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ALLATIN. DISTRICT, MISSOURI CONFERENCE-Mr. Editor: As yet 1 hkvo said nothing about-our work on the Gallatin DistnO.though wo have been silent. wo havo not been idle. I say this to the pra.se of»j •S“' for moro devoted and laborious portmen it has nover been my pleasure to bo theassociated with. The preachers commonced andtheir work in good time, and have labored Ru|(~ itr ft____ f\nnddf1 11H Isuccessfully. Wo have much to oj.pose us ^ hDllUUCDoxuiJi y « ” v --- iiai * * fir Ihoro upon the borders; almost all the isms of the day array themselves against Southern the«r ii . i* i___a v\waaoIi nrfttr RTld iGCt/llIC l3(iuc Kiiiy u-iJiM-y - * c? .____iMethodism; but we preach, pray and lecture also as occasion requires; and, I think 1 ma) slav? ! ^ l f t M *4 ki Oil Pan uutftniv/ii i vv|un 7 - ~— -safely say, wo are gaining strength, as ourreport will show. Bro. Hudson, on the jral | ofth .-5* ~ o imnA work He hasAiconvbetween fifty and slxiy into the Church. Bro. Ketrm, on the PattonHbarjr | that,mission, has about doubled his membership; *®c^r and the best of all is, nearly nil have boon fn *1- I__.lnn.h «ifik11 1Mil v4 ULlv MVkJW 7 %/ 111 ^converted to God Bro. Gatlin lias done well contivi , _ | * i thus far on the Bethany mission, liore the 0vil North have concentrated their forces, and re admc- - • ----Ch., M/.h »solvesort to almost anything to injure our Church, *e vt Upon this charge there havo been about forty. V, . . _ -____ ivicit 1additions, and thirty conversions, f ho rest gof the brethren on the othor charges are j ^1 ^ tl K/ I V LX M- + V/ *1 V** ^ l Jlaboring faithfully, nnd have had some prosperity, but I am not prepared to report the number of additions and conversions. I theandthink I may safely say wo havo between two and three hundred increase on the district. .ewiu. niiiuu ------ too IWe, however, havo great need of the prayers and sympathies of the Church. The preach Pers are getting but little by way of support highSuch a pressure in money matters 1 havo J3lt;• . i a ? P ..« £Z r. lt;t «4 /i • fi I 11ft n I #1never witnessed, yet if our financial phin foun was faithfully carried out, we have the abil-itv in the Church to meet tho claims of the ministry. May the Lord arouse tho Church an (ft. M ft »« t M V* J ■ I ^-- — --- ■to a proper sense of her duty, and take care I cormof tho preachers, their wives, and their little I Q|ones. A. E. Sears. j^terMilan, MoMay 17, I860.was
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Saint Louis Christian Advocate
St Louis, Missouri, US
Thu, May 31, 1860
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