« The Annual Convention of the Pittsburgh Alliance will be held in the Carnegie Hall, Alleghany, February 27th to March 3rd, when most of our leading Alliance workers expect to be present, and a rally of the work in the vicinity will undoubtedly be made. Notwithstanding the severe trials of this branch during the past year, and the great loss occasioned by the death of our beloved brother, Mr. W. H. Conley, the work has been carried on with unflagging courage and interest, and God’s richest blessing has rested upon it in all its departments. » — Magazine : The christian and missionary alliance, Conventions in prospect., February 16 1898, page 156 § 2.