To the N. W. and S. W. Union Conferences.
By C. C. Lewis
About the middle of June last, I entered upon my duties as Superintendent of church schools for the Northwestern and Southwestern Union Conferences, resigning in good faith the position of Principal of Keene Academy, in order to take up the former work. The board of trustees of the academy made diligent efforts to secure a successor, electing two different persons, only to find them otherwise engaged under circumstances that forbade their acceptance of the invitation of the academy. Being at a loss to know what next to do, as the season was well advanced, the President of the General Conference was consulted at the time of the Texas camp-meeting, and he advised my remaining at Keene another year. Accordingly I expect to return to Keene about October 20, to get ready for the opening of the fall term, November 6. Of necessity, this interferes with my relations to the Union Conferences, for which I am very sorry, as I can see a large amount of work which ought to be done. I am allowed, however, to give some time to correspondence in the interests of the church-school work, and would cordially invite any one in these Conferences to write to me in regard to the church-school work, especially the school superintendents of the State Conferences. At the close of the school year, next June, if Providence permits, I shall be glad to resume labor in the interests of the church schools. C. C. LEWIS.