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Mrs. L. C. Glover, Vice-Pres
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L. C. Glover, 614 Grove St., Milwaukee
Wis.” Vice President, Milwaukee
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DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
Proves to Be the Most Rapidly
Growing Religious Body.
Convention Jimt Held nt Detroit Com
prised li.OOO Deleftnten Repre
■K'uliu^ n Membership of
1,300,000.
Nearly 1,300,000 members and 6,000
delegates representing them! These
figures give some idea of the impor
tance of the convention of the Chris
tian churches,—or the Disciples of
Christ, as they are sometimes called—•
just concluded at Detroit. Annually
the four missionary societies of this
great brotherhood gather together.
Their churches are entirely indepen
dent. but many of them are associated
together in contributing to and help
ing on missionary effort at home and
abroad.
This year the societies reported the
greatest progress they have ever had.
The Disciples of Christ are the most
rapidly growing of all religious bodies.
During the past year they added over
100,000 to the church, with a net in
crease of over 33,000 to their ranks.
They organized 225 new churches. Al
though they are strongest in the coun
try districts, and especially in the Mis
sissippi valley, they show a 138 per
cent, gain during the past decade in 17
of the largest cities of the United
States, and they raised nearly $1,000,
000 this year more than last, their
total from all sources being $7,135,065.
For missionary work carried on by
three societies they raised $681,000; for
education and benevolent work, $339,
000, and for local church work, $6,115,
000. In 1809 they numbered one con
gregation, with a membership of less
than 20. Now there are 11,000 congre
gations—in every state of the union
save New* Hampshire and Nevada, and
in many countries abroad. Generally
speaking, they hold the evangelical be
lief common to most churches, but
emphasize the importance of a closer
observance of New Testament practice
and teaching. They were the first, as
they have been the most persistent
people in pleading for the union of
Christian forces. They take the Bible
as their rule of faith and practice, and
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BENJAMIN L. SMITH.
Corresponding Secretary American Christian
Missionary Society.
reject all human creeds and confes
sions that claim to be authoritative.
They have founded 18 high-class col
leges and universities, having over
6,000 regular and 900 ministerial stu
dents. They have created a great lit
erature and sustain missions in all
parts of the world. They are the first
people to enter Thibet, the least unoc
cupied field of the world, with mission
aries. All their work is under the
control of elective boards, but most of
it is carried on under the direction of
a few able men. A. McLean is the
devoted president of the Foreign Chris
tian Missionary society, and F. M.
Rains its secretary. Benjamin L.
Smith is the capable secretary of the
American Missionary society, and Ran
shaw his right hand man. G. W. Muck
ley is the secretary of the Church Ex
tension society, and George Snively
the secretary of the Benevolent associ
ation. There is also a board of min
isterial relief, and this convention has
just taken the important step of ap
pointing a hoard of evangelization.
Women, too, play an important role
in this work, the Christian Women's
Board of Missions having raised $117,
500 last year for the support of their
own or the help of the other societies'
missions. A feature of their work is
the university lectureships which they
maintain for instruction in the Bible
at four great centers of learning.
The missionaries from the foreign
field pleaded for more workers: the
great opportunities in the southwest
and the great northwest were pointed
out by the home society’s workers, and
it was resolved that $1,000,000 for mis
sionary work should be the cry tor
next year, when the convention will
meet at St. Louis and will erect a
building on the world’s fair grounds.
_PAUL MOORE.
You never know a man until he has
owed you a debt of honor, either social,
political or financial.
Good Rrnnon for Pension.
One of the best reasons for the asking
and the granting of a pension I heard
one day this week. A big six-footer who
lives down the Sassanoa, had served with
credit during the Spanish war, and had
returned home, like Cineinnatus, to re
sume operations with the plow. There
was, however, an insufficiency of money
for the guidance of the plow and run
ning of the farm, and so my friend de
cided to obtain a pension. He could not
write, which made it necessary, as is so
modish with the trust people these days,
to call in an underwriter, and this gen
tleman w'as at a loss what to write and
how to write it.
There was considerable talk back and
forth between pension seeker and scribe,
w'hen finally the six-foot veteran of a
bloodless campaign said:
“Tell ’em I’m all broke up and dead
broke, too.”
This wras indicted, forwarded to Wash
ington, and Uncle Sam granted the re
quest.
Probably it is the briefest petition for
a pension on file in the archives of the
war department.—Lewiston Journal.
W hat She Missed.
Mrs. Noolywed—And if I had really
thrown you down then, would you have
given me up?
Noolywed—I should say not. I would
have kept right on trying to win you,
even if you had thrown me over half a
dozen times.
“My! what a lot of fun I missed!”
Last Wan the First.
He—Am I the first man you were
ever in love with?
She—Yes; and you're the last man I
ever expected to be in love with,
Yonkers Statesman.
A Degrre Worse.
“My wife doesn’t seem to know her
own mind half the time. She’s as uncer
tain as the weather.
“Huh! mine is as uncertain as
the weather forecast.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
t'nlike People.
Books are man's best friends; when
they bore him he can shut them up
without giving offense.
Huh lie Fonml It?
Polk, Ark., Nov. 9.—A remedy that will
absolutely cure Rheumatism lias been dis
covered by Mr. George Hiland of this place.
Mr. Hiland is satisfied that the remedy he
has used is a sure cure, for it cured him of a
very serious case of Acute Rueumatism
when he was so bad that he could not move.
This is what he says: —
“I was troubled with what is called Acute
Rheumatism in 1900. 1 was in such shape
that 1 could not move without help. I was
treated by a physician, who helped me some,
but I was still in great pain when my wife
saw Dodd’s Kidney Pills advertised as a cure
for Rheumatism. She insisted on my trying
them, and 1 felt better after taking the first
box. I continued, and now 1 am well and able
io work all the time. I have found Dodd's
Kidney Pills to be just what they are claimed
to be, a perfect cure for Rheumatism.”
Mr. Hiland’s very positive statement seems
to settle all doubt as to whether or not Rheu
matism can be cured.
Sportsman (wishing for fresh fields to con
quer)--”! should like to try my hand at big
game.” Fair Ignoramus—"Yes, 1 suppose
you find it very hard to hit these little
birds!”—Punch.
To Cure u Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
A reverse is where you turn your money
over the wrong way.—Puck.
T am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption
saved my life three ycarr. aae.—Mrs. Tiios.
Robbins, Norwich, N. V , Feb 17. 1900.
A very popular couple—two dollars.—Chi
cago Daily News.
Money refunded for each package of
Putnam Fadeless Dyes if unsatisfactory.
Vaporing sometimes serves to fog toe ia
sue.—Puck.
i.o accept good advice is but to increase
one’s own ability.—Goethe.
For each Gig man at the top there are a
million little ones at the bottom.
Never judge the weather by the predic
tions of a prophet.—Cnieago Daily News.
It is economy to be truthful. It pays.
It is dignified. It may o If end a few to
refuse information desired, but it will of
fend more to pervert verity.—Chicago In
ter Ocean.
V ife—“I have been thinking I ought to
give you a birthday present, Harold. Hu.+
band-—“Oh, very well. Just writedown what
it shall be and i'll buy it on my way uptown.”
-Town Topics.
\\ .ten little Miss Canada picks up her A.
B. C. she Hits into a dreadiul passion. It
may be recalled that A. B. C. stand for
Alaska Boundary Commission.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Butler—“I know that butcher acts rather
queei !y at times, but the doctor says he is in
full control of his mental faculties.” Baker—
"Yes, but that cannot call for much of an
efiort, you know.”—Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Nexdore—“1 guess you heard my
daughter practising to-day. The mu-io
teacher was there to-day: she's taking let*
sons by the quarter—” Mrg/Pepprej -•'In
deed? I thought it was by the pound.”—
Pniladelphia Press. ,
Auntie—“Do you know?
with two very naughty little boys, Johnny?
Y’es.” Auntie-—"You do?
Johnny
surprised. Why don’t yi
little boys?" Johan]
mothers won’t let tiiem!
Ion Wanted.
me if I lost all my
More In (on
He—Could you lo^
money ?
She—How much jfave you to lose?—Stray
Stories.
Nntlilnu;
Miss Mark
Mrs. Down
buj eggs at
you are playing
y v
I’m
day with good
..V
Because
-Punch.
tneir
re to Be Said.
ies she patronize auctions?
She? Why. she would
—Stray Stories.
MARSHALL FIELD
AND CO.'S
WAREHOUSE
MANAGER
Cured of Catarrh of Kidneys by
Pe=ru=na.
HON. JOHN T. SHEAHAN, OF CHICAGO.
Hon. John T. Shealian, who has been for seventeen years manager of Marshall
Field & Co.'s wholesale warehouse, and is corporal 2d Regiment Infantry, I. N.
yj , writes the following letter from 3753 Indiana avenue, Flat Six, Chicago, Ill.s
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen—“ Last summer I caught a cold which seemed to set
tie in my kidneys and affected them badly. / tried a couple of kid*
ney remedies largely advertised, but they did not help me any. One
of my foremen told me of the great help he had received in using
Peruna in a similar case, and I at once procured some.
“ It was indeed a blessfng to me, as I am on my feet a large part of
the day, and trouble such as I had affected me seriously, but fout
bottles of Peruna cured me entirely and / would not be without it for
three months salary.”—JOHN T. SHEAHAN.
Mr. Jacob Fleig writes from 44 Sum
ner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.:
* *l am non• a new man at the age of
seventy-five years, thanks to your
wonderful remedy Peruna,”---Jacob
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Catarrhal inflammation of the mucous
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serious nature of the disease is at once
suspected, but the chronic variety may
come on so gradually and insidiously
that its presence is not suspected until
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upon its victims.
At the appearance of the first symp
tom Peruna should be taken. This
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of the disease.
A book on catarrh sent free bv Tho
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