SOUTHWESTERN UNION RECORD
Page Three
North Texas Conf.
Office, Keene, Texas
Box 51
President
Eider David Voth
Sec.-Treas. - A
. M. Woodall
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NORTH TEXAS COLORED WORK
One year ago the writer arrived in
Waco, in answer to the call from that
place in 1912. That is to say, the
writer should have been in Texas
three years before he came here,
But having the selfsame spirit which
Jonah had, there was business in some
cther place more than in Texas. But
after three years of hard labor we .
were at last willing to take up the
work we had been asked to in Texas.
January 17, 1916, the writer arriv-
ed in Waco, with Elder M. G. Nunes,
and found the church split in two,
one faction having gone after the
Sheafites, while the remainder was
left to devour one another. The writer
. took cognizance of the fact and be:
gan at once to set things in order by
applying the proper remedy, and al-
though many claimed that the medi-
cine was too strong, yet the resulis
have been very gratifying, for which
we thank the Lord.
We began here with thirteen mem-
T:ers, and have added seven more.
Tithe $213.97
Sabbath School Offering 62.14
Offering for Colored Work 12.54
Harvest Ingathering 13.00
Missions 78.70
We are determined to double our
membership this year, and also our
ofierings for missions. :
The church has purchased, at a cost
of $40.50, a fine wire fence, which
adds much to the appearance of the
premises.
_ Our Sunday night meetings are well
attended by some of the best people
in the city. These meetings are mak-
ing a grave impression upon many.
The Waco church has given to the
mission field since the writer has been
on the ground, three good, strong
young people as workers, who are do-
ing good in their respective
Brother F. M .Jones and wife, at Cle-
burne, are doing a good work in their
school and church Many people
there are becoming impressed with
the work they are doing in the school
and the church. Their school has a
membership of more than fifty. An-
other school has been established by
fields.
the writer, at Pine Flat, just a few
miles from Nacogdoches. This school
is taught by Miss Bertha Cade, from
Waco, and has a membership of thir-
teen, all of whom are Sabbath-keep-
ers.
You can readily see that the work
for the colored in the
Conference is not dead, but living and
full of vigor.
As soon as our president is ready
to go with us to Pine Flat we will or-
ganize the company at that place in-
to a good, strong church,
We are glad to say that all of our
churches and companies are of the
best of courage and desire to press
the battle to the end.
THOS. MURPHY.
Box 776, Waco, Texas.
OBITUARY
STOKES.—Ima, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Stokes, died January
4 1917, after an illness of less than
one week, she being 17 years, 7
months and 28 days of age.
She accepted present truth about
seven years ago, and united with the
Douglass church, and remained a
faithful member until the close of her
life.
She was laid away in the Eden
Cemetery to await the call of the
Lifegiver. We believe she sleeps i
hope. “Asleep In Jesus” was sung,
and words of comfort were spoken by
J. H. Goodman, from 1 Thess. 4:16-18,
and Ps. 116:15.-
S8IN’S LAST ORGY
This is the title of a Signs Magazine
article which reschimes actual condi-
tions in the social, religious, and po-
litical spheres. A new idea in every
paragraph. )
Note these other particularly strik-
ing titles: Antics of Modern Pew Fil-
lers—The Paradox of Peace—Neither
in Nor Out of Purgatory—Labor’s
Warning to .Wealth-—FEurope’s Delib-
erate: Hara-Kiri — Bankrupting the
World.
A message in this March number for
every one. Will your neighbors share
in the feast?
The nations are calling for peace.
“Saying Peace When There Is No
Peace,” by G. B. Thompson, is, alone,
worth the price of the March Watch-
man Magazine.
Honest toil begets peaceful rest.
North Texas -
A HOME IN SUNNY FLORIDA
“Desiring to be more free to do gos-
pel work, I am offering for sale at a
sacrifice my beautiful country home
and valuable farm of 115 acres, two
and one-fourth miles northwest of
Bowling Green, on the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad.
The dwelling is a ten-room house—
bath-room, four bedrooms, sitting-
rooms, etc. A few rods from this
hcuse, there is a second house, with
eight rooms; very comfortable ani
suitable for help or renters. Two
large barns, small packing house, ex-
cellent for storing, etc. Near large
dwelling is one of the finest wells in
Florida, of pure soft water.
Very valuable orange and grape-
fruit grove of 12 acres, planted twen-
ty years ago, and now in full bearing,
Ten acres of excellent grove land that
could be easily planted to increase
tl.e grove.
Also about five acres of the very
best kind and quality of grafted pe-
cans, rapidly coming into bearing.
Pecans are fully as valuable per acre
28 orange groves.
Upwards of 50 acres are fenced an:
in cultivation. Soil, much better than
the average Florida soil. There are
20 acres of muck land,—muck.—from
cne to eight feet deep. When drained,
cleared, and cultivated, very valuabiz
for gardening and truck land, requir-
ing far less fertilizing than ordinary
pine land. It can easily be drained.
A nice spring pond near the barns,
for watering stock. A fine stream of
water flows across part of the place,
affording facility for irrigation if de-
sired. An excellent quality of hay
readily grows on the place, sufficient
to fill the barns.
The place is excellent for raising
horses and other stock. Ideal for
poultry and bees.
Two immense magnolia ({rees in
front yard (I have never seen finer),
with other ornamental trees; oak,
chestnut, camphor, etc.
The orange and pecan groves of 17
acres alone are cheap at $10,000; but
that we may be free to do ministerial
work we are offering the entire place
for the sum of $10,000 cash.
We heartily invite visits and per-
sonal inspection. Write to the own-
er, Elder Gee. I. Butler, at once, at
Twin Magnolias, Bowling Green, Fia.
“Higher than the highest human
thought is God’s ideal for His chil-
dern.”