Central Expositor du lieu suivant : Enterprise, Kansas • 5

CENTRAL EXPOSITOR Central Expositor. Conferrwe Hirer. ciiaibman: BIhIiop J. Dirkwm, CliniiiUrtbiirg, Pa. l'UKHIDIKO eldehb: J.

M. Poulton, lUiHw-11, Kanwis. M. U. Mj EutcrjiriBO, Kmiww.

8EC11KTAHY: r.M.Hcrrick, la Crosw, Kanww. JUHSIONAUY AJiD 1'HEACUEnH' AID TRKA8CHKB! M. JiuuIngH, Kutcrpriite, Kiuiww. OHUvrs of N. W.

K. M. A. Mrs. E.

W. Tnrnor, rrwfdnnt Mrs. Alice Uprrick, lt Vice-I'ivnidont. Mrs. Itollo MeMillen, 2d Vico-ProHuiont.

Mine Mary Clnrk, Hwretarjr. Mn. Lou Ij. Myor, Troururer. Mrs.

Lou L. Myer, Orpuiizor. lllters of Y. P. C.

U. Rev. P. M. llerrick, President IjalroHw, Kan wis.

Rev. J. W. Cortiifir, Vice-President. Agra, Kansas.

0. A. Tliroop. Hwretnry. llopublic City, Kansas.

MIbs Mury Clnrk, Treasurer. KopuUic City, Kansas. ZZZ College Items. Tho third term is nearing tho close. The sick list has been lost.

The term contest will be held next week. The Honor Rhetorical will give a public entertainment in the college chapel Thursday evening, March 2. Everybody invitod. A good time ex-pectod. Come one, come all.

Tho grandest entertainments of tho season will be March ann 7, by the elocutionists of the college Tho entertainments will be dramatic and humorous, consisting of classic and other excellent selections. The program will be new and full of fun. Come everybody. Central college has the finest German department within one hundred miles. It has a genuine German teacher.

Prof. Grassmueck is an enthusiast and a thorough scholar. The present term has been one of great achievement in the study of German. William Tell, Nathan Der Weise and other classic authors have been read during the term. Come to Central college for genuine German.

The sixteen weeks of special Normal will begin March 13. Tuition only $12 per sixteen weeks. The Normal work of Central college is second to no Normal college. Dedication. Mr.

Editor: It was my privilege to attend the dedication of the Washington church near Republic City, February 12. Rev. E. B. Slade officiated and real well he did the work The day was all that could be desired and the audiences were large morning and evening.

After preaching an excellent sermon in the morning, Elder Slade called for $400.00 to meet all unpaid expenses and in a short time $465.32 were secured and in a very appropriate way the house was solemnly given to God. The house is a neat substantial frame building 28x44 feet with 14 foot posts and arched coiling. There is a tower and belfry, and a good bell provided. There is a good class and Sunday School room at one end. The building is well lighted and seated, and indeed furnished and finished throughout in a most elegant manner.

The entire cost of this church is $2,000 and is one of the best country churches of which the writer has any knowledge and reflects much credit upon the community where it is located. Rev. J. McMillen, the pastor, and all the trustees have been untiring in their efforts to build this church and this successful con-sumation of their efforts marks an important period in the history of the church in this part of the country. There is a township cemetery at this place, and some fifteen years ago, when the writer first served this charge, then a small mission, as presiding elder, Rev.

A. S. Poulson being the pastor, the people talked longingly of a church and during all these years the project has been discussed at times, and has thus recently been realized in this splendid achievement. Brother McMillen is protracting the meeting, many are praying for a gracious revival among the people. May increasing prosperity attend the work C.

U. McKee. Turon charge of Arkansas valley conference of which Rev. S. W.

Foulk is pastor is in lino condition. At Glendale, a recent revival resulted in fourteen accordions to the church. The collections on the charge will more than equal tho annual conference assessments. Rev. L.

P. McKee, who since conference has built him a good houso and located at Enterprise, has been appointed pastor at Herndon Mission, two hundred milos or more from homo. He who goes forth thus "will doubtless come again with rejoicing bringing his sheaves with him." The general manager of Central College has visited several different charges during the past month and has been cordially received and entertained by tho people. He has many more invitations to preach and assist in special services than he can fill, and has averaged more than three sermons a week. Republic City is one of the best charges in north west Kansas and Rev.

McMillen, the efficient pastor, is serving it his second year and is proving to be the right man for the place. The parsonage has been enlarged, a new church erected and other permanent work done since conference. The work is in line condition every way. Rev. W.

L. Hinshaw of the Arkansas valley conference has lived at Enterprise during the winter to give his family the benefit of the college. Brother Hinshaw has been engaged in helping several different ministers in their protracted meetings and his help has been vory highly appreciated. He is an excellent preacher and a good man. Rev.

O. A. Chapman of Wakeeney, Kansas, and pastor of Lane county circuit, in 1874, organized the first United Brethren circuit in Dickinson county, in which county is Enterprise, the seat of Central College. The first class organized was about two miles north of Detroit. His first year's salary was ninety-six dollars.

He is now fifty-nine years old and is still earnest in the work. To all pastors who will accept or request Rev. W. J. Shuey, the worthy agent of the United Brethren Publishing House, at Dayton, Ohio, will mail blanks which are to be filled with the names and addresses of persons to whom it may be expedient to send sample copies of our chtfrch literature, especially the Religious Telescope.

We most heartily commend this way' of doing and urge our pastors and others to write Brother Shuey for the blanks. It is the most successful method to secure subscriptions. Memorial. Maud Lumpkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Lumpkins of Den-tonia, Jewell county, Kansas, was born December 17, 1889 and died January 25, 1893, aged three years, one month and eight days'. On January the 23, she sang the, first verse of "God be with you 'till we meet again." A few hours before she died she told the family that she was going home. She told her sister that she could have her toys. The funeral discourse was preached by pastor, Rev. Wm.

J. Critchfield, text, Rev. 14:13. J. 0.

Goodwin of Concordia, has a lino assortment of musical instruments and will take old instruments, organs and pianos, as pay on now ones. Quick sales, small profits. Write him. In the revival at McPherson in which Evangelist Beltz assisted pas-Bacon, fifty-three were converted and fifty-two joined the church. The membership at that place numbers eighty-seven.

Miltonvale circuit, in Cloud county, just over the line in Kansas conference is having excellent prosperity. We have not been able to obtain the number of conversions and accessions Rev. N. McAfferty is the pastor. Arkansas Valley conference convened at Sterling, March 9, at 9, a m.

Several north west conference preachers and laymen contemplate visiting the conference. A season of recreation and enjoyment is anticipated. Rev. W. W.

Carper is now engaged in a meeting of good interest at Esbon. The church is crowded with people each evening and a goodly number have been converted. Bro. Carper is very highly appreciated by his people. Prof.

Crites has his father and mother visiting with him this week. Their home is at. Peabody; they are much pleased with Central college and Enterprise and think the city and college have a very bright future before them. Many news items from Arkansas Valley conference reaches our table. Rev.

P. B. Lee, D. D. of Sego circuit, recently had a gracious revival at Pleasant Hill.

Twenty-five were converted and twenty-one were received into the church. Thanks to Brother Throop, the efficient Sabbath School superintendent and secretary of Republic county Sabbath School association, for a program of the Eighth Annual meeting of the association to convene at Republic City, March 1st and 2nd. Rev. A. S.

Poulson has held a most successful meeting at Ionia, with forty accessions to the church. A new church was built last year by this class which now numbers about one hundred members and is one of the most promising societies in the conference. The appointment of Rev. James Daniels to the pastorate at Edmond, Kansas, was a good one. He has been mujh aflicted but is now at his post and is having excellent success.

Faithfulness on his part will assure him a successful future. We are glad to hear that the people are well pleased with him. The Lane county quarterly, held at Blaine, was largely attended. A board of trustees, to build a church at that place was elected and subscriptions for that purpose amounting to several hundred dollars, were taken. A successful revival was in progress.

Several had been converted and others were seeking. The entire charge is in a most hopeful condition. The country is the best-Brother Chapman is doing some of the best work of his life. He is ably assisted by Brother Stutzman. There is a bright future for this charge.

Tho health of Bro. llerrick is not good. Rev. J. McMillen is president of Republic county Sabbath School association.

The revival at Detroit, near Enterprise, resulted in thirty or more conversions and accessions. The indications are that a large number of new students will enter Central College March 13. Rev. E. R.

Baber, pastor at Wood-ton, Kansas, recently bought a fine Estey organ of J. C. Goodwin, agent, Concordia, Kansas. Thomas Borman, the efficient and very highly esteemed editor of the Journal, is at this time dangerously ill with pneumonia. The law-abiding people of Enterprise are enforcing the prohibitory law and are determined to have a prohibiton, or temperance town.

Bro. J. M. Underwood of Russell, is a very devoted and faithful pastor. If Virginia caa spare any others like him we will accept most gratefully.

Rev. L. P. McKee has accepted the charge of the pastorate at Herndon, Kansas. Brother McKee is one of our most faithful and devoted pastors.

Manager McKee attended the Washington dedication in Republio county. He is away from home constantly in the interests of the college. Lovewell circuit is reported as very prosperous. Brother Haskins is laboring very arduously. In a revival at Fairview church ten were converted and seven joined the church.

It is requested that attention be called to the importance of collecting the assessments to meet delegates' expenses to General conference. See discipline, page 45. But remittance can be made any time. It should not be delayed longer than March 15. The new church at Concordia was dedicated February 5, and another one on Republic City charge February 12, another one nearly ready at Woodston and still another at McCracken and one at Minneapolis dedicated a short time ago and two or three more under, way all in the north west Kansas conference certainly speaks well for the push and energy of our people..