finances are
not improving
Rev. j. H. Richardson reported the
condition of the Cervalo circuit. 1t has.