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And bears our best loved ones away And then we say they're dead. He leaves our hearts all desolate, He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers, Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn immortal bowers. That bird-like-voice whose joyous tones Made glad the scenes of woe and strife, Now sings an everlasting song Beside the tree of life. And all around as. though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread, For all this boundless universe Is life, there are no dead.

Church Extension, $1,500 for Freedmen's Aid, $400 for Conference Claimants, and $76 for the Support of the Bishops, making a total advance for the Conference of $4,576. All of the apportionments outside the Pastors' and Presiding Elders' claims, will average about $1 per member. As far as possible let the disciplinary plan for raising the several apportionments be carried out. Begin early, work jour committees as helpers, ask for divine guidance and help, and then press on, "Bringing in the tithes," looking for a mighty outpouring of God's spirit and a great ingathering of souls. The Annual Conference held in Junction City, March 17-22, was one of the most interesting and profitable sessions ever held.

The sessions of the conference were harmonious, the sermons were superior, and the anniversaries excellent, and Chaplain McCabe's lecture was immense. The citizens found in the Conference a rich treat and enjoyed their company very much. Chaplain McCabe voiced the sentiment of the Conference when he said in regard to the entertainment: "The citizens' covered themselves with glory." The Methodist Church of Junction City is loud in its praises of Chaplain Mc-Cabe and the good people who helped to lift the parsonage debt. This subscription can be handed to M. W.

Keller or the pastor within the time stated. "Let us thank God and take courage." Manhattan District News. Three new circuits were formed at Conference: Paxico, Skiddy and Wabaunsee. The Zeandale M. E.

church was dedicated Sabbath, March 27, 1887, by Rev. A. L. McNair, the pastor, assisted by the writer. The church and furniture cost $1,603.92.

The building is frame, 26x45 church extension plan No. 19, B. The entire cost of church was provided for before dedication. Great credit is due Bro. McNair in successfully carrying forward this enterprise to completion.

He has charge of the "Wabaunsee Circuit, which is composed of the following appointments: Wabaunsee, Zeandale, Deep Creek and Ashland. As far as heard from the brethren have been kindly received in tlieir new fields of iabor, and the outlook is favorable for a prosperous year. The District Stewards will meet at Manhattan, Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 p. m. The apportionments will be sent to each pastor as soon as they can be printed and forwarded through the mails.

Let there be early and earnest efforts made throughout the entire district to meet all of the apportionments in full. There has been an advance of $1,700 to be raised for missions by our Conference, $900 for OWtuary. Mary M. Hinkle, daughter of W. K.

and G. C. Hinkle, was born Aug, 15, 1883, and died at her father's 1 residence in this city, March 4, 1887, aged 3 years, 4 months and 19 days. Little Mary suffered intensely for two days with tubercular meningitis. She was a beautiful child, pf sweet disposition, and the household is lonely without her.

Onlv a few days ago she was on earth making the home bright, but the sound of her footsteps will be heard no more. God has taken her to the home of rest above. Her mother handed me these stanzas: I cry, God of Love, my heart is sad; He took my little dove; I am so glad That in His bosom dear, He takes it home, And, seeing me in fear, says to me Come Our little one is gone, it is not dead; And while the parents mourn, it lives above. In light and peace supreme, to die no more; And this thought sheds a gleam on yonder shore. Go to thy rest, fair child! Go to thy dreamless bed I Gentle and meek and mild, With blessings on thy head.

Mary Bell Wheeler, daughter of John and Julia Pittinger, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, in 1856 and died at her home in Junction City, Kansas, March 8, 1887. Sister Wheeler was married to her now bereaved husband at Buckeye Prairie, Christian county, 111., May 12, 1877. In 18S4 they came to Junction City where she died. Sister Wheeler was converted and united with the M. E.

Church Nov. 9, 18S6. Her short Christian life of less than four months brought her great She found her Savior to be a fountain of comfort in her hours of affliction, and expressed herself as having an abiding trust in Christ. She leaves an aged father and mother, three four small children and a sorrowing husband. The sad family have the deepest sympathy of the whole community.

In Memoriam. At the Anniversary of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society held at the City Hall, Friday afternoon, March 18, the following resolutions of respect were unanimously passed: Whereas, Since our last annual meeting, the providence of God has permitted the removal of our loved sister, Mrs. Jennie McNabb. Resolved, That we extend to Brother McNabb our heartfelt sympathy in his loss, knowing to some degree from the bereavement of our own hearts by her removal from our ranks, how great is the desolation in his once happy home. May the Lord our God be his sun and shield.

Resolved, That the Women's Foreign Missionary Society has lost a most valued and efficient worker, one with ever ready hands, and willing heart, to advance the interest of the Master's kingdom, one in full sympathy with the spirit of our Savior, the first great Foreign Missionary. Resolved, That the association of pastors' wives of the Kansas Conference has sustained the loss of an efficient officer. Our treasurer has rendered her account to God, in souls redeemed treasures laid up in heaven. While we miss her sweet voice from our assemblies we rejoice that There is no death, the Btars go down, To rise upon Bome other shore, And bright in heaven's Jeweled crown They chine forever more. There Is no death! An angel form Walks through the earth with silent tread,.