The daily sentinel., 1907-09-06

last conference adjourned Brother
w w. Whine. the first pastor. visit
ed the charge and assisted in raising
about $500 toward the last of the
parsonage debt, and for improve
ments; then he came to Denver and
secured in donations. furnishings for
the parsonage worth about $3.50. So
the last $3.50 of the parsonage debt
has been paid, and improvements and
furnishings amount to S3l7. 4 new
preaching place has been opened at
Edwards. above Wolcott. Evangel-
ist J. Allen Ray assisted the pastor
in revival meetings, with much profit
to the church.
r. f. Bird has had his best year
at Fruita. The people say he Is
growing. so he must be young. Bro.
{. b. Allen assisted in revival meet
ings in December; but the revival
spirit has been manifest in the regu-
lar services of the church long since
then as conversions prove: Is pre-
bationers added. Nearly $500 has
been spent on improvements.
5. J, Kester felt constrained to
give up the work at Glenwooo
Springs just at the holidays We
were requested to wait for a pastor
from New York, and. after nearly
three months waiting, he decided not
TO come. So far as | know, none
of us said anything. except in good
English. We were shortly made hap
py by securing w. o. Woolever of
Northwest Iowa conference. While
without n pastor, our people kept up
all the services of the church, except
preaching. and the Sunday school
grew from an average of so to IS,
so that Brother Woolever had fine
opportunity, and which he has i'm
proved in n fine fashion.
Grand Junction. the metropolis of
the Western slope. Is round about
you, on every side, speaking a Ian
guage all her own. Only $1,000 now
remains of the debt on this splendid
property S5.4SO having been paid
the past year: and yet this charge
will contribute this year for all the
benevolences about $1.225, very
commendable Offering. indeed The
pastor conducted revival meetings,
assisted by Miss Adams. deaconess.
Forty have been received on proba-
tion. and 90 by certificate. ID. ID.
Forsyth, our host, is always n host +;
likewise his good people.
s. A. Webber has been abundant
in labors at Gunnison and on the Pit
kin circuit which he has supplied
according to the plan approved by
Bishop Wilson. He has held three
revivals at Gunnison, Pitkin and
Ohio City. resulting in "a conver-
sions. Thirty have been enrolled by
probation. 16 by certificate and 20
baptized-more than any other pas
torate in the history of the charge.
Both charges have prospered, and re-
quest the same plan another year.
Hotchkiss has had a good year
with II. b. Tyre. The church has
been frescoed, the windows decorat-
ed, pews and inside woodwork refin-
ished, painted outside, a new light
plant put in, some improvements on
parsonage and lawn well set, at n
cost of about $3.50, all provided by
the ladies'. Revival meetings were
held by the pastor, the church quick
ened and a gain in members will be
reported.
At Meeker VIM. Walder who came
to us year ago from Winona, Wis,
has done next to the impossible in
raising the old debt of 1864. in spite
of some unbelief and Indifference.
Stephen Lumley of Rife assisted the
pastor in revival meetings, greatly
helping the church. Brother Walder
has opened work again at Powell
Park.
Our people at Plateau Joined in n
union meeting at Colbran, about n
mile distant with some profit. Pas
tor H. f. Knight was assisted at
Mesa by Evangelist Norvell in a glor-
ious revival-over so conversions;
40 received on probation The last
of the debt on the church at Plateau
has been paid. Mesa and Plateau
each ask to be set off as charge.
f. w. Bretnall was assisted in re-
vival meetings at Monte Vista by
Brother c. b. Allen, II was a time
of refreshing and 13 were enrolled
on probation. The finest artesian
water has been brought into the par
sonage and the bath room furnished
by the ladies'. The town is making
fine improvement by laying the best
of cement walks, and our folks Join
in putting one down north OF the
church at a cost of over 5000.
Montrose and Il. N. Edgerton have
had a happy. successful year. We
have shared in the prosperity OF the
town. The League folks have pa
pered and carpeted the lecture room,
also set a lawn about the church.
The ladies' have paid $3.50 or more
on the parsonage debt. The district
conference and league convention In
July did our cause much good. The
pastor will report quite an Increase
in benevolences.
Mosca and LaJara are still. as al
ways, too far apart to work well to-
gether. C. w. Holden has made the
distance seem shorter this year. The
last 500 of the old debt on the
Mosca church is paid. Work has
been opened at a school house ad-
iacent to the town, which VIII
strengthen the charge. a good In.
crease in benevolences.
II. G. Bellamy was appointed as
supply at Norwood. He preached
well one Sunday, was taken sick ne
soon became home-sick-h was az
ready love-slck-but he recovered
and as soon as he was able to travel
went back home to Indiana. our
people at Norwood made a record
similar to that of Glenwood Springs
in keeping up all the regular meet
ings of the church while without
pastor. A. C. Voight began In hne
way. held a great revival meetlng'
40 conversions. 81 received on pro,
baton and by certificate; so that