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REV. J. S. McGEARY. 



My acquaintance with A. C. Showers began at a 

 ■cainp-meeting held at Titusville, Pa., in August, 

 L887. He had then been converted but a short 

 time. The impression of Lis countenance and 

 individuality then made upon me has never 

 been effaced. The following summer, while I 

 was in charge of the New Castle district, he 

 came before me for examination for local 

 preacher's license. The clearness with which 

 he answered all questions put to him at that 

 time and the breadth of mind shown impressed 

 me that his was no ordinary mind. It was 

 a source of sincere regret to me when, with 

 his father's family, he removed to another 

 part of the conference and we were no longer 

 closely associated in the work. Yet by frequent 

 association I learned to appreciate the many 

 excellent qualities of which he was possessed. 

 Upon his remarking to me at the Apollo, Pa., 

 camp-meeting in 1889, which he attended by my 

 invitation, that he did not know who was his 

 spiritual father. I replied. "I will adopt you," 

 he frequently afterwards addressed myself and 

 wife as " father" and " mother. " As a brother 

 and friend he held a very high place in my 

 heart. 



