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For some months I have been
attempting to do my work, embarrassed by disabilities arising from the
condition of my health. I have said
but little about it because I know a
church does not like to hear complaints of that kind. Instead of getting better as I h ad hoped to, I have
been growing worse , and my condition
is such that my physi c ians have com- I
manded me to desist for a t ime from all '
ministerial labor and get away from
the cares of the pastorat e. As one :
of them expres sed it, "yo u can either ·
stop now and rest or you will soon have ~
to stop forever." I nee d not ttll yo u 1
how great a trial it is to me to leave ~
my work, just at this time especially, :
when there is so muc h to be done,
so many converts to be looked after,
and so many interes ts of this dear
church at stake.
I am the more
reconciled howe\·er by the great kindn ess of the Quarterly confaence in ;
granting me a vacation of three '
mo nth s if that tim e sh ould be neces- !
sary t o regai n my h ealth, and by the j
fact that I have bee n enabled to fur- l
nish as a supply during my absence, :
a youn g ma n who comes ve ry highly ,
commended and who h a ~ h ad great ;
succ ess in tr.ini steria l work
Rro. H .
E. Wolfe will take my plac e! during '
my abseu ce, his~home will h.: a t tht·:
parsonage, and he will as far as possible p e rform all th e duties of a pastor.
I will not say fa rewell to my dea r
people, b ecause th e fe w wee ks o r
m onths of m y ab se nce will soon pas~
a wa y and I w ill be w it h you again
I shall ne ve r cease to be " ·ith vou in
spi rit and slnll J •r;1~· for you'r continu .:d p ros pe rit y. :\l y lamily and I
a re d eep ly g rateful fo r your grea t
kindness to us ~ in< v wv ··a m e a mong
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re l•lCIII ht· r,·d in y.. ur J • ra~ ..:rs . \\' .: Jn·
ph:a s<:d 111 ,;, ~ th.o! wh.ll<:l ..:r d isab ilit y h :b t·unH' •q•n n us. ha s rome in
the d oi n~ •1! uur ·,, ork. \\' he n the
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re t u rn 111 work.•;;:l\11 . · .\ (,; ; . ng ll' <• rd
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wat('h }J d ll'<.:<.:ll) CHI ,1\ld II !> .
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route, pu n: h:~ sed t w::kets for a two
months trip,and on an evening about
the 12th of May left London to have
; new cxpc~ience s in lands where the
language was foreign, and the customs
very different from any I had ever
known before. A ride of t1vo hours
. by rail took us to New Haven where
, a fine little iron steamer lay at the
dock ready to take u~ to Dieppc,
France. We were required on account of the the tide to wait several
hours before starting. By this time
the most of the rassengers were asleer.
With the first movement of the
steamer's wheels, and from the signif1 icant actions of the servants it was
1 evident, that it was not expected the
rassen~ers would remain asleep during the crossing. 0, the horrors of
the channel crossing!
There is a
sobe r di gnity and ease about old
ocean's s~vdls, but th e litt le tortuous
uncc rtain movemen ts of the water of
t.h c En.:i~ sh channei defy ali ca-l culation. When you are lifterl up hy the
1 \\'ave, you know well enough that you
I will be let down again, but whe ther
by a fo rward a hack ward or sidewise
movement you c:tnnot tell. It was a
relief ther efore to a cabin-full of sick
passengers early the next morning to
· ha1·e pointed out the place where we
wac to l;wd. So lying off and o n
fo r an hour or more waiting for plenty
of water to let us into the harbor. we
! ran into the basin and were permitted
Ito stand upon French soil. But of
Ja il that crowd o f officials about the
llanding and railway station, not one
could talk English. I asked a man
with many shining buttons on his
coat, ind icating, l thought, high rank
:and perhaps much knowledge, "Where
jean [ find the train which will take us
Ito Paris," and he said, "Oui Mon •sieur." Then I asked another official
·where I could get a little lunch, and
:he said, "Je ne comprend." And so
!I have been asking questions from
lthen until this day with quite similar
!results. It is fair however to say that
Jin many of the le<\ding stations there
are interpreters, and at the be tter
hotels and large business houses you
are quite s ure to find one or more
who can speak English.
In fact
everywhe re on the continent as far as
I know a strong effort is made to
obtain the patronage of English speaking people. I have been in some of
largest hotels where nearly all the
guests were American or Engli ~ hmen,
and it seemed none others were expected. A Parisian said to me, "we
lcould not get along here were it not
:for the multitudes of English speaking tourists who come to our city.!'
Well, we found the train, though there
was no one to tell us where it was,
and were whistled off at a lively rate
to Paris. For many miles the country
was very hilly and broken, until final·
ly we en tered the valley of th e Seine,
an'd had a deligh tful journey to Paris.
Our hote l was soon found and we re
comfortably quartered for our brief
stay.
I was mu ch impressed with the
beauty of Edinburgh, and now I am
inclined to put it ahea d of any city I
have ever seen in that regard though,
at th e sa me t ime, I a m we ll aware
that most people would g1•·e Paris the
preference.
T a m no t d 1sposed to
argue th e po in t, because it n: rtainly
has a beau ty rare and indesc ribab le.
:\ nd it was not a lwa ys so-at least
not to as grtat a degree. Napoleon
fl I had m uch to do with beautifying
the c::tpital of his em pire. Ht'iore his
time we re many of th e pahccs and
other pnhl i<; uuildin!(S. but he repa ired
:1 nrl h e :11111fit:d t h <'lll .
!!c.-fore his
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rRO~I TH'E !'A STOR.
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De•r friend• of Court Street Church:
In my last letter I believe I in tima ted th at I should not attempt in
the limits allowed in tiac RECORDER a
desc ripti on of the greatest city in the
world, London. It mu st be visited
to be kno wn. So in fact might it be
said of th e \'ario us cities and countri es. The object s most int eresting
are the most d iffic ult to describe.
The most I can undertake to say
a bout Pa ris and Fr::mcc, is to gi,·c.:
ce rtain im pres~ i ons wh ic h se!emcd to
be the strongc•;t after hav ing hcc11
th e re ahnut a wct"k .
My friend, RI.'V . ~1r. Hic kt' y, ha1·ing
decided to go to Egyp t and P:~ l est inc,
had alrc::tdy left me, and I was o bl iged
to mak e ~1y plan" inr journc)·ing o n
(h i' rnn iJnl'nt 11fl n•·
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tim e th ere were s treets innum e rable,
;md as fine as in other old cities, but
they we re no t wide cnougn to please
him, or they did uot run in the right
direction, or they were c roo ked . So,
in many instances fi rst buying up the
real estate whi c h might be improved
hy the proposed c hangrs that he
might turn an honest pen ny for himself, he commanded that certai n n a rrow streets bt! widened, a nd that
st reets-boulevards-as wide as Saginaw St., Flint or Woodward Avenu e,
Detroit, be c ut for long distances
through ~olid blocks of buildings.
And it was done as he said. The
result is a c ity irradiate d by these
wide prin cc:ly boulevards, while the
s ide streets, the o ld s treets of the c ity
are mainly as they were. Of cou rse.
many of the most beautiful buildings
including churches, palaces, the Louvre, once a palace now the greatest
museum in the world, loo k back for
their origin to Louis XlV and his
successors. Tho>e old k ings seemed
to have a passion for budding. Th e
fl oors and walls of the mos t cos tly
marble, the ceiling decorated with the
finest paintin gs. One of my pleasantes! d ays was one spe nt in visitin g
the Bois du lloulogne, th e Palace of
S t. Cloud, a nd the pal aces of th e
Trianiore and Versaill es, all outside
the c ity walls but n ot very far away .
A p arty of twenty-two of us went in
o ne wagon with fiv e horses, unde r direction of a guide. The Boisdu Boulogne is in re:tlity th e city park,
nea rly all forest however, inte rs pe rsed
with ma ny pretty little artificial l ak e~
and intersected by bridle paths and
drives. The trees are not very la rge
for a few yea rs ago Emperor W illi am
of Germany and his army m a·de a
summer excursion tu Pa ris, and the
sold iers, it is said, used some of th e
best trees fo r their c amp fires. I
s ubmitted to the co mpany t hat these
woods, havin g onl y I] OO acres,-we
could s urpass the m in ex tent in
Mic higan. Th e n some one irrevere ntl y ca lkd o ut, " Whe re is Mic h iga n!" I had nothin g m ore to say to
a c rowd that did not know where
M ich ig:tn is. Thcn we went to St.
C loud Palace, or ra ther the ruins of
it, for it was burn ed at th e time of
the ( ; cr man invasion, not b y tlt c (;c.:rmans, but by th e F rench . . Th en we
visi ted th e Tr ia ni ore, th e Littl e Pal ace, :~s it is co mmonly called. This
wa s the fa \'o rit e home of Na poleon I.
l asked the guidc why h e had not
occ upi ed one o f sc.:Ye ra l large palaces
in t hc neighborhood. ins tead of thi s
s mall and unpret en tious one, and he
qui ck ly a n<.l, I t hought, :tppro priately
repli ed , "He was too b usy a man to
to live in a large h ouse." The n we we nt
the Versailles, b egun under Lewis X I V
and which a great French man was
accustom ed tn ca ll before it was com ·
pl eH•d-''That gul f of Expense."
~ nd s urely th e grand est andhfghest
words in ou r lang uage . mu s t be emp loyed in th t! desc ription of the bu ildin g and grou nds. I ts fou nta ins a re
said to be the finest in the world.
Its h alls, chapels, private apartm en ts,
picture galle ries are su rpassingly
b eautiful. No one has li ved in th is
palace for more th a n a hundred years
and th e French people k eep it to look
at. Twice a mon th on t he Sabbath
the fountain s play, a nd then t he
place is thronged with people. It
was in this very palace when he was
just concluding his successful campaign aga inst th e Frenc h that Kaiser
Wilhc!l m established h is hc:trl quarters
and in its great hall he was proclaimed
Emperor o f Germany. Then a few
d ays later he rode in to Paris at the
head of hi s a rmy pass ing und e r th e
magnificent Arc de Triomph, and
e nca mping hi s arm y upon the Champs
Elysee's. Yo u ca n ha rdly get a Parisian to own that the Emperor ever
d id tha t. They kno w th at it is soand still it seems more like a dream.
Much could be said of numerous
o the r building in P.1 ris which contribute to its beauty. Nearly all its fine
buildings, incld ing the Notre Dame :
and Mad elin e Cathedrals, the latter .
the m0s t ~eautiful c hurc h I ever saw,
have been buil t a t. publi c expense. 1
With in a fc.:w years the. munic ip:tl gov- 1
ernmcnt ha ve built an O pera House •
wh ic h cost we ll toward s te n millions
o f franc;. And so the main id ea in I
Pa ri s see ms to be beauty, s plendor. j
The shops, we should call them s tores,
a re beautiful b eca use th e goods are so 1
nicely arranged . My former in str llc- 1
1tor, Prof. Van Vleck ca ll ed my atte n- l
tion especiall y to the fact that the
good s were n o be tter th an c ould b e 1
found e lse wh e re, but it w:~s si mpl y j
the co ns utnmate art with which they 'I
a re a rranged. And then, obviously,
the next thin g with the Pa risian s to 1
beauty is pleasure. Napoleon III ,
was a pleasure s ee ker, and so h e
taught hi s people. One is impressed
with th e great number of cafes 1nd
restaurants. T o these pl aces the p eo pl e repai r in multitudes especially aftern oons and evenings. These cafes ·
extend way out covering h alf the
wide s ide walk, an d the re will be
found men and .women and children,
s ippin g th eir win es and stron ger
d rink s. I think th e temperance question h:. s never bee n rai sed in France.
At least one would infer th a t irom
what he sees. T heatres and other
places of am use ment are open on
Sundays as on week days . In fac t
S und ay is th e great day fo r 1mu se·
ment s o f all kinds. I :1m told th e re
arc multitu de; oi ve ry poo r people,
th o ugh I co nfess 1 did n ot sec man y.
Th ev mu st be in th e back s treets.
Th e. Parisians-! s peak in a genera l
way kn owi ng the rP. a re exceptions seem to be destitute of hi gh mo ral
pu rpose. T hey lack <:onsc ience. A
retired En gli sh o ffi ce r who has li ved
for ye:~rs in Pa ri s says they lack reli giou s belief- th at a l a r ~c portion of
th e l':~ri s ian peo ple d o not hcli en: in
tho.: l·Xi >tcncc o f l ;,lc\, o r imm o rtali ty .
I len cc the fuc.:l fu r the communi sti c
fire whi c h is liable to brc:tk o ut again
at any tim e. As a na ti on th ey are n ot
as they were. Virtue-the o ld Roman ;·irlllt', grit, c h;Hacter-has gone
out of thcm. The y nced a qui ckened
co nsc ience. th ey n eed a n ew-an invigoratc:d rcJ,giun. Ro m an is m h a~
ve ry littl e con trol O\'cr th e hear ts o f
Frenchmen. A reform ed c hurc h, a
divin e baptism is what }!' ranee-Paris
palti<:ularly-necds.
I found o ne
ho mc -like place.:.
That was th e
:\ml'ri can C h:1p<.: l wh ose minister is
Rev. J W . Ho~t gh, ia teiy of jackson, I
Michigan. He was not there, but a j
wo rthy bro the r fr om M assachu setts 1
was in h is place. 0 , if F rance could 1
h ave Pro tes tantism, sh e wo uld rise :
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I hurr:ed ly wri te th is fo r th e RE- .
c <• RI.lER. I regret to say that my
hea lth is not as good as wh e n I last
wrote. I am beginnin g to look to ward s hom e, and un less I get stron ge r
so that I can enjoy s igh t ·seei ng. I
s hall soon be on my way to dear old
Amer ica an<.l Michi ga n, and Cou rt S t.
C hu rch and th e friends in F lint. every
o ne of whom I should like thi s very
mom ent to sec. God b less us all.
Yonr Pastor,
I. N. Et.WOU!l,
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LETTE R Fl<OM THE 1':\STOR. it was :unusing to sec that c:!bm:tn try u:y Cogsdd l's J,·ath gJvo.: me: pain.
to_ extort m orc th.1 n th~ st ipu la ted 1Ju st b~forc 1 ldt h ou1~ he wc: nt to
PAlOS, Flc~NCE, Mar ' 9· ! 8/!6. p~H: c and to Sct: ,\!r. H tckc:y ward 1.-\rk:lll~:IS and udort' gOing C":l llt:d :Jt
/ ),·,, l·ii(IJ./; ,,_; G"'rt Sl C/mrrk l11m off, and lin.1lly c-onquer af:er a I the p:~rsonagc .1nd lo.:ft his annu:ol
\\'hen the l:t s t Kt:LO IWt. J< w:~s hard s t~;_!ggh:. I gtve tin ~ as a speci- l contribution to the i\lis~ionary c:~usc
IS~IIt:d I had ju st la nded in Sc-otla nd , mc:n .
1 he: people genera lly we have I ;~nd u:tdc us f:Hcwdl.
Li \·ing, he
J ntl it was t herefo re impos~ iblc fo r ;1 found to be vcr}' polite a nd o bli ging ! aimed to be a devout Christ :tn. His
1, Iter from me to gt:t to Flint in time: ind..-cd, uut the enure: rac e of c:.obmcn, ~incc rity and consecration are ~hown
I) ·lf•p car in that
numucr.
Th e: portc: rs and :til th<it dd~S with whom I in the fact that, afto.:r bequests to a
ro.:• <' J'ItOn two days ago of several t_he tr.avcllcr o f_ ne<·cssit y con.1.'' s in f':w rd:lli\·cs, he lef~ t_he rtsi~u~ of
ktta- fr o m ho me, inclu din g one: from <Ontat:t :~re look tn g for g1fts.
Uo n- - ln.; property totht: l\ltss10nary So•: u: ty
Jim. \\'olfc:, :11! Jssuring me: that the u ie Scot land" we: lound just putting : of our c.:hu n :h . He was indeed an
~o od work is still goin~ o n v~ry pros· on her grc:en.
Tht: lit:ltJs were ju~t; e;~rnest and I!OOd man.
pc rously ;mwng you, reminds mc: of bein!> p la nted, the: tree:~ were yc:t b ;Jrc!
Very Sincer~ly, . ,
a promise, made I fe.tr to too many of l c~vc:s. a n_d blossoms. 1 a m very
YouPS tn the Gos pel,
people I'> be literally kept, to write as certain M1ch1gan was f:uth crad\·ancc!d i
I. N . ELwoon.
I might ha,·e opportunity. Though 1 in vegetation at that date. We had 1
L.ln not do this to e.w h one as I intended to take: a short run to La kes
shou ld like:, yet 1 can have a few Lomond, Katrine and the Tr o~s.H:hs,
word~ with all thro ugh the pages o f but th e sum mer roads wa s not n:t
th e RlL"I! I<IJEIC
opc:n, so wc: mtsst:d that Wc: ~p~n t
We left New York when tht: wc:ath- two d .1ys in th a t most c harming city,
e r w.1s very mild and pleasant. The Edinburgh. No pen can fitly describe
sea was almos t as s mooth as glass for its glories. Of courst: we sa.w the:
a day or mMe, a nd \l·e b c:g.m to con- Castle, on the highc:st pin nadc:-a
~rat ul:tte ourselves that we sh ould mounta in you might ahriost call it in
prohahly ha\'e a d~lightful pnssage. the heart of the city, St. G iks church
Rut the winds gradually increased where John Knox preached, the house
and h)• 1he end o f the first week we of the g rl!a t preacher whtch is stiil
were: in th e wildest of a severe storm. presc:rvc:d ju~t a s it was when he died.
For four days we had no sight o( the H ollpvod Palace and Abbey, the
sun or s tars and it was a matter of home of Queen Victoria · when she
some doubt as to where we were. Still visits Scotland whic h it is said she
the storm in creased and on our sddom dot"s because of her horror
~lcventh day out it wa~ fearful. • The for this Palace. Jt bas such terrible
ship was plunging ab!:>ut terribly, the associations. There are Quec!n Mary's
;ca coming over the decks. About rooms, Lord Dawly's appartments,
111 we could do that day wo~s to remaio and the place where Reggio was
in our state-rooms and ..hold on." murdered. The guide showed us the
:\t noon that day the first .officcr had blood -spots on the floor nnd seemed
' glimpse of the sun :~nd was enal>led as if he: expect~d us to believe: his
:o s;-a y that next morning at day-break prepostc:rous story. Uut, unless I stop
,,.e should see land. I had never sooo 1 shall fill the t:ntirc! R ECORDER
;c:cn Ireland bc:fore but 1 can assure with my letter. Aftc:r two uays we
you the solid earth ne ver looked quite came on to London, stopping for a
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:oast on· the emerald isle just a s th e Abbots- ford, tht: fo rm<: r ho rut: o( ·Sir
;u nlight was touc hing the tops or th e Walter Scott, and D ryburgh Abbey.
There is something ve ry trying Bot h o f the Abbeys a re in ruin s but
1ills.
n a stormy sea-voy age. It is oot well wonh a visit. Then London;imply the horrible sickness to which it is far beyond dc:sc ription, just as
uost people are su bject, but the this great English people, locat ed on
;ameness and the s uspen se and the thi s little island in the sea are beyond
:Vaiting a re all vc:_ry wearing. _A per- comprehension.
Great London is
;on i; quite certa rn to be tray hrs true the cre:~ti on of the gr~ater English
:har.lcter before th e end of the voyage. people. I spent a week going about
[f he is a Ch ri ~tian , a ll h is grac es thro ugh its streets and have not yet
.viii be brought into lively exc:rcise. begun to see it. On ;ny first Sabbath
-\. steam-ship in a sto rm is a n admir- there I worsh ipped in the l .. 1 Road
tb le place to st udy hum an nature. Weslepn C h apel in the m orning.
o\s to ~ea- sickness, I was saved from This is the c hu rch where J o hn Wes.
hat.
Perhaps my enforced abs!i · ley used to preach
I visited his
1e nce for ma ny weeks befo re the grave in tht: rear of t he c hurc h and
ourn!:y began, and on board ship, saw the ho me where he li ved and
>revcnted it. ~f ost o f the pJssc ngc:rs died. Across the s treet in Bun hill
;uffcred greatly. One lady appc:arcd Fidds Burial Grou nd , we visited the
1t the ship 's table but once during g raves o f J oh n Bunyan, Isaac Watts,
he voy:~ge and tha t was uefure we the: mother of the Wesleys, and other
n:re fairly out of New York h.1 rbor. di st inguished dis5e nters . In the after·
On Mond:~y, May Jd , we found noon we went to West minst e r Abbey.
>u rst- lves la nd -locked in the beau tiful Attemptin g no descripti on, I will o n ly
~i r1h of Clyde. A few hours la ter, say that o ne i·s ovei-,vhe lmc:d ·iri- the :
titer a vexatious d e lay waiting for prc:sence o( these assoc iations.
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: ustom House officers "· ho had gone the e\'ening we heard Dr. Joseph
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m a holiday exc ursion, we landed at Parke r, the leading Congrega tional '
;reenock. An hours r ide by rail minister of London. So you will all
ook us to G lasgow and the comforts not icc:, I go to c hu rch when I have .,
,( a Poorl hnt PI \.lasvow is a verv opnortunitv.
Yestcrdav 1 camc: to
.tirrir.g commercial ci ty-not so at-~ this most bc·a utiful and gayest ci ty. ;
rac tiv.: in its scenery and associa tion s, In a few days I ex po.:c r to go on to,
1111 it s half a million of people a re Italy and Swirzc:rl:~nd .
My compan- ·
111 ~ h ing on in the race to gt:t wealth- ion, Mr. II ic key has gone o n to Egypt I
101 ve ry unlik e some Americ ans we and P.tkstine lor a short tour in th ose 1
ometimes meet. We found by our countric:s. My frie nds will be plc:asc!d
1rst days expc:rience th:tt in these to le arn thai I h:~ve Jmproved in .
ands fo reigners. especial!)' AmeriLan s health, tho ugh I ha n~ n o t yet r.omt:
1rc conside red the legitimate prey, to full s rr.:ngt h.
With oc casional
·spec ially of c.::~ hmen , a nd hotel man· exceptions I bel ie ve I am imp roving
•ricrs. Being the wc:tkc:r 1·.:ssd for daily. In du e time I hope to bt: with
h..- tim•: IH: in!4 physically I turn ed yo u.
l'kasc read H t:l>re ws t.;th
,,·cr th e tll:tna gcmcnt for a dri,·t· c hapter fro m the t StiJ tu the ~ 1 '1
1hou t the c.: ity 10 ?\-fr. 1-:1 id t·, , my verses inclu~ J,·.:. I a m plc:tsc:d tu (,·:m:
ra ,·c:lling c.:ompan ion. H.: did ad - you :tre gettin g on so wt:ll in c.:hur• h
nir:.~b ly in making arrangements, !Jut work .
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LETTER FROM THE PASTOR.
The followin g letter from Bro. El.
wood will give his many friends a
st :~.tem ent from his own pen as to just
what his state of health is at the pres- 1
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"It is about time for another issue j'
of the RECORDER, and I hope I am
not too late to say a few words to the ;
dear friends of Court St . Church. I ;
know many will join me in thanks ,
giving that the heart disease which a j
few weeks ago threatened my life has !
been brought under control, and of
this I may say I :1m, if not entirely j
well, as well as I had any hopes of l
being; and m ay be comfonal.Jle in·the
years to come by 1he exercise of care .
and prudence. I have been in this , .
city six weeks under treatment, Mrs. j
E. and my brother be ing my atten- 1
d a nts. My progress has been much ,
hindered by complications which have j
arisen, first, pleura· pneumonia, and i
then, when I was just ready to leave :
the city and the doctor's care, by a
severe attack of ~heumati sm which ;
has disabled me for nearly three ,
weeks. I am now just able to get
out of doors again. I have just returned fro m a short walk-all my
lameness will allow.
For severa l .
weeks I h:~.vo.: been looking forw:~.rd to 1
he in" :It home ho.:fore conference to ,
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J.ssisto in dos in g up the year. I n v1cw
' of m y m :m~ ro.:vo.:rses I h:~ rd l y know
' what to say aiJCHI'. the matter no w,
!ou h• that th e n : rr f'1rs t hour afte r it is
pru,d ent fo r mo.: t;) tr:ll't:l, will find me
1on the way to my home and the good
people whom I should so much like
i to see.
\\•u r P a~ ll•r.
I. :\ . ELw•"ll•.
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We had hoped for a letter fro m Bro.
Elwood far this number of the RECORDER but have received none. We
may say however that his ht:alth is
much improved since he has been in
New York city and he hopes to be
with us before the close of the con·
ference ye;1r.
We add a pe rsonal
from the Nn<• York Adl'Ocatr.
-~"The Rev. I. N. Elwood, of Flint,
Mich., returned from a brief trip to
Europe a little more than a week ago,
unimproved in h ealth. His physicial
weakness hastened his re!tu rn. He
proceeded at once to his father's ho me
in Central New York. e xpec ting sho rtly· to resume his pastorate in M ichi·
gan.
Fi nding, how ever, that hts
strength continued to fail, he came
back to New \'o rk, and placed him self in cha rge o f :111 eminent specialist.
Mrs. Elwood has joir.cd him. and we
:~. r e glad to report that, :~lthong h still
seriously ill, there is u o11· good h o pe
o f a s ttady reco ve ry and resumption
of J.ctive work toward the close ol the
Conference year. t9 v c;. . - 1 Y i""C.
Elwood, Isaac N.