From Boston to Bareilly and back Author:William Butler Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FROM BOSTON TO BAREILLY. CHAPTER I. " And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have prea... more »ched the word of the Lord, and see how they do. ... And [they] departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God." Actt xv, 36, 40. Boston, April 5, 1883.—In the record of the proceedings of the New England Annual Conference, held on this date in BromfieloVStreet Church, there occurs the following passage: When the name of Dr. William Butler was called, tlie presiding elder presented the following resolution, which war unanimously adopted by a rising vote: Resohed, That this Conference has heard with deep gratitude of the intended visit of our brother, Dr. William Butler, and his devoted wife, to our missions in India, the scene, where, under God, by labors, sacrifices, and devotion of the most truly apostolic type, they became the honored founders of that, among the largest and most prosperous of our Church missions. We rejoice that God has raised up to them friemls who have so liberally contributed to enable them to enjoy this privilege; and we bid them the most hearty Godspeed, anil assure them of our earnest prayers for their health and success in their undertaking and a safe return again to us. On this action the editor of Zion's Herald was kind enough to remark: One of the most interesting events of the present session of the New England Conference was the passage of the fraternal resolution in reference to the visit of Dr. and Mrs. William Butler to India during the coming year, and the responses made by them. We have rarely seen the Conference more moved than it was by the address of Dr. Butler, in which he referred to the remai'kable religious progress since he entered alone the fiel...« less