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360 from the pens of learned divines. Never tiring of his task, he continued to cause The Recorder to appear until May, 1888, at which time, the General Conference made it an official organ.

Through the whole course of his life Bishop Turner has proved a success, ever and anon giving something to the world to inspire those who were willing to make something of themselves to an effort to do so; and this he has done by untiring industry, ever remembering that

Among the rising young journalists is one who, for the past year and a half, has been engaged in work' upon one of the leading dailies in Boston,—Mr. Robert. T. Teamoh, whoso experience in newspaper work has been wide and varied. He was born and educated in Boston, having been a pupil in the Boston Latin school. In 1879 he took a diploma from the industrial drawing school of that city, after which he entered the photographic profession, and, later on, went into photo engraving. Ho opened up a business in this craft in New London, Ct., and met with much success, applying himself to his work steadily tor four years. A special feature was the making of instantaneous pictures of sailing vessels and steam craft, which plied Long Island Sound as far as New London. Just before going to Connecticut he began newspaper work in Boston upon The Observer, a paper which was run in the interests of the colored people by a few of the young men of the city. Its existence, however, was of short duration. Soon after, The Boston Leader came out with Mr. Howard L. Smith managing editor, and Mr.