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Rh We come next to the Financial Department. It is remarkable to think how Allen’s spirit of business has worked while the years rolled by. When we think of the Bishops receiving $25.00 as allowance and of the two cent per month tax money compared with our system of today, we can see how the foundation laid for us has grown and properly used will grow as the years go by. The following were the secretaries: Revs. J. H. W. Burley, J. C. Embry, B. W. Arnett, Sr., J. A. Handy, J. H. Armstrong, P. A. Hubbard, M. M. Moore, E. W. Lampton, John Hurst and J. R. Hawkins. All of them are dead but Bishop John Hurst and Prof. John R Hawkins the present incumbent and the only layman to ever hold the place. This department will report over a million dollars this quadrennium.

The next is the Educational Department 1876. The commissioners were J. C. Embry and B. F. Watson who were paid on a 25 per cent commission basis. The general conference 1884 changed the name from Commissioner to Educational Secretary. Rev. W. D. Johnson was elected to the office J. R. Hawkins was the next and A. S. Jackson is the present incumbent. Bishop J. C. Embry is