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some shade tree, surrounded by a group of from 

 four to twelve of these earnest students, eager to 

 catch every word that fell from his lips. After 

 the meetings had closed and he had gone, such 

 remarks as the following might be heard, " Isn't 

 Brother Showers grand ? He makes every thing 

 so plain ! Hasn't he a blessed spirit ? How I do 

 love to hear him talk and preach. I believe I 

 could listen to him all day and not get tired," 

 and so on. But eternity alone will know all the 

 work of his hands that under God he wrought. " 



The last summer of his life was doubtless the 

 busiest one he had ever spent in Christ's service. 

 Beside holding his quarterly meetings he attended 

 four camp-meetings, several grove meetings and 

 holiness convention. At each of these meetings 

 he preached at least twice, usually three or four 

 times. Some times he would feel so weary and 

 worn in body at the close of one meeting that he 

 would scarcely see how he would get to the next 

 •one. Then the Lord would so touch his body 

 that he would some times say he never felt better 

 in his life. 



The last camp-meeting he held was the one on 

 his own district held in Greenville, Pa. Although 

 very much worn in body he labored untiringly 

 throughout this meeting. He felt that as district 

 elder, it rested ujjon him particular}^ to make the 

 •meeting a success through God's help. Regard- 



