Correspondence (incoming): begging letters, H

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means which formerly was strong and independent.

Dear Lady is it not true that three fourths of the men and women of note and worth in business, profession al, and christian work were trained under the influence of the country church They are usually of staunch moral fiber, earnest, self reliant industries, and ambitions.

The country churches are doing a mighty work under ever increasing difficulties training that young people in safe and sober habits to go out for heroic service in the cities and on the missionary field.

It is recognized by many who have studied the aubject for years that

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The only solution of the difficulty is a partial endownment = a funded sum the interest only to be used from year to year. If we had a fund of eight or ten thousand dollars the yearly interest to supplement what we can raise here what an enlarged and wonderful work we coulddo - a man could be located and kept sentinally at work. The people here are generally intelligent and progressive and could enjoy and appreciate the ministrations of a man of experience and ability. Many county churches have been provided with partial endowment in this part of Ohio by people of means but no one has gone out from us of sufficient means to warrant us in even expecting anything for the mother church I'm blessing us

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would you not bless your own life as well by thoughts of the happy hearts and the bright spot in Ohio made forever luminous by one timely and gracious gift. We are doing all we possibly acan in the way of means, we do not wish to lessen our giving, and such a gift would inspire us all to make a still greater effort - With all our poverty of resources we do not neglect the missionary offerings, every number giving something for this great enterprize every year. We are regarded as a live - spiritual, missionary church. We all work to keep things going with hope and enthusiasm gather in every child for the school and

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Junior Endeavor we can possibly find or hear of, feeling the importance of their education and culture in religious ways. A tireless work is desperately needed to visit indifferent families - new families - sick, and poor. A man of ability and push who could command about seven hundred a year would be a power for good. As we have no parsonage he would have to rent a house - and keep a good horse and buggy for the work and that would eat into his salary so as not to leave anything more than a good comfortable sum for family needs. Would it be possibly dear lady for you to consider this matter seriously and come to our help and relief. Think if you had sat beside us for fifteen years and more, with

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more Sunday preaching, and that by beginners for the most part, the surrounding field largely invisited and the hands tied for lack of means to extend the work. Those of us who are here for life do so feel the need of food for ourselves we hunger for spiritual lessons from the more experienced minsters. We have hope that a much larger percent of the young people would be converted by a vigorous work which a settled pastor would do. I am a stranger to you personally but you have Christ and his cause and so we are one in hope and service after all. You see our situation and I assure you that this people

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