The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
NUMBER 70.
HIS WORK IN cLEARFIELD co.
Rev. Geo. w. McIlnay, Formerly
Pastor at Burnt Cabins.
An Eventful Year.

We still think of our friends in
Fulton county, while we are la
boring in the Masters vineyard
in Clearfield county-up here
where we get the fresh breezes
as they are waited over the sum
nit of the Alleghenies. Fresh
breezes did | say?- well, yes, de-
cidedly "fresh," many times
We just now turned to our diary
and find that the mercury ran
down to 6 or 8 degrees below zero
several times during February,
and Zero weather" was common
with us. We had about six weeks
of elegant sleighing, though not
at any time had we heavy fall of
snow.
We are located six miles from
Philipsburg, on a branch Of the
New York Central & Hudson Riv-
er r. r., with good railroad ac-
commodations and mail facilities.
Our town is known as Munson
Station. 1t has population of
about 1000 souls. The principal
industry is mining. We have
five openings" within mile of
the parsonage. One of these
Openings" changed hands about
a month ago, which brought about
the changing of hands, of $25, 900.
Our people are frugal and in
dustrious, and, in general, good
citizens.
The year 1901 was very event
full year to US.
Reaching this point April 13,
1901, | found our people wanting
to build parsonage, which enter
prise was at once begun, the con-
tract being given April %, which
specified completion of the build
ing July 4th. Accordingly, ''on
time" there was finished a six
room ''T" house painted inside
and out, good cellar, and neces-
sary out buildings.
On the last night of July some
heartless wretch set fire to our
church-the only church in the
town proper Though two others
stand in the suburbs), and burn
ed it to the ground. BY heroic
efforts most of the furniture was
saved. (The church was worth
S2,300.) With renewed energy,
our most courageous Board of
Trustees took up the task of re-
building.
The contract for new and bet
ter church-the auditorium of
which is A by 30 feet and the an
mex 26 by % feet-was let Au-
gust 28th.
This building will be ready to
dedicate early in April, which,
when completed, will be as good a
church building as there is in this
county for the cost possibly $2,-
6o0-and that means complete in
every way.
During the month of Septem-
ber, the Hawk Run church, an
other of the churches in our work
was thoroughly repaired inside
and outside at a cost of S240 all of
which is paid.
This year it is expected that a
new church will be erected at
Winburn, the other one of our ap-
pointmenis at a cost of 1000 or
more.
The membership on the charge
numbers 110--an increase of 20
during the year. We find by
casting accounts, that during
the Conference year our people
raised 81, 100 for building and inn
proving.
The PASTORS salary of $3.50 win
be paid, and the collections, up to
former years.
During all this time we have
been laboring under disadvanta-
ges. We have been laboring in
sadness Of heart. More than four
months of the time since June /,
there has been sickness in our
home. At present my wife Is ly-
ing very Ill, indeed, with blood
poisoning. We are hoping and
for the cloud TO be lifted.
Friends, viii you pray for us?