. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). olina, 300 00 N. W. Kansas for Sterling, Colo., 250 00 Denver, Colo., 200 00 Oregon, Idaho, Washington, . 300 00 $1500 00 The Broadwater church, Arkansas,asked for $200 help on meetinghouse, tobe returned without interest in pay-ments of $40 annually, the first paymentto be Nov. 1, 1905. The same wasgranted. The session continued all day till 10oclock that evening. The w^ork was alldone. A sadness lingered in the closinghours, for Brother Miller, who had foryears been on the Board, would be ab-sent for some time. He expressedwords of joy to see the church movi
. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). olina, 300 00 N. W. Kansas for Sterling, Colo., 250 00 Denver, Colo., 200 00 Oregon, Idaho, Washington, . 300 00 $1500 00 The Broadwater church, Arkansas,asked for $200 help on meetinghouse, tobe returned without interest in pay-ments of $40 annually, the first paymentto be Nov. 1, 1905. The same wasgranted. The session continued all day till 10oclock that evening. The w^ork was alldone. A sadness lingered in the closinghours, for Brother Miller, who had foryears been on the Board, would be ab-sent for some time. He expressedwords of joy to see the church movingforward in her mission and publishinginterests. To these were replies fromthe different members of the Commit-tee expressing their appreciation for hislabors. A season of prayer, and allwas over. Galen B. Royer, Sec. and Treas. Elgin, 111. THEN AND NOW. By B. Miller. Some time ago I gave a little experi-ence of my first trip to West Virginia, afew vears after the civil war. when all September, 1904] THE MISSIONARY VISITOR 367. Eld. S. G. Sites Home. financial business as well as religion wasparalyzed by the rebellion. Since that time I made many suchtrips,—one, two or three every summer—and sometimes with a good deal of dis-couragement on account of bad roadsand indifference on the part of the peo-ple in wanting to hear the Gospel. High waters were also a hindrance, forthe fords, both of river and creek, arevery numerous and some of them ex-tremely dangerous after heavy than once were we delayed inreaching appointments because of im-passable fords, but by persistent effortson the part of the valley ministry andthe loyalty of the few members in WestVirginia, we now have more than onehundred members residing in the terri-tory visited by us, embracing sections inHardy, Pendleton and Grant counties re-spectively. Among these we have oneorganized church. Bro. S. G. Sites. Pe-tersburg, W. Va., is the elder in chargewith several ministers and deacons toassist him in t
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