The Spirit of missions . e of low tideacross Ten Mile River. From Gardinerto the mouth of the Umpqua River isabout twelve miles, and we took a boatwith Mr. and Mrs. Hinsdale and theirboys a little before four in the was .a bright star-lit night and verystill, and we reached South Beach, wherethe stage met us, shortly before is approached by stage fromthis point, driving along the beach ,atlow tide. It was a cold but pleasantdrive and all the time we were close tothe surf. After driving about thirtymiles the stage turns across .a sand spitto Ooos River. The ladies may
The Spirit of missions . e of low tideacross Ten Mile River. From Gardinerto the mouth of the Umpqua River isabout twelve miles, and we took a boatwith Mr. and Mrs. Hinsdale and theirboys a little before four in the was .a bright star-lit night and verystill, and we reached South Beach, wherethe stage met us, shortly before is approached by stage fromthis point, driving along the beach ,atlow tide. It was a cold but pleasantdrive and all the time we were close tothe surf. After driving about thirtymiles the stage turns across .a sand spitto Ooos River. The ladies may ride, butthe men are glad to walk, for it is onlytwo miles to the dock, where we got onboard a gasoline launch, ,and then wenttwelve miles up the Coos River, finallyreaching Marshfield about ten I was the guest of Mr. J. W. Ben-nett and his family, who gave me aright hearty Irish welcome. The Churchin Marshfield is prospering, and itsfuture seems assured. The church andrectory are picturesquely situated on a. GARDINER, OREGON LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OP ST. MARYS CHURCH, GARDINER, FOURTEEN COM-MUNICANTS RAISED $750 ; ONLY $50 HELP FROM OUTSIDE WAS RECEIVED hill; but a new lot has been given for achurch in the centre of the town, and atpresent there is some doubt as to wherea new church should be placed. Lackof space forbids my writing all that canbe said of the good work at Marshfield,which is a most important centre ofChurch work. On the invitation of , president of the Commer-cial Club, I addressed a meeting of citi-zens at their weekly meeting. North Bend has a future, and whilewe have no church building, • Mr. Hors-fall conducts services regularly in thePresbyterian church building. Here Ifound a splendid congregation, and bap-tized one and confirmed one. Mr. LouisSimpson has generously given us twolots for a building, and the committeeare about to canvass the people for sub-scriptions for a new church. MajorKinney gave me a deed for some fineI)rop
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