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" Brother Showers consented to fill the appoint- 

 ment at New Brighton for a few weeks nntil a 

 supply could be secured. After his second trip 

 he called at my home and said, * Brother Tobey, 

 if you still insist upon it, and think that I am the 

 right man to go to New Brighton, I will go, for 

 I have come to the conclusion that there is no 

 rest for me in this life. I feel better when I am 

 at work than I do when I try to rest. I will take 

 my place and die at my post/ Accordingly he 

 moved his family to New Brighton where he 

 spent one of the most profitable and fruitful 

 years of his life. The work was comparatively 

 new in that place. The church was centrally 

 located and vast congregations assembled to hear 

 the Gospel. It would be impossible to place an 

 estimate upon the good that was done by his 

 preaching that year. He stood like a brave 

 soldier and without fear or favor declared the 

 whole counsel of God. 



" It will be safe to say that his influence on 

 that charge that year is already so wide spread 

 that you can scarcely visit a town or hamlet 

 within a radius of twenty miles of New Brighton, 

 but you will find some souls that have been 

 brought out into the light through his teachings. 

 I was recently introduced to a gentleman from 

 Ellwood City. He smiled and said, ' I have seen 

 you before. I was a member of a popular church 



