. The Iowa band. is a pow-er in them when tilled with the ])resence of the Mas-ter. The fellowships eui^ender streng-th for the yearto ct>me. ( )n many a field where otherwise theremii.^]it be a lonely work, the SNinpathetic chord of fel-lowshij) is felt. The writer must here be allowedagain otit-of his own experience to testify to theirvalue. As thirty-one \ears ago. in 1870. so now^ in1901. he can sa\- that beginning in 1S44 it has been hisprivilege, with one exception, to be ])rescnt at them all;a privilege, indeed, in view of benefits received andpleasing memories recorded. Let God be t
. The Iowa band. is a pow-er in them when tilled with the ])resence of the Mas-ter. The fellowships eui^ender streng-th for the yearto ct>me. ( )n many a field where otherwise theremii.^]it be a lonely work, the SNinpathetic chord of fel-lowshij) is felt. The writer must here be allowedagain otit-of his own experience to testify to theirvalue. As thirty-one \ears ago. in 1870. so now^ in1901. he can sa\- that beginning in 1S44 it has been hisprivilege, with one exception, to be ])rescnt at them all;a privilege, indeed, in view of benefits received andpleasing memories recorded. Let God be every young minister he would say. Be an Associa-tion man. Cultivate acquaintance and cooperationwith the brethren. Lead your church along the samelines. Church autonomy within its limits is good, butthere is a fellowship of brethren and churches not tobe forgotten. The few^ illustrations given of church buildings thatwere, and that no\v are, will suggest in materialthings, at least, the progress CHAPTER XIV
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