THE Methodist New Connexion MAGAZINE, And Evangelical Repository. CONTENTS. THE CONFERENCE OF 1885.-John W. Ogden ..... PAGE ..321 325 ..333 WHY NOT?........ ...336 WHERE WERE YOU?..... ..339 WRECKED AND RESCUED.-Cheverton King ..340 THE TRUE IDEAL OF LIFE.-Thos. Stoneley MOTIVES TO CHRISTIAN SERVICE.-T. Davies "HE'LL SEE IT WHEN HE WAKES."-Frank Lee ..341 .348 EMINENT MISSIONARIES.-III. DAVID BRAINERD.-H. T. M.. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS MEMOIRS AND RECENT DEATHS.-Mrs. Garner-Captain John Hain-Mr. .366 369 NEWS AND NOTES.-Ashton-under-Lyne-Burslem-Guild of Kindness- The Profits of this Work are given to the Beneficent, Paternal, and Contingent Funds. The Objects of these Institutions are fully specified in the Minutes of Conference, and in our General Rules. LONDON: C. D. WARD, EDITOR AND BOOK STEWARD, Price Sixpence. UNWIN BROTHERS,] (All rights are reserved.) [LONDON AND CHILWORTH Manchester Conference, 1885. CONFERENCE PROGRAMMES, With MAP OF DISTRICT, will be ready by the end of May. 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