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 Again, can you add to this in a meaningful way. I do not need additional material on Lucy Dunn except some idea of her early years in Pittsburgh would be helpful. I need additional material on the Conley's support of various projects.

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            Retrospectively, George Palmer Pardington described Conley as “a princely merchant of Pittsburgh,” adding that “he carried the spirit of business enterprise into the Lord’s work. He was indeed a modern Barnabas.” He attributed the founding of the Alliance Palestine mission to him and noted that he supported “Miss Dunn’s work there till the close of his life.” Conley’s heart was “in home missions.” Conley focused on the near return of Christ, seeing it, in Pardington’s words, as “a blessed and living hope.” Exactly what Pardington meant by some of this is unknown. We might ask how Conley carried the spirit of business into Christ’s work; equally we might wonder in what way Conley was a modern Barnabas. Despite this effusive, and somewhat meaningless praise, Pardington named him as John Conley, casting some doubt on how accurate some of this is.[1] We can, however, follow Conley’s relationship to the Palestine mission.

            In 1889 Lucy E. Dunn, also interested in the Missionary Alliance wanted to become a missionary to the Jews in Palestine, attending the Alliance missionary school. No assignment or financial assistance came from the Simpson organization, but Conley obliged, gifting her with five thousand dollars. She sailed in February, 1890, and for about a year labored alone in that land, presenting the truths so dear to our hearts. She “was recognised as a Bible student and teacher among the other missionaries.” Later, C&MA writers claimed her as their first missionary. She was, however, an independent.[2] He continued to support her until his death, and best evidence is that Sarah Conley continued the support afterward.

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[1]               G. P. Pardington: Twenty-five Wonderful Years, 1889-1914: A Popular Sketch of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Alliance Publishing, New York, 1914, page 208.

[2]               Quotation: The Story of the Christian and Missionary Alliance¸ 1906, page 33. Donation: Lester I. Vogel: To See a Promised Land: Americans and the Holy Land in the Nineteenth Century, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993, page 115. Independent missionary: Will Pray for Syrians, Washington, D.C., Evening Star, February 3, 1915.