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 1835-03-04 +WHITE PIGEON M T----ST. JOSEPH CO---RED #MANUSCRIPT & BROWN MS PAID 25 RATE---AHMS LETTER 1529/336----TO REV ABSALOM PETERS, AHMS, NEW YORK---FROM REV. P.W. WARRINER---THIS IS A MOST INTERESTING FIELD OF LABOUR. THOUGH THERE IS LESS WEALTH IN THIS PLACE THAN AT MONROE, I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE ARDENT PIETY....THERE IS A WIDE DESTITUTION HERE. THERE IS NO OTHER PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN THE COUNTY...I HAVE SINCE I LAST WROTE YOU ORGANIZED A SABBATH SCHOOL AT CENTERVILLE, THE COUNTY SEAT OF THIS COUNTY. IT IS TWELVE MILES FROM THIS. I PREACH THERE OCCASIONALLY & EXPECT TO FORM A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY THERE THIS WEEK. THERE ARE TWO OTHER SCHOOLS CONDUCTED BY INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR VILLAGE AT CONSTANTINE...ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF OUR VILLAGE. THE SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN A MOST INTERESTING ONE. THERE HAVE BEEN IN ABOUT A YEAR, TWELVE HOPEFUL CONVERSIONS AMONG SCHOLARS. THREE HAVE ALREADY ENTERED UPON A COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE MINISTRY. THE PARENTS OF TWO OF THESE BOYS ARE ABLE & WILLING TO GIVE THEM AN EDUCATION WITHOUT THE AID OF CHARITY.---GENEALOGY----3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 107 Date: 1835-03-04 , Associated Pages:()