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Accommodations during these years were very 

 meager. He had to endure much privation and 

 suffering to do this work. We have often heard, 

 him tell how on one occasion, like Jacob of old, 

 he had ^^nothing upon which to rest his weary 

 head" save a "cold stone/' and this he endured 

 for a whole night. Often for many miles and 

 hours, with the sweat pouring down his face, 

 bearing his budget of books, tramping his way 

 from place to place, that the destitute might be 

 supplied. With eighteen long years of such serv- 

 ice, he felt it incumbent, over" the protests on 

 every side, to retire from the field work to the 

 pastorate. In almost every organization through- 

 out the State, resolutions were passed commend- 

 ing his service and wishing for him many years 

 of usefulness in other fields to which he was 

 called. With deep gratitude to God Almighty, 

 hopeful, and even ambitious for greater service 

 along other lines, he bids a long farewell to the 

 field work and enters the pastorate. 



Jf ounber of Coloreb (i^rpfjan ^gplum 



It is sometimes difficult to tell where, when 

 and by whom great enterprises have their origin. 

 Several have laid claim to the honor of bringing 



