The Christian Advocate Volume 80, No. 32 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...at Winchester, Mass.. on July 8He was born in Ithaca. N. Y., seventy-six years nu'o. graduated at Concord Biblical Institute, ami joined New Hampshire Conference in 1854. To his faithful labors were added twelve years of efficient service as city missionary in Lawrence, Mass., where the Day Nursery, Children's Home, and Hospital owe much to hie efforts. He had also been presiding elder of Dover District. In 1890 he was a delegate to the General Conference. Three years ago he took the relation of a. superannuate. The Rev. W. H. Hoi lister, who for several years previous to March, 1904, when he returned to America on furlough, had been missionary in charge of our work in Kolar, South India, sailed from New York on the steamer Cedric, Wednesday, July VX Since 1892 Mr. Hollister has been largely responsible for the development of the successful industrial work in connection with the mission at Kolar. The boys of the mission have become so proficient in the manual arts that they have erected their own buildings and certain buildings for other purposes. Mrs. Emily E. Wilkinson, of Elizabeth, N. J., believing that there is great need of better methods of obtaining trustworthy information relating to the public schools, has offered two prizes of $200 and $100 to the public school teachers of America "for the best forms of reporting school expenses and educational results." Governor Stokes, of New Jersey; Dr. A. E. Winship, of Boston; and Professor G. H. Locke, of the School Review, are named as judges. Sir John William Akerman, who recently died in England, was a son of the Rev. James Akerman, of the Wesleyan Conference. He went to South Africa in 1850, and was one of the first British colonists of Natal. He was prosperous rn Iris business under'raking am...