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counts of revivals or religious meetings, obituary notices, biogra- 

 phies, etc. — must be accompanied with the writer's name. 



Communications may be addressed to the Rev. William Capers, 

 Charleston, or to either of the pastoral ministers of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church in this city, who are members of the Publishing 

 Committee. 



The itinerant ministers and preachers of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church are all authorized agents of the Southern Christian Advocate, 

 to whom payments may be made. 



The proceeds of this paper, as a part of the general Book Con- 

 cern, will be equally divided among all the Annual Conferences, to 

 be applied in spreading the gospel, and aiding distressed and super- 

 annuated ministers, and the widows and orphans of those who have 

 died in the work. 



William Capers, Editor. 

 Nicholas Talley, 

 George F. Pierce, 

 Bond English. 

 Whitefoord Smith, Jr., 

 James Sewell, 

 John N. Davis, 

 James W. Welborn, 



Publishing Committee. 



In April, 1838, a very disastrous fire occurred at 

 Charleston, which destroyed several churches, 'and 

 among them one large Methodist church, and another 

 that was in process of building. Dr. Capers, having 

 temporarily resigned his editorial chair, set off on 

 a mission through the middle and upper districts of 

 South Carolina, to solicit aid in rebuilding the two 

 churches; and returned in about three months with 

 the noble sum of upward of thirteen thousand dollars. 



In 1840 the territory of the Church was divided by 

 the General Conference held at Baltimore into three 

 missionary departments; and Dr. Capers was ap- 

 pointed secretary to the Southern division. The gen- 

 eral interests of the missionary work within this dis- 

 trict were intrusted to his oversight; and the duties 

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