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allatin.District, Missouri Conferenci*^ AJUJUA.1. ill . xs ** *----- , . . . *-Mr. Editor: As yet 1 hkvo said nothing about-our work on the Gallatin Distnet.though ;o l,ave boon silent, we have notbeon idle. 1 say this to the praise of mybrethren, for m'ore devoted and laboriousmen it has never been my pleasure to boassociated with. The preachers commencedtheir work in good time, and havo labore^ i ir i___4 f\ 1successfully. We have much to oppose usDUvwvooiuii J * ” * .1 .1 *hero upon the borders; almost all the isms o the day array themselves against Southeri«r j f . i* i___a «\wAa/tk IGCLHI^Methodism; but we preach, pray and lectureas occasion requires; and, I think 1 ma}0*0 vvvtvn 1 V/ I * 1 VVj^UI* vu J wr 7safely say, wo are gaining strength, as oureport will show. Bro. Hudson, on the jrai .-5* :£, o rrnnH wmfk He habetween fifty and • xiy into theChurch. Bro. Ketr-»n, on the I’atfonsburg mission, has about doubled his membership and the best of all is, nearly all have boon converted to God Bro. Gatlin has done wellthus far on the Bethany mission, liore the North have concentrated their forces, and re. . « • ^ M.n tsort to almost anything to injure our Church. Upon this charge there havo been about forty. V, . . _ •____additions, and thirty conversions. The rest of the brethren on the othor charges are1 ^ II K/ I V U U1 VIA v/ ti v ^ I ’laboring faithfully, and have had some prosperity, but I am not prepared to report the number of additions and conversions. Ithink I may safely say wo havo between two and three hundred increase on the district.amX Ilia | | I I | . l l ■ I ■ l ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 4 / _ a l f | A V w1 • f 'We, however, havo great need of the prayers and sympathies of the Church. The preachers are getting but little by way of support Such a pressure in money matters^ 1 have• a i _ _ a _ P Sz lt;1 vi/iiH I I ti nKjUVil 4% fJl VUW) Vil v *** ^never witnessed, yet if our financial plan was faithfully carried out, we havo the ability in the Church to meet tho claims of the^ ^ t - i rii 1ministry. May the Lord arouse tho ChurchL A tl i M V J * bi m i t v ^ '■ — —---to a proper sense of her duty, and take careof tho preachers, their wives, and their littleones. A. E. Sears.Milan, Mo., May 17, 1800.d~\_____ If-____, mn Lf . itMTtiir _
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Saint Louis Christian Advocate
St Louis, Missouri, US
Thu, May 31, 1860
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