The Congregational Telephone from Manhattan, Kansas • 2

eight years of the first theree months -r fhn xr act FROM THE NORTHWEST. great loss by the death of Mrs. Russell, of Wakefield, a good, Christian woman, who was suddenly called up higher on March 21st. THE KANSAS TELEPHONE. TVo aurincr la VPTV late, but the Gaylord, the largest town in Smith county, has no Sunday school and no Knor.hmff ft! til All o-h tVih Methodists Ret.

I D. Mer, Eflitor Bftto. w- sriS The M. E. church ot waKeneiu was dedicated to the service of God, March 1 20th.

Very excellent sermons were tmvo Piuirnh nartlv built and intend VViWivv -w to have preaching. At the request of KiiTfr ntmident ana Missionary preached by Kev. Dr. ones or juaw-rence, by whose vigorous "flnangel-isin" the sum of $1069 was raised, finmmHtf.p iiev. W.

L. Camn has nnmrnf-nrfli there. Q-lvlnff UP Cora, but A monthly paper lwttd to th interest of Chrlxt-s kingdom in general, and of tht Cnnyrega4ional church of Kama in particular Printed on the Thursday following the first Sub-bath of each month. Present Edition, l.OOO Copies. chiefly in personal notes payaDie a hero caused oy tne lanure 01 me ciuis of 1S30, that a largo harvest thta year will find difficulty in getting itself gathered.

The meeting of our Northwest Association, at Kirwin, March 22-24, was a great success. The brethren were all hiu u-mkr nt Smith Centre x.j Iiro. Camp is a man not easny aauuteu year hence, This sum was huiuuicuu to pay all indebtedness, and to leave a mii 1:1,. 1 by dinicultles, ana nis wont uas con nmnnpi-l vrrv nromishierlv. eood balance over, ims uueiauijr ui Subscription price, 50 -'cnts a year: Clnb of five.

40 cents each: Club often, 35 cents II. B. Foster, the good peopie oi vvukbiiciu mwui- ages us to hope ior a ukb suuuesaiuj. VlUEXTf AS SO CIA TI OS. present wilu tneir pans, tuuugu uuw Bister who was on the program, Mrs.

M. D. George, of Hill City, failed. There was a large meeting there were ti.fnrpathiir iliMctuHsiDiis there were ad- each: Club of twenty, 30 if vto i inpiita. two for fi cents.

termination to our enterprise. card. Inch, four Th Southern Association met at wxtttv Pitv Notwithstanding the JX.VT CiIW virtt ha Si nn. TCureka. April 5-7.

The attendance short crops of last season, the unpar- drosses from Bros. Storrs and Mo Vie- The Telephone is cnterod at the post oflicc at wn a fri kl. the churches beinir more but, best of all, there were reports alieied severity oi tne wiuici, i ffonprivllvrpnrpsented than usual. The Manhattan, as second class matter. di-A a hipaulno-.

A bout one hundred blasted prospects for a good crop ot winter wheat, and the embarrassed churches' are in better condition than for several years back, all but one or twobeintr sunnlied. The Association circumstances or most in um VwVv. Manhattan, Kansas, April, 1881. accessions were reported to churches previously on our roll, while six new churches were received with eighty members. Bros.

George, of Hill City, vet we have contributed since tne isu of April, 1880, $28 to Home Missions, has suffered seriously from numerous ntinnrroa wlfhln thfi linat, two VPRrS. A Rhfirman. of Stockton. IN orris, ol Kir We shall be glad to print news from nnii nf nur Kansas churches. Send on which is more man tne requueu cents per resident member.

Two unite year ago fully one-third of the churches were vacant, and fully two-thirds win, and Eckman, of Lincoln township church, were especially joyful mvivnla. From ten to thirteen with us in cnurcn reuowauip uu m5 a postal card beore the first of each hppn vacant within two years Sabbath in Apru, one Dy letter, uu profession. A goodly and interested Knw almost all are well nrovided for. month. Write plainly.

had been received lately into each of Dora. St. Charles and some these churches, ana mere are "mre follow." One minister. Rev. C.

B. ing of the word, three-fourths of whom others report special interest, and most romrt nri Imnrovftd condition. Em- Until some one shall appear with ability to establish a "State remain for sabbatn scnooi. uur piaj Wavprlv have finished Messer, of Webster, Roots county, was also received. He comes to us frmn thtt Free Rnntists.

having twenty- meetings are well attended, ana an go away feeling it is good to have been L7VJ.1W uv houses of worship since the last meet there. paper" for our churches, we offer this little sheet as a small nerve of communication to unite our churches, and promote fellowship and acquaintance. ing, and the church at Lievery, not yet a voir i will dedicate in May. A vprv nroinisinir church has been form Manhattan. Death is still busy five years of useful life behind him.

His labors have been blessed in the revival at Stockton. It should, perhaps, be stated that the Association, in rw-eivlni? him. nut the seal of its in our midst, pneumonia uas aiam ed at Galesburg. The Association was opened with a sermon by Rev. R.

several of our friends, un tne utn oi Cordlev. Wednesday, papers were disapproval upon his habit of using tobacco. March we buried August jonnson, formerly from Maine. He was a soldier in the war, and came out with read as follows "Elements of power a. ii, A Awvsr We send copies to all the cnurcnes and ministers.

The price is so low that clubs can be formed in every Church where there is an effort made. Women and children can subscribe for a paper costing only thirty or thirty- in tne ministry, uev. j. aubujo i 11 A IT TJ .1 It was reported that our home missionary collections fell $22 short of the amount ($165) that was allotted as our broken health, which he never recovered. It was a sad funeral a wife not "uemonoiogy," twv.A.n.

uiujjuigo, "Antlauitv of Man." Rev. R. Cordley. TW. Tucker made a stirring "Ctliriwtian In very strong, and mne children, eignt of them dependent and the only boy, about 13 years of age, very sick, upon share or ine rmseu tm year in Kansas, whereupon the $22 the evening a spirited Home Missionary meeting was conducted by Super- intonripnt StorlB.

was made up upon the spot. 1 he Southwestern Association also raised its full amount. Considering the very serious deficit in our crops last sum a bed in tne same room wnu mo lather's corpse. The neighbors upon College Hill have been very kind to Thursday the Association listened to five cents a year. Dr.

Cordley, of Emporia, sends us the following action of the Southern Association, at Eureka Resolved, That we welcome the Telephone, published by Rev. R. D. Parker, at Manhattan, as a helper in mer, is not this doing well ui tne papers, by ltev. n.

uieaveianu, on and bv Rev H. C. Scotfield on them. May tne uuu oi me luiucjucoi? protect and provide. and Evolution." Rev.

State maKe tne I turn to a much less agreeable UU April iUlll WC IU luw grave, with sad hearts, Wm. Lee, fa-th kf Pmf J. IT. Lee. For some J.

M. Lau Bach preached in the evening. The Association passed resolu years he has been one of the vestry of ti. ..1 nUnnli Vnt Vila riiulilfinf A our work, ana we pieuge jjiu. our co-operation both in securing sub-gcribers and in furnishing items of news.

topic. On the night succeeding March 14th a terrible murder was committed between Downs and Cawker. Three persons are under arrest, and are held trial in Aniriiat. Two of them lUe JlilllBWpUl tions endorsing tne -telephone" and pledging co-operation, and it is hoped and expected that this will not be an empty compliment. The Association examined and licensed Mr.

Janioa Cooper, who has for the Baptist church next door to the uongregauuuiucuwivu, his kind heart and genial manners, made him to all of us a personal friend. He was a devout, godly man, and no bigot. He loved all who loved the Lord. Every day we shall miss his pleasant smile and friendly greeting. Nearly eighty years of age, he had ac-com plished a grand life work.

It falls 1U1 VJ. are members of Christian churches. One of them, a middle aged man, has long been an active Methodist. A second is his son, not (I believe) a church member. The third, a hired irmuiff mnn la a mf'tiiher of a Con if re "It takes capital to run a newspa-per." That is very true; but our Churches, and the brethren that minis-to them, have all the capital needed for this purpose, if they will only use A club of ten to twenty-five in in Neodesha, but finds his views more iu accord with the Congregationalists.

ii i. Tim Asaoc.iniion aoiounieu to meet at Independence, the second Tuesday gational church In Wisconsin. If these are the guilty parties, the affair grew i nr! 1. in Sep tern uer. iv.

wKuiiii, to tue 101 Ol lew wmas ia unuwi higher walks of life so noble a band of sons and daughters. Awn nth liptupv wife of Dea. CUVHCII NBM8. outoiaciaimuiuiuuity. kivw rible emphasis to the scripture, "Let him that thlnketh he standoth take lour, hft fall." An infidel, meet- Madura.

The severe weather of srael Adams departed this life, after a 4J i--i Intr a Christian neighbor, the day after brief illness. She was born in Bethel, each church would amply sustain as large a paper aa is needed in Kansas. We must depend upon such admirable papers as the Advance and Congrega-tionalist for our knowledge of the out-jide religious world, but a little paper fall of Kansas news ought to find a welcome in every home. married Mnlnn. ftpi.t.

16. 1814. and was the murder, said to him, "What do vou think of religion now?" I sup- this winter, from which we are now happily delivered, has been a great hindrance to Christian work here. For rive weeks we could get no prayer moot! ir. and on two Sabbaths it was lived tw 9 ikl' For 1(5 vears thev iethel.

nnrl l.hpn resided at nose it would be a true answer to say i. i u. au v.44v..v., A until 1871 when they came to Manhat that tne aeeu was uui unuaeu vy icu6-ion. but by the want of it. It is safe impossible for the congregation to get together at Madura.

The roads be-and Alida were impassable tan. Four cniiarcn were gramuu to. them, of whom only one, Darius, sur e-iA pnnalder Mrs. J's vives. Sister Adams was cuuruu, to say mat ineuo jjiuiubbuu vuibiuuu did not ask God's blessing on their deed, if they did that deed.

for weeks so that the pastor could not a i I 1.1 I reach his oui siauon. jiiu vu uruiu- JJ.1GUU 7 1 ii i Journal one of the most touchingly irue stories I ever read, and I. am Bonding it to England as it appears." And we have evidence that many read it with tears; but. dear friends, much, member some 2o years, bne was particularly sensitive and self-distrustful, but she knew in whom she had believed, and death possessed no terror 1 1 i. i i.

i. 1 rim there kept totretner ana neia a The four saloons of Kirwin have surrendered their licenses and shut up. Tf fho tpmnfirance law does as much Kahbath school every Sunday after noon, although the numbers were very ai.mii Hm nli mli lniildinu- move- for her. isotwitustanuiiig uvr uubiuua weakness she was a hard-working woman, and ono of the most regular at- good after it goes into operation as it is doing before, it will meet the expectations of its friends. This law is like- DUIUUI mentwas brought to a standstill, as the committee couiu not asscmuiu.

with t.hi nnenlncr of anriner weather. in Hn fnr mnm cood in Kansas tnau tendants at cnurcn anu prayor uat-et-iriff TTfr nleasant face and winnine however, we nave tuivou up me wuxu eyen of that saa srory, remmm uuiwiu. Readers of the Telephone can see in the strictures of "Qui" a layman's view of things. Nevertheless, we believe if the laymen and lay women will end news and nuggets of thought, the necessary connection with other pock-eta besides ours will yet be made. ways will be missed by a wide circle.

ixrain Wfl bavp. paid for the the site. in Vermont or in Maine. In those States, the population is fixed. We have received more immigrants with- ia it 1 1 She is not lost, out gone ueiore.

1 and have resolved upon a plan for a lotliln p.hnrch. of stone. to bo The 80th of March was arbor day at the Congregational church. John Hivlrlwl Into an audience room to seat in ten years tnan me wnoie poptuawuu in 1870. Now the temperance law will be a winnowing fan.

It will gath uinnhlv presented us with a number ohit. win. nrul two dass rooms, which of evergreens some line elms, box el oan Iia fhrnwji into one bv means of a er the good and mow tne oau away, Neighboring states, in self-defense, sliding partition, for use as a church parlor and prayer meeting room, of nenomniodatinff about 70 persons. Tho fiiitranco to the church will be must adopt a similar measure, mcj do not want Kansas to got the best of the "movers," leaving for the other states, those who prefer whisky. Rainfall at Osborne, for March, 1.05, thrniioh ft tower.

Hiirmounted by der and cataipa were procureu, auu Dea. Adams, Judge Blain, Bro. Bower and Mr. Johnson did an excellent, job in cleaning, seeding and planting the yard around the church. The pastor with his horse and harrow had a part in the work.

Warren Buel has returned from Chicago much improved in health. Ed win Fairchild is very sick. To all new subscribers, at regular or Club prices, wo will send the Tele-I'HONE until May, 1882. The recent city election of Manhattan illustrated the uses the devil has for good Christian men. He is filling the upper crust and frosting of his Jelly cake should consist of prayer and piety, he can insert a layer or two of brim-Atone through the middle.

That secures the flavor. 7i foot Vito-h are makinar an- pllcatlon to the Congregational Union for a grant of $500, and expect to raise which is .53 of an inch less than the March average for eight but the total for three months has been 3.90 Inches, against an average for ourselves. Our community has sustained.