Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . born in Clear-field County, Pa., June 22, 1875; bap-tized Oct. 12, 1899; elected to the officeof deacon March 4, 1900; installed in-to the ministry on Thanksgiving even-ing, 1904; advanced to the second de-gree Aug. 26, 1905 ; and ordained to thebishopric May 3, 1908. General.—For the last decade thiscongregation has suffered very muchfrom emigration. In this way we havelost many of our strong and prosperousmembers. Missionary work is given consider-able attention. Under the supervisionof Bro. H. E. Leedy our Sunday-schoolis prospering. Our missionary toChina,
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . born in Clear-field County, Pa., June 22, 1875; bap-tized Oct. 12, 1899; elected to the officeof deacon March 4, 1900; installed in-to the ministry on Thanksgiving even-ing, 1904; advanced to the second de-gree Aug. 26, 1905 ; and ordained to thebishopric May 3, 1908. General.—For the last decade thiscongregation has suffered very muchfrom emigration. In this way we havelost many of our strong and prosperousmembers. Missionary work is given consider-able attention. Under the supervisionof Bro. H. E. Leedy our Sunday-schoolis prospering. Our missionary toChina, Bro. B. F. Heckman, is sup-ported by our Sunday-school. We have at present a well-organizedSisters Aid Society, a live midweekprayer meeting, a well-attended and in-teresting Sunday-school TeachersMeeting, and a Christian WorkersMeeting that continues to grow in in-terest. Temperance work also receives dueattention. We believe it is our duty toteach and preach temperance. Cerro Gordo, 111. August1912 The Missionary Visitor 265. Bridgewater College Mission Band. REPORT OF BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE MISSION BAND HE work of the Mis-sion Band for theyear just closing hasbeen very number in-creased from five atthe beginning of theyear to eighteenwhen school closed. Our work consist-ed mostly in givingmissionary programs at the differentchurches in the valley. At each pro-gram a collection was taken to pay ourexpenses and there was about twentydollars over and we are sending it tosupport an orphan in India. Two pro-grams were given at the coloredchurches here in town. They seemedto appreciate our interest in them very
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