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KANSAS PRESBYTERIAN. Presbyterian Church and Parsonage, Mankato, Kansas. Historical Sketch of the Church and its Work. I Aid Societies. 4 Money Making for Church Expenses.

BY KATE DAIfON. 3HIS Church was organized Feb ruary 18th, 18 ilt in a school good hymn books has been procur-' ed, and thirty-seven new members have been received into the church. In this connection favorable mention should be made of the ve kindly and timely generosity of Rev. Warren Mayo, a former minister of this church for 12 years, in donating a splendid and valuable site for the new parsonage in the erection of which W. S.

Field, S. A. Metz and O. H. Durand were the efficient building committee.

This church has been served by four different ministers: Revs. A. R. Naylor, 8 years; Warren Mayo, 12 years; F. house, by a committee appointed by Solomon Presbytery, and consisting of Rev.

A. R. Nay lor, the first minister to serve the new church, and ruling elder, R. R. McClung.

The charter members were ten in number and their names as follows: Silas Metz and his wife, V. -w Pri K' "And Sinners Shall Be Converted Unto Thee' DAVID prayed, "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation and uphold me with Thy free Spirit. It matters not whether the preacher is eloquent in oratory if his heart is right with God. If he is in earnest about his work the world will find it out. The following incident taken from an exchange illustrates this point: A well-known evangelist was conducting union 4 meetings in one of our large cities, and all denominations were working together for the salvation of souls.

One day one of the workers remarked to another: "I am sure that the churches of this city are to see such an ingathering as they have never seen before." "How so?" asked the other. "I am sure we have greater preachers than Mr. among us." "That is probably true," said the first speaker. "But let me tell you why I believe there is to be a great ingathering. This morning just as I had finished my breakfast, my door-bell was rung by a lady whom I had not seen for months.

She came to me because she fancied she had injured me long ago, and because she wished me to tell her that I had forgiven her. I had harbored no resentment; indeed, I had forgotten the matter altogether until it was recalled to my mind, and I told her so. "But I had not," she said, with streaming eyes. "And when, last night, the evangelist said that perhaps our sins and wrong feelings were the hindrances that lay between some soul and Christ, I determined not to live another day without hearing you say 'I forgive "I tell you" went on the speaker, "when Christian hearts are thus quickened, sinners will surely be reached and saved. Watch, and see if I am not right." The prediction was justified.

Within the next month a wave of religious interest had overswept the entire city, and thousands of persons had been added to the churches. 'X 1 YOUNG lady quite active in iry church work, seeing how nec-cessary it was to pay off a church debt of one hundred dollars within a stipulated time, has told her method of obtaining it for the benefit of our readers. The members of the committee divided the small amount the treasury contained into five cent pieces, wrote a number of tickets, one set reading thus: "By my own labor I agree to begin with my five cents and earn one dollar within six months. The other set read: "By my own labor I agree to begin with my five cents and earn fifty cents within six months." So the last Sunday in March when there was a Sunday School attendance of about one hundred, the superintendent distributed the tickets and five cent pieces to all who would accept them, some taking more than one. The secretary wrote the names of all the ticket "holders, when it was found that seventy one dollar and sixty fifty-cent tickets were taken.

At the expiration of the six months, all the ticket holders were notified to be present at an experience meeting one evening to testify as to how they earned their money, and this was the most amusing fea-ure of all. I venture to say there was never a more entertaining experience meeting. One little boy invested his five cents in lemons, constructed a little stand, and sold lemonade to passers-by until his cents was earned. A lady bought a spool of thread, crocheted and sold thirty cents worth of lace, then bought a piece of linen and some silk floss, made and sold a dollar's worth of doilies. A girl of ten spent her five cents for eggs, set them, and sold enough chickens to earn fifty cents.

But the greatest amount brought in was by an energetic young man who, seeing his neighbor's fence out of repair, invested his five cents in nails, offered to mend it for twenty-five cents and readily secured the job. With his quarter he purchased watermelon seed, planted and was a very successful in raising a fine, crop of melons. Then, just before the six months expired, he gave a watermelon social and realized the sum of fifteen dollars. Everybody was completely surprised when it was ascertained that one hundred and seventy-five dollars, instead of one hundred were easily and simply earned. There are hundreds of other ways in which to invest five cent pieces, and this method may be practised to greater advantage in larger churches, issuing five and ten dollar tickets in addition to the others, and lengthening the time to one year.

Home Magazine. CATALOGUE. Thompson, 4 years; and C. P. Graham, 1 years still in charge.

Twice in its history the church has been for a few mouths without a settled minister. The fact is worthy of more than passing notice that last year the Mankato Presbyterian church raised more money for congregational purposes than any one of the 47 Presbyterian churches in Solomon Presbytery, excepting the-church in Salina. The church is now in good condition financially. The present membership of this church is 80 with a Sabbath school membership of 100; main school 80, home department 21. The Western Advocate.

The Sabbath, Remember the Sabbath Day. yOyN exchange tells this story of lfy rebuke for Sabbath-breaking, which has in it also something of humor. One morning a gentleman was going to church, he was a happy, cheerful, Christian, who had great respect for the Sabbath. He was a singular man, and would sometimes do and say what children are apt to call "funy. things." As he was going along he met a stranger driving a heavily-loaded wagon through the town.

When this gentleman got right opposite the wagoner, he stopped, turned around, and lifting up both hands as if in horror, exclaimed, as he gazed under the wagon: "There, there, j'ou are going over it! There, you have gone right over it!" The driver was frightened. He drew up his reins in an instant, crying: "Who! who!" and brought his horses to a stand. Then he looked under the wheels, expecting to see the mangled remains of some innocent child, or, at least, some poor dbg or pig that had been crushed to death. But he saw nothing. So, after gazing about, he looked up at the gentleman who had so strangely arrested his attention, and anxiously asked: "Pray, sir, what have I gone over?" "The Fourth Commandment," was the quiet reply.

"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." Mrs. Martha Metz, Joxin Burns and Mrs. Jane Burns, Mrs. Emma Vance, Frank R. Clugage, Mrs.

Catharine Clugage, Mrs. Alvina Clugage, Samuel J. Metz and wife. The first ruling elders to serve the new church were Silas Metz and John Burns. The first deacon was Samuel J.

Metz. First trustees were John Burns, D. J. Vance and R. H.

Bishop. Immediately after organization, steps were taken in the more difficult matter of building a house of worship, and Silas Metz, R. H. Bishop and W. S.

Chapman were appointed as a building committee, with good results as follows: On November 28th, 1880, the present house of worship, corner Centre and South streets, having been completed, was dedicated, free of debt, to the worship of the Almighty Triune God. Rev. Timothy Hill, D. of Kansas City, preached the sermon and was assisted in the services by Rev. Warren Mayo, the second minister to serve this church.

On the glad day of dedication $92.00 were raised for the purchase of the church bell, still in use in the belfry. At this time the original membership of the church at date of organization had been doubled. From its formation to the present time the church has received into its membership a total of about 105 persons, 100 of them by profession of faith in Christ and 05 by certificate. Owing to removals, so frequent in this western country, this church, like others, has been fluctuating in its membership, but the organization is a great deal stronger today than ever before in its history 82 more members now than a year ago, making the number of additions to the church in the past twelve months larger than the number of accessions in any one of the preceding years. During the time of its existence this church has raised for its own support and for purely benevolent objects in the regions beyond, more than In the last eighteen months a very commodious and beautiful parsonage, including good cellar, cistern and barn has been built at a cost of about the old church building has been repaired and thoroughly renovated at a cost of an additional $100; a new supply of A Iff! Ladies, Are You Out Of Calling Cards? Is Your Card Case Out of Date If so, the Kansas Presbyteribn can furnish you both.

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