1899 WILLIAM BUTLER. Fine Walking Cane Belonging to the Francis Asbury of Methodist Missions in India & Mexico! Autograph The Lord is thy keeper:

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand

NOW OUT OF PRINT AND OUT OF STOCK

Although we lament  your inability to move forward in the just and honourable cause you have been so long and so actively engaged in

and from this has passed in classic usage to designate the second birth of nationality or civilization

we are abundantly justified

1899 WILLIAM BUTLER. Fine Walking Cane Belonging to the Francis Asbury of Methodist Missions in India & Mexico! Autograph The Lord is thy keeper:Here is a wonderful gem of Methodist and missionary ephemera. Measuring 34 inches in height, this presentation hardwood organic root cane was likely presented to him upon his retirement. It was obviously his "every day" use cane and enjoyed regular use by the aged saint. It has wear commensurate with age and use, though is still very much lean worthy. It is no overstatement to say that William Butler and his wife, Clementina Butler [nee Rowe] were the