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- ) Here and hero aleve’ To
Is givon thee zo suffer for fod's sake.
Tn the o<her werld ws shull more perfectly
Serve lhir and inve him, praise him, work for him,
‘ress neag ard ne.rer him with S11 delights
"qf then wo shall not an more Le called
To sulfer, which is our appointment here.
‘arst thou ros suffer, then, ore hour or twa?
- -=Selacted.
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PUR SCLOCL.
Jwar since whe organization of our conference the plan of huving an inter=
meuiate meiool of cur own as been wdvocateds many locations have teen suggested and
uC. earrast thougit has been given to it, but at the close of each discussion it was
seen tat: Ve we«s nos able wo rtuild a school on account of not having the necessary finda.
fra so the schond hus heer left wivil zhis Last full ~vaen we started a school in the
vestry nf hs ciusch as Pes soskey. |
This school has bien a success in «11 ways and has been et mesns of convincing
our peopla shu~ we muss have a peruwnent schools We were locking for « place for the
sc00l outsides nf Po%osksv for we recopnized that tlie zestimonies of focd's spirit had
‘cle.rly ouszlined thas =e school should be located outside of wna away frou the city,
where the siudents could “e kept free from the teupzatiprs the. netur«lly would coum to
whew wnile in a wow.
A fer reeks age der oon, president of whe Lake linior Conference, culled
a me tins at Cedar Lake, lurch 31, of the committees of ‘orth ..dchigun and Wes: ..ichigur
Zo consider tha school yucszion. On the part of Vest liickigun, 2lder Haughey offer~d tr
turn over Cedar Lake Academy =o North iichigan on condiziorn thut we assume the indehted-
ress of 41a schosl und par a smll amcunt so Wess [iichirmon. The sotul emourt wold
wake a sua less “ian he plant would bring at public sale. Our comaitiec lcoked The
matter over carefully and considered that, as we were gesting a property thus was worth
whas wa would nay fo~ it ws would accept the offer, una so whe =ransfer hus beer lades
Anthar consideration of the transfe: was th.T the counties of lecosta and
Isabella with ze north tier of townsliips in ontealn sounty would be mude a part ¢
North “hchigan 4arrisory vhich would give us nine more churches with -a membership of
nea~ly “hres hundred. This will eruble us to empley iiore lutoreps and will tend to
uild up the work in ow conferences  —
To 111 apmreciated the 1ihé ality nf est !lichigur in this matter ard I am
sure that ou Deople will be glad vo lo rr *iwu~ the trunsfer hds been wade. Those of
our bre-hren in the conference that I have heard from express themselves us bulng pleased
wish %he arrangeusent, und think shu: brighter days are in sicre for tie work here. Ix
considering the plans av Gedur lake iv was recognized that West [lichigwn was prectically
rakirz us a don.:ion of several tiiousand dollars. This is in hurnccy with the liboral
treatment “ha we have alwars received from thus conference and we appreciate wnat has
beer done.
Prof. Aver hus gore ensed to take tlie prineipulsiiip for another year. Prof.
Jaccbs, who is teachihg the school az Petoskey, will be associated with him und plars are
being lai! To mwmke +ie achool a¥ Godar lake « miron- factor in the spread c¢f the third
angel's message, and we trust tia% wany voung men and women ry go from that place To
teke an active part in this clcsing wrk.
- Jo J» Irvin.
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