,
But what of that, when I realized one dollar thirty-five.

"Mrs Hamilton returned about forty dollars as the result of her labors.
Miss Fannie Siebold, a vivacious young woman with auburn hair and with
eyes that sparkle, was visiting friends in the place. She never lost an
opportunity to show her interest in the little church. Her host, curious
to see if she could not be made to retract from her offers, told her he
would give her fifty cents if she would ride one of his spirited horses
without, a saddle.

"She was told that she might ride any fashion. Miss Siebold made all the
male portion of the family promise to remain indoors, where they could not
observe her during the performance. They agreed to this, but people
passing along the road were surprised at the sight of a handsome young
lady galloping over the fields on the flying charger in a manner that
would do credit to any man.

"As a result of all the industry, $208.54 was raised, the sheriff's
placard was taken down from the church-door, and a thirty days' extension
secured on the $2,500 remaining to be paid."

The following article, recently published in a God-fearing, religious
paper, contains weighty and powerful truths, and should awaken the reader
to the present condition of things in this dark, seducing, and
soul-deluding, sinful world.

"There has been for many years a rapid decline among the Protestant
churches of the spirit of revivals and of the manifestations of the power
of the Holy Spirit. Not only is there great ignorance on the doctrines of
the Bible, but almost universally a positive antagonism to anything like
the supernatural in religious experience.

"Just as Jesus was rejected and crucified by the professed church at the
close of the Jewish age, so the Holy Spirit is being despised and
crucified by the professed church at the close of the Gentile age. Just as
Jesus was rejected from the nice homes of Bethlehem, and had to go into a
stable to find a place to be born, and where he could utter his infant
cries, so the Holy Spirit to-day is utterly rejected from thousands of
Protestant churches, and he has to go into rented halls, slum missions,
canvas tents, and woods meetings to find a place to utter his voice
through the lips of those who know and feel him. Just as there were a few
who had supernatural discernment to recognize and worship the infant God,
so there are now a few who discern the personality and operation of the
Holy Spiri