I have not made frequent visits to any of our Churches south of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Our Annual Meeting was held in Edinburgh in 1902. At that meeting I was appointed to read the Conference paper at the following Annual Meeting to be held in Birmingham in August, 1903. Subject of the paper - "The Scriptural Basis of Christian Unity." It was suggested, as I was a comparative stranger to our Churches in the Midlands, that I be asked to spend some time in the Midlands before the Annual Meeting of 1903. As all concerned seemed to be agreeable to this, it was arranged that Bro. T.K. Thomson go north and fill my place and that I go south some time before the Annual Meeting. I do not think that there was any reason to regret this arrangement. Bro. T.K. Thomson's visit to our district was very much enjoyed by our churches, and I enjoyed my visit to the Midlands. It increased my knowledge of our Churches and our brethren considerably, and my profit and pleasure were increased in proportion.

I began my labour in the Midlands in Nottingham. I think I spent about a month there. In connection with the three churches in Nottingham, I visited the Chutrch in the neighbouring town of Bulwell. I had good meetings in all the places. I had also a considerable amount of conversation with a good many of the brethren. By request some special subjects were dealt with. I left Nottingham with the impression that a profitable and pleasant month had been spent there.

From Nottingham I went to Leicester. With a number of the leading men in our Churches in Leicester I was to some extent acquainted, having met them at annual meetings in one place and another. This made me feel at home there from the very first. The time was too short for me to get to know the Churches in Leicester well, but I left myself in their hands and they spread my work over the churches as best they could. My visit to Leicester was an interesting, refreshing, and pleasant time. They planned enough work to keep me from looking upon it as an idle time; but in addition to that their planning for my comfort and entertainment left nothing to be desired. Their kindness and hospitality were model lessons in regard to these virtues. Some people look best at a distance, our Leicester friends took a higher place in my mind after opportunities for close inspection. Though I was not idle when there, yet I left with the impression that I have perhaps received more than I had given in Leicester. Still they seemed to enjoy my company, and I certainly enjoyed theirs.

From Leicester I went to Birmingham. At Birmingham I had a repetition of the pleasant experiences which had fallen to my lot in Nottingham and Leicester. Besides visiting the Churches in Birmingham, I spent an enjoyable Lord's Day with the Church in Burslem. I am thankful to all those who had a hand in arranging for my three months' sojourn in the Midlands. It extended my knowledge of the heart and backbone of the British Brotherhood in a considerable degree, and I went back to Scotland thankful that my increased knowledge gave me increased confidence in the faithfulness and piety of the Brotherhood with which I was connected.

I enjoyed the Annual Meeting in Birmingham. My conference paper was well received; as was also an address which I delivered at one of the public meetings in connection with the conference. At each Annual Meeting, we elect the chairman for the next year's meeting. At the Birmingham meeting I was elected chairman for the next Annual Conference, Wigan being the placed fixed upon for the conference. I have no doubt that the honour thus conferred upon me was to a considerable extent due to my visit to the Midlands. This, of course, put me in, not only for the duties of the chair, but also for the chairman's address at Wigan, in 1904. Discharging the duties of the chair caused me some anxious throught. But I had wise and willing helpers and every one seemed kind, and I got through about as well as could have been expected. Thus my visit to the Midlands and the Wigan meeting of 1904 did not only enable me to know the Brotherhood better, it also allowed the Brotherhood to know more about me, and as far as I could judge the pleasure was mutual. In regard to the extent of the field which I have covered during my evangelistic life, this brings me to the end of my outline. It is only an outline; I have made no attempt at naming all the places where I have preached the Gospel. I have only touched the points and places which seemed to me of most importance. I am not at all satisfied that I have always made the best selections as to either places or incidents, but I think that I have given enough of each to give some idea of my life. I now feel inclined to fill up the space which I have left with remarks of a more general character