TENNESSEE RIVER CONFERENCE.
By W. J. Stone
NOVEMBER 1, my wife and I left Battle Creek, Mich., by advice of the General Conference Committee, for Nashville, Tenn., to labor in the Tennessee River Conference. Since coming here, I have visited the brethren at Nashville, Guthrie, Springville, Paris, Hazel, Trezevant, Leach, and Lane. At all these places I received a cordial welcome, and the brethren have been encouraged and strengthened by the meetings. I find a debt of about seven hundred dollars upon the Conference, of several years' standing, also that the tract society is owing our publishing houses about twenty-two hundred dollars. This matter was taken into consideration by the Conference Committee, and has been presented to our brethren where I have visited, and I believe that they have a mind to do what they can to reduce this indebtedness. The brethren are mostly poor, but there seems to be a willingness to do all they can to carry forward the work. I confidently expect to see the Conference out of debt by the time of our next annual meeting. Meanwhile I shall also do all I can to lessen the debt of the tract society. I was glad to meet Elder Bollman before he left for his new field of labor in Chicago. I am of good courage in the Lord, and expect, with his blessing, to see the work advance in this field.
W. J. STONE.