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Bishop Marvin and the Quarterage

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 21, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 24.

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Bishop Marvin and the Quarterage

We see it stated that the brethren in Missouri tell a good story of the lamented Bishop Marvin. He was one day, while preaching, interrupted by the shout of a steward in the amen corner, whom he well knew to be a little "near" (as the Scotch would term it). Turning to him in a kind manner, he said in a firm voice: "Brother, have you paid your quarterage?" "No," was the confused but prompt reply. "Then," said the Bishop, "stop shouting, brother. No Methodist ought to shout who does not pay his quarterage." This may account for the decrease in shouting in some sections. —Raleigh Advocate.