10 . lO. 'of ,1 ttw ®hffl%ia/ ^ PRINCETON, N. J. BX 8958 .K36 H54 1901 Hill, John B. b. 1860, The Presbytery of Kansas Shelf. City and its predecessors NOTE ON DISTRIBUTION. The entire edition of this volume was paid for by assessment upon the churches of the Presbytery. After setting aside a few copies for the use of the author, for free distribution to the libraries of the Presbyterian Historical Society, of the Theolog- ical Seminaries and of the cities and colleges in the vicinity of the Presbytery, for presentation to former members of this Pres- bytery, and for future distribution, the remaining copies were sent out on the following basis : One copy to each present mem- ber of the Presbytery, and one copy for each six communicants reported, according to the minutes of the General Assembly, 1901. It was decided that in all cases where copies are sold the price will be $1.00 per volume, which, including the cost of dis- tril)ution and of the copies set aside ior free distribution, is about the actual cost i)er volume of the remaining copies. MAP X OF THE ' PRESBYTERY OF KANSAS CITY Skouiuig also (in ltiiiiouthoast came the descendants of the Presbyterian settlers that so strongly influenced the early life of Virginia and the Carolinas, and later that of Teune>see and Kentucky. From the northeast came the descendants of Pilgrim and Puritan, of Netherlander and Huguenot, picking up on their way through Pennsylvania Scotch Covenanters and Irish refugees- and representatives of other Reformed faiths. Each stream contributed .valuable elements not found prominently in the other. Piety and zeal they both had : but the ])olity of the southern stream was the , purer, the northern being more noticeable for its doctrinal and educa- *Part of an article read at a oonferonce preliminary to tbe meeting of the Svnod of Missouri in Octoljer. 1900. was originally prepared as an introduction to tills volume. It Is accordingly here reprinted, with notes and enlargements. 10 IXTEODUCTIOK tional features. At first the southern stream was the stronger in num- ber of immigrants; but the northern brouglit tlie more ministers. Perhaps it would not be too much to say that the confluence of these two streams produced a purer tj^pe of Presbyterian doctrine and polity in Missouri than, at the time they first met, could have been found in any other portion of our country. What has since been done to preserve the heritage they left and to take possession of the State they claimed for Christ ? BEGINNINGS IN MISSOURI. We cannot fully appreciate the history of Missouri Presbyterian ism vvithout at least a brief resume of the civil as well as the ecclesiastical history of the State, especially during its formative period. After the discovery of America, that portion of it now embraced in the State of Missouri was nominally first under the sovereignty of France until 1763, then under that of Spain until 1800, then again under France until ceded to the United States, April 30, 1803. On October 1, 1804, it was included in the District of Louisiana, under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory. On July 4, 1805, it became a part of Louisiana Territory. Just seven years later, July 4, 1812, Missouri Territory was organized. On August 10, 1821, the State of Missouri was ad- mitted into the Union, with the same boundaries as now, except that the Platte Purchase was added in 1836. The Indian rights were ex- tinguished by treaties of the United States with the various Indian claimants. The first American settlement in this state was probably that made in 1795, on Femme Osage creek, in St. Charles county. After that came other scattered families from various States, and found their homes mainly in the forests of the river counties of the eastern and central parts of the State. They were generally uneducated, often irreligious, but in the main much like other western pioneers, "a hardy, honest, friendly class of people, addicted to hospitality and friendly intercourse. Most of them came to the West because they wanted to be free — free from the restraints and shams of society and the domi- neering influences of money and aristocracy. A few came to evade the. penalty of the laws they had violated at home; but there were not many of this class, and, their standing and character being soon found out, they were shunned by the better class of people."* Up to the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the whole terri- tory embraced in that purchase,. so far as it was Christian at all, was » necessarily Roman Catholic. The first Protestant preaching in all this ♦Pioneer Families of Mo., by Bryan and Rose, p. 66. BEGINNINGS IN MISSOURI. II va^l ifgion i^ ?aid to have been by the Baptists^ possibly while it was still French territory. Next are said to have come the Metliodists, then the Cumberland Presbyterians, then the Presbyterians. In 1814 the Rev. S. J. Mills and his associate, the Rev. Daniel Smith, came to St. Louis as agents of the Philadelphia Bible and Missionary Society. "They preached several times, organized a Bible Society, and collected $300 for it. This is the first trace we get of Presbyteran preaching in Missouri.^'* It is interesting to note that this was only a few j'ears after the birth of American Foreign Missions at the famous Williams College haystack prayer meeting, of which ]\Iills was the leader. De- prived of the privilege of becoming a Foreign Mssionary, he did' pioneer Mission work in his own land. In response to the reports of Mr. Mills, came the first Presbyterian minister to settle in the State. He was flie Rev. Salmon Giddings, of Connecticut, who arrived in April, 1816. He held the first Presby- terian communion service in the State, July 21, 1816. The first Pres- byterian organizations among us were those he formed j Concord, August 2, i816, (at Bellevue Settlement, Washington Co., 80 miles south of St. Louis), and Bonhomme, (St. Louis Co.), October 3, of the same year. The third Presbyterian organization in the State and the First Protestant church in the city of St. Louis, wa$ the First Pres- byterian Church, organized by Mr. Giddings. November 2'], 1817. This church erected in 1810 the first Protestant house of worship in the city of St. Louis, The first Presbytery of Missouri was organized by the Synod of Tennessee in 1817, and held its first meeting in the city of St. Louis, December 8, 1817. The first Missionary Societies of our denomination that were rep- resented in the State were those of New England. The Harmony Mis- sion, on the south line of Bates county, was begun among the Osage Indians in 1821, only five years after the first Presbyterian minister came to live in the State, '' It was started by the United Foreign Missionary Society, an organization supported by the Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed and Associate Reformed Churches. In 1826 that Society was absorbed by the A. B. C. F. M., which thereafter main- tained the Mission until its abandonment in 1836. The earliest Home Missionaries in ^Missouri were commissioned by the Connecticut Home Missionary Society and by the United Domestic Missionary Society. Some of the early laborers were serrt out by the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, organized in 1816; but after the organization of the American Home Missionary Society in 1826, they and nearly all others that came out sought commissions from the A. H, M. S., which promised a more liberal, though meagre, support. It is noticeable that many of the Missionaries sent out by these Societies were originally •Historical Outlines of the Presbyterian Church In Mo., by T. Hill. 1871, p. 4. fThere also was made in 1822, the tirst church organization in Kansas City Presbytery. The oldest Presbyterian organization now within our territory, how- ever, is that of the Boonville church, which was originally organized on the north side of the Missouri River, in 1821. This was the eighth church organized In the Synod. The history of Kansas Cltv Presbvterv is thus substantialiv svnchronous with that of the State of Missouri, which was admitted into the Union In 1821. 12 INTRODUCTION. Congregationalists ; 5^et, when they reached the West, they organized Presbyterian churches and Presbyteries, apparently as a matter of course, fully understood and approved by the Societies they represented. In so doing they reversed the "New England way,'' which Dr. H. M. Dexter has characterized as a "Congregationalized Presbyterianism,*** [having] its roots in one system and its branches in another.^' After the organization of the Old School and New School Synods, the 0. S. work was carried on through the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and the N. S. work through the A. H. M. S. The Missouri Home Missionary Society was organized by the New School Convention of 1841 as an auxiliary' to the A. H. M. S. It was the earnest wish and strenuous endeavor of its founder, the Rev. Dr. Artemas Bullard, that through it the Missouri Synod might become strong enough to sus- tain all its own Mission wofk. But after the lapse of sixty years that consummation is still far from reached. II. GROWTH AND SUB-DIVISION. The organization of the original Presbytery of Missouri is thus described by the late Dr. E. F. Hatfield, who became one of its members a few years later. After telling of the first ministers and churches in this State, he says : "Here now were four ministers of the Gospel, good and true, enough to constitute a Presbytery, if only the proper authority could be obtained * * * The nearest S3mod north of the Ohio river was the Synod of Ohio. Many of the people had migrated from Tennessee, and were of Soiithern affinities. Application was made accordingly to the Synod of Tennessee at their annual meeting early in October, 1817, for the organization of a Presbytery beyond the Missis- sippi River, to be called the Presbytery of Missouri, to consist of the four ministers just named, and representatives of tlie two churches, Concord and Bonhomnie, already organized. A church having been constituted at St. Louis November 15, 1817, and the Buffalo church by Mr. Matthews in Pike county shortly after, the Presbytery of Mis- souri was duly constituted at St. Louis on Thursday, December 18, 1817, consisting of Rev. Timothy Flint, Rev. John Matthews, Rev. Salmon Giddings, Rev. Thomas Donnell and Elders from the Con- cord, Bonhomme, St. Louis and Buffalo churches."* The Presbytery thus organized covered not only the whole State of Missouri but also the western two-thirds of Illinois, in which there was at that time not a single church. In October, 1828, it was transferred by the General Assembly to the cai:e of the Synod of Indiana. In Janu- ary, 1829, the Illinois ministers and churches were set off as thePresby- ♦Minutes of Semi-Centenuial Session of Syno'd of Mo.. T'. S. A.. 1882, p. 42. GEOWTH AXD SUB-DIVISIOX. 13 tery of Kaskaskia. The latter Presbytery was divided in October, 1830, into three Presbyteries, which, with the Presbytery of Missouri, the General Assembly organized into the Synod of Illinois, which first met in Hillsborough, 111., in September, 1831. By the Synod of Illinois the Presbytery of Missouri was then divided into three Presbyteries, which the next spring were erected by the General Assembly into the original Si/nod of Missouri. This Synod held its first meeting in St. Louis, October 2, 183?. It contained but eighteen ministers, twenty- five churches, and about 1,000 communicants. It consisted of the Pres- bytery of St. Louis, covering most of the eastern part of the State, the Presbytery of St. Charles, covering the northeastern part, and the diminished Presbytery of Missouri, covering the remainder of the State. ■ The next change that came arose from controversies originating entirely outside of this Synod. For some years after the general disrup- tion of 1837, the Missouri Presbyterians remained united and declined to connect with either Assembly. But at last, in 18-40, the division came. The Civil Coiirts gave to the Old School Synod of Missouri the records and the succession. It therefore kept the same Presbyterial names and boundaries as before, except that the name of St. Charles Presbytery (which was somewhat reduced in area in 1840) was changed to Palymra Presbytery. In 1843 the Presbytery of Potosi was formed out of the southern part of tlie Presbytery of St. Louis, and the Pres- bytery of Upper Missouri' out of the western part of the Persbytery of Missouri. In the fall of 185() Synod erected that portion of the Presbytery of Upper Missouri lying south of the Missouri river into 'the Presbytery of Lafayette.- In 1860 a few counties in the northeast corner of the State were set off as the Presbytery of Wyaconda, which, after the Civil War. was re-united with the Presbytery of Palmyra. In 1865 all that portion of the Presbytery of Lafavette lying south of the Osage river was set off as the Presbytery of Southwest ^lissouri. ^Meanwhile the General Assembly of 1857 had authorized the form- ation of two Presbyteries in the State of Kansas to be called Kansas and Highland (the former was never organized), which with the Presby- teries of Upper Missouri and Lafayette, the Assembly then erected into the 0. S. Sj/nod of Upper Missouri. At its first meeting this new Synod set off six northwestern counties of ^Missouri as the Presbytery of Platte. The Presbytery of Highland was later divided into the Presbyteries of Highland. Leavenworth and Topeka. which by the Gen- eral Assembly of 1864 were organized into the O. S. Synod of Kansas. The remaining Presbyteries of the Synod of Tapper ]\Iissouri had be- come so weakened by the years of civil strife that the same General As- sembly dissolved the Synod, re-attached the territory of the Presbytery of Platte to the Presbytery of Upper ^Missouri, and re-attached the 1. The Presbylpry of T'pper Missouri originally inclnrI«Hl all tliat norti^n of the State west of the linedividing IJansos •_'."? and 24 \V. of the Fifth Principal Meridian. In IS.'i.'^ Synod changed the eastern boundary to the Orand River nortli of the Missonri Uiver. and on the south of tlie Missouri River to a true meridian line be- ginninji npjiosite the mouth of North (Jraud River, and running to tlie south bound ary of the Synod. ■J. The Knstern boundary of Lafayette was afterward slightly extended. 14 INTRODUCTION'. Pi-esbyteries of Upper Missouri and Lafayette to the Synod of Missouri. Tlie Presbyteries formed in connection with the Declaration and Testimony controversy will be spoken of later. Aside from them, the forenamed Presbyteries are, I believe, all that were connected with the 0. S. Svnods of Missouri and Upper Missouri before the Ee-union of i8;o. Preliminary to the organization of the New School Synod of Mis- souri, a Convention was held at Hannibal, October 7, 1841. Its first resolution was to form a Missouri Home Missionary Society, auxiliary to the A. H. M. S. A committee was also appointed to draw up a paper called "Declaration and Sentiments." It was arranged that three Presbyteries should be organized that fall, which in the spring following should be erected into a Synod of Missouri. That Synod was organized in St. Louis, April 8, 1843, ten j^ears after the formation of the original Synod of Missouri. Its Presbyteries were: 1. The Presbytery of Harmony, including the counties of Wayne, Ripley, Crawford and Gasconade, and thence west with the Osage River, in- cluding the counties of St. Clair and Bates. 2. The Presbytery of Lexington, including the counties of Callaway, Audrain and Macon, thence with the dividing ridge of the Grand Prairie to the boundary line of the State, including all between these lines and the State lines north of the Presbytery of Harmony. 3. The remainder of the State consti- tuting the Presbytery of St. Louis. Of these the Harmony Presbytery was the direct outgrowth of the Harmony Mission to the Osage Indians, already mentioned as having been begun in Bates county, in 1821. The leader of that Mission, the Rev. N. B. Dodge, was the first Moderator of the N. S. Synod. In ISTovember, 1823, the Missionaries in Harmony, Union and Dwight , Missions formed an Association which they called the Indian Mission Presbytery. It is sometimes re- ferred to as the Presbytery of Arkansas. Under the name of Harmony Presbytery it was one of the original Presbyteries in the N". S. Synod, by which its name was changed in 1846 to Osage Presbytery. By the last name it was known until, in 1859, a portion of it united with the body known as Dr. Ross' Synod, and took the records with them. The remaining ministers and churches went partly into the N. S. Presbytery of St. Louis, to which its territory was then annexed, and partly into- the 0. S. Presbytery of Lafayette.* In October, 1843, the northern portion of the Presbytery of St. Louis was set off as the Presbytery of Northern ]\Iissouri, taking that portion of the ministers and churches of the old Presbytery of St. Charles that adhered to New School principles. From 1857 to 1859 the Synod withdrew from the General Assembly and remained inde- pendent. Strong efforts were made to have it unite, as its Presbytery of Osage did, with the United Synod of the South (Dr. Ross' Synod), or with the Old School Synod, as many of its individual members did. *Tho rrpshytory of Lesinglon, which alFO covorod a part of the territory now covered by the rre.sl)ytery of Kansas City, likewise voted to go to Dr. Ross' Synod, but Its separation was never fully eonsinnniated. GEOWTH AXD SUB-DIVISION. 15- Meanwhile the N. S. Presbytery of Kansas was organized, May 3, 1859. For the First year it was attached to the Synod of Iowa; but in 1860 it was transferred to the Synod of Missouri, of which it remained a part until the fall of 1868. At that meeting of Synod the new Presbyteries of Humboldt and Smoky Hill (both in Kansas), were organized, and by the next General Assembly set off with the Presbytery of Kansas as the Synod of Kansas. iSTo meeting of the N. S. Synod of Missouri could be held either in 1861 or in 186"3. Its members were all strongly loyal to the Union, and found it inconvenient to meet in their own State in 1863 also, at which time a small but deeply spiritual and intensely pa- triotic meeting was held in Troy, Kansas. One other meeting was held in Kansas, that of 1867, at Lawrence. After the War the Presbytery of Osage was re-organized with its former boundaries, but with en- tirely new ministers, and with churches composed mainly of new mem- bers, recently re-organized. The work of the Synod was thereafter so vigorously pushed in all its Presbyteries that at the Reunion of the two Schools in 1870 it showed a larger membership both of ministers and communicants than it had ever had before the War. Reference has been made in this paper to so many divisive forces that, before proceeding farther, it may be well to look briefly at our III. CONTKOVERSIES AND READJUSTMENTS. The various controversies that have agitated and split the Presby- terian bodies of this country are well known. It is unnecessary here to enter upon a discussion of them ; but we cannot understand the work done without at least a summarization of the issues that have most af- fected this State. Fortunately none of the great dividing questions originated in Missouri ; but unfortunately, in all matters of Church and State, Missouri has been on the border line. Its first impulse has ever been to maintain the old relations unchanged, even at the expense of unsatisfactory compromise. In all tlie conflicts of the past eighty years since its admission into the Union, Missouri has been strongly repre- sented on both sides. The division of 1S37, that split the denomination into Old and New School bodies, was, as we have seen, lamented and deplored by this Synod, which refused to identify itself with either party. Even when the two rival Synods of Missouri were organized, men hardly knew with which to take their stand, and there w\as for years a constant shifting process going on that finally put many into the opposite party from that in which they began. For this, however, ^ere were in this State causes aside from doctrinal conviction. In the former davs slavery was not bv anv means a dead issue in 16 INTRODUCTION. Missouri. The New School Church was so strongly anti-slavery that, after the decisive action of its General Assembly of 1857 upon that sub- ject, all its Synods in the slaveholding States withdrew. The Missouri Synod remained independent from 1857 to 1859, when the remnant of it returned to its former allegiance. Many of its members, as we have incidentally seen, went into the United Synod of the South, which was organized in 1858, and in 1864 united with ''the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America." "In the Old School there was but little discussion on that subject [slavery], and the generally understood public sentiment of Missouri was that nothing should be said against the institution. Consequently, so far as Missouri was concerned, there was a constant tendency on the part of those in the New School who wished for quiet to leave that body and enter the Old." The American Home Missionary Society. "Not only the slave question troubled the New School. They were at length greatly an- no3'ed in all their missionary work by their connection with the A. H. M. S., and Avere finally entirely cut off some time before the general separation of the New School from the A. H. M. S. It was well under- stood that the A. H. M. S. would commission no man that was himself a slave-holder ; and no fault was found with that arrangement, for the Mo. H. M. S. could take care of the very few who stood in that rela- tion, [but six all told in the history of the Synod]. But at length it was demanded that the Mo. H. 'M. S. should come under the same rule, and that no church should be aided in which there were slave-holding members, unless in the judgment of the Committee managing the A. H. M. S.. such relation was for the time being justifiable, thus going be- hind the judgment of Presbytery itself. The end of the matter was the entire separation of the whole Church from the A. H. M. S., and the formation of a Home Mission Committee by the General Assembly, which entered upon its work with immediate success.'" The Civil ^Yar wrought great havoc all over the State, particularly on the western border. The Christian work of forty years was almost entirely Aviped out. In many cases there was nothing left to re-organize. At the close of the war work had to be begun by new ministers, under new conditions, in new places, Avith new people. The Declaration and Testimony. The effect of the political de- liverences of the Old School Assembly of 1861 is well known. That fall the Missouri Synod "unanimously declared that the Assembly of 1861 had in the notorious Spring resolutions taken an action that was, unwise, unscriptural and unjust, and of no binding force whatever on this Synod, nor -upon the members of the Presbyterian Church within its bounds."^ It remained however, in the Old School Assembly. In the fall of 1865 the majority of its members signed the "Declaration' and Testimony." Then came the Gurley ipso facto order, declaring the dissolution of such Presbyteries and Synods as should allow the seating 1. Hist. Outl. Prpsb'm. in Mo.. T. Hill. p. 27. 2. The Southern Preshyterians, by T. C. Johnson, p. 4."2.' CONTROVERSIES AND READJUSTMENTS. 17 of a signer of the Declaration and Testimony. This Synod then de- clared the Standards of the Church authoritative above the order of any Church Court, and resolved that "the signers of the Declaration and Testimony are not slanderers, schismatics and rebels against ecclesias- tical authority, but have simply exercised a great Protestant right and discharged a solemn duty.'" Calling themselves the Old School (or Constitutional) Synod of Missouri, they therefore became independent of the General Assembly, and so remained until 1874, when they united with the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The minority withdrew in 1866, and re-organized, out of those members and churches in each Presbytery loyal to the Assembly, the Old School (or Assem- bly's) Synod of Missouri, which was the one that in 1870 united with the New School Synod, and formed the Synod of Missouri now in con- nection with the Northern General Assembly.' The last thirty years, i. e., since the Reunion, have been a time of peace and work. The controversies that have arisen since the Reunion have not been such as to cause division. Coniino: at a time of great com- mercial development and material prosperity, the Reunion ushered in a new era of mutual confidence and united activity that soon entirely obliterated the old lines. The State was then carefully re-districted into Presbyteries bearing the same names and with substantially the same boundaries as now, with the exception of the Presbytery of Potosi in "the southeast corner of the State, which was later merged into the Presbytery of St. Louis. The only other noteworthy changes have been in the State of Arkansas, which now forms part of the territory of the Northern Synod. In January, 1889, the Presbytery of White River was organized by a Commission from the Synod of Missouri, to work among the Freedmen of southeastern Arkansas. A few churches were also organized from time to time among the white people of the State, and attached to various adjoining Presbyteries. In 1899 several of the northern counties of Arkansas'^ were attached to the Presbytery of Ozark, and the remainder of the State of Arkansas assigned to the Presbytery of "\^niite River. [P. S.. In 1900 the remaining counties of the western tier were annexed to the Presbytery of Ozark]. A large number of churches were organized in this Synod soon after the War. most of which, in spite of years of financial panic, grasshop- pers, drought, -business depression and general worldliness hnve shown commendable Presbyterian perseverence and usefulness. There has recently been but small growth in the number of organizations, but a fairly steady and satisfactory growth in membership and benevolences. 1. lb., p. 4.53. 2. The Presbyteries at work In the region covered since tlie Reunion by the Pres- bytery of Osnfre ("now Kansas City) were: 1. Old ffrhool, a. Lafayette, occupying nearly all our present territory, h. Missouri, occupying a little of the eastern por- tion, f. Southwest Missouri, "occupying a little of the southern portion. 2. .Vcio School, a. Lexington, occupying the Missouri IMver counties and Cass. Johnson and Pettis, h. Osage, occupying "the territory south of Lexington, c. St. Louis, occupy- ing a little of the eastern portion. The only additions to our territory since the Re- union have been : a Vernon county, detached from the Presbytery or Ozark. 1fi74 ; and. b, the northwest corner of Cedar county, ditto, 1884, S. Once a part of the Presbytery of Harmony. 18 INTEODUCTION". Our conditions being now more stable and better understood, our terri- tory thoroughly settled and rapidly developing, our churches well lo- cated and ably manned, progress depends upon the blessing of God and the Christian spirit and fidelity of those that work in His name. With a harmonious and energetic Synod, the first quarter of the twentieth century ought to mark a far greater advance for Christ than the past eighty years have done. "There remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." IV. ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS.* Historical studies are fascinating, though not always profitable. "Histories," says Carlyle, "are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul." Such men are rare, even among his- torians. Philosophic history, however brilliant, is often untrue, the facts being twisted (perhaps unconsciously) to suit preconceived theories. Plain, unvarnished chronicles are usually dry and uninter- esting except for the antiquarian. Most lives and associations are hopelessly common-place. Yet every life — individual, social, national, commercial, political or religious — might become both interesting and instructive if properly understood and presented. Whatever therefore may be our positions in life, every earnest seeker to make the most of himself and of his opportunities, every lover of his fellowmen and of his country, every servant of his age and of his God, becomes inevitably a student of History. Especially must the minister of the gospel familiarize himself with the history of other ages, lands and peoples than his own. Everything historic has an interest to him and a bearing on his work. Dean Stanley sa^^s in his History of the Jewish Church (III. xxv) : "It was a saying of Scotus Erigena that whatsoever is true Philosophy is true Theology. In like manner on a large scale, whatever is true History teaches true Eeligion, and every attempt to reproduce the ages which immediately preceded or which accompanied .the advent of Christianity is a contribution, however humble, to the understanding of Christianity itself." That is possibly equally true of the history of every Christian age or organization. God's purposes for the future are revealed by His dealings in the past and His guidance in the present. ♦The following paper was read bv the compiler of this book at a meeting of the Presbyterian Alliance of Kansas City. Oct. 9, 1899. The Alliance is composed of ministers of all the rresbvterian denominations resident in Kansas City and vicin- ity. The paper is Inserted here as strictly germane to the subject matter of this book, and largely the outgrowth of the effort to secure the materials for the book Itself. The subject of Ecclesiastical Records Is one that deserves more attention from almost every Minister and Elder than It receives. It is hoped that every reader of this paper will make it a part of his duty to do all he can for the proper record- ing, keeping and dissemination of such records. ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS. 19 But while all History is of interest and value to the preacher, — while for him all History is in a sense Sacred History — life is too short and too earnest to master all History. Church History has for him a special significance. In one sense he may say with Terence: "Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto." But Dr. Philip Schaff was more specific and more practical, when he changed the phrasing of the heathen poet, and placed as the motto of his greatest work : "Cliristianus sum; Christiani nihil a me alienum puto." The busy pastor will have to restrict his inquiries still more. For most of us the merest outline must suffice in General History, and but little more in Church History. But must the pastor always be content with those outlines of History he obtained in his college and seminary days ? He cannot easily retain even those very long. How can he iDest re- fresh his memory upon them, and enlarge his historical knowledge? Certainly not by cursory reading. Certainly not without systematic effort. Certainly not by mere absorption of facts he does not assimi- late and use. Dr. William Barrows once wrote : "There is probably no depart- ment of education where so much is really acquired and so little made available as in History. It is too much like botanizing with a mowing machine and a raker, with a hay-loft for the herbarium." Much His- tory is thus spoiled in the making. We cannot become botanists with- out studying the carefully prepared herbaria of our predecessors, ; fid also going out ourselves into the fields to gather and preserve specimens of our own. To understand Botany we must become botanists — r.ot mere farmers or horticulturists. To understand History we must our- selves do some original work in History. We must not let any historian do all our thinking for us. Our conclusions must coincide with his only as we see reasons for believing his correct. To appreciate God's hand in History we must believe that it is full as potent in the present, whose history has not been written, as in any past age. That present we cannot understand without reference to the past of which it is the suc- cessor and the outgrowth. We must each for himself collate and cor- relate the facts of the fleeting present, and study their actual genesis and their probable exodus. To get the best results oacli student must also contribute to the common fund the results of his own investigations and the record of his own work. Leaving the wider subject with these general remarks, let us now turn to the narrower one of the Minister's Relations to Ecclesiastical History. These are many and various, and might easily be still more important than they are. 1. In the Mal'ing of Church History the Minister necessarily has a large part. It is his duty to lead in the service of God. He is to magnify his office, not for his own glory but for the efficierfcy of the whole body of Christ of which he is a member. In this presence it is not necessary to say more on this point unless a word of caution — the IMinister is a member of the bodv in which there are other members, 20 INTRODUCTION. each having his own office. The Minister may be the leader of tlie work in a local church ; but he is not — cannot be — the only workman. 1 1 is often easier to do some little thing than to get some one else to do his duty in reference to that thing ; but such a course is not often wise. Remember Moody's maxim : "It is better to put ten men at work than to do ten men's work." Nowhere is this more important to bear in mind than in the prayer meeting. But though the average Pastor knows and does his duty in this matter of making Church History, there seems to your essayist to be need for much more care in 2. The Recording of Church History. Much more History — and valuable History too — is made than is ever recorded. You are inlev- esied in the history of others; others are interested in your history. It will be an encouragement, a guide, a warning, perhaps, for tliem. Elijah never would have fled to Horeb, had he known beforehand of the 7000 knees that had never bowed to Baal. Our Savior tells us to let our light shine, to scatter Our salt, to use our talents. We are to teach others the lessons taught us, as well as to remember the lessons others have been taught. We are to "call to rememberance the former days" (Heb. 10:32) of our own experience not only, but to "remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations," (Deut. 32:7). These lessons are to be communicated to us and by us : "Ask thy father and he will show thee ; thy elders and they will tell thee," (Deut. 32 :7) . Unless each generation does its duty in recording and in trans- mitting History, it will not be possible for the later generations to say with the Psalmist (44:1) : "We have heard with our ears, God, our fathers have told us, what work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old." What are we doing to carry out these biblical examples and precepts? The Presbyterian Churches stand for clear thinking, accurate scholarship, unswerving fidelity to God's Word and perseverance in His work. They have. a wide reputation for doing things decently and in order. Every historian accords them an important part in the his- tory of the world's evangelization. Their members strive to address themselves intelligently to every problem. Theories are of interest only as they fit the facts. Historical studies are -naturally the Presby- terians' delight. Such denominations may reasonably be expected to gather facts from every available source, systematize them and record them carefully. Their various organizations meet frequently to study the work going on in their respective bounds, and to plan for still larger things for Christ and His Church. But are the records in any of our denominations adequately kept? Do we have as thorough a knowledge as wo might and should have of God's dealings with us? Are our plans for work as intelligent as He holcls us responsible for making? It is as important that one should know where he is as to know where he wishes to go. These two points being fixed, a route can be chosen with some idea whether it leads from one to the other. One of ECCLESIASTICAL EECORDS. 21 the most vital questions a Pastor ever asks — one he should ask fre- quently — is that so vividly phrased by a bewildered statesman :' 'Where am I at?" Capt. Watkins' careless mistake on that point cast the magnificent City of Paris on the Manacles a wreck. Failure to keep proper books or to take account of stock has made many a man bank- rupt. The same sort of indifference and lack of business sense has crippled many a church — sometimes has killed churches. Over- caution may be detrimental ; overconfidence is suicidal. "Be sure you are right, then go ahead" is a motto both of whose injunctions should be obeyed. Afterthought may be wiser than forethought; but neither is worth much alone. The pilot on a river steamboat examines care- fully his foresights and his hindsights, then shifts his wheel according- ly. So it should be in the Church. In these days of short pastorates, the recording of the historical data pertaining to the church is doubly important, though likewise doubly neglected. Contemporary History is the hardest to understand. The busy men are making History, not recording it. But if contem- porary records are not kept, few facts that might have entered into them, even the most significant, can be thereafter discovered. The future historian will find himself called on to make bricks and to furnish his own straw ! It may have been a philosophical solace to the historian Palgrave* to write: "The preservation or destruction of historical materials is as providential as the guidance of events. We are not called to be the revealers of the hidden things ; it is not for us that the sea is to give up its dead." But the destruction of — or even the neglect to make — contemporary records is not a matter of indifference to any organization worthily existing. Whether the Church is doing her duty or not. her records ought to show it. This is equally true of all departments of Church work, local, presbyterial, synodical, as well as denominational. That the records as now kept are not usually adequate seems to your essayist painfully evident. That the records of the larger religious bodies cannot be properly kept if those of their smaller component bodies are neglected seems equally evident. It is easy to bring this general charge. It is another thing to prove it, and still another thing to remedy it. Wherein then are our church records deficient? It is unnecessary for our purpose that we say more about the records of our larger bodies, such as Synods and Assemblies. Those bodies have carefully prepared and well executed plans for gathering and publishing information. Such records are as perfect of their kind as the Presbyteries reporting furnish the data for making. Perhaps we might go further and say that the records of most of our Presbyteries are as perfect as the data furnished by our local churches permit the Stated Clerks to compile. The men in most of our Presbyteries who hold the office of Stated Clerk are experienced men, and all are subject to criticism by their brethren in open Pres- ♦Hlst. Kng. and Norm., I. 121. 22 INTEODUCTION. bytery. The responsibility therefore for the fundamental records of ail our denominations and of the whole Church of Christ rests heavily upon the local church. That responsibility will not be met unless the Pastor meets it. What then is the Pastor's duty in reference to the records of the local church ? Briefly it is to see that they are properly kept, and occasionally to make use of them in historical sermons, or other publi- cations whereby his people and even a wider circle may become ac- quainted with the work done by that particular church. It does not necessarily devolve upon the Pastor to keep the records himself. Very rarely is that desirable. Yet far more rarely is a Clerk of Session found who knows what records to keep and how to keep them. Every Clerk needs the Pastor's suggestions and reminders. The rules for keeping sessional records need not be discussed here. The Presbytery of Kansas City has among its published Standing Rules a long chapter upon that subject. We have time only to notice the third of the Minister's contri- butions to Ecclesiastical History, — one that we have already mentioned : 3. The Writing of Church History. Some Ministers have the habit of preaching an annual sermon reviewing the work of the year. It is a habit to be commended in our larger churches, and one that might often prove helpful even in the smaller organizations. It is doubtful whether more than a select few have any just conception of the work attempted or accomplished by the organization to which they belong. An annual or a triennial review would quicken their religious life and guide it into well established channels of which many are compara- tively ignorant. The outline or tabulated statistics contained in such sermons might well be published. It certainly should be permanently recorded. The sermons or addresses prepared by the Pastor find their way into his "barrel" or waste basket. A few years later, when an extended re- view might be made with profit, a new Pastor must go over the whole matter again ; and, without personal knowledge of the facts at the time of their occurrence, must seek to supply deficiencies in the records then accessible to him, and to discover the whole train of circumstances lead- ing under God up to the then present condition of the church. But whether historical sermons are frequent or not, ought not every Pastor to keep a well arranged and extensive Pastor's Register? This important part of our Church records — a statistical chronicle or digested annals — is probably the part most neglected of all. For this there are several reasons. Our theological seminaries, so far as the writer knows, all neglect instruction on this point. Our Boards of Publication, none of them, publish well arranged blank-book Registers, so ruled and spaced as to make their keeping as systematic and valuable as they might easily be made. But no matter how good the blank-book, ECCLESIASTICAL EECORDS. 23 no Register will fill itself neatly, systematically, contemporaneously. Tliat takes work. But, brethren, it is worth all the work it costs. You owe it to yourselves, as well as to your successors, to do that work well.* •Among the recommendations in the report of the Committee on S.vnodical His tory adopted in 1898 (see Minutes, p. 34 » were : "1. That a vigorous effort be made in each of the Presbyteries of the Synod to obtain a full history of every church, and a biographical slietch of every Minister, Licentiate and Candidate ever at work with in our bounds. 2. That a copy qt every historical discourse, reviewing the work of any of the churches or Ministers, be forwarded to the Chairman of the Historical Committee of the Presbytery in which the woric was done : and, it possible, that aii- other copy be furnished the I'resbyterian Historical Society. 1319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, I'a 4. That the Committee on Presbyterial History be instructed to urge each Pastor and Clerls of Session to keep an accurate Churcli Register, always posted up to date, which shall include an account of the original organization of tlie cluirch, and a full record of all admissions, baptisms, deaths, elections, stated supplies installations and other events in the church life." The publication of this Presbyterial History ought not to release any officer from the necessity of heeding the above request. The Committee on History desires to re- emphasize it. CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER* PRESBYTERIAL REGISTER. MEETINGS OF THE PRESBYTERY OF UPPER MISSOURI. Place Kind Date Moderator Richmond O Apr H, 184:4 Lewis Tliompson Lexington F Oct 10, 1844 \Vm Dickson Nodaway S Apr 3, 1845 J M Inskeep Independence F No meeting Liberty 3 Apr 1846 J L Yantis Independence A May 28, 1846 " Prairie Ch C Sep 11, 1846 Wm Dickson Bethel S Apr 1. 1847 Robert Scott Richmond A May 7, 1847 " F Oct 7, 1847 J M Fulton Lexington A Oct 22, 1847 " " Platte City 8 Apr 6. 1848 J L Yantis J M Fulton J M Inskeep Independence F Oct 12, 1848 W Dickson " Eld D I Caldwell Weston 8 Apr 5. 1849 T A Bracken " R H Allen Bethel A No minutes Prairie F Oct 11, 1849 W Dickson R S Symington T A Bracken Crooked River S Apr 11, 1850 R Scott W Dickson Lexini?ton A June 27- 1850 " AV C Schenck RS Symington Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk J L Y'antis „ J M Inskeep " Eld J M Thompson W Dickson " V Pentzer R Scott " A R Curry J M Inskeep " !!!!!I!!!!!!!Z!r scott Prairie F Oct 3, 1850 RS Symington Savannah S Apr 11, 1851 Chas Stewart Liberty F Sep 26, 1851 R 8 Symington Lexuiijton C Jan 7, 1852 W Dickson Richmond S Apr 8, 1852 " Lexington F Oct 14, 1852 " Fulton A Oct 22, 1852 " Richmond .-..A Nov 3, 1852 " Liberty S Apr 14, 1853 1 W Canfield Dover A Apr 19, 1853 A V C Schenck ... Crooked River F Oct 13, 1853 W Dickson Liberty A Oct 22. 1853 R S Symington Richmond C Dec 28, 1853 1 W Canfield Prairie S Apr 13. 1854 W R Fulton Pisgah F Oct 7, 1854 A V C Schenck Lexington A Nov 2, 1854 " Independence S Apr 12, 1855 B M Hobson Mt olive C June 20, 1855 Plum Creek F Oct 3, 1855 1 W Canfield Lexington C Mar 18, 1856 Richmond S Apr 10. 1856 T A Bracken Hopewell F Sep 27, 1856 G Hickman S Grand River A Oct 25. 1856 B M Hobson Athens A Nov 15. 1S56 J L Yantis ,.A V C Schenck ..R S Symington ..J B Harbison ..J M Keith ..A V C Schenck ..T A Bracken ..R S Symington ..J M Keith '.!g C Crow ..G Hickman ..G C Crow .'.'j M Keith ..G C Crow ..R S Symington ..G C Crow PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE. Pleasant Hill O Apr 9. 1857 John McFarland BM Hobson J T Leonard Greenfield F Sep 10, 1857 W Dickson Independence A Oct 2, 1857 " St Thomas S Apr 1, 1858 T A Bracken Prairie F Oct 1, 1858 J T Paxton " J M Chaney Liberty A Oct 10, 1858 ' " " Kansas City S Apr 7, 1859 D Coulter " A Shotwell Warrensburg A June 3, 1859 " Deepwater F Sep 16, 1859 JT Lapsley Pleasant Hill 8 Apr 5, 1860 R S Symington Dover F Sep 21, 1860 T...J T Leonard Pleaiant Hill A Nov 2, 1860 . . j J McFarland • ) D Coulter G W Harlan ..J Montgomery ..T A Bracken 26 . CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. LAFAYETTE— Cont . Place Kind Date Moderator Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk 1st Oh Pettis S Apr 11, 1861 T A Bracken B M Hotoson J il Chaney A 1 Sab June, 1861..D Coulter " B M Hobson High Grove F Oct 5, 1861 S W Miteliell " J W Wallace Waverly C Dec 3. 1861 ' " Pleasant Hill. ... S Apr 19, 1862 R S Symington " J W Wallace Hopewell F Oct 3. 1862 J W Wallace '• Geo Miller St Louis 2d . O Oct 12, 1865 D Coulter J M Clianey J M Clianey Dover ...8 Apr 13, 1866 W Dickson " J A Quarles Pleasant Hill. .. A July 31. 1866 J W Wallace " R S Symington Mt Olive .F Oet'6, 1866 D Coulter " J M Chaney Boonville A Oct 11, 1866 " " At this time the party adhering to the Assembly reorganized the Presbytery, but being in the minority did not succeed in retaining the records. Boonville O Oct 12, 1866 George Miller Geo Fraser Geo Fraser Independence A Oct 16, 1866 " " " Pleasant Hill C Feb 19, 1867 " " Warrensburg .. S Apr 5, 1867 C Sturdevant " Eben Muse K C First C July 11, 1867 " " Pleasant Hill F.... Oct 4. 1867 Eben Muse " C Sturdevant K C First A Oct 10. 1867 " " Warrensburg A Nov 12, 1867 C Sturdevant " " A... ]SIov29, 1867 G Fraser " J H Byers .< » T.»^ioiQfi'7 >i " ( C Sturdevant A Decl2,1867 | C V Monfort Sedalia S Apr 3, 1868 Eben Muse " Knobnoster A Apr 4, 1868 JH Byers " G Miller K C First C Sep 4. 1868 " " C Sturdevant Sugar Creek F Sep 24 1868 C H Dunlap Sturdevant J H Byers St Louis A Oct 15, 1868 " " Pleasant Hill C Dec 24, 1868 C Sturdevant " Geo Milier Warrensburg S Apr 6, 1869 .Tas Young " Eld P S Brown Pleasant Hill F Sep 28. 1869 W L Breckenridge....R Irwin J H Byers KC First 8 Apr 5, 1870 A J Johnson " *' PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE (N. S.) Cave Spring .8 Apr 27, 1866 A G Taylor J M Brown W S Mesmer Prairie Grove F Sep 14, 1866 J M Brown " " Salem S Apr 4. 1867 No quorum Butler A May 3, 1867 Not named " A G Taylor Cave Spring F Oct 10, 1867 A G Taylor " E M Halbert Osceola 8 Apr 23, 1868 J M Brown Butler ■ F Sep 27, 1868 8 G Clark " Sunnyside 8 Apr 1, 1869 E M Halbert " • J J Brown Cave Spring F Aug 19, 1869 A G Taylor " EM Halbert Germantown 8 Apr 14, 1870 J M Brown " Eld A D Taylor The last two meetings were joint meetings with the Presbytery of Southwest Missouri (O. S.) PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE (After the Reunion.) Clinton O Sep 21, 1870 T 8 Reeve J H Byers J H Byers Kansas City 2d.. ..A Oct 15, 1870 " " J W Allen Jefferson City A Oct 21, 1870 " " Kansas City 2d ...C Dee 15, 1970 " " ^„,,., Sedalia S Apr 20, 1871 JH Clark " D C Milner Lexington F Sep 12, 1871 J T Lapsley " C H Dunlap Pleasant Hill C Oct 9, 1871 " " Springfield A Oct 14, 1871 J H Clark " Kansas City C Dec 23. 1871 T 8 Reeve " W M Cheever Pleasant Hill C Mar 9, 1872 J T Lapsley •' Geo Miller 8 Apr 19, 1872 J A Whitaker " j Eld J l^ltraln Holden C June 25, 1872 J H Clark " Geo Miller Jefiferson'City.. ..F Sep 12, 1872 WM Cheever " B F Powelson Sedalia A Oct 17, 1872 J A Whitaker " " Kansas City 2d.. C Dec 27, 1872 No quorum Pleasant Hill C Mar 18. 1873 Geo Miller " AJm Coleman Tipton S Apr 8. 1873 J C Thornton |; Eld J E Reeve Kansas dty 2d'.".F.Z.8ep^9. IHIS.JZZ.W L Breckenridge'.'.! " [["ii^ii^iii.'.^y'^^Eld J M C Wilson StLouisZd A Oct 18, 1873 " , " i j c Thornton Holden 8 Apr 14, 1874 J W Allen " ] ^V 2 mills MEETINGS. 27 OSAGE— Cont. Place Kind Date Moderator PltAsant Hill F Sep 8, 1874 H C Hovej- Kirksville A Oct 16, 1874 " Warrensburg S Apr 15, 1875 Wm Coleman Pleasant Hill C July 9, 1875 '• Clinton F Sep 14, 1875 Geo Miller Kansas City Ist.A Oct 15, 1875 " ..A Oct 18, 1875 •' Kansas City 2d....C Nov 16, 1875 W Coleman Sedalia A Dec 14, 1875 Geo Miller Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk T T o^ J ^^' J Lee J ^^^ ( Eld C F Smith D C Milner R Dodd Eld G W Shield Knobnoster S Apr 11, 1876 W L Breckenridge., Warrensburg F Sep 12. 1876 Reuel Dodd A Nov 28, 1876 R S Reese A Dee 5, 1876 " Uolden S Apr 11, 1877 A Walker Butler F Sep 11, 1877 AV M Newton St Charle&. A Oct 2, 1877 A Walker Sedalia S Apr 9, 1878 A W Colver Warrensburg A June 18, 1878 " Kansas City lst....F Sep 10, 1878 J H Byers Carthage O Oct 18, 1878 W M Newton Holden C Dec 5, 1878 J W Allen Nevada S Apr 8, 1879 L Railsback Olive Branch F Sep 9, 1879 .". C Fueller St Joseph A Oct 17, 1879 J W Allen Freeman A Oct 30. 1879 C Fueller Appleton City S Apr 13, 1880 8 B Bell Salt Springs F Sep 14, 1880 R H Jackson Kansas City lst....A Oct 17, 1880 Pleasant Hill S Apr 12,1881 C C Kimball Kansas City 2d F Sep 13. 1881 A T Robertson.. Brookfield O Oct 12, 1881 R H Jackson Kansas City 2d....A Nov 10, 1881 A T Robertson. Clinton A Nov 17. 1881 R H Jackson Tipton 8 Apr 11,1882 J 8 Poage Butler F Sep 12, 1882 A Walker St Louis A Oct 12, 1882 '• Warrensburg C Nov 7, 1882 J S Poage Kansas City 2d....A Dec 15, 1882 A Walker Butler C Jan 26, 1882 C Fueller Nevada 8 Apr 10,1883 J F Watkins Rich Hill A June 27, 1883'. A Walker Holden F Sep 27, 1883 J Thompson Nevada A Dec 18,1883 ....] W M Newton W H Hillis .Eld C F Smith J J C Thornton • I Eld Wm Young ) G Miller • Eld G W Shield ( J W Allen ■■(Lie W P Baker j W M Reed ■ ( Eld J Au.-5tin ..R Dodd ) R H Jackson ■ I Eld E P Henry " ^ B F Powelson ■ I Eld J K Morrow ..J W Allen J B F Powelsoa • 1 Eld J W Cleland S W :M Newton ■ ) J H Bvers , Eld S Calwallader ..C P Blayney JTD L Landei^ ■ JJAV Allen \ J Moore •• I D L Lander „ » D L Lander 1 Eld J G White .. iDLLander ■) G A Beattie " W M Newton " D L Lander " G A Beattie TTo«^„,. • * D L Lander ^^^^<^^^ JEldJG White ) C P Blayney Eld W C Bell Clinton S Apr 4, 1884 J H Miller Kansas City 2d. ...A Apr 22. 1884. K C Y M C A C May 12, 1884 . • Sedalia F Sep 19, 1884 W R Henderson.. Kansas City 2d....A Oct 22, 1884 Warrensburg S Apr 14, 1884 W J Lee Osceola F Sep 22, 1884 A B Martin Sedalia A... Oct 21, 1884 " Appleton City C Dec 23, 1884 Tipton S Apr 13, 1886 J C Taylor DS J H Miller Eld J W Cleland J J H Miller ■■j Eld W CBell .W H Rogers J H Miller ■)G ABeattie W H Wleman W R Henderson Schaff •! Eld G W Cum- mings W H Rogers { W H Wieman • I F R Farrand ' f W E Maek \\\H Wieman I C V Blavney ) Eld Li W Shield \ W E Mack ( Eld J G White 28 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. OSAGE— Cont. Place Kind Date Moderator Kansas City 2d....A June 8, 1886 " Rich Hill C July 2,1886 " Raymore F Sep 28, 1886 H A Nelson Fulton A Oct 13. 1886 " Kansas City 1st.... C Nov 22, 1886 " '• ■ ...C Dec 30. 1886 J H Miller ...C Mar 24, 1887 J C Taylor Pleasant Hill 8 Apr 12, 1887 Jos Piatt Clinton A June 16, 1887 R H Jackson Kansas Citylst....A June 22, 1887 J Piatt Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk .D 8 Schaft' J H Miller Rich Hill F Sep 27, 1887 John Herron . \ R H Jackson • ( Eld S 8 Hufihes .J H Miller ..L Railsliack ..J H Miller ( D K Steele • j Eld F E Kellofrg ..Eld E P Lamkin ..J H Miller ( O G Morton .. < Eld E P Lamkin (Lie JB Hill PRESBYTERY OF KANSAS CITY. Osceola A Oct 14, 1887 John Herron J •Jefferson Cijy A Oct 19, 1887 " Knobnoster A Nov 3. 1887 " Holden 8 Apr 10. 1888 Wilson Asdale Kansas City l3t....C May 1. 1888 " t( rj Triiie *^3 1888 *' Kansas City 2d"'.:c;;!!"july 31,'l888...'.'.'.'.'.'."j C Taylor ;;;.'. ■.■.'."" ....F Sep 25, 1888 W Gauss Kii-ksville A Oct 17, 1888 W Asdale Kansas City 2d ...A Oct 31, 1888 _.J C Taylor ....C Dec 28, 1888 W Gauss Clinton 8 Apr 9, 1889 J Edmonson Kansas City 2d....C May 21. 1889 ** " .A June 10,1889 AB Martin ...A June 24,1889 J C Taylor Butler F Sep 24, 1889 S M Ware Holden A Oct 16, 1889 " Kansas City 2d....A Nov 4, 1889 J Edmonson ....A Nov 18, 1889 S M Ware " .A.. Dec 3. 1889 A B Martin " ....A Dec 17, 1889 " ....A Jan 7. 1890 S M Ware ....C Mar 3, 1890 J C Taylor Sedalia B'way S Apr 8, 1890 G Morton Kansas City 2d. ...A May 20, 1890 " ....C July 5. 1890 J C Taylor C . July 15, 1890 J Edmonson Nevada F Sep 23, 1890 G P Wilson St Louis A Oct 21, 1890 " Kansas City 2d....A Nov 2, 1890 •' Warrensburs A Dee 9, 1890 Josiah Thompson.. Sedalia B'-way A Dec 31, 1890 A Walker 0.seeola S Apr 7, 1891 C H Bruce K C Lin-wood A June 15, 1891 " Sharon F Sep 15, 1891 A McLaren St Joseph A Oct 21-2. 1891 " Kansas City 5th..A Dec 8, 1891 C H Bruce Knobnoster A Dec 17, 1891 A Walker Kansas City 2d....S Apr 5, 1892 J R Stevenson.. " ...A Apr 22. 1892 C H Bruce Rich Hill A June 14. 1892 J R Stevenson. Warrensburg F Oct 4, 1892 W M Pocock Kansas City l8t....A Oct 19. 1892 ....A Oct 21, 1892 Sedalia Cent'l 8 Apr 4, 1893 Jolin B Hill H Miller 8 M Ware " Eld Gordon Hardy ( S M Ware ( Eld E W Snyder C H Bruce " A B Martin ^ S M Ware ( Eld J P Watkins EldEWSchaulfler Lie J B Hill \ C H Bruce ) W M Baird CH Bruce " L Railsback C H Bruce ^ S T McCIure / Eld E P Lamkin ''ZZl^Z'lC H Bruce " ZZ^Z^ZlC H Bruce " Eld G H Winn ( R H Jackson • JCTavlor f Eld F E Kelloi;? " Eld C Richardson Eld J O Hogs Eld F E Kellotrcr ^EldsJOHoir- ( and A H cJossard "'"""Z'''Za Walker Eld G H Winn W M Pocock ) W F Shields ) Eld C A Young W F Shields ,, |i R R Marquis I Eld Jas Cousley John B Hill " W F Shields " R B Marquis \ J B Hill } Eld J G Wliite , H M Campbell John B Hill ( J B Hill { H M Campbell I C H Bruce :...F W Hinitt W P Shields „ ( J R Stevenson j Eld J O Hogg MEETINGS. 29 K.AJJSAS CITY— Cont. Place Kind Date Moderator Kansad City 2d...C May 29, 1893 Tohn B Hill J Drexel A June 6, 1893 B M Campbell Kansas City 2d....C July 5, 1893 John B Hill ....C Sep 8, 1893 " Jefferson City F Sep 26, 1893 H m' Campbell Carthage A Oct 18, 1893 John B Hill " A Oct 19. 1893 " Kansas City 2d....A Nov 20, 1893 C H Bruce Clinton ^ S Apr 3, 1894 W M Newton Kansas City 2d....A May 8, 1894 John B Hill ...C June 5, 1894 " Holden . ..F Sep 25, 1894 J A P McGaw.. Brookfield A Oct 17-8, 1894 Kansas City 2d....C Nov 20, 1894 " ...C Mar 26, 1895 Kansas City 5th..S Apr 9, 1895 R R Marquis Warrensburg A May 7, 1895 " Kansas City 2d.... C Aug 20,1895 J A P McGaw Jefferson City F Sep 24, 1895 H C Stanton SpgnKfleld A Oct 16, 1895 " '• A Oct 17, 1895 R R Marquis Kansas City 2d.. A Nov 2, 1895 H C Stanton Butler „ „.S Apr 14, 1896 R H Jackson Kansas City 2d....C June 9, 1896 " Nevada A June 18, 1896 J A P McGaw NVarrensburg C July 6, 1896 R H Jackson Independence F Sep 22, 1896 E S Brownlee Sedalia B"way A Oct 21-2, 1896 Clinton „ S Apr 13,1897 H D Jenkins K C Linwood C June 7, 1897 Ray more F Sep 28, 1897 G F Ayres Centerview A Oct 8. 1897 R R Marquis Kansas City 5th. .A Oct 18, 1897 G F Ayres K C Linwood A Oct 21, 1897 •• St Louis 2d A Oct 28, 1897 H D Jenkins A Oct 29, 1897 R R Marquis Sedalia B'way S Apr 12, 1898 E W Clippinger.. Kansas City 2d....C May 23, 1898 H D Jenkins Sedalia Cent'l July 28, 1898 E W Clippinger.. Lowry City F Sep 27, 1898 R C Bailey Kansas City 2d. ...A Oct 26, 1898 G F Ayres ...A Oct 27, 1898 R C Bailey ...A Oct 28. 1898 H C Stanton Kansas City 5th.. C Dec 1. 1S98 " Kansas Citv 2d...C Dec 7. 1898 H D Jenkins Kansas Citj- 3d....C Dee 22, 1^98 Warrensburg S Apr 11, 1899 John F Hendy .. Kansas City 2d A May 23, 1899 R C Bailey Rich Hill A June 8, 1899 H D .Tenkins Sedalia B'way C July 3, 1899 J F Hendy Kansas City 3d....C Aug 14, 1899 H D Jenkins Warrensburs C Sep 4, 1899 E W Clippinicer Appleton City F Sep 26, 1899 J S VanMeter Hannibal A Oct 25. 1899 Clinton C Feb 20,1900 Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk H Miller : H M Camiibell " • E P Dun lap H M Campbell " Egon Wacht-er ( \V T Wardle •' • F W Hinitt ( Eld J O Hogg " J R Stevenson EldPHHolcomb BldJG White R R Marquis Eld G W Shield H Bruce ( G H Williamson { E S Brownlee (J B.Hill ..John B Hill J E S Brownlee ■ \ Eld J G Wliite ..C H Bruce ..John B nill < L M Belden "" I R H Jackson ..L M Belden C^E W Clippinger .. ] Bid J R Lucas ( H A Hymes ..John B Hill .E W Clippinger ( E W Clippinger > T M Cornelison < Eld C A Young ) E W Clipi)inger 4 G B Sproule ' \ Eld V M Hobbs John B Hill (PB Jenkins , <, Cornelison ( McClusky .E W' Clippinger John B Hill ,.E W Clippinger " ( P B Jenkins • I T M Cornelison ..John B Hill ..J D Catlin ( L P Cain •JEW McCluskv ..S D Jewell ..John B Hill ..P B Jenkins ..John B Hill ( J D Catlin •• j A E Vanorden ..John B Hill ..J H Miller ..A E Vanorden S PB Jenkins •i John B Hill ,.A E Vanorden ) M B W Granger • i W B Chancellor ..S D Jewell .W F VanderLippe 30 Place CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. KANSAS CITY— Cont. Kind Date Moderator Stated Clerk Temp. Clerk ...S Apr 10, 1900 8 D Jewell J H Miller ) ^- g c^haneefkfr Tipton _. Kansas City 5th.. A May 11, 1000 .... " ..A May 25, 1900 " Raymore A June 1, 1900 " Kansas City 5th..C July 31, 1900 " , Hi.^li Point F Sep 25, 1900 E W McClusky Maiyyille A Oct 24-5. 1900 " Kansas Citylst....C Noy 29, 1900 John B Hill Independence S Apr 9, 1901 A D Madeira... Kansas City 5th.. C May 21, 1901 " .Paul B JiMikins ..John B Hill J T Boyer \ W B Chancellor • ) Eld E M Wright ..John B Hill ..■NVni Carter \ J E Stevenson ■ ) J M Ross ..J L McKee PASTORATES. PRESBYTERY OF UPPER MISSOURI. N. B.— Only those pastorates are here recorded that were in churches in the tern occupied by the Presbytery of Kansas City. Pastor Committee to Install Installation Dissolution Churcti Call Presented T A Bracken Prairie Dickson, Smyington, Dickson, Yantis Dec 1849 Oct. 12. 1849 (PbyLat) A V C Schenck Lexington Scott, Dickson, Smyington June 28. 1850 April 11, 1850 Oct 14. 1853 W H Pawling Independence Declined April 15, 1854 B M Hobson . Lexington Harbison, Pawling, Bracken Nov 5. 1854 Oct. 7 1854 (PbyLaf) R 8 Symington Pleasant Hill Declined April 15, 1855 J W Clark Marshall Hobson, Hickman June 22, 1855 June 20, 1855 (PbyLaf) T A Bracken Independence Fackler, Hobson, Eld, Cogswell Oct. 3, 1855 (PbyLaf) D Coulter Hopewell March 18, 1856 J \v Clark Pisgah Coulter, Dickson and Eld L Green May, 1856 April 11, 1856 (PbyLaf) J W Clark St. Thomas Not placed in his hands Sept. 29, 1856 J T Leonard . . .So. Grand River....Hobson, Yantis. Bracken, Smyington Oct 26, 1856 Sept. 29. 1856 < I'by I'^t) PASTORATES. 31 PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE (do«ii to the D. and T. siilit.) Pfl.fnr Church Call CommiftPP tn ln<;fall Installation Pastor Presented tommittee to install Dissolution I WClark..._ Pisgah and Mar- ahall Installation by Pby of L'pper Missouri April 6, 1860 J M Chaney St. Thomas and Dover Bracken, Lapsley Coulter at S T .ipril 4, "58 (ST) Aprils, '60 (ST) April 2, 1858 Dickson, Clark, Hobson April 24, "58 (D) Oct 7, '67. (D) J T Lapsley Pleasant Hill Call returned, 1860 April 8, 1859 R S Smyington Kansas City 1st ....Bracken, Pawling June 4, 1859 April 5, I'^SO George Miller Pleasant Hill Leonard, Hancock, Bracken Nov 4, 1860 Sept 22, 1860 Tliis pastorate was dissolved by the D and T party in the Presbytery, Aug. 1, 1866. The Assembly's Presbytery sustain- ed the pastor's appeal, retaining him in the pastorate until April 4, 1868. • lohn Montgomerylst Ch Pettis Coulter, Hobson ........*. June, 1861 l9t Sat June '61 ^ April 16. 1866 T A Bracken Independence ^ ( Pby Up Mo) Oct 6, 1866 B M Hobson Lexington ., (Pby Up Mo) Oct 6, 1866 PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE (Assembly Party.) George Fraser Kansas City 1st Oct 16, 1866 Call returned, Sept 4, 1868 Eben Muse Warrenftnirg Sturdevant, Miller, Byers, Fraser Nov 12, 1867 Oct 5, 1867 April 6, 1870 J W Clark Lexington Breckenridge, Miller and Blder Wherry Sept 4 1868 (Pby Osage) Robt Irwin Kansas City Ist ....Breckenridge, Dunlap May 1, 1869 April 8, 1869 (Pby Osage) PRESBYTERY OF LEXINGTON. The facts regarding installations by the Presbytery of Lexington are not known except in the two following cases. Chas D Nott Kansas City 2d Call returned April 6. 1870 Hiram Hill „....Holden E B Sherwood. T .8 Reeve May 10. 1870 April 6, 1870 { Pby Osage) PRESBYTERY OF ST. LOUIS. J A Whitaker Jefferson City : (Pby Osage) PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE (After the Reunion.) Jas H Clark Warrensburg Call returned .\pril 23, 1872 April 21. 1871 Jas \V Claik Concord (Salt Springs) Timothy Hill only member present May 12, 1872 April 2, 1871 Sept 10, 1873 Mr. C. was released from Lexington Sept. 13, 1871. Geo Miller Greenwood Lapsley, Breckenridge April 22. 1871 April 15, 1874 W M Cheever Kansas Citv 2d Milner, Irwin, Hill Dec31,lS71 Dec 31. 1871 (Died) .Tune 2, 1878 J H Byers Lexington Hill Cheever, Allen . . April 20, 1872 Sept 9, 1874 Wni Coleman Pleasant Hill Breckenridge, Allen Sept 13, 1872 -^ept 15. 1875 32 • CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. OSAGE— Cont. Pastor Chu^;tf/J' Committee to Install 'otsou!^Z John H Millei- Sedalia S J NiccoUs, Hill, Milner, Irwin Oct 20, 1872 Oct 17. 1872 . April 12, 1876 Alex Walker Tipton Byers, Allen Oct 21, 1872 Oct 18, 1872 Jan 26, 1883 Hiram Hill Holden , „ ^ „ (Pby Lex) March 18. 1873 Robt Irwin Kansas City 1st (Pby Laf) April 9, 1873 W H HUlis . Warrensburg Lee, Cheever, Hovey April 9, 1873 April 16, 1875 H C Hovey Kansas City 1st.... Hill, Cheever, Milner and E O Hovey D D July 15, 1873 Not installed J A Whitaker Jefferson City • (Pby St Louis) July 15, 18/3 Wm J Lee Holden Hillis, Byers, Cheever Oct 18, 1873 Nov 7, 1882 W G Keady Jefferson City Call returned April 19, 1875 April 16, 1874 Reuel Dodd Clinton Keady, Lee, Walker Sept 9, 1874 June 18, 1878 F Van der Lippe....New Frankfort Bruner, A Van der Lippe Sept 15, 1875 Sept 9, 1879 W J Lee Warrensburg Call returned Sept 15, 1875 H M Skockley Sedalia Allen, Lee, Cheever April 12, 1877 - April 14, 1880 J F Bruner Malta Bend Call returned Sept 12 April 12, 1877 S B Bell Kansas City lst....Hill, Railsback, Madeira, Allen April 28, 1878 April 10, 1878 April 12, 1882 WMNe-wton Butler Po-welson, Dodd, Byers, Allen May 9, 1878 April 10, 1878 Dec 15, 1882 Chas Fueller Warrensburg Colver, Shockley, Lee, Poage June 18, 1878 June 18, 1878 April 11, 1883 C C Kimball . K C Second Bell, Hill, Railsback, Madeira April 13. 1879 April 9, 1879 Nov 10. 1881 DL Lander Malta Bend and .,„,oo^ Salt Springs Chas Fueller Sept 19, 1880 Oct 17, 1889 April 9, 1884 G A Beattie Sedalia 1st Jackson, Fueller, Poage Sept 29. 1880 Sept 15, 1880 _ Sept 29, 1886 J G Fackler Clinton Jackson, Beattie, Watkins Nov 17, 1881 Nov 17, 1881 Sf Pt 12, 1883 J F Watkins Osceola Beattie, Fackler Oct 30, 1882 Sept 3, 1882 Oct 13, 1886 J F Watkins . ...Brownington Fackler, Beattie Oct 29, 1882 Sept 3, 1882 Oct 13, 1886 John H Miller K C Fourth Hill, Piatt, Walker, Railsback .'. May 6, 1883 Dec 15, 1882 Sept 27, 1888 C L Thompson K Second Walker, 8 J Niccols, Beattie, Hill, Railsback Dec 17, 1882 Dec 15, 1882 July 31, 1888 Alex Walker Butler Lander, J H Miller, Fueller, Railsback April 8, 1883 Jan 26, 1883 Nov 4. 1889 J Hays Allin Schell City, Mont- rose Not installed April 11, 1883 D S Schaff K C First Piatt, Thompson. Philip Schaff, Hill "Dec 30, 1886 April 11, 1883 J""e 23, 1888 PASTORATES. 38 OSAGE— Cont. Do,.»«. Church Call P/»»,n.iMoo «« inctoii Installation Pas*""^ Presented Committee to Install Dissolution A W Milster Clinton .Declined Sept 12, 1883 W H Wieman Rich Hill Clark, Thompdon, Walker May, 1884 April 9, 1884 July 2, 1886 W E Mack K C Third _ J H Miller, Thompson, Schaff, Hill April 17, 1884 April 9, 1884 Not reported A B Martin Appleton City Clark, Miller, Walker, Jackson May, 1894 April 9, 1884 June 22, 1887 F R Farrand Clinton Henderson, Cravens, Martin May, 1884 April 9, 1884 March 24, 1887 George Miller Nevada Martin, Weller, Walker Sept 10, 1884 April 11, 1888 Dwight K Steele....WarrensburK Call returned Oct 21, 1891 April 15, 1885 L I Drake Holden Thompson, Beattie, Poage Nov 4, 1885 Sept 23, 1885 Nov 22, 1886 O W Gauss Jefferson City Martin, Beattie, Railsback Dec 17, 1885 Dec 3, 1885 April 9, 1890 W M Newton Ravmore April 14, 1886 Nov 20, 1893 J FWatkins Rich Hill Schaff, Edmonson, Walker April 28. 1887 April 13, 1887 Sept 29, 1887 l.ihn Herron Sedalia J H Miller, Steele, Asdale May 5. 1887 April 13, 1887 Sept 24, 1890 S M Ware Clinton Herron. Jackson, Tlios Marshall, Geo Miller June 16, 1887 July 5, 1890 A B Martin K C Third Railsback, Thompson, Bruce, J H Miller Nov 3. 1887 June 22, 1887 June 16, 1891 C H Bruce K C Fifth Railsback, Thompson, Schaff, P 8 Allen Oct 25, 1887 Sept 28, 1887 June 1, 1897 Thos H Jones K C 1st Welsh Thompson, Schaff, Eld M M Jones, Rails- back Sept 28, 1887 Nov 18, 1889 H C Keeley Osceola G Miller, Watkins, Jackson, Thos Marshall Oct 14, 1887 Sept 28, 1887 Oct 31, 1888 PRESBYTERY OF KANSAS CITY O G Morton Holden Thompson, Asdale, Walker April 12, 1888 April 11, 1888 Dec 9, 1891 J Edmonson Nevada J H Miller, McDougall, Herron Oct 23. 1888 Sept 26, 1888 June 15, 1892 D R Crockett Greenwood Walker, Taylor Oct 17, 1888 April 8, 1891 Geo P Hays K C Second Taylor, Miller, Martin, E C Ray Dec 28, 18S8 Dec 28, 1888 Sept 8. 1893 J C Taylor K C Hill Memo Bruce, Hays, Martin, Miller May 5, 1889 April 10, 1889 May 8, 1894 G P Wilson K C First Railsback, Hays, Martin, S M Neel May 2, 1889 April 11, 1889 Dee 9. 1890 J H Miller Rich Hill Edmonson, Hay8,Walker,Railsback,Martin July 11, 1889 May 21, 1889 Dec 7, 1898 Wilson Asdale* Tipton Ware, Herron, Morton _ ....Oct, 1889 Oct 18, 1889 Oct 19, 1892 W G Pollock K C Fourth Dec 17, 1889 Not installed. W F Shields Sharon Miller, Crockett, Walker Oct 16, 1890 Sept 24, 1890 April 5, 1893 34 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. KANSAS CITY— Gont. Pa«tnr Church Call r/immiHoo ♦« inc»oii Installation ^^®'°' Presented Committee to Install Dissolution E P Dunlap K C Linwood Martiu, Wilson, Walker, Hays Nov 7, 1890 Oct 22, 1890 July 5, 1893 J R Stevenson Sedalia B'way Walker, Newtoo, Steele, Ross Stevenson, W G Craig Dee 31. 1890 Dee 9, 1890 June 5, 1894 W M Pocock Clinton Hays, Edmonson, Walker Dec 9, 1890 April 10, 1895 J Herron Sedalia Central .... Dec 31, 1890 Call returned. R R Marquis Sedalia Central Jackson, Stevenson, Bruce, Pocock, A A E May 18, 1891 Taylor April 8, 1891 Oct 28, 1897 H C Stanton K C First Bruce, S M Neel, W N Page, Hays June 30, 1891 June 16, 1891 April 12, 1899 H M Campbell K C Fourth ^McLaren, Hays, Walker, Miller, Dunlap ..Sept 28, 1891 Sept 16, 1891 Nov 20, 1893 W H Hyatt KC Third McLaren, Bruce, Walker, Hays Nov 23, 1891 Oct 21, 1891 Oct 19, 1893 John B Hill Butler Hays, Theo W Harris, Newton, Walker Jan 21, 1892 Dec 9, 1991 " Nov 20. 1894 A A Boyd Knobnoster, Salem April 6, 1892 Call returned April 5, 1893. W E Voss Eldorado Springs Pocock, Hyalt •. June 28, 1892 April 6, 1892 April 4, 1894 Jos Mayou Greenwood April 6, 1892 Call Returned W T Wardle Holden Stevenson, Josiah Thompson June 22. 1892 April 22, 1892 April 10, 1895 F WHinitt Warrensburg Pocoek, Hays, Miller, Marquis Oct 5, 1892 April 22, 1892 March 26, 1895 JAP McGaw K C Linwood Campbell, Hill, Stanton, Bruce Oct 3, 1893 Sept 27, 1893 June 7, 1897 J B Welty K C Fourth Stanton, McGaw, Bruce May 30. 1894 April 4, 1H94 April 16, 1895 E S Brownlee Appleton City :..Not installed May 8, 1894 G H Williamson ..Jefferson City E D Walker, Marquis, Pocock, E C Goitton.Nov 1, 1894 Sept 26, 1894 Oct 16, 1895 W P Nelson K C Third Sept 26, 1894 Call Returned E W CUpplnger ....Warrensburg Murquis,Bruce, Miller, Williamson,Sproule May 7, 1895 April 10, 1895 Sept 4, 1899 W F Price Sedalia B'wav Marquis. McGaw, ED Walker, Williamson.. May 1, 1895 April 10, 1895 July 6, 1896 E W Thompson Clinton Sept 25, 1895 Call laid on table. R C Bailey Holden Marquis, Bruce, Clippinger Nov 12, 1895 Nov 2, 1895 May 23, 1899 H D Jenkins K C Second Stanton, J H Barrows, McGaw Nov 21, 1895 Nov 2, 1895 July 31, 1900 L M Belden K C Third Stanton, H D Jenkins, McGaw Apfil 23. 1896 April 15, 1896 Aug 14, 1899 J F Watkins Butler April 15, 1896 Call returned. H A Hymes „.Clinton Jackson, Bruce, Marquis „May 4, 1896 April 15. 1896 Dec 1, 1898 PASTORATES. 85 KANSAS CITY— Cont. D»<,t». Church Call r^^^at^^ »« i„o«oii Installation Pastor Presented Committee to Install Dissolution J F Hendy Jefferson City H D Jeulcins, E D Walker, Hill May '26, 1891! April 15. 1896 T M Cornelison ...Nevada Jackson, McGaw, Miller, Bailey June 18. 18SK! June 9, 1896 ' July 28, 189S B W McClusky K C Hill Memo Railsback, McGaw, Taylor Oct 13. 189G Sept 23. 1896 May 23, 1898 M E Krotzer Raymore Watkins. E D Walker, Railsbaek Nov 13. 1896 Oct 21, 1896 Dec 22. 1898 LP Cain Sedalia B'way Marquis, Boyd, Hendy, Stevenson" Nov 20. 1896 Oct 22, 1896 July 3, 1899 .r T Beyer Osceola. Vista Watkins, Marquis, Newton April 27, 1897 April 14. 1897 Feb 20, 1900 P B Jenkins K C Linwood Ayers, Hendy, H D Jenkins, 8 M Neel, Hill.Oct 21, 1897 Sept 29, 1897 I PMcCurdy K C Fifth Ayres, 8 M Neel, Stanton, H D Jenkins, Hill Oct 18. 1897 Sept 29, 1897 Dec 31. 1899 MB W Granger Warsaw May 29. 1898 April 13, 1898 April 11. 1900 S D,Iewell Butler W C Porter, Newton, Hill May 7, 1898 April 13, 1898 J D Catlin Sedalia Central Clippinger, Cornelison, Cain _ May 11. 1898 April 13, 1898 . July 3. 1899 J H Miller Nevada Watkins, C B McAfee, HO Scott, McKee June IS, 1901 Dec 7, 1898 J S Van Meter Clinton Miller, Watkins, Eld. John Montgomery Jr.April 30. 1S99 April 12. 1899 WF VanderLippeBrownington Van Meter, Bover, Newton Aug 22, 1899 April 12. 1899 WFVanderLippe Deepwater Van Meter, Boyd, Newton Aug 21, 1899 April 12. 1899 W B Chancellor ....Rich Hill Bailey, H D Jenkins, Miller June 8. 1899 May 23. 1899 E W Clippinger Sedalia B'wav Hendy, Boyd, Elder G H Howe Sept 19, 1899 Sept 4, 1899 ' Wm Carter K C First Van Meter, H D Jenkins, McCurdy, Hill Oct 10, 1899 Sept 27. 1899 A A Boyd .Sedalia Central Van Meter, Vanorden, Clippinger „.March 8, 1900 Oct 25, 1899 J M Ross Warrensburg VanMeter, Carter, Eld. J Montgomery, Jr. ..Nov 13, 1899 Oct 36. 1899 W Coleman K C Fourth Jewell, H D Jenkins, Loucks, Hill _ April 20, 1900 April 11. 1900 J L McKee, K C Fifth Jewell, P B Jenkins, Carter, Hill, Taylor May 25, 1900 May 11. 1900 W E Loucks K C Third Carter, Coleman, Hill Oct 11, 1900 Sept 26. 1900 C C McGinley Independence Madeira, Hendy. Hill, Miller, Carter _ April 11, 1901 April 10. 1901 C C McKvnney Malta Bend and Salt Springs Madeira, Watkins, White May 3 and i.lDOl April 10. 1901 36 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. PERMANENT COMMITTEES OF THE PRESBYTERY (after the reunion.) HOME MISSIONS. Appointed Chairman Otiier Members Sept., 1870 R Irwin T Hill, Elder CF Smith April, 1871 " WMCheever, Eld C F Smith Sept.,' 1872...' J W Allen '' " April, 1873 W M Cheever D C Milner April' 1874 " HC^Hovey, EldJEKeeAe slptl'ii?! '' ::::::;;:;.;:.::.Geo Miller ■• EidJMcwiison April 1877 " Timothy Hill " " April 1878 W J Lee Alex Walker, E L DeGarmo Sept., 1879 Alex Walker C H Fueller April 1882 " Eld Jacob Crone J^ 'lii|""---'=""-" :: :^'^ ^ ^ ^'"'^C L Thompson. D S Schafl, Eld E W ' Schauffler April, 1884 " Eld E P Henry April, 1887 .. .. " J F Watkins &it!i :: .''' A B Martin Sept.,'l889'.r.ZZ.".r...; " KldHCWyatt. Nov , 1889 8 M Ware Eld E P Lamkin, July, 1890 . .JH Miller Eld F E Kellogg. , „ , t Sept 1890 '■ Geo P Hays, Eld John Montgomery, Jr April', 1S91 Jas Edmonson A B Martin, Eld G H Wmn Tune 1891 *' W M Pocock, " septasgiz::::::::: " : ..''.., ^AV'T- '^^'^^''''°'' April. 1892 .W M Pocock John B Hill, W M Newton. Sept.,1893;;:.:.:.:....:.' " '• HMCampbell, Anvil 1894 " " C H Bruce, tPnt 'lH94 " " '■ J F Watkins sipt:; l895::zzzzj F watkin^zzz: •; ,^ '' ^Si?£f°?; tsPTif isn7 " •' J F Hendy, W M Newton Sii,l9oIzz:::z: " ::::::;::: '• " J ^ stevenson MINISTERIAL RELIEF, Sept.. 1870 JHByers ^ ^, r.- a April 1873 W M Newton Eld E K Gird April, 1877 A W Colver Eld P S Brown April, 1878 " Eld R C Williamson Apnl" IPo C H^F\?elfer ""■.:.■■.;..■ Eld J C McKibben, Eld Wm Rust April," 1882 J H Miller Eld Jon Ford April, 1888 C L Thompson Eld Jon Ford Sept. 1888 Jas Edmonson Eld R W Mitchell Sept., 1890 J C Taylor Eld J O Hogg Sept., 1891 " Eld D Canithers Sept., 1894 " 5 ^];l ?x*^w^*"° Sept.. 1895 " EldG H Winn FOREIGN MISSIONS. April. 1873 J B Allen Eld A M Nichol April, 1874 W M Cheever Eld J M C Wilson April, 1875 Tljnothy Hill " April, 1877 R Dodd Eld J A De la \ ergne Sept., 1878 S B Bell " ^ , r,„„tH<. Sept. 1380 " G A Seattle April, 1882 G A Beattie Eld J (i White April, 1887 Geo Miller " Sept., 1887 John Herron COMMITTEES. 37 FORE[GN MISSIONS— Cont. Appointed Chairman Other iVIembers Sept., 1)^S9 C H Bruce Eld F J Baird Sept., 1890 " Eld W J Wetstlne Sept., 1891 " Eld G H Winn Sept., 1892 SV F Shields Eld D M Coulter Sept., 1893 W M Newton Eld J W Williamson Sept., 1894 A A Boyd Kid Gordon Hardy April, 1895 E 8 Brownlee Eld G H Winn Sept., 1895 J A P McGaw Eld A E Wardner Sept., 1S9G " Eld Thomas Curtis Oct., 1-^97 LP Cain Eld J G White Oct., 1><97 E W Clipplnger Sept., 1899 " Eld. John Montgomery, Jr CHURCH ERECTION. Sept., 1870 C H Dunlap Eld J M Overstreet April, 1871 T Hill G Miller, C H Dunlap April, 1873 G Miller W Coleman, Eld R C Tvilliamson April, 1><7-1: F Lippe '■ " Eld .1 H Haverfield April, m77 J W Allen Eld J G White April. 1878 W M Newton Eld E P Henry Sept., 1883 D S Schaff April, 1884 " Eld P S Brown Sept., 1888 W Asdale Eld M E Stearns April, 1893 J P Watklns Sept., 1893 Wm. Sickles, EldTJHendrickson Sept., 1895 G H Williamson Eld O G Burch .T.vn., 1896 John B Hill Sept., 1897 " EldThos Curtis Sept., 1898 1 P McCurdy Sept.. 1899 J S VanMeter Eld J G Middelcoff PUBLICATION AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. Sept., 1870 J H Clark Hiram Hill. Eld E L DeGarmo Dec. 1870 JHByers GW Goodale, April, 1872 : R Irwin Hiram Hill, " April, 1873 W H Hillis W .T Lee, April, 1874 W J Lee Eld .1 F Bruner April, 1877 J F Bruner Eld E L DeGarmo April, 1878 J H Brers Eld J W Cleland Sept., 1880 A T Robertson April, 1882 SG Clark Eld MG Manley April, 1884 " _..Eld J D Strain April, 1885 C L Thompson....' " Sept., 1887 W M Newton Eld E Wanamaker Sept., 1889 '• Eld WH Barron Sept., 18!I0 A McLaren Eld ,1 P Watkins Sept., 1892 F W Hinitt Eld G H Howe April, 1895 Eld J E Stevenson. ..Rev S G Clark April, 1897 " ....Rev M E Krotzer Sept., 1899 " ....Rev W B Chancellor Sept., 1900 Rev " ...Eld ,T R Lucas EDUCATION. Sept., 1870 C H Dunlap J H Byers Eld J M Overstreet April, 1871 WM Cheever April, 1873 J H Byers J W Clark, Eld McFadden April. 1874 Q W Goodale Eld McCormiek April, 1875 W Coleman " Sept., 187(5 B F Powelson " April, 1877 " Eld AD Taylor • Sept., 1879 R H Jackson " April, 1882 " : Eld G W Shield Sept., 1887 •' EldC W Xe>ibit Sept., 1890 DR Crocket Eld Gordon Hardy Sept., 1891 John B Hill Eld P H Holcomb Sept., 1895 LM Belden Bid J A Myers Sept., 1899 " Sept., 1900 S D Jewell Eld D V Brown 38 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. FREEDMEN. Appointed Chairman Other Members Sept , 1872 ' J A Whitaker A Walker, Eld Pollock April. 1874 W H Hillis Eld D S Pollock April, 1877 ..1/ Railsback Eld Jon Ford April, 1882 A T Robertson Elk W H H Cundiff April, 1884 ...W E Mack Eld G T Coshead Sept.. 1885'" " Eld E W Myers April, 1887 G Morton Sept 1887 " Eld M V Johnson April, 1892'. W H Hyatt Sept 1832 " Eld W C K Buchanan Sept!' 1893 W TWardle Eld M V Johnson Sept., 1895 ' H C Stanton Eld G W Shield Sept., 1899 1 P McCurdy " Sept., 1900 J M Ross Eld Gordon Hardy SYSTEMATIC BENIFICENCE. Sept., 1871 T Hill W L Breckenridge, J H Byers April, 1874 ....J W Allen Eld P S Brown April, 1878 R H Jackson W M Reed Sept., 1880 " Eld C P Blayney April, 1882 D L Lander Eld W H Lunheck April, 1884 WH 'Wieman Eld L Peters Sept., 1887 " A B Martin Eld A F Faulkner Sevt,. 1888 " Eld S Crawford Sept., 1889 W G Pollock April. 1890 G P Wilson " Sept., 1890 W M Newton Eld W H Barron ' April, 1892 J Edmonson " June, 1892 J F Watkins Sept., 1892 " Eld V M Hobbs Sept., 1894 G H Williamson '• Sept , 1895 E S Brownlee Eld J O Brooks Sept., 1899 W M Newton Eld C W Nesbit PRESBYTERIA.L HISTORY. April, 1874 JH Byers Eld A H FcFadden Sept., 1875 W J Lee...... " April, 1877 " Eld J P Barron April, 1878 T Hill W J Lee April 1880 W L Lee D L Lander, Eld Jacob Tuttle sept.;i88i;;:::::.::.zz " ^ "„ thui April, 1882 T Hill J H Miller April 1887 " Geo Miller, J H Miller Sept., 1895"""!"...! John B Hill Eld E M Wright SUSTENTATION. April, 1873 JH Byers Eld Patrick Ballard April, 1875 Reuel Dodd MANSES. April, 1873 Alex Walker Eld M E Stearns April, 1878 H M Shockley Eld J G White Sept., 1880 Josiah Moore " April, 1882 C P Blayney Eld M V Johnson CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. Sept., 1890 Geo P Hays Eld Frank J Baird Sept., 1895 J H Miller Eld F E Kellogg TEMPERANCE. April, 1884 J C Taylor Eld G H Winn Sept., 1887 " Eld J O Hogg Sept., 1890 J F Watkins Eld O G Burch Sept., 1891 " W F Shields Eld D M Coulter Sept., 1892 A Mc-L&ren Eld J P Watkins Sept., 1894 " Eld Wm Requa Sept., 1895 J B Welty Eld J C Blair Sept., 1896 H A Hymes Eld J G MlddelcofE Apr., 1899 J S VanMeter.r. Eld H P Faris Sept., 1899 J T Boyer COMMITTEES. 39 COLLEGES AND AC-IDEMIES. Appointed Chairman Other (Members April, 18s-i F R Farrand Eld J G White April, IHs? J Edmonson •* .Sept., 1S87 S M Ware Eld E P Lamkiu Sept.. IsrtO G P Wilson Eld Wm McEwen April, 1S91 WM Pocock Sei)t.. ls<)l RR Marquis Eld Jas Cousley Sept., IHiio W F Price EJd .Tolin Montgomery Jr Sept., 1S96 H D Jenkins Eld E W Sc-hauffler Sept., 1900 J T Boyer Eld .1 T Halsey YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK. Sept., 1891 E P Dunhip Eld J O Hofig Sept., 1893 C H Bruce Eld Howard Patrick Sept., 1894, J A P McGaw Eld J O Hogg Sept., 1S95 R R Marquis Eld H H Fleming Oct., 1897 LP Cain Sept., 1900 \V E Loucks NARATIVE >ept., 1895 E W Clippinger Eld G H Howe Sept., 1897 J T Boyer Eld J R Lucas Sept., 1898 Sept., 1899 A A Boyd Eld T J Halsey Sept., 1900 W F Van der Lippe Eld D C Blanchard MINISTERIAL CLAIMS. Sept., 1895 J. H Miller Wm Coleman, Eld P HHolcomb Sept., 1899 " DL Lander, Sept.. 1900 " SD Jewell, EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES. Sept., 1870 W L Breckenridge G Miller, C D Nott, J A Whitaker, T S Reeve, S G Clark, J H Bvers, B F Powelson April, 1H74 W L Breckenridge H C Hovey, J' H Miller. W H Hillis Sept . 1875 " A Walker, April, 1877 W J Lee " • W M Kewton, April. 1878 T Hill '• " W J Lee Sept., 1879 C C Kimball April, 1882 J Poage G A Beattie, C H Fuell^r. J Thompson Sept., 1M83 CL Thompson " J F Watkins, Sept., 1889 " D 8 Schaff, Sept., 1S89 Josiah Thompson O W Gauss, S M Ware. J Herron Sept., 1.^90 '• G P Hays, April, 1891 " .. .. " Sept., 1891 " " G P Wilson, J F Watkins Sept., 1893 ■' " J R Stevenson, Sept., 1894 H C Stanton Sept., 1895 ■' J A P McGaw Sept., 1899 " " W M Newton, J Thompson April. 1899 " E W MeClusky. G F Ayres, P B Jenkins Sept., 1899 J F Hendy S D Jewell, E W McClusky. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Sept., 1899 Wm Carter Eld D B Kirk TRUSTEES OF PRESBYTERY KANSAS CITY. Appointed Sept., 1899. Re-elected on expiration of terms. John Montgomery, Jr., Chairman for 3 years. Rev. James F Watkins, " 2 " James H Austin, " 1 " 40 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Commissioners to the General Assembly, after the organization of the Synod of Missouri, in the Presbyteries covering territory now occupied by the Presbytery of Kansas City. Those that went from churches in our territory (so far as known) are m italics. PRESBYTERY OF MISSOURI. MIJS^ISTEES. RULING ELDERS. 1832. Hiram Chamberlain.... 1833. William P. Cochran 1834 1835 1836. Hiram Chamberlain.... 1837. Hiram Chamberlain. . . . 1838 1839. 1840. J. L. Yantis 1841. Wm. G. Bell 1842 1843 PRESBYTERY OF UPPER MISSOURI. 1844. J. L. Tantis Chas. E. Mill. 1845. Wm. Dickson Elliot. 1846. V. Pentzer Jos. Clark. 1847. J. L. Tantis Thos. Allen. 1848. R. Scott 8. M. Grant. 1849. T. A. Bracken 1850. T. A. Bracken Wm. Cogswell. 1851. A. V. O. Schenck W. T. Wood. 1852. T. A. Bracken E. M. Samuel. 1853. T. A. Bracken E. j\f. Samuel. 1854. W. H. Pawling Wm. Cogswell. 1855. W. Dlcnson G. W. Buchanan. 1856. A. V. C. Schenck Preston Dunlap. PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE. 1857. •/. W. Clark A. Farrar. 1858. R. S. Symington A. W. Hutchins. 1859. J. McFarland 8. Grant. 1860. B. M. Hobson S. F. Taylor. 1861. ,/. W. Clark Dr. Keith. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866. J. L. Tantis G.W. Buchanan. PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE. (Part adhering to the General Assembly.) 1867. George Fraser A. W. Reese. 1868. Chas. Sturdevant P. 8. Brown. 1869. Eben Muse P. 8. Broion. 1870. J. E. Byers Roht. McCandless. NEW SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. 41 PRESBYTERY OF HARMONY. MINISTERS. RULING ELDERS. 1S43 1S40. I. W. K. Handy 1847 I'KESBYTERY OF LEXINGTON. 1847. T. S. Reeve. PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE. 1849. Wm. E. Smith 1850. ■/. y. Barks 1851. G. A. M. Renshaw 1852. A.G.Taylor 1853 1854. J. V. Barks 1855 1856. W. E. Smith 1857. J. V. Barks 1858 1859 1S60 1861 1862 1863 ■ 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868. J. M. Brown 1869. S. G. Clark Elder G. W. Shield. 1870. D. C. miner A. D. Taylor. PRESBYTERY OF LEXINGTON. 1849. Edmund Wright 1850. F. R. Gray 1851 1852. S. J. M. Beebee 1853. T. Morgan 1854. C. D. Simpson Elder John Rice. 1855. Rolt. Gleun F. W. Dicges. 1856. S. J. M. Beebee 1857. E. A. Carson A. J. Modie. k85S 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863. F. E. Sheldon 1864. T. Morgan 1865. B. B. Parsons Jos. Lauibrite. 1866. B. B. Parsons J. H. Carson. 1867. E. B. Sherwood W. M. Sherwood. 1868. Timothi/ Eill John DeClue. 1860. E. A. Carson C. F. Smith. 1870. Timothy Eill H. P. Alexander, 42 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE THE REUNION. With the names of the Churches they went from. PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE. 187 L C. H. Duiilap, Sedalia First; A. J. Johnson, Otterville. James Craig, Kansas City First; J. E. Reeve,* Kansas City Third. 1872. Hiram Hill, Holden; B. F. Powelson, Montrose. J. D. Briggs, Warsaw: W. H. Chamberlain, Pleasant Hill. 1873. D. C. Miller, Kansas City Third; J. W. Allen, Kansas City. A. McCormick, Knobnoster; J. P. Barton,* Pleasant Hill. 1874. W. L. Breckenridge, Raymore; W. J. Lee, Holden. J. F. Bruner, Warrensburg; J. H. Haverfield, Pleasant Hill. 1875. Wm. Coleman, Pleasant Hill; H. C. Hovey. Kansas City First. (Geo. Snedeker, Sedalia First) : G. W. Shield, Osceola. iSiO. W. L. Breckenridge, Raymore. J. M. C. Wilson, Kansas Citv First. 1877. Timothy Hill, Kansas City; W. H. Hillis, Warrensburg. G. de la Vergne, Clinton : C. F. Smith,* Kansas City Second. 1878. W. M. Newton, Butler; W. J. Lee, Holden. G. W. Shield, Appleton City- E. P. Henrv, Butler. 1870. A. Walker. Tipton : J. H. Bvers, Nevada. J. W. Cleland,* Nevada: J. G. White,* Sedalia First. 1880. H. M. Shockley, Sedalia First; J. S. Poage, Centerview. A. J. Baker, Kansas Citv First ; Jacob Crone, Tipton. 1S81. C. Fueller, Warrensburg :'r. H. Jackson, Westfield. (Jon. Ford, Kansas Citv Second) ; E. L. de Garmo, Warrensburg. 1882. L. Railsback.* Kansas City Third; A. T. Robertson, Pleasant Hill. W. H. H. Cundiff. Pleasant Hill : E. P. Lamkin, Clinton. 1883. J. F. Watkins. Montrose; G. A. Beattie, Sedalia First. R, C. Williamson, Pleasant Hill : Scott Nesbit, Osceola. 1884. C. P. Blavnev, Olive Branch: Timothy Hill, Kansas Citv. C. W. Nesbit. Westfield : G. W. Cummings, Sedalia First. 188.3. S. B. Bell, Kansas City: S. G. Clark, Rich Hill. J. J. de la Vergne, Clinton; J. R. Frith, Kansas City First. 1886. W. E. ;Mack, Kansas Citv Third : Josiah Thompson. Centerview. S. S. Hughes.* Creighton : D. G. Steele, Jefferson Citv. 1887. D. iS. Schaflt, Kansas City First. (E. P. Henry, Butler.) PRESBYTERY OF KANSAS CITY. 1S8S. C. L. Thompson, Kansas City (Second; Geo. Miller, Nevada. Jon. Ford, Kansas Citv Second ; J. G. White, Sedalia Broadway. 1889. A. Walker. Butler; R. H. Jackson, Westfield. E. W. Snyder, Clinton; R. W. Mitchell, Nevada. 1800. Wilson Asdale. Tipton. • Frank J. Baird. Kansas Citv Second. 1891. J. H. Miller, Rich Hill; G. P.'Hays, Kansas City Second. J. ;Monta:omery. Jr.. Sedalia Broadway; H. E. Overstreet. Kansas < .5th. 1892. C. H. Bruce, Kansas City Fifth ; W. M. Newton, Raymore. T. J.Hendrickson. Sliaron : E. P. Lampkin, Clinton. 1893. J. C. Taylor, K. C. Hill iMemoriai: R. R. :\Ia)quis, Sedalia Central. G. W. Cummings, Sedalia Broadway; M. E. Stearns, Tipton. 1894. W. M. Pocock, Clinton: A. McLaren, Nevada. G. IT. Winn, Kansas City Second; F. E. Kellogg, Rich Hill. ( ) Was not present at the Assembly. * Elected as alternate ; but principal could not attpnd. COMMISSIONERS. 43 * KANSAS CITY— Cont. 1895. John B. Hill. Kansas City; G. B. Spicule, Deepwater. G. W. Shield, Kansas City First; Chas. Thoni, Nevada. 1896. E. S. Brownlee, Appleton City; J. H. Miller, Rich Hill. W. H. Barron. Raymore; O. G. Burch, Jefferson City. 1897. H. A. Hymes, Clinton; C. H. Bruce, Kansas City Fifth. H. H. Fleming. Sedalia Central ; H. A. Thompkius, Warsaw. 1898. J. F. Hendy, Jefferson City; J. T. Boyer, Osceola. H. P. Faris, Clinton : D. C. Blanchard, Brownington. 1899. E. W. Clippinger, Warrensburg; L. P. Cain, Sedalia Broadway. W. B. Hale, High Point; E. D. Sayles, Lowry City. 1900. J. H. Miller, Nevada : J. R. Stevenson, Chicago. F. E. Kellogg, Rich Hill : J. N. Southern, Independence. 1901. J. F. Watkins, Appleton City; E. W. MeClusky, Tipton. D. V. Brown, Butler; M. V. Johnson, Holden. CHL'RCHES THAT HAVE SENT COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SINCE THE REUNION. In the following list only those churches are included wliich have sent their iMinisters or Elders to the Assembly. In case of a group the Minister's name is recorded under the church with which the ^Minister resided. Those marked* were not in charge of churches mentioned. Those enclosed in ( ) did not attend. CHURCHES. MINISTERS. ET.HERS. Appleton City 1896, -nOOl 1878 Brownington 1898 Butler 1878, 1889 1878, (1887), 1901 Centerview 1880. *1886 Chicago *19(J0 Clinton 1894, 1897 1877, 1882, 1885, 1889. 1892, 1898 Creighton 1884 1886 Deepwater 1895 High Point 1899 Holden 1872, 1874, 1878 1901 Independence 1900 Jefferson City 1898 1886, 1896 Kansas City 1st 1875 1887 1871. 1876. 1880, 1885, 1895 2d 1888,1891 1877, (1881), 1888. 1890. 1894 3d 1873, 1882. 1886 1871 5th 1892. 1897 1891 H. M. . ..1893 Kansas City *1873, *1877, *1884, *1885 *1895 Knobnoster 1873 Lowry City 1899 Montrose 1872, 1883 Nevada 1879, 1888, 1894, 1900. . 1879, 1889. 1895 Osceola 1898 1875, 1883 Otterville 1871 Pleasant Hill 1875. 1882 1872, 1873, 1874, 1882, 1883 Raymore 1874, 1876. 1892 1896 Rieii Hill 1885, 1891, 1896 1894, 1900 Srdalia 1st 1871, 1880. 1883 (1875), 1879, 1884 •• B'way 1899 1888, 1891. 1893 " Central 1893 1897 Sharon 1892 Tipton 1879, 1890, 1901 1880, 1893 Warrensburg 1877,1881,1899 1874,1881 Warsaw 1872. 1897 Westiield 1881, 1889. . . . .1884 Miscellaneous t; 71 tC 71 t- " X ^ S i ;g I'S^'A C — -t> I- -i -f 77 71 '-H -f X r- 71 I- -. -T^ -t^ -^ rr 71 |g|§| 71 Sunday School i 1 ,-^ (M (M ^ rH ilili siiis T. il :S^5 -r :^ -^ -!^ -tH iilli 71 Infant Baptisms i; tz c: -N X =: X X urr X t- « S tS X X b = 3?3gx X -.-T :-^ -r-c X :X! :01 X^ ■-^-•^'^ ~. «r: tc y; ■m c: tc t^ ir: *-t Adult Baptisms X = S 5 'c 5 S sS^iinS SK^^g 71 : rt ; ^^ £ X ^-•;:;i^?i 'M ^ 'X ^ C: 2 AVhole No. of Communicants p. fi — ? ^' r* ri sssii = t; 2 - 5 ^ ^ J5 ?i fi X ; X : X » .7 S^5 -T" -5' 7? -:t< 'T CM — ^ Added on Cer. ^ s ^•^,?]1^S" ssgg^j S^IJS f ^?j ^M i fi i li t^ ilifiS k- Added on Ex. 3 ;s ^SSiS SSf=lii ;£l::;:5;S S :S ;?l^| Deacons -Tt CO -f iH irr 7C : 5 : X C: w; SSSSi i-isia Elders '2 55 2 t-^ f?i S : 2J • S S 5 i!^^^^ """"^"r Chiarches i^ ^ =? ~ S ':? M SSss^ ^ q; r^^ ^ .::;, 5 ;^ ;^< ^-^T :;2?^2;:; -^ -^ T' -T- ^ ^ Licentiates *"■ "'"■'"" ,1 ^ rH T-H O ; rs : ,-H C7 r-' 74-? « «-(< •* ?Q <— 71 71 "^ Candidates ^ ^ — -71 -M 71 " .1 : i~" : :' .. 1 ^^ ^- rt .71 : ^ — 71 71 -*■ tC 1 :. -<< 71 71 Ministers n t^ ?. S ?. f . ?if?i!ri7:;?i X 3". =: t;; X ^ ;« ;""" ^'=^""" OS d w' H -5 3 >< » u X to ; » : w' i » : ■«l : 01 O : 6. : o ; iH ■ « ; N : EH ; a ' to : W : ? ■ X »::;■:■ ! i 1 i •« 1 : ; :< M ■ ■ i H ; ; : : : Ph : ; 1 : ; W M : i ! ? ; ; M ; — ■ ci cc -!< i-t' X X X :X X ;= !; X = =■ X X » X X iiiii ■ : fa : i ; i> jo : i : 1 IS ; M i ig i i : j IS M ; : : » : : : • :w : 1 i :« : : : : IS,::; jO tr » =• o 5 SB %■ 9S S X GO XXX w' ffl «' -f' l£ »■ b-; 00 3! O ^^^^I. < ■. KK9; sup. El Paso, 111.', '07; :Macon, '07-08; Canton, '08-73; :M'acomb, 73-79; rec. I'by. Osage, Apr. 14. '80, fr. Pby. Schuyler; sup. Clinton, '79-81; dism. Apr. 13, '81, to Pby. Rock River; m. July 1, '(i4, Jennie E. Lindsay, Peoria, 111. JOSIAII THOMPSON, b. Aug. 24. "20, Canonsburg, Pa.; s. Allen Thomp- son and Martha Lindsey; grad. Jetl'erson, '45; stud. Western, '45-47; one yr. priv. stud, under Rev. F. A. Hutchison; lie. Oct. 21, '50, Assoc. Pby. Chartiers; ord. Jan. 14. "58. i"o: sup. Clinton. Pa.: (Assoc, ch) : Centerview, Mo. (U. P. ch), '07-73; Four :Mile, Pa.. 74-78; Mulberry, :\Io., 78-79; rec. Pby. Osage. Apr. 14, '80, fr. U. P. Pby. Western Mo.; sup. Sharon, Freeman, Raymore, Greenwood, Olive Branch. Austin. Knob Noster, Salem. Lone Oak and other chs. in Osage Pbv.: II. R.; D. D., W. & J. '97; m. Oct. 14. '47, Eliz. G. George, Washington Co.". Pa. 60 CHEOXOLOGICAL EEGISTEK. GEORGE ARNOT BEATTIE, b. Jan. 3, '43, Hebron, N. Y. ; grad. Union, ■"63; stud. U. P., sem. Xenia, O., and Princeton, "67; teacher; U. S. Army; lie. by 1st Ohio U. P., Pby., '65; ord. May 4, '68, Pby. Dayton; sup. New Carlisle, O., '67-71; Muncie, Ind.. '71-78; 2d ch., Newark, '79-80; rec. Pby. Osage. Sep. 14, '80, fr. Pby. Zanesville; p. Sedalia. '80-86; pres. Sedalia Univ.. "82-84; disin. Sep. 29, '86. THOMAS HOOR ALLIN, lie. Sep. 29, '76, Pby. Ozark, ord. Mch. 30, '77, ib.; sup.. Grace Center, Preston and Medoc, Mo., rec. Pby. Osage Sep. 15, '80, fr. Pby. Ozark; sup. Knob Noster and Salem; dism. Sep. 13, '82, to Pby. Kingston; d. Mar. 12, '89, Los Angeles, Cal., aged 09. 1882 WILLIAM H. ROGERS, b. Oct. 26, 1808, Greenfield, 0.; grad. Miami, '35: theol. priv. under Dr. Caruthers of Greenfield; lie. Sep. 11, '37, Pby. Chillicothe; ord. May 16, '38 ; preached 49 yrs. in H. ]M. ehs. in Ohio, Ind. and 111. ; rec. Pby. Osage, Apr. 12, '82; sup. Greenwood, also Missions in Kansas City; chaplain 69th 0. V. I. the last two and a half years of Civil War; A. M.; d. Aug. 31, 80, Kansas City, Mo. WILLIAM A. CRAVENS, b. Feb. 15, "52, Hanover, Ind.; s. John C. Cra- vens and Nancy Manaugh; grad. Hanover, '75; Danville, "78; lie. Apr. 27, '77, Pby. Transylvania; ord. Apr. 1, '79, Pby. Ozark: sup. Salem, Shiloh, Medoc, and Pleasant vkllev. '78-82; rec. Pby. Osage. Apr. 12, '82, fr. Pby. Ozark; sup. Knob Noster and Salem, '82-85; disni. Apr. 15, '85, to Pby. Platte; A. M., Hanover, '89; m. Mar. 7, '78, Mrs. Sallie A. Farrand, Danville, 'Ky. CHARLES LEMUEL THOMPSON, b. Aug. 18, '39. Cooperstown. Pa.; grad. Carroll, ',58; stud. Princeton, '58-60, Northwestern. '60-01 ; ord. July 7, '61, Pby. Winnebago; sup. Juneau, Wis., '61-02; Zanesville, "62-07; 1st ch. Cincinnati, 0., '67-72; ed. Our Monthlv. '70-71; p. 5th Ch. Chicago, '72-78; ed. Interior, '75-78; p. 3d ch. Pittsburgh, Pa., '79-82; rec. Pby. Osage, Dec. 15, '82, fr. Pby. Pitts- burgh; p. Kansas City 2d, '82-88; dism. July 31. '88, to Pby. N. Y.; Mod. Cen- tennial General Assembly, '88; D. D., IMonmouth '76. 1883 DAVID SCHLEY SCHAFF, b. Oct. 17, '52, Mercersburg, Pa.; s. Rev. Dr. Philip Schaflf and Mary Schley; grad. Yale, '73; Union, '76; post grad. in Ger- many; ord. Oct. 28, '77, Pbv. Kearnev; sup. East Baltimore. Md.,"76 p. Hastings, Neb!, '77-81; edit'l work, N. Y. Citv. "81-83; rec. Pby. Osage. Ai\n: 11, "83, fr. Pby. Hastings; p. Kansas City Ist.i '83-88; dism. Jiine 7, '90; D. D., Illinois Coil. ; m. Miss Piatt, Kansas City. WILLIAM ROSSMAN HENDERSON, b. Oct. 13, '45, New Castle, Ind.; s. Wm. Henderson and Martha Sun Paul ; grad. Princeton C, '67 ; law stud. ; stud. Princeton T. S., '70-71, grad. McCormick, "76; lie. INIar. '75, Pby. Chicago; ord. Apr. 13, '76, Pby. Ottawa; p. Streator, 111., '75-76; Danville 2d. Ky.. '76-79; Harrodsburg. Ky.. '80-82 ; Glasgow Ave.. St. Louis, "82-83 ; rec. Pby. Osage, June 27, '83 fr. Pby. St. Louis; sup. Hohlen, "83-85; dism. ad interim, "85, to Pby. Omaha; D. D.", Center, '91; ni. INFay 31, '73. Helen M. Van Court, Chicago. WILLIAM G. THOMAS, b. Sep. 21, '29. Monroe Co., Va.; s. Ricliard Thomas and Susanna Sims; grad. Hanover '60; Northwest '62; post grad. Princeton '65-66; lie. spring "61. Pby. Lngansport; ord. fall '63. Pby. Saline; sup. Salem, 111., '62-64. also Sandoval and Kinmundy, '62-63, and Odin, "(i3-64 ; Lexington, Ind. '64-65 ; Stranger. Lecompton, Oskaloosa and Perry, Kan., '66-67 ; Water- ville and Washington, Kan., '68: ]\Iaryville, Mo.; Graham and Mound City; IMinonk. 111.; Normal, 111.: Greenleaf, Kan.; 4 yrs. farming in Kan.; rec. Pby. Osage. Sep. 12, '83. fr. Pby. Highland: evangelist; dism. Mar. 24, "87, to Pby. Topeka ; A. ]\[.. Hanover; m. ]\Iav 15. "62, flattie E. Abcrnathv, Knightstown, Ind. MINISTERS. 61 ALBERT B. MARTIX, lie. Apr. 78, Pby. St. Louis; ord. Pby. St. Louis; sup. Union. Mo.. "TO-TO: Washington, Mo.. 79 82 : rec. Pby. Osage,' Sep. 12, '83, fr. Pby. St. Louis: p. Appleton City, '83-87: Kansas City*3d, '87-91; dism. Sep. 10, '91, to Pby. Boulder; m. Oct. 11, '77, Mattie Stapp, St. Louis, Mo. JA:MES HAYS ALLIX. b. Mar. 12, '52, Ketesville, Mo.: s. Rev. T. H. AUin and Cath. White Hays: stud. Drury : theol. priv. : lie. Sep. 13. '82. Pby. Ozark; ord. Sep. 13, "83, Pby. Osage; sup. Sehell City, Montrose and Providence; dism. ad interim, '85; to Pby. Transylvania. WILLIAM H. WIEMAX. b. California, :Mo.; stud. Highland Un., Park C, grad. Drurv, "80: Lane. 83: lie. June 27, "83, Pbv. Osage; ord. Sep. 13. '83, ib.; p. Rich Hill, '83-8(5; dism. Apr. 13, '87. to Pby. Highland: m. '82, Alma F. Morgan. Irving, Kan. 1884 JOHN COLEMAN TAYLOR, b. Feb. 28, "33, Benton, N. Y. ; grad. Union C, '58; stud. Auburn. "58-59, L'nion, "59-00. Andover, 00-01; lie. May '00, Ontario Cong. Ass'n: ord. Feb. 11. '02, Pby. Rochester: p. Sweden Center, N. Y., '02-65; sup. Chattanooga, Tenn., '05; Corry. Pa., "05-07: St. Louis, Mo., '07; p. Groton, N. Y., Cong'l eh, "07-71 : Milwaukee.' Wis., "72-74: p. Cuba, N. Y'., Presbn, '75-83; rec. Pby. Osage. Apr. 9, '84, fr. Pby. Genessee Valley; sup. Kansas City 5th, '83- 80; p.' Hill Memorial eh., Kansas City, '87-94; sup. El Dorado Springs and Montrose, "95-90: m. Sarah J. MeCarriek, Plattsburg, N. Y.; m. 2d Sarah Life, Rye, N. Y.. Feb. 22, '75. WILSON ASDALE, b. :Mar. 5, '40, Co. Antrim, Ireland : grad. Western Un., Pa., 73: Western T. Sem., 77; lie. Oct. 3, 76, Pbv. Pittsburgh; ord. Sep. 12, 77, Pby. Platte; p. Gallatin. Mo.. 78-81: Havs Citv, Kan., '81-82; Fairfax, Mo., '82-83: rec. Pbv. Osage. Apr. 9. '84, fr. Pby. Platte: s. s. & p. Tipton, '83-93; dism. May 29, '93 to Pby. Waterloo. FONTAINE ROTHWELL FARRAND. b. Dec. 24. '58. Danville. Ky. : grad. Center. '78: Western. '83; teacher: law student. '78-79: lie. Apr. "82. Pby. Ozark: ord. Mav 8. '83. ib. ; sup. Joplin, Mo., "83-84: rec. Pby. Osage. Apr. 9, '84, fr. Pby. Ozark! p. Clinton, "84-87; dism. Mar. 24, '87, to Pby. Palmyra; m. Mamie Jones. W'TLLIA:M EDGAR MACK, b. May 31, '44, Bowerstown, 0.: grad. Prince- ton C. 71: Princeton T. S., '74; lie. '73. Pby. Steubenville; ord. Sep. 15, "74, Pby. Columbus: p. Revnoldsburg and Mifflin, 0., '74-77; sup. Barnesville, 77- 80; p. Cedar Falls 1st, Ta., "81-84: rec. Pby. Osage. Apr. 9. '84, fr. Pby. Waterloo; p. Kansas City 3d. "84-80 ; dism. Sep. 29, '80, to Pbv. Emporia ; A. M., Princeton, 74. TORRENCE S. DOUGLASS, rec. Pby. Osage, Apr. 9, "84, fr. Northern Syn. of Indiana (Lutheran) : sup. Rockville and Prosperity, '85-89; dism. Apr. 10, '89, to Pl)y. Sacramento. JAMES GRANT BRICE, ord. about '45; rec. Pby. Osage, May 12, '84, fr. Cincinnati Cong. Assn.: H. R.: d. Jan. 5. "89. Kansas City, Mo., aged 89. WILLIAM :\rCAUGHEY. b. Massilon, 0.; grad. Heidelberg, 0., '56; Hei- delberg T. S. ; ord. Jan. 14, '57. R. D. Classis of Tuscarawas: sup. R. D. chs. Navarre, 0., "57-60: Akron, '60-63 : Greenville, '64-74; Miamisburg, '75-81; sup. Pbn. eh. Kingston, Tenn.. "82-84: rec. Pby. Osage, Sep. 11. "84, fr. Pby. Dayton; pres. Sedalia Univ., "84-86; dism. Apr. 14, '80, to Pby. Bloomington. SAMUEL H. WELLER. b. Dayton, O.: grad. Wittemberg, O.. '58: McCor- mick, '61; ord. '62. Pbv. Chicago: sup. Rochelle, 111.; Mcndota, Lincoln, Neb.; Morrison, 111.: Clinton.' la.: rec. Pby. Osage. Oct. 22. '84. fr. Pby. Cedar Rapids; pres. K. C. Ladies' College at Independence, '84-85; dism. Sep. 29, '80, to Pby. Los Angeles; A. M., "61, D. D., 75. 62 CHEOXOLOGICAL REGISTER. 1885 DWIGHT KELLOGG STEELE, b. June 22, "30, Walworth Center, N. Y.; s. Adna Steele and Eliz. Hinkley; grad. fnion C. '01; theoL priv. imder Dr. L. P. Hiekok: lie. June 25, "02. Pby. Erie: ord. Sep. 15. '65, ib. ; sup. East Green. Pa., '63-67: p. Willoughby.C. '67-^4: Almond. N. Y.. '75-84; ree. Pby. Osage. Apr. 15, '85. fr. Pby. Genessec Valley: sup. Warrensburg, '85-92; disni. Apr. G, '92, to Pby. Emporia : m. Aug. 14, 'Gl, Mary E. Mizener, Youngsville, Pa. LEWIS I. DEAKE. b. Aug. 7. '20, iNLadison. 0.; s. Jonathan Drake and Eliza P. ]\Iead: grad. Hanover, "53. New Albany, '55: teacher; lie. Apr. '55, Pby. Cincinnati; ord. Dec. '55, Pbv. Svdnev; p. West Liberty. 0., '55-85; rec. Pby. Osage, Sep. 23, '85, fr. Pby. Bellcfontaine: p. Holden, '85-80: dism. Nov. 22, '80, to Pbv. Neosho; A. M., D. D.. Hanover. '80: m. May 10. '49, Mary A. Gaston, Mt. Pleasant, O. JAMES LAFFERTY, b. Feb. 10, '39, Pittsburgh, Pa.; grad. Washington, 'GO; Princeton. 70; lawyer, '03-07. Pittsburgh: lie. 70, Pby. New Brunswick; ord. June 14. '71, Pbv. Platte; sup. Weston and Platte City, Mo., '70; p. Oregon, Mo., '70-72: sup. Sandy Lake, Pa., '72-73; Nichols, N. Y., '74-75; Shelbyville, Mo., '77; Nokomis and Raymond. 111.. '78-79; Hardin and Belleview, 111., '79-80; Assumption and Moweagua. '81-82; Newton and Albany. '84-85; rec. Pby. Osage. Oct. 21, '85. fr. Pbv. Rock River; sup. Malta Bend and Salt Springs; dism. Mar. 24, '87, to Pby. Ozark; LL. B.. Harvard Law Sch., '02; A. M., Wash- ington. "03: d. Jan. G, "99, Washington, Mo. HENRY ADDISON NELSON, b. Oct. 31, '20, Amherst, Mass.; s. Seth Nel- son and Sophia Aspenwell ; grad. Hamilton, "40 ; Auburn, '40 : tea. '40-43 ; lie. '45, Pby. Cortlandt: ord. July 29, '40, Pbv. Cayuga; p. Auburn 1st, N. Y.. '40- 50; p.' St. Louis 1st, Mo., '50-G8; prof.'Syst. & Past. Theol., Lane T. Sem., '68-74; p. Geneva Ist, N. Y., '74-85; rec. Pby. Osage, Oct. 21, '85, fr. Pby. Geneva; sup. Independence, '85-88. also pres. K. C. Ladies' Coll. at Independence: dism. Sep. 24. '90. to Pbv. Philadelphia : Mod. N. S. Gen. Assembly, '07 : A. :\I., Hamil- ton, '43 ; D. D. do.'. "57^ m. Feb. 23, '47, Margaret Mills, Auburn, N. Y. OSCAR WILLIAM GAUSS, b. Mar. 20, '42, Glasgow, Mo.; s. Chas. W. Gauss and Louisa Fallenstein; grad. Washington L^niv., St. Louis, 'G3; M. D., St. Louis Med. Coll., '05, Hospital course in Germany; i)]iysician, Keytesville, Mo.; ■69-70: stud, theol. priv. under Dr. N. L. Rice: lie. Feb. '71, Pby. Missouri; ord. July '71, Pby. Potosi, sup. Jackson and Pleasant Hill, Cape Girardeau Co., Mo.. '71-72; p. Cape Girardeau, '73-75: Boonville, '75-84; sup. Memphis, Mo., '84-85 ; rec. Pby. Osage, Dec. '85, fr. Pby. Palmyra ; p. Jefferson City. '85-89 ; chaplain Mo. State Penitentiary, '88-92: dism. Oct. 5, "92, to Pbv. Upper Mo.; m. Aug. "09, Esther Gill, St. Loiiis, Mo. 1886 JAMES ED:\I0NS0N. rec. Pby. Osage, Apr. 14. "86. fr. R. D. Classis of Montgomery: pres. Sedalia Univ., '86-88; p. Nevada, '88-92; dism. June 15, '92, to Pby. Cliippewa : Ph. D. CHARLES CARLETON HEMBREE, b. Oct. 22, '53, Greenfield, Mo.; grad. Marvville. '77: L'nion. 'SO; ord. Aug. 7, '81, Pby. Kingston: sup. Laurel Hill, L. J.'. "80-81; Washington, Tenn., 'S\; Ash Grove, Mo., '82-83; Akron. Mo.. 'S3; rec. Pbv. Osage, Apr. 14. '80, fr. Pby. Platte; sup. Greenwood. '86-87; clerking in K. C.. 'S7ff.: dism. Sep. 24, '90, to' Pby. Chickasaw. 1887 OSCAR GILCHRIST ]\IORTON. b. -huie 29. •,55. Trenton, Tenn.: s. .lobn V. :Morton and Sallic E. Seat: grad. Vanderbit l^niv.. '70; stud. U. T. Sem., Va . 78-79; grad. Lane. "81 : lie. Apr. 25, '80, Pby. Paducah ( U. S.) : ord. Ma\' 10, '82. Pin-. Alton: p. ('hector. 111.. 'S1-S4; su]). (Jrconville, '8-1-87: roc. Pl)y. Osage, MINISTERS. 68 \pr. 13, '87, fr. Pby. Alton; p. Holden, 88-!)! ; di.siii. Dec. 'J, "!H, to ihy. Xoith- mnberland; ni. Feb. 27, 84, Mary A. Cooke, Kansas City, >to. CHAELES H. BRUCE, b. July 10, '52, New Sheffield, Pa.: s. Abram Bruce and Christiana Cooper: jrrad. Allerfhcnv C.. T'.i : stud. Western. '70-81: lie. Apr. 14, "80, Pby. Erie: ord. Oct. IS, '82, Pby. Council Bluffs; p. .Menlo, la., "81-84; Union City, Pa., '8.5-87: rec. Pby. Osage, Apr. 13, '87. fr. Pby. Erie; p. Kansas Citv, 5th, '"87-07: dism. Sep. 20. "07, to Pby. Northumberland; D. D., Allegheny C.,"'95: m. Xov. 30. "82, Alice Whipple, Maiden, Mass.; m. 2d June 14, '93, Eliz. Graves, Marble Hill, Mo. JOSEPH CLEMEXTS. b. Oct. 2. '40, Walsall, Eng. ; s. Thos. Clements and Sarah TetleA'; edue. Birmingham, Eng.; theol. priv. ; mfr. saddlery, Newark, N. J.. "(J(!-71; lie. '73, Cong. Assn., N. Y. ; ord. Dec. 3, '73, ib. ; sup. Westport, N. Y., (Cong.), '73-74; Pharsalia, '74-79; Marcelona, '78-80: Harbor Springs. Mich., (Pbn.), '80-82; Madisonville. Tenn.. '83-SG : Philadelphia, Tenn. : rec. Pby. Osage, Apr. 13. '87. fr. Pby. Kingston; sup. Schell City and El Dorado Springs, '80-88 : dism. Dec'. 28, "ss". to Pby- Neosho ; sup. McCime. Kan., "88-90 : readm. Pby. Kan. Cy., Dec. 0, '01. fr. Pby! Neosho; grad. K. C. Med. Coll.. "01 ; physician, K.'C. ; demitted the ministry, Oct. '00; m. .Ian. '05, Kezia M. Wheeley, Wal-all, Eng. JOHN HEKKON. b. July 10, "51, Harrison Co., O. : s. Pvcv. Dr. Kobt. Her- ron and Mary E. McMurray : grad. sc'c. Washington and .Jeft'erson, '09 ; Prince- ton, '70; lie. Apr. 20, '75. Pby. Steubenville ; ord. Nov. 8, "70, Pby. Lake Super- ior; sup. Onotonagon. ^lich., "70-77 : p. Atlantic. Ja., "77-87 : ree. Pbv. Osage. Apr. 13. '87. fr. Pbv. Council Bluffs; p. Sedalia 1st. '87-88, do.. Broadway ch., '88-90; dism. Sep. 25* '00: il. S.. W. & J., "04; m. June 20, '77, Mary Agnes Johnston, New Hagarstown, O. SA^tlUEL MILLER WARE, b. Apr. 20, "52. Richmond, Ky.; grad. 111. Wes- levan L^niv., '70; stud. Western, '81-83, Northwestern, grad. "84: supt. Pub. Seh., '79-81; lie. Apr. 10, '83, Pby. Allegheny; ord. May 0, '84, Pby. St. Louis; sup. Ferguson, Mo., '83: Somonauk, 111., '83-84: p. Ferguson, Mo., '84-87: rec. Pby. Osage, June 10. "87, fr. Pby. St. Louis; p. Clinton, '87-90; dism, July 5, '90, to Pby. Omaha : m. Eoline 0. Blazer. SAMUEL COLUMBUS (MARION) BATES, b, July 10, '02, Cloverport, Ky, : s. Sam. T. Bates and Berilla Noell ; stud. Park, '77-82 : grad. Lane, "85, post grad. Princeton. '85-80; lie. Apr. 14, 'S5, Pby. Cincinnati: ord. Nov. 3, "87, Pby. Kan. Cy. ; sup. Washington, ]\Io.. '8()-87 : Knob Noster and Salem, '87-88; dism. July 3! '88. to Pby. Vincennes ; Ph. D., Wooster, '04; m. Dec. 15, '80, Julia ^L Curry, ^Monckport, Ind. THOMAS HOWELL JONES, b. Mar. 31, '30, Co. Cardigan, S. Wales; s. Evan .Tones and Eliz. Howell: educ. Liverpool, Eng.; theol. priv.: lie. '70, Pby. Cambria ; ord. June 0, '75, Calv. Meth. Syn. of Wise. ; p. Welsh Pbn. Chs.. Water- town and Ixonia, Wis,; p. Pbn. chs. New Cambria and Bevier. Mo.. '82-84; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy.. Sep. 28. '87, fr. Pby. Long Creek. la.; p. First Welsh Pbn. Ch. Kansas Cityj "87-80 : carpenter, coach dept., K, C, F. S. & M. Ry. shops, K. C, Mo., 'SOff. ; 'm. Apr. 20, '05. in Liverpool. HORACE CLINTON KEELITW b. Mar. 3, '59, Selin's Grove. Pa.; grad. Western Reserve. "84: I'nion, '87: lie. A]n\ '87, Pby. N. Y. : ord. Nov. 10. '87, Pby. Kan. Cy. : p. Osceola. '87-88, and sup. Brownington; dism. Dec. 28. '88, to Pby. Iowa ; m. "Slay 11, '87, Jennie E. Woodward. 1888 SA:iIUEL THOMPSON :M"CLURE, b. Sep. 9. "30. Vincennes, Ind.; s. Dan. McClure and Esther Thompson; grad. Hanover. '02: Western, '05; lie. '05, Pby. Crawfordsville: ord. Aug. 30. '(iS. Pity. Neosho: sup. Topeka, Kan.. "05-00; Junction Citv. '(i(i-(!S : Girard and Cherokee. '08-77: Carlisle. "77-78; Glenwood, Mo., "78-80: Allerton, la., "80-81 : -Milan. 111.. "S1-S2: Lvons, la.. 82: rec. Pby. 64 CHRONOLOGICAL EEGISTEE. Kan. CV., Apr. 11, '88, fr. Pby. Cedar Eapids; gen. agt. of the Mid-Continent; dism. Apr. 6, '93, to Pby. Topeka; A. M., Hanover; m. Dee. 17, 73, Miss A. M. Case, C4irard, Kan. ARCHIBALD MACDOUGALL, b. Feb. 22, '24:, Campbelltown, Scotland ; s. Dugald Macdougall and Margaret Henderson: grad. Union C, '51; stud. Auburn '52-54: lie. June '53, Pby. Ithaca; ord. Feb. '54, Pby. Chenango; p. Sherburne, N. Y., '54-60; sup. Dryden, '60-07; Blooniington 2d, 111., "67-70; Grand Pudge and Polo: ree. Kan. Cv. Pby.. Apr. 11, '88. fr. Pby. Ottawa: sup. Rich Hill, '87-88; dism. May 29, '90, to Pby. Chicago; A. M., Madison Univ., '59; m. Sep. 23, '49, Emily E. Walker, Havana, N. Y. DUNCAN ROSS CROCKETT, b. July 20, '43, ^Middle River, N. S. ; s. John Crockett and Anna Ross; stud. Waynesburg, Pa.; grad. Danville, '76; tea. Can- ada, '63-71; carpenter, Boston, '71-72; lie. Apr., 9, '75, Pby. Transylvania; ord. Oct. 29, '76, Pby. Austin; p. Laurence, Tex., '76-78: p. Naugiwauk and Salt Springs, New Brunswick, "79-83: sup. Laclede, Mo., '83-84; Salem, Mo., '84-88; ree. Pby. K. C, Sep. 26, '88, fr. Pby. St. Louis ; p. Greenwood, '88-91 ; sup Lee's Summit, '87; Creighton, '88-89; Centerview and Knob Noster, '"90-91; dism. ad interim, '91; to Pby. Chickasaw: m. Mar. 10, '86, Ellen Robertson, Ardoice, Canada ; d. Nov. 3, '92, Greenwood, Mo. WILLIAM ]\L\RTYN BAIRD, b. June 16, '62, Clark Co., Ind.; s, John M. Baird and Nancy Faris; grad. Hanover, '85; McCormick, '88; lie. May '88, Pby. New Albany; ord. ib. ; ree. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 26, '88, fr. Pby. New Albany; sup. Kansas City 2d, '88; Osceola and Brownington, '88-89; dism. Sep. 25, "89 to Pby. Pueblo; A. M., Hanover, '89; For. Miss'y, Korea, '90ff.; m. Nov. 18, '90, Annie Laurie Adams, Topeka, Kan. THOMAS F. BOYD, ord. Dec. 19, '57 : ree. Pby. Kan. Cy. Sep. 26, 'SB, fr. Pby. Des ]\Ioines ; sup. Knob Noster and Salem ; dism. Sep. 24, '90. GEORGE PRICE HAYS, b. Feb. 2, '38, Canonsburg, Pa.; s. John Hays and Orpha Cornwell ; grad. Jefferson, '57 ; stud. Western '58-60 : lie. Apr. "59, Pby. Ohio: ord. Mar. 5, '61, Pby. Baltimore; p. Baltimore 2d, '61-68; financial agt. Wooster, '68-69; p. Allegheny 2d, '69-70; pres. W^ashington and Jefferson Coll., '70-81 ; also sup. Washington 2d, Pa., '70-81 ; p. Central ch., Denver, Col., '81-85; p. Cincinnati 2d, O., '85-88 ; ree. Pby. Kan. Cy., Dec. 28, '88, fr. Pby. Cincin- nati: p. Kansas City 2d, '88-93; dism. Oct. 17, "94, to Pby. Pittsburgh; D. D., Lafavette, '71, LL. D., Hanover, '87; Moderator of Gen. Assembly, '84; m. Aug. 1, '00, Eleanor S. W^herry; d. Sep. 6, '97, Washington, Pa. 1889 GEORGE PORTER WILSON, b. Sep. 9, '53, MeClelantown, Pa.; grad. Washington and Jefferson, '77 ; Western, '80; lie. Apr. 23, '79, Pby. Washington; ord. Oct. 14, '80, Pby. Ebenezer; p. Lexington, 2d, Ky., '80-84; Lafayette Park ch., St. Louis, Mo., "84-89; ree. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 10, '89, fr. Pby. St. Louis; p. Kansas City 1st, '89-90; dism. Apr. 8, '91, to Pby. Philadelphia Central; D. D., W. & J., '89. SHERROD WILLIAMS GRIFFIN, b. Green Co., Ky. ; stud. Columbia Ky. ; theol. priv. : ord. Oct. '72, Pby. Neosho; sup. Montana, Kan., '72-80; Cherryvale, '80-86: Central ch., Kansas City, Kan.; i-ec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 11, '89, fr. Pby. Topeka ; w. c. ; dism. Mar. 3, '90, to Pby. Platte. WILLIAM GILMORE POLLOCK, b. Jan. 10, '49, Ohio Co., W. Va.; s. John N. Pollock and IMaria Gilmore; grad. Washington and Jefferson, '78; Western, '81: tea. "82-84; lie. .June 1, "80, Pbv. Washington; sup. Wiekes, Mont., '81; Ft. Concho. Tex., '81 : Colton, Cal., '85-80; Monument, Col., '87 ; ree. Pby. Kan. Cy.. June 24, '89, fr. Pby. Kearney; sup. Kansas City 4th; dism. Sep. 16, '91, to Pby. Los. Angeles. MINISTERS. 65 1890 JOSEPH :\L\YOU, b. Apr. 19, '29, Birmingliam, Eiig.; .?. .James Mayou and Jemima Stackhonse ; grad. Rutgers, '55 ; new Brunswick, '58 ; lie. June, '58, R. D. Classis of Schoharie; ord. ib. ; Miss'y in Arcot Mission, S. India, '58-71 ; Home Miss'y, R. D. Ch., Somerset, Kan., '72-7G; Presby. ch.. La Cygnc. Kan., '7G-7S; Garnet, '78-80; Highland, Kan., '80-85; Troy, '85-87; Marysville, '87-89; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 10, '90; fr. Pby. Highland; sup. Appleton City and Mont- rose, 89-91 : Greenwood and Centerview. '92-93: dism. Nov. 20, '93 to Diocese of Kansas (Episcopal) ; A. M., Rutgers, "58; B. D., Theol. Coll. Topeka, "94; m. Aug. 10, '58, Margaret A. Schultz.-iianiington, N. J. ARCHIBALD MAC LAREX, b. Mar. 5, '52, Lakeside, Ont.; grad. Manitoba C, '81; stud. Queen's C, '81-82; Union T. Sem., '82-84; ord. .July 16, '84, Pby. Brandon (Manitoba) ; Chater. Man., '84-85; Springfield, Man., '85-87: lecturer on Ch. Hist., Man. Univ., '85-87 : Goodland, Kan., '87-88 : rec. Kan. Cy. Pby., Apr. "90 ; sup. Osceola and Vista, '89-93 ; Nevada, '93-95 ; dism. Aug. 20, '95, to Pby. Union. WESTON F. SHIELDS, b. Sep. 9, '58, Ebenezer, Pa.: s. -James G. Shields and Mary Ann IMiller : Pa. State Normal Sch., '85; Western, '90; teacher; lie. Apr. 10, "89. Pby. Kittanning; ord. Apr. 30, '90, ib. ; sup. Litchfield and Ausley, Neb., '89; rec. >by. Kan. Cy.. Sep. 23, "90, fr. Pby. Kittanning; p. Sharon, '90-93, also sup. Drexel, '91-93; dism. Apr. 5, '93. to Pby. Kearney: went as Miss'y to Praa, Laos, Dec. '93: m. Oct. 12. "93, Lillian Hendrickson, Bates Co. Mo. GEORGE B. SPROULE, grad. Lane T. Sem.: sup.-Plainville, Kan., '80-90; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 22, '90, fr. Pby. Osborne; sup. Creighton, '90-91; Apple- ton City, '92-93; Deepwater and Brownington, "93-97: Sharon, Drexel and Fairview, '98-1900: m. 1900, Drexel, Mo. EDWARD PAYSON DUNLAP, b. Jan. 13. 'G3, Monongahela, Pa.; grid. Wooster, '87; Princeton, '90: lie. June '90, Pby. Wooster; ord. Nov. 7, 90, Pljy. Kan. Cy.: p. Linwood ch., Kansas City, '90-93; dism. Nov.- 20, '93, to Pljy. Kearney; m. '93, Miss Swan, Kansas City, Mo. wIlLIAM MELANCHTHON POCOCK, b. Mar. 17, '50, Hayesville, a.; grad. Wooster, '74: Union, '77: ord. Jxme 12, '77, Pby. Wooster; sup. El Dorado, Kan., '77-80 ; p. Waverly and Rock Creek, '80-90 ; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Dec. 9, '90, fr. Pby. Emporia; p. Clinton, '90-95; invalid, '95-9G; dism. Apr. 9, '97, to Pby. Marion; A. M., '77. JOSEPH ROSS STEVENSON, b. Mar. 1, '50, Ligonier, Pa.; s. Rev. Dr. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. Harbison ; grad. Washington and Jefferson, '8G ; McCormick, '89; stud. Univ. Berlin, '89-90, and summers of '94, '95, '96; lie. Apr. 7, '88, Pby. Chicago: ord. Dec. 31, '90, Pbj'. Kan. Cv. ; p. Broadway ch., Sedalia, '90-94: prof. Ch. Hist., McCormick T. Sem., ■94flf.;'D. D., W. & J., '97; m. May IG, '99, Florence Day, Indianapolis. ROLLIN RUTHVEN MARQUIS, b. Dec. 28, '53, Murray, Ind.; s. Robert C. Marquis and Martha Riddle; stud. Hanover C. : grad. W'ooster, '80; Western, '83; farmer, teacher, merchant; lie. Apr. 5. '82, Pbv. Wooster; ord. June 12, '83, Pby. Cleveland: p. Northfield, 0., '83-86; inv., '8G-88: sup. Sedan, Kan., '88-89; p. Osage City, '89-91 ; rec/»Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 7, '91, fr. Pby. Emporia; p. Cen- tral ch., Sedalia, '91-97; dism. Apr. 10, '98, to Pby. Schuyler; A. M., Wooster, '83; m. May 8, '83, Clara J. McCormick, Fredericksburg, O.; m. 2d, Feb. 18, '96, Ida Irene Shumaker, Springfield, Mo. FRANK BATEMAN EVERITT, b. Mar. 8, 'G6, Stroudsburg, Pa.; grad. Princeton C. '86; Princeton T. Sem., '90; teacher: ord. May 9, '90. Pby. Mon- mouth; rec. Pby. Kan. Cv.. Apr. 9, '91. fr. Pbv. Monmouth; «up. Kansas City 4th, '90-91 ; dism. Oct. 21.' '91, to Pby. New Brunswick; A, M., Princeton, '89. WILLIAM EZRA VOSS, b. Dec. 20, '52, Springville, Ind.; s. Lorenzo Dow Voss and Elvira Wilson; stud. Park, '75-81 ; Danville, '81-83; grad. McCormick, 66 CHEOXOLOGICAL KEGISTER. '84: lie. Apr. 8, "84, Pby. Platte: ovd. Oct. 18. '89, Pby. Aberdeen; sup. Savannah, Mo.. 1 yr. : H. M. in South Dakota, 5 yrs. ; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. '91, fr. Pby. Aberdeen: sup. El Dorado Springs and Montrose. '91-94; dism. Apr. 4, "94, to Pby. Cimarron: m. Dec. IS, '85, Alice H. Haynes, Parkville, Mo. JOHX BOYXTOX HILL, b. Xov. 3, 'GO, St. Louis^ Mo. : s. Rev. Dr. Timothy Hill and Frances A. Hall; grad. Knox, '81; prof. Greek, Park Coll., '81-84, also '96: grad. Union T. Sem., '87, alternate fellow; lie. Pby. Osage, June 8, "SO; ord. Pby. Topeka. Julv 5. '89: orgz'd and sup. Westminster Pbn. ch.. Topeka, Kan., '89-90: rec. Pby. K. C, Apr. 8, "91, fr. Pby. Topeka; p. Butler. '90-94: sup. Kan- sas City, '95ff.: A. M., Knox, '84: Perm. Clerk, Synod of Mo., '94ff.: compiler of this History. HORACE COFFIX STAXTOX, b. Apr. 1, '49, Wolf borough, X. H.: s. Prof. Benj. Stanton and Catharine P. Coffin; grad. Union C, 'G7, 1st honor; Prince- ton '73, won Hebrew Prize; teacher, lawyer; lie. Pby. Xew Brunswick; ord. June 9, '74. Pby. Albany: sup. Batchellerville, X. Y., '73-76; Xorthville, 74-75; p. Albany 3d, X. Y'., '77-87: sup. Central ch.. Denver, Col., '88-89: Bethanv ch., Albany, X. Y., '89-90: Kansas City 2d, Mo., "90: rec. Pbv. Kan. Cy., June lit. "91, fr. Pbv. Albany; p. Kansas City' 1st, '91-99; inv. "99^.; Ph. D.', Boston Univ., '84, D. D., Bates Coll.. '97. HEXRY' MARTYX CAMPBELL, b. May G. 'Gl, Congress, 0.; grad. Woos- ter, '87: stud. Western. '87-88, Princeton, '88-90; lie. '90, Pby. Wooster: ord. Sep. 13, '90, Pbv. Ozark: sup. Monett, Mo.. '90-91; rec. Pbv. Kan. Cv., Sep. 16. '91" fr. Pby. Ozark: p. Kansas City 4th, '91-93; dism. Xov. 20 '93, to Pby. St. Louis. WILLIA:\I H. HYATT, b. Staffordshire, Eng. : stud. Victoria Univ., Eng. theol. priv. ; ord. '71, Cong. Council, Manchester, Eng.; sup. Cong, chs.. Cross Lane. Salford and Circular Road. Eng.: Douglas, Isle of Man; Uppermill, Eng.; 12th Presb. ch., Indianapolis, Ind. : Whiteland. Ind. : lola, Kan. ; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 21. '91, fr. Pbv. Xeosho; sup. Kansas City 3d, '91-93; dism. Oct.'lS, "93, to Pby. Rock River. AXDREW ADAM BOY'D, b. June 13, 'GO, Ireland; grad. Queen's Coll., '87; stud. Belfast T. Sem. and Princeton: ord. Dec. 17, "91, Pbv. Kan. Cy. : sup. Knob Noster and Salem, '91-94, "96-98; p. Sedalia Central, '99ff. 1892 EGUX WACHTER, b. Prussia; grad. Western, '84; lie. Apr. 24, '83, Pby. Pittsburgh; ord. May 11, '84, ib.. Foreign Miss'y, Slam, '84-91; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 5, '92, fr. Pby. Siam; stud. K. C. Coll. Phys. & Surg., grad. M. D.; dism. Sep. 2G, '94, to Pby. Siam. WILLIAM T. WARDLE, b. Jan. 10, '59, Wigan, Lancashire, Eng.; s. Jos. Wardle and Eliz. Taylor; grad. Wooster, '87; Lane, '90: boxmaker, machinist, clerk: lie. Apr. 9, "89, Pby. Cincinnati; ord. May 8, '90, Pby. Maron; p. Milford Center, 0.. '90-92: rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr, 22, '^'92. fr. Pby. Marion: p. Holden, '92-95; dism. May 20. '95', to Pby. Portland; m. July 22^ "91, Luvenia M. Gil- bert, Cincinnati. 0. FREDERIC WILLIA:\I HIXITT, b. Xov. 5, '06, Kidderminster, Eng.; s. John Hinitt and Selina Williams : grad. Westminster, '89 : McCormick, '92 ; draughtsman, '80-80; lie. June 8. '91, Pby. Upper Mo.; ord. Apr. 18, '92. Pby. Kan. Cv. : p. Warrensburg, '92-95 : dism. Mar. 26. '95, to Pbv. Iowa : B. S., Westm'r, '89: A. B., '90, A. M., "91, ib. : Ph. D., Wooster, "96: in. June 26, '92, Elfie H. Humphrey, Fulton, Mo. 1893 WILLIA.M FREEMAX MATTHEWS, b. Oct. 31, '49, Bethel, Vt.: grad. Univ. ^lichigan. '70: Union, '74: Univ. Berlin, '78-79; ord. Dec. 20, '74; chap, mis'y X. Y. City, '74-77: sup. Reading, Midi.. '77-78; Manchester, '78-79: Au- MINISTERS. 67 burn. Ind., '81-82; Blutrton, \S2-8.) : Pipestone and \\'ood>tocl<, Minn., '8G; Parkville. Mo., '87; Cottonwood Falls, Kan., '89-90; IJuilinganie and Union, '91; ree. Pbj-. Kan. Cy., Apr. o, '93, fr. Pby. Emporia; agt. Soc. for Sup. Vice; deniittod ministry, Apr. 11, 1900. THOMAS JEFFERSON :\IAY, b. Feb. 0, '45, Sc-ipio, Ind.; s. Jon. B. May and Eliz. Lewellyn ; grad. Hanover, '74; Union, '77: U. 8. Army, 'Gl-04: tea. 'G7--70; lie. Pby." N. Y.. May "77; ord. Pby. N. Y., May 15, '77"; sup. Wilson Mission, X. Y. "Citv. "77-83 ;' Vancouver, Wash.. '83-85 ; Wichita, Kan.. '85-89; Central eh.. Helena. Mont., "89-92; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 5. '93, fr. Pi)y. Mon- tana; Pastor-at-Larpe, K. C. Pby., '92-95; sup. Fairview and Lone Oak, '95-9G; Centerview and Creighton, '9G-97; m. Nov. 1, '82, Emily Rebecca Holies, Pea- body, Kan. WILLIAM SICKELS. b. Sep. 12, '07. Little Osage. Mo.: s. Isaac Coe Sickels and May Wood :McNeil ; stud. Sedalia Univ., '84-87; Westminster C, grad. "90; iMcCormick. "93; lie. Apr. 4, '92, Pby. Chicago: ord. June 0. "93. Pby. Kan. Cv. ; sup. Sharon and Drexel. "93-97; dism. Apr. 12, '98, to Pby. Neosho; A. :M. VVestminster, '93. JAMES ALEXANDER PORTER WGAW, h. Feb. 4. '35, Fairliaven, O.; s. John and Edna ; grad. iliami Un., '50 ; Assoc. Ref. T. Sem.. Oxford, O., '58 ; teacher; lie. Apr. "57. 1st Assoc. Ref. Pbv. Ohio; ord. Aug. 8. "58. 2d Assoc. Ref. Pbv. Illinois; p. U. P. Ch., So. Henderson, 111., '58-G7 ; prof. Eng. Lit., Mom- mouth Coll., 'G7-G8: p. 1st Presb. ch.. Urbana, 0., '68-80; Central ch., Rock I?land. 80-81; 1st ch., Toledo, 0., '81-93; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 27, "93, fr. Pby. Maumee; p. Linwood ch., Kansas City, '93-97; dism. Sep. 29, '97; A. M., Miami. '59; D. D., ^lonmouth, '71 ; m. Sep. 21, '58, Rel)ecca J. Irwin, Oxford, O. , m. 2d, Jan. 3. "GO, :Mary A. Scott, Collinsville, 0. 1894 PAUL HEILIGMANN, b. Cincinnati, O. ; stud. Union Bibl. Sem. and Lane ; lie. '89, Pby. Des Moines: ord. Nov. 3, '91, Pby. Whitewater; sup. Aurora, Ind., '91-92: rec". Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 3, '94, Pby. Whitewater; sup. Kftnsas City 3d; dism. Oct. 17. '94, to Pby. Maumee. JOHN WILLIAM VAN EMAN, b. Aug. 21, '4G, Canonsburg. Pa.: grad. Washington and Jefi'erson, '71 ; Western, '74; lie. Apr. 10, '73; ord. June 2. '74, Mankato; sup. Magdalia and Lake Crystal, Minn., '73-75; Bloomington, Minn., '75-70; Atalissa and Cedar Vallev, la., '70-77; Williams, '77-81; Stella and Prospect, Neb., '82-83; Covert Kill and Shiloh, Kan., '84: rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 14, '94. fr. Pby. Earned; sup. El Dorado Springs and Montrose. '93-94; inv., Perth Amboy Ministers" Home, X*. J. ; m. Apr. 29, '74, Miss L. J. Morton. JACOB BAIGHMAN WELTY. b. Apr. 8, '46, W. X'ewton, Pa.: s. Geo. Welty and Eliz. Baughman ; stud. ]Mt. Pleasant C, and ^lercersberg. Pa.: grad, Lancaster T. Sem.. "72; lie. summer, '72, Ger. Ref. Classis of Westmoreland; ord. fall. "72. ib. : sup. Pbn. ch.. Missouri Valley and Logan, la.. '70-80: Afton and Villisea, '80-81: p. Creston. "81-80: sup Pleasanton, Kan.. '80-88: Moberly, Mo., '88-92: Pastor-at-Large, Palmvra Pbv., "92-94: rec. Pbv. Kan. Cy., May S. '94. fr. Pbv. Palmvra: p. Kansas Citv 4th. '94-90; dism. Julv G, "96, to Pbv. Ozark: m.Xov. 14", '07, Mary W. Slater. Connellsville, Pa, ED:\II'ND STANLEY BROWXLEE. b. Mar. 31, '57. Washington, Pa.; grad. Washington and Jefferson. '80; Western, '89; news editor, American Press Assn.; lie. Apr. 11, '88, Pby. Wasliington : ord. Apr. 8, 90, Pby. W. Vn.; sup. Ravenswood. W. Va.. '89-90: Mt. Vernon. la.. "91-94: rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Mav 8, '94, fr. P1)V. Cedar Rapids; sup. Appleton Citv, '93-98: dism. Apr. 12. '98.' to Pby. Topeka : m. Feb. 0. '90, Lucy P. Allen. WILLIAM P. XELSOX. no Coll. or Sem. training; had once been » Bap- tist minister in 111., but demitted the ministry and joined a Presl)y. ch. in Union, ^lo. : ilisju. as a private memlier to the ch. of TiptoTi. which ho sup. about 18 68 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. months up to his Presb. ordination ; lie. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 5, '94 ; ord. ib. ^lay 8, '94; sup. Kansas City 3d, "94; dism. Mar. "95, to Pby. Iowa. WALTER RAYS. b. Wooster, 0., s. Eev. Dr. Geo. P. Hays and Eleanor S. Wherry: grad. W\Tshington and Jefferson, "90; McCormick, "94; lie. Apr. 5, '93, Pby. Kan. Cv. ; ord. May 8, "94, ib.; dism. May 8, '94, to Pby. Butte; A. M., W. &J. '97. GEORGE H. WILLIAMSON, b. July 11, '39, Bedford, N. Y.; educ. Troy Univ. and Burlington Sem.; ord. Sep. 5, '09, by Bp. G. F. Pierce, M. E. Ch. South; rec. Pby. Ozark, Sep. 29, '81, fr. M. E. ch. South; sup. Pbn. chs., Joplin, Mo.; Greenfield and Ozark Prairie; McCausland Ave., St. Louis; Kirksville; Mt. Vernon: Ash Grove; Fairplay; Lockwood; Golden City; White Oak; Monett : Green City: Hamilton; rec. Sep. 25, '94, fr. Pby. Ozark; p. Jefferson City, '94-95; dism. Oct. 16, '95, to Pby. Ozark. JAMES SAMIN CARUTHERS, b. June 22, '39, Lawrence Co., Pa.; grad. Vermillion Inst., '70; Western, 73: lie. Apr. 25, '72, Pby. Wooster; ord. Apr. 20, '76, Pby. Peoria; p. French Grove, 111.. '73-78: sup. Lyons, Kan.; Ellsworth, Perry, Hope; Edwardsville, 111.; Raymond; Fairmount, Neb.; Idaho Springs, Col.; Silver Cliff: Bloomfield, la.: Adar: Casey; Pacific, Mo.; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 26, '94, fr. Pby. Alton; sup. Hill Mem. ch., Kansas City, '94-96; dism. Apr. 13, '97, to Pby. Topeka; m. Aug. 20, '63, Mary Caroline Phillips, New Castle, Pa.: m. 2d, Mary E. Johnson, Hayesville, O. ; m. 3d, Mar. 30, '82, Laura A. Jeffers, Greenwood, l^Io. LUTHER MARTIN BELDEN, b. Nov. 14, '37, Sandisfield, Mass.; s. Aus- tin Belden and Charlotte Irene Hawley; grad. Washington, '61; Western, '64; lie. Apr. 29, '63, Pby. Redstone; ord. Dec. 12, "64, Pby. Erie; p. Sturgeonville, Pa., '64-70; Chatsworth, 111., '71-75; tea. Mt. Pleasant, la., '75-76; sup. Center- ville, '77-81: Elk Rapids, "81-84; p. Raisin, Mich., "85-91; Walla Walla, Wash., '91-94 : rec. Pbv. Kan. Cy., Mar. 26, '95, fr. Pby. Walla Walla ; p. Kansas City 3d, '94-99; dism. Oct. 25, '99, to Pby. Chicago; A. M., Washington, '64; m. Oct. 12, '64, Margaret A. Knight, New Castle, 0. 1895 WESLEY FRANK PRICE, b. Nov. 9, '54, Lumberton, N. C; s. Wesley Price and Mary Page; grad. Harvard, '80; stud. Princeton, '80-81, Andover, '81-83 : lie. Apr. '82, Cong. Assn. Woburn, Mass. ; ord. Oct. 22, '85, Cong. Council, N. Y. Citv : sup. 2d Cong, ch., Keene, N. H., '83-85 ; Madison Ave., Cong, ch., N. Y. City, '85-87; p. 1st Presb. ch., Monte Vista, Col., '91-94; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr.' 10, '95. fr. Pby. Pueblo; p. Broadw-ay ch., Sedalia, '95-96; dism Sep. 23, '96, to Pby. Fargo; m. Apr. 28, "92, Monte Viste, Col. EDWARD WARREN CLIPPINGER, b. Dec. 4, '67, Lansing, Mich.; s. Humphrey Clippinger and Mary A. Mead ; grad. Drury, '92 ; McCormick, '95 ; lie. Apr. 17, '95, Pby. Ozark; ord. same date; sup. Chatsworth, 111., '94-95; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., May 7, '95, fr. Pby. Ozark; p. Warrensburg, '95-99; p. Broad- way ch., Sedalia, '99ff. ; m. July 5, "94, Haddie Burger, Bloomington, Ind. GEORGE FREDERIC AYRES, b. May 17, '64, Marion Co., Mo.; s. Eugene W. Ayres and Kate J. Hays; grad. Westminster, '87; McCormick, '91, Smith fellow; stud. Univs. Leipzig and Halle; prof. Latin, Daniel Baker Coll., '92-93; prof. Math., Washington, Coll., Tenn., '93-95; lie. Mar. '89, Pby. Palmyra (U. S.) ; ord. Apr. '93, Pby. Brazos (U. S.) ; sup. Troy, Mo.; St. Charles; Houston, Tex. : Johnson City and Jonesboro. Tenn. ; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 25, '95, fr. Pby. Holston; pres. K. C. Ladies' Coll. at Independence, '95-98; dism. Apr. 12, '99, to Pby. St. Louis; A. M., Westminster; Ph. D., Wetsminster, "97; m. June 21, '93, Charlia L. Heron, Washington, D. C. RICHARD COOPER BAILEY, b. Wellington, Durham, Eng. ; s. John Bailey and Eliz. Brass: educ. Eng.; lie. Oct. 11, '93, Pby. Nebraska City; ord. May 3, "94, ib.; sup. in Lancashire and Y''orkshire, Eng., '87ff; p. Humboldt, Neb. MINISTERS. «9 '93-95; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Nov. 2, "95, fr. Pby. Nebraska City; p. Holden, '95-99: dism. May 23, '99, to Pby. Utah; m. June 3, '94, Sheffield, Eng, HERMON DUTILH JENKINS, b. Jan. 14. '42, Columbus, O.; s. Rev. War- ren Jenkins and Marion Dutilh; grad. Hamilton, '04; stud. Auburn, "64-05; Union, '05-07; abroad, '07-08; lie. Dec. '00, Pby. New York; ord. Sep. 21, '08, Pby. Chicago; p. Central ch., Joliet, 111., '08-72; p. 1st eh., Freeport, 111., '73-89; p. Siou.Y City, la., "89-95; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy. Nov. 2. '95, fr. Pby. Sioux City; p. Kansas City 2d, '95-1900: dism. Nov. 29, 1900, to Pby. Chicago: D. D., Beloit, '81 ; m. Oct. 28, '08, Harriet Newell Burrill, Ithaca, N. Y. 1896 HENRY HUBERT SHAWHAN, b. Dec. 13, 'GO, Sigourney, la.; s. Jos. Henry Shawhan and Mary A. Jackson; stud. Kan. St. Univ., "83-84; grad. Han- over, '90; stud. Princeton, '91-93; lie. May '91, Pby. Choctaw; ord. May '93, Pby. Oklahoma; sup. Ardmore, I. T., '93-94; Durango, Col., '95; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 14, '90, fr. Pby. Pueblo; City Mission work, Kansas City; dism. Sep. 29, '98, to Pby. Puget Sound; m. Nov. 24, '93, Marie Park, Corinth, Miss. HAMILTON ANDREW HYMES, b. Apr. 19, '63, Darlington, S. C; s. Hyam and Eliz. Caroline; grad. Univ. S. C, A. B., '80, LL. B., '88; stud. Union T. Sem., Va., "89-91; Princeton, '91-92; lawyer, Dallas. Tex., '88-89; lie. May, '92, Pby. Memphis; ord. July '92, ib.; p. Idlewild ch., Memphis, Tenn., '91-94; Webster Groves, Mo., '94-90 ; ree. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 15, '96, fr. Pby. St. Louis ; p. Clinton, "90-98; dism. Dec. 1, '98, to Pby. New Albany; A. M., 111. Wesleyan Un., '97 ; m. Oct. 25, '94, Mrs. Bessie MacGowan McDowell. JOHN FENTON HENDY, b. Aug. 23, '37, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; grad. Cen- ter, '02 ; stud. Princeton, '02-64 ; Danville, "05 : lie. Apr. '04 ; ord. Nov. 20, '04, Pby. Ebenezer ; p. Covington, Ky., '04-05 ; Crittenden and Lebanon, Ky., '65-08 ; ■\''incennes, Ind., '09-72: Owensboro, Ky., '73-81: Eniporia, Kan., "81-84; pres. Emporia Coll., '83-93 : pres. Oswego Fem. Coll., '93-95 ; rec. Pbv. Kan. Cy., Apr. 14, '90, fr. Pby. Neosho ; p. Jefferson City, '90ff. ; D. D., Center^ '83. PIERRE PHILIPPE BRIOL, b. Oct 12, "52, Villy, Vaud. Switzerland: s. Alexandere Briol and Rose Esther Borloz; stud. Inst. Evangelique. Glay, France; McGill Univ., Montreal; San Francisco T. Sem., '87; lie. Apr. '85, Pby. Chicago; ord. Mav 1, '87, Pby. San Francisco; sup. San Francisco French; in Red River Pby., '87-88 : Gary, S. D., and Stations, '88-89 ; in Cong. Ch., '89-93 ; in Solomon Pby. : teacher of Langs., Carthage, Mo., '93-96 ; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., June 5, '90, fr. Pby. Solomon; teacher; m. June 29, '88, Green Bay, Wis. WILLIAM SEMPLE, b. Donaghadee, Ireland; stud. Newtonards National School, Ireland: theol. course under W. Wis. M. E. Conf . : ord. '75, W. Wis. M. E. Conf.: p. M. E. Chs. of Monfort. Wis., '71-72; Dane, '73-75; Monticello. "75-77: teacher and farmer, '77-90; p. Presb. ch.. Union Twp., la.; 90-95; rec. Pbv. Kan. Cv., June 5, '90, fr. Pby. Sioux City; sup. El. Dorado Springs, '96-99; dism. Oct. 24, 1900, to St. Louis Conf., M. E. Ch. JACOB TWYMAN BOYER, b. Feb. 0, '06, Campbellsburgh, Kv.; grad. Center, '90; stud. Danville, '90-92; grad. Princeton, '94; lie. June 12,''94, Pby. Louisville: ord. June 25. '94. ib. : sup. Cowgill, Polo and Dawn. Mo., '94-95; rec. Pbv. Kan. Cv., June 5. '90. fr. Pbv. Platte; p. Osceola, 1896-1900, also s. s. at Vista ; p. Holden, 1900ff. : m. THO^LVS :\IUNNELLE CORNELISON, b. Oct. 9, '70, Mt. Sterling, Ky. : s. John J. Cornelison and Celestine Munnelle ; grad. Center, '93 ; McCormick, '90 ; lie. :May 12. '90, Pby. Ebenezer; ord. June 18. '90, Pbv. Kan. Cy. ; p. Nevada, '90- 98: diim. Sep. 28, '98, to Pby. Ebenezer; m. Nov.' 11. '90 Mary Keith Green, Danville. EDWARD WRIGHT :\rCLUSKY, b. Oct. 6, '04, Somerville. 0. : s. Rev. J. W. ^leClusky and Eliz. Rankin: grad. Wooster, McCormick. '92: printer; lie. Apr. '91, Pby. Ft. Wayne; ord. Apr. '92, Pby. Iowa: p. Hope ch., Burlington, la., 70 CHEOXOLOGICAL REGISTEK. '92-!)4 : Geneseo. 111., '94-90 ; rec. Pbv. Kan. Cy., Sep. 23, '9u, fv. Pby. Rock River ; p. Hill Mem. ch., Kansas City, "90-98, also sup. K. C. 4th, "98 ; p. Tipton, '9811., also sup. High Point; ni. Jan. 17, "93, Sarah Irwin, St. Charles, Mo. WH.LIAM WEATHERSTONE, b. '47, Lady Flat, Berwickshire, Scotland; a. Daniel Cockburn and Alice AVeatherstone, adopted by grandparents and took their name: srad. Univ. Edinburah, "70; Theol. Coll. Eng. Presb. Ch., '79; lie. '79, Pbv. London; ord. '8.5. Pby. Lachlan, N. S. Wales; p. C4renfell, N. S. W. '85-87: 'Arlington, Scotland, '87-91: Sterling, Kan., "91; Jackson, Minn., '92-94;. rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 21, '90, fr. Pby. Mankato; sup. Kansas City 4th, '96-97; dism. ; ni. '70, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng. ]\L\RCUS EDWIX KROTZER, b. June 22, "07, Riniersburg, Pa.; s. Sam. Krotzer and Levina Bartholomew : stud. Kan. St. Agric. Coll. ; grad. Park, '90 ; stud. Lane. "90-91; grad. McCormick, "93; lie. Apr. 13, '92, Pby. Topeka; ord. June 13. '93, Pby. Ft. Dodge; sup. Kingston, Mirabile and Cowgill, Mo., '90; S. S. Miss'v, Pby. Ozark, '91 ; sup, Oelwein, la., '92 ; p. ^Manila and Manning, la., '93-94; sup. Delmar, la., "94-95; Craig, Mo., "95-96; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 21, '96, fr. Pby. Platte; p. Raymore, '96-98; dism. Dec. 22, '98, to Pby. Freeport ; A. M., Park, "95; m. May 11, '93, Nona Spurling, Murdoch, 0.; m.'2d, Jan. 16, '96, Emma Hartlieb, Cincinnati, 0. LOUIS PERKINS CAIN, b. Danville, 111.; grad. Wabash, '90; McCormick, '94; he. Pbv. Bloomington, "93; ord. "94, ib. : Sheldon, 111., "92-90; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 22, '90, fr Pby. Bloomington; p. Broadway ch., Sedalia, '96-99; dism. July 3, '99, to Pby. Chicago. 1897 W. R. EDWARDS, rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 13, "97, fr. Pby. Puget Sound; studied medicine in K. C. ; dism. June 8, '99 to Pby. Portland. JOHN MARTIN DINSMORE, b. May 25, '21, Rich Hill, Pa.; s. Moses Dinsmore and Irene Braddoek ; stud. Washington ; Western, '45-47 ; one yr. priv. under Dr. John McChesney; lie. Apr. 19, '48, Pby. Washington; ord. Apr. 24, '50, Pby. Steubenville; itinerant Miss'y, W. Va., "48; sup. Cumberland and Big Spring, 0., '49-50; p. Utica, '50-51; Mt. Pleasant, '55-58; Bladensburg, '58-61 ; itinerant miss'y in la. and in Mo.; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 13, '97, fr. Pby. Ozark; H. R.; m. Aug. 19, '47, Martha Jane Guy, W. Alexander, Pa. ALFRED EMMANUEL VANORDEN, b. Aug. 31, '73, Sao Paulo, Brazil; s. Rev. Emmanuel Vanorden and Bertha Doebely; grad. Ecole Preparatoire de Geneve, Switzerland, '92 ; Ecole de Theologie, ib., '96 ; post grad. McCormick, ■"96-97; lie. by Free Evang. Ch., Switzerland; ord. Oct. 8, "97, Pby. Kan. Cy.; sup. Centerview and High Point, '97-98; Appleton Citv, '98-1900; dism. Oct. 24, 1900, to Pby. Neosho; B. D., Geneva, '96; m. '98, Knob Noster, Mo. IRWIN POUNDS M'CURDY, b. ilar. 26, '56, Livermore, Pa. ; s. Alex. Jack- son McCurdy and Sarah Pounds; grad. Pa. St. Normal Sch., '76, Lafayette C, '80; post grad. Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, etc.; stud, thcol. 2 yrs. priv.: Princeton, '82; stiulied law; lie. '81, Pby. Kattanning; ord. .Inly 8, '81, Pby. Baltimore; p. and prof., Frederick, Md., '81-84; p. Southwestern ch., Phila- delphia, '84-95, then honorary Pastor for life; ed. Observer, '85-87. Amend- ment, '89: financial Sec'y, Lafayette C, '91-92; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. IS, '97, fr. Pbv. Philadelphia; p. Kansas City 5th, '97-99; D. D., Litt. D., L. D., Sc. D., L. H."D., H. L. D, Philol. p., etc., etc.; m. Nov. 29, '77, Rachel Long Ewing, Irwin, Pa. PAX'L BURRILL JENKINS, b. Aug. 25, '72, Joliet, 111.; Rev. Dr. H. D. Jenkins and Harriet N. Burrill ; grad. Princeton LTniv., '94: Princeton T. Sem., '97; lie. June 9, "96, Pby. Kan. Cy.; ord. Oct. 21, '97, ib.; P. Linwood ch., Kan- sas City, "97^". ; ni. Nov. 23, '07, Gertrude Halbert, Kansas City, Mo. MINISTERS. 71 1898 STANLEY DAY JEWELL, b. Oct. 27, '53, Wellsburg, N. Y.; s. Dr. James Jewell and Almira Day; grad. Union, '7.5; Princettn, '78; lie. Pby. Cheming, Feb. 5, '78 ; ord. May 4. '78, ib. ; p. Big. Flats, N. Y., '78-90 ; sup. Rome, N. Y., '90-ni; p. Coflfeyville, Kan., '91-97; rec. Pby. Kan. -C'y., Apr. 12, "98, fr. Pby. Neosho; p. Butler, ■97flf. ; m. Sep. 1, '8G, Belle Porter, Wellington, Kan. MARSHALL B. W. GRANGER, b. Aug. 25, '50, Bladensburg, Md. ; s. Thos. Granger and Millie C. Galer : grad. Center, '78 ; stud. MeCormick, '85-86 ; grad. Danville, '88; lie. May '87. Pby. Transylvania; ord. Oct. '88, Pby. St. Louis: p. Fruitland, Mo., '88; sup. Jackson. Mo., '88-91: Aux Vasse, '92; Caledonia, '95; svn'l evangt, '96; prine. Presb'l High School, Bethel Springs, Tenn., '96-97; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 12, '98, fr. Pby. Western District (U. S.) ; sup.. Warsaw and Sunnyside; A. M., Center, '81 ; m. '90, Juliette G. Welling, Jackson, Mo. .JAMES DARRAH CATLIN, b. Apr. 5, '72, Hannibal, Mo.; s. Chas. Wm. Catlin and R. E. Ferguson; grad. Westminster, '9-4; ^MeCormick, '97; lie. May 31. '97, Pby. St. Louis; ord. Oct. 5, '97, Pby. Choctaw: p. Atoka and Lehiiih, I. T., '97-98; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 13, '98, fr. Pby. Choctaw; p. Central ch., Sedalia, '98-99; dism. July 3, '99, to Pby. Choctaw: m. Jan. 5. '98, Claudia Standley, Atoka, I. T. ' 1899 GEORGE PETRIE BEARD, b. June 3, '34, Orange, Vt.: s. Kendall Beard and Roxinda Richardson; grad. Univ. Vt., 'GO; theol. priv. under pres and profs, of L'niv. Vt.; teacher in ^lo., Pa., and Vt.: lie. '64, by a Cong. Council in Vt.; ord. Dec. 'Go, Cong. Council, Chillicothe, ^lo. ; sup. Cong, ch., Cliillicothe, ~Slo., '65-66; orgz'd Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., '71, and taught there, "66-72; sup. Presb. chs. in Pa., '72-87; p. Blair, Neb., "91-94; Whitewood, S. D., "94-98; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 12, "99, fr. Pbv Black Hills; dism. Aug. 24, 1900. to Pl)y. Redstone; A. M., Unir. "^.; m. Dec."'6, '61, Randolph, Vt. WILLIAM FREDERIC VAN DER LIPPE, b. May 2, '69, St. Louis, Mo.; s. Rev. Dr. Adalbert Van Der Lippe and Matilda Kiesel ; grad. Westminster, '90; MeCormick, "93; lie. Apr. '92, Pby. St. Louis; ord. July '93, Pby. Ozark: p. Springfield 2d, Mo., "93-94; Faith Chapel, St. Louis, "94-98; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 12, '99, fr. Pby. St. Louis; p. Deepwater and Brownington ; m. June 26, '95, Marie P. Bertram, Brooklyn, N. Y. JOHN STONESTREET VAN METER, b, Sep. 13, '45, Lexington, Ky.; s. Solomon van Meter, Eliz. M. Stonestreet; grad. Washington and Lee, Univ., "75 ; lawyer, Lexington. Ky., '71-78; stud. Danville T. Sem., '78-SO; Princeton, '81; lie. "Apr. 18, '80, Pbv. W. Lexington; ord. Oct. 31, '81, ib. ; p. Cynthiana, Ky., '81-85; Hot iSprings,\\rk., '85-93; Richmond, Mo.. "93-98; Pres'l^Evang't, Ark. '98-99: rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 12, '99, fr. Pby. Arkansas (U. S.) ; p. Clinton. JMlff; D. D., Presb. Coll. Upper Mo.; m. Eliz. M. Yerkes, Danville, Ky. WILLIAM BROWN CHANCELLOR, b. Mar. 2, '70, lligginsville, :Mo. : s. James T. Chancellor and ^Marion H. Weedon ; grad. Wooster, '96 ; ^MeCormick, '99; lie. Apr. 13, '98, Pby. Kan. Cy. ; ord. .Tune 8, 99, ib. ; sup. Deepwater and Brownington, '93; Tipton, "95; Greenwood, '96: Milford Center, O., "97; Avon, Ind.. '98; (all the foregoing ch. in summer vacations) ; p. Rich Hill, '98ff. HARRY CLIFTEN WHITE, b. Nov. 28, "60, Washington, O.; s. Josiah White and Hannah Ferrell ; ^Muskingum C. ; grad. Western, '93; lie. Apr. '92, St. Clairsville: ord. Oct. 24, '93, Pl)y. Redstone; sup. Long Run and Mt. Vernon, Pa., '93-97: Cambridge, 0., '98; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy. Sep. 26, '99, fr. Pby. Colum- bus.; sup. Centerview and Knob Noster, 1899-1901; Appleton City, 1901: m. July 11, "88, Emma Clinc, Crcighton, 0. WILLIAM CARTER, b. May 22, '68, Pittington, Durham, Eng. ; s. Jos. Car- ter and Thomasina Whitford; grad. Parsons, "91; MeCormick, '94; lie. Apr. 10, '93, Pby. Ottawa; ord. same time; p. Sterling, 111., '94-97; Frankfort, Ind., '99; 72 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 27. '99, fr. Pby. Ottawa; jj. Kansas City 1st, 1899 ft'.; A. M., Parsons, '94; Ph. D., Park, 1900; m. May 17, '93, Alice Kellogg, Des Moines, Iowa. JOHN N. POPE, rec* Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep, 27, '99, fr. Pby. Cairo; mission work in Kansas City; dism. Apr. 10, 1901, to Pby. Kiamichi; tbe only Negro minister ever a member of K. C. Pby. JOSEPH MARION ROSS, b. Nov. 4, '65, Champaign, 111.; ? Rev. Robt. G. Ross and Nannie A. Eastman; grad. Blackburn Univ., '86; McCorruick, '89; lio. Apr. 4, '88, Pby. Alton; ord. May 21, '89, Pby. Springfield; sup. Steeleville and Blair, 111., '86 ; Moro, ,87 ; Moro and Upper Alton, '88 ; p. Farmington and Pleasant Plains, '89-90; Kirkwood, '92-99; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Oct. 26, '99, fr. Pby. Schuyler; p. Warrensburg, '99ff.; A. M., Blackburn, '89; Mod. Syn. 111., '99; m. Sep. 18, '90, Annie S. Nutting, Carlinville, 111. 1900 WELLINGTON E. LOUCKS, b. Oct. 12, '54, Peoria, 111.; s. Judge Well- ington Loucks and Rebecca A. Rodecker; grad. Wabash; theol. priv. ; lie. Apr. 77, Pby. Crawfordville ; ord. Oct. 12, '77, ib. ; p. Darlington and Bethel, Ind., '77- 78; sup. Crawfordsville, '78-80; Logansport, "80-87; North Broad Street, Phil- adelphia, Pa., '87-89; Camden 1st, N. J., '89-92; Wissahickon, '92-93; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Apr. 11, 1900, fr. Pby. Philadelphia; p. Kansas City 3d, '99flf.; A. M., Wabash, '92; m. Jan. 21, '75, Emma R. Johnson, Peoria, 111. HENRY LEWIS BROWN, b. Feb. 13, '30, Worcester, Mass.; s. Lewis Brown and Mary Knowlton ; grad. Miami, '55 ; teacher, '47-64 ; grad. Lane T. Sem., '67 ; lie. Apr. '66, Pby. Oxford; ord. Sep. , "67, Pby. Ft. Wayne; sup. Marion, Ind., '67-69; Peru, '69-70; Oniro, Wis., '70-76 and '83-87; Reedsburg, '76-79; Lodi, '79-83; Merrill, '87-94; Ottawa and Eagle, '94-97; Somers, '97-1900; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., July 31, 1900, fr. Pby. Milwaukee; oc. sup.; dism. Apr. 10, 1901, to Pby. Topeka ; m. Aug. 7, '67, Mary 0. Ballentine, Cincinnati, 0. JAMES LAPSLEY M'KEE, b. Jan. 14, "64, Louisville, Ky.- s. John Laps- ley McKee and Sarah Henry Speake; grad. Center, '83; Princeton, '86; post grad. McCormick, '90; lie. and ord. May '86, Pby. Transylvania; Miss'y among Mountaineers 6i the South, '86-90; Richmond, Ky., '91-94; evang. & A. P. New Albany, Ind., '96-1900; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., May 11, '90, fr. Pby. New Albany; p. Kansas City 5th, 1900flf.; A. M., Center; m. Feb. 7, '93, Mary MacDonald Ritchie, Chicago, 111. ADDISON D. MADEIRA, rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., May 11, 1900, fr. Pby. Lafay- ette; D. D. JAMES EDWARD STEVENSON, b. Nov. 24, '54, Bellefontaine, 0; s. James Edgar Stevenson and Hannah Moore Hoover; no Coll. or Sem. eduo'n; farmer until 1899; lie. Pby. Kan. Cy.. Apr. 12, '99; ord. June 1, 1900, ib.; Bup. Raymore, '99ff.: m. May 16, '82, Sallie S. Williamson, Pleasant Hill, Mo. HENRY A. BROWN, b. Jan. 15, '65, Covington, Ky.; s. Herman Braun and Charlotte Droescher; grad. Center, '91; Danville, '94; salesman, '80-86; sup. Ebenezer Valley and Murphrysville, Ky., '94-97 ; Alexandria and Hope Chapel, S. D., '97-98; Firth, Neb., '98-1900; Staplehurst, 1900; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 12, 1900, fr. Pby. Nebraska City; sup. Osceola and Vista, 1900-1901; Lowry City and Westfield, 1901 ; m. June 4, '95, Edith L. Dietrich, Aberdeen, 0. JOHN S. DUNNING, grad. Princeton; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 26, 1900, fr. Pby. Louisiana (U. S.) ; pres. K. C. Ladies" C. at Independence. THOMAS ANDERSON CLAGETT, b. Aug. 21, '73, Richmond, Va.; s. Rev. W. H. Olagett and Jennie Anderson ; grad. Southwestern Presb. Univ., '95 ; Princeton, 1900; lie. '96, Pbv. Nashville; ord. Aug. '97. Pbv. Arkansas; sup. Tallahasse, Fla.; rec. Pby. Kan. Cy., Sep. 26. 1900, fr. Pby. Florida (U. S.) ; sup. El Dorado Springs and Scliell City, 1900-01. MimSTjH]KS. 73 1901 GEORGE LEWIS ENGLER, b. Feb. 20, 70, Hoboken, N. J.; s. D. A. Engler and Anna M. Schenck; grad. Franklin, "97; Auburn, 1901; photo- grapher, 4 yrs., shipping elk., 5 yrs. ; lie. Apr. '98, Pby. Rochester; ord. Oct. 30, 1900, Pby. St. Lawrence; sup. Brownville, N. Y., 1900-01; rec. Pby. Kan. City, Apr. 10, 1901, fr. Pby. St. Lawrence: sup. Warsaw and Sunny Side, also Calvary and Edwards (in Southern connection); ni. Sep. 4, 1900, Alice M. (dau. of Rev. Jas. H.) Day. CHARLES CALVIN M'GINLEY, b. July 12, '66, Maryville, Tenn.; s. Jos. A. McGinley and Fidelia McConnell ; grad. Maryville, '91; Auburn, '94; lie. '92, Pby. Union; ord. '94, ib.; p. Ardmore, I. T., '94-97; Muskogee, '97-1901; rec. Apr. 10, 1901, fr. Pby. Sequoyah; p. Independence 1st; m. '95, Jennie Mc- Culloch, Chicago, 111. CHARLES CLARK M'KINNEY, b. Mar. 14. '74, Highland, Kan.; s. J. E. McKinney and Lucv J. Clark; grad. Park, '98; stud. McCormick, '98-1900; lie. May 11, 1900, Pby ."^ Platte ; ord. May 3, 1901, Pby. Kan. Cy.; sup. Malta Bend and Salt Springs; m. Sep. 26, 1900, Mary Best, Appleton City, Mo. ALBERT EDGAR WARDNER, Jr., b. Apr. 19, '70, St. Louis, Mo.; s. A. E. Wardner and Harriet E. Pixler: srrad. Kansas State Univ., '98; McCoi'mick, 1901; lie. Pbv. Kan. Cy., May 11,1900: ord. Mav 21, 1901, ib.; sup. Vinland, Kan., '98; Alva, Ok., 1900; Chandler, Ok., 1901. MINISTERIAL AGE. Dates of Ordination so far as discovered. Before 1840. N. B. Dodge, about 1816; W. B. Montgomery, ; B. Pixley, ; Robert Glenn. Apr. 19, 1819: E. HoUister, Sep. 26, 1820; A. Pomeroy, Sep. 29, 1825; H. Chamberlain, Oct. 16, 1825; H. P. Good- rich, Mav 3, 1827; W. P. Cochran, Mar. 23, 1828; J. L. Yantis, Oct. , 18.30: Aniasa Jones, Oct. 30, 1830; R. L. McAfee, ; W. L. Breckenridge. 1831; L. R. Morrison, Apr. 20, 1832; E. P. Noel, Sep. 20, 1833; B. Ryland, ; J. V. A. Woods, 1836; A. G. Taylor, 1837; W. H. Rogers, Mav 16, 1838; John R. Agnew, Apr. 3, 1838; I. W. K. Handy, Nov. 23, 1838; C. Sturdevant, ; W. M. Reed, . 1840. H. H. Cambern, Apr. 7; John Montgomery, May 7; W. G. Bell, May 24; Jos. Piatt, Dec. 10. 1841. G. A. M. Renshaw, Oct.; B. M. Hobson, Dee. 12. 1842. J. T. Lapsley, May 0; W. M. Cheever, . 1843. D. Coulter, July 5. • 1844. G. Hickman, Apr. 14 ; T. S. Reeve, Oct. 20; C. Bradsliaw, . 1845. J. B. Allen, Apr. 9 ; J. G. Brice, ( ?). 1846. R. S. Symington, Apr. 18 ; C. D. Herbert, Apr. 26; J. S. Poage, May — ; H. A. Nelson, July 29; Timothy Hill, Oct. 22; J. W. Wallace, Nov. — . 1847. S. G. Clark, ilay ; R. H. Allen, June 27. 1848. T. A. Bracken, Oct. 15. 1849. J. V. Barks. ; C. H. Heckman, ; W. C. Requa, ; W. H. Smith, . 74 CHEOXOLOGICAL EEGISTEE. 1850. J. M. Diiismore, Apr. 24; A. V. C. Sclienck, June 28. 1851. D. A. Wilson, Apr. 9; J. A. Whitaker, Oct.'O; Win. H. Pawling, Apr. 27. 1852. S. B. Bell, ,: J. C. Thornton, May ; J. H. Baird, Mar. 4; H. M. Paynter, June ; I. W. Canfield, Oct. 17; J. G. Fackler, Nov. 27; W. R. Fulton, . 1853. 1854. A. McDougall, Feb. — ; James Young, Apr. 22. 1855. J. W. Clark, June 22 ; L. I. Drake, Dec. — . 1856. G. W. Harlan, Apr. — ; J. T. Leonard, Oct. 26. 1857. Wm. McCaughey, Jan. 14; L. Dudley, Feb. 8; W. McCaughey, Jan. 14; R. Irwin, Apr. — ; J. H. Clark, Aug. 19; G. W. McMillan, Nov. 17; T. F. Boyd, Dec. 19. 1858. J. Thompson. Jan. 14; J. M. Chaney, Apr. 4; H. C. Hovey, Apr. 10; J. Mayou, June — ; J. A. P. McGaw, Aug. — . 1859. H. M. Shockley, : Geo. K. Scott, Apr. — ; R. S. Reese, June 4; CD. Nott, Oct. 25 ; G. W. Goodale, Nov. 8 ; J. J. Cooke, Nov. 26. 1860. S. W. Mitchell, Sep. 25; G. Miller, Nov. 4. 1861. G. P. Hays, Mar. 5; J. C. Thornton, Apr. — ; C. L. Thompson, July 7; R. H. Jackson, Dec. 6; N. H. Smith, . 1862. S. H. Weller, ; J. C. Taylor, Feb. 11; Hiram Hill, Apr. — ; Wm. Coleman, Fall. 1863. J. B. Vawter, ; P. Read, Jan. 4; C. C. Kimball, Sep. 11; W. G. Thomas, Fall. 1864. L. Railsback, ; J. W. Allen, ; C. H. Dunlap, Apr. 26; Eben Muse, May : J. F. Hendy, Nov. 20; L. M. Belden, Dec. 12. 1865. A. Carroll, ; W. M. Newton, ; J. H. Byers, Apr. 15; C. Fueller, Aug. 27; D. K. Steele. Sep. 15; G. P. Beard, Dec. . 1866. C. V. Monfort, Apr. 8; J. Barbee, Oct. 9; S. M. Irwin, Nov. 25. 1867. Henrv L. Brown, Sept. ; F. Lippe, Sep. 16; E. M. Halbert, Oct. 13. 1868. S. T. McClure, Aug. 30; B. F. Powelson, Sep. 10; H. D. Jenkins, Sep. 21 ; A. J. Johnson, Sep. 25; J. J. Brown, Oct. 4; D. McNaughton. Oct. 4; D. C. Milner, Oct. 4. 1869. L. J. Matthews, Apr. 4; Reuel Dodd, Apr. 22; G. A. Beattie, May 4; Josiah Moore, May 11; W. H. Hillis, June ; G. H. Williamson, Sep. 5. 1870. 1871. W. H. Hyatt, ; J. F. Watkins, Apr. 7; J. Lafferty, June 14; 0. W. Gauss, July ; A. W. Colver, Oct. . 1872. Duncan Brown, Apr. 23; A. Walker, Apr. 23; J. H. Miller, May 5; W. G. Ready, Oct. 25; S. W. Griflfin, Oct. ; J. B. Welty, Fall. 1873. Jos. Clements, Dec. 3. 1874. H. Stauss, Apr. 15: J. W. Van Eraan, June 2; H. C. Stanton, June 9; W. E. ]\Iack, Sep. 15; W. F. Matthews, Dec. 20. 1875. Wm. Semple, ; J. F. Bruner, Apr. 17 ; T. H. Jones, June 9. 1876. D. L. Lander, Mar. 29; W. R. Henderson, Apr. 13; J. S. Caruthers, Apr. 20 : D. R. Crockett, Oct. 29 ; John Herron, Nov. 8 ; Farel Hart, Dec. 5. 1877. T. H. Allin, Mar. 30; T. J. Mav. Mav 15; W. M. Pocock, June 12; Wil- son Asdale. Sep. 12; W. E. Loucks,Oct. 12; D. S. Schaff, Oct. 28. 1878. iS. D. Jewell, Mav 14; C. P. Blayney, Dec. 5. 1879. W. A. Cravens, Apr, 1 ; A. T. Robertson, Sep. 11. 1880. A. B. IMartin, ; W. G. Pollock, ; G. P. Wilson, Oct. 14. 1881. C. C. Hembree, Aug. 7; I. P. McCurdv. July 8; J. S. Van ]\Icter, Oct. 31. 1882. 0. G. Morton, Mav 10; C. H. Bi^Te, Oct. 18. 1883. F. R. Farrand, May 8; R. R. Marquis, June 12; J. H. Allin, Sep. 13; W. H. Wieman, Sep. 13. 1884. S. M. Ware, May 6; E. Wachter. IVIav 11; A. McLaren, .July 16. 1885. Wm. Weatherstone, ; W. F. Price, Oct. 22. 1886. G. B. Sproule, ; J. L. MoKee. May . 1887. P. P. Briol, May 1 ; S. C. Bates, Nov. 3 ; H. C. Keeley, Nov. 16, MINISTERIAL AGE. 75 1888. W. M. Baird, Max ; M. B. W. Granger, Oct. . 1889. J. M. Eoss, Mav 21 ; John B. Hill, Julv 5 ; W. E. Voss, Oct. 18. 1890. E. S. Brownlee", Apr. 8; W. F. Shields, Apr. 30; W. T. Wardle, :May 8; F. B. Everitt, May 9; H. M. Campbell, Sep. 13; E. P. Dunlap, Nov. 7; J. R. Stevenson, Nov. 31. 1891. P. Heiligniann, Nov. 3; A. A. Bovd, Dec. 17. 1892. E. W. McClusky, Apr. ; F. W. Hinitt, Apr. 18; H. A. Hymes, July. 1893. G. F. Ayres, Apr. ; Wm. Carter. Apr. 10; H. H. Shawhan, May : \Vm. Sickels, June 0: M. E. Krotzer, June 13; W. F. Van der Lippe, July ; H. C. White, Oct. 24. 1894. L. P. Cain, ; C. C. McGinley, ; R. C. Bailey, May 3; Walter Hays, :May 8; W. P. Nelson, May 8; J. T. Boyer, June 25; H. A. Brown, Nov. 8. 1895. E. W. Clippinger, Apr. 17. 1896. T. M. Cornelison, June 18; J. N. Pope, Apr. 0. 1897. T. A. Clagett, Aug. ; J. D. Catlin, Oct. 5; A. E. Vanorden, Oct. 8; P. B. Jenkins, Oct. 21. 1898. 1899. W. B. Chancellor, June 8. 1900. J. E. Stevenson, June 1 ; G. L. Engler, Oct. 31. 1901. C. C. MoKinnev, May 3; A. E. Wardner, Jr., May 21. MINISTERIAL NATIVITY. CONNECTICUT— E. Ilollister. DELAWARE— D. Coulter, H. M. Shockley. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— I. W. K. Handy. ILLINOIS— L. P. Cain, P. B. Jenkins, J. M. Ross, W. E. Loucks. INDIANA— W. M. Baird, J. F. Bruner, W. .M. Cheever, W. A. Cravens, W. R. Henderson. W. H. Hillis. H. C. Hovey, T. J. May, R. R. Marquis. S. T. Mc- Clure, C. V. :\IiJi;lV.it. L. Railsbaek, R. S. Reese, J. C. Thornton, R. S. Syming- ton, J. B. Vawter. \\'. E. Voss. IOWA— H. H. Shawhan. KANSAS — C. C. McKinney. KENTUCKY— R. II. Allen, J. Barbee, S. C. Bates. J. T. Boyer, W. L. Breekenridge, H. A. Brown, II. H. Cambern. T. M. Cornelison, F. R. Farrand, S. W. Griffin, G. W. Harlan, D. L. Lander, J. T. Lapsley, J. T. Leonard, R. L. McAfee. J. L. !McKee, J. Montgomery, Wm. H. Pawling, J. S. VanMeter, J. W. Wallace. S. M. Ware. J. L. Yantis. MARYLAND— M. B. W. Granger, G. Hickman, W. G. Keady. MASSACHUSETTS— J. B. Allen, L. M. Belden, H. L. Brown, G. W. Good- ale. IT. P. Goodrich. H. A. Nelson, A. Pomeroy, T. S. Reeve. ?*nCHIGAN— E. W. Clippinger. :iIISSOURI— >T. H. Allin, G. F. Ayres, Duncan Brown, J. D. Catlin, W. B. Chancellor, 0. W. Gauss, C. C. Hembree, John B. Hill, Wm. Sickles, W. F. Van der Lippc. A. E. Wardner. Jr., W. H. Wienian. NEW HAMPSHIRE— N. B. Dodge, Timothy Hill, Amasa Jones, C. C. Kim- ball. H. C. Stauton. NEW JERSEY— J. J. Brown, I. W. Canfield, Geo. L. Engler, A. V. C. Schenck. NEW YORK— S. B. Bell, G. A. Beattie, S. G. Clark, L. Dudley, J. S. Dun- ning. Hiram Hill, S. D. Jewell. C. D. Nott, W. C. Requa, W. H. Smith, D. K. Steele. J. C. Tavlor, G. H. Williamson. NORTH CAROLINA— W. F. Price. E. P. Noel, L. R. Morrison. 76 CHEONOLOGICAL REGISTER. OHIO— J. W. Allen, J. V. Barks, H. M. Campbell. A. Carroll. J. M. Chaney, J. H. Clark, W. Coleman, A. W. Colver, Reuel Dodd, L. I. Drake, Walter ilays, P. Heiligman, J. Herron, Robt. Irwin, S. M. Irwin. H. D. Jenkin-. Wm. Mc- Caughey, E. W. McClusky, J. A. P. McGaw, W. E. Mack. J. !T. :\liller. D. C. Milner, J. S. Poage, W. M. Pocock, W. H. Rogers, A. T. Robert-on. -!. E. Stevoi.- son, S. H. Weller, H. C. White. PENNSYLVANIA— J. R. Agnew. J. H. Baird, W. G. Bell. T. A. Bracken, E. S. Brownlee, C. H. Bruce J. S. Car«tliers, W. P. Cochran. J. M. Dinsmore, C. H. Dunlap, E. P. Dunlap, F. P. Dunlap, F. B. EA-eritt. W. R. Fulton, G. P. Hays, R.H.Jackson, H. C. Keelev, M. E. Krotzer, James Lafferty, I. P. McCurdy, G. W. McMillan. W. B. Montgomery. Eben :Muse. W. :\I. Newton. H. ^kl. Paynter, P. Read, D. S. Schaff, Geo. K. Scott, W. F. Shields, N. H. Smith, J. R. Steven- son, C. L. Thompson, Josiah Thompson, J. W. Van Eman. J. B. Welty, J. A. Whitaker. D. A. Wilson, G. P. Wilson, James Young. SOUTH CAROLINA— H. A. Hymes, George ]Miller. TENNESSEE— C. Eradshaw, J. H. Byers'^ E. :\I. Halbert, L. J. Matthews, C. C. McGinley, S. W. Mitchell, O. G. Morton. G. A. M. Renshaw, A. G. Taylor. VER:\I0NT— G. P. Beard, Hiram Chamberlain, W. F. Matthews, Benton Pixlev. VIRGINIA— B. M. Hobson, T. A. Clagett. B. F. Powelson, J. V. A. Woods. W. G. Thomas. Robt. Glenn. J. G. Fack'ler. WEST VIRGINIA— C. P. Blayney, W. G. Pollock. J. F. Watkins. BRAZII^-A. E. Vanorden. CANADA— A. IMcLaren. D. INIcNaushton. ENGLAND AND WALES— Wm. Carter. Jos. Clements. R. C. Bailey, John Hancock. F. W. Hinitt. W. H. Hyatt. A. J. Johnson. T. H. Jones, Jos. Mayou. W. T. Wardle. GER^L\NY^— C. H. Fueller, C. H. Heckmann. Fred. Lippe. H. Stauss, E. Wachter. IRELAND— Wilson Asdale, A. A. Boyd. J. F. Hendy. Jos. Piatt, Josiah ^\roore. Wm. Semple. NOVA SCOTIA— D. R. Crockett. SWITZERLAND— P. P. Briol. SCOTLAND— Alex. Walker. A. ^^IcDouffall. COLLEGE ALUMNI. ALLEGHENY^— C. H. Bruce. 1879 . AMHERST— G. W. Goodale, '48 : L. Dudley, '51 : P. Read. '59. BELOIT— C. C. Kimball, '59. BIRMINGHAM. ENG.— J. Clements, 'Gl-62. BLACKBURN UNIV.— .J. M. Ross, '86. CARROLI^C. L. Thompson, '58. CENTER— R. L. jMcAfoe: Jos. Piatt, '34; J. Montgomery, '35: R. H. Allen, '39; J. W. Wallace. '40: J. T. Lapsley, '39; I. W. Canfield, -44: W. H. Pawling, '45: G. Eraser, '53: S. W. Mitchell, '57; G. Miller. '57: E. Muse, '60; J. F. Hendy, '02: J. Barbee: F. R. Farrand, '78; M. B. W. Granger. '78; D. L. Lander; J. L. MeKee, '83: J. T. Boyer, 90; H. A. Brown, '91 : T. M. Cornelison, '93. DARTMOUTH— Timothy Hill, '42. DELAWARE — T. A. Wliitaker, '52. MINISTERIAL NATIVITY. 77 DES PERES INSTITUTE— J. M. Chaney, '52. DICKIXSOX— W. P. Cochran. •27 ; J. K. Agnew, '29. DRUKY— J. H. Allin; W. H. \Vieinan, '80; E. W. Clippinger, '92. EDINBURGH UNIV.— Wm. \\eatherstone, '70. ECOLE PREPAHATUIRE DE GENEVE— A. E. Vanorden, '92. ELIZABETH GYMNASIUM, BRESLAU— F. Lippe, '52. FIRTH, ENG.— R. C. Bailey. FRANKLIN— \V. R. Fulton, '43; G. L. Engler, '97. HAMILTON— II. A. Nelson, '40; H. D. Jenkins, '04. HANOVER— R. S. Symington, '40; J. F. Biuner, '40; R. S. Reese, '50; W. M, Cheever: L. I. Drake. "53; R. Irwin, '54; J. B. Vawter, '59; W. G. Thomas, '60; S. M. Irwin; S. T. McClure, .'02 ; T. J. May, '74; W. A. Cravens, '75; R. R. Marquis. 70-78; W. M. Baird, "85; H. II. Shawhan, '90. HARVARD— W. F. Price, '80. HEIDELBERG, 0— W. McCaughey, '56. HIGHLAND UNIV.— W. H. ^^■ieman. ILLINOIS— G. W. Harlan, '40. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV.— S. M. Ware, '79. INDIANA STATE UNIV.— J. C. Thornton, '48. INSTITUTE EVANGELIQUE (Glay France)— P. P. Briol. JEFFERSON— I. W. K. Handy, 34; T. A. Bracken, '42; W. M. Reed; J. H. Baird, "43: Josiah Thompson, '45; H. M. Paynter, '47; R. H. Jackson, '55; G. Eraser. '50; W. G. Keadv, "50; G. P. Havs, '57. leANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE— M. E. Krotzer. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY^— H. H. Shawhan, '83-84; A. E. Ward- ner, Jr., '98. IvNOX— C. V. Monfort, '61; W. M. Newton, '02; John B. Hill, '81. LAFAYETTE— D. Coulter, '38; I. P. McCurdv, '80. LIVERPOOL COLL. INSTITUTE. ENG.— T. H. Jones. LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE- Wm. Weatherstone. MANITOBA— A. McLaren, '81. :\IARIETTA — T. V. Barks, '45 ; W. J. Leo, '02. MARSHALL— D. A. Wilson, 45. :\1ARY\'1LLE— C. Bradshaw. E. P. Noel, G. A. M. Renshaw, I. B. Ricketts, B. Rvland, A. G. Tavlor, J. V. A. Woods, C. C. Hembree, '77 ; C. C. McGinley, '91. 'masonic college. KY.— J. T. Leonard, '48. ilcGILL UNIV.— P. P. Briol. MICHIGAN UNIV.— W. F. Matthews, '70. MIDDEBURY— E. Hollister, '10; H. Chamberlain, '22. :ill A:\II UNIV.— C. Sturdevant, '32; W. H. Rogers, '35; H. L. Brown, '55; H. M. Shocklev. 'oo; J. A. P. McGaw, '50; Wm. Coleman, '00; W. H. Hillis, "65. MONMOUTH — Tosiah :\loore. '05. MOUNT PLEASANT — I. B. Weltv, '05-09. MUSKINGU:M— II. C. white. NORTH CAROLINA I'NIV.— B. :M. Hobson, '37. PARDEE— Duncan Brown. "08. PARK— W. IT. Wienian: S7 C. Bates, '77-82; W. E. Voss, '84; M. E. Krot- zer, "90; C. C. McKinnev. "98. PARSONS— Wm. Carter. '01. PENNA. STATE N0R:MAL--I. P. :\IcCurdv. '75; W. F. Shields. PRINCETON UNIV.— A. V. C. Schenck, '43; W. R. Henderson, '67: W. E. Mack. 71 ; F. B. Everitt. "86; Walter Havs, '91 : P. B. Jenkins, '94. Ql' REN'S COLLEGE. IRELAND— A. A. Bovd, '87. RIPLEY — T. S. Poage, "42. ROTTERDAM— C. H. Heckmann. RUTGERS — T. Mavou. '55; J. J. Brown, '60. SEDALTA UNIV.— Wm. Sickles. 84-87. SOUTH CAROLINA UNIV.— H. A. Hvmes, '86. SOI'THWESTERN PRESBYTERIAN l^NIV.— T. A. Clagctt, '95. TROY UNIV.— Robt. Glenn. G. H. Williamson. 78 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. UNION— H. P. Goodrich. "26 ; J. B. Allen, '40 ; W. H. Smith, '41 : A. Mc- Doiigall. '51 : C. D. Nott, '54; J. C. Taylor, '58; D. K. Steele, '01 ; G. A. Beattie, '63: H. C. Stanton. '67. VANDERBILT— 0. G. Morton, '70. VERMILLION INSTITUTE— J. S. Caruthers, '70. VERMONT UNIV.— G. P. Beard, '60. VICTORIA UNIV.. ENG.— W. H. Hyatt. WABASH— H. C. Hovev. '53: L. RaiUbaek. '02: W. E. Loucks : L. P. Cain. WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON (including Washington College) — W. G. Bell, '35; Jas. Young, '49; W. M. Reed: J. M. Dinsmore; R. H. Jackson, '55 ; G. K. Scott, '55 : Josiah Thompson. '55 ; W. G. Keadv. '56 : G. P. Hays, '57 ; J. W. Allen, '00 : J. Laffertv, 60 B. F. Powelson, '60 : L. M. Belden, '6l"; C. H. Dunlap. '01 : A. W. Colver, '60: D. C. Milner, '66: C. P. Blavney, '69; J. Herron, '69; J. W. Van Eman, '71 ; G. P. Wilson, '77 : W. G. Pollock, '78; J. R. Steven- son, '86 : E. S. Brownlee, '86 : Walter Hays. '90. WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIV.— J. S. Van Meter, 71. WASHINGTON UNIV., ST. LOUIS— 0. W. Gauss, '63. WAYNESBURG— D. R. Crockett. WESTERN RESERVE— S. G. Clark. '43: A. Carroll. '58: H. C. Keelev. '84. WESTERN UNIV.— W. Asdale, '73. WESTMINSTER. MO.— 0. Fueller. '61: J. F. Watkins. '68-70: G. F. Ayres. '87: F. W. Hinitt, '89: Wm. Sickels, '90; W. F. Van der Lippe, '90; J. D. Catlin, '94. WESTMINSTER. PA. — losiah Moore. '00; C. H. Dunlap. '61. WILLIA?*IS— A. Pomerov. 21. WITTEMBERG— S. H. Weller, '58 : R. Dodd, '66 ; J. H. Miller. '68. WOOSTER LTNIV.— W. ^I. Pocock. '74 : R. R. Marquis. 'SO : H. M. Camp- bell, '87 : E. P. Dunlap, '87 : W. T. Wardle, 87 : E. W. ]McCluskv : W. B. Chan- cellor. '90. YALE— D. S. SchaflF. '73. YELLOW SPRINGS— Hiram Hill. '57. SEMINARY ALUMNI. ANDOVER— A. Jones, 1821; A. Pomeroy, '25; E. Hollister, "30: H. Cham- beiSlain. '25; J. V. Barks, '48; G. W. Harlan, '51; J. C. Taylor. '61; W. F. Price. '83. AUBURN— H. A. Nelson, '46: A. McDougall, '54; J. C. Taylor, '58-59; P. Read, '62 : Hiram Hill, '61 : H. D. Jenkins, '64-65 ; C. C. INIcGinley, '94 : G. L. Engler. 1901. BELFAST— A. A. Boyd. BURLINGTON— G. H. Williamson. COLU:\IBIA. S. C— W. H. Smith, '44. DANVILLE— J. H. Clark, '50: Geo. Miller, '60: S. W. Mitchell, '60; E Muse, '00-61: J. Barbee: J. H. Bvers. '04; F. Lippe, '64-66: J. F. Hendy, '65; Reul Dodd. '09: D. R. Crockett. '76: J. S. Van Meter, '78-80: W. E. Voss, '81- 83; M. B. W. Granger, '88; J. T. Boyer, '90-92; H. A. Biown, '94. DUBUQUE— H. Stauss. ECOLE DE THEOLOGIE DE GENEVE---A. E. Vanorden. '96. HARTFORD— J. B. Allen. '43. LANCASTER— J. B. Welty, '72. LANE — T. V. Barks. '45-47 : W. ^L Cheevcr. 43 : J. S. Poage : H. C. Hovey. ♦57: W. M. Newton. '65: L. Railsback, '67: W. J. Lee. 08: H. L. Brown. '67; O. G. Morton. '81 : W. H. Wieman. '83: S. C. Bates, '85: W. T. Wardle. '90; MINISTERIAL NATIVITY. 79 M. £. Krotzer, '90-91; P. Heiligmann, 91; G. B. Sproule. McCORMICK (including New Albany and Xorthwestein) — J. F. Biuner, '42; R. S. Symington, '44; J. T. Leonard, "52; J. C. Thornton; T. A. Bracken; L. I. Drake, "55; H. M. Shockley, '57; S. H. Weller, '61; C. L. Thompson, '01; W. G. Thomas, "62 ; J. \V. Allen, '03 ; C. H. Dunlap, '04 ; A. Carroll, '65 ; A. W. Colver, '69; W. R. Henderson, '70; W. E. Voss, '84; S. M. Ware, '84; M. B. W. Granger, '85-86; W. M. Baird, '88; J. R. Stevenson, '89; J. M. Ross, '89; J. L. McKee, P. G., "90; G. F. Ayres, '91; F. W. Hinitt, '92; E. W. McClusky, '92; M. E. Krotzer, '93; W. F. Yander Lippe, '93; Wni. Sickels '93; L. P. Cain, '94; Wm. Carter, '94; Walter Hays "94; E. W. Clippinger, '95; T. M. Cornelison, '90; A. E. Vanorden, P. G.. '1»6; J. D. Catlin, "J7 ; W. B. Chancellor, '99; C. C. McKinnev. 1898-1900: A. E. Wardner, Jr., 1901. MONMOUTH— Josiah iloore, '07. NEW BRUNSWICK— C. D. Nott, ",58 ; J. Mayou, '58 ; J. J. Brown, '65-06. OXFORD. 0— J. A. P. McGaw, '58. PRINCETON— R. Glenn, '15-17; H. Chamberlain, '23-24; H. P. Goodrich, '26; W. P. Cochran, '27 ; G. Hickman, '30-32 ; J. R. Agnew, '32; I. W. K. Handy, '34-35; W. G. Bell, 35-37; J. Montgomery, '38; Jos. Piatt, H. 11. Cambern, '39; D. Coulter. '41; J. T. Lapslev, '41; J. W. Wallace, '45; A. V. C. Schenck, '46; W. H. Pawling. '47-48; H. MVPaynter, '49-51; D. A. Wilson, '49-51; I. W. Can- field, '50; J. H. Clark. '53-54; J. M. Chaney, '56; G. W. McMillan, '57; C. L. Thompson, '58-60: J. F. Hendv, '62-64; C. Fueller, '64; G. A. Beattie, '67; F. Lippe, '67: J. Laifertv, '70: W. R. Henderson, '70-71: D. Brown, '71; J. H. Miller, '71: H. C. Staiiton, '73: W. E. Mack, '74; J. Herron, '76; S. D. Jewell, '78; W. F. Price, '80-81 : J. S. Van Meter, '81 ; I. P. McCurdy, '80-82; J. L. Mc- Kee, '86 : H. M. Cambpell, '90; E. P. Dunlap, '90; F. B. Everitt, '90 ; A. A. Boyd; H. H. Shawhan, '91-93 : H. A. Hjanes, '92 : J. T. Bover, '94 ; P. B. Jenkins, '97 ; T. A. Clagett, 1900. QUEEN'S, TORONTO— McLaren. '81-82. SAN FRANCISCO— A. T. Robertson. '75-77 ; P. P. Briol, '87. UNION. N. Y— J. B. Allen, '40-41; A. Y. C. Schenck, '43-44; Timothv Hill, '45; L. Dudley, '54; C. D. Nott, '55-56: J. C. Tavlor. '59-60; C. C. Kimball, '62; H. D. .Jenkins, '67; J. J. Brown, ',68; D. C. Milner, '66-68: W. F. Matthews, '74: D. S. Schaff. '76; T. J. May, '77 ; W. M. Pocock, '77; C. C. Hembree, '80: A. Mc Laren. '84: -John B. Hill, '87; H. C. Keeley, '87. LTNION. YA— J. R. Agnew, '29-31; B. M. Hobson, '40: 0. G. Morton, 78- 79; H. A. Hvmes. '89-91. UNION'BIBLICAL— P. Heiligmann. '04. WESTERN— W. R. Fulton, '43-45: J. M. Dinsmore, '45-46; W. H. Pawling, '45-46: H. M. Paynter, '47-49: Josiah Thompson. "45-47 ; Jas. Young. '52: R. Irwin. '57 : G. K. Scott. '58: G. P. Havs '58-60: R. H. -Jackson. '60: J. W. Allen, '60-62; Wm. Coleman, '00-02; E. Muse. '02-63: J. B. Yawter. '62; L. M. Belden. '64: C. Y. Monfort. '04: C. H. Dunlap. '64: S. T. McClure. "65; S. M. Irwin, '65: B. F. Powelson, '67: R. Dodd, '66-68: W. H. Hillis, '68: J. S. Caruthers, '73; J. W. Yan Eman, '74: W. Asdale. '77: A. T. Robertson, '78: C. P. Blavney. '78; C. H. Bruce. '79-81: W. G. Pollock. '81; G. P. Wilson, "80; E. Wachter. '84; S. M. Ware, '81-83: F. R. Fari'and, '83: R. R. I^Iarquis. 'S3; H. M. Campbell. '87- 88: E. S. Brownlcp. "89: W. F. Shields. '90. WESTERN RESERYE— S. G. Clark, '46. XENIA— 0. A. Beattie. POST GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL STUDY— G. F. Ayres. S. C. Bates, A. W. Colver, J. L. McKee, I. P. McCurdy, Y»'. F. ^Matthews, J. R. Stevenson, W. G. Thomas. A. E. Yanorden. PRIYATE COURSE IN THEOLOGY. OR NONE — T. II. Allin. T. H. AUin, R. C. Bailev, J. H. Baird. G. P. Beard. S. B. Bell. -Tos. Clements. J. G. Fackler, O. W. Gauss G. W. Gnodale. S. W. Griffin. E. M. Halbort. W. H. Hvatt. T. H. Jones. W. G. Keadv. D. L. Lander. W. E. Loucks. R. L. McAfee. A.B. IMartin, L. J. Matthews. W. S. Mesmer, L. R. Morrison. W. P. Nelson, W. M. Reed, W. C, Requa. R. S. Reese. T. S. Reeve. W. H. Rogers. Wm. Semple. D. K. Steele. J. E. Stevenson. A. G. T.nvhir. A. Walker. J. V. Wntkins J. A. Wliitaker. 80 CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER. CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER OF CANDIDATES AND LICENTIATES. PRESBYTERY OF UPPER MISSOURI Down to the organization of the Presbytery of Lafayette, Apr. 9, 1857. Those received as Candidates are marked, C ; Licentiates, L. In the early Presbyteries covering larger territory, those in italics hibored within tlie present bounds Of Kansas City Pres- bytery. Those marked * withdrew or were dropped. Name Enrolled Ch. or Pby. Licensed Ordained Dism'd Robt Scott C Before orgzn, ..Weston Apr 5, 184.5 Sep 13, 1846 Sam M Irvin C " " Apr -4, 1845 Oct 4, 1849 J Thos Rankin C Apr 1846 Ebenezer Pby Laf-t Luke Borland L May 28, 1846 New York ; Sep 11, 1846 Richard H Allen C May 29, 1846 Independence ;. Apr 2, 1847 Thos A Bracken L Oct 13, 1848 W. Lexington , Oct 13, 1848 John McFarland L Apr 6, 1849 Blairsville Apr 8, 1849 W L Mitchell C Apr 6, 1849 Ebenezer ; Pby Laf-t A VCSchncck L April, 1850 2d Pby New York Jun 8, 1850 W Cameron C Jun 28, 1850 Winchester Geo W Buchanan C Jun 28, 1850 Independence *Apr 16, 1853 Ferd Flournoy C Jun 28, 1850 *Oct 14, 1852 Sam \V Lambeth C Sep 27, 1857 Lexington Sam W Mitchell C Apr 9, 1852 Ebenezer Pby Laf-t Jas B Harbison L Oct 15,1852 New Brunswick Oct 17,1852 I AV Canfleld L Oct 15,1852 Transylvania Oct 17,1852 Geo C Crow L Oct 22,1853 Washington Nov 4, 18-54 J C Thornton L Oct 22,1853 New Albany 3ep 15, 1860 Cornelius McCane,... C Oct 7, 1854 Savannah Oct 5,1855 DM Smith C Oct 9, 1854 J T Leonard L Apr 13, 18-5.5 W Lexington Oct 22, 18-56 John M Rankin C Apr 15, ia55 Ebenezer Jas W Clark L Jun 20, 1^5.5 Transylvania Jun 22, 1855 B S Reese C Apr 11, 18-56 Madison Pby Apr 14, ia56 Pby Laf-t J N Young L Sep 27, 1856 Transylvania Nov 16, 18-56 PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE Down to the adoption of the Declaration and Testimony, 1866. W L Mitchell C at orgzn Upper Mo Sep 12, 1857 S W Mitchell Cat orgzn " " Apr 9, 1859 Sep 2-5, 1860 J W Cameron C at orgzn Sep 12, 18-57 J M Rankin C at orgzn Jas M Chancy L Apr 2, 1858 St. Louis Apr 4, 1858 F J Reichcrt C Oct 2, 1858 Independence D W Lyon L Oct 10, 1858 Dubuque Apr 20, 1867 R S Reese L at orgzn Upper Mo Jun 4, 1859 John H Huffman C Apr 9. 1860 Pisgah Died Georcje Miller L Sep 22, 1860 Transylvania Nov 4, 1860 P Arnold L Sep 22, 1860 Montgomery : Joshua Barbae L Apr 13, 1866 Transylvania Oct 9. 1866 PRESBYTERY OF LAFAYETTE. After Reorganization (Assembly Party.) Thos B McHarg C Oct 10. 1867 *8ep 25; 1868 A J Johnson L Apr 4, 1868 Sydney Sep 25, 1868 PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE Down to the Reunion. Enos M Halhert C Apr 27. 1866 North Prairie Apr 28, 1866 Oct 12. 1867 LJ Matthews C Oct 12, 1867 Apr 4, 1869 Ham E Taylor C Apr 1-5, 1870 Butler CANDIDATES AND LICENTIATES. 81 PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE After Reunion. Name Enrolled Ch. or Pby. Licensed Ordained Dism'd John W Talbot C Sep -'iJ, ls7(i Pleasant Hill Ch Sep Ls, ls;i Jos H France C Oct 1-"), iSTn Sedalia 1st Ch Apr 21, 1S71 Sep 18, 1871 Francis hollock C Apr 21, 1871 : *Apr 12. 1876 W H Miller (cord).... L Sep 24, 1871 W Lexington *Apri;i. 1878 Chas A Holm C Oct ft, 1871 Greenwood Ch Aprl2, 1877 Aprl2, 1877 Duncan Brown L Apr 2(>, 1872 Palmyra Apr 23, 1872 Alex Walker L Apr 22, 1870 Indep Ch England Apr23, 1872 H Stauss L Apr 15, 1874 Wisconsin River Apr 15, 1874 Jas Mitchell C Apr 15, 1874 K C First Ch Sep 10, 1874 Apr 15, 1875 J FBruner, M D C ApV 1(5, 1874 Apr 17, 1875 J W Talbot L Sep 9, 1874. Transylvania Apr 12. 1876 W H Wieman C Sep 9, 1874 Lexington Ch Jun 27, 1883 Sep 13, 1883 Wm P Baker L Sep 15, 1875 Neosho ., Oct 18, 1878 Farel Hart L Sep 13,1876 Chicago Dec5, 1876 Chas P Blayney L Dec 5, 1878 ^Yashington Dec 5, 1878 B D Luther L ? Apr 9. 1879 A T Robertson L Sep 10, 1879 Wooster Sep 11, 1879 Edgar Jameson C Sep 10, 1879 *Aprl4, 1880 Allan D Carlile C Apr 13, 1881 K C Second Ch Apr 12, 1882 J Hays Allin ..: C Sep 18, 1882 Sep 13, 1883 Jos H Hess C Sep 13, 1882 *Sep 29, 1886 Geo M Caldwell L Sep 12, 1883 New Brunswick Oct 22. 1884 E E Stringfleld C Sep 9, 1881 Salem Ch Apr 11, 1889 Apr 8. 1890 Chas E MeCane C Sep 15, 1885 K C First Ch Apr 12, 1888 H E Curry C Sep 15, 1885 Sedalia First Ch *Aprl2, 1888 A R McGlellan C Sep 16, 1885 *Apr 12, 1888 Robt A Thompson .... C K C Second Ch Apr 14. 1886 "Apr 9, 1890 John B Hill C K C Second Ch Jun 8, 1886 Apr 9, 1889 Sam C Bates L Sep 28. 1887 St Louis Nov 3, 1887 Horace C Keeley L Sep 28, 1887 New York Oct 14, 1887 W B Chancellor C Apr 10, 1889 Clinton Ch Apr 13, 1898 Jun 8, 1899 Chas W Hays C May 21 1889 K C Second Ch May 20.1890 Jun 6, 1891 E PDunlap L Sep 24,1890 Woosier Nov 7, 1890 Chas H Davis C Oct 22, 1890 Jefferson City Ch * Apr 14, 1897 J R Stevenson L Dee 9. 1890 Chicago Dec 31, 1890 G E Keithley C Jun 16. 1891 Salt Springs Ch May 8, 1894 Andrew A Boyd L Dec 17, 1891 Phila. Central Dec 17, 1891 F W Hinitt L Apr 22, 1892 Upper Missouri Apr 22, 1892 Walter Hays C Apr 22, 1892 K C Second Ch Aprs. 1893 May 8. 1894 Wm Sickels L May 29, 1893 Chicago Jun 6, 1893 A C V Skinner L May 29, 1893 Cayuga Apr 4, 1894 JC McFall C Oct 19,1893 Nevada Ch *Apr26. 1894 W P Nelson C ADr4, 1894 Tipton Ch Apr 5, 1894 May 8. 1894 A E Wardner, Jr C Apr 10, 1895 Linwood Ch May 11, 1900 May 21, 1901 W R Dodd C Apr 15. 1896 Sed. B'way Ch T M Cornelison L Jun 9, 1896 Ebenezer Junl8, 1896 P B Jenkins C Jun 9, 1896 K C Second Ch Jun 9, 1896 Oct 21, 1897 C Lee Reynolds C Sep 23, 1896 K C Second Ch Sep 27, 1899 A E Vanorden L Sep 29, 1897 Chicago Oct 8, 1897 J E Stevenson C Apr 12, 1899 Raymore Ch Apr 12, 1899 Jun 1,1900 Francis Y Nichols... C May 23, 1899 Clinton Ch .•; Junl, 1900 Chas C McKinney .... L Sep 26, 1900 Platte May 3, 1901 P4 fl ^ 00 o tH CO X OC ^ '^ s Ol •^ 7' S S u S -^ - g . 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Sf-' • 'f" :^ •.iN.-ias ; ^H i 15 - 1— t :O00 .« = C X 1? 1?^'^=' i S \ \^ IS :S ;01 5^ 35 ; 1—4 ^ ■ " r ; o ?!* ?* c I ^|5 fc- - V 2 i * 5 1,3! ii — ■T.T 1 1*^ c c i^ : ; ■ :? M 1 w t- U IB c - --K «S :i i; .= oa,s. a.x a ',0i »x M o a XT !7 2? xr c- !>=: isi?^ SKETCHES OF PRESBYTERIES, HARMONY MISSION AND THE FIRST PRESBYTERY OF OSAGE. The following sketch is mainly a condensation of a paper read by the Rev. Timothy Hill, D. D., at the meeting of the Presbytery of Osage, held at Osceola, Sept. 23, 1885.* In the year 1819 the United Foreign Mission Society sent two men as exploring agents among the Indians in what was then known as Missouri Territory. In the prosecution of their work they had an interview wilh several chiefs of the Osage Indians, and arranged for a Mission among them. They finally selected a site for their Mission on the west side of the Grand River, about 20 miles above Fort Gibson, in the present Cherokee country. This is the first notice we have of the Osages as attracting the attention of Christian people, or any endeavors to carry the Gospel to them. The Osages were a tribe of Indians that claimed and occu- pied, as wandering hunters do, the region south of the Kansas River to the Arkansas, thus embracing a considerable portion of what is now Western Missouri, Eastern Kansas, and the territory now occupied by the Cherokee and the Creek Indians. Their numbers at that time were estimated at about 8,000. They were divi4ed into two bands, one of which had its headquarters in what is now the Cherokee country, and the other centered along the Marais des Cygnes River of Missouri. They were wild Indians, following the chase and doing little or nothing in cultivating the soil, and they were almost constantly at war with some neighboring Indians. A Mission company, consisting of nine men and eight women, was sent out by the Society in the year 1820 to establish a Mission among the Osages of the Gnind River. Two of the ladies died on the journey out. * * * * Having made a beginning with the Osages of the Grand River, the Society decided to send another company to the Osages in Missouri, and a second company was formed, which left New York for its des- tination, March 7th, 1821. This company was larger than the one of the preceding year, as there were 25 adults and 16 children in the group. There were three ordained ministers, Eev. N. B. Dodge, of Underhill, Vt. ; Rev. Benton Pixley, of Williamstown, Vt., and the Rev. William B. Montgomery, of Danville, Pa. There were a doctor ♦Another interesting account, apparently from a Missionary source, appears In the History of Cass and Bates counties, 1883, pp. 79C ff. See also frequent notices In the Missionary Herald, 1821 ff. OSAGE. 101 and farmers, mechanics and schoolmasters in the company. This company came by way of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and Osage Eivers, on keelboats, but did not all reach their destination — one of the ladies dying on the boat and being buried in Shawneetown, 111.* The place selected for their station was on the Marais des Cygnes Kiver, in what is now Bates county, near Papinville. To it they gave the name of Harmony, and the place was known as Harmony Mission. They began their preparations for winter by building cabins of round logs for shelter. They soon had a school for Indian children. The Ministers began to preach as best they could by the clumsy aid of an interpreter, but set themselves diligently to the work of learning the language in order better to tell the Gospel message to those to whom they were sent. , This was no poetic Mission work, for the wandering and predatory habits of the Indians rendered it exceedingly difficult for the Mis- sionaries to gain access to them, and the little instruction given was soon forgotten on their hunting and predatory excursions. The toil and hardship of their situation may be understood when it is told that four of the adults and five of the children of this group died before they had been there one year. In August, 1822, a church of twenty members was organized, con- sisting mainly of persons connected witli the Mission families. For years they worked hard and patiently, keeping up a school, but accom- plished little for the adults. Religious impressions were made upon the children, but the men were often away on distant buffalo hunts, or, far worse, on murderous war parties. The Missionaries, especially Montgomery and Pixley, sometimes accompanied them on their hunts in order to acquire their language, which they at length acquired suf- ficiently to preach in it. The language was reduced to writing, and small portions of the Scriptures wore translated into it. The church which was formed in 1822 received but two additions in ten years, when their hearts were cheered by the addition of eighteen persons. Of these five were Osages, three Delawares, one Omaha, two colored, and the remainder from the Mission families. The increase was the fruit of a precious revival in their school, and such was the extent of it that it was said, "walking out morning or evening you would hear the voice of prayer in almost any direction.^^ An interesting incident of this school is the fact that among its pupils were some who were descendants of the Indians to whom David Brainerd preached in New Jersey. The mother of these children re- membered Brainerd well, said that he lived among them, sleeping on the ground on a bear skin, intent only to tell them the story of Christ, and thus he won all their hearts. •After a most laborious passage they landed In Bates Co., Aug. 9, 1821. 102 SKETCHES OF PRESBYTERIES. In 1836 the Mission was given up and the work for the Indians abandoned.* There were several causes for this discouraging result, but mainly the constant encroachments of white settlers. The Osages were not hostile to the whites, nor greatly addicted to intem- perance at first, but traders brought whisky and other evils among them, and at length they were moved beyond the bounds of Missouri. Their frequent wandering in the chase and their murderous war parties totally unfitted the adults for hearing and obeying the Gospel. At length the people were gone from their original habitations, and it seemed useless to attempt to follow them up. f But although this Mission did not accomplish great results for ihe Indians, it became the center of Christian influence for this portion of the State when the Indians were gone and the white men had their place. In November, 1833, the IMissionaries in Harmony and Union Missions and the Dwight Mission of the Cherokees, formed an asso- ciation which they called the "^'Indian Mission Presbytery." This continued many years,, and finally, under the name of Har- mony Presbytery became a part of the Synod of Missouri. In 1846 the name was changed by the Synod to Osage, which name was perpetu- ated by this Presbytery down to 1887. That Mission Presbytery received and finally ordained Dr. Marcus Palmer, Amasa Jones and William C. Requa. Mr. Dodge, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pixley and Mr. Reqiia were all commissioned by the American Home Missionary Societ}^, and labored in this region. Mr. Pixley was commissioned Sept. 24, 1831, for Independence, probably the first regular preaching in that city. Mr. Dodge was commissioned April 25, 1836, to labor in the vicinity of Harmony Mission Station. Mr. Jones was commissioned April 25, 1836, to labor one-half time at the station, one-quarter at Deepwater, and one-quarter at the mouth of the Sac River, near where Osceola now is. Thus all the region of the *"In 1826 these (Union and Harmony Missions) with other Missions of that Society, were transferred to the American Board, in pursuance of the union then consummated between the two Societies. At tliis time there were only eleven per- sons connected with the Mission at the Harmony station. A number of families from among the agricultural and lay members of the original establishment, had alreadj' left in consequence of the many and peculiar difficulties attending the en terprise : among which, though not the chief, were the inundations by which their proi)erty and the products of their labor were repeatedly destroyed. The report of the Board for 1827 says, in reference to this Mission, that 'no modern effort among the American Indians has been attended with more trials of various kinds.' " fThe Missionary Herald for May, 1836, p. 194 f, says: "Owing to the incon- venient location of the Union and Harmony stations, each being rorty or fifty miles from the present Osage territory, It has been thought expedient to discontinue mis- sionary operations at both ; and, as the Osages are at present In h state very unfavor- able for enjoying the benefit of Christian Instruction, on account of the uncertainty which exists relative to their future residence. Rev. N. B. Dodge and Messrs, D. H. Austin and A. Redfield, with their wives, have signified their desire to retire from that field of labor, and they have accordingly been honorably released from further service of the Board. Rev. A. Jones will for the present labor In the white settle- ments near Harmony, though without any immediate connection with the Board ; and If there should be a favorable opening among the Osages, he will resume his labors." Such an opening seems never to have come. Gradually the Harmony church became disintegrated, the Dodges and some others forming the nucleus of the I.ilttle Osage church, the Jones and Austin families that of the Deepwater church, the Requas that of the Double Branches (Lone Oak) church, and the Redflelds that of the Marmiton church. Descendants of all these families stilJ live In that region. OSAGE. 103 Presbytery had its first Gospel tidings from these Indian Missionaries. There was another work of this Home Mission Presbytery which has a singular aspect as we see it today. Among the persons brought under the influence of that Mission was a slave, who was so devout a Christian and so able a man that he was trained to preach the Gospel. But even then they did not dare to recognize him as having a name. As a man they simply called him Nicholas, and they hoped he would ultimately be sent as a Missionary to Liberia. His clerical life thus begun enlarged in influence, and he sought ordination by the Presby- tery of Missouri ; but there was one man in that Presbytery who would not consent to ordain a colored man, and he was refused. He went to the Cumberlands, who ordained him, and he appears with a full name, Nicholas Carper. He became free; I think through the agency of the Mission, but I have not a full proof of that as a fact. Having become free, he diligently toiled until he secured the freedom of his family, and soon after died. He was said to be a modest man, a pleasant speaker and an interesting preacher. He evidently had some humor, as he said he had heard that a negro had no soul, but as he was three- quarters white, he thought he might have three-quarters of a soul. From the original Mission band came many of the Elders and most efficient workers of the churches of this region, and we are thus vitally connected with it today. The last of the Indian Missionaries to die was the Eev. William C. Requa, M. D., a member of the original band that came out to the Osages of the Indian Territory in 1820, who died among us in 1886, aged 93. The Missionaries are all gone to the Heavenly Land and with them, we trust, some of the Osages for whom they toiled so long and patiently. But where are the living Osages today? What has become of them? They still live, number- ing several thousands yet, no longer a wandering band, but settled down in the Indian Territory, not far from where we now are, and they are mainly pagans still. When the Presbyterian Church left them, they wandered alone for years, until the Roman Catholics estab- lished a Mission among them, and the present town of Osage Mission in Kansas marks the locality of their station. After their removal to the Territory the Quakers did something for them. But the greater part are pagans still, pagans after whom we were named, whose fair lands we now possess, and for whom the men who originally formed this Presbytery toiled and prayed. Dc we owe them nothing? Can we leave them so near us, so related to us, to grope their dark way to a hopeless Eternity, and do nothing for them ? Is there not a manifest duty for the Osage Presbytery to do something for the Osages themselves? Mr. Montgomery died suddenly of cholera in 1834, looking forward with joyous anticipation, saying to his atten- ant, "Can it be that in less than twenty-four hours I shall be walking the streets of the New Jerusalem ?" He rent messages to his associates in the Station : "Tell thorn not to give over to the Osages, and not to account any sacrifices to great for their salvation." Brethren of the 104 SKETCHES OF PRESBYTERIES. Osage Presbytery, does not this message sent so many years ago, reach even to us, and lar.ve we not something to do for the Osages perishing in our sight, and almost at our very doors ? Thus asked Dr. Timothy Hill a few months before his death. But nothing has been done by the Presbytery concerning the Osages since then but to erase their name from the name of the Presbytery itself, and substitute for it that of Kansas City. May God forgive us and be more merciful to them and to us than we have been to those poor dying heathen \*^ PRESBYTERY OF MISSOURI. (1817-1844). Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to get permission to read the records of the Presbytery of Missouri down to the year 1844, when the Presbytery of Upper Missouri was organized to cover this part of the Synod. Those records are now in possession of the Southern Church. After that date a few of the churches in the eastern part of our present Presbytery remained in the Presbytery of Missouri. Except in the churches of Boonville and Jefferson City, however, the latter Presbytery never made much impression upon this territory. PRESBYTERY OF UPPER MISSOURI (1844-1857). During the period in which the Presbytery of Upper Missouri covered this territory there was a steady growth along all lines, bi.t no remarkable developments. The most noticeable feature of the work was the effort to get a Presbyterial College. The effort was first to found a Synodical College. About 1852 there was a project to locate it at Sweet Springs, in Saline County; but the friends of Richmond, Ray County, succeeded in getting it located there, the Synodical Col- lege having meanwhile been located at Fulton, Callaway County. Richmond College therefore fell under tLa control of Upper Missouri Presbytery until the division, when Upper Missouri and Lafayette Presbyteries had a joint control. Dr. John L. Yantis was its only President, 1855-1859, In spite of his vigorous efforts, backed by the two Presbyteries, the scheme failed for lack of endowment. No doubt "the shadows of the coming civil strife in the land from 1861 to 1865 bad a share in the failure." In the fall of 1856 the Presbytery of Upper Missouri overtured the Synod of Missouri to divide it into two Presbyteries, Upper Mis- souri and Lafayette, with a view to the erection of a new Synod of Upper Missouri out of these two and a "Kansas" Presbytery. The new Synod of Upper Missouri was formed too near the outbreak of the Civil War to prosper, having a nominal existence only during most of its history, 1857-1864. In the latter year the Presbyteries of Upper Missouri and Lafayette were reattached to the Synod of Missouri. •Considerable further information as to tlie first Presbytery of Osage is found among the slsetches of Ministers, particularly In letters from . V. Barks, I. W. K. Handy, L. R. Morrison and W. H. Smith. < i i;< >K( ; )■; .mii,i.i;k. LAFAYETTE. 105 LAFAYETTE PRESBYTERY. (1857-1870). The Presbytery of Lafayette passed the first few years of its existence in connection with the Synod of Upper Missouri, until that Synod was dissolved on account of the War. It started out vigorously to prosecute the work within its own bounds. Early efforts were made to organize new churches, especially in the southern part oi the Presbytery, to support the college at Rich- mond, to collect historical information concerning all churches in its bounds and concerning such ministers as had died while serving them. Unfortunately the information, if any, gleaned by the Historical Com- mittee, seems not to have been preserved. When, in 1859, a remnant of the old Osdge Presbytery (N. S.) united with Lafayette, a commit- tee of the old Missionaries was appointed to write a history of the Har- mony Mission. That likewise seems to have been lost. All branches of the work of this Presbytery seemed to have been well pushed, up to the time when the horrors of Civil War devastated its fair territory. Just before that time a young man had joined it Avho nearly thirty years later gave his reminiscences at a meeting of its successor, the Presbytery of Osage. Extracts from that paper by ])r. Geo. Miller, read at the meeting of Presb^-tery in Holilen, 1888, constitute the remainder of this notice of Lafayette. DR. GEORGE MILLER'S REMINISCENCES. "You will pardon me what may seem personal, for 'Reminis- ■cences' must needs be personal. My relation to this body began with my earliest ministry twenty-eight years ago. "It seems in every light but proper that these Reminiscences iihould especially emphasize that decade in our history, to which all before points, and from which all after radiates, the transition period of the Church as well as of State historv. "In 1861 the Presbytery of Lafayette embraced twenty-seven counties in the southwest corner of the State, extending from the Mis- souri River to the Arkansas line. It contained twenty-one ministers, thirty-four churches and 1,478 members. The single county of La- fayette furnished 650 of these, and the three counties of Lafayette, Jackson and Cass contained 1,100 of them, leaving only 378 members of our church in tlie remaining twent3'-four counties, an average of less than sixteen members per county. "We only had five churches and 143 members within the territory now composing Ozark Presbytery, and only two of these remain now upon her roll. There were, as nearly as we can learn, only sixteen church buildings in these twenty-seven counties, and eight of these 8 106 SKETCHES OF PEESBYTERIES. were located in Lafayette and Jackson Counties, and two of these we o- burned during the war. "The last full meeting of the Presbytery prior to the war, was held in Longwood Church, in Pettis Coun^^, about ten miles north of where Sedalia now stands. On our way to that meeting, sixty miles on h(n>e- back, we passed over the site of this flourishing city of Holden, tlun marked only by a lonely farm-house, and in company with Elder Jo'm Caldwell, who two years and five months later was killed by Federal troops near Westport. "It was on the 12th to the 15th days of April, 1861. We were in session on the day that Fort Sumpter was surrendered. The sad news reached us on Sabbath morning, just as we were gathering to celebrate the Lord's Supper. It was a mournful day, as all felt that that tragic event meant war — long, cruel, and to this State, bloody, fratricidal war. What a sadly mournful and solemn scene in this sorely divided State, as we sat together for the last time around the Lord's table ! A very few of us were pronounced Union men, ftiore were outspoken Southerners, and some were then halting between two opinions, and all felt that we would never meet in Presbytery or at the Lord's table again ; and we never did. "In the fall of 1861 we were to have met in High Grove Church, on Little Blue Creek, about fifteen miles southeast of Kansas City, in Jackson County. But when the tijne came, J. W. Wallace, S. W. Mitchell and George Miller were the only ministers. We met only to adjourn and fly before an armed band of foragers, of whose methods discrimination formed no part. This little church in the shady grove was burned a few months later by Federal troops in supposed retalia- tion, because they had been fired upon from ambush in that neighbor- hood. ISIot a vestige of the organization remains. "In the spring of 1862, three ministers met in Pleasant Hill, but nothing was done, but adjourn, to meet in Hopewell Church, Octob.T 2d, on a beautiful fertile prairie about fifteen miles southwest of Lex- ington, near the present town of Odessa. This was the charge of our dear brother, David Coulter, noted and loved for his clear-headed theology, deep piety and warm Christian spirit. Besides tlie pastor J. W. Wallace, E. S. Symington and George Miller, made up the roll of that meeting. Yet it was a quiet, pleasant meeting, attended by old ])eople, women and children, and full of sadness, charity and devotion — a sort of spiritual sunset, before a long, dark, bitter and cruel night of three and one-half years duration. The war-cloud now gathered and thickened and blackened, and swept in successive cyclones over our bounds, devastating and largely depopulating the country, and scatter- ing ministers and meml)ers far and wide; so that all religious services were suspended, except some occasional services in Kansas City, Inde- ])endence and Lexington. The Hopewell Church in wliich we he'd LAFAYETTE. 107 this meeting, was also burned a year later — a fitting setting of the last hope of Church work, "mid scenes of anarchical and lawless warfare. ******* "Our Presbytery met no more until April, 1866, and when it did, it was but the fragments of what it was — a wreck in ministers, churches, members and Christian spirit. Of the twenty-one that met five years ago, only five remained, viz., D. Coulter, J. W. Wallace, J. M. Chaney, William Dickson and George Miller. "But"^ what of the Churches ? It is a fearful evidence of the scourge of the war that from 1801 to 1866, one-half of all the churches on our roll became utterly extinct, not appearing on the records of either Assembly. And in the places of twelve out of thirty-four, no organization has ever been revived. Of the surviving organizations, eleven are now [1888] in the Southern connection and six in the Northern ; four in this and two in Ozark Presbytery. "And great ciiangcs continue to mark our history as a Presbytery. In 1860 we did not have a mile of railroad within our bounds. The coming of railroads has entirely changed the geographical terminology, and we find twenty of our forty-one churches in places that had no ex- istence at that date, a.s Sedalia, Holden, Raymore, Rich Hill, Centre View, Brownington, Tipton . Appleton, Greenwood, Montrose and others. "The following statistical footings of our Presbytery are taken from the Assembly's minutes for the years 1861, 1866, ^1867 and 1869. By comparative analysis we can get the clearer view of this transition period ; and it will be seen that this Presbytery virtually dates its existence from the close of the war. I have not the records of the New School Presbytery, but learn that it became extinct in 1859, and was reorganized in April, 1866. STATISTICS OF LAFAYETTE PRESBYTERY. S "5 m "3 s a o « w '5 a u a; O u ■ c 3 s B S !» 3 ft o o ,c a c o 1 3 to X s 5) 1 S 3 3 3 3 « >> S c •^ .c >, >. o d d 3 o "C 3 JS a> C >- a O K eq ^ n p; « K ^ H o P4 < C 1861. 21 34 129 66 1 478 64 74 309 201 116 7 621 25 24 12 887 1866- 9 18 17 55 960 4 24 435 38 50 2 655 1867. 11 21 27 144 920 5 27 235 46 12 7 5 10 2 454 1869. 11 14 48 152 573 14 20 644 153 i24 98 41 81 12 101 7 759 "Let us now make some comments upon these tables. "XoTE 1st. That in 1866 all the ministers who the next fall went into the 'Declaration and Testimony' or Independent Southern Synod 108 SKETCHES OF PRESBYTERIES. were still on the roll. Of the nine, George Miller alone remained in the Northern Assembly. "Note 3d. That in 1866 all the Southern Churches were also on our roll. Of the eighteen, all went South, except Warrensbuvg, and a very few members in Kansas City and Pleasant Hill. "Note 3d. That the Synod dividing in October, 1866. and there being but one adherent [George Miller] of the Northern Assembly in Lafayette Presbytery, the Presbytery was, from necessity, reorganized by the action of the Synod in October, 1866, by transferring Rev. George Frazer from the St. Louis Presbytery, and the Rev. N. H, Smith from the Presbytery of Upper Missouri, and so constituting the Assembly's Presbytery of Lafayette. The Rev. Eben Muse and Rev. Charles Sturtevant were received in November, 1866. Brother Smith withdrew after this. "Hence, the true report of this Presbj^ery for the year 1867 should have read as follows: Ministers. Churches. Received by Exam. Received by Letter. Total Coin's. S. 8. George Miller . George Frazer. Eben Muse C.Sturdevant,W.C. Pleasant Hill . . . 22 27 32 18 54 32 71 18 30 Kansas City 55 Warrensburg .... Sugar Creek 11 110 40 11 99 175 235 "This is all we got ; all else went South. "Our Presbytery obtained in the division one little building, one minister, one whole church at Warrensburg, of twenty-eight members, and twenty-one members at Pleasant Hill and only five mem- bers in Kansas City; in all fifty-four, out of 1,478 members we had at the beginning of the war. Sugar Creek, now known as Creighton, was our first new organization. "Note 4th. As we look at the 0. S. Assembly Minutes for 186'.», we find the roll of Presbytery at last cleared of statistics that had not been revised since 1861. The Churches had increased from four to fourteen but two of these. Independence and Lexington, were in the spirit of fraternity soon dissolved; the membership had grown from 175 to 573, two hundred of these received that year; and the four min- isters had become eleven. The warm-hearted and venerable brother, John Montgomer}'^, D. D., did not go into the Southern Church until the year 1870. He had honest forebodings about reunion with the neV School and that event decided his course. His name stood on our roll, Imt he never met with our side after 1861. "In all this will be clearly seen the causes of the slow growth of LAFAYETTE. 109 our I'hurch ou our bounds. Tliis State was born in strife and discord, and her life has been one of alienation. These ten years, from 1860 to 1870, form the key to her history, all before points to it, all after radi- ates from it. It was over Missouri that the great battle over American slavery began in 1817. She was only permitted to come into the Union by a compromise, and her people have ever since been compelled to purchase peace by compromise. And when in 1854 The Missouri Compromise" was repealed, the act convulsed the nation, and made Missouri the objective point of a national strife that culminated in the Great Civil War. "Having been born of strife and reared on strife, located on the very border of alienation, it was not strange that her people should be more bitterly divided on the great issues of the war ; and in no portion more bitterly than in the territory covered by our Presbytery. The counties of Jackson, Cass, Bates and Vernon were literally desolated. Xeighborhoods and even families were murderously hostile to each other; ail civilized modes of warfare were discarded, and the two par- ties were only known as either 'Jayhawkers' or 'Bushwackers.' "As I walked over one of the bloody battle-fields, caring for the wounded and dying, my companion in blue found his dead brother clothed in gray. On the same day a father in gray found his own son cold in death but clothed in blue. A mother often had sons in oppos- ing armies, and a wife's husband and brother oft thirsted for each other's blood. 0, the world will never know, history can never record a thousandth part of what that cruel war cost in sacrificed friendshi})S and crucified loves along these ill-fated border lines. "As the inevitable consequence of all this, church organizations were torn to pieces, and all love and charity and piety were almost ex- tinguished from the hearts of men, women and even little children. Many left the State never to return ; many gave up forever all interest in religion ; large numbers drifted into other denominations in the des- perate hope of getting away from every reminder of the embittered past; while a large per cent, of those that remained in their old rela- tions lost all interest in religious or church work. "The ill-savor attaching to the very name of our State has no doubt kept out of its bounds a large and most desirable class of immi- gration; and more especially Presbyterians, who, shunning division and discord, have sought homes in other States; and large numbers o'f those who fiocked to the State from 1865 to 1872 and entered our churches, have moved further west in search of more congenial envir- onments. So fearfully has this operated that thirty-seven per cent of the church organizations on our roll in 1874 have [1888] entirely dis- appeared, or fourteen out of thirty-seven; while nine more, though not extinct, have'a smaller membership by 146 now than they had fourteen years ago. Xew organizations and growth in Kansas City and the larger towns have offset this loss. "A like change marks our roll of ministers. XoPresbvterv has ever 110 SKETCHES OF PliESBYTERlES. suffered more from an ever-changing ministry. Whether the ministry or the country is at fault, we do not pretend to say; but the fact is alike, the sign of decay and a great hindrance to church growth. Names appear and disappear from our roll in rapid succession. For example, from 1872 to 187-1, thirteen out of twenty-nine names disap- pear; from 1871 to 1877, fourteen out of twenty-six names disappear; and from 1877 to 1880, fourteen out of twenty-five nanu^ disappear. And of the twenty-six names we had in 1871, only six were on our roll in 1888, three of whom had been a large part of the time connected with other Presbyteries. "The work done by our ministers and churches cannot be measured by apparent results; its influence permeates all the great West, and will impress the future of its untold millions. Others, un- used to hardship and warfare, will come in and reap the rich harvest of patient, painful sowing. The battles have been fought; the pioneer work has been done ; the fields have been cleared, and the seed has been gown by sturdy hands and trustful hearts ; the harvest is the end of the world ; the reapers will come forth ; and for the garnered grain, we point you to our Father's House. ''Dear brethren, inspired alike by the toils and triumphs of the past, and the rich dawning hopes of the future ; inspired alike by the noble line of warriors who lie buried in the rear, and the blessing of God upon their labors and ours ; as we today keep step with the centen- nial march of Presbyterianism, let the rallying war cry rise and ring out all along the lines: Forward, March! Forward, March!!" NEW SCHOOL WORK AFTER THE CIVIL WAR The removal of slavery gave new life to the New School work in this Synod. The great immigration into this region from the North likewise invited a vigorous prosecution of the work. The Board of Home Missions had a supervision of the work here through its District Secretary (Synodical Missionary he would be called now). Dr. A. T. Norton. He was indefatigable in visitation and in getting men to take hold of the old fields and reorganize them, and also in making new or- ganizations where there seemed to be a promise of growth. Through his efforts the Presbytery t)f Ijexington, which covered the northwest portion of the State, including a few counties south of the Missouri River, became very active. The Presbytery of Osage, which had be- come extinct before the War, had to be re-erected out of entirely new material. The principal organizers in Lexington Presbytery were E. B.Sherwood and S. G. Clark; and in Osage Presbytery, John M. Brown. In 18G8 the work had so increasecl as to require the whole time of a Secretary for the Synod of Missouri, and Dr. I'imothy Hill was commissioned to undertake it. The result of all these efforts was very marked. The New School starting from nothing in this territory was able to bring to tiie Reunion al)out as much sireno-th as was fur- AFTER THE REUNION. Ill iiisliL'tl by tne Old School. Since the Reunion theie has never been the ^slightest trace visible of the old lines. THE PRESBYTERIES SINCE THE REUNION. At the first meeting of the Synod of Missouri after the Reunion, the State was redistricted so as to combine the Old School and the New- School Presbyteries in each part of the State into new Presbyteries. The "Enabling Act" then passed defines our bounds as follows: "III. The Presbytery of Osage is hereby erected to consist of the ^linisters and churches within the counties of Jackson, Lafayette, Saline, Cooper, Pettis, Johnson, Cass, Bates, St. Clair, Henry, Benton, Morgan, Moniteau, Cole and Miller. It shall meet in the church at Clinton of the 21st day of September, at half-past seven P. M., A. D., 1870. The Eev. T. S. Reeve, or in his absence the oldest Minister pres- •ent, shall ])reside until the election of a Moderator. And furthermore the Presbytery of Osage is hereby declared to be the proper and legal successor of the Presbyteries of Lafayette and Osage, and as such is entitled to all the rights, franchises and possessions, and liable for the performance of all the duties of those Presbyteries." The Presbytery thus formed retained the same boundaries until in 187-A, when Vernon County was added, transferred from the Presbytery of Ozark. In 1884 the church of El Dorado Springs, in Cedar County, was also transferred from the Presbytery of Ozark to us. The name Osage was retained until the fall of 1887, when the Presbytery voted to be called -after its principal city. The recent history is so fully given in the statistics and in the sketches that follow that there is need now of noticing but few of the many items that would otherwise be of interest. The history has been a harmonious one, characterized rather by quiet work than by sudden ^ntwth or other marked changes. Probably few Presbyteries have had less use for the "Judicial Committee," though the records are not iilways free from their reports. None of the cases of discipline has led to the extreme punishment, and but few of them even to censure. Hevivals have been numerous, but never widespread. In common with all this part of the country there have been years of want and years of i)lenty, which are as plainly traceable in the ecclesiastical as in the commercial world. Fields once promising have had to be abandoned, even after years of faithful tilling. A sad tale would be told could we look into the books of the Board of the Church Erection Fund, that has been the warm friend in need and friend indeed of nearly every organization ever at work here. And yet though so many in their prosperity have forgotten their helper and others have returned to it property that did not realize nearly the face of the Board's mortgage, most of our organizations are now both prop- erly housed and actively aggressive in their work. Fires and tornadoes have destroved several of our churches, which were often not well in- 112 SKETCHES OF PKESBYTERIES. sured. The Missouri river has washed away two whole towns, churches- and all. None of our churches has been extravagant in its church buildings though several of the churches have had numerous houses of worship, varying all the way from vacant store buildings, log churches and adobe nondescripts to the well appointed modern church, with various rooms, a fine pipe organ and a handsome parsonage adjoining. The number of such church buildings that has been lost by fire and by tor- nadoes is so great that fire and cyclone insurance agents have argu- ments ready made, (if they did but know the facts about this one Pres- b}i;ery) that ought to give them no difficulty in securing business from every one of our congregations. Missouri, as a quondam slave State, is as of old the home of a large negro population, supposably more or less open to Presbyterian influences. This is especially true in the cities, though there is not anywhere among us even a small town without its "Little Africa." Yet there never has been any systematic Presbyterian effort made to reach these people, and it is doubtful whether among us there are to- day nearly as many of them in any way under Presbyterian influences as there were in the old days of slavery. One negro Licentiate and one negro Minister have belonged to this Presbytery, but each of them came to it unsought, and departed without substantial encouragement to labor here. This Presbytery has always been a Home Mission field, every one of its churches having at some time received aid from the Board of Home Missions. Some of its churches have been large givers to the support of the gospel at home and abroad ; but none of them have given largely of their sons and daughters to Mission work. So far as known to the writer, no Foreign Missionary has ever been sent out from any of our churches,* though several Missionaries are now and for years have been supported by their gifts. In the matter of educational institutions, this Presbytery, like the rest of this State, has been singularly unsuccessful. Not to mention the early private schools under the care of our Ministers or Elders or the ante-bellum Presbyterial academy, there have been since the war schools of some sort, under Presbyterian auspices (part of them under Presbyterial control), and ranging in grade all the way from private schools up to a "University," in at least Butler, Clinton, Independ- ence, Sedalia, Tipton, and Westfield. With one exception, none of these are now under Presbyterian control, or even in existence, though some of them were for years the centers of large influence for good. The one exception is the Kansas City Ladies' College at Independence, which is now under the care of this Presbytery, the Eev. J. S. Dun- •The Rev. W. F. Shields and wife, of the Sharon church, were connected with the Wood River church. Neb., when commissioned to go to Siam. Miss Mary Clark, of Persia, (daughter of the Rev. S. G. Clarlc) was once a member of the Appleton City church. The Rev. I'aul D. Bergen, of China, supplied the Fifth church of Kansas City for a little while : S. A. Moffett, of Korea, that of Appleton City, and W. M. Balrd, of Korea, that of Osceola. The Rev. (leo. W. Marshall, of China, is a graduate of Butler Academy, KANSAS CITY. 113. ing, Ph. D., a member of the Presbyiery, being its president. It has recently been reorganized, and seems to promise a bright future. The history of the Presbytery would be incomplete •without a reference to the good work done by our Sabbath Schools, Endeavor Societies, Men's Leag^ues and Women^s Missionary Societies, all of which have been well organized and fairly active. It had been intended to have an article by one of the ladies on the Women's work, but none was sent in in time. SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. NOTE. The compiler originally intended to insert these slietches in chrono- logii-al order, arranged under the different Presbyteries. As there have been so many Presbyteries, liowever. and so many of the men noticed have been mem'oers of more than one of them, it seems best to insert the names alphabetically. All facts as to I'resbyteral connection and service can be found in the foregoing chronological registers. None can be more conscious tlian the writer of the many defects' in these slcetches. Some men are, perhaps, not noticed at all. that are full as worthy a place as those that appear in the list. Others are given space disproportionately large or small. The best possible use, however, has been conscientiously made of the mater- ials at hand, after much careful and painstaking research, and a wide correspond- ence. No sketches are given of persons still members of the I'resbytery. The greatest regret of the compiler is that there did not seem to be any way in which to give due recognition to the work of the members of the churches. In nearly every church there are doubtless (or have been » members, women as well as men. " that " have done more for the advancement of the cause of Christ in their community than any ministers their church has ever had. Such members are not to be forgotten, tliough their names cannot be mentioned here. They will ever remain fresh and fragrant in fflie hearts of those that knew them, and should be enshrined in carefully prepared and carefully preserved histories of the several churches. That the necessary omissions in these sketches may lead to the prepara- tion and wide distribution of "such a history of each church in the Presbytery is the sincere desire of the writer of this History of the I'resbytery of Kansas City. *"There js, perhaps, nothing about which a good man may have so little solici- tude — nothing which, with so much safety, he may banish from the entire range of his thoughts — as his reputation : his name while living, his memory when dead. Of character — what he is and what he ought to be — and how such character may be developed : in reference to these, much care and much labor may be employed, for here he is an important agent : but over his memory Providence asserts a .iuris- diction that is exclusive, and a jurisdiction so peculiar that, the more it is for- gotten by its subject, the more certainty will attach to the fact that it will be perpetuated." "Such a synopsis * * * must be brief, and by reason of its brevity, general- izing and condensing such eventful and protracted labors into so small a space, it will necessarily be devoid of that minuteness of detail and circumstantial incident which gives to portraiture its life and power, and throws around it all that interest which is peculiarly its own. It is not that the subject of such a memoir was born at such a time, graduated at such an institution, was licensed to preach the Gospel by such a I'resbytery. and for so long labored in such a church — it is not a general statement of items such as these that we either expect or desire in biography. These of themselves are the body without the soul. They are but the outer walls of the building ; and if our object is to know its character, we are never satisfied without entering and surveying its inner apartments. In biography we desire individuality ; and we wish the subject to be so presented to us that we can, under the given cir- cumstances, hear him speak, see him act. read his motives, and from these form our own judgment of his character, and be able to determine for ourselves liow he would probably act under any other circumstances in which we may imagine him to be placed. " This is the perfection of biography ; but ir can never be attained without minuteness and fulness of detail. Such, however, is not our present purpose. It is our object merely to form a skeleton of dates and general labors, leaving to other hands the more difficult and impoi-tant work of clothing it with flesh and life, and Thus milking it "a living soul." " — Prcslijiinkin Itrtofdrr. Xov., 1855, pp 15,i-.'i. POEM. 115 IMPROMPTU POEM. BY THK REV. H. D. OANSE, I). I). Ueiid at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Synod of Missouri. 1882. The fathers sleep; but to tliis hour The mighty shapes are here; Their old-time tones of truth and power Still thunder on the ear. 'Neath lowly roof, in forest glade, And wliere, beside tlie Hood, Tlie young town teemed witii noisy trade, They preached the trutii of God. The church of logs is crumbled down, Tlic forest camp is gone; But through the land Ihcir words have down; The living truth lives on. Xay. "tis not here they make their stay: We keep their memory bright: But they are with theii- King today. The heroes walk in white. Heroes they were : but in the van. The army follows on. Look to your weapons, every man. This battle must be won. Tiie field of fight grows thick with men ; The scores become a host. But tru.st the Help they boasted then- Christ and the Holy Ghost. Through dreary days of shame and fear. This land hath waited long; The clouds are parting, and our ear Catches the heavenly song. "O Christ ! the crown is on Thy brow : Thy mighty work is done ! Mortals who serve Him. serve Him now His glory hasteth on!" Crowd on! O march of years and men; We'll meet you with God's Word : The fathers' rally rings again — "Missouri for the Lord!" 116 SKETCPIES OF MINISTERS. JOHN WORKMAN ALLEN. Though never a Pastor of any of our churches. Dr. Allen was for four years closely identified with nearly all the then churches of the Presb3i;ery as Presbyterial Missionary, 1869-73, and for seven years more as Synodical Missionar}^, 1873-80. The acquaintance thus begun he kept up through the remainder of his life as Southwestern Superin- tendent for the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work. For some years after his official duties took him to reside beyond our bound, he retained his membership in this Presbytery and was a frequent at- tendant at its meetinas. Genial and cordial in manner, quiet and direct in address, clear and positive in his thinking, he uniformly in- spired confidence in his humble piety, business sense and executive abilit}^, and was welcomed as the counsellor of Ministers and churches. A subordinate yet important part of his work was that which for many years he carried on as Editor and Publisher of a church periodi- cal closely in touch with the interests of the Central West. It began, soon after he came to this state under the name of Our Church, which was later changed to the St. Louis Evangelist; and then, after the consolidation with the Mid-Continent (originally published at Kansas City) it took the name of the latter periodical. He continued to pub- lish this paper until 1897. when it was consolidated with the Herald and Presbvter of Cincinnati. A notice prepared by the Committee on Necrology in the Synod says: "In addition to all these responsible functions. Dr. Allen did not fail to preach the Gospel as he had opportunity, and many missions and needy churches felt and still feel the inspiring uplift of his faith- ful ministrations. He was of course a very busy man, but never too busy to be srenial and courteous to all with whom he came in contact. Few Ministers have been more widely esteemed and more sincerely mourned, when called awa}'^, than Dr. Allen. He was a patient sufferer for years; but his unfaltering trust was in his blessed Lord, and his end. was peace.'' "He died on Sabbath morning, Feb. 12, 1899, at the sanitarium in Martinsville, Indiana, whither he had been taken in search of the re- lief that came only in his death." RICHARD H. ALLEN. The work of Dr. Allen, later known to the whole denomination through ])is connection with the Board of Missions for Freedom, was not extensive in this Presbytery. At the time he was taken under care of the Presb3'tery of Upper Missouri as a Candidate for the Gospel Ministry, May 29. 1846, he was a member of our church at Independ- WILSON ASDALE. 117 elite. Later he was transferred as a Licentiate to the care of the Presbytery of Missouri, by whom he was ordained, June 27, 1847, and installed as Pastor of the church at Jefferson City. There he remained only two years. Though later acting as Evangelist in Upper Missouri Presbytery, his work was mainly confined to the northern part of that Presbytery, hence not within the present bounds of this Tresbytery. Of his work in this State Nevin's Encyclopedia says : "Having an earnest desire to enter into the great and destitute field around him, as an Evangelist, for which he was peculiarly fitted, he devoted himself to Home Mission work in the counties of Upper Missouri. He stopped not to consult with flesh and blood, nor to ask aid of any Missionary Board, but purchased a horse, tilled one side of his saddle bags with Bibles and tracts, and started out as an Evangelist, preaching wherever God in His providence opened the way. In this new and important field of operation, his labors were signally blest.^' WILSON ASDALE. For over nine years the Tipton church enjoyed the faithful ministrations of Wilson Asdale. Like so many others in this Pres- bytery, he spent the greater portion of his ministry among them as a Stated Supply, having been installed only during the last three years of his stay. A part of the time he served the High Point church also. No Minister in the Presbytery, while he was a member of it, was more earnest, persevering and conscientious in the discharge of his duties than he. Being naturally of a retiring and diffident disposition, others may have shone more brilliantly in the meetings of Presbytery, but none stood higher in the esteem of his brethren, and none had a firmer hold on the affections of his people. The difficulties of the field he served were not small, the numerical results not large : but no one can become familiar with the facts in such fsses without seeing that it would be well for all our Ministers and churches if there were more cases of long pastorates. In many of the churches in this part of the country there is such a change in the population that at the end of ten years, and probably usually much sooner, a settled Pastor would have a largely different congregation from that to which he was originally called. Having the confidence of the older members, the new members would sooner find their places and appropriate work than if old members and new alike had to be- come familiar with a new Minister every two or three years. Those of our churches that have had the longer pastorates have, other things being equal, been most prospered and blessed with leadership in tlie true spiritual life of the communities where they are found. Would that more of our Ministers and churches might mutually bear and 118 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. forbear when they who have so far been blessed in their labors reach that dead center which seems to come inevitably in the course of from three to five years! When by the grace of God that point is passed, a new era of helpful fellowship always opens before them for years to come. WILLIAM MARTYX BAIRD. The Presbytery of Kansas City, itself the outgrowth of Foreign Missions, has not been largely represented so far on the Foreign Mis- sion field. There have however been several instances like that of Mr. Baird, where young men from the Seminaries have lal)ored in our bounds for a few months or years, and then have gone to the foreign fields, though first transferring their membership to the Presbytery of their early church home. When the Rev. Dr. C. L. Thompson went east to attend the meetino- of the Centennial General Assembly, of which he was elected Moderator, his pulpit in the Second Church of Kansas City was left in charge of Mr. Baird, who had then just grad- uated from McCormick Seminary. As Dr. T. took a vacation about that time and at its close became iPastor of the Madison Avenue church in New York City, the Suijply was continued for several months before a successor was chosen. After leaving the Second church, Mr. Baird supplied the Osceola church for a few months, and then a churcii in Colorado, before leaving for his chosen life work in Korea. Though unknown to the great maiority of the members of this Presbytery and its churches, some of them have long thought of him as their repre- sentative in the great work of evangelizing the heathen, and a worthy representative he has proved. JOSEPH VAX HORN BARKS. A short, appreciative sketch of the work and worth of this early inember of Osage Presbytery is given elsewhere in the letter from the Rev. G. W. Harlan, one of his contemporaries. From what we have been able to learn of him otherwise, we have no doubt the estimate there given is correct. To it nothing need be added, except to show by quotations from his own letters the sweet spirit of the man. Some may question the propriety of quoting from purely personal letters, written to a friend in times of division and general unrest in Church and State. We think, however, that the letters that follow, written to the Rev. Timothy Hill, then Secretary of the Missouri Home Mission- ary Society, show by their very informality and directness, better than could be shown in any other way, the exact state of feeling then preva- lent in this Presl)ylery. We trust we shall be pardoned for the inser- tion of tlio extracts given rather than for giving them paraphrased as a J. V. BAltlvS. llCf matter of editorial statement. They throw a Hood of light upon the transition period when the Xew School Synod of .Missouri, like tho.e of nearly all the Slave States of that time, was virtually broken up and scattered into various other bodies. Writing from Warsaw under date of July 14, 1857, Mr. Barks says : "1 hardly know how to answer your inquiries. The time inter- vening between the time of my return from Ohio [He had been a mem- ber of the X. S. General Assembly that met in Cleveland in May] and the 27th of August was so short that it was thought impossible to get our Presbytery together by a regularly called meeting. Hence Br. Morrison and myself concluded to invite so many of the brethren ;;nd churches to meet at Osceola on the 4th day of Aug., to consult and recommend what is best to be done, as can conveniently come. What will be done 1 have not any idea. I received a letter from Ark. Morri- son [Rev. A. W. Morrison, of Bentonville, Ark.,] by the same mail yours came. He says his church in Bentonville had a meeting and sustained the action of the Commissoners from the South. He thinks a convention is the thing needed^ The final resolution of his church is in these words : 'Resolved, that we recommend the Presbytery to instruct their delegate to the Convention to unite in and advocate every prudent measure to secure a union between us and the 0. S. Pres. Ch.' Bro. Levi Morrison, of Hickory Co., is opposed to union with Old S. I received today a letter from Bro. Smith.. He is down upon the Con- vention at Washington, and thinks the Assembly did no more than the exigency of the case demanded, viz., to condemn the ultra-Southern view. He is gone mad, liowever, (m the slavery (juestion, and 1 do not think he intends to remain long in this State. "f will now tell you how 1 feel, though I may not feel so after our meeting of the 4 Aug. I cannot, and will not, go A^orth. I dislike to go for a Southern Assembly, because I doubt the possibility of secur- ing a number of sufficient strength and respectability to carry on church matters in a strictly pro-slavery organization. 2. * * * L di-like the 'Pro-'as much as the 'Anti-." 3. Besides ]\lo. is not properly a Southern State. My owai proclivities are toward an honorable reunion with Old-Schoolism. * * * 1 am not committed, however, anyway, only to ask wisdom from God. It may be that an 'Independent" posi- tion is the best. I have inclined that way. Still there are difficulties."" Another letter, of Dec. 8, 1857, is delightfully informal and some- what amusingly clear as to the facts stated, all of which are valuable "to a right understanding of the men and the times : "I now sit down to answer your inquiries, it being the only time I have had at command since your letter arrived. And, 1st, those who depend on H. M. aid in this Presbytery? To answer this question I refer you to our Minutes of the Assembly, all of our ^Ministers with the following excepti< ns. viz.: A. Jones, W. C. Requa. J. McMillan and your humble servant Brothers Jonet? and Recpia sell pills for sup])ort. Br. ^li-Millan teaelu- the young idea to sltuut for his 'hog and hominy.' As for myself. I 120 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. have been supported by my own people since the A. H. M, Soc. gave us Paddy^s hint. All the rest receive aid. "2. As to the source from whence Brethren expect aid, I reply: Mainly from the 'S. Aid Soc' As a matter of course the A. H. M. Soc. and also the Assembly's Com. have cut themselves off (?) from the privilege of preaching the gospel in the South. * * * •'•'And now, dear Br., with regard to that part of your letter relat- ing to our Synod and its present position and future prospects : I feel that duty prompts me to be frank. I remark therefore that I have no confidence in the present state of Independence of the Synod, any farther than it may be used as a means to an end, that is a union luith Old School. I am not even a son of a prophet, but I do not look for any more than one meeting more of our Synod. And as I was told by a good brother while on my way to the Cleveland Assembly last spring, 'Br. Barks, the great thing to be done at the Assembly is to divide/ so now I believe with regard to our Synod in Mo., the thing to be done is to unite with the Old School. If we can get all together, well; if not, we go by Presbyteries, either in whole or in part. This in my opinion is inevitable. Our churches will go, and many of our ministers will not stay behind. I would it were otherwise." .On Mar. 25, 1859, he wrote: "As I have been absent from the State almost ever since the meeting of the Synod, last fall, I am short of the kind of infonnation Avhich you desire me to communicate. I will, however, give thee such as I have. Osage Pres. cut loose from Synod last fall, as you probably know. The spring meeting has just closed ; but as I was unable to attend, I am not informed what action was taken. Still I can give you the status of most of our members : Harlan, Jones, Requa and myself are Old-School-bound. Shall all of us unite next fall with our churches. Morrison (L. R.), Ricketts, Taylor and McMillan are going with the name of Osage Presbytery to the United Synod. Morrison of Ark. — I am not posted as to his driftings. Smith stands 'neck and heels' for Cleveland. But I am told he is going to leave the State. "I am not at all surprised at your announcement ol' the St. Louis Pres. going North. Indeed, I can see no other home for you, and I think all should go to the place wliere they can do the most for God. This motive, I trust, is the leading one with us all. There are some things connected with every branch of the Pres. family now that are objectionable to me. I know of no liome now, since '57, where I could feel at home in just the same sense that I felt before the Cleveland Assembly met. I think I can work for the Master better, however, in the 0. S. Assembly than I can in any other connection, and licncH' [ go. I know I shall forfeit the good opinion of my former friends — or some of them at least — still I am looking not so much how I may please my fellow man as my Heavenly Father. I cheerfully accord the same motive to all who may act in a different direction from my own." Surely a man of such spirit, which could be still further exempli- J. V. BARKS. 121 fied from his letters, was one of whom we are not surprised to Imow that his memory is still precious in the town and vicinity of Warsaw. After leaving there in 18G3, he served other churches in this State and within the bounds of this Presbytery, though in the Southern connec- tion, until his death among us not long since. It is a pleasure to aad a note from his son, the Eev. H. B. Barks, of Auxvasse, Mo., who says : "All of his life he was a laborious worker. He loved the Church and souls with an absorbing passion. He was too retiring and modest for his own good; and because he did not have a just estimate of his own powers, refused to undertake work, frequently, which, if he had done so, would have opened up to him greater fields of usefulness. He grew in grace rapidly, and — though he never lost interest in earthly things — the Church, the Country, his family and friends — with a growing spiritual vision he saw and became enamored of the things which are not seen. His death was a wonderful exhibition of trium- phant Grace. He was the comforter and we the comforted." SAMUEL BOOKSTAVER BELL. One of the most interesting and original of all the members this Presbytery has ever had was Dr. Bell. A captivating conversationalist, a fluent speaker, a strong reasoner, a loyal Presbyterian, he was pop- ular in the pulpit and out of it. Though an experienced traveler, an eloquent orator, a high Mason, a successful politician, educator and editor, he could say of himself: "One thing is absolutely certain — I have under all circumstances been laboring for the best interests of our most beloved Presbyterian church, always including, as first and foremost, the salvation of all souls." He was thoroughly familiar with all parts of our land, and a devoted patriot, never more at home than when making a patriotic address. An extended and valualjle sketch of him in the U. S. Biographical Dictionary (Mo. volume, pp. 546ff.) characteristically says : "Dr. Bell received the intelligence of the fall of Vicksburg while delivering the 4th of July oration at Jersey City in 1863; and was at first disposed to regard the telegram as too good to be true. But when convinced of the truth, he dipped his oratorical wings in fire and soared into patriotic flights of eloquence unequaled since the first immortal Fourth was born into the annals of historic days." We have not space to give as lengthy a sketcli as we would like to insert, and cannot better summarize his life than in the words of the memorial spread upon the records of Presbytery, soon after his death : "Rev. Samuel Bookstaver Bell, D. D., died at Santa Barbara, Cal., Dec. 27, 1897, aged 80 years. He was born in Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1817. In his early manhood ho entered upon the prac- tice of law in his native State; but sul)sc(iiiently prepared himself for the Ministry and the preaching of the Gospel became his life work. In 9 122 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. 1852 he located in California, where he became influential in. the de- velopment of that new country. He established a school in Oakland which afterward became the University of California. He took a prominent part in the political activities of that State, served in both branches of the legislature, presided over the first Eepublican Conven- tion held in that State, and was a personal and intimate friend of President Lincoln during the Civil war. "He founded and became the first Pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Oakland, Cal., where is now one of the strongest organiza- tions in our denomination. After his return to his native State, he was the Pastor of several very influential churches, Lyons, N. Y., the Con- gregational church, Mansfie'd, Ohio, and the First Presbyterian church' Kansas City, Mo., being among the number. The last named was his last pastoral charge. During his last pastorate, he established the Alid- Continent, a weekly religious periodical which was subsequently merged into the St. Louis Evangelist, which afterward became a part of the Herald and Presbyter. After the sale of the Mid-Continent, he re- turned to California, where he continued to reside until he was called to his heavenly rest. "Dr. Bell possessed rare qualities. He was a man of fine personal appearance, endowed with great talents. In the pulpit he was forcible and magnetic. He gathered and held large audiences. His church always grew rapidly in membership. He was very kind in disposition ; was animated by the noblest principles. He was never heard to say an unkind word, or even a word of criticism of any other Minister or any- one else. He would not suffer a word to be said in his hearing against a brother Minister. "He was married in 1845 to Miss Sophia Walworth, a member of Chancellor Walworth's family. Mrs. Bell and several sons and daughters, all grown, survive to mourn fhe loss of a husband and father whose career was one of honor and distinction.'' WILLIAM GILMORE BELL. No adequate sketch of this long-time Pastor of the church at BoonTille has come into the hand of the writer of these sketches. He is still remembered, however, by many that heard him preach in Boon- ville and others of our churches both before and after the Civil war. His was one of the longest pastorates in the history of the Presbytery, 1840-1854. After leaving Boonville church he organized Union church, in Cooper county, 15 miles from Boonville, and supplied it for three years. He then went to Texas for two years, but returned to Boonville in 1862, and remained in the bounds of this Presbytery until 1870. During this period he preached in several of our churches not otherwise supplied. Like many others of our earlier preachers, he organized a school of which he had charge in. connection with his W. G. BELL. 123 pastoral work. His was a female seminary, which he kept up from 1842 to 1858, in Boonville. After the war he identified himself with the Declaration and Testimony party, though later in Texas he was a member of the North- ern tiynod, of which he was for a time Synodical Missionary. Upon his death in 1880 the Synod of Texas adopted a short memorial, saying among other things: "Our brother belonged to the old-style Minis- rers so rapidly passing away. His appearance as well as his method of treating truth had weight and dignity about it. He was a preacher whom all classes were glad to hear. Solemnity and impressiveness were in all his words. He exalted the sovereignty of God and all the grand old doctrines of grace which are so dear to the Presbyterian church. He made and kept many friends. Many of our Synod felt toward him as toward a father. * * * We bless God for the ac- quaintance and fellowship we had with him." THOMAS A. BRACKEX. Dr. Bracken began his Ministerial life here, having been ordained by the Presbytery of Upper Missojiri Oct. 15, 1848, by whom he was- also installed as Pastor of the Prairie Church, Lafa)'ette county on the Saturday before the second Sabbath in December, 1849. He remained in charge of the Prairie and Hopewell churches until dis- missed by the Presbytery in order to take charge of the church of Independence. There he was Pastor from 1855 to the war, during which he went to Kentucky. Of him ]^evin's Encyclopaedia says: "Sprung from the Scotch- Irish stock. Dr. Bracken maintains their sturdy adhesion to the Con- fession of Faith and the Form of Government, and their repugnance to latitudinarianism in doctrine or laxity in morals. As a preacher he is scriptural, sound, very much in earnest, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. As a Pastor he had the happy faculty of attaching his people warmly to himself." CHEISTOPHER BRADSHAW. Among the pioneer Ministers of Harmony Presbytery were several from East Tennessee, energetic, persevering, untiring in their minis- trations both in organized churches and in scattered communities They preached a great deal, traveled widely, scattered Bibles, organized churches, held camp meetings, and usually farmed a little. Their type is nearly extinct but was well defined and highly serviceable in its day. Among them were such men as the Morrisons, Taylor, Emerson, Ren- shaw, Ryland, Xoel, Ricketts, :McMillaii. Hradshaw and others. Most of them were trained at ^Marvville College. The materials are not at 124 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. hand for sketches of the majority of them. As a typical example it may be interesting now to notice a tew facts concerning the Rev. Christo- pher Bradshaw, gleaned from a variety of sources. No soit of a full sketch of him has been found. In the absence of the records of the Harmony Presbytery, it is not known just when he came to this State. The earliest notice so far discovered is that he was commissioned by the A. H. M. S. for Salem, Warsaw and Post Oak, Sept. 5, 184-1. He attended the meeting of the N. S. Synod of Missouri, for the first time, in Oct. 1844. He seems to have lived at Salem, Henry Co. Probably he had at that early date begun to labor as a later commission authorized him to do "among the destitutions of the Presbytery" at varous points not at once organ- ized into churches. Post Oak was not organized until 184G. Warrens- burg, where he preached as early as 1847 was not organized until 1853. Among his reports published in the Home Missionary is one (Sept. 1846, p. 104) in which he says: "Our Presbytery held its spring sessions, including the third Sabbath of March, on the Little Osage, Bates County [which then included Vernon Co.], in Brother Dodge's church. We had an inter- esting meeting, and some evidence of the presence of the Spirit of God, attending a preached Word. On my return home, I received a letter from a commission merchant at Boonville saying that they had a box subject to my order. It contained some articles of clothing for my family, sent from St. Louis, and six Sabbath school lilu-aries, sent as a donation from the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society to the far West. Since the reception of those libraries, I have organized six Sabbath schools, in places where there had never been any schools before. In organizing these schools I rode more than 2000 miles. My last two months have been a busy season. I preach seventeen times in the month. But I esteem it a great privilege to finish the evening of my life in my Master's vineyard, especially in feeding the lambs." He was then past sixty years of age, but continued vigorous and hearty in regular work for many years after that, down to his death in 1860. An interesting incident concerning him, at about this period of life, appears in reminiscences of Dr. John Leighton at the semi- centennial of the Synod of Missouri. In describing the meeting of Synod held in Mr. Bradshaw's church at Salem, Jn 1845, Dr. Leighton says : "This roughness of material things, as may be supposed, opened the way to a corresponding freedom in the acts of worship — an uncon- straint which would now be called 'free and easy.' While there were far more spirit and devotion in the singing than we now witness, it was loud and discharged from all scientific exactness. Sometimes the tune would seem to be an impromptu composition. Numbers of the afrs and hymns sung at the campmeeting were of the popular Metho- dist style. Dr. David Nelson, Rev. James Gallaher and some others had the voice of a silver trumpet- — strong and mellow, and the first CHRISTOPHER BRADSHAW. 125 named especially would occasionally come in where no hymn was ex- pected with a solo that would move the heart and start the tears. As for musical instruments, I cannot say there was the least prejudice against them; but for the reason there was no occasion for prejudice, instruments being universally unknown and undesired. "Accompanying the singing, particularly on the great state oc- casions, there was the exercise of handshaking, though this was not common. The custom seems to have been brought in by good brethren from Tennessee who had a number of ways peculiar to them and not laid down in the book. These brethren formed quite an element in our churches in Missouri, chief of whom were Dr. Nelson and the (iallaher brothers. In the year 1845 I attended the Xew School Synod which met somewhere in the woods in Henry County, having consumed near- ly four days in reaching the place from Palmyra. The meeting was held in the basilica, as we may call the large shed. And let it be said, our meetings of Presbytery and Synod were then far more popular and devotional than at present. There was not much business to attend to, and there was preaching twice or three times a day; and this brought out all our people and a great many besides. On the occasion I speak of, there came up a storm one afternoon, which drove us to what was called "the church," a log house such as I have described, having one opening for a window, but no glass. The pious company were stand- ing up and singing, when suddenly a movement was made which was novel to me. Across the floor from where I stood and near the open door,. was Father Bradshaw, the Pastor of the church. While singing with much spirit he advanced and took the hand of a brother and shook it with vigor. Thought I, 'This is a brother the Pastor has not chanced to see during the meeting, and he takes the liberty of greeting him in the midst of the devotions.' Presently he advances and shakes the hand of a second stranger. 'And here is another,' I said to my- self,' he has not met before.' And not till he had approached a third and fourth did the truth burst on my mind. When I saw the good l*aslor advancing to my part of the room, I stiffly turned my face to the log wall, expecting that he would pass me by. In this I was dis- appointed. He laid hold upon my shoulder and gave me a violent pull around and then took me vigorously by the hand, a Christian honor which I neither understood nor deserved." Other equally interesting incidents of that meeting of the Synod are related in the same place. His whole paper on "Primitive Presbyterianism in Missouri" is exceed- ingly readable and graphic. In the fall of 1846 Mr. Bradshaw wrote of the loss of his wife, his companion for nearly forty years, and then reported the religious con- dition of his field. He spoke of a "refreshing season" at a camp meet- ing he had held with Mr. Dodge at Little Osage, and then of a meeting of Presbytery which "was very refreshing to the brethren who ordi- narily meet but twice a year ; and it was made a good meeting to the church." Would that as much could be said of the average meeting of 126 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Presbytery nowadays ! He continued : "In reviewing the year that is past I have reason to speak of nothing but mercy and goodness. I have been enabled to preach more than two hundred sermons and visit more than that number of famihes. I have never coine to the close of any former year with more strength and comfort than the past. I thank God for health and strength and the opportunity to labor one more year in His vineyard." The next year he is reported to have had a parish covering the counties of Henry, Johnson, Benton and Pettis. An additional note says : "This service allows him but three or four days in a month to rest and for reading and writing ; all the remainder is taken up in riding, visiting families and preaching. Often in the win- ter he has met the people at different points on his route and preached to them in the evening in such groups as could be gathered in private houses." At some time after the death of Mr. Dodge ( 1848), Mr. Bradshaw became the supply of the Little Osage Church, where he remained the rest of his life, supplying also the Marmiton Church. There he died and was buried in May, 1860. By some still living he is remembered as "an excellent man and a very good preacher." WILLIAM LEWIS BRECKENEIDGE. During the short time that Dr. Breckenridge was a member of this Presbytery he was greatly beloved, and, though nominally retired to his farm, he did good work in several of our churches, especially those of Pleasant Hill and Eaymore. He was an earnest advocate of Old School principles that protested against Keunion ; yet entered heartily into the work of the united Church, where he soon felt at home. The following estimate of his character is quoted by Kevin's En- cyclopaedia from the pen of his life-long friend. Rev. Dr. Edward P. Humphrey : "The grace of God which took possession of his mind and heart when about fifteen years old gave sweetness and dignity to his elevated nature, true love to Christ and to the souls of men, together with a spirit of self-sacrifice and of unquestioning obedience to God. As a preacher he was instructive, lucid and thoroughly evangelical. He had a clear conception, and intelligent and experimental knowledge of tl e Gospel, and expounded the saving truths with great simplicity, and often with an earnestness, a pathos, a persuasive power, that brought his hearers into captivity to the obedience of Christ. iVnd then a cer- tain propulsive power was imparted to his discourses by his manliness, his moral and physical courage, his profound conviction of the truth and glory of the Gospel, and by the unspotted purity of his life. His character came with him into the pulpit; it robed his person with honor when he walked through the streets. What men thought of him strengthened all our Ministers of every church in the confidence of the community. W. L. BRECKENRIDGE. 127 "Fevr men have been so diligent and useful in pastoral visitation. His fine social qualities, his ready, even spontaneous, sympathy, his sense of propriety and delicacj, made him welcome always to the fam- ilies of his congregation. The sick and dying and the bereaved turned to him as at once a learner and a teacher in the school of Christ, the Consoler. His labors as a Pastor were the most prominent, and as he thought, the most fruitful branch of his ministry. Through these la- bors he reached a place in the love of the people which has not been often attained in our generation. "In the Presbyterian Church at large he was a wise and trusted counsellor. He loved the Church; he consecrated himself, body and spirit, down to the end of his days, to its welfare. His brethren throughout the land committed to him the most sacred trusts, and they bestowed on him the highest honors of the profession." He was Mod- erator of the General Assembly, Old School, in 1859, at Indianapolis. Dr. George Miller, who knew him well, wrote of Dr. Brecken- ridge as "that noble type of a true Christian gentleman. We knew him not in his meridian splendor, but in the evening of a day adorned with great wisdom, worth and usefulness ; but Oh ! how much of sweetness, brightness, good cheer and heavenly joy in those closing hours of a truly beautiful life !" JOHN M. BROWN. The man who at the close of the Civil War was sent by District Secretary Norton to be one of the reorganizers of the Presbytery of Osage, was the Rev. John M. Brown. He soon made his influence widely felt. He was a son of the Rev. Amos P.Brown, who was for many years a missionary in New York, Missouri and Illinois. He did more than any other one man of the field work, resulting in the re-establish- ment of our Church in the Presbyteries of Osage and Ozark. Coming to his field soon after he had finished his service in the Union army, he arrived in Warsaw early in December, 18G5. Before he had been there a week he wrote Dr. Norton an account of what he had found in th3 Churches of Warsaw and North Prairie, twenty miles south, which were to be his immediate field, and of his trip to visit the Cave Spring (Walnut Grove) Church. Of that first exploring trip he wrote: "I have had a very hard but very pleasant and encouraging trip. I was compelled to travel sixty miles on foot, often in mud and rain, with pack on my back, soldier fashion. Hope to have it easier now, as I have a horse." The next month he wrote (Jan. 18, 1866) : "These desolations cannot be restored unless we have hel}). We are straining every nerve — traveling in all kinds of weather and over all kinds of roads for long distances — preaching on the Sabbath, visiting and talking all the week; faring sometimes like John the Baptist in the wilderness, or worse; 128 , SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. and yet we fall far behind the needs of our field ***** My cir- cuit (just marked over and enlarged) measures more than two hundred miles around ; and this must be traveled at least once in four weeks — sometimes once in two weeks — and this not by railroad, but on horseback or in a buggy. This is too much labor for frail mortality, this cold, storm}', winter weather. Then we cannot half finish our work. About all we can do is to say 'Good morning' to a Church and then 'Good-bye.' These hurried visits, as you well know, are not the way to build up Presbyterian Churches. I believe our labors will bj largely lost unless we can have help. Can you not send on a man im- mediately ?***** As I said in a previous letter, now is the time to strike in this region ***** Next week I expect to start on a trip west, as far as Fort Scott, Kansas." A month later he tells of having, since his last letter, organized a church at Clinton, and received into the Presbtery the churches of Warsaw and Mt. Zion, that had been compelled to leave the New School body before the war, when the Presbytery of Osage was virtu- ally dissolved. Arrangements were made on that trip to build a house of worship at Clinton, and to repair that at Warsaw. He had arranged to move to the Mt. Zion church and made that his headquarters there- after. Very naturally he appealed for more men. "What about these twenty counties in my field? It seems to me this matter is getting rather serious. And we don't want any but first-rate men, men of good natural abilities, of apostolic zeal and large discretion, men that are not afraid of self-denial and hard work, men that expect to succeed. And such men will succeed ! Large patience too is necessary. The work is not to be accomplished by storm. The labor is with individ- uals, as well as communities. And these individuals are not all living side by side in nice little towns, with dry, clean side walks ; but they are scattered all over the country. In one church which I have ex- plored, the members are spread over territory fifteen miles square. I have visited all but three members, and spent from three to twenty- four hours with each family. This is immense labor; but the work cannot be well done in any other way. But I need not tell you these things ; for you know all about it by experience. But, can't you hurry on that man ?" Other letters show the same indefatigable worker. In Oct., 1867, Dr. Norton wrote of him : "This brother is performing a great work here, and all through Southwest Missouri. His labors are incessant. One-half of his Sabbaths he spends with Mt. Zion church, one Sabbath in the month with the Springfield church, and one Sabbath with tlu new church at Osceola, fifty miles north ; he makes also long tours in various directions. Besides he is the chief planner of the new church edifice, and the chief executive officer in getting it forward. At the same time he is building a house for himself in which in its unfinished state, he entertained, during the whole meeting, all the Ministers of the Presbyterv, with the wives and children of two of them. I^et our J. M. BROWN. 129 churches not complain of supporting on the Missionary field such laborers as this." One more quotation, from a letter written to Svnodical Mission- ary Timothy Hill, Dec. 31, 1868, shows that, though a resident of what is now Ozark Presbytery, he kept up with the advancement of the whole Presbytery, some idea of whose extent may be gained from his description of his labors. "You ask about my field. Well, it is 160 miles long and 100 miles wide. Thus you see 'no pent-up Utica' re- strains my powers. I preach three-fourths of my time to two churches ; the remaining one fourth, I skim over my field, looking up Presbyter- ian members, preaching, and organizing churches. Bro. Matthews, a Licentiate of our Presbytery, is my only assistant. * * * Last week I returned from a two weeks' trip to the eastern part of my field. Traveled on horse-back; reached a point 120 miles away from home; rode 300 miles; preached eight times; administered the Sacrament, and received several members into our little church at White Rock (Texas Co.) ; explored Howell county, found Presbyterians to consti- tute a church ; and heard of several other points waiting for a Minis- ter to visit them. Bro. Matthews was with tne. One of the points named above is Lebanon, a growing town on the Southwest railroad. I expect to visit this place in Jan., and hope to organize a church soon. They are crowding this Southwest railroad through; and in less than two years there will be a dozen stations needing attention. * * * Of course our little field will then become a big field. Where are we to find the men to enter in and possess this land? In the western part of my field are the counties of Yernon, Barton, Dade, Cedar and Polk, without a single Presbyterian church; but there are Presbyterian fam- ilies scattered over them; and churches might be organized, had we the men to do the work. But as we have not a single 'good, easy' place I fear the men will be slow in coming. • * * * Now, Bro. Hill, if you will visit us this winter or spring, I will furnsh conveyance, and we will go together across this wide field. * * * I will meet you at But- ler or Clinton." [As there were no railroads then to use on this trip, the full import of this simple proposition, which, by the way, was ac- cepted, can be appreciated only by a study of the map.] "As to a box of clothing," he continues, "one in the spring would not come amiss ; but I could hardly ask it, as we received a box of sec- ond hand clothing in Sept.,wliich will help us through the winter. And yet, if the truth must be told, we do need such aid, for within fifteen months I have given three hundred dollars to build churches, help poor students and the cause generally. This has drawn so heavily on my salary of $900 that I find it very diflBcult to support my family of eight on the remainder. With this statement I will leave the matter alto- gether with you." [Perhaps the foregoing paragraph is of such a private nature that it ought not to see the light, at least when the name is given. It is given, however, as a matter of justice to the spirit of IHO SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. self-sacrifice so common among Home Missionaries, especially those on the frontier. Their labors and their privations are rarely under- stood, even by their more fortunate brethren in the Ministry.] CHARLES H. BRUCE. A short sketch of this brother appears in the Presbyterian Maga- zine, Apr., 189G, p. 33 : "Rev. Charles H. Bruce, D. D. is a native of Beaver county, Pa. He is a graduate of Meadville (Pa.) College, class of 1879, of which he was valedictorian, and a graduate of Allegheny Theological Seminary. His first ministerial work was as a Home Missionary in Iowa, where he labored nearly four years. At Guthrie Center, (Iowa), during his pastorate a neat and comfortable church building was erected. In 1885 he was Pastor of the church at Union City, Pa., where he remained two years; and on Feb. 25, 1887, he began his pastorate in Kansas City. In the early months of his present charge the church assumed self-support. This has been Dr. Bruce 's longest pastorate and excepting the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Pastors, there are only three Ministers in the city who exceed him in the length of their pastorates. In 1893 he was Moderator of the Synod of Missouri. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater in 1895." The pastorate of Dr. Bruce in the Fifth church of Kansas City was the second longest in the history of the Presbytery as now organ- ized. Possibly we ought to call it the longest, inasmuch as the one that appears on the records of Presbytery as the longest was entered upon at once after the coming of the Pastor to take charge of the pulpit, whereas Dr. Bruce was in charge of the Fifth church several months before he was installed. Ten years may seem an unusually short pas- torate in some Presbyteries; but other Western Presbyteries will usu- ally show much the same facts as to the length of pastorate that are shown in this Presbytery. It is an honor to any man to hold a pastor- ate for ten years in any of our growing and rapidly changing Western cities. No man with less ability, common sense and spirituality than Dr. Bruce has, could have held the difficult position he held for any- thing like as long as he did. Notwithstanding all the removals occa- sioned by the ordinary shifting of a city population and by the occur- rence during this pastorate of the worst season of business depression ever known in the West, there were at the close of this period nearly two and a half times as many members on the church roll as at its begin- ning. The church and its Pastor were among the most influential and respected in the city. Dr. Bruce was President of the Ministers' Alli- ance of Kansas City, and also of the Presbyterian Alliance, of which he was one of the founders and chief promoters. He was one of the most faithful and efficient members of Presbytery and Synod, by both of which he was honored by election to their highest offices and important C. H. BRUCE. ]31 conuuittees. He was a good preacher, a valuable counsellor, a genial companion, a Christian gentleman, whose departure from the city and the Presbytery was much regretted by his many acquaintances in and out of his own parish. JAMES F. BRUNER. It is rarely that one who in early life wished to enter the Ministry but was then prevented does enter it later in life. After graduating at Hanover College, Indiana, in 1840, Dr. Bruner began the study ot' theology at New Albany Seminary (now McCorniick) ; but was com- pelled to give up the Ministry on account of throat disease. He then studied medicine and became a successful practitioner for many years. During this time he was elected Ruling Elder in one of the churches of what is now Platte Presbytery. As his throat finally became better, he studied theology privately, and frequently exercised his gifts in neighboring churches. While still continuing the practice of medicine, he was in 1858 chosen Vice-President of Pleasant Ridge College. While there he nreached every Sabbath. During the war he was a Surgeon in the U. S. army, and was called "the Preaching Surgeon." "In the spring of 187-1," he writes, "without any solicitation what- ever on my part, Osage Presbytery (now Kansas City) decided unani- mously it was my duty to be regularly licensed. Examination immedi- ately followed. Preached that night, and was licensed; and then ordained at the fall meeting." That was a pretty summary proce-s ; but it resulted in good work in the Salt Springs and Malta Bend churches, the latter of which he organized. After three years on that field, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Trinit}', Texas, where he remained six years, and then returned to this Presbytery. JOSEPH HARTSEL BYERS. At different times Mr. Byers was the Supply of five of the churches of this Presbytery in all of which he labored hard and faitli- fully with a fair degree of success. Through evangelistic services his influence was strongly felt for good in at least as many more. Coming to this Presbytery after a short pastorate in Kentucky, he threw into his work here all the vigor and enthusiasm of his young manhood, and had a prominent part in the stirring times and scenes accompany- ing the reorganization, extension and reunion of Presbyterian work in the Presbytery now known as that of Kansas City. His first field of labor among us was Creighton and Knobnoster, where he remained from 1807-70. He then took charge of the Third church in Kan-as City, for one year, and of Lexington for three years, until his removal to California in 1874. During this period he was also the efficient 132 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Osage. Eeturniug in 1877, he began work that fall in Nevada, Mo., where he organized the church the fol- lowing February, and remained two years. An obituary notice of him truly says : "Obeying the promptings of a Missionary spirit he, with his young wife and infant son, went to the prairies of the West, working under the Home Mission Board in the States of Missouri, California, Nevada, Kansas and Illinois. For 35 years he ceased not to proclaim the everlasting Gospel, adding to the church by profession and by certificate 1085 persons, organizing six churches, dedicating nine church houses, and delivering 4741 ser- mons, besides Bible readings, lectures, etc. He took special delight in holding evangelistic services, often giving 25 or 30 sermons con- secutively, night after night, with an abundant harvest and feast of ino^atherinff.'" HENEY MARTYN CAMPBELL. Mr. Campbell's stay in this Presbytery was short, but long enough to make his influence felt in the congregation he served, and to win the confidence and esteem of his fellow-laborers in the Presbytery. Com- ing to us after being out of the Seminary but a year, he took hold of a difficult field in the eastern edge of Kansas City, to which the Fourth church, originally located on the west side of the city had but recent- ly been transferred. The location of the building was by many thought to be unfavorable and the times unpropitious to the sustaining of any enterprise not already thoroughly established. Still the work was blessed. The church grew slowly, but the Pastor was evidently do- ing such faithful and efficient work that when there was a vacancy in a similar though much more promising field in St. Louis, he was called to take charsre of it. There the lessons he had learned here and the ability he had shown led to immediate and large results in the Cote Brilliant church. During the two years he spent in this Presbytery he was honored by election to its moderatorship and to a place on its permanent Committee on Home Missions. HIRAM CHAMBERLAIN. An extended sketch of the Rev. Hiram Chamberlain appeared in the Preshyterian Recorder for Feb., 185(), p. 215-222, from wliich wc have made a quotation in the sketch of the Boonville church. Aside from the facts that appear elsewhere under the tabular history, the sketch shows that Mr. Chamberlain received his first commission to labor in Missouri from the United Domestic Missionary Society in October, 1825. He was granted the usual outfit of $100 to defray his traveling expenses to his field of labor, and expected to get at least the H. CHAMBERLAIX. 133 greater part of his salary from the church he might find desirous of his services. "He arrived in St. Louis January 8, 1826, where he remained until autumn, when he left and spent the winter at the Dardenne in St. Charles county. * * * He remained at the Dardenne but a short time, as we find him reported in Oct., 1827, at the Jefferson Barracks, and no longer receiving aid from the Society." While there he was Chaplain in the army. "In the spring of the following year he re- turned East, and began to act as the agent of the A. H. M. S., princi- pally in the eastern part of New York. This agency was not continued long, for we find him again in this State in December followiiiLi,-, com- missioned as an agent for Missouri. * * * "•Soon after his return he went to Franklin in Howard county, on the Missouri river, opposite Boonville, and located there. He was then far in advance of any other man. * * * We soon find Mr. C' across the river, stationed at Boonville, and the church which was or- ganized at Franklin is changed to Boonville. While at Boonville he seems to have led the usual life of a Missionar}^, as he speaks from time to time of additions to his church, of organizing Sabbath scho;)ls and commencing a course of weekly lectures, etc. During all his residence here he was a frontier Missionary, 'standing alone, in advance of every Presbyterian clergyman in the land, with eight counties around him, some of whose inhabitants fre((iiL'ntly called, and called in vain for help.'" * * * The extreme character of his position is seen in one of his letters describing a visit to the neighboring town of Liberty in Clay county. He wrote: "To my surprise when I arrived at Liberty, a small but flourishing town near the territory, [i. e., the Indian Territory, now the State of Kansas], I was requested to form a Presbyterian church. Want of time prevented me from complying with the request, but I was assured that 15 or 20 communicants could be collected for that pur- pose. Such facts exist on the frontiers of Missouri, while at Franklin is the most western Presbyterian church organized. In going and returning, I traveled between 200 and 300 miles, preaching the Gospel almost daily, and often was I told had preached the first Presbyterian sermon ever heard in that region. I was received with kindness and heard with interest; and on the very borders of civilization I found intelligence and refinement. A Missionary is wanted at Liberty this very hour; there are some Christians there who desire it. There is a military post near it in this territory. Several tribes of half civilized Indians have been sent into the neighborhood by the Government; they occupy small portions of the territory, and must cultivate theii lands or starve. The man who goes there may benefit future genera- tions of red men and white men. The place is healthy, the land is rich and the people are intelligent." Where are those red men now? •Those who care to know something of the later life of this pioneer and of his change from the New School to the Old School church may find It in the sketch referred to. 184 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. WILLIAM MAXEN CHEEVEE. Probably no man that ever lareached in this Presbytery ever exerted a more abiding influence over his own people or a wider in- fluence over the community in which he lived than Mr. Cheever, His daily life w^as a continual witness for Christ, hisherioc sufferings and death the most eloquent and effective sermon he ever preached. No sketch confined to the narrow limits at our disposal could do the sub- ject justice. Much might easily be written years after his death by one that never saw him, but no pen but that of a loving contemporary and brother Minister could write adequately of his inner life and true Christian character. Hence, though it has not been our aim to quote much from funeral discourses, this sketch will be best confined to the words uttered at the time of the death of Mr. Cheever by those that knew him best from long and intimate acquaintance. As the death had not come unexpectedly, both the funeral remarks and the later memorial address were the well-weighed and deliberate estimates of these that had the best right to leave on record tributes to his memory. They were published at the time in pamphlet form. We can give only extracts. The Eev.J. G. Roberts, Pastor of the First Congregational church, Kansas City, said of Mr. Cheever's character: "A passage of Scrip- ture * * * has been haunting my mind ever since I heard that he was dead : 'The memory of the just is blessed.' I believe that our brother has left a memory behind which will long continue green and fragrant and beautiful. First — he was remarable for his geniality. It would be difficult to find a more thoroughly genial man ; always cheery and sprightly, with nothing gloomy or morose about him. * * * Second — he was a very hopeful man; he had no dark and desponding views of human nature. Others might think that the world was growing worse and worse ; that society was tumbling to rack and ruin ; our Brother Cheever took a hopeful view of the world, mankind, society and the church; he had faith in man, in the truth and in God's redeeming power. * * * Third — he wq.s a progressive man. * * * Altho loyal to the old Truth, he welcomed the new. Thoroly evangelical in his views, he still believed that God had new Truth to break forth both out of the book of Nature and the book of Revelation. His efforts were not to intensify the conflict between Science and Religion, but to bring all Truth into harmony; thus he combined a wise conservatism with intelligent progress. Fourth — he was a sympathetic man ; men in trouble and distress found in him a ready helper; people in affliction sought him for comfort and consolation, and they did not seek in vain. I have heard the most fallen say: 'If ever there were a true Chris- tian, Mr. Cheever was one.' Altho the firm friend of the struggling, faint and fallen, yet his insight into human nature saved him from being imposed upon. Fifth — he was always ready to help in every good work; whenever a project was suggested which had the uplifting of \v]vi. M. cm1':k\1':i-i. W. M. CHEEVEK. 135 mail in view, we could always depend on him, and when he took hold of anything, we knew he would stand by it to the end. Whoever else might fail, it was certain that he would not. He loved men, and the great aspiration of his life was to raise them from their fallen condi- tion and to bring them into fellowship with Christ. Sixth — he was a heroic man. I doubt if ever, during all his prosperous Ministry, he preached so eloquently as he has done since his last sickness. He has made a deep impression upon a class which he never reached before. I tell you, when a man will endure with calmness and heroism such terrible surgical operations as our brother has done, and when they were found to be unavailing, will sweetly and cheerfully .esign himself to the will of God, it is simply sublime. The unanimous verdict of saint and sinner is : Servant of God, well done!" One week after Mr. Cheever's death, a memorial discourse was preached by the Rev. Timothy Hill, D. D., who said, in part : "We would pass in a brief review the life he has lived, the work he has done, that' we may rightly understand the character he possessed and the things he accomplished. " * * * His father was a man of education and culture who was engaged in the business of teaching. He was evidently a man of marked character, and he exerted an abiding influence over the char- acter of his son. Wt. Cheever often spoke of his father in terms of more than ordinary respect and honor. He seems to have been a com- panion of his father, and deeply interested in all that interested him. His father removed to South Hanover, (Ind.), in 1826, and opened a flourishing school there. Soon after the family removed to Hanover, the Latin school which finally grew into Hanover College began, and young William was a student there, though but nine years of age. He was ever fond of studv, and continued in school until his father, fear- ing its influence upon his health, took him from the school and put him to outdoor occupation for a few years. "Piety in youth is often associated with beautiful Christian ch ir- acter, and one so carefully trained is not likely to have been indifferent to religious feeling while quite young, but what were his first positive religious convictions, we have no means of knowing. We only kn')W that he was carefully instructed in all the doctrines of the Gospel by that father whom he so much loved. Among the books which he read in youth is that wonderful book of Calvinistic theology, Bunyan's Pil- grim. To him it was almost like the Bible. The study of that book with its pure Saxon English, doubtless had much to do with his own style of writing and speech. But if we do not know what was the ex- act state of his religious character in his childhood and youth, wo know when he clearly consecrated himself to God, and began the full Chris- tian life. It was when he was 14 years old, and was in connection wiih a camp meeting held near Paris, Ind., in August, 1832. Meet- ings of that kind were then frequent, and perhaps quite as often con- ducted by Presbyterians as others. We have a full description of one 136 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. of those meetings and of the influence exerted on Mr. Cheever, written by himself, in which he says ;***** It was about the be- ginning of the evening services that we came in sight of the camp. The rising and swelling on the air of the distant harmony, from a great multitude devoutly praising God, impressed me strangely. I now recall that peculiar thrill that always pervaded me whenever I listened to the old, hearty devout Presbyterian camp-meeting singing. I have never since been so carried away by any 'service of song in the House of the Lord.' Away out for nearly a mile on that night came that grand hymn of praise as we ascended the hill and silently took a panoramic view of the imposing scene. The day of our arrival was a memorable one in my life. The scenes of the previous evening had made me unusually thoughtful. The ordinary morning services were concluded; after a few moments' recess, the signal for resuming public worship was given by the spirited singing of old 'Lenox,' 'Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow.' ***** Before the hymn was ended, I had leisurely strolled down the main aisle, looking in vain for a seat, until arrested within twenty feet of the stand by a sweet, but to me, strange voice, leading the congregation in prayer. 'Who was that?' was the whispered in- quiry about me. 'A Mr. Brainerd of Cincinnati,' was the reply. Then I understood that he was the young man whom my father wished to hear. I at once became interested in him. He had a directness and earnestness of manner that from the announcement of his text to the close of the sermon held me, standing by a tree during its entire deliv- ery, with unflagging attention. It was his appearance and voice, I think, that first arrested me, but when he announced his text, 'And they made ligUt of it' I was completely absorbed. As to his method of treating it, my memory is entirely at fault. All I remember is the beaming countenance, the loving eye fixed upon me as I stood directly before him, and the tremendous conviction all the time surging through my soul, that I was the one who had deliberately made light of the great salvation ! So deeply was I moved with a sense of my own personal guilt, that I cannot state what may have been the general effect of the discourse, only I had the impression that there was much weeping and even audible sobbing around me. The service closed, and in accordance with an invitation to all who were awakened to seek some secret place of prayer without delay, I went into the spacious grove at the rear of the encampment, that I might find some spot where I could be alone and pour out my troubled soul to Grod. But here I came upon one, and there upon another, kneeling in prayer, and from every direc- tion there came to my ear the low voices of supplication. The whole grove was a. Bethel. I see now in my mind the very log, by the side of which I cast myself, and with the last lines of the hymn sung at the close of Mr. Brainerd's sermon ringing in my ears — "Venture on Him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude," 1 endeavored to take hold of my Lord's hand. I ventured* W. M. CHKJ<:Vl-:i{. 137 •"In thi^; way began his warm, earnest Christian life, which was maintained faithful until death. With this consecration of his heart to the service of God fully influencing his character, he entered Hano- ver College, and passed through a regular course of study until he graduated. After graduating, he spent two years teaching near Madi- son, Ind. ***** In the fall of 18-iO he entered Lane Sem- inary, and pursued a regular three years' course. Dr. Lyman Beecher wasthen the center of influence in that institution, in the height of his power. ***** i5oon after he graduated he accepted the call of the church at Monticello, Jnd., and entered upon his work as Pastor. Here he found a wide field of labor. He spent much time visiting his people, often preaching in school houses eight or ten miles distant, rid- ing horseback. On the 8th day of July, 1844, Mr. Cheever was mar- ried to Margaret L. Jackson, youngest daughter of Mrs. Lyman Beecher, of \\^alnut Hills, Ohio. The malarial influences which per- vaded the region of country about Monticello so impaired Mr.Cheever's health and that of his wife as to compel their removal. "In 1S4T he accepted a call from the Second Presbyterian church at Rockville, Ind., and removed there. Here his wife sickened and died.. While pursuing his work as Pastor at Rockville, he was called upon by a Minister who was acting as Presbyterial Missionary for that region, who informed him that some sixteen persons in Terre Haute had obtained letters of dismission for the purpose of organizing a New School Presbyterian church there. Those were the days of sharp con- test in the Presbyterian Church, and it was deemed necessary to form a Xew School church, even though there were already two Old School churches in that place. 'Xow,' said the Minister, holding him by the hand, standing on the doorstep, 'if these brethren send for you as the nearest clergyman to organize them into a Xew School Presbyterian church, do it, or I shall be compelled to go a much greater distance !'• do it myself.' The invitation came, and on the 31st of December, 1848, he organized the Baldwin Presbyterian Church of Terre Haute. "'From this church he subsecpiently received a call, and was in- stalled Pastor in December, 1849. Here he remained several years, and lal)ored wifh earnestness and success. The church grew and pros- pered under his care. Revivals of religion were enjoyed, and many were gathered into the Kingdom of God. In the winter of 1850-1, meetings were held every day for twelve weeks. ***** "On the 3d of June, 1851, he was united in marriage to E.Carolyn Ball, daughter of Dr. E. V. Ball, of Terre Haute; she has lived the be- loved companion of his remaining years, the faithful Pastor's wife, known and loved by you all. * * * * "While he was laboring at Terre Haute, the church at Troy, O., bi'came much disturbed. It was divided into two hostile parties, at open war with each other ; some would not speak to others ; anonymous let- ters were sent ; and all was discord. Dr. Allen, of Lane Seminary, exerted his influence to harmonize them in vain, but induced them to 10 138 SKETCHES OF MIMSTEllS. extend a call to Mr. Clieever, and urged him to accept. This he did, and in 1858 removed to Troy. "The task was a hard one, but at length the discord ceased and the different factions came together and worked in harmony. It was a blessed result which showed the care and great skill of the Pastor. While there he took an active part iji the cause of temperance, alluding to it in several of his sermons. This gave offense, and he was Wiiited upon by a committee, who told him that it would never do to press that matter, as one or two of the wealthy members of the church were sell- ing wood and grain to the distilleries ; it would not do to offend them ; that there had been so much trouble in the ehureli. and things were be- ginning to look brighter, that he must overlook these matters for the present. The next Sabbath he preached a sermon denouncing all such practices among Christian people; as a church they could never pro- per until they abandoned it. This produced great excitement in town, and the results were in doubt for a time, but the traffic ceased, and it gained him friends in the end. "While at Troy, Lane Seminary became embarrassed, and the Faculty came for Mr. Cheever to raise money to extricate them from their financial difficulty. The church refused to give him up; but at length, after an earnest appeal by Dr. Allen, consented that he should leave for a time. Mr. Cheever took hold of the work, and prosecuted it with such success, that in less than four months; he raised tlie needed sum, nearly $50,000, and returned to his pastoral work. "In 1866 he left Troy, and became Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for the West. He ever possessed an ardent missionary spirit and was ready to aid in carrying on the work in all laudable ways. After the union of the Old and New School Presbyterians, the work of the American Board closed in the Presbyterian Church, and lie was left free to resume his work as Pastor. A kind Providence called his attention to this church [Kansas City, Second] to which he came in 1871. His installation here took place Sabbath, Dec. 31, 1871. The invitation to tliis church came in the first instance through a letter which he had written to a former parishioner, not a resident of this city, in which he stated his readiness to resume pastoral work : 'I am liungry,' Jie wrote, 'for a flock, not to eat, but to feed.' "Of his work here we are all witnesses. With what earnestness he entered upon his work, and bow faithfully lie labored to advance the interests of this church, we all know. He came among us in the full vigor of ripened manhood, with a mind well stored with knowledge, and especially trained by a practical acquainiance with men as they >])- poai in the actual life of the world. * * * Every communion season dur- ing his pastorate has witnessed some additions to the members. There has been a continuous revival much of the time since he came here, not as is sometimes seen accompanied with great excitement and general public attention, but a quiet, progressive work. Particularly has this W. M. ClIEEVER. 139 been the ease in the last two years. In 1876 there was an accession of 2b by letter and 24: by profession. In 1877 there were 29 by letter and b2 by profession of faith. "In his pastoral work he was particularly careful to interest and care for the young, maintaining a weekly meeting for their special benefit on each Monday night, and watching over them with an un- interrupted care. He was careful to look after the young members of the church and direct their Christian life and work. He bore them on his mind, and wished to guide and shape their character. He was accustomed to have a list of the young, and they were the objects of his frequent and earnest prayer. His sermons were clear, earnest and practical, rather than specially learned, or peculiarly ornate and ima- ginative. He was never dull, never sensational, but always clear, methodical and warmly in earnest. He carefully studied to secure var- iety, and interested himself in the common affairs of life. With an eye to appreciate business around him, he interested business men, al- ways connnanded their respect and attention. "His natural eliaracteristics were such as to make him a good Pas- tor. His personal appearance was good. Of medium size, but slender , build, he enjoyed a fair degree of health, but was never a man of great strength and vigor. His mild but expressive eye, his genial smile, his neatness in dress wul always be remembered by those who knew him. He had a great degree of both natural and acquired courage. Cheerful and vivacious, yet always dignified and courteous, never descending to levity nor exhibiting a trace of melancholy or asceticism. No one would be embarrassed in his presence, yet no one would trifle with sacred things where he was. He loved the denomination to which he belonged and labored to extend it, while he had a broad and catholic spirit and loved the whole Church of God. Such was the man who quietly toiled until arrested by the disease which terminated in death. "The disease which finally terminated his life w^s peculiar and extremely painful.* In the hope of arresting it and prolonging his life, he submitted once and again to extended and severe surgical operations. But his work was done. The hour written in the book of Eternity was draAving near, and nothing could postpone it. Slowly and quietly he sank down, exhibiting in all his course a fortitude and bravery that is seldom seen, perhaps nexer excelled. After this surgery, he found difficulty in free conversation, but he could write his words and wishe-. and all these indicate perfect calmness and self-possession, a faith in God which nothing could disturb. Some time after he was thus disabled, a member of the family was singing in his hearing the words and tune 'Hold the Fort,' when he joined in and carried the bass through. At another time he writes for the family worship: 'Sit down and read the 103d Psalm. Sing 'Tis the Promise of God Full Salvation to Give,' and repeat the Lord's Prayer together.' What cour- •This disraso was cancerous. The final operation removed the whole of one side of his face, inclndinn cheek bone, half of eacli jaw and one eye. He was buried just six weeks after. 140 SKETCHES OF MmiSTERS. ageous, cheerful spirit shines throvigh this sentence : 'There is not much left on that right side. It is a blessed thing that we are made double !' At another time he writes : 'Take it all in all. from the be- ginning we have made a brave battle for life; we have done the best we could, and calmly leave the issue with our dear Father.' ''Surely no one who saw his calmness in view of the inevitable suffering which he fullv understood, when he walked with unfaltering step and calmly laid down and closed his eyes, knowing the needed surgeon's knife must come, but would say : Indeed it was a brave bat- tle for life, a heroic spirit ! With a full knowledge of all his situation he wrote : 'The Lord has been very gracious to me, and I trust him to the end.' Thus he continued slowly sinking until the end came. There was not a murmur nor a word of complaint. Notliing was to be done ; he had only to lie at Jesus' feet ready for the summons when the hour should come. Thus he continued until the morning of Sabbath, June 2d, when he sank to his peaceful rest. "We have no doubt of the crown of life now. In the language of Bunyan, Mdiom he so much loved, 'He dwelt awhile in the land of Beu- lah gazing quietly on the brightening view of the Celestial City, into which he was soon to enter.' And when the summons came, he went, quietly down into the dark river, which we all must so soon cross, and passed over, to enter the City of God and join the Church of the Ee- .deemed in Heaven !" SETH GOLD CLARK. No Histor}' of the Presbytery of Kansas City can ever be written properly without giving prominence to the work done i)y Mr. Clark. A graphic sketch of some of his work in the early days of this Presby- tery appears, from his own pen, in the sketch of the Butler church. The character of the man may perhaps be best shown by other ex- tracts from letters written by him during the period of his greatest activity in this region. But first look at the preparation of the man for the work he then attempted and accomplished. Under the title "A Home Mission Enthusiast," the Church at Home and Abroad published in the July number, 1898, a notice by the present writer, of the man and his work, from which a portion of this sketch is now quoted: The Rev. Seth Gold Clark, who died at his home in Appleton City Mo., A])r!l 22, 1898, was one of the most enthusiastic and indefati- gable Home Mission pioneers of the Central West. For over fifty years incessantly active in the work he loved, he was one of the best exam- ples of a missionary type now fast disappearing. He was born in Delaware county, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1817, and after a boyhood spent on farms in New York and Ohio, graduated at Western Reserve College in 1843, and at Western Reserve Seminary in 1846. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Cleveland, Oct. 7, 1845, and be- . S. G. CLARK. 141 gan at cnco supplying three little mission churches in Ohio. From there he went to Bainbridge, 0., where he was ordained in May, 1847, and nmained two years. During his next pastorate, at Aurora, O., his health failed. Then followed eleven years' service as District Secre- tary of the A. B. C. F. M., and three as Ch^lain of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, 18G2-5. Ten days before Atlanta was taken, he was captured, but was soon released as a non-combatant. The twenty days' furlough he was then given to visit his family he ''spent in help- ing to elect Lincoln." The Mayor of Cleveland telegraphed the Presi- dent to keep him in Ohio till after the election, which he did. Unable on his return to the army to reach his regiment, then on its march to the sea, he was assigned by Gen. Thomas to the work of raising funds for the Sanitary Commission. In August, 1865, he became Chaplain of the House of Correction in Detroit and of the Seamen's Friend So- ciety. This he kept but a short time, until, on Jan. 2, 1866, he left his home to take up the work in which he was to l>ecome most success- ful, and for which he is best known. In less than three years after his arrival in Missouri he had i»er- sonally gathered, organized, and supplied with preaching until other supplies could be obtained, churches at Holden in Johnson county, Greenwood in Jackson county, Harrisonville and Austin in Cass coun- ty, Butler, Lone Oak and Papinsville in Bates county, (Hudson now) Appleton City in St. Clair county, and Lamar in Barton county. Some years later two of these towns, unable to obtain expected railroads, died a natural death as did their churches. Two other organizations were outstripped by later organizations l)y other Presbyterian denomina- tions. There remain today five good churches organized before 1870 by that one ^Missionary ''settled on horse back." But thnt is by no means ail the work he did during that period. He thoroughly explored the whole region now contained in the western part of the Presbytery. His judgment ktpf other points from organizing in case he found that there were reasons of comity or of Christian liberality to give others a prior claim. Some other peo))le were not so careful toward him. In A})ril, 1868, he wrote: "You know I have given up my comfortable house of worslii]) and desirable charge in for a new field without a house of worship in the county. I have been enabled to organize four churches since I last wrote you, and have now five churches and two congregations where we have not yet organized. * * * I have a very in- teresting field indeed. Would not swap it for any church in America. Xo thanks to the crabbid Elder or the designing C s, but thanks to God for giving nie four churches for one." Xo wondcT even such a man could not do all the work he attempt- ed. In December following he wrote: "I must have help, or things will \)Q sadly neglected. T shall be oi)liged to give up some jdaces and even churches entirely. Five churches and eight preaching places are too much." Take notice mat he wa.* at that time over ol years old. But age did not daunt" him. In July of the year following, 1860, he wrote: " has committed the unpardonable sin of I)eginning to be gray. 142 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Dr. Kendall will have a nice time getting me off his hands, if I am getting gray !'' His prophecy proved true — he was a Home ^lissionary for almost 29 years after that. The same grit appears in a letter of six moT.ths hnor; "Got Bro. C .... to W .... to stay two or three Sabbaths, and the report says he skedaddled. When 1 am sent as a Missionary to W or Africa, or any other place, and don't stay at least one year, it will be because I am driven away !" He kept up quite a corresi^ondence with friends in the East in the effort to secure men to take charge of the fields he organized and of others he thought ought to be eared for about him. When he succeeded in getting a promising church well started, he moved on to some less promising field, not because his services were not acceptable where he was, but because he could more easily secure supplies for the better places, tho even his best places were not as attractive to those at a dis- tance as they were to him on the ground. He wrote many men before he secured one. But he kept writing, saying at times : "I have just written another man todav, and unless I run out of postage, I will get some one." His appeals for help were pathetic though never despair- ing, as witness the following: "The B . . . . and H churches both observed the Week of Prayer; and while we were yet praying, God heard and answered. I could not be in both places and so was obliged to give up B. to the Bap- tists, and they have reaped there a glorious harvest that might just as well have been gathered by us, if I could only have had help. Our church was in a good state, while the Baptist was not. All worked together, but the Baptists carried off the spoil, most of it. But God be praised, for it was a good work. There will be between 80 and 90 added to the three churches. I tell you Bro. Hill it is a little hard to do the pioneer work, and travel 2500 miles on horseback to get things going nicely, and then for want of a little help at the right time, see the harvest gathered by others and put in a close-communion granary ! Still I rejoice, and will rejoice, that since we could not do it, others have. There is an excellent state of feeling, and we shall get a few." While laboring in this vast field, it is not surprising to find that his mind was turned to the subject of education, both on account of the needs of his own family and because of the difficulty of obtaining higher advantages anywhere in this part of the state. In 1870 he wrote Dr. Hill : "It would be hard for me to give up my chosen missionary work and my present field. But it may be ray duty. You remember that we have been pioneers, and have had less than one year of schooling [since coming to Missouri] and not even a good district school till this suHimer." And a few weeks later, he wrote again : *'I am exceedingly anxious that something should be done toward starting an institution of learning near the center of the State, that may eventually grow into a college. Sedalia would be a good point. * * * Tf Presbyterians are going to hold Missouri permanently, we must raise up a ministry on the ground. There have been failures; but what of that? The thing S. G. CLAKK. 148 is made to work everywhere el:-e ; why not in Missouri ?" But, possibly unfortunately for Missouri, he took liolu of an existing college in Kan- sas instead of starting one in Missouri. An opportunity opened for him to become Financial Agent for Highland University. He embraced it eagerly, saying, even before he went there, "'1 have never become so deeply interested in anything in my life as in Highland. 1 thinlv of it. plan for it, work for it with a will, then dream about it. It must go."' From 18T1-G Mr. Clark was Financial Agent for Highland Uni- versity. The last two summers of that time were spent with a mission- ary tent outfit, furnished by Sunday schools in the East. He traveled through Northern Kansiis and Southern Nebraska, preaching daily to congregations averaging lUU on week nights and from 150 to 300 on Sundays. This was strictly pioneer work in regions beyond Ministers and churches. The tent work he was accustomed to regard as the most successful of his life. He was everywhere gladly welcomed. During 18TT-78 he sui)plied the churches of lola and Carlyle, Kan.; 1879-80, Baxter Springs, Galena and Empire, Kan.; 1881-85, Kich Hill, Eock- ville and Hume, all three of which he organized during those four Years of his second stay in this Presbytery. He then spent ten years in Southwestern Kansas, where he found nine counties adjoining, in none of which was there an organized church. During those years he organized eight churches, seven of which, in spite of drought and the consequent depopulation of large districts, are still on the Minutes of the General Assembly. The year 1895 found him again in this Pres- bytery, settled at Eaymore, which under his labors was much revived and built a beautiful house of worship. At last when nearly eighty years old, with mind and voice unim- paired, he was forced by physical infirmities to give up his active min- istry. It was an affecting scene when by vote of Presbytery he was '"honorably retired," and recommended to the Board of Relief. All there knew of his active life and realized that it was not boastfulness that led him to rise and say that, able, as he then supposed, to preach better than ever before, he would gladly sacrifice his right arm rather than go onto the Board, if only he were physically able to continue in the ministry. Xo service did he ever shirk as too hard, no field as too unattractive. Always and everywhere he loved to proclaim salvation to the uttermost through Jesus Christ. Like every other true Mission- ary, he recognized no bounds of race or clime, but worked and prayed for the universal spread of the Gospel. No wonder Miss Mary Clark, the daughter of such a Home Missionary, should be found for years a Foreign Missionary in distant Persia: and a grandson, the Rev. C. C. McKinney, a graduate of Park College, and for two years a student at McCormick Theological Seminary, should now be found on a Home ^lission field among us. engaged in the same blessed work his grand- father loved 50 enthusiastically. What a record ! It will never be fully written on earth. His mission work in at least five states, the organization of thirty-one 144 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. churches, most of whieii during his ministry erecteu houses of worship, his army chaplaincy, his evangelistic work in prisons, harbors, battle fields, mining camps, frontier settlements and in the well settled com- munities East and West, his vigorous advocacy of Education at home and Missions abroad — these are a few of the reasons why he will long be held in grateful remembrance. A few months before his death he modestly wrote of himself tbat his had been "a very busy, cbeckered life; possibly some good may result.^' WILLIAM PORTER COCIIRAN. One of the strongest and most interesting characters among the early pioneers of Presbyterianism in Western Missouri was the Rev. W. P. Cochran. Identified all his long ministerial life with Missouri, an interesting and valuable volume might be written on his life, but so far as we know none such has been published. Though originally identified with the New School Church, he, like many others in the State, was early found among the Old Scliool party, with which he was thereafter identified till the Reunion. At the Semi-Centennial meeting of the Synod of Missouri, held in St. Louis in 1882, he was the only one of the original members of the Synod that was present. Very fittingly he then gave a paper on the history of that branch of the Synod with which he had been connected. An extended sketch of Dr. Cochran was published in the Presby- terian Recorder for April, 1856, pp. 251-9, from which we condense the following concerning his early labors in the bounds of this Presbytery : "His parents were of the Scotch-Irish stamp. Early in infancy he was dedicated to God in the ordinance of baptism. In the autumn of 1821 he entered the Sophomore class in Dickinson College in Car- lisle, Pennsylvania, then under the presidency of the Rev. John M. Mason, D.D. His prospective intention in receiving an education was to become a lawyer. He was at this time a wild, thoughtless boy as regards religion and religious things, though studious and ambitious to occupy a distinguished position at the bar." He read infidel books and scoffed at the seriousness of his college mates during a revival that occurred while he was a student. But at last the Spirit of God reached him and he took a decided stand for Christ. "In January [1823], in company with about 40 of his fellow students and a large number of the citizens of the town, he united with the Presbyterian church. He graduated in the last of June, 1824. After a considerable struggle, he made up his mind to go to Princeton Theological Seminary, though by no means having settled it in his own mind that it was his duty to preach the Gosjiel. The Lord led him along by a way he knew not. In the fall of 1827, lie having passed through the course of studies pre- scribed by the Seminary, was licensed to ))reach the Gospel by thi' Presbytery of Huntingdon, Pa., and soon afterwards left his home, his W. p. COCHRAN. 145 friends and the scenes of his youth as a Missionary for Missouri, under the patronage of tlie American Home Missionary Society. His place of destination was Old Franklin, Howard county [now the Boonville church.] He arrived in St. Louis' the 20th day of November, and after spending a Sabbath there, and preaching for the Rev. Mr. Giddings, he took the stage and went to St. ^liarles, where he spent another Sab- bath and preached for the Rev. Mr. Robinson. He then stopped a Sabbath with the Rev. Mr. Lacy at the Dardenne, where he overtook the Rev. Tliomas R. Durfee, another Missionary under the A. H. M. S., on his way to Callaway county. They journeyed together, having been furnished with horses by a friend at the Dardenne. ]Mr. Cochran spi-nt the next Sabbath in that county with his co-laborer and beloved Brother Durfee. He then made the l)est of his way through mud and rain to his destination. Old Franklin. "Mr. Cochran was received into the Presbytery of Missouri in the spring of 1828, and ordained at that time as an Evangelist. After the death of the lamented Mr. Giddings, the church at St. Louis wrote for Mr. Cochran to come down and supply their pulpit until they could be permanently supplied. He went down in February, and remained th<'re until .liin(\ when the Rev. Wm. Potts came to the charge of the church. Mr. Cochran then went to his old post, preaching in the coun- ties of Howaid, Cooper aid Boon. In June following h- was mar- ried to Mrs. Eliza M. Scott.'' The sketch quoted goes on to tell of the remarkable success of ]Mr. Cochran in missionary and revival work in many places north of the Missouri river, in which work he was associated with the noted revi- valists of that dav, Messrs. Durfee, Hoxsie and Dr. David Xelson. '^Whilst a decided Presbyterian, he was not a bigot. He rejoiced in the success of the (i0s])el among all evangelical Christians, and co-operated with them in preachino-. He made it a matter of con-cience to fulfill all his appointments to preach; hence, no weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, prevented him from reaching them. He often swam creeks and rivers to reach them. His wife in the early part of his ministry usually accompanied him in his preaching tours, and in his services raised the tunes for singing. There were at that early period but few churches in Missouri — preaching was mostly done in court houses, log school houses, private houses and in the open air under groves. ^Ir. Cochran received aid from the A. H. M. S. until he left Boon county, which w;i< in December, 1S33. when his connection with that Society finally terminated." The spirit of the man was shown by the way in which he con- tinued to preach in Missouri, often in the face of mob violence, where some of the greatest miracles of grace were wrought. "He remained in Missouri from a sense of dutv. He had several ofl'ers of good churches and remunerating salaries : but he felt that other ^linisters could not be induced to enter this field, and endure the hardships and live upon the mere pittance the churches paid as a salary : and that he could live from the proceeds of his farm, and do all he could to keep 146 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. the standard of Presbyteriauism erect." * * * "During Mr. C's min- istry lie always paid a special regard to the religious condition of the colored population. He preached to them in separate congregations, held Bible classes for them, visited them when sick, pi-eached their funerals, and endeavored to promote Sunday schools among them. This excited much opposition to him, and notwithstanding he was for many years a slaveholder himself, laid him open to the wolf-cry of Abolitionist. Indeed, personal violence was threatened him on this ac- count, yet none of these things moved him; the Word of God was the lamp to his feet and the light to his path." DAVID COULTER. One of the strong men of the original Lafayette Presbytery was the Rev. David Coulter, D.D., who had been received the year before by the Presbytery of Upper Missouri and installed over the Hopewell church, April 23, 1856. There he remained till April 20, 1867. At the same time he served the Prairie church as Stated Supply. Years before he had twice been the Stated Supply of the Jefferson City church. A good biography of him, edited by the Rev. W. W. Robertson was published some years ago, from which we take the liberty of quot- ing a part of Dr. Fackler's memorial discourse. "In all the fields of labor ocupied by Bro. Coulter, lie won golden opinions. Those who knew him best loved him most. I have reason to know that his name is still fragrant in every congregation he ever served ; and how it could be otherwise. All his actions, the Avhole tem- per and spirit of his conduct, in the pulpit and out of it, bespoke him a man of determination to know nothing save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Besides the work of glorifying his Lord and Master, and doing good to his fellow men, he gave his thoughts and attention to very few objects. He was regarded everywhere as one thoroughly con- secrated to his vocation as a Gospel Minister. I do not believe the wealth and honors of the world would have turned him aside one hair's breadth from the line of his sacred calling. Like Paul he 'magnified his office.' He literally gloried in the cross of Christ. To preach Jesus acceptably was the noblest ambition'of his life. * * * "As a Presbyter Dr. Coulter always ranked high in the estimation of his brethren. '" * * In Presbytery and Synod his name was always found on the most important committees. His reports were invariably carefully written and promptly submitted. On all subjects of moment he held pronounced opinions, and his judgment when given was uni- formly treated with respect. * * * "As a preacher he was not only sound in doctrine, but always eminently practical, earnest and tender. His theology was that of Paul. lie believed the doctrines of grace and loved and clung to them witli all his heart. Christ and his righteousness were the burden of D. CUL'LTEa. 147 ahiioot every scrniou I ever heard him deliver. More tlian twenty years ago, in my own pulpit at Jeii'er&on City, 1 heard him declare, with won- derful emphasis, that the sinner in order to be sa\ed must be wrapped in the rigliteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. The very night he died he remarked to a brother Minister of another denomination : 'I am wrapped in the robe of Christ's righteousness.^ This was the doctrine of human helpless and Christ's ail-sufficiency lie delighted to preach. * '•' * Wonderfully instructive and comforting to God's people were the discourses he delivered, both in public and in private. It has often seemed to me a matter of impossibility for any man of intelligence to sit regularly under his ministry without being built up and established ill the faith of Christ. His manner and spirit in the pulpit were those of a man wholly absorbed in his theme. When dealing with the high thoughts of the Gospel and man's relation to God, 1 think there was less self-consciousness about him than any other man I ever knew. 1 ha\e seen him and heard him both in his sermons and prayers when he appeared to me as one standing almost face to face with his Maker. The very tones of ins voice have thrilled me as he pleaded witli sin- ners for Christ and with Christ for sinners. * * * "As a pastor he was true and faithful, tender and kind. His pres- ence was always welcome in the family, his counsels judicious and well- timed. His reproofs and admonitions were administered in the gentle and loving spirit of the Master whom he served. * * * ''His religious life ran at an even flow, like a calm and peaceful river. There could be nothing spasmodic in sujh a character as his. Whether in the pulpit dealing with the high themes of redemption or in the ])rayer meeting leading the devotions of his people, or in the social circle giving tone to Christian intercourse, or in the chamber of suffering and bereavement, speaking words of sympathy and encourage- ment, every where he carried upon him the flavor of an earnest, conse- crated man of God. No one could mistrust either his spirit or his pur- pose. I do not believe that the most evil-disposed would have dared to charge him with the least approach to insincerity while in the per- formance of his ministerial and religions duties." The same volume contains many concise trilnites of esteem and affection, but none more expressive than that published years after- wards by Dr. George Miller, who in the times of the Declaration and Testimony controversy took the opposite side from Dr. Coulter. His words werc^ : "Brother David Coulter, a modest retiring man of rare attainments in knowledge, love, zeal and Christian character.'' WILLIAM DICKSON. The changes in the Presbyterial history of the Old School branch of our Church are well illustrated in the case of William Dickson. All his life in this State was spent in charge of the same field in Lafayette county, yet he belonged to three Presbyteries while there. He was 148 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. one of the original members of the Presbytery of Upper Missouri at its organization in 184-i ; and likewise was one of the original mem- bers at the organization of the Presbytery of Lafayette in 1857, and at the reorganization of Upper Missouri Presbytery by the Declaration and Testimony jjarty in 1867. The only sketch of Mr. Dickson that has come into the hands of the Committee on Presbvterial History is the following fragment by Dr. E. S. Symington : "Uf Bro. Dickson, I know very little. He was one of the pioneers of Presbyterianism in Missouri. He and his brother came out to Missouri with a colony from Kentucky. Located near what is now the village of Wellington, and organized the Mt. Hope church in Lafayette Presbytery. He was installed Pastor, and remained in that locality until his death. He preached plain, strong, well con- nected sermons. He was beloved by ins people, and highly esteemed by his Presbyterian brethren. He was very much opposed to what were then styled 'new measures.' I remember assisting him in a sacramental meeting. He closed the meeting on Monday morning, when it seemed to me a deep interest pervaded the congregation. He feared 'revival meetings.' Sometime after this a young lady from his congregation was visiting at Dr. Lester's in Kansas City. When Mrs. Lester intro- duced her to me, she said : 'I am acquainted with Bro. Symington. He is my father. Under his preaching I was born again.' Others were deeply interested, but he feared 'Xew School methods.' " NATHANIEL BROWN DODGE. Of the founder of Harmony Mission, and hence in a sense the founder of the Presbytery of Kansas City, we have not been able to se- cure the materials for as extended a sketch as doubtless would be profit- able.* The Genealogy of the Dodge family (1894), pp. 197-8, contains this short sketch: "Rev. Nathaniel B. Dodge 6 (Nathaniel B. 5, Eli- jah 4, Joseph 3, Joseph 2,Richard l)b. Winchester, N. H.,5 June,1781; d. at Little Osage, Mo., 3 Sept., 1848. Nathaniel Brown 5, his father, moved to Barre, March, 1794, or possibly .... 1795. Nathaniel B., Jr. 6, must have acquired the rudiments of an education before leav- ing W., and rendered some service in teaching the first schools in his neighborhood. He also rendered some service in the war of 1813. He removed to Underhill, Vt., where he preached five years as a Congregational Minister, or until 1831. He was then called to New York City to organize ten or eleven families and five lady teachers as Missionaries to the Osage Indians. They went to Philadelphia by sea, thence to Pittsburgh by large wagons. At Pittsburgh they built boats to go down the Ohio and up tlie Mississippi. They went up the Missouri in keel boats to the mouth of the Osage, and up that as far as they could cordell, and till the stream became too shallow to go farther. *We had hoped to use for a frontispiece a picture of this pioneer Missionary. i)Ut investigation proved that none is known to exist. N. B. DODGE. 149 They then settled on its banks within a mile of the present town or Papinsville, Bates Co., Mo., having consumed four months in their la- borious journey, some dying by the way. Rev. X. B. 6 was made Super- intendent of this Mission by appointment of the A. B. C. F. M., and called this post Harmony Mission. "In the course of six or seven years the Government moved the Indians to Xeosho, in what is now Kansas, to which place he followed, there founding the Boudinot Mission. In five or six years it became unsafe to remain, and he returned to Little Osage, where he built a church, preaching and teaching as long as he lived. He married Sallie Gale, 22 March, 1803. She was born at Princeton, Mass., 21 July, 1784. d. 20 Dec. 1866." Another notice of the work of Mr. Dodge and of the Harmony Mission was published in the Pveshytery Reporter, July, 1860, pp. 321- 5. From that we extract the remainder of this notice, except the fact that Mr. Dodge was the first Moderator of the New School Synod of Missouri, that met in St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1842. The sketch in the Re- porter after giving the story of the Mission and of Mr. D's connection with it, goes on to say that upon the abandonment of the Mission, "Mr. Dodge, who was always interested in the welfare of the neighboring settlements, made the natural transition from the Foreign to the Home Missionary, still remaining in the same place. His first commission from the A. H. M. S. was April 25, 1836, 'to labor in the vicinity of Harmony Mission Station.' Some time previous to this he had formed a Congregational church in that neighborhood, which was undoubtedly the first church of that order ever organized west of the Mississippi, unless the Mission churches were of that order. Of his success as a Home Missionary I have not been able to obtain much definite infor- mation. There was about that time a great readiness to hear the Gos- pel in that part of the State and the Harmony Presbytery was organ- ized in that region. In the Home Missionary for 184i a report by ^Ir. D. is given: 'I find a great share of the people when I go inclined to hear, and some of them profess to love the Gospel. Those who profess religion are mostly of the Baptist and Methodist denominations, and there are some who profess a hope who have never made a public pro- fession of religion. In most places where appointments have been made the people have manifested very respectful attention to the Word spoken. I have seen ardent feelings manifested, backsliders trembling, and some earnestly inquiring what they must do to be saved.' * * * "Mr. Dodge was a man of good natural ability, and a pious, earn- est and devoted man. The life of seclusion as a Missionary naturally gave a distinct individuality of character, and he was affected by it in the same way as others. There was the appearance of rigidity in his manners and his forms of thought. A lady who was herself fron\ Xew England once remarked of him. that lie was the best preserved speci- men of an old-fashioned Xcw England country ^Minister she had met with in the West — his manners, his dress, and all together suggested a generation passed away — one of the old-fnshioned type. He was tin- 150 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. willing to depart from the ways of iSiew England, even among the pio- neers. A sacramental meeting was once held in his church, and several of his brethren were with him. A number of persons were hopefully converted, and his brethren urged him to admit them to the church tlien ; but he declared that such was not the custom in Vermont, and he would not do it. Soon the Methodists came and held a meeting, sweep- ing in all his converts, some of them members of his own family, into their fold. "His life is an illustration of the usefulness of effort for good. He did not acomplish much as an Indian Missionary, but he met his kindred race at their ilrst entrance into an important section of the country. At the formation of the Presbytery of Osage, many of the Ministers and Elders had been connected with that Mission, The mechanics and farmers of the Mission became the nuclei of churches in all the region around the Station which was their first home, sent forth as pioneers of their own race and extenders of the Kingdom of Christ." , . . One other fragmentary notice speaks of him as "a devoted Min- ister, systematic, consecrated to pioneer work. Kept up monthly con- cert of prayer." CYRUS H. DUNLAP. Sedalia will long remember the influence of the Rev. C. H. Dunlap who came to its First church at a critical period, and remained during the period of its division and reorganization. He succeeded the Rev. Dr. John Montgomery, the first Pastor, who was shortly before his com- ing, laid aside from the work pf the pastorate by a bodily injury. Those were the days when nearly all Missouri churches were divided, or at least excited, over the Declaration and Testimony. In Sedalia, as in several other instances, an earnest effort was made to prevent division by keeping the church independent of either party. The church was not represented in either Presbytery for the first two years of Mr. Dunlap-s ministry there. In 1870, however, the spirit of Re- union carried the majority of the church and their Pastor into the Presbytery of Osage. The minority withdrew and organized what is now the Broadway church. The old church retained the services of Mr. Dunlap until 1872, when he accepted a call to the Calvary church of Springfield. During his time the church grew and built a house of worship, which is now used by the Central church, the old house having been amicably retained by the other party at the time of the division. Dr. Nevin's notice of him says: "Mr. Dunlap is a preacher of good parts and of poAver. His sermons are clear, scriptural and spiritual. He speaks with great earnestness and sincerity, and touches the hearts of his hearers. He is a man of devoted piety. He is active in Sabbath school, missionary and temperance work. He is a good Pastor, an indefatigable worker, a faithful undersliephorfl. Western C. H. DUNLAP. 151 Pennsylvania and Western Missouri have both been blessed by his abundant labors as a faithful servant of Jesus Clirist." He was twice Moderator of the Synod of Missouri, WILLIAM R. FULTON. The many changes of Presbyterial lines in the territory now cover- ed by this Presbytery have thrown some of those most prominent in the history of the Presbytery itself outside of its present limits for all or nearly all their ministry. Such was the case with the Eev. W. R. Fulton, whose oiily regular work within our bounds was the supply for six months in 1852 of the churches of Independence and Six Mile. Yet, without changing his Presbyterial relation, his next charge was in Oregon, Holt county, where he remained until after that portion of the State was separated from this, which became the Pres- bytery of Lafayette in 1857. Later, in 1860, he became a memb t of the Presbytery of Lafayette, located in Greenfield, Dade county, from which point he did for many years a Avide missionary work in addition to his own pastoral labors. Without changing his field, he became a member of the Presbytery of Southwest Missouri at its organ- ization in 1865, and of the Presbyterv of Ozark at its organization in 1870. Wherever located, he was always prominent in the deliberations of his Presbytery and active in the organization of churches. His min- istry was fruitful of revivals in his own and other churches, his labors continuing uninterrupted until within a few days of his death. "He was always at the front in every good office and work. His age, his experience, his fearlessness in denouncing wrong, made him the recog- nized leader in Christian work. When others faltered he was firm.'' OSCAR W. GAUSS. Dr. Gauss has labored many years within the bounds of the Pres- bytery of Kansas City, part of the time in the Southern connection and part of the time in ours. Before entering the Presbytery of Osage he had been for nine years Pastor of the church at Boonville, now belong- ing to the Presbytery of Lafayette (U. S.). While with us he did good work for four years as Pastor in Jefferson City, and for four years as Chaplain of the Penitentiary there. He is again a resident among iis. being now (1900) the Pastor of the Belmont chapel in Kansas Citv, and the Moderator of the Synod of Missouri (U. ts.). It is a singular instance of fraternity that his brother, the Rev. J. H. Gauss of St. Louis, is at the same time the ]\roderator of the Synod of Missouri (U. S. A.). These brethren have both worked in both Synods, and are a< good an instance as could be found of the impossihility of distiT> Sfuishing between the two denominations even bv name. Missouri 152 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Presbyterians all belong to the same family and are doing the same work, even though they may not all dwell in the same house. The Committee on History in Kansas City Presbytery is in- debted to Dr. Gauss for the loan of the original records of {he Presby- tery of Upper Missouri, of which he is the Stated Clerk, and for other valuable assistance in the preparation of this volume. HIEAM PLUMMER GOODRICH. The church at Jelfgrson City has had among its Pastors some of the strong men of the denomination in this State. One of these was Dr. Goodrich, a distinguished scholar, an able professor, a zealous Evangelist, a champion of Old School orthodoxy, a loved Pastor, "win- ning souls to Christ, building churches and working with apostolic zeal." The best notice of him we have seen is that published soon after his death in the tit. Louis Fresbyterian. We give it entire : "The death of such a man as he whose name heads this communi- cation demands more than an ordinary obituary notice. I ask therefore that you will give room for a few thoughts and facts about him, from one who, for two years and a half, enjoyed his instructions in the Theo- logical Seminary, and for many years his friendship and co-operation in the Gospel ministry. A strong personal attachment and the recollec- tion of many acts of kindness will doubtless color my conceptions of his talents and piety; but I endeavor to say nothing but what will be sustained by all who knew him as intimately as 1 have done. "He belonged to a family illustrious in the records of literature and religion, of which many interesting and instructive anecdotes may be found in the 'Life and Times of Peter Parley.' His Puritan ances- try contributed almost ecjually to these two great departments, and of- ten the same man, bearing the honored family .name, laid inestimable tributes on the closelv associated altars of a pure literature and a pure faith. There is a pulpii in New England that was supplied by mem- bers of the family for one hundred and fifty years; and Peter Parley states that he had twelve own cousins in the ministry. "Such associations would almost necessarily turn his attention to both letters and piety. But his first devotion was to the former of these family pursuits. Although surrounded by difficulties resulting in his early orphanage, lie surmounted them all to secure a liberal educa- tion, which he pursued with an ardor so self-forgetful as lo produce temporary blindness, and permanent derangement of the visual organs. His progress was commensurate with his zeal, and in a remarkably short time he was prepared to enter Union College, where he graduated with distinction. "Fired with ambition, he directed his attention to the study of the law, which he prosecuted for a year and a half, under the auspices of Judges Kent and Story and Chaneollor Kent. But the claims of per- sonal religion could not fail to be felt by one in liis ^circumstances. H. P. GOODKICH. 153 though those claims were long postponed from the fear that, if he be- came a Christian, he must needs abandon his bright hopes of wealth and distinction, and preach the Gospel. But finally this temptation was overcome, and he gave himself up to Christ and the ministry of recon- ciliation. With a view to the work of a Foreign Missionary, he entered the Seminary at Princeton, and shaped his studies to this end till he was constrained by prostrated health to abandon his cherished purpose. In his closing year in the Seminary, he was recommended by Dr. Alex- ander, to his friend. Dr. John H. liice, who was then engaged in found- ing Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He was at once chosen to the Professorship of Oriental Literature in that flourishing institu- tion, and gave such assistance in his responsible post that Dr. iiice wrote to Dr. Alexander that he was 'worth liis weight in gold.' "Anxious to meet the high expectations his brilliant debut had awakened, he was accustomed to study as much as fourteen hours a day. And possessing a remarkable facility in acquiring and retaining knowledge, he soon gained a familiar acquaintance with Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac and Arabic. But not satisfied with these studies, that ministered directly to the purposes of his Professorship, he directed his mind to the physical sciences and kept fully abreast with the march of the day in these departments. I am acquainted with no clergyman whose knowledge was so varied as that of Dr. Good- rich. "In addition he was at this period a very popular and highly use- ful preacher. His ministrations were eagerly sought for and Mghly prized — preaching in pulpits that had been filled by the Hoges, Alex- anders, Laceys and Eices — for there were 'giants in those days, men of renown.' "But the painful dissentions of 1837-8 led him to resign his Pro- fessorship. He was at once called to the Vice-Presidency, and soon after to the Presidency, of j\Iarion College, Missouri, and after the fail- ure of that scheme, laid the foundations of the church in Jefferson City. He came to St. Louis, and was the means of establishing the Westminster * church. The latter portion of his ministry was spent in Carondelet, where he again foimded a church — so that there are at least three churches in the Synod of Missouri that owe their ex- istence to his labors. "It would be extremely difficult to give a correct and adequate description of his character to one who had never seen him in his prime. There was about him a Protean versatility that almost defies analysis. The grave and the gay — the witty and the profound — the highest speculations of the philosopher — the minutest trivialities of social life — were curiously blended in liim. His vast and varied knowledge was associated with great communicativeness and with a womanly delicacy and depth of affection that made him one of the most instructive and delightful companions that I have ever known. His conversation was •Westminister ^eein^ to have lippu a favorite uiiine witli him. It was lie that su?- y^sted the name Westminister for the Synod's College at Fnlton. 11 154 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. ofteu more rich and brilliant tliau his public discovirses. One of the most eminent and able Ministers of our time, who was intimately asso- ciated with nini in his labors as a Professor, thus describes him : 'He ' introduced me to the fields of literature. I have often viewed with delight the scintillations of his conversation, as they sparkled from his lips. Some of them burst and fell, but among them were bright, rich gems. * * * When with those he thought did not like him, he wilted down * * * but when sure of the love of those around him, he glowed and shone as a seraph. To love and to be loved seemed neces- sary to his nature and to his usefulness.' "With such a character, it will at once be seen that he was the light and joy of his own family circle,, and that his absence is mourned by his widow and children as few have been mourned. "His end was peaceful and triumphant. He met the announce- ment of his near dissolution without fear, and died, committing his- loved ones to a covenant-keeping God. "He had among his literary labors a large and comprehensive Greek Lexicon, and an elaborate work on Church Government. Both of these were nearly if not quite ready for the press. "He was born in Richmond, Mass., Dec. 6, 1800, and died in Carondelet, Mo., May 17, 18.58. 'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord * * * for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.' S. J. P. A.'" EJ^OS M. HALBERT. The first man ordained by the reorganized Presbytery of Osage after the Civil War was one who had been a Candidate under the old Presbytery of Osage, nearly ready for ordination when the war came on. He is one of the two spoken of in the letter from L. R. Morrison found on another page. He said of himself that his education was ob- tained at North Prairie Institute, Hickory county. Mo., Rev. John Mc- Millan, Principal; and that his ttieological studies were pursued "on horseback and at home, teaching self, S. W. Mo." From 1843 to 1866 he was a "farmer, miller, student, soldier, merchant in S. W. Mo.' His work in the churches was almost all in the limits of the present Presbytery of Ozark. His only work in the limits of this Presbytery was in the churches of Mt. Sajem and Calhoun, Henry county. An interesting account of the North Prairie church (not now in the limits of this Presbytery) is given by the Rev. John M. Brown, (then recently returned from the Union army) in the Presbytery Re- porter, Feb., 1866, p. 42. In it he says: "Dr. Halbert, the patriarch of the neighborhood, and one of the leading men of this section, to- gether with his son are Elders in the church. He (Dr. H.) and four sons were in the Union army as soldiers. One of these sons, not the Elder, at the outbreak of the rebellion had been studying some years with the ministry in view, and under the care of the old Presbytery E. M. HALBEKT. 155 of the Osage. He was expeetiug to be licensed at their meeting in tne spring oi IbOl ; but tney liaa so much to do to encourage rebeiiion, no time was lound to look after their Candidate for the ministry. Thus, dropped by his spiritual fathers, he entered the Union Army, served his iliree years with honor, and now, on the return cf peace, longs to preach the Gospel. -Bro. Taylor, who has known him for years, and myself told him to go ahead. We also constituted ourselves a kind of provisional Tresbytcry, received him as a Candidate, directed him as to his studies, and expect to license him next spring, as one of the first acts of our reconstructed Presbytery." An interesting ac- count of the meeting of Presbytery at which he was ordained is given by Synodical Missionary Norton, in the same volume, page 537. ISAAC WILLIAM KEK HA.NLY. Xevin's Encyclopedia says : "Dr. Handy was a man of clear and strong convictions, and of great tenacity of purpose, yet kind, genial and gentle in his intercourse with all around him. He pos- sessed excellent endowments, and they were well cultivated and wisely used. He was a warm-hearted friend. His manners were vivacious, genial and winning. Although decided in his own views, his senti- ments and conduct were generous and liberal He had a wide and well-earned reputation for accurate research. As a Christian he was eminent, possessing genuine humility, strong faith, ardent hope. As a minister, he ever watched for souls. His own heart and soul were ever enlisted in the service of Christ." In preparing this history the compiler has tried as far as possi- ble to get contemporary matter as the basis at least of what is said about the various Ministers and churches. The letter given below is long and not as concise as we could desire, though full of matters of interest, even aside from its autobiographical character. It is in- serted with some hesitation on account of a marginal postscript which reads : "I have scratched off all this in great haste, and do not wish it to appear as from me." However, the letter is given as orig- inally written, inasmuch as it appears that the haste has not spoiled the story, and that those alluded to, including the writer, are all long since passed to a better world. There is nothing in it which the writer or anyone else need be ashamed of making known. "Portsmouth, Va., Mar. 3, 1860. '^Rev. T. Hill : "Dear Brother, — T am glad you are contemplating a History of the Presbyterian Churches of Missouri. There is much to be said, and much of groat interest. Now is the time to gather up the material ; and your long residence in the State, and other qualifications, fit yon peculiarly for the work. "* * * * T may say briefly, in answer to your several ques- 156 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. lions : Tliat 1 was boru iu the City of Wasiiiugton, D. C, ou tiie 15th of December, 1815. My rudimental education, was received iu vari- ous schools in my native city; at 'Charlotte Hall Academy/ in St. Mary^s county, Maryland; and at Cambridge, in Dorchester county, Md. In Washington 1 was a pupil of Mr. S. P. Chase, now the Hon. S. P. Chase, Governor of Ohio. Mr. C. was then a student of law, with the Hon. Wm. Wirt, and Principal of a 'Select Classical Semi- nary.^ Among his pupils were the sons of Mr. Wirt; Hon. Sam. A. Southard, Secretary of the Navy; Hon. Henry Clay, then Secy, of State; Peter Lenox, Esq., Mayor of the City; and of Peter Hagner, Esq., Fifth Auditor of the Treasury. "My collegiate studies were pursued at Jefferson College, Pa., where 1 graduated in 1834. I entered the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., in 1835, being then just nineteen years of age, and the youngest man in the Seminary. The degree of A.M. was con- ferred at Jefferson in three years after my graduation. I was li- censed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of the District of Co- lumbia, in the Bridge Street Church, Georgetown, now the Rev. Dr. Brocock's, on the . . . day of April, 1838, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Lewes, at Berlin, Md., on the 23d of November, 1838, and installed pastor of the united churches of Buckingham and Black- water, the first of these churches being in Worcester county, on the east shore of Maryland, and the other eighteen miles distant, in Sus- sex county, Del. The sermon was preached by the Rev. John Mc- Knight of Philadelphia, from Ps. 122:1-4. "I remained with the church at Berlin (Buckingham), the churcii at Blackwater having been dropped a year after I took charge of it, for about six years; and becoming deeply interested in the loud calls for Ministers at the West, I left my field in Maryland, and removed my family to Paducah, Ky., where I arrived August the 18th, 1844. At this place application was made to the American Home Missionary So- ciety for aid, which was refused without assigning a reason ; but which, I presume, was done on account of my wife's being the nominal holder of some two or three young servants given her by her father. The conduct of the Society in New York aroused the feeling of the breth- ren in Kentucky, and a severe newspaper war like to have been con- sequent. It was only prevented by certain good brethren at the North, who begged that the matter might be winked at, because of peculiar circumstances in connection with the condition of the Board, i. e., so much of the support coming from abolition quarters. "The Board of New York having thus refused aid, the Home Mis- sionary Society of Kentucky came to my relief; and for about six months ] was engaged in missionary services in the southwestern part of the State, residing first at Paducah, and then at Blandville, in Bal- lard county. "Experiencing great difficulty as it regards support. I wrote to Bro. Bullard about the destitutions in Missouri and received a press- ing invitation to go to that state. And on the 7th of March, 1845, I. W. K. HANDY. 157 through the iullueiKO of my dear Bro. BuUard, I received au apuoint- meiit Iroiii ihe Missouri Home Missionary Society to act as G-eneral Missionary Ayont Tor the State, with tlie privilege of locating when- ever I should iiud a field more important than the agency itself. 1 entered upon my work immediately and traveled over about fifty coun- ties of the State. ''I removed my family to Warsaw, Mo., about the middle of June, 1845, and located there, the population being at that time not quite 1,000. Rev. James Gallaher had been there some time before me, and had organized a little church which had been left to die. I had an acquaintance there who had been settled in the place a few years, and was in successful business as a merchant. This person was Mr. Wil- liam Ayres, of the firm of White & Ayres. He with his partner were very anxious for my settlement in the place, and it was mainly through the influence manifested by them that I was induced to locate there. "At the time of my first. visit to Warsaw, it was very rarely that a Minister of any denomination passed through the place ; and then it was a rare thing with that people to hear a Gospel sermon. I was in- formed also that there were not thirty professors of religion of all de- nominations in the city, for it was even then an incorporated city. I preached to a crowd in the court house, and after sermon I passed out of the house confidently expecting someone to knock me beside the head — such was the mixed multitude to whom I had preached. My apprehensions were greatly aroused in consequence of the mob spirit that had long been prevailing in that community. In three years eleven murders had been committed in the county, and not one of the guilty persons had been brought to justice. One of them was then at large in the eonmumity and came to hear that first sermon. T was afterwards informed that he was greatly pleased; and this statement was corroborated by a subscription of $5 toward my support. "When I first went to Warsaw, I had a letter of introduction ^o Mr. John Dunn, a member of the Presbyterian Church, who was keep- ing hotel in that place. T was put in a room the first night with some half a dozen or more persons, and in the night was disturbed by one groaning as if in grpat distress. .'Kfter awhile he called my name, and earnestlv inquired if T would not come and preach statedly in Warsaw. At tliat time T did not think seriously of making my resi- dence there, but the appeals of the man were so urgent and the picture which he presented of the moral destitution of the community so ap- palling, that T told Ifim if God should make tlie way clear T would be willing to relinquish my agency and berome a settled Pastor in Warsaw. "The next morning the man who had spoken to me and myself were the last persons to leave the room, .\fter dressing he went to the bedside, and turning over his pillow, took therefrom a pistol and a divl-, saying as he did so: 'You inay be surprised at this after what has passed between us; but the truth is, sir. if I were without these weapons, T could not pass down these streets without being a dead man before night.' The amount of the whole matter was that this person 158 SKETCHES OP MINISTERS. had been an officer of police during tlie c-oul'usion among the 'Slickers and Anti-Slickers/ and being active in the discharge ol; his duties, had brought uj)on himself an unusual amount of odium among the disorderly. ''The da)' after 1 preached my first sermon, a paper was circulated among the citizens to see what could be done toward getting up a salary. White & Ayres headed the subscription with $50, and in a few hours some $250 were pledged. This was enougli to assure me of what could be done. Bro. Jones of Henry county (formerly a Mis- sionary among the Osages) happened to be in Warsaw about the time of my visit; and at once he joined me in a petition for aid from the Missouri Home Missionary Society, as a Missionary at Warsaw ; which, being presented, was responded to with equal promptness and cor- diality. "I remained at Warsaw until May, 184:8, my wife having deceased on the 25)th of February. During the period of my residence there, great changes were effected. The church considerably increased in numbers, and secured the conficTence of the community. Many of the wild and desperate characters whom I found in the place upon my arrival moved awav. The city became an orderly and quiet place. A new house of worship, the first that had ever been erected in the place, was put up ; and at the time of my leaving, the congregation was in a prosperous and thriving condition. "It may interest you to know something about the manner in which we secured the erection of our fine brick building, as we, at that time, considered it. It was thought by many that no effort to build a house could possibly succeed. Toothing daunted, however, I went around among the people with a paper ; and, calling upon all the citi- zens, whether members of the congregation or not, I requested them to give me wliat they could, in money, materials for building, produce, or any article whatever that could be spared. The success was beyon-i my expectations. Some gave money, some paper, some cirpenter work, some cabinet work, one a lot, but not suitable for the building, one leather, one tailor's work, etc. After we had secured the largest sub- scription possible, we advertised for proposals. Several builders put in their bids ; but that which seemed most satisfactory to the commit- tee was a proposal from a ]\Ir. Davis, the very man who had so anx- iously entreated me to locate at Warsaw, and who^e case T have men- tioned. He consented to take the paper for just what the face of it presented, and afterwards in paying his hands, lie turned the tailor- ing, furniture, leather, etc., etc., just as circumstances needed. We received $nfifi from the Church Extension Fund, and T got some fur- ther assistance from abroad. There was a small debt on the church, I think, when T left. ''When T commenced this. T onlv intended to sav that at a future time T would send vou some psii'f'Mdars : but mv mind and pen have run on unconsciouslv. Xone of this is intended for publication as I send it to you. Take wh,.t you please of it; and if anytbinsf more is I. W. K. HANDY. 159 needed in this style, let me know. 1 would refer you to the Christian Observer lor July or August, 18-iT, lor a lull and interesting letter of Ero. Bullar'd, in which he gives some items that will be of value to you in your work. He thcrq gives an account of my relation to the church at Warsaw and of my success with other matters of moment. If you can have access to old files of the Observer for 184o-6-7, you will find other letters of value from myself and other brethren, giving some account of missionary tours, and presenting the condition of the several fields in Missouri at those dates.* "Bro. Bullard wrote an article about the indifference of the Board in New York to the destitutions in Missouri, which was published in the Observer, and which you ought to see.* "Your friend ami brother, "Isaac W. K. Handy." GEORGE WILLIAM HAKLAX. A short account of the good work done by this brother at Osce- ola is given in the sketch of that church. He is one of the few men now living who can speak from personal knowledge of the original Osage Presbytery, by which he was ordained in 1856. The following letter in reply to a request for reminiscences modestly omits mention of his own work, but gives interesting information concerning some of whom we have not been able to obtain so full an account elsewhere. "Farniington, Mo., Nov. 19, 1900, "I have deferred this reply in order that I might find data to refresh my memory, and thus give you the information you desire. In this respect I am somewhat disappointed, yet will report such items as I have. [Here follows a list of the members of Pres- bvterv and of the churches at the time of his ordination, taken from the M. G. A., 1859.] Of these brethren the Morrisons, McMillan, Taylor and Ricketts were from Tennessee; and all, I think, students of theology under Dr. Anderson of ]\Iaryville. whom they greatly ad- mired. W. H. Smith was an eastern man, and at the secession of the Presbytery in 1857 adhered to the New School Assembly. A. Jones and William 0. Requa were originallv connected with the Harmony Mission among the Osage Indians. J. Y. Barks and I became con- nected with the Lafayette Presbyterv of the Old School Assembly, U. S. A. It is mv impression tliat A. Jones and W. C. Requa also joined the same Presbyterv. The_ others were received under the care of the Tnited Synod of the Presl)yterian rhurch. I'. S. A., which was con- stituted in 1857 by certain svnods in the Southern States, who. being aggrieved by tbe action of the Now School .\ssembly of ^May 1857 on tbo -ubiect of slavery, seceded. "Of these brethren, the Rev. Joseph Y. Barks and Levi R. "Mor- •Tlie romtiiittoo rpirrots not lirtvint: aocps-; to tlie Irlos nipntioned. 160 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. rison were very efficient. The former came from Andover Seminary after his graduation, with his young wife, to Warsaw, Mo., in tlie fall of 1848, took charge of the Presbyterian church of that place, and there remained until 1863, fifteen years. ^ Then, owing to tlie disrup- tion of the church, arising from the conflicts of the Civil War, he left, and took charge of Lick Creek church in Palmyra Presbytery. He ex- celled in pastoral work; being a good judge of human nature, he knew how to approach people and influence them for good. As a preacher he was instructive, plain and practical in his sermons, and had the virtue of brevity, always securing and holding the attention of his hearers, so that to people of all classes he was most acceptable and use- ful. During the period of his connection with this Presbytery, he did a good work in building up a strong church at Warsaw, also in evangel- istic labors at various places in this Presbyter}^, in all parts of which he was well and favorably known, being highly esteemed for his de- voted piety and faithful labors as a Minister of the Gospel. The mem- ory of [thiese labors] is very precious, and their influence will never perish. "Rev. L. R. Morrison had charge of the Xorth Prairie church. Hickory county, during his entire connection with this Presbytery some ten or fifteen years, as I cannot give dates of his reception, which was some years prior to 1854, when I assumed charge at Osceola. He remained at his home faithfully ministering to the flock under his care, until by military authority he was arrested as a Southern sym- pathizer, taken from his family and held as a prisoner. He was above the average as a preacher, being fluent, clear and forcible, and at times quite eloquent. Strong in his convictions and very decided in his adherence to the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, he preached and defended the same with great abilitv. Inclined to polemics, he was fearless in preaching the faith once delivered to the saints, as he held it, and in controverting what he regarded as the errors of other systems of Theology and Church Government. At times in his repre- sentations of error and vice, he indulged in a strain of ridicule and sarcasm at which some of his hearers would be offended. Ho was distinguished for the 'fortiter in re' rather than for the 'suaviter in modo.' "Abundant and diligent in labors at home and abroad, he was in- strumental in building up a strong church at ISTorth Prairie, and in starting an Academy at which young men were prepared for College. In response to frequent calls, he preached at vacant churches and mis- .-•ion points, and, as opportunity was given, held evangelistic services which were greatly blessed in winning souls to Christ and strenjjthen- itlj^ he was called to his reward. His life and labors are held in grateful remembrance. Their influence is of inestimable value and will never die. * * * * *" Of ihe late i^ev. Dr. Timothy Hill, long the Secretary of the Missouri Home Missionary Society, and afterwards its President and the first Synodical Missionary, he writes : "My recollection of your fa- ther is very pleasing. I think of him as associated with the Rev. Dr. Artemas Bullard, so long Superintendent of Home Missions in the New School Synod of Missouri. They were kindred spirits, so zealous and indefatigable amid great discouragements in the prosecution of their great and good work, always cheerful and hopeful, ever ready to give counsel and aid to Home ^Missionaries under their care, of whom I was one. What a good example they set us ! May we have grace to follow i^! * * * * * "P. S. — You ask respecting the Minutes of Osage Presbytery. Bro. MorrisoK was Stated Clerk in 1859, and until dissolution of the Presbytery. After his death, the family moved to Texas, so I cannot tell where the records are — perhaps lost." GEORGE PRICE HAYS. It is needless in the space at our disposal to attempt to present an adequate sketch of so many-sided a character as that of Dr. Hays. Certainly none of the various sketches that we have seen, prepared as most of them were soon after his death, does anything more than to present some of the more salient features of a life remarkable in every way. Among those memorials none is more vigorous or brilliant than that of Dr. H. D. Jenkins, delivered (on the Sabbath following the death of Dr. Hays) in the pulpit so long occupied by Dr. Hays in Kansas City. He said : "It is but natural that my thoughts should be preoccupied with the life work of the one who preceded me in this pulpit, and who has now so recently been taken from us, a brother faithful and beloved, who ha? occupied manv positions of power in the Church, and who had been honored as the first officer in a denomination upwards of a million etrong. He was widely known upon the platform and in the execu- tive chambers of various councils both at home and abroad ; but I doubt if lie would ask for any more honorable epitaph than the words which I have chosen for a text this morning: 'A good minister of Jesus Christ.' He had that appreciation of popular applause which belongs to the born orator, yet to it he never sacrificed truth or conscience : he possessed that ability for organization which caused the Church to seek his aid in most important movements, and to look to him for advice in critical moments, yet I do not believe that any friends of liis ever thought of him as ambitious to excel in mere oratory or adniinis- 162 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. tration. He \v;as always at his best in the pulpit, and nothing so iiroused him to the full exercise of his brilliant ^ifts as the defense of the profession in which he spent his life. When tlie Church sought for a man who should best present the lights and shadows of minis- terial experience, it turned to him and intrusted him with the ditlicult task. And those of us who heard him during that campaign in behalt of aged and worn-out ministers, l-cnow how near to his lieart the woriv and life "of the ministry lay. By his own instincts, by his conscious choice, and by all the studies of his later years, he was pre-emiuently a minister; and by his achievements iie showed himself to be 'A Good Minister of Jesus Christ,^ — 'His theme divine; his office sacred; his c-redentials clear.' "Xor is this light praise. No class has a higher ideal to main- tain, none a more difficult task to discharge. No other profession re- quires such blending of the spiritual and the practical. To constitute a good minister of Jesus Christ recpiires at once the greatest heavenly- inindedness and the most temi)erate earthly prudence, the enthusiasm of a zealot and the self-restraint of a philosopher. In a good minister the most contradictory elements meet and strengthen rather than de- stroy each other — the wisdom of the serpent joining naturally with the innocence of the dove, the hand being chilled iron but the glove silk velvet. "And it ou2,"ht to be said first of all that Dr. Hays was a good minister of Jesus Christ by his virile personality. It is true of a min- ister as of a poet that he is, if of the best class, 'born, not made.' You can make ministers of a certain class out of anything, but a good min- ister requires that for his makeup which no art can supply. * * * * "Whatever faults Dr. Hays may have had — and that he had faults was evident to himself and to his friends — they were never such as evinced a lack of courage, of independence, of persistence. Like the great War President, Abraham Lincoln, whom in many personal traits he resembled, the problems of life weit to him too grave to permit much thought of the problems of raiment. He had a hearty contempt for the millinery of the profession ; and if he had been given his choice for pulpit use between the Baptist's camel's hair coat or the ritualist's silk- embroidered stole, he would have taken the camel's hair garment every time. It was this vigorous, aggressive, martial personality which pre- eminently fitted him from birth to be 'a good minister of Jesus Christ.' "But in the second place, he was such a minister as Paul wished Timothy to be. bv clearness of faith and tenacity of conviction. In a dav when many ministers do not know either the philo=:ophical basis of their creed or the logical defences of their confession, he knew both. Tic was not a Calvinistic minister witb ;ni Arminian explanation of his tenets, nor a Presbyterian Pastor witb leanings toward Prelacv. He was as consistent as John Knox, and as firm on his feet as Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms. He bad 2;iven not simplv a cursory hour to the great problems which underlie tliese distinctions, but he had given long years of honest and patient study to the contrasted G. F. HAYjS. 163 ^jliilosopliies irom which creed:- arise; and lie not only knew to which Church he belonged, but he knew why he was where lie was, and why he could be notuiug else. The tj:reat intellectual battlelields of the past were familiar ground to him, and from Augustin to McCosh h^- knew the teachings of the Church and the reasons therefor. No onj can read his clear exposition of the creed of his own denomination, in his history of his Church, without feeling that this man was a scholar who had sounded the dojjths of the deepest problems that employ the mind. His conviction of the absolute sovereignty of God was as 'rock- ribbed and ancient as the hills.' It rested on his conception of the Divine Personality and the necessary attributes of the Absolute. His ■creed was not a coat that he might cut to suit the times, but (as it ought to be with every Minister of middle life) it was the form in which the studies and conclusions of thirty years naturally crystallized. :i: ^ :ic iH "Dr. ]{ays was a good minister of Jesus Christ by the catholicity of his spirit and the charity of his life. * * * Presbyterian as he was by birth, education and personality, there is not in any part of his controversial writings the slightest trace of what is commonly called the 'odium theologicum' or sectarian bitterness. To him the writers and preachers who intelligently held and courteously defended their own denominational linos were w-orthy of respect — far more w^orthy of respect than men who neither understood nor cared for their dis- tinctive symbols. "There are natures to wdiich charity or its counterfeit seems not difficult, because they take nothing seriously. * * * They can toler- ate all views because they can consistently defend none. Pmt it was not so with the late Pastor of tliis church. He was as fixed as granite, but as kindly tow^ard those who differed from him as St. Paul ; and his book, issued during one of the most lieated controversies of our Church, bears no trace of the disturbances of the time in which it was written. I have five well-known histories of American Prosbyterian- ism upon my shelves: and that of Dr. Hays, vigorously as he wrote and firmly as he held his own convictions upon all subjects, is the one dis- tinguished above the rest for its impartiality and catholicity. H(^ loved hi.<5 own Church as he loved his country and its flag: but that flid not prevent a tribute of honest praise to men who differed from him. but who could state the reason why they diflFered and whv they held themselves apart. T l>oliove his work npon the principles and poli- tv of our denomination will take precedence of others more pretentioii=, for the best of all reasons, that its spirit accorrls with the spirit of the Gospel and its method presents our view<5 while not disparacfing or misrepresenting the views of other denominations. "And now. in conclusion, it is my privilege to acknowled'je my personal oblisations to him for the foundations which he laid and th':^ work which he left to mv hands to carry on, under the Master Builder to whom we are both accountable. He came to this church in a di*^- oult — ho remained with it Ihrough a critical — period. Tt is a simpl"' 164 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. matter to be a prosperous iiiercliant upon a rising market, or to be known as a great financier when all winds blow toward a favorable port. But when Dr. Hays took charge of the interests of this churchy he had to face the first fury of the financial cyclone which was ready to whirl its rapid way across the whole continent. For the first time in a third of a century the church found its resources crippled, and he, already past middle life and breaking in health, was called upon to pilot the threatened bark amid the rising waves. I do not forget the sacrifices of others, the counsel he received from his colleagues in the Session, and the aid rendered by other boards of the church; but had he been other than he was — had he been either selfishly ambitious or weakly vacillating, less true to his Master or less faithful to his peo- ple, I can but think the church would have suffered grave loss if not certain wreck. His work can only be honestly and fairly judged when one takes into view the unparalleled difficulties which confronted him and the increasing infirmities which culminated in that nervous pros- tration from which there was no recovery and only the relief of death. Upon the dissolution of his nastorate in the Second Chuich, ap- propriate and very feeling resolutions were passed by the church itself,, which were transmitted to tlie Presbytery and by it recorded as a part of its minutes. In addition to these the Presbytery adopted resolution-; of its own, in which it said (in part) : ''The Presbytery * * * in dis- solving the pastoral relation '^ * * desires to place on record its high appreciation of the labors of Dr. Hays, both as Pastor and as Presbyter, and its regret that this dissolution has been rendered necessary by his failing health. Even when prudence demanded moderation, zeal for his Master's work both at home and abroad rendered it impossiljle for him to neglect the exacting duties of a large and influential city pastor- ate, the frequent calls for special services by various Boards, Presby- teries, Synods and the General Assembly, the preparation of an elab- orate presentation of the historical and present position and influence of Presbyterianism, and earnest participation in numerous other im- portant enterprises." The foregoing quotations tell much about Dr. Hays, but they do not mention such of his prominent characteristics as his ready wit, his unusual powers of debate, his peculiar geniality, his wide and up- to-flate information, his accessibility to all that sought him — traits that made him a favorite in the home and on the platform. They do not tell of the importance of the churches he served before coming among us, nor of the eleven years spent as President of Washington and Jefferson College, where he had an important part in training many of those now most prominent in the Church and State. They do not speak of the many thousands of dollars he succeeded in raising for Wooster University and for his own Colle11IV IIII^J^. TIMOTHY HILL. 167 The history of the Church and its records were then largely those of the Town, whose most respected and prominent citizen was its minister. This is amply proved by the History of Mason (pp. 32^) and the Mcm- oir of the Eev. Ebenezer Hill (pp. 114), both published in 18o» by the late Hon. John B. Hill, of Bangor, Maine. "Dr. Hill's mother, Abigail Jones (Stearns), was the third wil'e of the Kev. Ebenezer Hill, and daughter of Col. Timothy Jones, if Bedford, Mass. He was the youngest child of a large and widely scat- ered family, all trained to hal>its of industry, and educated lor po- sitions of usefulness which they long filled with modesty and honor. His own education, after leaving the home farm, was obtained at the New Ipswich, N. H., Academy, class of 1838, Dartmouth College. 184 i, and Union Theological Seminiiry, 1845. During and after his col- lege course he taught school for several years* His choice after leav- ins; the seminary was to go as a Foreign Missionary to India. But. as in the case of many others, providential causes turned his steps toward the Home Mission field instead. "In the fall of 1845 Dr. Hill was one of a company of ten young theologues induced by the late Dr. Artemas Hullard to locate in Mis- souri. His first winter was spent in ^Monroe county, after which he settled in St. Charles. There he was ordained, Oct. 22, 1 846. and re- mained in charge of the New School Presbyterian church from 184(1 to 1851. He then went to St. Louis, where he organized the Fair- mount Presbyterian church, of which he remained Pastor until the out- break of the Civil War. In 1861 he removed to Illinois, where ho supplied the churches of Rosemond and Shelb^'ville about two year- each. In all the years of political agitation preceding and during the War, he was a strong Whig and later a Republican in politics, well known as a decided anti-slavery man in the days when such men were much in the minority in ^lissouri. "At the close of the War. Dr. Hill returned to this State, settling in Kansas City, where he organized the Second Presbyterian church,. July 16, 1865. This church belonged to what was then known as the New School Synod of "Missouri, of which its Pastor had long been a prominent member. For years he was the Svnod's Stated Clerk and three time? its Moderator. Through his efforts the Second church was the first of the many churches organized in Kansas Citv after tlie War to get a house of worship, and from the start secured a foremost position among the churches of the city, which it has since maintained. "In 1868 Dr. Hill was appointed Svnodical ^fissionary, having superintendence for the Board of Home Missions over its work in th-^ Southwest. His work at first covered IMissouri. Kansas, Indian Terri- tory and Texas. As the work increased he save the States over, ono l)y one, into other hands until at the time of his death in 1887 he re- tained the Territory only. In those nineteen years he had much to do *AH his Hfe long Dr. Hin was scholarly in his tastes and haliits. thoiitrh so busy hp could not devote himself to hiB studies as he longed to do. His snare moments were usually spent in reading the tireek Testament, the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible or the Vulgate. In such studies he delighted, and never allowed himself to grow ••rusty. "" 168 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. with the resurrection of Presbyterianism in Missouri after the War, and with its planting and propagation in the other States and Terri- tor}' mentioned. His work, especially in Kansas, is even yet spoken of as the most successful ever done anywhere by one in his position. He was a born organizer, a skilled executive, a good judge of men and of opportunities, a zealous advocate of Presbyterian doctrine and pol- ity, a ready and convincing public speaker. Few commercial travelers of his day had so large a territory as he to visit, or covered it oftener. His correspondence was large and burdensome, his preaching frequent, his reports to the Board of Home Missions and contributions to the religious press numerous and important. Had he turned his atten- tion to secular business, he doubtless would have acquired wealth, as many investments made by him for others amply proved. His judg- ment was admired and trusted by all. No man of his day had so large a knowledge of the Presbyterian history of the West, or had done more to make it. There is great regret, therefore, that the last years of his life could not have been spent, as he had planned, in committing that history to writing. "On Nov. 2, 1854, Dr. Hill married, in the city of St. Louis. Miss Frances A. Hall, a native of Orange county, N. Y., who had been a student at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary under Mary Lyon, and for several years a teacher in the South and in St. Louis. To her much of the credit is due for whatever of good he accomplished. She still sur- vives him, with her two sons, the Rev. John B. Hill and Henry E. Hill, an architect, all resident in Kansas City." No biography of Dr. Hill has ever been published, though vol- umes might easily have been filled with interesting and valuable bio- graphical matter pertaining to him, which would have been in part a History of the Presbyterian Church in the West. An appreciative memorial address was delivered before the Synod of Kansas in the fall of 1887, by the Rev. Dr. D. C. Milner, who spoke particularly of his work in Kansas, though much of what is there said applies equally well as to his work in this State. During all the time of his acting as Synodical Missionary he was a resident of Kansas City, and a mem- ber of this Presbytery. Dr. Milner said, in part: "It is interesting to note his early interest in the welfare of the country which was to be the scene of his principal labors. While a Pastor in [St. Charles and afterward in] St. Louis, years before Kan- sas was admitted as a State, and in the midst of the turmoil of border wars, he wrote for Eastern papers a number of letters defending the men who favored free institutions, and spoke prophetic words as to the future of this Territory. He came to Kansas City in 1865, and this interest became still greater; and when, in 1868, he was appointed Superintendent of Missions for the Synod of Missouri, which then in- cluded Kansas, he became identified with the work of tlie Church in this State for the rest of his life. He soon devoted himself entirply to the work of the new S^oiod of Kansas, which then embraced the In- flian Territorv and Texas. Soon after he was released from the car.^ TIMOTHY HILL. 169 of Texas, but continued to the last identified with Kansas and tlie In- dian Territory. Thougli he closed his otticial relations with Kansas in 1885, he preserved the most intense interest in our Church affairs, and did much for their welfare up to the very date of his death. "The Presbyterian Church in Kansas is a product of Home Mis- sions. A very great majority of its churches have been nourished by the Home Boara, and its houses of v^'orship aided by the Board of Church Erection. "The growth of the State of Kansas has been without a paralleL * * * The growth of the Presbyterian phurch is also unparalleled. * * * During these years when the population of the State has in- creased six fold, the membership of the Presbyterian Church has more than multiplied thirteen fold. This marvelous growth has been due in large measure to the energy, wisdom and devotion of Dr. Hill, We believe that no other man has done so much for the growth of the Church of Christ in Kansas, as well as that of the Presbytf lian Church. His reports as Synodical ]\Iissionary would be almost a complete his- tory of the Presbyterian Cnuirch in Kansas for seventeen years. We sometimes hear of the slowness of the Presbyterian Church. In this Synod it has often been in advance of all others. * * * "Dr. Hill had a remarkable acquaintance with every portion of the State. Perhaps no one man knew as much of its citie> and towns, its soil and productions. Few men wrote more about the State ; and the files of the English religious periodicals have many letters from him, not only showing the condition of religious work, but also the growth and resources of the State, with his confident opinions of its great future. "He had pre-eminent qualifications for his work as Superintend- ent of Missions. He was devoted to the Missionary idea. He has been well called 'a born Missionary.' His whole clerical life of more than forty years was spent in Home Mission wMirk. He had broad ideas of the work to be done in the West. He had studied carefully the question as to our exceptional populations. * * * Ho hid not only planned for the rural districts and the smaller towns, but had ad- vanced ideas on the needs of the cities and the importance of Church extension in these great centers of population. He was omphaticallv a Western man, and Dr. Henry A. "NTelson well styled him a 'walking cvclopaxlia of the West.' "He was a man of unusual business ability. His shrewdness,, however, was of the wise and helpful kind, and bis judgment was oT vfist value to many Church enteiprises. He had a remarkable power' in reading men and his prophecies: as to the future of ministers rarely failed. He had a good deal of sympathy with weak men ; but he had no patience with the 'dead beat.' who occasionally takes the role of the preacher, and tries to force himself upon churches to thoir de- struction. **Presbyteriep would have saved themselves much trouble if they had in some notable cases profited by his judgment. There is some- 170 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. times expressed a fear of the 'one man power' ; but it is especially true in the work of Missions that the wisdom and experience of one man is superior to the confused counsel of many. We hear at times of the need of a 'ministerial bureau^ to bring ministers and vacant churches together. Dr. Hill was himself such a bureau. There are many churches in this' synod to-day that are thankful for his wisdom in sending them 'the right man for the right place.' "We may well recall some of liis severe labors during the years he was our Synodical Missionary. Think of his long journeys, aver- aging at least 15,000 miles a year. Often he traveled off the rail* roads in stage or wagon with uncomfortable surroundings. I well remember the first time I met him at Presbytery, which met in a littk cabin in Southwest Missouri. It was some 70 miles from the railroad, and he came on a wagon, in a great storm of snow and sleet, over roads almost impassible from mud. "His correspondence was immense, and he had no aid from stenog- rapher and typewriter. He was the great medium of intelligence be- tween ministers and churches. He visited the theological seminaries and urged upon them the claims of Home Mission fields. He was connected, directly and indirectly, with the organization of a large proportion of our churches and assisted at the dedication of many houses of worship. In his visits to our Presbyteries, how often did he show that he knew more about the work in their bounds than any member. He assisted in settling many a church quarrel. He deeply sympathized with ministers in tlieir trials, and letters of tender com- fort from him can be found in homes of bereavement. In the later years of his work, with advancino- age. the vast increase of the field, and the especial work of the Indian Territory pressing upon him, he conld not give the same attention to individual ministers and churches he had done in former years. vSomo of tlinse who came later to our Synod did not make the proper allowance for the enormous work on his hands, and he was very sensitive to criticisms on the subject, and more than once desired Synod to relieve him of his burdens. "For almost three years he gave his chief attention to the work of ^Missions in the Indian Territory. Anyone who had spent an hour with him during these years would certainly have had presented to him the importance of the work. With what earnestness he would spread out the map of the Territory, and point out the line? of railroad built or projected, and show the locations of Missions and schools, with comments on men and measures and incidents of the work done for the redmon. In thinking of it now, there is something almost pathetic in his enthusiastic devotion to the work for the Indians. "We sometimes hear of a Bishop in charge of a great diocese. Here was a Bishop of the true Apostolic succession, and a Superin- tendent of Missions of Kansas. What growth, and what conquests for Christ did he witness under his administration! "On the 21st of Mav he was found dead, with his glasses in place, and a h^ter concerning Missionary work dropped from his hands. A TIMOTHY HILL. 171 few moments before, he looked out of a western window from the bluffs of Kansas City that commanded a fine lookout of Kansas, and said, 'What a splendid prospect !' His last vision of this earth with mor- tal eyes was that of the State for which he had an intense love and for which he had given so many years of labor, and his last thoughts were of the work among the Indians. * * * "The best monument we can raise to his memory is to carry on earnestly and faithfully the work of his life. Let this great Home Mission Synod press the work of church organization, and church effi- ciency and independence. I cannot better close this memorial than by using his own words : 'Stirred by the memories of the past, catching thfe mantle of those who have gone before, it becomes us to work while the day lasts, leaving no duty undone, knowing that our labor is not in vain in the Lord. Let us labor with sedulous care thai we may transmit to those who will come after us an untarnished record, care- fully laying broad and deep the foundations of the Church of God, rest- ing on the Rock of Ages, that others may carry on our work when we are gone, and thus rear the glorious Church of God immovable forever.' " Many more quotations it would be a pleasure and a form of filial piety to give; but there can be room for only one more, which is from the remarks of Dr. C. L. Thompson at his funeral: "Dr. Hill was a born Missionary. It can h^ truthfully said of him that he organized and helped to organize more Presbyterian churches in this country than any other man.* * * The last rich months of his life he lived for the Indian Territory ; and that last long journey to the East, fatiguing, as it proved to be beyond his strength, was undertaken in part * * * that he might once more plead before the Board of Missions the claims of the Indian work. His love for the work at the closing days was a touching reminder of tlie Foreign Missionary zeal of liis student days. Thus his desire to preach to the heathen was reached at last; and he illustrated in his work the sen- timent he expressed in print only a few months ago, when he said: ^Foreign Missions and Home Missions are so blended that no man can tell where the one ends and the other begins; and no man who is not cordially interested in both has any true conception of the spirit of the Gospel.' These words, as Dr. Nelson has said, are indeed worthy to be printed in gold; they are worthy of the man who in purpose as a boy would go to the heathen, who gave his strength to founding churches in our own country, and his ripest and tenderest months to those who are the neglected heathen of a Christian land. "His knowledge of men was commanding. Wo have never known a man who could give a fairer, clearer, juster estimate of people. With charity toward all and malice for none, he held and expressed his own convictions in no uncertain way. His trumpet gave a ringing sound. And yet. while he was tenacious of his opinions, and extremely frank in avowing them, there was something so manly in his manner, and so kind withal, that firmness seldom offended. He had no smooth 172 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. arts of speech; he never sued for favor; he went straight on, but witJi consideration so tempering earnest conviction, and a kind heart so appearing through a plainness of speech, that those whose opinions or conduct he crossed were still his staunch friends, "The caaase of our Church in all the West has sustained a great loss. How many enterprises will miss his counsel and help ! The Presbyterian Alliance of Kansas City, into whose projected work he threw himself with great energy; the Ladies' College at Independence, in which he felt a great interest; and especially Park College, for which he had the highest hopes, and to which he gave himself in most unstinted measure — how all these works will miss his strong hand and ready word ! "The history of Presbyterianism in this and neighboring States is also a great loser in his death. He knew more about the religious development of Missouri and Kansas and more about the marvelous and even romantic history of Missions among Indian nations than any living man. So impressed with this fact was the Synod of Missouri that a few years ago they asked him to prepare from the valuable mater- ials in his hand and in his memory a history of our Church in this State. To this large work he hoped to give his declining years. Much knowledge will be buried to-day. The busy hand and brain are still, and much of our history has gone into the irrecoverable past. * * ■' Two of the fairest of our States will be forever associated with the name of Timothy Hill. Hundreds of churches will be his monuments ; streams of blessing across the desert will tell to remojjest times of the faith and toil of the prince of Presbyterian Missionaries." FREDERIC WILLIAM HINITT. Though an Englishman by birth, Mr. Hinitt is a Missourian by long residence and education, as well as by his first pastorate. His home was in St. Joseph, where for some years he was in an architect's office, while preparing for college. He was a member of the Sixtli Street church there, which is connected with the Southern Assembly. After graduating from Westminster College and MeCormick Theolog- ical Seminary, he began his regular ministerial life as Pastor of our church at Warrensburg. There he immediately took high rank and was greatly esteemed as a man, preacher and Pastor. Dignified and courteous in manner, careful and attractive in personal appear:ince, earnest and scholarly in the pulpit, a cultivated singer and a for-eful speaker, he was a favorite with young and old, students, professors and townspeople. Though he remained in Warrensburg but three years before accepting a call to Ottumwa, Iowa, he left the church in a pros- perous condition, much improved by the good work he accomplished there. EDWARD HOLLISTER. 17;3 EDWARD HOLLISTER. Though uever settled over a church in this Presbytery, the man that organized its oldest church, that at Boonville (now in the South- ern connection, deserves at least a slight notice. From a sketch of his life found in the Presbytery Reporter Jan., 1870, pp. 72-4, it appears that Mr. HoUister was born at Sharon, Ct., Feb. 22, 1796, whence he removed with his father's family to Salisbury, Ct. After grad- uating at Middlebury College, and while a student at xVndover Sejiii- nary, "during one vacation wliile hiboring as a lay ^lissionary m Bos- ton, Mass., he witnessed the deeply interesting exercises at the em- barkation of Messrs Winslow, Scudder and others for the C.-ylon Mis- sion ; and wrote lines, published in the Boston Recorder, a farewell ad- dress to them, which were printed and sung in the program of exer- cises at the ordination of Messrs. Bingham and Thurston, at Goshen, Conn., Sept. 29, 1819. This is mentioned to show the early bias of his mind to a missionary field. "Sept. 26, 1820, he was ordained by the Pri'sbytery of London- derry, * * * together with Daniel Gould and Horace Belknap, and went on a Mission. Started Sept. 27, 1820, to Missouri and Illinois, under the direction of the Connecticut Home ^^lissionary Society, under whos i care he remained until the spring of 1822. His 1 ibors were extensive and valuable * * * at several points collecting and organizing churches. * * * In the spring of 1822 he visited New England, expecting to return West to remain; but at a late day in the season for making th:' journey, he was informed by a Secretary of the Society that they could employ only itinerants." He reluctantly gave up returning to th» West then, but in 1834 returned to Illinois, whore h'' spent the re- mainder of his life. HORACE CARTER HOVEY. Probably the most scientific man that has ever occupied any pul- pit in this part of the country is the Rev. H. ('. Hovey, D.D., now the Pastor of the historic church in Xewburyport, ]\rass., under whosr> pul- pit the Evangelist, George Whitefield, whs buried late in Colonial times. The son of a College Professor, he himself was early elected a Tutor in Wabash College, and was ever deeply interested in scien- tific studies. Though continuously in the pastorate since his ordina- tion in 1858, Dr. Hovey has found time to' make careful personal in- vestigations, as well as to read and write extensively on scientific stud- ies, and to make himself a recognized authority on the subject of caves. He has t)oen for years a eorre-^tiondiMit iW various litc-arv. sci- entific and religious periodicals, and a member of -everal of tlv lead- ing geological, geographical and philosophical societies. His pub^'shed works include a Manual of Mammoth Cave, one on Celebrated Am-^ri- oan Caverns, and one on Subterranean Map -Miking, besides sermons and addresses, and articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Dr. Hovev was Pastor-Elect of the First Presbvterian church of 174 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Kansas City from 1873 to 1875, during the times of financial depres- sion and trouble that ruined many of our churches in city and country both. He was a forcible writer and an able speaker, whose gifts have since found large exercise in several important pulpits, both Presbyter- ian and Conffresrational. ROBERT IRWIN. Dr. Irwin, long so well known in this State, first came to Mis- souri in 1869, having accepted a call to the Pastorate of the First church of Kansas City. Previous to that time, after having graduated from Hanover College and Western Seminary, he had f^erved as Pas- tor of a church in Bethlehem, Ind., for eight years, as Chaplain in the U. S. Army for one year during the Civil War (from which he was forced to resign on account of sickness), an(f as Pastor of a church at Waveland, Ind., for five years. The story of the discouraging sigjit that met his eyes, when, on arrival in Kansas City, he beheld the smoking ruins of the beautiful church to which he had accepted a call, is told in the sketch of the First church given on another p'dge. As there was no insurance, the plight was doubly distressing. A man of less faith and courage would have given up and retired. But undaunted himself, he soon led his dis- couraged people into a new building, in a new location, where a large congregation was built up and prospered under his ministrations. Hav- ing received a sunstroke, however, in the summer of 1872, his health was so impaired that he was compelled to resign in March, 1873. Though not afterwards formally identified with this Presl^ytery, his work as Superintendent for the Board of Publication and Sunday School Work, 1873-80, and as President of Lindenwood College until his death, was such as to bring him into close touch with all our churches and with many of their homes. He was also for years well known as an excellent Clerk of ecclesiastical bodies, having served as Stated Clerk of the Presbvtery of Lafavette until the Reunion, and as Stated Clerk of the Synod of' Missouri, 1870-91. In all his work he was efficient and beloved. RICHARD H. JACKSON. Tall, keen-eyed, square-shouldered, perpendicular even to the top of his white hair, the figure of the Rev. R. H. Jackson is one that can never be forgotten by those that knew him. But his influence for good in this Presbytery will be still more abiding. Though never a Pastor among us, he served as Supply for the pulpits of five of our churches, in one of which he remained longer (fourteen years) than any other member of this Presbytery since the Civil War ever remained in pontiniioiis oharge of ono of its ohurobes. When he came among us, !<.< >;u;i^25 of that was given by one individual. Even marriages arc often solemnized without any offer of compensation. This ought, however, to be imputed more to the custom of the country than to the state of feeling. In this section of the country it would be a deathblow to a Minister's usefulness to have it known that he received a salary (though ever so small) from the people. When we take these things into view it is hardlv a matter of surprise that we find so few prosper- ous churches." As might have been supposed from Dr. Jones' New England ante- cedents, he was much interested in the slaves whom he found in Mis- souri. In one of his reports he says : "At Osceola I have held three or four meetings expressly for the benefit of the colored people. At my last meeting with them, ten came forward and gave very good evi- dence that they were seeking the Lord in earnest. Indeed, I have good reason to believe that most of thein are alreadv born into the King- dom. At my next meeting T intend to form them into a cla-ss. with reference to their uniiing with the church.'' How many churches Dr. Jones organized, and how many church buildings he erected, are not now known to the writer. At one time he reports: '^e have begun to build a losr meetin5 far to hold our meetings in private dwellings, which at best can atTord but poor accommodations." In 18.5fi he wrote the frienrls at home: 'T" am 180 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. now making arrangements to build a clmrch ior my beloved people at Deepwater, which i am exceedingly desirous to see accomplished before I die. For want of funds, we have hitherto been unable to build; and my people are unable still to meet the expense, although I have reason to hope for something in this quarter before the work is completed. The responsibility of the expenses incurred will devolve alone on my- self, from which 1 hope to free myself from debt by the little fund I have been saving, gained in the practice of medicine. This, how- ever, is insufficient to meet all the demand ; yet I hope, by God^s bless- ing, to save something more the present year, which, with what my people may raise, shall supply our need." The building thus erected was put up largely by the labor of Dr. Jones' own hands. It was built on his own farm, mainly of adobe bricks, plastered on the outside. It was the first church building erected in the western part of Henry county, and probably the first building in the county erected for church purposes exclusively. Of it he wrote : "Our house, aside from what has been given us, will cost but six or seven hundred dollars. Sixty of the sum has alreadv been raised. The rest I shall remit from my savings." This building was satisfactorily completed and used for about twenty years, until, after the coming of the railroad to Mon- trose a few miles away, the old Deepwater (or Clermantown) church was finally dissolved, and the building went to decay. When the troubles came on, late in the fifties, by which the Xew School denomination in this State was nearly wiped out, he turned reluctantly away from the denomination in which he had labored so long and sought a home in the Old School Church. His church went with him into the Presbytery of Lafayette in 1859. At the close of the War, they were within the bounds of the Presbytery of Southwest Missouri, where they remained until the Reunion. For that event he longed and prayed. At his invitation the meetings of the Presby- teries of Southwest Missouri and Osage were held simultaneously in the old adobe church at Germantown in the spring of 1870, at which time the final steps toward the Reunion were taken. He had longed to be present on that occasion. The meeting came, but he was too feeble to attend. But he heard of the unanimous vote for Reunion, and joined heartily in spirit, if not in voice, with the brethren that sang "Blest be the tie that binds." When the Presbyteries had ad- journed and remained only for the Sabbath Communion service, he peacefully passed Home. Both Presbyteries attenrlefl the funeral serv- ices the next day, conducted by the two Moderators. One of them said that when he had visited their venerable father, four years before, '*^the deceased had three desjres which be Inuo-c^d to see accompl'shed. The first was to see this church he had founded sfreatly strengthened in the Christian work. He had lived to see that desire gratified fn an unusual extent. The second was that every one of his o-randchildven might be converted and come info covenant with the people of God. This too was gfranted him r for while he lav there the evening preceding his dnnth. ihe vonnirest and Insl one of Ihe fold had been gathered in. AMASA JONElS. 181 The third was to see both branches oi Presbyterians united in one com- mon bond, and he himseli; had sung at the conclusion oi' this act, 'Blest be the tie that binds/ "' All there thought of the words of the aged Simeon, words which indeed Dr. Jones himself had thought of and used on his dying day. "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, * * * for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.'^ Dr. Jones was a remarkable man in a great variety of ways. Though not, so far as we know, given to writing verses himself, he was a great lover of religious poetry. Almost every letter contains one or more quotations or fragments of pious song, appropriately setting forth his experiences and aspirations. He was a skilled mechanic, not merely in the trade he learned in youth, but in cabinet-making and carpentry as well. Though never trained in the schools, he was a good scholar, a beloved physician, a deep theologian, a good preacher. Though for nearly fifty years an exile on the frontier, he was well posted on the progress of mankind, especially of the Church. Though poor in this world's goods, he was a liberal giver, an unselfish worker, a persistent Missionarv. The record of his life can never be fully read on earth ; but even a fragmentary statement of wliat he did, and why and how he did it, ought to make every reader a better Christian, a more earnest worker. CHARLES COTTONS KIMBALL. The fourth in the succession of Pastors of the Second church of Kansas City was the Rev. C. C. Kimball, D.D., one of the most schol- arlv men that have filled its pulpit. After graduating with the high- est honors from Beloit College, and completing the full course at Union Theological Seminary, he spent years in study and evangelical work and traveled abroad before entering upon the full work of the pastor- ate in Erie, Pa. There he was Pastor of the First church for four years and then of the Central church for seven years before coming to Kansas City. He was in this charge about two and a half years, dur- ing the period when the city was growing very rapidly and fast as- suming the metropolitan position it now holds. He was a vigorous thinker of decidedly original character, an epigrammatic writer with a fresh way of putting things, a brilliant word painter, adorning and enforcing his sermons with vivid illustrations of vast variety — "a man of learning and ability, dignified, earnest, able to discuss the higher themes of theology with clearness, while he greatly excelled in descrip- tive power." During his stay the church grew rapidly, crowding the downtown house of worship to the doors. A new building was de- cided upon and work begun upon the building at the corner of 13th and Central streets (which was burned Apr. 4, 1900). It was then thought far out, in a strictly residence portion of the city. When it dissolved the pastoral relation, to take effect the 30th of November. 1881. the Presbytery expressed "profound sorrow at the 182 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. prospect of this separation" as well as bore '"testimony to the high Christian character of Dr. Kimball, to his ability as an expounder of God's Word, and the success which has attended him during his pas- torate in the midst of great difficulties." JAMES THOMAS LAPSLEY. The first twenty-five years of the ministry of Dr. Lapslev were spent within the bounds of the Presbyteries of Transylvania and Eben- ezer. These two Presbyteries have probably furnished more ministers and members to the churches in this part of Missouri than any other two in the denomination. After supplying the churches of Kjiob ISToster and Warrensburg for a year or more, 1856-7, Dr. Lapsley was called to the church of Pleasant Hill, where he remained (though not installed) until April, 1860. Of this period he writes : '"My minis- try in Pleasant Hill church, Mo., of over two years, was very pleasant and successful. Began work there in fall of 1858. Number of mem- bers on church roll, seventy-five, with five Elders and three Deacons. During the year forty additions by profession. Next year (fall of 1859) a very gracious revival, resulting in sixty additions, of whom forty were males. Being called to pastorate of the New and Old School churches of New Providence, Ky., uniting into one church, I accepted same and returned to Kentucky, April 1860; and left the Pleasant Hill church wr 175 on church roll. Revisited Pleasant Hill in the spring of 1865, or near the close of the Civil War, and found only six families of Presbyterians, and twenty members in reach of church. Later on, or in fall of 1865, I learned as many as fifty or sixty members were again in Pleasant Hill and vicinity. While I served Pleasant Hill church, the town of Pleasant Hill had about 800 population, and Kansas City about 3,000 and Westport, two or three miles away, about 2,500 people." During the period just after the Reunion, Dr. Lapsley again supplied the Pleasant Hill church, 1870-72. Dr. Lapsley is still (1900) preaching in Kentucky. A letter re- ceived from him in the fall of 1900 gives a delightful picture of a green and fruitful old age. "I am now in my 82d year, in good health, and retain all my powers remarkably well. Preach regularly first and third Sabbath of each month to small churches, one thirty, the other forty miles away. If I live till October 9. 1900, T will have been preaching fifty-nine years. My voice is as strong as thirty years ago. Am the oldest Presbyterian ministor in Kentuckv ihoun-h some are older in years. Have, during my ministry, had not less than seventy- fiv(; rcviv.'l ,=oasons of more or less extent, and resulting in hope con- versions of ten to one hundred persons at various points, and aggre- gating, as far as human observation can determine, from 2,000 to 2,500 persons. It has been mv good fortune to be a member of the General Assemblv in 1846, 1855, 1864. 1874, 1880, 1891 and 1899— J. T. LAPSLEY. 183 seven Assemblies; and on the Committee on the Briggs case at Detroit in '91, and McGifl'ert case in "98. I hope we are done with such troubles for years to come/' ROBERT L. McAFEE. Of the founder of the Jefferson City church the only biographical data secured are found in a letter from himself to the Rev. Timothy Hill, dated April o, 185G, in which he says : "'1 am a native of Mercer county, Ky., born May 29, 1802. Took my literary course partly in a Latin school taught in the neighborhood where I was born, aud partly at Center College, Danville, Ky. Studied Theology under Dr. Thos. Cleland, Pastor of the united churches of Harrodsburg and New Prov- idence. 1 never attended a Theological Seminary. I was licensed to preach the Cospel by Transylvania Presbytery, March, 1829, and came on a missionary tour to Missouri in May following. Having previous to my leaving for Missouri applied to the Board of Missions of the General Assembly for a commission and pay as an Evangelist, when I reached Columbia, Mo., I found a commission from the Assem- bly's Board, but allowing me, as was their custom then, only $100 for a year's services, leaving me to collect from the people among whom I missionated the balance of what I might need. The brethren who were here laboring and had been laboring some among the vacant churches in this State told me what I afterwards found to be trae, viz. : that I would be able to get very little from the people among whom I might labor for some time to come. And my means being very limited, I, for that reason alone, returned the commission sent me by the Assembly's Board; and through Bro. Cochran applied to the Home Missionary Society for a commission granting me full pay, $400 per year, which they granted, dating my commission, I think, about the first of May or June, 1829. I itinerated that summer, visiting different parts of the State and vacant churches. In autumn I sus- pended my missionary work, and spent the winter in Kentucky, and returning to this State in June. 1S30, I took charge as Stated Supply of the churches of Round Prairie and Millersburg, the churches being twelve miles apart. Both these churches were newly organized, I be- lieve, by Rev. Wm. P. Cochran, and both very feeble. With these two churches I continued and labored during my connection with the Home Missionary Society. T was under the pay of the Home Missionary So- ciety four years. I believe, receiving $400 the first year, $300 the sec- ond year and $200 each the last two years. [What would some of our Home Missionaries think of such meager salaries now, and of such heroic cutting .^"] At the close of the fourth year, the churches to which T preachofl having inci-easod some in strength and numbers, T deter- mined in the exercise of faith to cast myself upon Go(\ and the churches to whom T ministered for my snpport, thanked the Home Missionary Society for past favors and closed my connection with them, praying 184 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. the great Head of tlie Church to bless and prosper ihem in their noble work. 1 continued to preach to both the Millersburg and Round Prairie churches lor some three or four years. In the meantime I organized the Presbyterian church in Jefferson City, 1 think in 1835, and after my connection with the Home Missionary Society closed my time was divided for a year or two equally between the three churches, after which I gave up the Millers burg church, and divided my time pretty much between the Round Prairie and Jeiferson City churches, with some intermission in the latter church, until the sum- mer of 18-16, when from disease of the throat I had to give up preach- ing altogether for several years. * * * The church at Jefferson City has passed through sunshine and shade at various times, and has now, I am told, a prospect of doing well. * * * For several years after I came to the State, most of all the ministers here, so far as I know or now recollect, I mean Presbyterian ministers, were in connection with the Home Missionary Society, and all the older churches were organ- ized by them, many of which have since become extinct." IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY. When Dr. McCurdy took charge of the Fifth church, Kansas City, it was greatly discouraged by debt and other circumstances that had led to the resignation of Dr. Bruce a few months before. The vigor, energy and ability with which he then took hold of this difficult work bore immediate fruit in the revival of interest on the part of those that remained and in the addition of nearly one hundred members in the first six months of his pastorate. Though in the city but a little over two years, he tooK high rank among its leading clergymen, in the Presbyterian Alliance and in the Presbytery, being frequently called upon to address prominent gatherings. He was not a member of secret societies, but emphatically a "joiner" when it came to patriotic and hereditary societies, of which he belonged to the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Sons of the Revolution (on twelve counts, possibly the largest number ever proved up on by one individual), the Society of the War of 1812, the Society of Colonial Wars, and several others. His literary record and pastoral work are thus related in the genealogy of the Dotv— Doten Family, p. 473 : "He graduated at Indiana, Pa., State Normal School, 1876, with the highest honors of his class; graduated A.B. at Lafayette College, receiving the Fowler prize, the highest honor in the College: graduate student with Prof. F. A. March, and received Litt.D. from Lafavette 1890; graduate student at Princeton, completing three courses with Pree. McCosh. who certified : 'He showed superior philosophic abil- ity' : has received thirteen different degrees, all by examination, ex- cept D.D. honorary, eidit being the Doctor's degree. Received thcolotr- ioal education at Princeton. Pastor Presbyterian church, Frederick Citv. Md.. 1881-4; Southwestern Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, I. p. McCURDY. 185 1884-95, and Honorary Pastor for life from June 1895; P. E., St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, Boston, Mass., 189G; delegate to Pan Presbyterian Council, London, 1888; member of the Presbyterian Board of Education since 1887; chairman of Board of Managers of Evangelical Alliance, Philadelphia, 1889-94; etc." JAMES ALEXANDER PORTER McGAW. IJ^D ma'n that has passed in and out of the Presbytery of Kansas City in recent years has stood higher in the esteem of his brethren in the ministry or of the churches than Dr. McGaw. His coming was welcomed, his departure much regretted. He had tilled the positions of Moderator of the Presbytery and Chairman of its Committee on Foreign Missions, as well as of several special Committees, much to the satisfaction of all. He was one of the first to occupy the chair as President of the Presbyterian Alliance of Kansas City, and was a strong promoter of its etficiency. He made his influence widely felt, though occupying a suburban pulpit, one of the most difficult in the city. When he left the city, the Alliance declared him "kind in spirit, broad in charity, and true to the Gospel of Christ, * * * constantly co-operating with his fellow Pastors in all that pertains to the welfare of the church, * * * a Christian brother of much ability and blameless character, whose departure from us we sincerely regret." It has not always been the custom of the Presbytery to pass reso- lutions on the departure of brethren, even of prominence ; but on the departure of Dr. McGaw, it placed on record these facts: "He has diligently and efficiently met the demands upon him during his pas- torate. A Christian gentleman ; an earnest, able, evangelical pri^achcr ; a sound and experienced Presbyterian ; an excellent Pastor, tactful and courageous in the discharge of his duty; he has endeared himself to us, won the esteem of the clergy of other denominations and of the community at large. We desire to express our high respect for and warm attachment to him as a man and as a Minister." The estimate of him in ISTevin is eminently appropriate: "Dr. McGaw is a substantial man, physically, intellectually and spiritually. As a preacher he is earnest and clear and instructive and evangelical. Being a man of much kindness and readiness and strength of judgment, and of courage to urge his convictions, he is useful and influential as a Pastor. Tn his ministry he has been acceptable and useful." ROLLIN" RUTHVEN MARQUIS. In the seven years he spent in this Presbytery, no man was more constantly on its Committees, both Permanent and Special, than R. R. Marquis. He was early elected Moderator of Presbytery and Commis- sioner to the General Assembly. His work was summarized at its close in the following, ]iroposed by Dr. Hendy and adopted by the Pres- bytery: "Our esteemed brother has labored in word and doctrine nnong his people with marked success. He has strengthened the 13 186 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. church in all lines of work, even during a period of general depression. He has strengthened our cause to a marked degree in the entire com- munity where he has been called to labor. Presbytery takes special pleasure in testifying that they have found in Bro. Marquis a well- trained and scholarly co-laborer. His zeal for and thorough grasp of all the great fundamental questions of our Presbyterian polity, and his tireless labors, especially in the work of our Church for Young People, have greatly endeared him to all his brethren in this Presbytery." JOSEPH MAYOU. The materials are not at hand for as extended a notice as we would like to give of the labors of the Eev. Jos. Mayou, a man of the widest experience and range of work. Born in England, educated and nat- uralized in America, laboring with unusual success for over thirteen years in India in the Arcot Mission of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, for five years "holding a place of forlorn hope" as a Home Missionary of the same denomination, and for thirteen years thereafter a Home Missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Kansas, he came to this Pres- bytery vigorous and energetic in the work he loved. He supplied the churches of Appleton City and Montrose for about two years and those of Greenwood and Centerview for one year. His wife was meanwhile one of the most efficient workers in the Women's Presbyterial Mission- ary Society, of which she was elected President. At last, however, when, seeking a new field, he met with objections on account of his atti- tude on certain questions then agitating the Church at large. Sad and sore over the treatment he received, he withdrew from the Presbyterian denomination, and entered the Episcopal ministry. His brethren of the Presbytery regretted that he should have found anything in the manner of their criticism to induce him to think there was aught but the kindliest feeling toward him personally, and protested that no such impression was intended. His own feelings are sho\\Ti in a note to one of the members of the Committee on Presbyterial History, which we give without comment: "I thought that the Presbyterian Church was more lil)oral than the Reformed ; and so I found it, till the Briggs question agi- tated the Church. Then it refused to reject unreasonable tenets, and placed upon the Clergyman additional dogma, and intimated to those who disagreed to go out or be put out. I chose to go to the Church of my youth, in which I had been fully religiously educated ; and there I can find rest from factious animosity." WILLIAM S. MESMER. One of the throe Ministers that reorganized the Presbytery of Osage after the close of the War was the Rev. W. S. Mesmer. When W. S. MESMER. 187 he came to this State from the East, it was said of him : "Bro. Mes- mer has been three years in the Army, and has learned such lesions as will stand him in good stead in the field he has undertaken to culti- vate." He did not long remain within the present bounds of this Pres- bytery, most of his labor being in churches now in the bounds of the Presbytery of Ozark. The nature of the man and of his arduous work are well shown in the letter given below, written by him Sept. 1, 1866 : "For the past three months our home has been in the saddle, and our study the woods and prairies of Benton and Henry counties. Availing ourselves of the privilege granted (that of prospecting for ourselves) we have presented our claim, driven our first stakes, and settled our boundaries for the year ending Sept. 1, 1867, not without earnest prayer that the Head of the Church would 'enlarge the place of our tent, lengthen our cords, and strengthen our stakes.' We have now two organized churches under the care of your Missionary, in this locality, and are hopeful of adding another thereto this coming winter. One of these, the Warsaw church, was already formed at our coming. This church now consists of ten members, three of whom have been added within the last three months. The other, the Salem church, has been organized since the first of June. We have a membership of eighteen, with a reasonable prospect of additions. Our ministerial labors are puFlicly as follows : Warsaw, morning and night, the sec- ond and fourth Sabbaths of each month ; no mid-day service as yet. The Mondays following, preaching at Sunnyside school-house, ten miles northwest from Warsaw. The first and third Sabbaths of each month, at Salem in the morning; Belmont, eight and one-half miles distant at 3 p. m. ; Calhoun, nine miles distant, at 7 p. m. Whenever a fifth Sabbath occurs, the morning service is at Sunnvside. th'^ evening at Calhoun, and the afternoon as the exigencies of different ]ilaces re- quire. Arrangements are being made for another public Monday eve- ning service. This will be the extent of our public ministrations at present. Two weekly social services, one in Salem neijrhborhood, the other in Belmont, will shortly occupy our attention. The rest of the time must be given to studv and meditation. "This program calls for fourteen to sixteen public services and eight social services ncr month, involving at least 300 miles of travel. Our churches, feeble an'd poor as they are, have arranged to pav one- half of our salary duringthe ensuing year. The membership is wil- ling, and we are lookinsr to the Lorrl of the Harvest for copious showers to make us fruitfiil. Our post-ofTiee address is Windsor, Henry cnuntv. Mo. ; our residence is in Benton county, as the most central and easy of access to all parts of our station." GEORGE MILLER. One of the most readable and graphic little volumes ever writ- ten with reference to this part of the country is that entitled ''Missouri's 188 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Memorable Decade/' by George Miller. It is especially valuable to anyone that wishes to understand the conditions prevailing in the part of the State now occupied by the Presbytery of Kansas City, in which Dr. Miller spent that memorable decade and took part in »omc of its most stirring events in Church and State. Though not primarily au- tobiographical, his strong personality shines out all through the book. He wisely did not attempt to omit the personal pronoun in describing the significant scenes and occurrences in which he bore a manly part. From that book, and largely in his own words though not always in formal quotations, this sketch has been prepared. Dr. Miller's great grandfather, Josiah Miller, came from County Antrim, Ireland, to Chester District, Sovith Carolina, in the year 1771. His grandfather, Eobert Miller, was then a lad of eleven years. At the age of seventeen he joined the Revolutionary Army and served until its close, being severely wounded in the Battle of King's Mountain. His father, Robert Hyndman Miller, was a valiant Captain of Artillery in the South Carolina militia. Descended from such Scotch-Irish, Presbyterian and Revolutionary ancestry. Dr. Miller was born on a farm in Chester District, S. C, Sept. 3, 1834. "My earlier educa- tional advantages," he writes, "were very meager, obtained in log school-houses of crudest furnishing, and given in broken doses of from two or three months at a time. Blackboards and glass windows formed no part of school-house equipment in those good old days. About the only redeeming features of those earlier opportunities were that the Bible and the Shorter Catechism, with Webster's elementary spelling- book, constituted the standard text-books ; and these lay the foundation of splendid character, if well improved." Like other members of the Associate Reformed Church to whicli he belonged. Dr. Miller's father was strongly opposed to slavery. For daring to prosecute those that tarred and feathered a Minister of that denomination for speaking against slavery, he was himself mobbed by his neighbors. Yet for fifteen years thereafter he continued to live in the old home and was a pronounced anti-slavery man. But naturally his children came North for an education, and in time he and they re- moved to Lawrence, Kan., where he remained until his death in 1882. at the age of eighty-six. There his son Josiah edited a paper called The Kansas Free State, issuing the first number from a sod house on Jan. 3, 1855. In May of the followina- year the Free State press and office were totally destroyed by the border raiders from Missouri. More than one attempt was made on the life of its editor. But he later re-established his paper, and was a leader in all the Kansas strug- gles until his death in 1870. "The same reasons," savs Dr. Miller, "that carried this brother North led mo to go in 1852. T was six years younirer than he. I spent mv preparatory and Freshman years ;it the TTnivpr>;ity of Indi- ana, and oniorod the Sophomore class in renter Colleiie. Ky.. in 1854. There T maintained my convictions." He mentions several spirited dol)ntes that amply prove this statement. "T finished my collegiate GEORGE MILLER. 189 course in 1857 and entered the Theological Seminary, and was licensed in the spring of 1859. During the summer vacation 1 went to Kansas. 1 preached my first sermon in South Leavenworth. The city was the lirst western city to engage in the 'boom' business. The field was un- organized, but had a good brick building, I was a sort oi John the Baptist to the Rev. J. G. Reaser, D.D., who was soon to take charge of tlie work. The people did not know that it was my first sermon. I was preacher, precentor, choir, organist and — well, we did not take u}) a collection. At the close of the service I called for a volunteer choir to meet and practice on Saturday evening. A gentleman and his wife, living near the church offered their services and the use of their or^-an ; and we had a splendid choir for the next service. I felt greatly en- couraged, and matters moved on very nicely for about six weeks when one evening at the choir meeting the gentleman's wife remarked that I must excuse her husband's absence, as he had to prepare an oyscc'r supper at the saloon that evening !" "A short time after this I preached in Lawrence, Kan., in a long hall on the third floor. I had been brought up a strict Psalm-singe i', und had rather serious notions of the proprieties of worship. I entered the hall and took my seat on the platform, and presently heard strange ,s(»unds issuing from a corner about one hundred feet distant. I had announced a grand old hymn, and a whole amateur orchestra tackled it. At times the flute seemed to lead; the bass viol would come in with longdrawn notes ; then the clarionet would seize and toss it high in the air, when at length the trombone gave an agonizing blast, one beat behind the time — a sort of death knell, and all was over. The thought that I was in Kansas, where everything was done in a differ- ent way, greatly helped me." Returning to Danville, he there finished his studies in May of 18G0. There was a strong call for Southern bred men to go to Texas, but as his convictions on the slavery question were not in accord with Southern sentiment, he sadly declined going there, much as he loved the South. "It was, he wrote, "this sad conflict between my prin- ciples and my affections that brought me to Missouri, which, as I sup- posed, was compromise ground — a sort of 'Missouri Compromise,' that, like its noted predecessor, was rashly repealed with some very unpleas- ant results. In June of 18G0 I nceepted a call to the church of Pleas- ant Hill, in Cass county. At this time this was the largest church in western Missouri, with the exception of those of Lexington and St. Joseph. But, alas ! I came just in time to see both Church and State sink in blood and fire on the very issues I most dreaded. I tried to be true to both, during those stormy days, and it is but natural that I should feel the deepest interest in the welfare of the State and of that portion of the Church to which I have given my whole active life, however little that life may have been worth to either." The vicissitudes and measure of Dr. ^Miller's success in the church at Pleasant Hill are spoken of somewhat in the sketch of that church. His experiences n? a citizen in this State durinjT the Civil War. so 190 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. graphically portrayed in his book, carmot be dwelt upon here. When there was no longer a prospect of his doing further work at Pleas- ant Hill, while conning the question, Wliither? he received a unique invitation to "preach to the loyal people" of Kansas City. He accepted and remained in the city from 1862 to 1865, preach- ing in the First Presbyterian Church and, part of the time, main- taining a private school, in which he taught many of those that since have become among the most prominent of the city's business men, A short notice of him said at the time of his death: "Dr Miller was a sturdy type of the fighting parsons of the primitive West, who, while they saved souls and ministered to the spiritual welfare of their people, hesitated not to take up the gun and bear an active part in the protection of the homes of their people. Many times was Dr. Miller called upon to do picket duty in Kansas City during the War, and it is recorded that he made a good soldier." At the close of the War came the reconstruction period, so dif- ficult at all times, especially where the contest has been long and bitter. How difficult it was in Lafayette Presbytery, few that did not pass through it can now appreciate. Dr. Miller's prominence in that struggle can be best explained in his own words : "In August, ]865, I received a commission from the Board of Home Missions in Pliiladelphia. . . .1 knew nothing of this document until I received it from the post office. A letter accompanied it, in which I was urged to return to my church and take hold of the work of reconstructing the church in Southwestern Missouri, and assuring me that the Board would stand by me. The reasons assigned for this urgent request of the Board were these: First, that as my pastoral relation at Pleasant Hill had never been dissolved, I was still the legal pastor of the church and a member of the Presbytery; second, that I was the only member of that Presbytery who unreservedly adhered to the G-eneral Assembly ; third, as the Southern Assembly had been in existence since 1861, and as the Synod of Missouri had not gone into it, there was every reason for believing that an earnest effort would be made to divide the churches in Missouri on these lines; fourth, and therefore i.hat I was the only man in this section whose position and knowledge of the field fitted him for all the possible contingencies that might arise. T felt that the great principles and an important vantage ground must be maintained, and that the Lord had laid upon me that work. And so, wisely or unwisely, the Church and my fellow men must judge, and I came to my old charge and Presbytery in September, 1865." The details of that struggle over the right of those that signed the Declaration and Testimony to a seat in Presbytery, which Dr. Miller alone of the former members of Lafayette Presbytery denied, and how under his leadership the Presbytery was re-organized on the basis laid down by ihe General Assembly cover many pages in the records of Presbytery and Synod. They are fully entered into in the chapter in GEORGE MILLER. 191 his book that treats of the reconstruction in the Synod. It was any- thing but a ijJeasant experience at the time ; but the true spirit of the man around whom the fight centered in this part of the state is seen in the dose of the cliapter referred to, where he said : "And now as we stand here to-day and look back over those thirty- two years of somewhat intimate personal acquaintance with the minis- ters and churches of the Presbytery, what a Hood of memories, sad and sweet, rushes over me ! Personal contact with about one hundred min- isterial brethren, beginning with a period of bitter strife and aliena- ton, men not perfect, any more than we are, yet men possessed of noble Christian qualities that were never wholly lost sight of in the midst of discord and contention. There was much of asperity in those times, but more of love; much to be sincerely deplored, but more to be remembered with gratitude to God. It is with grateful feelings that I am able to record that those with whom I differed most bitterly are to-day numbered among my warmest friends. Each thought we were right, and acted out our convictions in manly opposition, and so won each othei-'s respect.'' "In the midst of these labors, the overstrain on my brain, shat- tered by sunstroke, threw me into such nervous prostration tliat my physicians bade me cease all mental labor and give myself to out- door exercise for a year or two, warning me that it was doubtful whether I would ever by able to resume pastoral work. This was the ordeal of my life. I had ambitions — I trust worthy ambitions. I al- ways felt that 1 had a mission and the ability to accomplish it. That I should be laid aside at thirty-four years of age, in life's prime, in the midst of my opportunities and the hopes of my friends — ah, I could not stand it ! 1 could not submit to God's will in this affliction. Here the bright, cheery faith of my earlier life left me, and dark and gloomy doubts took its place. I doubted God, His Word, His providence, PI is love ; and at times I gave up the duties of my religion. Yet at times, during these experiences, an overwhelming sense of God's love and claims would melt me to tears. This lasted for two years or more. I had to give up my pastorate in '67. I did no preaching until in April, '70, an elder visited me from the Greenwood church — a small organi- zation of only twenty members, al)out six miles away, and desired me to give them some preaching. 1 had hoped and longed for some ex- pression of divine interest in me, so this very humble one was granted. I could only hope for some humble corner in the great vineyard; I could not bargain. I replied that I did not know how well 1 might stand the strain of preaching, but that I would try one service a day twice a month. So I began, and my heart began to grow soft and warm and trustful in the work; and in three months a wonderful revival occurred that admitted about forty memlicrs to the little church. The Ijord had again graciously owned me and my poor service, and restored to me the joy of His salvation. Tlien I began to preach twice on each alternate Sabbath. Tbe next year I held a two weeks' meet- ing in the depot iif Raymore. It was in October. We carried in 192 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. lumber from a yard each evening before service and seated the room, and after services carried it out. It was a most dehghtful meeting, and the results more than doubled the membership of the church. This meeing sot this church on its prosperous career. I longed to get into full work, and yet I felt that my powers were so crippled that a total breakdown might occur from any overstraining. I worked along in this humble way among the weak churches with precious evidence of some measure of blessing for a few years, until I had reason to believe I could take a larger work. But two things seemed to lie across my path — the fear to undertake heavy work, and the other fact that I was looked upon now as a broken-down man, and so had lost my standing with my brethren and the churches. I could not get a large field, if even I felt able to fill it. This fact ofttimes would goad my feelings. So I said at last, 'Lord, give me a small field and grace and strength to fill it well.' And He has graciously granted both re- quests. I have never left the Synod of Missouri, and have never taken a church outside of Kansas City and Platte Presbyteries. Through all the asperities of the war and reconstruction periods — periods that invoked mistakes and misconstructions — I have never run away from my record." After two pastorates in Platte Presbytery, in the churches of Oregon and St. Joseph, Dr. Miller returned to the Presbytery of Osage to take charge of the church at Nevada. There, he wrote, — "We enjoyed many precious outpourings of God's spirit during the pas- torate. A Young People's Society and Ladies' Missionary Society and a Ladies' Aid Society were organized. In the 4^ years of our pas- torate, one hundred and eighty members were added — ninety of them on profession of faith — and the money raised aggregated nearly $10,000. We always thank the Lord and our co-laborers in Nevada for the work done there." This was the last regular work done by Dr. Miller in this Presbytery. In it, as in others of his fields, he was ably assisted by his wife and family, who were specially efficient in Sunday school and missionary work and in music. For two years the entire quartette choir was composed of his two sons and two daughters, an arrangement "highly pleasing to both the pastor and the congre- gation, as the choir gave neither any trouble." The remainder of his life was spent in the churches of Tarkio, Chillicothe and Cameron, all in Platte Presbytery, in the latter of which he died, January 11, 1900. His success cannot be better sum- med up than in his own words: "In all these years I have never taken a field that was troubled with candidates ; and I have never left one that did not have a rush of them, some as many as twenty to thirty of them." "I have been strangely directed, ever entering fields with reluctance and some degree of resentment, and ever receiv- ing such tokens of divine blessing that I was glad I had entered them.'* JOHN MONTGOMERY. 193 JOHN MONTGOMERY. The following sketch of one of the most prominent Presbyterians ever in this portion of Missouri is furnished by one thoroughly famil- iar with his life and work. It is impossible in the space assigned to this article to present more than the merest outline of the life of a pioneer minister. As- sociated as Dr. Montgomery was with the early history of Presbyter- ianism in Kentucky and Missouri, laboring in different fields before, during and after the Civil War, much of his influence and work was made effective by the firmness of conviction upon matters at tiuies during this period which were made of inestimable benefit to the church through his open and bold advocacy. But above all other things, Dr. Montgomery was a preacher of the Gospel. He was plain and simple in his manner, but vigorous and earnest. His consuming desire was to bring many men to a knowledge of the truth. He was born in Danville, Kentucky, October 6, 1810. His father some five years afterwards started to move to St. Louis, but on the way stopped at Springfield, Kentucky, and that became their permanent home. He was a hatter, tanner and coppersmith by trade, and the son was taught the trade of his father. His early training was not esi^ecially marked or religious. Like most children at that time, he was taught little more than to say his prayers before going to bed, to read occasionally in the Bible and to avoid bad company, and that he should grow up a good moral man, free from habits which would injure his standing in society. With this boy, however, there was not enough in this to satisfy his desires, and in the winter of 1826-7, to quote his own words, "I was engaged during the noon recess in prayer and reading my Bible, when the third chapter of Romans was made blessedly clear to me, and I was enabled to lay fully ahold of the glorious plan of salvation therein re- vealed." The following spring he united with the church at Spring- field. He remained at home, working at his trade until the fall of 1829. Then packing his wardrobe and other earthly effects into a cotton handkerchief, he trudged his way on foot to Danville, where he entered Centre College. Through his trade, the doing of odd jobs and a little help from the Education Society, he graduated in 1835. During the next year he taught in the college, at the same time pursuing his theological course under Dr. Young. In September, 1836, he entered the seminary at Princeton and remained there two years, when he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Tran- sylvania. His first work in the ministry was to assist Dr. Cleland in a protracted meeting at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in November, 1838. He was invited to supply the church, whicli he did as soon as he had completed a canvass which he had undertaken to raise an endowment for a professorship in Centre College, and on May 20, 1840, he was ordained and installed pastor of the church. There he remained seventeen years. During this time the church building was enlarged 194 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. and the number of communicants increased until when he left, in 1857, it was a large, influential and prosperous church. During his min- istry there he preached three times each Sabbath, twice in town and once in the country; conducted three Sunday schools, two prayer meetings and a great number of revival services in many places south and east of Harrodsburg. He was married on the 2d day of May, 1844^ to Miss Kate Ren- nick, of Frankfort, Kentucky. His wife was the daughter of a good old West Pennsylvania Presbyterian, and on her mother's side traced her ancestry through the McAfees and Makamies to the origin of the Presbyterian church on this continent. She still survives her husband and is now (1901) living with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Zoll, in SedaJia. In October, 1857, Dr. Montgomery resigned his charge and ac- cepted a call to supply the First Church of Pettis near Longwood, Missouri. On the 3d of June, 1856, by order of the Presbytery of Missouri, Rev. H. M. Painter, then of Boonville, organized this church, and Dr. Montgomery began to preach there on the first Sabbath in October following. They had no house of worship and the building of one was at once entered upon. He moved with his family to near Longwood, in the north part of Pettis county and about fifteen miles north of Sedalia, and there resided, with temporary interruption^ until his death. The house of worship of the First Church of Pettis was completed in about eighteen months and was preached in regularly three Sundays in each month — the other Sunday being given to members residing in Georgetown and vicinity. This continued until the beginning of the Civil War. The War interrupted all regular preaching services, and yet Dr. Montgomery always found some who wanted to hear the Gospel, and in the darkest days of the War he rarely missed a Sabbath when he did not preach to some people some- where. During three or four months of this time he supplied Dr. McPheeters' church in St. Louis. In the fall of 1864 he entered upon the duties of president of Westminister College at Fulton, and sup- plied the pulpit of the church in that city. It was a critical time in the history of the college. The president and one professor were left alone. The endowment had failed, and it was only by the per- sistent and unflagging zeal and energy of one man that, as Dr. Hers- man says, "Kept the institution from being engulfed.'^ In October, 1865, Dr. Montgomery states that he found he had neither the men tal nor the physical ability to continue the work, and he was com- pelled to resign. In 1861 Dr. Montgomery walked over to Sedalia from George- town one Sabbath day (in those days men didn't ride horses near the camps of soldiers) and preached one of the first sermons ever de- livered in that city. He and the Rev. Josliua Barbee, late of Excelsior Springs, continued to preach in Sedalia from time to time until 1864 in such room or place as might be furnislied them. During the fall of tliis year Mr. Barlx^o and Capt. John M. Sneed bought an old church building in Syracuse and moved it up to Sedalia, where it was JOHN MONTGOMERY. 195 enlarged and rebuilt. This was the first house of worship erected in Sedalia, and stood for many years where is now the Motel Huekins, on the corner of Second and Lamine Streets. In August, 1805, Dr. Montgomery organized tlie First Presby- terian Church of Scdalia, with twelve members. The church building was not sufficiently finished to be occupied and the organization was eft'ected on August 11th, in a school house situated north of the rail- road. He preached for his church until February 25, I8G8, riding on horseback from his home, fifteen miles north of town, and only discontinued at that time on account of a severe bodily injury, which disabled him from preaching for more than a year. A call had been given him in September, 18G8, to the pastorate, but he was never in- stalled, thinking that under the circumstances he could not properly discharge the duties. In the meantime he was led to the belief that at the then approaching meeting to be held in Boonville the Synod would be divided. He was opposed to any division and the church remained in its connection with the Lafayette Presbytery. Rev. C, H. Dunlap was called to supply the church on April 5, 1868, and on February 3, 1870, the church entered the Kansas City Presbytery. Dr. Montgomery, continued to preach to what was called the Old School Presbyterian Church (it being composed of those members of the First Church who did not go into the Northern Assembly) from December, 1869, until February, 1870. On the 18th of February, 1870, they were organized under the name of the Old School Presbyterian Church of Sedalia. They bought the old church building of the First Church, and Dr. Montgomery continued to minister to them until the fall of 1872, when Rev. J. E. Wheeler was installed as their pastor. After giving up this church Dr. Montgomery undertook a work at Marshall, Mo., and prosecuted it until the church building was in a comfortable condition for occupancy. Then he spent a year, 1875-6, preaching at Brownsville. Then he went back for a sliort period to his old charge in Harrodsburg, Ky. This, however, was only a tem- porary arrangement, as he left his family in Missouri and only con- templated staying there long enough to help the church out of some embarrassment. Soon after first coming to the State of Missouri, Dr. Montgom- ery had preached from time to time in Longwood. and he held meet- ings there from time to time as long as he lived. The early result of his labors here was the organization of the church on the 25th of September, 1869. In 1876 he took charge of this church and preached here regularly until in August, 1877, and until compelled to desist through serious illness. In 1866 he organized the church at Lamonte and supplied it from time to time in connection with the churches at Longwood and the First Church of Pettis. Dr. Montgomery continued to preach as his health would admit until 1895, when he became too feeble longer to perform this duty. He died, greatly beloved, on the 10th day of February, 1899. 196 SKETCHES OF MINISTEKS. WILLIAM B. MONTGOMEEY. One of the original Mission party that established the Harmony Mission in 1831 was the llev. W. B. Montgomery of Danville, Pa. The remainder of his life was spent in that Mission and in others to the Osage Indians. The only notices of him that have been seen by the present writer are the fragmentary ones in the Missionarij Herald. in the December, 1834, number of that publication appears (p. -152) an account of his death by cholera at the Hopefield Mission, Aug. 17, 1834. It says: "A Frenchman by the name of Beatt (who has an Indian fam- ily and is one of the settlers) was the only assistant Mrs. Montgomery had through her husband's sickness. His unremitted exertion to save the jDoor Osages who were falling around him proved too great. In the midst of his endeavors for their temporal and spiritual good, he was taken from among them and from his earthly labor. The messenger of death came suddenly and unexpectedly, yet it found him with his lamp trimmed and burning. He died a most triumphant death. 'Oh I' said Beatt, 'I never saw a man die so happy as that man.' Soon after the attack he exclaimed : 'Can it be that in less than twenty-four hours J shall be walking the streets of the New Jerusalem?' 'I know,' said he, 'Whom I have believed.' He left messages of love to his Missionary brethren all around, exhorting them to fidelity and per- severance in their work. To the Osage Missionaries he said: 'Tell them not to give over the Osages, and not to count any sacrifice too great for their salvation.' This is a truly mysterious dispensation of Divine Providence, just as our dear brother had so far completed the Osage language as to be able to communicate to them in their own tongue, he was called away. * * *" Such was his zeal for learning the language that a notice in the Herald, Aug., 1834, p. 258, says :" The Rev. Messrs. Pixley and Mont- gomery have devoted their time principally to the study of the lan- guage ; the latter for the attainment of his object having lived several months with the Indians, accompanying them on their hunting expe- ditions, and depending for subsistence on their precarious means of support." , The obituary continues: "Mr. Montgomery had spent the last eight or nine years at the Hopefield Mission, employing a large por- tion of his time in acquiring a knowledge of the Osage language and reducing it to writing. In accomplishing this object he had made much progress; and with some aid from one of his associates, Mr. W. C. Requa, he last spring completed an elementary book, embracing also translations of various portions of Scripture, the first book ever writ- ten in the Osage language." The title of the book is Wahashe Waga- ressa Pahurgeh Tse, Boston, 1834. There were 126 pages. Five hun- dred copies printed. LEVI R. MOREISON. 197 LEVI E. MOIIRISON. The following letter found among the papers of the late Dr. Timet hy Hill is highly interesting from various reasons. It is given entire : "Cross Timbers, Mo., Jan. 21st, 1861. "JJev. T. Hill: "Dear Brother: — My place of missionary labor keeps me about half Ibc time from home. On the evening of 25 Dec. I got home from one of my tours, and in a few hours was attacked with typlioid pneu- monia, which deprived me of reason, and almost of consciousness, for two weeks. I am alive by a hairbreadth escape from one of the most fatal diseases of the land. "On my becoming convalescent, my family showed me your letter from St. Joseph, for which I thank you. My reason for not noticing your former letter of the same purport was neither indolence nor in- difference to the good work you are doing. But mine is a very busy life. I never could do much at a time by grand, occasional strokes, and deem it particularly my duty to keep working away all the time ; more bound to be doing something than to be telling what I have been doing. But now that a Holy Providence has broken up my plans for awhile, and as I am comfortably recuperating, I attend to your resuest with pleasure. , "I am in my 56th year ; was born in 1805, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. My father was of Scotch descent — my grandfather a genuine Scotchman. My mother was of English extraction. Both my parents were pious from their early youth. My father was for many years an Elder in the church, in Bedford county, Tenn., whither he removed when I was ten years of age. "In my fifteenth year it pleased the God of my fathers to turn me from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. My views of the beauties of Christ and the glories of redemption, gleaming from every part of the Bible and Catechism in which I had been diligently taught, soon settled into the form of a prevailing desire to preach Christ to my fellow-sinners. But I was quite illiterate; and my father, having suffered severe reverses, was unable to educate me, or even to spare my services from the farm. So, leaving the case in the hand of God, believing that if He intended me to preach He would open a way for an education in due time, T toiled on at the plow, trying all the time to acquire scriptural information by snatching a few moments to read something as material for thought while at my labor. "Tlien in my 22d year, my father's little affairs being brought into tolerable condition, with one dollar in my pocket, and the blessing of the best of parents as a fountain of courage in my heart. T set forth on the cherished object of my life, with Murray's Grammar, and all beyond a terra Ittcognifa. "According to arrangement. T wont into the sturlv of mv older brother. Rev. Silas H. Morrison, long since deceased, who had worked his way through an education into the ministry some years before. 198 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Upon his removing into Alabama — too far from my mother's spindle and needle — I went to the study of Eev. Amzi Bradshaw (late of Tex- as, but now deceased), in Wilson county, Tenn., with whom I fin- ished my Greek, Science and Theology, havng studied Latin with my brother (I never studied Hebrew), remunerating him in a small de- gree by assisting him in teaching and otherwise. Being blessed with uncommon good health and constitution, I was able to endure more study and physical toil than mast students. "I have now answered your question with regard to the place of my theological education as nearly as the obscurity of the case per- mits ; first at my father's hearthstone and plowtail, with the Bible for a text-book, the Confession of Faith, Scott's Family Bible, Burder's and Witherspoon's Sermons for expositors, and father and mother for professors; lectures every Sabbath evening, and as much oftener as business permitted. 2d, in the study of Eev. Mr. B — , a log cabin, 10x14 feet, which has long since shared the fate of Goldsmith's vil- lage school-house, where a vigorous, earnest man made great, strong, pungent sermons, directed my reading, and did his best to show me how to convince men of sin and persuade them to Christ. "For these two Institutions I feel as much reverence as any man ought for his Alma Mater. "Then, unincumbered with debt, and the same amount of money (one dollar) on hand with which I commenced my curriculum, I was, after much examination, sent forth a probationer by the Presbytery of Shiloh, by whom Iwas ordained one year afterward, April 20, 1832. "As you ask for incidents, and I have spoken of two memorable dollars, let me tell you of another, of which you may tell the boys as an instance of providential faithfulness and bounty. The first dollar I ever could call my own I gave to the A. B. S. And, lest I should regret it, I bound myself that the next dollar I might have should go the same way, and it did. Now I begin to be an old man, have never been rich; but to this day I have not had absolute need of a dollar but it has been at hand in some honorable way. "I have often regretted my want of a Seminary course. I have regretted it when conscious that my resources are more limited, and my authorities and references fewer than sometimes they should be; or when I have seen brethren, not my superiors as I thought, assvim- ing the conspicuous, and outshining me before the masses and mis- leading the giddy on the merits of their Alma Mater. But I have not regretted it when I have seen men, really my superiors, contented with second-hanrl mental furniture — thinking and acting on author- ity of other men's names — ignoring matters of fact and pursuing ir- relevant theories. It makes me not sorry that I have always been compelled to do my own thinking in my own way. "Your next inquiry regards my ministerial history, etc. "Well, the first two years of my ministerial life were spent in the service of the churches of Spring Creek. Smyrna and Ephesus, in Wilson, Euthcrford and Davidson counties, Tenn, On all of which L. E. MORRISON. • 199 the Divine blessing descended to the conversion of about seventy souls in that time. By the advice of brethren I then labored two year^ in the towns of Sparta and McMinnville. These churches were very feeble and inefficient ; and though a few persons were converted, my success was not satisfatory; neither could I see the material within my reach for building up. "Mrs. M. having lost her health, and there being a probability that a residence in some mountainous country would be to her ad- vantage, I then removed to Athens, in East Tennessee, and took charge of the church there, where I remained eleven years, during which time the church grew from about fifty to over one hundred members. I also served another small church in the vicinity, which more than doubled its members. During my residence in this place, the congre- gation built a neat and substantial brick church, which I understand is now too small. They continue to be a growing church. But a revulsion in financial affairs caught a number of my best supporters under heavy liabilities, and, with many others, they were crushed. After they had struggled nobly under their difficulties for several years to sustain me with my expensive family, we mutually sugges- ted tliat I should leave the place to some brother of smaller neces- sities ; and, with many tears, we parted. "Here, I think, was the best schooling I ever had. On taking charge at A., I found myself surrounded with brethren of superior advantages ; many of them with large, active minds and noble hearts. Besides, Athens happened to loe the residence of quite a number of professional men of the first order of talents, few of whom were con- nected with the church personally, but all of them through thoir families. Now to maintain a standing compatible with usefulness among such brethren, and to save my pulpit and my Master's cause from disrespect before such a community, didn't I have to work and study? "I then accepted an invitation from the Church of Gladspring, near Abingdon, Ya., where I remained five years. There under the shadow of Emory and Henry College, a flourishing Methodist insti- tution, manned by clergymen of very respectable talents and learn- ing, and my church attended by large numbers of sharp-minded stu- dents, I had use for all I knew and perhaps a little more. "I served that church half the time, and I think its increase was 20 or 25 per cent. The other half of my time was spent in mis- sionary labors among the long-neglected people of the rugged moun- tains to the north of my residence ; and I have reason to think con- tributed to prepare the way materially for the now promising young churches of Jeffersonville and Thompson's Valley, *T^ut my time of life had come to gratify (if ever T should') my long-cherished desire for the West. So, in the autumn of 1851, I moved to my present location, not a town as some brethren abroad write it, but a remote and almost isolated spot of loveliness, where 200 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. a few humble, praying men and women — people of my first min- isterial charge in Tennessee — have made their little farms and set up their banners in the name of the Lord. Here I found a church consisting of 24 members, organized by Messrs. Noel and Renshaw, about 1845. It now numbers over 100 communicants. "Here is the place of our Presbyterial High School. This peo- ple by persevering toil, and with a cash expenditure of not more than $300, has created church and school property valued at $1,400, Two sons of this church have been studying five years for the min- istry, and are in a good state of advancement. During my first two years in Missouri, I preached half the time to the church at Osceola (distant about 30 miles) which has now gone 0. S., and is served by Brother Barks of Warsaw. It has never grown much. "For the last three years, much of my time has been devoted to the churches of Mt. Zion and Springfield, in Greene Coimty, 60 miles distant from my home. At the decease of Bro. Eenshaw, nearly four years ago, these churches were much discouraged, es- pecially the former, where he resided, which had recently been much diminished by emigrations to California and Oregon. My monthly labors in Mt. Zion have been little more than sufficient to maintain the church in statu quo. It had nearly doubled its strength, by conversions and immigrations, when, within the last year, a respectable minority bolted for the 0. S., and divided the church. "My information as to the early statistics of our Church is lim- ited, as the first volume of the records has never come into my hands. 1. Little Osage. Organized, I suppose, by Father Dodge. Remains weaTc. Gone 0. S. 2. Double Branches. By Father Dodge. Little growth. Gone By whom unknown. Gone 0. S. By Noel. About extinct. By Noel. Mother of a church in California U. "S. By D. Weir. Extinct long since. 7. Bolivar.* Never existed, I think. 8. Salem. By J. Gallaher, I think. Went 0. S., and then disbanded. 9. Georgetown. I never knew of it. 10. Warsaw. Gallaher. Gone 0. S. 11. North Prairie.* Noel and Ryland., IT. S. 12. New Providence. Know nothing of it. 13. Moreau. Dead born. 14. Bethsaida. Ditto. 15. Harmony. Merged its existence into the three first churches named. Those churches marked with an asterisk (*) were outside the present boundaries of Kansas City Presbytery. 0. S. 3. Deepwater. 4. Hermon. 5. Mt. Zion.* and one in Oregon., 6. Warbleau.* L. R. MORRISON. 201 16. Little Tebo. Gallaher. Dissolved and its members attached to Warsaw. 17. Gasconade.* I. B. Ricketts. Small growth. U. S. 18. Walnut Grove.* Renshaw and Taylor. Members mostly gone to the Pacific. Remainder attached to Mt. Ziohw 19. New Hope, Ark.* J. McMillan. Small, but growing. U. S. 30. Springfield.* Dr. Bullard. U. S. 21. Red Hill.* A. G. Taylor. Nearly dead. U. S. 22. Bentonville, Ark.* A. W. Morrison. Flourishing. U. S. 23. Fayetteville, Ark.* Unknown. Small. U. S. 24. Cold Neck. The first I ever heard of it. MINISTERS. 1. D. Weir. Deceased in 1854, or '5, in Jackson Co., Mo. 2. N. B. Dodge. Deceased previous to 1851, in Vernon Co. 3. A. Jones. W. C. 0. S. Deepwater. 4. G. A. M. Renshaw. Deceased in April, 1857. 5. I. B. Ricketts. Gone to Texas, in 1859, undismissed. 6. C. Bradshaw. Deceased, May, 1860, in Vernon Co. U. S. 7. B. Rvland. Deceased, in 1849, in Polk Co. 8. I. W.' K. Handy. Dismissed. Portsmouth, Va. U. S. 9. W. C. Requa. Double Branches. 0. S. 10. W. H. Smith. Residence unknown. N. S. 11. J. V. Barks. Warsaw. 0. S. 12. A. G. Taylor. W. C. Col. Walnut Grove. U. S". 13. D. Emerson. Residence and connection unknown. 14. A. W. Morrison. S. S., Bentonville, Ark. IJ. S. 15. J. McMillan. Tea. North Prairie. TJ. S. 16. G. W. Harlan. Tea. Jackson, Mo. 0. S. 17. J. W. McCord. Mis. Walnut Grove, Ark. U. S. "These are imperfect statistics, but the best I can do imder present circumstances.* "Yours in the Gospel, "L. R. Morrison. "P. S. Could I interest 5''ou in behalf of our theological stu- dents? We are unable to send them to Seminary. Could , you find brethren able and disposed to help them to a few books — Evidences of Christianity (Paley, Alexander. Watson, or equivalents), Home's Introduction, Calvin's Institutes, Dwight's Theology. Any or- all of the above works — two copies each — expressed to Warsaw, would confer lasting good, through two young men of good talents and piety. ■ L. R. M." For an interesting estimate of Mr. Morrison's work and char- acteristics, see the letter of G. W. Harlan on p. 159. *Mea(rer as they are, they are here inserted because they are in several instances more complete than have been found elsewhere bv the compiler of this book. 13 202 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. EBEN MUSE. One of the most successful workers in Lafayette Presbytery dur- ing the reconstruction period succeeding the Civil War was Eben Muse, Pastor at Warrensburg. In spite of much division of opinion in that church over the Declaration and Testimony, the majority of the members with their Pastor remained with the Assembly. A large immigration game, which, however, proved almost entirely a passing wave. The membership of the church increased rapidly. The Pastor's "careful, patient and earnest demeanor and hard work made it a popular church. His audiences increased. * * The church was crowded to its utmost capacity, and all was well. Then came a change. Members moved farther west. Others came in, but not as fast as the movers went out. * * Then Mrs. Muse became sick, almost a helpless invalid, and was taken East. * * The change did no good. Then Bro. Muse was taken down sick. His health had been failing for some time. Finally he offered his resignation, which was very unwillingly accepted by the church." He is still warmly remembered by some of his former parishioners as a hard worker, a good sermonizer and a faithful Pastor. HENEY ADDISON" NELSON. The coming of Dr. Nelson to the Presbytery of Kansas City was a decided addition to its working forces, and one heartily welct)med by all his brethren in the ministry. He came to us after a rich experience in the nastorate and in the Professor's chair, in both which positions he had wielded an unusually large influence and was greatly beloved. He had been for ten vears Pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Auburn, N. Y., for twelve years Pastor of the First Church of St. Louis, Mo., for six years Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology in Lane Seminary, and for eleven years Pastor of the First Church of Geneva, N. Y. He had been Moderator of Presbyteries and Syiiods in this and other States, and ]\[oderaior of the New School General Assembly of 1857. Des&nded from a long line of godly New England ancestors, nearly all of them office bearers in the Church, he exemplifies in his own life the highest qualities of head and heart, and a special fitness for the Gospel ministry. Whether in the pulpit or in the chair, he has always been clear, scriptural and practical in his teach- ing, tender and effective in his appeals, genial and helpful in his friendships, wise and faithful in counsel, honored and efficient in office. In an eminent degree he seems to inherit all the Beatitudes, especially that of the peacemaker. Other men may surpass him in generalship or in leadership in a forlorn hope, but none in winning H. A. NELSON. 203 and keeping the affection of all classes of parishioners, pupils and neighbors. Shortly before coming to this Presbytery, Dr. Nelson had spent a year or more abroad, visiting with his son the Mission fields of various denominations. One of his daughters (Mrs. Eev. W. K. Eddy, of Sidon), had then spent several years in Syria as a Missionary, and the son who then accompanied him later be- came the Eev. W. S. Nelson, D. D., now a Missionary in Tripoli, Syria. An older son has been for many years an honored Elder in the West church of St. Louis; a daughter, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Henry Bullard, of St. Joseph, Mo. ; and another daughter, a teacher in the Western Female Seminary of Oxford, 0. By special appointment of the Foreign Board, the Doctor visited as its repre- sentative the Missions of onr Church in Persia and Syria. By a similar appointment of the Board of Missions for Freedmen, he had previously visited the Missions of that Board in the South. By his own pastoral work, he bocnme thoronglily familiar with the v.-ork of Home Missions East and West; and by his Seminary work ac- quainted with the workers in all sorts of fields, in every land. These unusual experiences and wide acquaintanceships, together with his scholarly habits and excellent health, fitted the Doctor for a large Christian work long after he had crossed the (so-called) ministerial dead line. Coming to us at the age of sixty-five, the years he spent in the Presbytery of Kansas City were occupied in the care of the Kansas City Ladies' College at Independence, and in the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church of the same city. Though a pronounced Northern man, he was warmly welcomed by all parties in that difficult field, and heartily supported in all that he under- took. Here he and they expected and hoped that he would spend the remaining days of his active ministry. But the denomination had a larger claim upon him, and called him to a field Avhere his influence would be felt around the world. When the General Assembly decided to establish a missionary magazine that should take the place of the various magazines pub- lished in the interests of tlic different Bonrds of the Church, it was recognized by all that it would be very difficult to find a man thor- oughly fitted for the position of editor of the new publication. Tt needed a man of national reputation, broad culture, wide experience, missionary spirit, well acquainted with the work of the entire Church. Quite to his surprise, though not to the surprise of his friends. Dr. Nelson was chosen to fill the important position of editor of the Church at Honip and Ahroad. Tlio position proved to be one of unusual difficulty. He filled it with honor and a fair degree of success, for ten years, until, on reaching the age of 77 years, he thought best to resign the laborious duties to a younger man. 204 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. He i? now a resident of Wooster, Ohio, where he is doing a quiet and valuable work among- the Foreign Missionaries^ families tenj- l^orarily i;esiding there for the sake of attending the University. CHAELBS DEKAY NOTT. The second Minister of the Second church of Kansas City was one that had a marked influence on the church and the city, which was then growing very rapidly. Though a young man when he came among us, he had already held three pastorates, and was then in the height of his power as a speaker and of his usefulness ah a Minister. His first pastorate had been over a Dutch Reformed cln-rch in New Jersey, the other two over Presbyterian churolics in New York and Illinois. Coming from a family of Wealth and high standing in the East, he was unaccustomed to the ways of tne West, but. soon made himself popular by his pulpit ability, hi? easy manners and his overflowing wit. Of him and his work here, Dr. T. Hill wrote years after he left: "Mr. Nott was an unusually attractive speaker; genial, ex- ceedingly kind and affable in all his intercourse with his people: attentive to strangers, and particularly so to young men. He soon gathered a house full, and more room was required for the growing congregation, and the house was enlarged for the accom- modation of those who came. At no time in the history of the church has there been so large an attendance of young men, especially strangers, as during Mr. Nott's brief pastorate." He remained here less than two years, and left to accept a call to a church in St. Louis. He afterward served other im- portant churches in the West and in the East, but never one that he loved more than that with which he remained so short a time here. It is pleasant to add that, at the time this pnl)lieation goes to press, Dr. Nott is again tilling the pulpit of the Second church for a few months until the choice of a new Pastor HENRY MARTYN PAYNTER. The only sketch of this brother that has come into the hands of the writer of these sketches is his biography by his wife, pub- lished by Revell, pp. 298. From this it appears that after his first pastorate in Vicksburg, Miss., he had several calls to pastoral charges, of which he accepted that to Boonville, Mo,, in the fall of 1854. "The people were true hearted and loyal, his preaching was earnest and effective, and the little church grew and flourished." His services seem to have been much in demand by neighboring H, M. PAYNTER. 305 churches among which he held many evangelistic and communion services, sometimes attended with • revivals. "Pen and voice were alike consecrated to God." His sermons were frequently published in the religious press, giving a hint of that popularitv which later led to the sale of more than 20,000 copies of his volumes upon religious subjects. Thus he continued the quiet duties of his pas- torate imtil after the outbreak of the Civil "War, when (as hap- pened to many another minister in this State) he was compelled to leave his home and church under circumstances that were harsh and could not easily be overlooked or forgotten. Of these he himself wrote: "The writer stayed at home, quietly attending to his duties. He neither believed in nor advocated secession. He did not desire the overthrow of the Union which his ancestors had helped to es- tablish. In case of the total overthrow of the Government, he believed that the position of Missouri should be with the South. But the very paper in which that idea is found closed with a prayer for the Union. One flag, one country, one destiny. This was his feeling. But he could not believe that all the guilt of this war was rightly placed at the door of the South. He could not join in the cry of extermination, nor unite in the wish that the South should be laid waste. He could not approve of confiscation by military violence. He claimed the right of an American citizen to think for himself; and believed in the doctrine in the Confession of Faith in the Presbyterian Church — tliat God alone is the Lord of the conscience. But because he could not support the administra- tion in all its acts, because he was not an unconditional Union man, so-called, because he adhered to the platform for which he cast his vote in 1860 — ^the Union, the Constitution and the enforce- ment of laws' — he fell under suspicion. His loyalty was doubted. He was called a rebel and a traitor, and 'his troubles began.' " After several arrests and imprisonments, he was finally banished from the State of IMissouri to tlie State of Massachusetts, August 85, 18G2. There he soon found friends and omployment as supply of churches in Newburyport and Lynn. He never returned as Pastor to Boonville, nor was ever again settled as Pastor of a church in the South. His only other service in this Presbytery was the supply of the First Church of Kansas Citv for a few months in the winter of 1882-3. BENTON PIXLEY. No sketch of this brother has been found. Ho was one of the ministerial nieml)ers of the original Harmony Mission party, 1821. He appears to have been devoted to the Mission, especially to the work of mastering the Osage language and translation, until the 206 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. removal of the Osages from this State. He and others of the Missionaries were allowed by the Board to withdraw temporarily from it in 1831. He seems never to have returned to it. That year he was commissioned by the A. H. M. S. to preach in Inde- pendence, then just started. Probably he died soon after, as we hear nothing more of him. WILLIAM MELANCTHON POCOCK. Among the more recent ex-members of this Presbytery few have taken so high a place in its councils as Mr. Pocock, who for five years was pastor of the church at Clinton. There he enjoyed the confidence and affection of his own congregation and was ever one of the foremost clergymen and citizens of the place. Coming in the prime of life, he soon made his influence quietly but effectively felt for good in many ways. His experience on the Home Mission field in Kansas led to his being given a place almost immediately upon the Home Mission Committee of this Presbytery, and not long after to its chairmanship, which he retained as long as he was connected actively with the Presbytery. He was also elected Mod- erator sooner than is usual after being a member of the body, and later a commissioner to the General Assembly. It was therefore with much regret that he was missed from the work he loved and in which he was so useful. Owing to continued and serious ill health he was compelled to resign his charge and seek recuperation in a milder climate. He did not remove his membership from this Presbytery until upon the recovery of his health he accepted a charge in Ohio. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" POWELSON. Born on a farm in that part of Virginia which is now "West Virginia, Mr. Powelson went in due season to "Washington College, Pa., from which he graduated in 1860. Thence he went to "Western Theological Seminary where he remained until 1862, when he en- listed in the "Union Army. After serving his country as Sergeant and First Lieutenant, from August, 1862, to October, 1865, he re- sumed his theological studies, and graduated from "Western in 1867. Though he had been licensed to preach several months before enter- ing the Army, his first regular preaching, beginning July 1, 1867, was in the churches of Deep water and Little Osage, then in connection with the Presbytery of Southwest Missouri. He was ordained by that Presbvtery, September 10, 1868. Of his work in that field, Mr. Powelson writes: "W^en the M. K. & T. R. R. in 1870 went BENJAMIN FEANKLIN POWELSON. 207 through that region, about six miles southeast of the Deepwater church, so many moved away from the locality that the old church was dissolved and a new one effected at Montrose. Dr. Jones gave much labor and care to the Deepwater church. I relieved him in 1867. He died in April, 1870, was ever intensely devoted to the interests of the church.' Of his other work in the bounds of this Presbytery, he writes : "Took active part in this organization (Montrose), and in building church. Was Stated Supply of this church till January, 1876, with the exception of nine months, from September, 1873, to June, 1874, when I served the church of Neosho, Mo. I had charge of Butler Academy from January, 1876, to May, 1879." LYCURGUS RAILSBACK. One of the most remarkable characters that was ever in the ministry among us was the Eev. Lycurgus Railsback. None ever knew him (and few ever knew of him) without being struck with his peculiar personality, totally unlike any other they ever met. None that ever knew him can forget him. No sketch that might be prepared could give a stranger a thoroughly correct idea of the man. We are fortunate, however, in being able to present a sketch prepared by his friend and Seminary mate, the Rev. W. M. New- ton, who had labored by him and with him under a great variety of circumstances. He writes: "The Rev. Lycurgus Railsback was converted when he was twenty-one years of age, under the ministry of the Rev. Thornton A. Mills, at Indianapolis. He had just entered upon a business career with brilliant prospects of success. He at once gave up his business to prepare for the ministry. Having no money, he labored with his own hands to pay his way through six years of study at Wabash College. He graduated in 1862. In 1863, in the midst of his course in Lane Seminary, he went into the Army as a Mis- sionary. In this service he spent one year, and in that time visited and distributed Christian literature to seventy-five thousand soldiers. The last vear of the war he was commissioned as Chaplain. Two hundred of his regiment were converted. After the war, he finished his course in the Seminary, and spent two years in Cincinnati as a City Missionary. Part of the fruit of this work was forty converts, four of whom entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. The next two years were given to i\[iPsion work in New York City. Here he set on foot the first IMission for tlie Chinese in this country. Two of his converts in this Mission went to China as IMissionaries. "From 1871 to 1875 he was Pastor of the church at Juneau. Wis. He found the church a discouraged handful, about to dis- band. His pastorate there, was a succession of revivals. A hundred 208 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. and sixteen converts were added to the church. In 1875 he was called to the Third Church of Kansas City, Mo., and from this time until the close of his life, his labors were chiefly in the bounds of Kansas City Presbytery. He had charge of the Third Church for eight years. Into this church he received one hundred and fifty- live members. Out of this church, during his pastorate, grew [in part] the Central Presbyterian Church of Armourdale [now called the Central Church of Kansas Cit}', Kan.] Also twenty-'^even mem- bers of the congregation [were among those that] united to form the First Presbvterian Church of Kansas City, Kan., and ten others [among those that] formed the Fourth Church of Kansas City, Mo. "The last fourteen years of his life were devoted chiefly to evangelistic work, chiefly in the country and village churches of Kansas City Presbytery. In these years he held over seventy series of meetings. He left no record of their results; but when he died, it was estimated that more than half the membership of the churches in which he labored were converted in his revival meetings. The last two years of his life he held the office of Pastor-at-large of the Presbytery. In his last report to the Presbytery, after deploring the meagerness of results as compared with other years, he sums up the work as follows: 'Held 222 services; made 243 visits; prayed in 75 families; received into the churches 78 members.^ "Mr. Railsback had remarkable gifts as an Evangelist. His methods never lost their freshness and power. Indeed he had little method, except to pray and preach with tremendous energy and per- sistence. Churches came to expect that as a matter of course there would be a revival when Mr. Railsback came. We never knew a church to be disappointed. Distinguished Evangelists sometimes fail. We never knew him to fail. Distinguished Evangelists will not go back to the same churches except after an interval of years. Mr. Railsback returned to the same churches year after year with increasing power. There are churches in this Presbytery in which he has held as many as six series of meetings; and from every one of them he came bringing in his sheaves. "'Wliat were the elements of his success? He was a preacher of unusual power. He was somewhat handicapped by defects in his early education, and it was easy to point out defects in his sermons and manner of delivery, l)ut he possessed in large measure the natural elements of eloquence. As a speaker he was magnetic, s^'-mpathetic, mightily in earnest and frequently broadly humorous. He had a remarkable way of changing instantly from humorous sally to the most tender and earnest appeals. He was unlike anybody else, a law unto himself. A common saying among his acquaintances was: 'There is but one Railsback.' An editor reporting one of his col- lege speeches says: 'Lycurgus Railsback had the merit of natural- ness par excellence. He is decidedly like himself, and unlike every- LYCUEGUS RAILSBACK. 209 body else. We always like to hear him speak. It is so refreshing to hear one who goes in without fear of transgressing the established rules." These characteristics he always retained. " Mr. Eailsback had great tact in conversation with the un- converted, especially among those classes with whom it was his pre- ference to labor. Under cover of his peculiar humor, he could get very close to a man, and pour in convicting truth into his mind without offending him. He was untiringly persistent in pleading with individuals. Indifference, rebuff or opposition he paid no heed to; and where other ministers would have thought there was nothing more to be done, he had only just begun. Yet he had always a deep sense of dependence upon God, and while he labored most abundantly, he wrestled with God as Jacob wrestled of old with the Angel," To this eulogistic notice it is proper to add a few words. Mr. Eailsback's methods, both in the church and out of it, were so unique that he naturally made some enemies as well as many friends. But none could deny his intense earnestness, in everything he under- took, however much they differed from his judgment. No field was too hard for him or too uninviting. Sometime before coming to Kansas City he wrote to Svnodical Missionary Timothy Hill a letter different from those usually sent to such Superintendents of Mis- sions. He said : "I am now wishing to enter some work, and still think of Kansas City. You wrote me a year ago that there was no field open there. I wish again to ask in regard to three different fields of labor: First, could work among colored people be made a specialty?^ Second, is there any Mission field, building up a Sab- bath school and church among the poor? Third, are there any small new churches in or near, say twenty miles of Kansas City? I do not write to you from the fact that there are no openings for me elsewhere." * * In the summer of 1883 one of the Kansas City papers contained the following account, under the heading, "]\Iixing Religions:" "A pleasant incident of practical fraternity in church work occurred yesterday. Among recent converts added to Eev. Dr. Eailsback's Presbyterian church in West Kansas City were two railroad men, who desired to be baptized by immersion. To accommodate them the baptistery of Calvary Baptist church was tendered. But here came in another query. Eev. Dr. Eailsback could not baptize them, the doctrines of his Church prohibiting such a course,^ and the Pastor of the Calvary church had to decline because the men were not members of his Church. In this emergency Eev. E. M. Barns, Pastor of the G. A. M. E. church, was asked to officiate and kindly consented. A Presbyterian baptized in a Baptist pool by a Methodist 1. He was chaplain of a Negro regiment during the Civil War, widely known as the "singing regiment." He always had great interest in colored people, and influence over them. 2. We believe he did not so construe them in Bimllar instances later. 210 SKETCHES OP MINISTERS. minister is something unique." But incidents as unique were by no means uncommon in the work of Mr. Railsback. GEOEGE A. M. EEN^SHAW. The sketch of this excellent brother belongs perhaps rather under the history of the Presbytery of Ozark than under that of Kansas City, but is given in part here on account of his close con- nection with the other members and cliurelies of the origaial Presby- tery of Harmony, later known as Osage and Kansas City. Though settled over the Mt. Zion church in Greene county, he preached in the early days as far north as Henry county, which is within our bounds. He was perhaps a typical specimen of the East Tennessee preachers that did so much for the establishment of Presbyterianism in this region. A long obituary notice of him, from the pen of L. R. Morrison, June 18, 1857, appeared in the Presbyterian WHness, from which we quote a few paragraphs: "On coming to Missouri he took charge of the infant church of Mt. Zion, of which he died the Pastor. On surveying the work before him, he seemed to have viewed it probable that to do it would cost him his life. And though his humility never dared to speak the bold language of the Apostle, yet day by day he lived the senti- ments, 'None of these things move me; neither I count my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.' To meet his Presbytery and Synod was often a journey of four hundred miles, forth and back, facing tlie heavy, piercing prairie wind by day and lodging at night in such shanties as he might find; and returning home but to prolong the endurance of the same hardships the year around — living, lodging, preaching in cabins — how assisting his feeble, uncomplaining wife on washing day — now taking her place when sickness prostrates her — now cutting and sledding wood till drenched with perspiration and forthwith away across the chilly prairie, on an errand or an appointment. Soon bronchitis, neuralgia, rheumatism, anno nice their presence. * * Thus Bro. Eenshaw lived, labored, suffered on losing, it would seem, his sense of pain in the joys of his Master's work — wearing a smile that told of a fountain of inward kindness and comforts of which his modesty seldom dared to speak — seldom daring to speak of his successes, though he was seldom many months without having new seals to his ministry. * * "In all his relations as a man and a Minister, Brother R. was a model man. And after all we have said of him, we feel, as he would often express himself, on the higher themes of the Savior's loveliness, 'What we have said seems almost slander.' As a preacher G. A. M. KENSHAW. 211 he was always pertinent, concise, and simple. More anxious to be understood than admired, I doubt whether he ever attempted to frame an eloquent sentence in his life. Yet he was often eloquent, never contemptible. Excessive distrust of his own abilities put upon him constant application to the sacred writers and the more evangelical poets for forms of idea and expressions; and yet you would feel, as few other men could make you feel, that neither indo- lence nor pedantry is there, but that the speaker has such a rever- ence for his holy theme he dares trust its utterance to no language but such as the Holy Ghost teacheth. * * ''If he had been less fearful of unfitting himself for the ser- vice of the lowly, by reciprocating the courtesies of more cultivated society; if he had extended his hand less timorously to accept the deferential welcome with which intelligent society everywhere greeted him; if he could have seen how little there is in the frost work of fashion, the inflations of pride, the pomposities of wealth, to inti- midate such a man as he, we think he might have spent his life somewhat more comfortably to himself and usefully to men. But his faults — if faults they were — were such as few men are in danger of imitating. They seem to us but the shadows of a bashful tem- perament cast over his Christian humility. He has done his work, and done it well. May we so follow him as he followed Christ." As Dr. Handy wrote, "he was a noble fellow, exceedingly amiable and pious, a fine extempore preacher, but modest in the extreme. In his dress and manners he was plain and humble.'^ Would that we had more like him to-day ! WILLIAM COMB REQUA. The longest lived member ever connected with this Presbyter/ was the Rev. Wni. C. Requa, a member of the first Missionary band sent out from New York (1820) to the Mission among the Osages in the Indian Territory. He was later transferred to the Harmony Mission, in the neighborhood of which he spent the remainder of his long and useful life. The only sketches of his life that we have seen are these that appear in the family genealogy (The Family of Requa, 1678-1898, pp. 41-42) and one prepared for the press at the time of his death by Dr. Timothy Hill, from both of which extensive quotations are here made. The notice in the genealogy says: "The Rev. William Comb [Requa] whose picture is here given,* studied at North Salem Acad- emy, N. Y., and wont out in 1820, under the direction of the Pres- byterian Board [United Foreign Missionary Society] as missionary to the Osage Indians at Fort Gibson, Ark., [now I. T.]. Washii^ton Irving, in one of his works, pays a high compliment to his former *As we were unable to obtain a photograpli of any of the missionaries or of the buildings of Harmony Mission, the woodcut of Dr. Requa, (facing p. 44) which is not very good, is the only pictorial reminder of the Mission we are able to present. 212 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. neighbor and friend, Rev. William Comb Requa, whose Mission sta- tion he visited in one of his excursions to the far West. Two years later, in 1822, the Rev. William Comb married Susan Comstoek, by whom he had two children. In 1832 the Mission was disbanded, and ]\Ir. Requa removed with his family to [the vicinity of] Butler, Bates county. Mo., wiierc he took up (jroverument land, being allowed a bounty for his services in the war of 1812. In 1833 his lirst wife died; and in 1837 he -married Jane Montgomery, who lived only one year. In 1840 he married Sarah A. Xutting, by whom he had nine children. He was farmer, physician and preacher, having erected a church in which he held services on the Sabbath. "During the Civil War his church and buildings were burned, and his family compelled to seek safety in Kansas. Mr. Requa en- joyed a long and eventful life. Born under the administration of Washington, he outlived both Lincoln and Grant. A soldier of the war of 1812, he also suffered much in the War of the Rebellion. Prom the classic halls of North Salem Academy, N. Y., he vol- unteered to go as a teacher and physician to the Indians on tbc frontier. Parts of the New Testament he translated into the Osage tongue, and gave twelve years of his early life exclusively to Mis- sionary work. "His biographer writes: "^A leading trait of his character was his conscientious performance of duty. Being for many years the only physician and almost the only minister for many miles around, he was kept fully employed, often by night as well as day. No call was ever neglected. It is to be hoped that he was paid for his medical services, for he has often been heard to say that one dollar was all that he ever received for preaching. Yet his preaching appointments were all met. The love of Christ constrained him to labor on till obliged by old agS to simply wait the coming of the Master.' Mr. Requa died in 1886, in his 92d year, having practiced as a physician and preached the Gospel sixty years. His living children, with one exception, reside in Bales County, Mo. They are all members of the Presbyterian church." In the sketch prepared by Dr. Hill it is said: "From his name and the region whence he came, he was undoubtedly of Huguenot ancestry, than which no better blood has ever been found in this or any other country." 'The Family of Requa,' above mentioned, shows that he was the fifth in descent from Gabriel Requa, a Huguenot l)orn near Rochelle, France, 1678, who emigrated first with his parents to England, and in December, 1689, to America, settling at New Rochelle, N. Y. In the Mission among the Osages in the Indian Territory "Mr. Requa is at first designated as farmer and mechanic, but soon after is designated as catechist and superintendent — indi- W. C. REQUA. 213 eating that his particular business was to look after the secular affairs of the Mission, while he was at the same time expected to exercise his gifts as religious teacher in a manner less formal than by regularly preaching the Gospel. The Osage Mission had two centers of operations, one at Union in the Indian Territory, and the other at Harmony in Bates County, Mo. Mr. Eequa's life was chiefly spent in connection with the work in the Territory; but he came at length to the neighborhood of the Harmony ]\rission, and settled for his home. He acquired the language of the Osages sufficiently to impart to them much religious instruction in it, and he was useful to them as a physician. I have not been able to find the date of his regular ordination as a minister. It was undoul)tedly only after he hafl l)ecome somewhat advanced in life. His name appears in the ^rinutcs of the Assembly as a member of the Presbytery of Osage for the first time in 1840, as Stated Supply for the Little Osage Church. "Mr. Requa was the last of the Mission band to abandon the Osages, and only gave up when repeated removals and continued opposition rendered it apparent that little could be done for their welfare. He did not see the measiire of success that he expected ; but in his case, as in many others, the Foreign Missionary was the pioneer Home Missionary, and the work done for the Indian prepared the way for the Church with the Indians' stronger brother, the white man. In a quiet and peaceful age, this man who bore untold and long continued hardships, descended to his final rest, falling to sleep in Jesus, June 3, 1886, at the ripe age of 92, much the senior in age of any in this Synod. No other man connected with it has ever attained equal age. May we who remain emulate his faith, his industry and patience, till the Master shall call each in His time to our final rest." DAVID SCHLEY SCHAFF. The present Professor of Church History in Lane Theological Seminary is too well known to need any extended sketch here. Though he had had but one pastorate before coming to Kansas City, he came with a mind unusually well stored and with a thorough training in a^ matters literary and ecclesiastical, such as might have been expected of the son of Dr. Philip Schaff, the eminent Church Historian, and of one that had enjoyed the best that could be given by American and foreign ITniversity training. He at 'incc took bigb rank among us for his pulpit abilitv. and for the thoroughness with which he did all his work. From 1884 to 1887 he was the efficient Stated Clerk of this Presbytery, which, on his departure from the Pastorate, placed on record its appreciation of him as "an accomplished scholar, an excellent pastor and preacher, and a most efficient co-presbyter.'' It also bore testimony to his "very success- 214 SKETCHES OF MINISTEBS. ful work in the First Church, the membership of which, during his ministry of five years, has been increased by the addition of about 250 names, and their new property secured, valued at about $70,000." WILLIAM HENEY SMITH. One of the few men ordained by the first Osage Presbytery was Mr. Smith, who proved one of its strongest New School and anti- slavery members. He began work in Hickory and Polk counties in 1849. In one of his letters from that field he gives a graphic picture of conditions then prevailing in this part of the country, from which it may be interesting to quote a paragraph. He says: "There are causes which seem to hinder the rapid growth of the first. The Gospel has to contend against Antinomianism, Two- Seedism, Camp- bellism, etc. And a serious hindrance to the progress of pure and undefiled religion is an uneducated ministry. Ephemeral preachers are numerous. They have come up over the land like the frogs upon Egypt, and seriously injure the influence of an educated ministry. Many of them are great lovers of whisky, and doggedly oppose all benevolent operations. With many like themselves they have weight. They have degraded the pulpit very much, and in many instances cause the doc*trine according to godliness to be evil spoken of . Such preachers will have their day and then pass away. My two churches are thirty-five miles apart. At one I preach twice a month, at the other once. One of the congregations has resolved to build a church this year, notwithstanding their feebleness. Most of the places of worship are wretched log cabins." Another letter written from Calhoun in 1853 says: "I have now six regular places of preaching, and intend (Providence permit- ting) to preach at another place next Sabbath evening. Five of these places are in this county and two in Pettis county. My field is too large for one sower of our faith ; I cannot cultivate it properly." He then goes on to tell of the encouraging features of his work and to describe a visit to the bedside of a dying slave, whose dying mis- tress only a few weeks before had exhorted him to meet her in Heaven. In another letter he reports an interesting revival in the Calhoun (Salem) Church, in 1855, and adds: "This people have not erected a house of worship in vain." His letters all have a cheerful tone until about the time of the withdrawal of the A. H. M. S. from work in Missouri, which he seriously regretted, as it led to the disorganization of the New School work in this state, and to the disintegration of the Presbytery of Osage. He was one of the last to leave it, going to Kansas about 1860. In June, 1857. he wrote the Secretary of the Missouri Home Missionary Society, giving an account of the wreck of the Presbytery W. H. SMITH. 215 then existing: "I cannot be sustained without aid from abroad, and unless that comes I must either leave the state or resort to some secular occupation. Now when the immigration to this region is immense, when the eastern people as well as others are settling up our prairies, we are crippled by the want of proper support — must leave in a great measure the work of the ministry to obtain a living ! Our Church is not going to do much in western Missouri without preachers can be placed in circumstances to labor more effectively. Bro. Jones, because of his age and affliction of the throat, is thinking about giving up his charge. Bro. Bradshaw is almost superannuated. Bro. Eequa is practicing medicine and is not doing much in the ministry; and Bro. Renshaw has recently deceased, so that you see we are weak in men and means — not so much in means perhaps as in disposition to aid in supporting the Gospel." In the absence of the records of the original Osage Presbytery one other letter is worth quoting in part. It was written in 1871, evidently from memory rather than from written memoranda. In answer to some inquiries by Dr. Timothy Hill, he wrote: 'Tour list as sent me is not exactly correct, in the matter of ordination. I send one so far as I know. Ministers — N. B. Dodge, A. Jones (ordained), E. P. '^oel, B. Eyland, G. A. M. Eenshaw, I. B. Ricketts, I. W. K. Handy, C. Bradshaw, D. Weir, W. C. Requa (ordained), Wm. H. Smith (ordained), A. G. Taylor, D. Emerson, J. V. Barks (ordained). L. R. Morrison, A. W. Morrison (ordained), John McMillan, G. W. Harlan (ordained). Churches — Little Osage, Vernon Co. ; Deepwater, Henry Co. ; Marmateau, Vernon Co. ; Mt. Zion, Greene Co. : Warsaw, Benton Co. ; Salem, Henry Co. ; Beihesda : Harmony, Bates Co. : Mt. Pleasant, Benton Co. ; Hermon, Polk Co. ; Springfield, Greene Co. ; ISTorth Prairie, Hickory Co. ; Bentonvillc, Benton Co.. Ark. : Fayetteville, Fayette Co., Ark. ; Now Hope, Car- roll Co., Ark., Gasconade, Wright Co., Georgetown Pettis Co. : Cold Neck, Pettis Co.; Moreau, Pettis Co.; Little Tebo, Benton Co.; Walnut Grove, Greene Co. ; Red Hill, Greene Co.'' This list gives a goofl idea of the extent of the primitive Presbytery, which covered all our present territory, part of that now belonging to St. Louis Pres- bytery, and all that now belonging to the Presbytery of Ozark. DWIGHT KELLOGG STEELE. The following sketch is contributed by one of Mr. Steele's War- rensburg parishioners. "The pastorate of the Rev. D. K. Steele in Warrens^burg was marked by the degree of advancement along all lines of church work. Rev. Steele was a man of strong individuality and deep convictions. He made no pretensions to being a brilliant speaker, but simply 216 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. preached Christ and Him crucified. He was gifted in prayer; and many souls were led to see the light by his earnest pleadings at the throne of grace. Often, as the years roll by and the congregation congratulates itself on the present prosperity of the church, it can say with satisfaction that this is the result in a large measure of the prayers and tears on bended knees of Rev. Steele and his devoted wife. "Soon after beginning his work here, Rev. Steele organized the first Young People's Society ever organized in this city, which in these later years is called the Christian Endeavor Society, and is the strong right arm of this church. About that time, Mrs. Steele, who always had the spiritual welfare of the children at heart,, organized them into a Mission Band. These children, from that early train- ing, have become Christian workers in different departments of the church, especially in the Sabbath school, which was formerly held at the 'Mission Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church' in the eastern part of town, where Mr. and Mrs. Steele were true Home Missionaries. "Rev. Steele was the first Pastor of this church to annually observe Children's Day and Easter with appropriate exercises. From that time this church has always celebrated these events with due ceremony. But 'Chicken Pie Supper' — most emphatically a Presby- terian institution of this church — is the annual reminder of Mr. and Mrs. Steele. It was given in November, the Friday night before Thanksgiving, every year during their stay with this church, and has been observed every year since that time, until now it is not only a Presbyterian but a Warrensburg event to which all our citizens hungrily look forward. Financially it is a great success." ROBERT SMITH SYMINGTON. The following letter was received in Feb., 1900, from Dr. Sym- ington, then a resident of Danville, Cal. A reference to the original records of the Presbyteries shows that the Doctor is slightly wrong on some of his dates, which can well be excused after a lapse of over 50 years. The letter was written in reply to a letter of inquiry by the Rev. John B. Hill, who desired information concerning the early ministers and churches of the Presbytery of Kansas Citv. The reply covers that point and several other points of interest, especially to the older residents of Jackson County. The part of the letter relating to himself and to Jackson County is as follows : In 1847, * the Synod of Missouri met in Lexington, Lafayette County. The Home Mission Committee reported a vast field of labor opening up in the western part of Missouri and in Kansas Territory, of which Independence was the center. A New School church had already been organized there, and the Rev. - ^Record shows 1849. E. S. SYMINGTON. 217 F. R. Gray was laboring among them as Stated Suppl)^ But there were a few Old School brethren residing there, who did not co-operate with them. A short time previous to this the Rev. W. H. Hall, from Kentucky, and Dr. Yantis, then Pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lexington Mo., held a meeting and gathered quite a congrega- tion around them. When Synod met at Lexington, Brother Patton, one of the number, was sent down to procure, if possible, a Stated Supply, or Missionary to labor among them. Dr. Yantis proposed that I should be sent "to preach at Independence and in the regions beyond." The Missouri Presbytery to which I belonged, met on the floor of Synod, and I was transferred to the Presbytery of Lafayette, and by it sent as a Missionary to that field. At the next meeting of Lafayette Presbytery a Committee was appointed to organize a church at Independence, which was accordingly done. I was elected Pastor. With no church, no Sabbath school, an organiza- tion of only ten members, it was quite discouraging. And when we met in the "Old Court House" — about three in each corner and one to lead the singing, standing by the Judge's stand, which was my pulpit — it was quite chilly. In 1849 came the California gold fever, and with it the Asiatic cholera. Two of Bro. Gray's church officers died of cholera. He resigned his charge, and the night he preached his farewell sermon (his text was: "Not this man but Barabbas.") an explosion of gun- powder occurred, which shook the church to pieces. The lot and the debris were sold to the Baptist brethren. This left us an open field. The following year we erected a large and elegant brick church, and paid for it. Our membership now numbered sixty. By permission of Session, I have always used my fifth Sabbaths and the 4 o'clock p. m. hour for Missionary labor. In 1848 I gathered a few Presbyterian people together in Jack- son county, near Sibley, and Presbytery organized them into the Six Miles Church. Shortly after the Pleasant Hill Church was organized in Cass county. For each of these cliurches a commodious brick Ilmu-c was erected and paid for. In 1850 a few Presbyterian families located in Westport, a few miles' west of Independence, on the border line of Missouri. To these people I preached occasionally, and soon after this a church was organized, and a L^nion church was built. In 1851 the North ^lissouri Presbytery was organized, ^ oml)ra('ing the territory north of the Missouri River to the Iowa line and east as far as the west line of the Missouri Presbytery. Within this boundary were a great many feeble churches. Rev. R. H. Allen and T were appointed Evangelists to visit these churches and hold special meetings with thorn, and to organize churches 1. In this place and above, the doctor should have said the "Prpsl)ytery of Up- per Missouri." The Presbytery of Lafayette was not organized until 1857. 2 He evidently refers to the Presbytery of Upper Missouri, organized in 1844. 14 218 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. in destitute places. That year I preached three hundred and sixty sermons and lectures. This proved too much for me. When the excitement of the occasion was over, I found myself prostrated with "minister's sore throat." I found it necessary to give up my charge at Independence, which I did the following year. In 1852 the Synod of Missouri met in Fulton, and resolved to build a Synodical College. I was elected Financial Agent. My field was the state of Missouri, and my object to secure a fund that would justify the Synod in commencing the desired work. In traveling over the state and doing comparatively little public talking, my health improved rapidly, and when the Synod met in 1854, I was able to enter upon the active duties of the ministry. I resigned my position as Financial Agent, and removed to Pleasant Hill, and accepted an invitation to preach as Stated Supply for the two little churches that I had organized while Pastor at Independence. While there, I built and operated a Female Seminary, believing it would greatly advance the work of the church. By this time Kansas City had become the most important ship- ping point on the Upper Missouri. When Presbytery met in 1854, ^ I was appointed Stated Supply for Westport and Kansas City. When we erected the building for the Seminary in Pleasant Hill, I agreed, if they would assist me in the enterprise, I would remain with them two years. I remained there four — filling my appointments in my distant field every Sabbath — thirty miles away — riding horseback or in my buggy. On one occa- sion, when I had reached the bleak, cold ridge dividing the waters of Big Creek and the Little Blue, a fierce northwest wind lilew strong in my face. I thought of returning to my warm fireside. But it occurred to me : This is the first time in my life I have ever turned back from an appointment. I turned the head of my horse to the wind, and spurred him on. In 1855 2 I sold my Seminary to Rev. James T. Lapsley, and removed with my family to Kansas City. The immigration to the city was so great at this time that I failed to rent a house in the city, and was compelled to take quarters in a little log cabin, 12 feet square, on Bro. McCoy's farm, H miles from the city,^ until I could build a residence of my own. Services were then held in the old Court House on the corner of 3d and Main streets. 1. The record in the minutos of tho Unper Missouri, April 11. 1857. reads: "A request was received from the Pleasant Hill church, askin;; for the services of R. 8. Sym- ington, for half his time, at a salary of ifSOO. Also tor the same, and for half his time, from the Westport church, at a salary of ifSOO. Also for the same, from Individuals at Kansas City, at a salary of $300. Presbytery consented to the request from the church at Westport and from the people of Kansas City." 2. From other sources the date is found to have heen 1857. 3. Near the present Southwest corner of Thirty-fourth and Campbell streets. R. S. SYMINGTON. 219 In the spring of 1857 Presbytery appointed a Committee, con- tiisting of Rev. Thos. A. Bracken and myself, Ministers, and Col. Moseby Grant, Elder, "to visit Kansas City, and if the way be clear, organize a church." On the 25th of May, same year, the Committee met and organized the First church of Kansas City, in the house of Mr. Barclay. C. M. Root and William P. Allen were elected Elders, and J. C. McCoy and Samuel Piatt, Deacons. A long warehouse belonging to Bro. McCoy was secured and converted into a house of worship. In a few days it was furnished with pulpit and pews. In 1860 we purchaseTl a lot on the corner of Grand Avenue and Walnut street.* and material was collected, and the excavation had been commenced, when the Civil War stopped all further movements in that direction. About this time Rev. Alex. Mechatt was elected Pastor of the Westport Church, and all my time was occupied with Kansas City and additions. In 1860 I was requested by the several denominations of the city to gather up the religious statistics of the city. * * i give them below: (I give them in the order of time of organization.) Roman Catholic. — Organized 1837, bv Father Roux, Parish Priest, called "Parish of Kansas City." In 1824 Rev. Father De Smidt visited this point, and blessed the marriages of the French trappers from the T?ockv Mountains, who had formed marriage connections with Indian Squaws. Father Donnelly arrived ut 1845 ; found "400 souls" in the congregation, chiefly halfbreeds and Canadian hunters. He permanently settled there in 1856. Since then the congregation has increased to 2,000. This embraces all within the bounds of Westport, Kansas City and Indian Territory. At the jubilee there were 700 communicants. This comprises the strength of the church. In 1859 there were 31 marriiiges, 107 bap- tisms, and 62 deaths (Donnelly). M. E. South — Organized 1846, in the woods near Kansas City with four members, by Rev. James Porter. Local Elder. Members: Mr. Chick and wife, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Hickman. The first regular preacher was Rev. Capell. In 1848 Rev. Leaper preached to them. This vear an effort wns made to build a Republican (Union) meeting house, and failed. Thoy then united with the School Trustees, and by taxation and siibscription a frame house was built, to be used as school hoiise and church for all denominations. In 1850 they built a house of worship. They now (1860) niimber 120 communicants, have a Sabbath school num])ering 80 scholars, library, etc. Have services twice every Lord's day. Rev. Leftwich officiating. Baptist Church — Organized on 3d of September, 1855, in the Methodist Church. There were 10 members. The officers were T. M. James and Robt. Homes, Deacons, and Rev. R. S. Thomas (ex- *That would be a hard corner to And! The lot was on the north side of Third street, near Walnut. 220 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. President of William Jewell College), Pastor. He remained Pastor till his death, June 12, 1857. In 1857 forty-one persons were added on examination and nine by certificate. In 1859 Rev. E. S. Doulin was elected Pastor. There are now (1860) 112 communicants, 5 of whom are colored. Officers: James Homes, Lawrence Mors, R. Garnett and R. H. Hooper, Deacons, and James Chandler, Clerk. Sabbath school 100. Presbyterian Church — Organized May 25, 1857; members, 13. There are now (1860) 63 members. Officers: C. M. Root, Wm. P. Allen, C. F. Smith, R. G. Stephens, Elders, and J. C. McCoy, Samuel Piatt and T. B. Lester, M, D., Deacons, and R. S. Symington, Pastor, Sabbath school, 70 males, 65 females, 135. Teachers, 9. Books, maps, etc. R. G. Stephens, Superintendent. Mission stations : McGee's Addition, 4 o'clock, p. m. ; Mission Sabbath school, Bro. Seabury, Superintendent. Teachers 7, scholars 40 (average). Episcopal (St. Luke's) — Organized December 14, 1857, com- municants 5. Total in communion now (1860) 25. Sunday School, numbers of scholars 60, average 40. Books, etc. Rev. Joseph I. Corban, officiating. Reformed (Campbellites) — Organized August 1, 1858, in the Court House by Elder Palmer, 40 memljers. Dr. Ridge, W. Small and L. Bullard were elected Elders, and John C. Coin, Speaker. Now number 80 members. Have speaking only once a month. M. E. Church, North — Organized Aug. 1, 1859, number com- municants 11. Rev. Mr. Pile, Minister. Number of communicants now, (1860) 23. A few Cumberland Presbyterians were worshipping in the northern part of McGee's Addition, but they had not organized in 1860. There were quite a number of Lutherans in the city, but they worshipped with us. Infidel clubs of all kinds were organized, but they were not noticed. These statistics I have copied from an old memorandum book, found in my library, and they can be relied on as correct. In 1862 [1860] my throat troubled me again, and my phvsician, Dr. Lester, advised me to rest for a year, and Rev. Hancock was invited to fill the pulpit. At the end of the year I was still unable to preach. I then removed to Pleasant Hill. In 1863 [Aug. 25], Order No. 11. was passed, depopulating the western l)order of Missouri, and Cass county was embraced in that order. Weary with the unsettled state of things in Missouri, I determined to go east; and took the train [where?], Sept. 1st, for St. Louis. The brethren at Mexico, Mo., learned that I was on the cars, met me at the depot, and urged me to stop over with them, and help them out of a difficulty. Some trouble had occurred between R. S. SYMINGTON. 221 the Pastor of the church and the Federal soldiers stationed there. He had been arrested and sent as a prisoner to St. Louis. The Session was unhappily divided between North and South, and neither part felt like moving in the matter. At their request, I stopped over, and they committed the whole matter to me. I immediately telegraphed to the President the exact state of the case, and asked for advice. Early the next morning the following statement came over the wires : "Col . Vacate the Presbyterian Church. Replace tlie furniture as it was, and protect the worshippers. A. Lincoln." A copy was sent to me, and to the Colonel commanding in the city. In a month everything was repaired, and we were worshipping in our house as before. I remained as Stated Supply with them four years. I organized a church at Montgomery City, and assisted in building a house of worship. Pleasant Hill had now grown to a city of 6,000 inhabitants, and it was thought that two Presbyterian churches could be sustained there. My old friends gave me a call to the Second Presbyterian church. I accepted the call. We rented a hall, and worshipped in it until our church was built. While there I organized a church, and built a house of worship at Strasburg, on the Missouri Pacific Rail- road. I remained with these brethren seven years. On the last day of November, 1874, I took the west bound overland train for San Francisco, and preached my first sermon in California, Dec. 13, 1874. This severed my connection with the Synod of Missouri. * * God has been wonderfullv merciful in preserving my life. I am now nearly eighty-one years old, and I am still preaching and writing and lecturing and standing it well.* CHARLES LEMUEL THOMPSON. No living ex-member of Kansas City Presbytery is better known than the present Secretary of the Board of Home Missions. It is needless therefore to describe his character, ability or history. Aside from his prominence as Pastor of large churches in Chicago, Cin- cinnati, Pittsburg and Kansas City, he was already widely known as an editor, poet, essayist and lecturer before he was elected ^foder- ator of the Centennial General Assembly in 1888. Though several ex-Moderators of the Assembly have honored this Presbytery with *A short obituary notice in the /n/erw/- tells of his death, March 24, 1901, and says: "Dr. Symington was a man of strong charaetfr, and was most earnestly devoted to the Master's cause. It was not his desire to occupy hlnh places in noted churches; but he was eminently an organizer and builder, and tlie fields in which he labored pvideneed Ins faithful work. The study of the word of God was hisdelipht.and few men were better versed in the Bible than he; and this not to the exclusion of tilings secular altogether, for he was well informed upon all important topics of the day, and was active in many public enterprises. As a preacher lie was scholarly, logical anil convincing. He preached nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, and was never forced to choose a sen- sational subject to fill his church. The sincerity of his profession was never doubted, for he was a living epistle of the teachings of Christ, and his very presence was a bene- diction. Truly a mlglity man has fallen In Israel." 222 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. their membership, Dr. Thompson is the only one of our members honored by the Assembly with elevation to its highest office whik representing this Presbytery. Many of his friends here have rather regretted the honor thus thrust upon him, as it was the first step that led to his call to labor outside of our bounds. In addition to his labors as Pastor of the Second church, Kan- sas City, during its most prosperous period, Dr. Thompson made his influence widely felt through the city. Presbytery and Synod. He established the Men's League of the Second church by which all the younger organizations of our denomination in the city have been fostered and materially aided in securing their locations and houses of worship. He gave much attention to Park College and to the Kansas City Ladies' College of Independence, of both which institu- tions he was a Trustee. ALEXANDER WALKER. As the Presbytery of Kansas City stood adjourned to meet in Rich Hill on the Tuesday afternoon following the Saturday on which the Rev. Alex. Walker died at his home in Butler, arrangements were made to have the funeral service held on Tuesday morning in Butler (12 miles north of Rich Hill). At that time nearly all the brethren of the Presbytery could be and were present. At the meet- ing of the Presbytery the following sketch prepared and read at the funeral service by the Rev. John B. Hill, was adopted as a memorial and spread on the records of the Presbytery. MEMORIAL. The Rev. Alexander Walker was born in Kirkoswald, County Avr, Scotland, Feb. 27, 1840, and died in Butler, Mo., June 11, 1892". His boyhood was spent in Scotland. At the age of eighteen he removed to Dudley, Worcestershire, England. In 1869 he came to this country for the sake of his health, and settled on a farm near Otter- ville. Mo., where he remained until he took charge of the church at Tipton, Mo. After a ten years' pastorate there, the longest in the history of this Presbytery, he removed to Butler, which continued to be his home until his death. Mr. Walker was married to Miss Agnes Hannah, in Newington Chapel, Liverpool, England, by the Rev. Henry Griffith, M. A., Feb. 14, 18G3. His wife, six sons (Alex., David, Daniel, Cyrus, Harry and John"), and two daughters (Anna and Mary) survive him. Two other sons died in infancy. Alexander and David are married and in business, the one in Columbus, 0., the other in Wichita, Kan. The other members of the family reside in Butler, Mo. The only other relative in this country is his sister, the wife of Mr. Samuel ALEXANDER WALKER. 223 StraiD, an Elder in the church at Bolivar, Mo. His mother, two brothers and three sisters still reside in their native land across the sea. At the age of fifteen Mr. Walker was converted and joined the Presbyterian church in his native town. On going to England, there being no Presbyterian church in the citv of Dudley, he joined the Old Independent Church. After studying for the ministry under Dr. Daniel Kirby Shoebotham, he was licensed to preach by the Independent church. The vigor and enthusiasm with which he pursued his work soon made it necessary for him to seek rest and recuperation. He therefore came to this country, bought a farm, and settled down, expecting to remain in America only three years. Soon, however, he began to preach in the Otterville church, and at length, on the 23d of April, 1872, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Osage (now the Presljytery of Kansas City) in session at Pleasant Hill, Mo. On the 28th of Nov., following, he was installed Pastor of the church at Tipton. Upon the dissolution of that pastorate, Jan. 26, 1883, he accepted a call to the church at Butler, over which he was installed the 8th of April, following. In October, 1889, he was elected Synodical Missionary for Missouri, which office he filled until his death. Such is an outline biography of one of the best known Ministers of our State. His death was not unexpected, though many times during the ten weary weeks of his illness and pain, the watchers at his bedside and numerous inquiring friends throughout the State were encouraged by hopeful symptoms. An attack of la grippe dur- ing the winter was not enough to keep him from his usual labors. Impressed by the importance of his work, he continued, in spite of his weakness, until early in April he was so prostrated as to be con- fined to his bed. Even then he did not give up his work, but for weeks, by his own hand and by dictation to one of his sons, he con- tinued to carry on his extensive correspondence. His Scotch grit and splendid constitution enabled him to- withstand for weeks a serious illness, with many painful complications that would much sooner have subdued the majoritv of men. His friends have good reason to think he died a martyr to the cause he loved so well — the work of Home Missions. Mr. Walker was an indefatigable worker, a good organizer, a splendid judge of men, a fearless, uncompromising advocate of truth and rigliteousness, and an ardent lover of the doctrine and polity of the Presbyterian Church. These qualities, together with his forceful, pointed expression, in public and in private, often with broad Scotch accent and wit, and his thoroughgoing good sense, decisiveness, promptness and frankness, combined to give him admirable fitness for the position he occupied as Synodical Missionary. Another large factor in his success in this capacity was his previous experience in 224 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Home Mission work. He himself had been a Home Missionary, whose labors were great and successful. For ten years before entering upon the Synodical work he had been, as Chairman of the Committee on Home Missions, thoroughlv familiar with every church in his Pres- bytery. With all these qualifications, no wonder the general verdict of the Synod was that he was the right man in the right place. Dr. D. J. McMillan, Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, wrote at once on hearing of his death : "Your telegram has thrown a cloud of gloom over our office, for we esteemed Mr. Walker most highly, as one of the ablest and most faithful of our Synodical Missionaries." The death of Mr. Walker, cut oif in his prime, is widely and sincerely mourned. Both the churches of which he was formerly Pastor are to-day, out of respect of his memory, draped in mourning. Of each church it is true, as one of his successors in the pastorate writes : '"All his good work follows him here in the hearts and high esteem of many." His twenty years' work in Kansas City Presbytery made him several years the senior of any of his brethren in respect to continuous service. Faithful in attendance at all ecclesiastical meetings, earnest and interested in all their deliberations, his wise counsel was not merely proffered but sought and respected. Truly in the death of such a man his Presbytery and Synod have sustained no ordinary loss. May the Lord of the Harvest raise up and send forth many such laborers into His field ! JOHN LAPSLEY YANTIS. No sketch of Presbyterianism in Missouri, let alone in this Presbytery, would be complete without a notice of the labors of the Rev. J. L. Yantis, D. D., much more extensive than the average sketch 'of the Ministers of the Presbytery. Traditions of him and of his work remain in many of our churches and communities, though scarce a member of the Presbytery as at present constituted has any personal remembrance of him. A writer in Nevin's Encyclopaedia says of him: "Dr. Yantis's character was striking and unique. With an originality that is seldom found, he threw out his great thoughts that riveted the attention of the learned and the unlearned. He wrote some, read much and thought a great deal. His quickness of percep- tion enabled him to grasp and simplify the most difficult subjects. His manner of delivery was straightforward, bold, earnest and impressive. His frankness and honesty made him respected and honored by all good people. He abhorred all 'ways that are dark and tricks that are vain.' He had no patience with deceit or vanity. He was gentle as a lamb, with the boldness and strength of a lion. While he left no volume of writings, his work as an Evangelist and Minister has J. L. YANTIS. 225 made a lasting impression upon thousands, and he was not only a pioneer, but one of the fathers of Presbyterianism in western Mis- souri/' We are fortunate in being able to present also a sketch of him by one that was for many years a eopresbyter with Dr. Yantis, and associated with him in the development of several of our present organizations. Writing under date of March 12, 1900, the Rev. K. S. Symington, D. D., of Danville, Gal., communicated the following: John Lapsley Yantis, D. D., was born in Lancaster, Garrard county, Ky., Sept. 14, 1804. He was the son of Col. John Yantis, who commanded a regiment of Kentuckians in the War of 1812, and was a leading man in his day. Aug. 21, 1828, at Stanford, Lincoln county, Ky., he was married to Miss Eliza Ann Markham Mont- gomery, daughter of Col. Jas. Montgomery. When about 20 years of age he began the study of medicine. When nearly ready to commence practice, he united with the church, and decided to study for the ministry. His health was so frail that he was unable to attend a Theological Seminary, and his preparation for the ministry was made under the instruction of his uncle, the Rev. Robt, Armstrong Lapsley, D. D. He was licensed by Transylvania Presbytery, Ky., in April, 1829; and ordained in the autumn of 1830 at Harrodsburg. He entered upon his first charge as Stated Supply for the churches of Lancaster and Stanford, one his own home, the other the home of his wife. He came to Missouri in the fall of 1833. He preached a short time in Saline county, and was called to the church of Liberty, Clay county, in the spring of 1834. In 1835 he preached as Stated Supply at Dover and other points in Lafayette county. Mo. In 1836 he went to Columbia and remained there about a year. In 1838 he returned to Clay county, where he remained one year. In 1839 he was called to Fulton, and was Pastor there for two years. In 1841 he removed to Lexington, and was Pastor of that church about seven years. For several years he was Register of the United States Land Office, then located in that place. In 1848 he purchased Sweet Springs, in Saline county, and established an Academy for boys, which he conducted for four years. In 1852 he, with quite a number of Presbyterians, crossed the Plains to Oregon, and located in the Willamette Valley. [WTiile there] he was elected President of Richmond College, (Mo.). He returned from Oregon to that place in 1855. While [President of the College], he received calls from Danville, Ky., Baltimore, Md., and San Francisco, Cal. He accepted the call from Danville, and remained there until the breaking out of the Civil War in 1801. After that he returned to Sweet Springs, and I believe his family remained there until his death, which occurred May 28. 1882. He never gave up preaching. He always said he would "die in the harness." His wife's health was delicate, it was always better at 226 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. Sweet Springs. For this cause the family remained there, but he never gave up the active work of the ministry. After his return to Missouri, in 1861, he 'preached at Kansas City, Westport, Waverly, Marshall, St. Joseph, Brownsville and Prairie churches. Wherever he preached, he was received with open arms and a hearty welcome. He was popular in all the churches. Sunday, May 28, he went to fill an appointment in Lafayette county. He held services at 11 o'clock. At 3 o'clock he "was not, for God took him." He was buried in Pisgah Cemetery, near Elmwood, in Saline county. Dr. Yantis had six sons and two daughters. Three of his sons and one daughter are still living, and occupying important positions in the several states where they reside. Dr. Yantis in politics was a Whig and an Emancipationist. Though two of his sons served in the Southern Army, and he himself was a Southern sympathizer, from first to last he was opposed to secession. Dr. Yantis was born a leader. In all great enterprises he came to the front. Though he was in no sense a politician, yet he had a powerful influence with his party, and on all great movements he was consulted. Especially was this true in religious matters. He came to Missouri just at a time when a leader was greatly needed. Numbers of families from Virginia and Kentucky were immigrating to that lovely land, and they needed an organizer. Many young Ministers were sent out by the Board of Home Missions, and they needed some one to introduce them to their several fields. He seemed to have an intuitive power of measuring a man as soon as he became acquainted with him, and seemed to know just where to locate him. He was thoroughly orthodox. He was in Missouri when that unfortunate division into Old and New School occurred. Without hesitation he took position with the Old School, and carried the churches of Upper Missouri with him. I remember but two churches in all that region that went with the New School. He signed the "Declaration and Testimony," and was sent to the General Assembly to present and defend it. He was called by some of the members "the old wheel horse." When that obnoxious order was issued called "the iron-clad oath," which forbade all Ministers preaching who had not taken that oath, he made his appointments and filled them as usual, without any regard to that order. He believed it interfered with the "crown rights of the Lord ;" and he was fearless when citizen or Government interfered with these. He was very pleasant in society, i)opvilar with young and old. He enjoyed a joke, and had- a keen apprecialion of tlie ridiculous. On one occasion, while on his way home fi'om a preaching tour, he spent the night at Liberty, Clay county. The host said to him: "Yantis, you must preach for us to-night." He replied: "I can'<,. J. L. YANTIS. 227 I'm tired; and besides you can't get an audience." An old Negro, who was standing at the door, waiting to shake his hand, said: "I gets yo' audience, ef dat's. what you wants." "All right; I'll give them a talk." The old Xegro took a large hand bell, stood on the corner of the street, and rang awhile, and then cried: "Eare oppor- tunity, gemmen ! Eare opportunity ! Lecture in de Cote House, free ! Eare opportunity ! Dr. Yantis gwine ter talk, and you knows him !" When Dr. Yantis entered "de Cote House," it was crowded. He took his text "Some said: And what will this babbler say?" (Acts 17:17). He said he never preached with more freedom in his life. Above all he was eminent as a preacher. The moment he com- menced his subject, you felt he had a message to deliver; and you stayed with him until he delivered it. His style was vigorous, clear «ind tender. I have heard more eloquent discourses, more terse logic, more chaste language ; but no man ever moved me like Yantis. "When he touched on the suffering of Christ, his eyes moistened, and his voice softened. Though every word of the story was familiar to you, you involuntarily wept with him. The Lord knows how to send the right man to the right place. That was a grand country — it was filling up with grand men — and He sent a grand man to shape their moral destiny. He was as gentle as a lamb in peace, but fierce as a lion in war. JAMES YOUNG. The following notice, prepared by the Committee on Necrology, is extracted from the Minutes of Presbytery. "Eev. James Young died at his home, at High Point, Missouri, Oct. 27, 1897. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Presbytery of Kansas City.* He graduated from Wash- .ington College in 1849, and Allegheny Theological Seminary in 1852. He was ordained bv the Presbytery of Greenbrier, at Charles- ton, Va., April 22, 1854, and was installed in his first pastorate in the French Creek church, W. Va., June 10, 1856. He next served at Deep Cut, i^nglaise eountv, 0., and later at Jefferson City, Linn Creek and High Point, Mo. "Mr. Young's genealogv and life were closely linked to the great crises in the history of this country. His grandfather came from Ireland to America, and was Captain of Artillery, under Gen- eral Washington, throughout the Eevolutionary War. Mr. Young's father served in the War of 1812. During the late war he himself was instrumental in raising the 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was appointed Chaplain of the same. He served throughout tlie war, *I. e., bA had been lonKest a member, having been admitted April 4, 1868. 228 SKETCHES OF MINISTERS. becoming at the close the Superintendent of a contraband camp con- taining three thousand colored people at Corinth, Miss. "In 1867 he moved to Missouri, locating at Jefferson City, and was there Pastor and close personal adviser of Governor ]\IcClurg, through the reconstruction period. He organized the church at High Point; and later, prevented by failing health from fulfilling an active ministry, he purchased considerable land at that place, and raised his family there, while he frequently preached in various churches, and received calls from eastern churches and elsewhere. During the last twenty years of his life his health was usually very poor. On tlie day of the announcement of his death, the Synod of Missouri and the Presbytery of Kansas City were in session, and both of these bodies adopted resolutions expressing their deep smypathy for the family in their bereavement." SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. APPLETON CITY. December 28, 1867, pursuant to previous notice, seven individuals met at the home of S. S. Chapin, about a mile south of the village of Hudson, "to consult together in reference to the formation of a Presbyterian church in Hudson." The following day, Sunday, Dec. 39, services were held in a school house a mile and a half south of Hudson, the Eev. S. G. Clark preaching from Jn. 4:35. At the close of these services, the Presbyterian Church of Hudson, Bates county, Mo., was organized, with the following persons as members: E. S. Chapin, Mrs. Sarah Chapin, Miss Julia Field, H. H. Piepmeier, Mrs. A. E. Piepmeier, Mrs. Sally Ann Taylor, Mrs. Esther Long. After the organization was effected, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. In the spring of 1868, Mr. Clark removed with his family to Hudson, and took charge of the little flock. As soon as the weather would permit, services were held, both Sabbath school and preaching, in "God's first temples." By means of the earnest endeavors of Mr. Clark eastern friends became interested in the infant church, strug- gling in the wilderness, and gave so largely of their means that, with what could be raised in the immediate vicinity, a church building, 35 by 50 feet in size, was enclosed the following summer. In the meantime new members were being added to the church mainly by letter. The church building was never finished at Hudson, however, for in less than a year tidings came that the proposed railroad site would be located four miles east of Hudson, in St. Clair county, making it advisable to remove most of the little village to the new site, and the church also. The first house in Appleton Citv was moved there Sept. 15, 1870. Six months from that time there were 141 houses and some 600 peo- ])le. The attempt to remove the church building to Appleton City was made late in the fall of 1870. It was thought best to saw the house in two, and remove half at a time. The first section, the part containing the belfry, was then loaded on trucks drawn by oxen, and taken a])out a quarter of a mile and left for the night. But, lo ! in the morning it had vanished in smoko, some miscreant having applied the torch. The half that reached the chosen site in the new town remained a gaping wreck, a reminder to passersby of the wickedness of mankind. Elder E. K. Gird wrote at that time: "This is a severe stroke. It falls heavily upon lis, for we had put forth our energies to build, and were in debt considerably for it. The loss was felt severely l)y all the church-going people for quite a number of miles around, as it was the only church, with perhaps one exception, within 230 SKETCHES OF CHUKCHES. ten miles of us. It shocks us to think we have in our community such a character, and there is no mistake about its being the work of an incendiary. We want to rebuild, and a meeting is called for this evening to see what can be done. * * The remaining part of our house is good, and can be moved over and put in the shape it was for about $1,500, so says our builder." Some two months before the fire the Kev. S. G. Clark had passed on further to the frontier on his mission of church organization. He recommended the Kev. W. M. Newton, then a Pastor in Ohio, as his successor. On Thursday, May 11, 1871, Mr. Newton arrived. Very little had been done toward rebuilding before his arrival, but work then began immediately and the building was soon pushed to completion. The Methodists kindly tendered the use of their house while the -Presbyterians were rebuilding. By the beginning of winter the church building was finished and out of debt. It was dedicated Dec. 3, 18T1, by the Kev. J. T. Lapsley, of Pleasant Hill, who also assisted in conducting a series of meetings by which fifteen new mem- bers were added. Mr. Newton found the church with thirty mem- bers, and left it in 1875 with fifty-six. He was greatly beloved by all, as was also Mrs. Newton, an excellent worker, organizer and leader in missionary work of every kind. During this pastorate the manse was built. After a short interval the call of the church was accepted by the Kev. J. G. Venable, of Kentucky, who was forced to resign at the end of six months on account of failing health. After his resignation, the church was without regular preaching until Feb., 1878, when the Kev. R. H. Jackson became Pastor elect. He served the church faith- fully until April, 1883. In June, 1883, the Kev. A. B. Martin became Pastor Elect. He was installed Pastor, May, 1884, remaining until June, 1887. From Nov., 1888, to June 3, 1889, the Kev. Samuel A. Moffett supplied the church most acceptably; but the work in the foreign field attracted him, and he sailed for Korea to find there his chosen life work. From January, 1890, to June, 1891, the pulpit was filled by the Kev. Joseph Mayou; March 26, 1892, to May 18, 1893, by the Kev. George B. Sproiile; and Jan. 1, 1894, to March 1, 1898, by the Kev. Edmund S. Brownlee, Pastor Elect. Up to the close of Mr. Brownlee's work there had been added to the church from the beginning 147 members on confession of faith and 154 by letter. Of these 18 had died, and 177 had been dismissed or had gone without taking letters. In the words of Elder Joel Pratt: "This history would not be complete without adding that this church owes its existence and prosperity in a great degree to the earnest, consecrated efforts put forth by the Kev. S. G. Clark, who was sent as a missionary to Missouri before the smoke of the rebellion had fairly cleared away, and when the few inhabitants were miles apart on the prairies of APPLETON CITY. 231 Bates and St. Clair counties. But with unwonted energy and a spirit born of God all difficulties were overcome, and a sturdy growth has marked its career from its early days until the present time. It is almost like a romance that the founder of this historic church, after years of absence on the frontier and other parts of Kansas and Missouri, came back to Appleton City, in May, 1898, and located in a pleasant cottage in an adjoining block to the church. On several occasions he filled the pulpit in the absence of the regular Pastor. Failing health prevented his always being present during the last weeks of his life; but on April 10, 1898, a new Pastor [the Rev. A. E. Van Orden] occupied the pulpit, and this aged man of God begged that he might once agam attend divine service. Two gentle- men assisted him to church. All who clasped his hand that day felt that the end was near. Two weeks from that Sabbath his funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. J. F. Watkins, and all that remained of the Rev. S. G. Clark lay, covered with the fragrant spring flowers he loved, before the altar he had been instrumental in building. His memory is dear to all; may his earnest words and consecrated life be emulated by all." The same Elder writes: "A tribute to the memory of Mary Jackson, beloved wife of the Rev. R. H. Jackson, for six years Pastor of this charge. Mrs. Jackson was a rare woman, having bad educational advantages and experience in all grades of schools, both as teacher and President. She was a gifted talker and able writer. In her death the friends of missions lost a loyal coworker, who was always devoted to every good work. It is a tender and tearful tribute that we pay to her memory. Her death occurred several years ago, shortly after removing to the state of Arkansas." ARROW rock:. A small church in Saline county, organized in 1840 by Wm. Dickson, G. M. Crawford and B. W. Reynolds. Its Presbyterial con- nection has been with the Presbyteries of Missouri, Upper Missouri and Lafayette. AULLVILLE. September 13, 1872, the Rev. J. H. Byers reported to Presbytery that he had organized a church at Aullville, consisting of ten mem- bers, with Dr. E. A. Taylor and James R. McClure as Elders. The organization took place in August preceding. Occasional supplies were sent to this church by Presbytery but it soon disappeared. Its name was stricken from the roll April 14, 1877. AUSTIN. This church is one of those organized by the indefatigable Seth G. Clark. At the time of its organization, the town expected a rapid growth, which unfortunately never came. The exjx'cted railroad was 282 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. not built; and when at last another was built, it left the town some miles away. Still the little church kept up an existence for twenty years. It was organized with 8 members, Feb. 16, 1868. It was supplied for a few nkonths by Mr. Clark; then by Josiah J. Brown, '68; and Philander Read, '69-73. In Mr. Read's time it became grouped with the Wadesburg (Creighton) church, which grouping it retained through the rest of its existence. It was finally stricken from the roll April 11, 1888. BELMONT. See Windsor. BELTON. June 25, 1882, a church was organized at Belton by the Rev. A. T. Robertson with 16 original members. Mr. Robertson preached for them for a time, in the Baptists' house of worship. The church never succeeded in getting a buil'ding of its own, though at one time there was a proposition in Presbytery to sell the house of the Bethel Church, which was not then in use, and devote the proceeds to the Belton Church. September 11, 1884, the Belton Church was dis- solved. BETHEL. This church was organized in August, 1869, by the Rev. Wm. L. Breckenridge, D. D., LL. D., who was then living on his farm in Raymore Township, some four miles north of Peculiar. It was sup- plied for about three years by Dr. Breckenridge; afterwards irregu- larly by Dr. George Miller, J. J. Hawk, J. W. Tall)ot, J. B. Vawter, L. F. Dudley and others. Dr. Miller once wrote of it : "It promised well, bought a good church house; but the panic of '73 brought financial embarrassment upon its members, and consequent removals finished its short life." No other church ever remained so long, how- ever, on the roll of Presbytery after it was virtually extinct. Several committees of Presbytery were sent to visit it and try to revive it, special series of meetings were recommended and perhaps held ; but all to no avail. Its house was large and well built, but after the rail- road was built and the town removed to the present site of Peculiar, it was impossible to get either any audience to fill the house or a nucleus about which to gather a new organization. There were offers by other denominations who wished to use or remove the building, but zealous members of Presbytery refused them, saying-: "The Presbyterian Chureb is building churches, not selling them." Thus the church was retained on the roll, starred, for many years, until in the summer of 1896, the Board of Church Erection, which had made a grant of $500 on the property, was glad to sell the dilapi- dated building with the grovmd for $75 ! What might have brought several hundred dollars above the Board's grant, if an early offer had been accepted, was thus by the unwise action of Presbytery allowed BETHEL. 233 to go to ruin. Would that this were a solitary case ! The name of the Bethel Church was finally stricken from the roll September 23, ]896. BOONVILLE. The eighth Presbyterian church organized in the State of Mis- souri, and oldest in the territory now contained in the Presbytery of Kansas City, is that of Boonville, though for some years after its organization it was located at Old Franklin, on the north side of the Missouri Eiver. From the History of Cooper County (1876, p. 41) we learn that "The town of Old Franklin was laid off opposite the present site of Boonville during the year 1816. It_was located on fifty acres of land donated by different individuals for the purpose. Tt grew rapidly, soon became very populous, and commanded a wide trade. It was for a time the largest and most flourishing to^^Ti in the State, west of St. Louis, and the starting point for all the Santa Fe traders. But in the year 1826 the waters of the turbulent Mis- souri commenced encroaching upon this beautiful and populous city, and, despite the utmost endeavors of its citizens, house after house was swept away, until in a few years afterwards the current of the river rolled through her streets, and the whole city was engulfed in its hungry waters. Within the last few years a small village, still called Old Franklin, has spnmg up just back of the site of the old town, but not a single house, or any other mark remains to suggest to the traveler that he stands near the site of a once large city." In January, 1821, the Board of Missions seems to have given attention to Missouri as the Kev. Francis McFarland in company with the Rev. Edward Hollistcr came to Missouri, and went into what was called the Boon's Lick country, going up as far as the Chariton River. On April 28, 1821, Mr. Hollister organized a church of 23 members in Franklin. He was succeeded for a short time each by the Eevs. Thos. (John?) Alexander and Alex. McFar- land, of Virginia. In January, 1826, the Eev. Augustus Pomeroy, a missionary of the United Domestic ^Missionary Society, arrived in St. Louis and wont thence to take charge of the church at Franklin, ^farch 15, 1826, he wrote: "The situation of the little church here affected me much. I could find no one to tell me of how many it consisted, and for two years the sacrament had not been administered. * * T am not only alone, but nearly 150 miles from any of my brethren in the ministrv." He remained only about two years, during which time he preached regularly in both Franklin and Boonville and taught school in Franklin. One or two of his successors also taught a part of the time. For a short time in 1827 the Eev. W. P. Cochran preached there. From 1828 to 1834 the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. Hiram Chamberlain, who came to Missouri in 1826 as a missionary of the 15 234 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. TJnited Domestic Missionary Society. After about a year's absence in the east, he returned to Missouri in October, 1828. In coming he spent 52 days on the way from Dorset, Vt., to St. Louis, traveling 1,500 miles on horseback, preaching every Sabbath and often during the week. February 1, 1829, he wrote: "Franklin is now an out- post in relation to the line which fixes the present boundaries of the Presbyterian Church. But far beyond this the dark forests which shade the Missouri on the north are yielding to the hand of the culti- vator, and the cich prairies on the south — rich beyond description — are becoming fruitful fields. The wave of emigration is not yet stayed. It has not reached its ultimatum. Its force is undiminished, and it remains to be determined how much farther our exertions must be extended to meet the spiritual exigencies of men whose minds are sometimes darker than the forests which they penetrate. As yet over these extensive regions the pathway of a Presbyterian minister is not known. ISTot so with the private members of our Church. So far as our researches have extended, we find them scat- tered as sheep in the wilderness. They have doubtless gone to the farthest limits of civilization. Your missionaries are continually making such exertions as their engagements will permit, and. they seldom return without discovering some communicant before unknown. When we have traveled from 60 to 80 miles for the pur- pose of preaching to a small audience, gathered in a little cabin, our toil is often repaid by the cheering and hearty welcome of some veteran of the cross whose remote situation has deprived him of church privileges." During Mr. Chamberlain's ministry the organiza- tion was moved from Franklin to Boonville, in 1830. In 1832 a church huilding was decided on, though it was not completed until 1841, at a cost of $4,500. During the next six years the church was without a regular Minister, and from 1836 to 1838 it was without Elders, until visited by the Rev. R. L. McAfee, who ordained two. On May 24, 1840, the Presbytery of Missouri ordained the Rev. Wm. Gr. Bell, and installed him over the Boonville church. He remained Pastor until October, 1854. He preached the first and the last sermon in the old church bnilding. He was succeeded by the Rev. H. M. Painter, 1854-62; and by the Rev. James Morton, 1863-6. About that time the church joined the Declaration and Testimony party, which ultimately took it into its present connection in the Southern Church. BROWNINGTON. The Brownington Church is one of several organized and ministered to by the Rev. I. N. Galbreth. He labored for some years in Vernon and adjacent counties in the interests of that portion of the Presbytery of Lafayette that signed the Declaration and Testimony. BROWNIXGTON. 235 This church began August 17, 1870, with but one male and two female members. Its growth was slow. Before coming to the Pres- bytery of Osage, its Ministers were the Eevs. R. S. Symington and J. F. Watkins. On Sept. 9, 1874, both Minister and church were received into our connection. The record in the Presbytery's Minutes reads : "A paper was presented to Presbytery by Rev. J. F. Watkins relating to the churches of Fairview and Brownington. Fairview church in our Presbytery and Brownington church in the Pres- bytery of Lafayette, 0. S. Synod of Missouri, have combined and formed the church of Brownington in our Presbytery. The church of Fairview was dropped from the roll of churches, and Brownington was enrolled." It was later supplied for one year each by Wm. M. Reed and by S. W. Mitchell, under the latter of whom a house of wor- ship was built. The Rev. J. F. Watkins returned to its pulpit in 1879, remaining seven and a half years as Pastor of the churches of Osceola and Brownington. Thereafter it was supplied for short periods by several ministers residing at Osceola and by theological students during their summer vacations. Its only Minister who remained longer than a few months was the Rev. G. B. Sproule, who was its Stated Supply, in connection with the church at Deepwater, for three and half years. Since December, 1898, it has been similarly grouped under the ministration of the Rev. W. F. Van der Lippe. BUTLER. The First Presbyterian Church of Butler was organized March 31, 1867. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization, letters were read from former Ministers and others, which contain so much information and interesting historical material that extensive quota- tions from them appear below. The most interesting, that by the Rev. S. G. Clark, is given entire, as follows: MISSION WORK IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. "The second day of January, 1866, I left my home in Milan, Ohio, where my family had resided during the war, to go to south- west Missouri, as a Home Missionary. Dr. Kendall [Secretary of the Board of Home Missions] was very anxious I should go to that particular field because in all southwest Missouri, we, then N". S. Presbyterians, had only two Ministers, and it required three to form a Presbytery. The two Ministers were Timothy Hill, who had come to Kansas City a few weeks before me, and John M. Brown, whose headquarters were at Osceola, and who, like all the missionaries who followed us for several years, was ^settled on horesback.' Southwest Missouri had been literally burned over by the war. A great part of this had been done by each army, as they alternately had possession of it, but most of it was done by prairie fires, as they swept oyer the 236 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. country when the inhabitants were ordered to leave their homes and go to the larger towns, where they could be protected. Butler, I have been told, was burned b}^ Union soldiers, and so thoroughly done that but two roofs remained standing. They were of so little account that it was not worth while to cross the street to put a torch into them, or they too would have been burned. The streets literally grew up to weeds. Nine out of every ten farm houses and buildings were burned, and at least three-quarters of the people had left. In 1866 a few were returning, and more were coming in from the north and east, and some from Kentucky and Tennessee. "A young man from the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, who left the regiment before the close of the war, came to southwest Missouri as soon as the war closed. On his return to Ohio he gave me a full description of the situation. We formed a small colony to come and locate in Cass county, where good land could be obtained for $5 an acre. The colony was finally, located at Greenwood, but Frank Brooks and I came directly to Harrisonville, he to attend to the location of the colony, and I to preach the Gospel, wherever and whenever I could find hearers. "We arrived in Harrisonville at noon on Saturday before the first Sabbath in January. School houses and churches were so torn up by the war that they could not be used. No effort had been made to have religious services of any kind, except a little Sabbath school had been started two or three Sabbaths before. This was held in a little dingy room upstairs, with nearly half the glass out of the windows, and the walls covered all over with soldiers' names and comic pictures. If I had not been a soldier and learned what soldiers would do, I could not have kept my face straight as I entered that room to attend Sabbath school. I gave out an appointment to preach at 3 p. m., liecause there was no arrangement for lighting the room in the evening. We had about 35 the first service; but congregations increased, and the only thing that seemed encouraging was the fact that people would fill any place that could be found to hold meetings. There were two school houses in the center of the prairies, unburned. Although not a house could be seen from the school house, yet let an appointment be made for any hour on the Sabbath or on a week- day evening, and the house would be full. "The Board by my request made full provision for my salary the first year. I told them, if I went to such a burned-over country, I did not want to intimate to any man, woman or child that a missionary needed anything to eat, drink or wear. I did not say money for a year, except when I paid my bills. The people were just as modest as I was, and never said money to me ! I obtained a hardy Mustang pony, and went in all directions, preaching the Gospel wherever T found an opening. Harrisonville, Greenwood, Lee's Summit, Holden, Hudson, Aubtin and finally Butler were taken into the circuit. >-;eth <;. cr.^A.KK. BUTLER. 287 "A Rev. Mr. North, who had been a foreign missionary, had preached one or two Sabbaths in Butler, by request of the Rev. Timothy Hill. But for some reason he did not stay, and Bro. Hill wrote me to visit the place and see what the outlook seemed to be. 1 think I preached there the second Sabbath in January, 1867, for the first time, and in February. From that time on I had an appoint- ment regularly once a month. There were about 100 people in town and nearby, when I first went there ; and people were beginning slowly to come in. There was a small, cheap, cold school house, a little southeast of where the church jiow stands, and that was li!!' place that could then be obtained. The Sabbath school filled it, and the congregation filled it. I remember to have once urged the children to canvass for more scholars, and told them I hoped they would obtain enough to split the school house open, so as to make it necessary for the people to provide a better place. "At length we used unfinished buildings and then a hall, but we found that we must build. But I am getting ahead of my story. Three Presbyterians were found, and we thought more would join us. But on the appointed time there were only the three, two females whose husbands were not pious, and an unmarried young man. Not a very bright prospect ! But we all thought best to make a beginning, if it was small. Saturday was quite pleasant, though the mud was as deep as it ever gets in Missouri. In the night there came up a snow storm from the northeast, and the snow by church time was six or eight inches deep. There were not over ten or twelve persons in .the house, but the appointment was out, the sermon was preached, the Elder elected unanimously, ordained and installed, and the First Presbyterian Church in Butler had an existence. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. There were five besides the Minister who partook of the elements, our little three, and two of our M. E. brethren, five in all and a congregation of from ten to twelve. "There was no church edifice in the county, and it was evident that we must soon build. We began the necessary amount of talk at once ; but there was no meeting, I think, to appoint a Building Com- mittee until the autumn of 1868. The object was to form the plan and draw the material during the winter, as all the lumber must come from Pleasant Hill. I only remember two of the committee, Capt. E. P. Henry and J. C. McKibben. The name of Capt. Henry deserves a special mention in regard to our church edifice. He was deeply interested in it, and having no family, fortunate in having a few thousand dollars he could command, and more fortunate in having a heart for the work, he determined to build a better house than we at first thought possible. The Presbvterian and M. E. churches had s now. The Methodists preached in Butler the Sabbath he was away. The Session when he came consisted of Judge David McGaughev and A. D. Taylor, During his ministry Capt. E. P. Henry and John C. McKibben were ordained Elders. The town rapidly improved, doublin*? in population while Mr. Macmillan was there, building the Court House, the first graded school, and the M. E., and Baptist churches. Everything was prosperous in church and 240 SKETCHES OF C^HUECHES. town. In the two years 26 were added by letter and 7 on profession. September 15, 1873, the Kev. Edward W. P. Wyatt, a brother of Hiram Wyatt, who was later elected Elder, began a short but fruitful ministry, lasting, only till the following March, when he was com- pelled to ^ive up on account of failing health. A few weeks after he died of consumption. While he was in charge 17 were added on profession and one by letter. June 1, 1874, the Eev. Elgy V. Campbell began as Stated Supply, remaining until Thanksgiving Day of the following year, when he accepted a call to the field he had left in Minnesota, where he re- mained many years. His ministry resulted in 5 additions on pro- fession and 3 by letter. He also began a private school, out of which grew the Butler Academy. He left only pleasant memories of his stay in Butler, and himself looked back on all his experiences there with pleasure, "grasshoppers escepted." The first Pastor installed over the church was the Eev. W. M. Newton, who began his work January 1, 1876, and remained seven years. He was installed April 10, 1878, and released December 15, 1883. While he was there 90 members were added on profession and 55 by letter. Of this work there, Mr. Newton wrote at the time of the 25th anniversary: "At my coming to Butler the church cut loose from the Board, and became self-supporting. I took charge of the church as Stated Supply for whatever salary they might be able to raise. The first year the salary was a little short. The 'next year I was called as Pastor, and there was never any trouble about salary or support while I stayed. In this respect the Butler church was always prompt and liberal [a testimony borne by all the ministers it ever had] . My pas- torate in Butler was one of the most prosperous periods in my min- istry. When I began the work, the church numbered about 56 mem- bers; when I resigned, it numbered about 160. There were additions to the church at almost every commimion. There were several sea- sons of revival, the principal of which was in the winter of 1878, when the Evangelist, Bro. H. F. Williams, and his wife were with us. Forty-nine united with the church that year — 38 upon profession of their faith in Christ. The growth of the church during the period is not at all to be set down to my credit. Humanly speaking, it is largely to be accounted for by the fact that the town was grow- ing. While I was in Butler, the railroad was built, and the town was more than doubled in population. "No part of my work in B. do I remember with more satisfac- tion than the organization of the Ladies' Missionary Society. A Ladies' M. S. was a new thing at that time. There were some doubts as to its propriety, and many forebodings that it would be short lived. T remember that I gave the ladies a great deal of advice, which they seemed to tnko very meekly. I was anxious that the Society would be a success, and I have not been disappointed." BUTLEB. 241 Mr. Newton pays this tribute to the memory of Elder A. D. Taylor : "There was Father Taylor, a man who had convictions and was not afraid to live up to them. I recall an incident which illus- trates the character of the man. We had taken up a collection for Foreign Missions. There was found in the collection basket a wad of bills, amounting to $15. Such a find in your collection basket may be a common occurrence now, but it was a phenomenon imheard of then. 'Surely,' we thought, 'there is some mistake. Somebody has put in the wrong roll of bills.' But what could we do about it? If 'somebody had blundered,' it was not ours to "ask the reason why.' So we sent on the money. But after a while it was found out that Father Taylor had put in the $15. And he had made no mistake about it. He had merely paid the Lord His tithe, and $15 was the proportion which fell to Foreign Missions. Almost the last distinct remembrance 1 Juive of Futlier Taylor was one September morning in Colorado. He had taken me out for a ride. We drove up a long hill towards the East. Then, suddenly turning his buggy around, there right before us, against the blue sky, wrapped in its mantle of newly fallen snow, stood Pike's Peak. Scarcely speaking a word, we sat and gazed upon that scene of indescribable sublimity — fitting emblem of the Great White Throne before which Father Taylor soon after stood to render his account and receive his reward." Of Elder Stobie, Mr. Newton wrote : "Like all who are great in the Kingdom of Heaven, he was a man of childlike simplicity and faith. He was not conspicuous in worldly circles, but what a power he was in the prayer meeting." Like Mr. Clark, Mr. Newton speaks highly of Elder E. P. Henry: "Capt. Henry was one of those rare men who, with the strength and courage and conscientiousness of an ideal man, combine the tact and tenderness of a woman. I never think that he has passed away from earth without a sense of personal bereavement." Surely a church blessed with such Elders, and Butler has had several such, is blessed above the average. In how many of our churches a weak eldership is the secret of their failure. Immediately after the resignation of Mr. Newton, the church ex- tended a call to the Eev. Alexander Walker, who came in January, 1883, and was installed April 8 following and remained until elected Synodieal Missionary in October, 1889. He received into the church 48 members on profession and 46 by letter. After his resignation, the pulpit was not regularly supplied for over a year, when the Rev. John B. Hill was called as Stated Supply. He began his work November 23, 1890, and remained four years, being installed Pastor from January 21, 1892 to November 20, 1894. In that time there were 46 members received on profession and 37 by letter. The Rev. J. F. Watkins served as Pastor Elect for two years from April 1, 1895, re- 242 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. ceiving members on profession and by letter. The present Pastor, th*; Rev. Stanley D. Jewell, began in December, 1897, and was installed May 5, 1898. The Butler church can claim a special motherly interei«t in at least three ministers: Charles A. and Samuel E. Taylor, sons of Elder A. D. Taylor, and Edwin M. Martin, son of Prof. J. M. C. Martin of Butler Academy, who was long the Superintendent of the Sabbath School. Tbe Eev. G. W. Marshall, Missionary in China, was also a member of the congregation for some time, while attending Butler Academy. The church is thoroughly and efficiently organized, having a good Sabbath school. Senior and Junior Endeavor Societies, and a small, but vigorous Woman's Missionary Soeio.ty, which is one of the most energetic in the Presbytery. No notice of the Butler church would be complete without mention of it. For some years its President was Mrs. Mary A. Fulton, widow of the late Rev. W. R. Fulton, with whom she shared many years of missionary labor in this State. To her, as also to Mrs. Prof. Martin, much credit is due for the Mission- ary spirit seen in the church. Both have now gone home to their Savior, but the work they loved is carried on by other loving hearts and willing hands. The Session is at present composed of six life members, most of whom have been in office for many years. CALIFORNIA. About 1870 a dmreh of eight members was organized at Cali- fornia by a Committee of Presbytery composed of A. J. Johnson and James Young and Elder J. D. Strain. It seems never to have been regularly supplied with preaciiing (except for a few month.s by Mr. YoungJ[, to have built no house, and soon to have given place to the present organization in connection with the Southern church. It remained on the roll of Presbytery only from April 6, 1870, to April 16, 1875. CENTERVIEW. While the Rev. W. H. Hillis was preaching in Warrensburg, he gathered a congregation at Centerview also, six miles west. February 8, 1874, the new qpngregation was organized into a church by Synodi- cal Missionary J. W. Allen. It began with 28 members, who in the course of about a year had increased to 68, largely by profession. Mr. Hillis continued to supply them on Sunday afternoons for about two years, after which they were served by the Rev. James S. Poage, as Stated Supply for eleven years. In 1879 Centerview was among the only six churches in the entire Presbytery reported as self-supporting. In the spring of 1881 the Home Mission Committee reported: "Cen- terview has seemed to recede from self-support; but this is explained by the fact that they are straining themselves to build a suitable CENTERVIEW. 243 church home." They obtained a good frame house of worship, ai a cost of $1,600. The church has not since reached self-support, nor has it enjoyed the full time of its Minister. Its only resident Min- isters have been J. S. Poage, A. E. Vanorden and H. C. White. Years ago there was also a United Presbyterian church in Cen- terview, of which the Rev. Josiah Thompson, now a memlser of this Presbytery, was Pastor from 1867-73. After an absence of four years in Pennsylvania, Dr. Thompson returned and has since made Centei> view his home. CLINTON. From a sketch furnished by Elder J. C. Middelcoff, it appears that the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton was organized in June, 1858, by the Eev. David Coulter, the Committee appointed by the Presbytery of Lafayette. The petition for organization was signed by six men and eight women. Two Ruling Elders were ordained and installed. "This church was founded at the time when the Church was divided doctrinally into New School and Old School, and by its records shows that it was emphatically of the Old School branch." Its principal Supply before the Civil War was the Eev. R. S. Reese, who preached there monthly until the war came on. During that struggle there were no services held. Mr. Reese again supplied the pulpit from 1868 to 1870. During the period of suspended animation of the original or- ganization, a new First Presbyterian Church of Clinton was organized by the Rev. J. M. Brown, the organizer for the New School Church in the southern part of the Presbytery of Osage. The petition for this organization is a model of its kind : "We, the undersigned resi- dents of Clinton and its vicinity, believing that the interests of Christ's Kingdom and our own spiritual welfare would be pro- moted by the organization of a Presbyterian church in this place, do hereby request the Rev. J. M. Brown to meet us on the 18th day of February, 1866, at 2 o'clock p. m., and organize us into such church." It is signed by seven persons, three of them men. The organization was effected as requested, Mr. James A. de la Vergne, formerly an Elder in Aurora, Ind., being elected and installed as Ruling Elder. For the first few years the church was only irregularly supplied with preaching, mainly bv Synodical Missionary Norton, Elder de la Vergne and Ministers Conant and S. G. Clark. Its first Stated Supply was the Rev. J. J. Brown, who remained but one year, fol' lowed by the Rev. J. B. Allen for three years. The first Pastor was the Rev. Reuel Dodd. who remained four years. During I^tr. Dodd's pastorate, the Old School organization, then identified with that portion of the Presbytery of Lafayette that signed the Declara- tion of Testimony, united with the younger organization, the eatire 244 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. membership (with one exception) having been received. On April 4, 1875, the Session of the church passed the follov.-ing resolution "That this proposition to unite with us as a church be cordially received and accepted; and moreover that it is recommended that this sister church be publicly Avelcomed to an organic union with us on the following Sabbath, by a rising vote of our own church membership.^' The union of the two churches then consummated has been a real union ever since. The original building of the church was erected about 1870 at a cost of about $2,500, of which $G00 came from the Board of the Church Erection Fund, and $130 from friends in Indiana, a mortgage of $730 being given the Board. This building and its ground were sold in 1883 and the present lots purchased and build- ing erected at a cost of about $5,000, all raised at home, except $200 from the Board of Church Erection. Since then the interior of the church has been remodeled and a manse erected on an adjoining lot. COLD NECK. Possibly should be Cole Neck. The name appears in certain early lists of churches in this region. No facts concerning its his- tory have been discovered. Pettis County. CONCORD. Name changed to Salt Springs. CREIGHTON. After the reorganization of the Presbytery of Lafayette at the close of the war, the first church it organized was that which is now known as Creighton. It has had three different names in its history, besides being frequently referred to as the Wadesburg church and the Grant church. No other organization has had so many names. Dr. George Miller says (Missouri's Memorable Decade, p. 141) : "We held a few days' meeting at Mrs. Morrow's, and organized the church in her log house, that stood on the farm when she bought it a year before." A sketch of the historv of the church, furnished by Elder Hughes in 1898, says: "The following is a copy of the first record of the Minutes of Session, dated November 10, 1866: In answer to a peti- tion sent to the Presbytery of Lafayette, praying for a church or- ganization at Wadesburg, Cass County, Mo., the Rev. George Miller, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., was appointed by Presbytery to organize a church at the above mentioned place, which organization took place November 10, 1866, and by mutual consent of its members is to be called Sugar Creek. The following officers were elected, viz.: J. CREIGHTOK 245 K. Morrow and J. M. C. Wilson, Elders; and D. T. Morrow and David Erwin, Deacons. The membership is as follows: J. K. Mor- row, J. M. C. Wilson, D. T. Morrow, Matthew Morrow, David Erwin, J. M. Erwin, S. S. Hughes, Melinda E. Morrow, B. H. Wilson, Eliza- beth Morrow, Sarah Morrow, Mary J. Erwin, Elizabeth Wilson, Emma E. Erwin, Eliza H. Wilson, Martha J. Wilson, Kate M. Mor- row, Belle M. Morrow. ' J. M. C. Wilson, Clerk.' "S. S. Hughes, Matthew Morrow and J. M. Erwin were the first Board of Trustees. I might remark, parenthetically, that all the above named members had lately come from Ohio, 14 from Wayne County, and 13 from Sugar Creek church, Dalton, 0. The Rev. J. H. Byers, of Danville, Ky., preached for us on August 18, 1867, in the Morrow Grove, where during the summer we had been having a Sabbath school. During the winter of 1867-8 the church wor- shipped in the Wadesburg school house; but in the meantime a church building was being erected. September 24 the Presbytery of Lafayette met in the new church, and on the 27th the church was dedicated free of debt, costing about $1,800. The house was in the village of Grant, though the postoffice was Wadesburg. April 13, 1874 the name was changed to Olive Branch; and such it re- mained until April 12, 1887, when the Presbytery of Osage, sitting at Pleasant Hill, ratified the action of the church in changing the name from Olive Branch to the First Presbyterian Church of Creigh- ton, having removed the church to the new town of Creighton on the railroad. "The Women's Missionary Society was organized April 21, 1877, and has always been a great power for good in the church." The Elders in the order of ordination have been : J. K. Morrow, J. M. C. Wilson, R. L. Taylor, W. B. Wills, J. W. Byers, J. D. King, David Erwin, S. S. Hughes, W. B. Constant and J. W. McClamon. The church has numbered as high as 122 members at one time, but now has about 60. Wlien the house was removed from Grant to Creighton, it was torn do-\m and rebuilt at a cost of about $900 additional, including a belfry. A list of the ministers who have supplied this church will be found in the tabular history elsewhere. The ladies of the Creighton church had much to do with the organization of the Presbyterial Missionary Society, in which some of them have usually been among the efficient officers. September 11, 1879, the Presbytery of Osage "Resolved that this Presbytery notices with great pleasure the interest in the work of Missions among the women of the Olive Branch church, and prayerfully hopes that it may deepen not only in this place, but spread far and wide; and that we heartily commend their efforts to organize a Presby- terial Missionary Society in connection with the Women's Board of Missions for the Southwest." 246 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. The Creighton church has never heen able to maintain a min- ister for all his time. It has been a diflScnlt one to group with others under the care of the same minister, on account of its distance from one from which it can be reached. For some years it has been under the care of the Pastor-at-large. DEEPWATEE (GEEMANTOWN). The history of this church is almost synonymous with that of the Eev. Amasa Jones, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere. It is not known when work was first begun in this neighborhood, to which Dr. Jones moved about 1838, he being among the earliest settlers. Enough members were finally gathered together to organize the church, March 13, 1842. Several of them were from the old Har- mony Mission. Some years later the adobe church was built almost entirely by the hands and the purse of Dr. Jones. It remained the only, and amply sufficient house of worship occupied in the history of this congregation. In 1844 a revival came, bringing into the membership about 40 members, 26 of them on profession of faith. Other seasons of refreshing were experienced there during the long pastorate of Dr. Jones, who remained with them until the close of his life in 1870. In 1867 he secured as assistant the Eev. B. F. Powelson. Mr. Powelson married a granddaughter of Dr. Jones, and remained with the church till the railroad left them off its line and took the members of the church away, necessitating the dissolution of the old organization in 1873. Most of its members became identified with the Montrose church. Though never large, this church and its Pastor had a marked influence on the entire surrounding community. As long ago as 1845, Dr. Jones wrote of it: "The Deepwater church is still very feeble, and very peculiarly situated. It stands alone, like a little grove in the prairie. There are now three societies in its imme- diate neighborhood, and almost every adult in its vicinity already belongs to one of these." Who can tell how many souls were born again in that "little grove in the prairie" ? how many weary travelers there refreshed? how many other churches might be traced to the zealous work there done? DEEPWATEE. The present church in the town of Deepwater is in no way connected with the old Deepwater or adobe church sometimes known as the Germantown church. The Deepwater church now in our con- nection was organized April 1, 1886 by the Eevs. E. H. Jackson and J. F. Watkins, the former of whom supplied it for four years in connection with the church of Westfield. Its only other regular DEEPWATER. 247 Supplies have been Ministers Coleman (3 years), Sproule (4 years), and Van der Lippe (since December, 1898). Soon after its organization it erected a frame house of worship, and five years later a six room parsonage. In both these efforts it was assisted by the Board of the Church Erection Fund. This is one of the churches most often visited by Evangelist Railsback, at times with large ingathering. Its membership has fluct- uated greatly, owing both to these seasons of revival and to the ordi- nary fluctuations of a manufacturing town. DOUBLE BRANCHES. See Lone Oak. DOVER. Organized in 1857. Lafayette Presbytery. Now in the Southern connection. DREXEL. During the construction of the Pitt-sburg and Gulf Ry., (now the Kansas City Southern), the town of Drexel sprung up in the southwest corner of Cass County. Several persons who had been members of the Sharon church, three and one-half miles east, moved to tbe new town, and petitioned Presbytery to organize a church there. H'uly 12, 1891, an organization of 13 members was effected by the Synodical Missionary, Alexander Walker, and the Rev. W. F. Shields and an Elder from the Sharon church. "With the help of the Board of Church Erection the new organization soon obtained a convenient frame building, costing $1,500. The new or- ganization weakened the Sharon church so much that the time of tbe Pastor, which had theretofore been all occupied at Sharon, was divided with the new church, and later with the Fairview church also. It has had but three Stated Supplies — W. F. Shields, Wm. Sickles and George B. Sproule. EBENEZER. See Raymore. EL DORADO SPRINGS. The church at El Dorado Springs was organized July 3, 1884, by Synodical Missionarv Thomas Marshall, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Allin and Elder Sensenderfer of Warrensburg. None of these brethren were members of the Presbytery of Ozark, within whose bounds the new church was formed. At the next meeting of that Presbytery, however, their action was approved, and the church was enrolled, with the recommendation that "for tbe present it be grouped with contiguous fields in the Presbytery of Osage." As this was its logical grouping, the Presbyterial boundaries were soon so ad- justed as to throw it within our bounds. 248 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. The town of El Dorado Springs is, as its name would indicate, a watering place, much frequented for the cure of certain diseases. Until the summer of 1898 its nearest railroad point was Walker, on the M. K. & T. Ey. It is now connected with the outside world by a branch line from that point, which puts it in good connection with all points except to the south. The town is growing, and seems destined to become still more important. The Presbyterian church which began with four male and nine female members has usually had only part of the time of a Minister, when indeed it was supplied at all with preaching. It has had very little pastoral work. The organization has under these circumstances naturally remained weak. In 1888 a frame store building, with hall above was purchased, which has since been used for church pur- poses. It is neatly fitted up and answers all needs, except in ap- pearance, which is not churehly. It is thought that when there can be a settled Pastor in El Dorado, this church will grow into one of the best in the southern part of the Presbytery. FAIEVIEW (BATES COUNTY.) The first Presbyterian preaching in the country neighborhood where the Fairview church now is was about the 5''ear 1890, when the Rev. W. F. Shields, now a Missionary among the Laos, then Pastor of the Sharon church, preached several times in the Fairview school house. As the Wesleyan Methodists then had an organization there, no further Presbyterian effort was made until the summer of 1894, when, the Methodist church having disappeared, the community was canvassed by the Rev. John B. Hill, of Butler, and found desirous of a Presbyterian organization. The Home Mission Committee of Presbytery then sent the Rev. T. J. May to preach once a month in the Fairview school house. His efforts bore immediate fruit. The church was organized November 18, 1894, by a Committee of Presbytery consisting of Ministers John B. Hill and T. J. May, and Elder P. H. Holcomb of Butler. Eleven members came by letter and nine on confession of Christ. Meanwhile a church building had been begun on a lot adjacent to the school house, one of the most sightly spots in Bates County. From the roof of the new church the carpenters reported they could see thirteen towns. January 20, 1895, their beautiful church, costing about $2,500, all raised at home, was dedicated free of debt. The exercises on the occasion were conducted by Ministers T, J. May, C. H. Bruce, D. D., and John B. Hill. A series of meetings soon after conducted by Mr. May resulted in the reception of 67 new members, nearly all of them on profession of faith. A large share of the credit for the early success of this work is due to the consecrated efforts of its first Elder, Philander L. Wyatt, who spared neither time, means, effort nor prayers for the FAIRVIEW (BATES COUNTY). 249 work that lay so near his heart. Its Ministers have been T. J. May, Wm. Coleman and G. B. Sproule, under the last of whom the church was grouped with those of Sharon and Drexel. FAIRVIEW (HENRY COUNTY.) Organized in 1871 bv Osage Presbytery. United with Brown- ington. FAIRVIEW (JOHNSON COUNTY.) See Kingsville. FREEMAN. This church, originally called Morristown, was organized in connection with the Presbytery of Lexington, by the Rev. Soth G. Clark, February 9, 1868. It began with three meml)ers. Its first Minister was the Rev. D. McNaughton, who remained till 1871. During his stay with them, a small house of worship was built. April 23, 1872, the Presbytery of Osage took this action: "A peti- tion was read from certain Presbyterians of Freeman in Cass County requesting Presbytery to organize them into a church and supply them with the preached Gospel. The signers were largely made up of the Morristown church. Whereupon the following action was taken : Resolved that a Committee be appointed to visit the Morris- town church, and confer Avith them in regard to their present condi- tion and wants ; and give them instructions in regard to their duties to their former Supply, and to the question of a new organization or transfer of the Morristown church to the town of Freeman. Also re- solved that if the Morristown church shall formally vote, requesting Presbytery to change the name to that of Freeman, that the Stated Clerk be authorized to cancel the name when this Committee shall report that necessary action has been taken by the church." After Mr. McNaughton's time the clmrcb seems to have been supplied by Ministers J. B. Vawter, Lie. J. W. Talbot, Geo. Miller (in whose time Presbyterv voted it $500 Home Mission aid). Lie. W. P. Baker, L. Dudley, and Josiah Thompson. A judicial case against an Elder in this church came before Presbytery several times, being postponed each time on account of the health of the accused until it was finally disposed of by his death. The next year the only remaining Elder refused to co-operate with or recognize as Elders two who had been elected in place of the one deceased. He was exhorted by Presbytery to co-operate with them thereafter. At the next meeting of Presbytery a paper purporting to be a request for the dissolution of the Freeman church and the disposition of the property was referred to the Committee on Church Erection." At the next meeting of Presbytery, April, 1882, the church was dissolved. GEORGETOWN. Pettis County, Osage Presbytery, 1842. Never a vigorous or- ganization. 16 250 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. GREENWOOD. Materials are not at hand for as good a sketch of this church as we could desire. Soon after the war there^ was an immigration into the beautiful farming region about Greenwood. Nearly all that came seem to have had religious training, and to have a strong preference for the particular church in which they were reared. An early attempt to organize a New School Presbyterian church was made by the Rev. S. G. Clark, a small colony of whose friends came out with him from Ohio and settled at Greenwood. Other denomi- nations almost immediately followed. A letter from Mr, Clark dated February 5, 1868, says: "I much regret the folly of Greenwood; but I can not feel that I am at all to blame in the matter Brother Miller of Pleasant Hill is going to organize several Old School families into a church, and the U. P.'s have already organized. It will take a stronger .... man than .... to make the Congregational church live long." This lack of cohesion among the various elements that ought to have been combined in one strong organization has been very marked in the history of the town ever since. The present organization at Greenwood was made March 1, 1869, by the Rev. Chas. Sturdevant, of the Presbytery of Lafayette, and the Rev. J. V. A. Woods, of the Presbytery of Topeka. The original elders were James Wharry and J. L. Van Meter. There were eleven original members (five male and six female), ten of whom came by letter. The first year the pulpit was supplied by Mr. Sturdevant and by the Rev. J. W. Allen. The Rev. Geo. Miller of Pleasant Hill, who had not been preaching since he suffered a sunstroke some years before, was then called to take charge. He began with one service a day, twice a month. In three months a wonderful revival occurred that admitted about forty members to the little church that had only twenty when he came. A very effi- cient young people's organization was formed. Biit soon the finan- cial crisis of 1873 caught those carrying mortgages, and decimated the church. In March of that year there was a curious trial of two members, a man and his wife, who claimed sinless perfection, and that by their prayers they had cast out a devil from their own child, and had raised to life a man seven minutes dead. For many years the church has been weak, often iinsupplicd with preaching for a year or more at a time. Part of the time it has been supplied by a Minister in the Southern connection. For some years it was supplied with more or less regularity by J. V. A. Woods, A. T. Robertson, Josiah Thompson, W. H. Rogers and C. 0. Hembrec. About the time the latter came, the Rev. L. Rails- back held a series of meetings there at which a large number of members were received. Soon, however, serious difficulty arose, from which the church was slow to recover. GRIilENWOOD. 251 The only Pastor ever installed at Greenwood (where his widow still resides), was the Eev. D. K. Crockett, whose installation oc- curred November 1, 1888. He remained about four years, being succeeded by the Rev. Joseph ]\Iayou for one year, and by the Rev. Wm. Coleman for over two years. While Mr. Coleman was there, he was assisted by the Rev. J. F.. Watkins, of Jefferson City, in a series of meetings resulting in a large accession to the membership. The church has been several times supplied by Licentiates, during their summer vacations. Some of these have done good work, notably W. B. Chancellor, in the summer of 1896, since which time the church has enjoyed but little stated preaching. " HARMONY. Organized (in the Congregational form?) by the Missionaries of Harmony Mission, 1822. Never contained many members out- side of the Mission families. Merged its existence into the Little Osage, Marmiton, Deepw^ter and Double Branches (Lone Oak) churches. HARRISONVILLE. After all the efforts that have been made, it seems strange that there is not now any Presbyterian church in Harrisonville. If there has been no Presbyterian harvest there, it has not been for lack of sowing and that often in tears, as will be seen from the following letter, written in 1849 to the Rev. Dr. Artemas Bullard, of the Missouri Home Missionary Society. The writer was the Rev. Amasa Jones who had to travel seventy miles a month horseback to supply the place with preaching. He said: "I have just returned from Harrisonville. My mind has become so intensely intrested for that people that I feel it would be committing sin not to make a mighty ef- fort to do something more permanently for them. The importance of their location has been before too much overlooked. Should the great national road ever be made, it must necessarily pass, if not through the midst of them, very near to them. As a county, it must be of vast imnortance — as much so as almost any one in the state — the starting and returning point to and from the great West and that which once was called the extreme East. Beside this. Provi- dence seems most fully to indicate that now is the time to strengthen that which is ready to perish. Could I devote all my time, with my enfeebled state of health, it would not be possible to do all that should be done. It is a field that calls for nerve and talent of no ordinary character to prepare the way for the glory and per- manency which, we hope, are to follow. In laying the founda- tion it will require deep digging and a perseverance to the end. Let us send up our cries to Heaven ; it may be God will hear our groan in ors, and will come down and so order it in His providence that the very help needed may be granted. Shall a church be built UT) here of such a character and influence as that those who ran 252 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. to and fro that knowledge may be increased shall, when they see them, bless God and take courage? It should, and it must, become an Appii Forum. Such a nlace is needed for recruiting the energies and for exhilarating the spirits of those engaged in the great work of saving souls." Harrisonville has since those davs become an important town, but has never reached the metropolitan proportions, either com- mercially or ecclesiastically, that the good Dr. Jones longed for. So far as known, the ISTew School church, with which Dr. Jones was then connected, never succeeded in forming an organization there before the war. Possibly the element he hoped to reach was that which formed the Cumberland Presbyterian church. It was not until 1860 that the Old School people effected an organization in Harrisonville. A committee consisting of Ministers J. T. Leonard and D. Coulter and Elder Grant reported, September 22, that they had organized a church there consisting of seven members. Naturally this feeble organization could not survive the war. After the war, Harrisonville was one of the earliest points to attract the attention of the Eev. S. G. Clark, the pioneer Mis- sionary of the Presbytery of Lexington. He formed an organiza- tion there March 17, 1867. In February of the next year he wrote that there was "a grand field at Harrisonville for any live, strong, devoted man; but a third rate man will not do." He was much pleased to turn over the work there to the Eev. Hiram Hill, and wished that "we had forty men like him for Western Missouri." But Holden soon claimed all Mr. H's. time, and Harrisonville was supplied by the Eev. D. McISTaughton, who had recently come from Canada. He was indefatigable in his labors, having as many as nine preaching places at once in that region. But the H. church languished. In June, 1868, the Eev. E. B. Sherwood, who had succeeded Mr. Clark as Presbyterial Missionary, held a meeting there, and reorganized the church with fourteen members^ (the former organization having dwindled to only one resident member. He did not, however, succeed in getting what he desired, the settle- ment there of a man who should devote his whole time to that one church. The Eev. Philander Eead labored there and at Austin for several months, 1869. This organization, like its predecessors, soon vanished. Its name was stricken from the roll of churches of the Presbytery, Octol)or 18, 1872, when an investigating Committee re- ported: "We find our members, with one exception, have united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, feeling that there was no prospect of builrling up a church in our connection, and that further effort in that direction, at present, is useless. There is no oflficial member, the Elders both l^eing dead." The Home Mission Committees of both the Northern and Ihc Southern Churches have investigated Harrisonville several times in HARRISONVILLE. 253 recent years, but have not deemed it wise to attempt any further organization there. HIGH GEOVE. Organized by Presbytery of Upper Missouri, upon petition of twenty persons in Southern part of Jackson andNorthern part of Cass County, presented October 4, 1855, fifteen miles southeast of Kansas City. See Dr. George Miller's reminiscences on p. 106. HIGH POINT. This church was organized by the Rev. James Young, April 25, 1868. There were fourteen members, five male and nine female. The Rev. C. H. Dunlap, another member of the Committee, was not present. Mr. Young supplied the church until October, 1873, during which time a neat frame building, 26 by 38 feet, was erected. It cost $900 cash, of which $300 was raised at home, $100 came from the Board of Church Erection, and $500 from W. W. Hicks, of New York. There was also a large amount of volunteer labor contributed. Being off the railroad, twelve miles from the nearest point, this community has not grown, and the church has been a difficult one to group with others to secure preaching. It has been supplied at different times, with more or less regularity, by A. J. Johnson, of Otterville; by Robert Morrison, of the Southern church; by Wilson Asdale, John B. Hill and E. W. McCluskv, of the Tipton church : by A. E. Vanorden, of Centerview ; and by Pastors-at-large T. J. May, L. Railsback and J. F. Watkins. Small as it is, composed mainly of the members of three or four large families, it has maintained a good Sabbath school and Endeavor Society, and is characterized by a strong missionary spirit. Though able to get preaching but once a month, it pays promptJy for what it gets, and has usually had to send some one in on Satur- day twelve miles over hilly roads and bridgeless streams to meet the preacher at the railroad station, and to send some one back again with him on his return. In this church the Rev. S. Edward Young, now Pastor of the Second Church of Pittsburg, Pa., was trained, and to it he fre- quently returns for his summer vacation at the home of his mother, widow of the late Rev. James Young. The following report to the Presbytery of Osage was adopted April 12, 1882: '^our Committee appointed at the last spring meeting of Presbytery to inquire into the standing of the property left by Mr. Lockhart of Moniteau County to the nearest Calvinistic Presbyterian church would report that $121.42 and 80 acres of land were so willed. But the will is very vague, and in direct con- flict with th\^ old Constitution of this State, 13th section. We are 254 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. of opinion, after consulting several persons, that Presbytery can do nothing in the matter. High Point is the nearest, and now that they have an Elder they can make an effort, if they so desire. Our County Attorney, Mr. Hazell, says that, in his judgment, to proceed would only result in defeat, and serve to illustrate the old adage of throwing good money after bad. "A. Walker, Chn., for the Com." HOLDEN. This church was organized by the Rev. Seth G. Clark, N'ovember 4, 1866, with seven members, all by letter, three male and four female. It was the first church Father Clark organized in this State. Of its beginnings he wrote : "This is the smallest church I have ever known ; but I am satisfied that it is a true branch of the Living Vine, and will yet bring forth much fruit. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered at 3 p. m., and there was preaching in the evening. Before the day closed there were five who expressed the desire to unite with us — three by letter and two on profession of their faith — the first opportunity that should pre- sent. There is in Holden no house of worship. It is a new place, built up since the war, and every one has been struggling to make his family comfortable; and few have felt any particular interest in religious things. The brethren are so limited in their means that they had almost given up the idea of building a house of wor- ship this fall; but after meeting was dismissed last Sabbath evening, I spoke to a gentleman whom I had that day noticed in the house for the first time, and found he was a Christian man and a Presby- terian, and says he will take hold and help us; but insists that we must at once erect a house of worship. Passing down the street on Monday morning, I met one who very seldom goes to church. He gave me a very cordial shake of the hand, and then inquired why we did not build a church. Said he: *I do not go to meeting very often, but we need a church, and I will give you $50 and all the teaming you want.' Another man made a similar offer. I advised the brethren to put their shoulders to the work immediately." They acted on the advice, and secured in a few months a frame house, 33 by 46 feet, costing $1,300, of which the Board of Church Erection gave $400, and $200 more came from outside sources. The first Pastor was the Rev. Hiram Hill, who began his work in April, 1868, was installed by the Presbytery of Osage, May 10, 1870, and released March 18, 1873. In October of that year he was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. J. Lee, who was soon installed and remained Pastor till November 7, 1882. During his pastorate the church grew rapidly, reaching a membership of about 250. The old house of worship became too small for their needs, and a better one was begun. It is of brick, 64 by 80 feet, with an 85 foot tower HOLDEN. 255 on the street corner, with a smaller tower rising 36 feet. There is a 1,500 lb. bell in the tower. The church is heated by furnace, and is conveniently arranged, with sliding doors allowing the several rooms to be thrown together. It was completed about the time Mr. Lee resigned on account of ill health. It was dedicated in February, 1883, free of debt, having cost $11,447.80. Until recently the Holden church has always been promptly supplied with preaching, whenever there was a change in the pas- torate. Its Ministers have been W. E. Henderson, S. S., 1883-5 ; Lewis I. Drake, D. D., P., 1885-6; Oscar G. Morton, P., 1887-91; Wm. T. Wardle, P., 1892-5; and E. Cooper Bailey, P., 1895-9. Ow- ing to the removal of the railroad shops, several years ago, the town receded in population and the church in membership. Still the church has always been well organized and actively engaged in a successful work. When Mr. Bailey left, there had accumulated a small debt, which the church (quite contrary to all precedent) succeeded in paying off in the absence for several months of a Min- ister to conduct regular services. The ladies of the church mean- while thoroughly renovated and painted the building, getting every- thing in shape for the resumption of full work at the coming of their present Minister, the Eev. J. T. Boyer. HOPEWELL. Near the present town of Odessa. Organized, 1850. Lafayette Presbytery. Building burned during the Civil War. See Dr. George Miller's reminiscences on p. 106. HUDSON. See Appleton City. HUME. At the fall meeting of Presbytery in 1881 the "Eev. S. G. Clark reported the organization of a church in Bates County last May, the church to be called Hume. There were ten members entered into the organization. Dr. Wm. Anthony was duly elected Elder; and * * Underwood and Thompson were elected Deacons. Eight members have been added to the roll since the organization," This organization seems never to have had regular preaching, and consequently to have been short lived. Its name was stricken from the roll of Presbytery Sept. 11, 1884. INDEPENDENCE. No full history of this interesting church has ever been written. Owing to its age and the many unusual features of its history, tlie present writer, belonging to a younger generation and i)ersoiinlly 256 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. unacquainted with the facts, greatly hesitates to undertake to unravel the tangled skein. Perhaps his imperfect effort may urge others more competent to undertake the task. The earliest church organization in Jackson County seems to have been about 1830 near Ft. Sibley by the Baptists. The Cumber- land Presbyterians organized in Independence in 1833, and the Christians (Campbellites) in 1836. The Presbyterians did not effect an organization until 1841, but they had been among the pioneer preachers of this region years before. The earliest trace of Presbyterian preaching in Independence that has been seen by the present writer is that of services by the Eev. N". B. Dodge, the Mis- sionary to the Osage Indians, who occasionally preached to the people of Independence as early as 1839. His work, however, was with the Harfiiony Mission in the south part of Bates County until the abandonment of the Mission in 1836. For some years Independence was the Mission's nearest post office and trading post. Sept. 34, 1831, the American Home Missionary Society Commis- sioned the Rev. Benton Pixley for Independence. He also was one of the original members of the Harmony Mission. A notice of him in the Presbytery . Reporter for Feb., 1858, p. 174, says: "I find no report of him in the Home Missionary, and have not been able to hear of him through correspondence. It is altogether proba- ble that his stay was for a few months only, and that no permanent traces have been left behind. Independence has pro-ved a hard field to all who have attempted to cultivate it. No Missionary has remained there long from Mr. Pixley to this day." What other Presbyterian preaching the frontier town may have had before the organization of our church there does not appear. No doubt the organization of a church of our branch was delayed some years by the organization of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A sketch of the church and of its Sabbath school that appears in the Presbyterian Magazine for Oct., 1896, p. 19, says: "This city is rich in historic lore. Its annals are an epitome of the stirring scenes of western civilization from 1838 to 1861 ; of the horrors of border war from 1861 to 1865 ; of the confusion and animosities of the unreconstructed forces which met here from 1865 to 1871; and of the wonderful progress of the west in the last quarter of a century. Few here or elsewhere know that this city is located on the northeast end of a great watershed extending from Pike's Peak through Colorado and Kansas, terminating at the Missouri River on an altitude above the sea of 1049 feet, and above the Missouri River at Wayne City of 387 feet — the highest point in Missouri except one; 1)ut it is nevertheless a fact. * * The first Presbyterian Church of Independence, Mo., was organized here November 31st, 1841, by the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, before that JOIIX I,. V^A.>. rir<. INDEPENDENCE. 257 church was vexed with the distinctions which have since become historic/'* The organization was effected by the Kev. J. L. Yantis, with only nine members. There were no Elders until the organization was completed some six or seven years later. It was kept in existence by occasional preaching until the latter part of 1842, when the Eev. Dr. Bullard, of St. Louis, visited the place, and held services for a few days. These services resulted in the conversion of quite a number of people. Upon his return home he sent the Kev. Keed Wilkinson, who remained but a short time. The division into Old and New School having now been begun in this state, the Inde- pendence Church sided with the Old School. A New School organi- zation was soon effected by Ministers Blatchford and Lord. The younger organization started out the better, and built a brick house of worship. It was supplied by the Eev. Chas. Lord, afterward by the Rev. F. R. Gray. The N. S. church prospered and did a good work for some years, until suddenly and very unexpectedly its career was cut short. "In a warehouse near the church was stored a number of barrels of powder, belonging to some Santa Fe traders. The house caught fire, and a fearful explosion took place, killing one man, and destroying some houses around it; in the number was the church building. It could not be used, and the little congrega- tion were not able to rebuild." There were some debts aside from the amount furnished by the Missouri Church Erection Fund. jMr. Gray, the Minister, soon left. For a time the little band struggled hard to rebuild. A mechanic estimated that the building coiild be repaired for about $500, or that the wreck "might be sold with the ground, and another smaller church built on another lot by adding some $500 to the proceeds." But no $500 was forthcoming from any source. A remnant of 4 male and 8 female meml)ers held on for a while until further holding on proved useless. The Baptists after- ward erected upon this location the building now used by the West- minster Presbyterian Church. Meanwhile the Old School organization had been supplied in 1847 by the Rev. M. B. Price, who died while on a visit to Ken- tucky. Then the Rov. R. H. Allen, a son of the Independence Church, ministered to it for a while. From 1848 to 1853 the Rev. R. S. Symington was Stated Supply. During his ministry the substantial, tAvo-story l)riek church biiilding on Lexington and Osage streets was erected in 1849, which continued to be the clnirdi home for nearly forty years. He was siieceoded for a few niontli^ each by Ministers Wm. R. Fulton and Win. H. Pawling. The first •The division Into O. S. and N. S. took place in the Kast In 1837 ; In Missouri the di- Tislon was not made until 1842. 258 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. installed Pastor was the Rev. T. A. Bracken, who remained from Nov., 1855, until sometime during the Civil War (summer of 1863), when he went to Kentucky. The pastoral relation was not formally dissolved until 1866. His ministration is spoken of as very accepta- ble and useful. In 1866 the 0. S. denomination in this state was rent asunder by the Declaration and Testimony controversy. The Independence Church, like almost every other church in this region, took the D. and T. side, thus supporting the Independent Synod of Missouri. In that connection it was supplied by Ministers Geo. K. Scott, Samuel N. Howe and Dr. John Montgomery, until, in 1868, Dr. M. M. Fisher took charge and remained until 1874. In that year the Independent Synod went into what is now known as the Presby- terian Church in the United States. The Independence Church did not go with it. The statement of the position of the church is thus given by its Elder, John N. Southern: "When in 1866 the Synod of Missouri became independent, the church maintained its Presby- terial and synodical identity unchanged in the Presbytery of Lafayette and the Synod of Missouri. But when the Presbytery of Lafayette, in the spring of 1874, decided to take ecclesiastical connection with the Southern Assembly, the Independence Church was not repre- sented, nor has it been represented in Prsbytery or Synod since that time.* The Presbytery left the church." The church remained independent of Presbytery for 26 years, though for most of that period its name was kept on the roll of Lafayette Presbytery. They maintained that position as a sort of protest against the ecclesiastical rupture growing out of the Civil War. For all those years they maintained "that the causes for con- tinual separation of the two bodies [commonly known as the North- ern and Southern Presbyterians] have been removed and the time for the union of the two churches has come. But negotiations failed, and the Independence Church was left to live a while longer without Presbyterial relations, awaiting the obliteration of the lines between the North and the South, and subordinating personal preferences and prejudices to the preservation of the peace and unity of their con- gregation. Their house of worship [was] opened to the courts of Lafayette and Kansas City Presbyteries. * * The . . church yields to none in its fealty to Presbyterianism, and stands for the unity of the general Church (as it did for its own unity) as it existed when [the Independence Church] was organized in 1841, never having by act or deed, line or precept, changed or sanctioned any of the changes that have befallen the general organization." During the period of its independent existence, the church enjoyed the pastoral services of Dr. J. E. Wheeler for ten years ; of *Until it joined the Presbytery of Kansas City in the spring of 1900. INDEPENDENCE. 259 Dr. Henry A. Nelson, one year; and of Dr. A. D. Madeira for thir- teen years. Under the ministration of the last of these, the present house of worship, finely located and the best in the city, was secured at a cost of about $45,000, and a parsonage on an adjoining lot at a cost of about $5,000. During the quarter of a century of its independence, many efforts were made to get the congregation to assume Presbyteriai relations again. After the failure of one of these efforts in 1894, some forty members withdrew and organized what is now known as the West- minster Presbyterian Church, in connection with the Southern Assembly. The parent church, however, remained independent as before for some five years longer, until, on Dec. 13, 1899, at a meet- ing called to consider the matter of Presbyterial relations, the con- gregation voted unanimously to send delegates to the Presbytery of Kansas City. The delegates and the church were cordially received and enrolled, as was soon after Pastor Madeira, though he no longer serves the church. Since its admission to Presbytery the church has been without a regular Pastor until the coming of the Eev. C. C. McGinley, installed at the spring meeting of Presbytery in 1901. The outlook for large usefulness on the part of both Pastor and people now seems most flattering. No sketch of the Independence Church would be complete with- out a notice of its Sabbath school, unique among all the Sabbath schools we ever knew of. The earliest Sabbath school organized in Jackson County was begun about 1839 by John McCoy and Benjamin Wallace, soon after the completion of the Cumberland Presbyterian house of worship. For some years the school continued as a union organization. "After a time, however, the Methodists concluded to leave; the Missionary Baptists soon followed; and the Presbyterians, having secured a temporary place of worship, had a school of their own, which has continued, uninterruptedly, from that day to this. * * In 1849 a house of worship was erected, dedicated and occupied by the members of the First Presbyterian Church of Independence. This they sold, and removed to their new and more commodious building on the corner of Lexington and Pleasant streets. The Sunday school grew and prospered during all these years, having in the new building a convenient and pleasant arrangement of rooms for each of their primary, intermediate and Biblical departments. The number of scholars at one time was 198, with an average attendance of 100. The lilirary contains 600 volumes of as choice literature as is to be found in any school. The officers, with the exception of the Superintendent, have been changed from time to time; and, although Mr. John McCoy has asked to l)e relieved from his place, he has been retained as Superintendent until this, his forty-seventh year." Thus wrote one in 1890. l\rr. McCoy has long been a faitlifiil Elder in this church, and is still the 260 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. Superintendent of its Sabbath school, in the fifty-second year of his continuous position as Superintendent, and in the sixty-second year of his position as one of the principal workers in the same school ! Who knows of so long a service? Who knows of one more worthily perf oriijed ? JEFFERSON CITY. Before the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union, in 1821, the Territorial Legislature appointed Commissioners to locate the Capital for the new state. They selected the present site of Jeiferson City, then unsettled. The first sale of lots there is said to have occurred in 1823 ; but the capital was not removed thither from St. Charles until 1826. The town grew slowly. Religious organiza- tions were few. Among the earliest of these was the Presbyterian church, organized on the third Sabbath in June, 183-1, by the Rev. Robert L. McAfee. The organization then effected was so different from those of the present day in several important particulars that it deserves more than a passing notice. The account that follows (as indeed the materials for this entire sketch) is mainly from the pen of Elder Oscar G. Burch. After sermon, sundry persons who had belonged to the Presby- terian Church in other parts of the country, but who had recently removed and settled in the City of Jefferson, havinof with them their "dismissions," expressed a wish to be organized into a church, that they might better maintain among them the worship of God, the preaching of His Gospel, and the ordinances of His house. After due deliberation, the following persons put their several letters of dismission into the hands of the Rev. Mr. McAfee, viz: Wm. Bolton, of Milton, N. C, ; Mrs. Mary Rutherford, of St. Louis; Samuel L. Hart, Mrs. Ann T. Hart, Catherine L. Hart, Thomas C. Hart and Ann Elizabeth Hart, of Aux Vasse Church, and the follow- ing servants of Samuel L. Hart, viz: William, Putney, Dick, Polly and Maria. The First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson City was thereupon organized, and a church covenant entered into, which, as a sample of the better class of such covenants then common, is given entire : "Being desirous of enjoying the means of grace and ordinances of the Gospel, which God has appointed for the benefit of believers and the advancement of the interests of ILs church upon earth, we ffo cordially unite ourselves for the purpose of being organized into a church to be known by the name of the First Presbyterian Church of the City of Jefferson, Mo. We therefore solemnly covenant before God to watch over each other in the Lord; to seek the peace, purity and prosperity of the church; in Christian love, meekness and for- JEFFERSON CITY. 261 bearance to counsel, admonish and encourage each other, as God has directed in His Word. "We further mutually agree, by Divine assistance, to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior, as becometh saints before the world; to visit the sick and afflicted; to observe the Sabbath; to maintain (those of us who are heads of families) the worship of God in our families; to instruct, by precept and example, our children in the duties and doctrines of our holy religion; to maintain, if possible, the preaching of the Gospel amongst us ; and to attend all the means of grace and ordinances which the Lord Jesus Christ has appointed in His Word to be observed by His Church upon earth. We also agree in receiving the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as being divinely, inspired, and as containing the only unerring rule of faith and practice, as teaching the doctrine of the Trinity, justifi- cation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance and forsaking of sin, enjoining a life of holy obedience to the commands of God; and a future state of rewards and punishments, together with the doctrines of grace taught by Jesus Christ and His Apostles. "And we further agree to take the Confession of Faith as received and adopted by the Presbyterian Church in these United States for our book of discipline, and as containing the system of doctrines and duties revealed in the Word of God. "Thus we do mutually covenant and humbly pray that the great Head of the Church would bless us and make us useful, and through the riches of His grace prepare us for the employments and enjoy- ments of His Church Triumphant.^' Thiis grounded in doctrine and polity, the church grew and prospered under the able ministrations of its founder and others. The first services were held in a little log house that stood for many years thereafter on High street, east of Monroe. The Eev. E. L. McAfee supplied the church regularly, part of the time in connection with the Millersburg and Enund Prairie churches, until 1842. July Ifi, 1843, the Eev. Hiram P. Goodrich. D. D., was installed Pastor. The meeting was protracted to Sabbath evening, July 2d, his "labors being blessed with the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit in this church to the convincing and converting of many souls." He remained Pastor until the fall of 1845. During his pastorate a lot was pur- chased, and a neat stone edifice erected for the use of the congrega- tion. He was followed for a short time bv the Eev. David Coulter, and later by the Eev. Eichard H. Allen, who was installed but did not remain long. Mr. Coulter then supplied the church again until the next Pastor came. Nov. 28, 1852, the Eev. John G. Fackler was installed Pastor. For several years he had been a merchant in the city and a member of this church and later of that at Linn. He served with marked success until 185G. He subsequently became widely known and 262 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. beloved among the churches of the state. He died a few years ago at Springfield, Mo. His remains were brought back to Jefferson City for interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. His aged widow still resides in Jefferson City, a faithful communicant and member of the organi- zation that succeeded the one her husband served so well. The only other Ministers this church had before the Civil War were the Rev S. D. Longhead, for a short time, and the Rev. John J. Cooke, who remained Pastor until the winter of 1860. The coming on of the war then virtually terminated the existence of this original organization, which had during its 26 years of existence received 212 members all told. The next record found is that of June 1, 1865, when the Trustees were authorized to sell the church property, then quite valuable. It was bought by the M. E. Church, North. In 1865, in 1868 and in 1872, unsuccessful attempts were made to revive this original organization, which had long adhered to the Old School Assembly. The church numbered grand men and women among its members, whose households were of the same faith. At the close of the war, the Rev. Dr. A. T. Norton, the New School District Secretary of Home Missions, visited the city. Find- ing it impossible to revive the Old School organization, whose house had been sold for debt, and whose members were scattered and dis- pirited, he sent the Rev. J. Addison Whitaker, in Dec, 1865. Under Mr. Whitaker's care a New School organization was effected Feb 4, 1866, composed of but 3 men and 8 women, several of them mem- bers of the former organization. This church was then connected with the Presbytery of St. Louis, from which it received substantial assistance. The First Presbvterian Church of St. Louis, of which the Rev. Dr. H. A. Nelson was then Pastor, assumed the payment of the rent of the hall in which the services were held. The second year the Nelson Bible Class, of Auburn, N. 1., paid the rent. Large assistance was also received from the Home Missionarv and Church Erection Funds. A lot was purchased (for $2,400) on the corner of Madison and McCarty streets, on which the erection of a substantial brick chapel was begun, which was completed about 1870 at a cost of $8,000. The entire cost of building, grounds and improvements was about $12,000. Part of this was raised by the sale of the Warsaw Church building, an account of which appears in the sketch of the Warsaw Church given elsewhere. Of the period that followed. Elder 0. G. Burch, who became a member of this organization at its third communion, savs : "Zeal and discretion do not always go hand in hand. To successfully organize a band, ever so faithful, to secure the ground and the means to erect a building, and to steer safely through the storms following the foot- steps of the strife and bitterness engendered by the Civil War, were a serious problem. For a time, with an energy and determination that would not be thwarted, or brook opposition from within or JEFFERSON CITY. 263 without, it did seem that the leader might be successful. But at last a contractor failed and ran away with the funds which belonged to material men and laborers. Then came mechanic's liens, suits and the usual result, following closely a panic. Those who had endorsed failed financially, and the whole fabric seemed to dissolve." This dishonesty left the church with a debt of $4,900, drawing interest at the rate of 10 per cent and 12 per cent, aside from the loan from the Board of Church Erection for $3,600. The Presbytery and Synod were appealed to, the debt reduced and the property saved, though almost a deathblow had been dealt the church. An effort was made to keep up the church. In 1873 the Rev. W. G. Keady became the Supply, remaining two years. The dis- couragements had then became so great as to reduce the membership to a few, without Elders. "But some did not bow the knee to Baal, and the church, through its Sabbath school, still retained life." (rreat credit is due to Mr. Burch for his services in keeping up the school during the long years of religious famine that followed. With the exception of occasional sermons by the Rev. B. H. Charles, in 1878-9, the church was without preaching for ten years. "In September, 1883, Synodical Missionary, Thomas Marshall, brought together the entire seventeen remaining members, and suc- ceeded not only in compromising the old indebtedness (the aggregate of all foreign contributions being included in the trust to the Board of the Church Erection Fund), but in securing enough locally to do this, place the building in a condition to occupy, secure by purchase the bell of the old church, and to start forward the work by the promise of a Pastor. "To build up the church spiritually and financially has been a serious matter. Amid renewed disappointments and circumstances that were sufficient to cause the stoutest heart to quail and doubt, the little church has gone steadily on, not always forward as it some- times appeared, yet as through fire. Trulv God loveth whom He chasteneth; and the church at Jefferson Citv has survived much tribulation. But let us not dwell on its adversity, but turn to its prosperity. 'TTnder the visitations of Dr. Marshall, the church had frequent services, and grew in faith and numbers. Stated Supplies were secured, but proved only temporary, illness and other causes inter- vening. Special services were held by the Rev. W. H. Clagett in the fall of 1885. In December of that year, the Rev. Oscar W. Gauss was called as Pastor. He served satisfactorily to the church until about March, 1890, when he resijrned as Pastor, finding that the extra labor he had undertaken as Chaplain at the Penitentiary inter- fered with the duties and requirements of Pastor. He served the church, however, until succeeded by the Rev. J. F. Watkins in August, 1890. The latter served the church faithfully, and the work 264 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. grew under his ministrations, until the spring of 1894, when he gave up the field. During these years extensive improvements and repairs were made, an organ secured and all obligations met." In the fall of 1894 the church secured the services of the Rev. George H. Williamson, under whom it prospered and felt the need of a church auditorium such as that planned years before for the com- pletion of their building. He found that the King's Daughters had the nucleus of a fund for the church addition. "Before winter set in the plans were prepared and the funds turned over to the Trustees for the foundation, which was built and paid for. In the spring, despite the unexpected agitation of the question of capital removal, which threatened disaster to all enterprises, the chiirch was under way, contracted for and in due time completed and equipped at a cost of about $6,500, all contributed locally save $700 from the Board of the Church Erection Fund. A marvelous thing indeed, and the wonder of all who beheld it." The church now stands one of the handsomest and most complete in all its furnishing and arrange- ments of any in the Presbyterv. Just one year after he was installed, Mr. Williamson resigned, having added one more to the long list of church buildings erected and paid for during his ministry. On the first Sabbath in January, 1896, the present Pastor, the Rev. John F. Hendy, D. D., began his work with this church. He was installed the 26th of May, following. His labors here as else- where have been blessed, and church and Pastor are now regarded as among the strongest in the Presbytery. Its membership, though still below 150, is now the largest in its history. PRESBYTERIANISM IK KANSAS CITY. The history of our denomination in this city has beeen so far conditioned by the historv of the city itself that before giving any of the separate sketches of our city churches it may be well to look at the general conditions. The beginnings, both of the city and of the Presbytery, were largely influenced by the proximity of the Indians. In 1808 Capt. Clemson, TJ. S. A., established Ft. Clark, on a high bluff overlooking the Missouri River, near the present town of Siblev. This was the first white settlement in what is now Jackson County. The name of the post was soon changed to Ft. Osage, because it was the supply depot of the Osage Indians who then claimed this part of the state. The Indian title to this county was not extinguished till 1825. Dec. 15, 1826, Jackson County was organized, then consisting of the present counties of Jackson, Cass, Bates and Vernon. Among its townships was that of Harmony, including few voters (if any) outside of the Harmony Mission. In 1827 Independence was chosen as the County Seat and laid off. A])out the same time the first white settle- ments in the present Kansas City were made by French traders, who found here a central point of contact with the Indian tribes then KANSAS errV. 265 recently located in this vicinity by the U. S. Government. In 1831 the Eev. Isaac McCoy, a Baptist, established the Shawnee Indian Mission on the Kansas line just south of the city of to-day.* In 1832 his son, John C. McCoy, made the first steamboat landing at the foot of Grand Avenue. The next year he established the town of Westport, which gave the name of Westnort Landing to the infant Kansas City, which was laid out in 1838. Feb 22, 1853, "the City of Kansas" was chartered. The population of this new city, which in 1846 was estimated at 700, was so decimated by cholera and other causes that in 1855 it was only 418. About 1857 it began to grow rapidly, reaching 4,418 in 1860. Then came the war, at the close of which the city had about 5,000 people. By 1870 the number reported bv the Government census was 32,286; by 1880, 55,813; by 1890, 132,716, and in 1900, 163,752. The religious growth of this vicinity has been somewhat in accord with these external conditions. Presb3'terians, while not the most numerous or aggressive, were among the earliest in this county and have ever held a strong position here. The earliest Presl)y- terian preaching in this region, so far as discovered, was that bv the T?ev. N. B. Dodge, the Missionary to the Osage Indians. He is known to have preached in Independence as early as 1829. The early growth and prominence of Presbyterians in Jackson Count}^ are well traced by Dr. Symington, in his letter given on p. 219. These organizations were all of them either entirely wiped out during the war or badly crippled. On the declaration of peace everything took on new life. The strategic importance of Kansas City was then recognized by all denominations, by none earlier than the Presbyterians. The pulpit of the First church (0. S.), which had been organized Mav 25. 1857, was then ably manned by the Eev. Dr. J. L. Yantis. July 16, 1865, the Eev. Dr. Timothy Hill organized a !N"ew School church, and called it (in anticipation of the longed-for Eeunion) the Second Presby- terian church. About a year later came the Declaration and Testi- mony split in the Old School Synod and in the First church of Kan- sas City. The large minority of that church formed what is now known as the Central Church, in connection with the Southern Assembly. Meanwhile the First and Second churches were grow- ing and working harmoniously, both interested in the work of church extension and making arrangements for the erection of a Third Church on the "Bottom," then known as "West Kansas," and containing a population of some 1,500 without a church of any sort. This organization was formed Feb. 27, 1870, and attached to the (N. S.) Presbytery of Lexington. Thus there were at the time of *Mr" McCoy was the Governmont aprent by whom the Shav'neps were locafe'l in that vicinity. The Mission was under the care of tiie Methodists. 17 266 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. the Eeunion three churches connected with our Assembly, and one that later went into the Southern Assembly. After the general financial depression of 1873ff., and the grass- hopper scourge of 1875-6, came the rapid growth of the early eighties, resulting in the organization of the Fourth Church, Feb. 8, 1883 ; the Fifth Church, Oct. 18, 1882; the First Welsh Church, Jan. 16, 1887 and the Hill Memorial Church, May 5, 1887. For some years there were several other promising efforts, mainly under the care of the Second Church, which assisted all the later comers, both by mem- bers and by liberal financial aid. On the collapse of the "boom" none of these survived, except the Linwood Church, organized Oct. 12, 1890, the youngest born of the Presbyterian family. Kansas City Presbyterianism has been exceedingly peripatetic;. The First Church has had four buildings, in four widely separated localities. The Second Church is now building its third house of worship, each in a different place. The Third Church has built three times, far apart. The Fourth Church has had five locations and two buildings, some miles apart. The Fifth Church has had two buildings and three locations. The Hill Memorial and the Linwood Churches have, each had one building. None of the organi- zations is now located within several blocks of where it began. Each has required liberal Home Mission aid at the outset. None has become selfsupporting and successful in doing its own peculiar work until provided with a suitable house of worship, properly located and free from debt. All these (with one exception) are now alive and vigorous, having survived war, wind, fire, division and financial losses that surely would have wrecked any churches not providential!^ planted and divinely supported. All are now harmonious and ener- getic, possibly more efficient than they could be if more numerous. As to the high character of the men that have supplied the pulpits of the Presbyterian Churches of Kansas City, nothing need be added to the words of Dr. J. H. Miller, when he gave the charge to the Pastor at the installation of Dr. G. P. Hays, in 1888. What had been true up to that time has been equally true since. He then said : "During the thirty-two years which have passed away since the Presbyterian Church began its organized work here [1857], there have been twenty-eight Ministers in regular charge of our several churches. With all these Pastors, with but one exception, it has been my privilege to have been acqxiainted, in most cases knowing them intimately and loving them dearly. And I desire to bear testimony to the grandeur and nobility of their characters, to their deep piety and sincere clevotion to the Master's cause, to their earnest efforts to arlvance the interests of our Zion, to assist believers that they might become strong in the faith, to so preach that they might be the instruments in God's hands of converting sinners from the error of their ways, Some of these are now saints in glory, reap- KANSAS CITY. ■ 267 ing the reward of years well spent in the service of our King. Others are yet honored ambassadors, declaring the message of good will." There has recently been formed in Kansas City a strong Presby- terian Social Union, embracing in its membership members of all the Presbyterian denominations represented in Kansas City, Mo., Kan- sas City, Kan., Independence and Parkville. KANSAS CITY FIRST. The First Presbyterian Church of Kansas City has had not only the longest but also the most varied history of any of the churches of our denomination in the city. It was not, however, the first Presby- terian organization in the limits of the present city. That honor belonged to the Westport Church, now extinct, which was organized Dec. 23, 1850. With that church the few Presbyterians in the city worshipped until the organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Kansas City, May 25, 1857. This was the third Protestant church to be organized in the city. Its first Minister, the Eev. E. S. Syming- ton, remained about three years, and was followed for one year by the Rev. John Hancock, an Englishman, who remained until after the outbreak of the Civil War. Of that ante-bellum church a later Pastor (Dr. Hovey) once wrote: "At first our church was a guest. It had no home of its own. The Fifth Street M. E. Church (South) was the only house of worship in town. * This building the Methodists used two Sundays in the month, the Presbyterians one Sunday, and the Baptists one. If any month had a fifth Sunday, it was claimed by the Episco- palians. In 1858 the Methodists needed the entire occupancy of their church. The Presbyterians accordingly built a frame church, on [the north side of] Third street, between ]\Iain and Walnut, where they worshipped till 1862. Meanwhile a livery stable had been built alongside, which did not harmonize well with the Gospel, so they sold out to the proprietor, who used the house for storing carriages, until finally, sometime after, it was destroyed by fire. Many interesting legends of a politico-ecclesiastical nature are associated with that old church. * * One Minister [Mr. Han- cock] even went so far as to pray in the same breath for both Presi- dent Lincoln and President Davis; but neither side was satisfied. Pulpit after pulpit was vacated until finally a proposition was made that, if the Presbyterians would employ Rev. George Miller, they would sustain him regardless of sect. This plan was worked for one year. Being without any house of their own, the Presbyterians wor- shipped during 1863 and 1864 by turns in the Baptist Church on [the N. E. corner of Eighth and] May streets, and the Christian *It stood on the south side of Fifth street, on tlie corner of the alley west of Delaware street. 268 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. Church ['N. W.] corner of Main and Twelfth, and sometimes in the old Court House. During 1865 and 1866 they occupied Long's Hall [on the east side of Main near Fifth]." For the first year after their organization the Presbyterians attended a Union Sabbath school, sustained by all the churches of the city. Mr. Symington then established the first church school, which was maintained till broken up by the war. It was reorganized by ]\Ir. Miller and has been steadily at work ever since. During the war, Kansas City was always in the hands of the Federal troops. This fact explains the very unique invitation received by the Eev. Geo. Miller "to come to Kansas City and preach to the loj^al people of the place." In his book (Missouri's Memorable Decade, p. 88) he says: "It was signed by two Elders of the Pres- byterian Church, and some Baptists, Episcopalians, Methodists and Congregationalists. * * There were about fifty Presbyterians in the city, and these were alienated over the differences growing out of the civil strife. My congregation as a whole was made up of all shades of religious and political beliefs. * * (p. 91). It can be readily surmised that in such environment my Kansas City pastorate was anything but smooth sailing. * * I tried to make loyalty to my God and my country my motto. But in those stormy times men differed greatly as to the limits and applications of such a motto. This fact often brought me into conflict with both extremes. I tried to give every one, soldier and citizen, their portion of moral and spiritual truth in season; but it did not always take well. * * (p. 92) Some repudiated because I did not pray to suit them; others because I did not always preach on their ideal lines ; some because I spoke against secession too severely; and others because I asso- ciated with men whom they did not think loyal. * * So I preached and taught school, and performed at times military duties, and tempered the asperities of the times, and resisted Satan generally ; but with miserably poor success along any of these lines." From April, 1864, to the spring of 1866, the pulpit was occupied by the Eev. J. L. Yantis, D. D. At the spring meeting of Lafayette Presbytery, 1866, twelve members of the First Church petitioned Presbytery to remove Dr. Yantis on account of his having signed "the Declaration and Testimony," and so becoming ol)noxious to the Board of Domestic Missions. Nineteen petitioned for his retention. Presbytery, being composed of those that favored the Declaration and Testimony, declined to remove the Minister. The church then split into two nearly equal parts (the vote was 14 to 13), the minoritj^ including the original members, with the Minister, form- ing what is now known as the Central Presbyterian Church, in con- nection with the Southern Assembly. It took several years before the present amicable relations were established between the two churches. Both began at once successful efforts for the erection of KAXSAS crrV FTKST. 269 houses of worship, the Central Church putting -up a frame building on the northeast corner of Ninth and Grand avenue, where the Custom House now stands, and the First Church, a large brick build- ing, on the west side of Wyandotte, a little north of the present Exchange Building. The lot for the Central Church was given by John C. McCoy, at whose sole expense the original building of the undivided church had been built. The second house of worship belonging to the First Cliurch was built in the fall of 1866, at a cost of $10,000, nearly half of it from the East. Of it Dr. Hovey says : "It was opened for worship on the first Sunday in January, 1867, and by a painful coincidence, the first service held in it was the funeral sermon of Mrs. Eraser, the wife of the Pastor. The house was dedicated in the following October, the dedication sermon being preached by the Eev. S. J. Niccolls, D. D., of St. Louis. In June, 1867, a tornado swept over the city, and forced in the gable end of the church, ruining the tower, and allowing the storm to drench the interior. It was rebuilt immediately at a cost of about $5,000, and in time to be occupied by the Synod of Missouri in the fall of 1867. In that church the Ministers were the Rev. George Eraser, 1866-8 ; and thereafter, on alternate Sabbaths, the Eev. John W. Allen and the Eev. Dr. W. L. Breckenridge, until the coming of the first installed Pastor the church ever had. the Eev. Eobert Irwin. He was to begin his labors on the first Sabbath in May, 1869. On the evening of the 27th of April, the church building burned. The fire, which caught from an adjoining building, might have been put out by a few buckets of water, had there been any fire department to apply them at the right time. As it was, the handsomest church building in the city, a comfortable brick, with a tall spire, was totally destroyed. Unfortunately the insurance on the Imilding had l)een allowed to expire a few days previously. Before they could rebuild, the walls were blown down. On reading of the fire a St. Louis Elder pertinently wrote: "I see by this morning's dispatches that a Presbyterian Church in Kansas City is burnt. * * Was it insured ? I think that failure to insure is unfaithfulness to the Lord.'' Dr. Irwin took hold vigorously with the discouraged people, and soon led them into their new church home on Grand avenue, a little north of the present huilding of the Kansas City Star. A new location was sought on account of the fact that the old church had been built nearly opposite that of the Second Church, then at 809 Wyandotte street. While the new church was building, the congre- gation was welcomed to the use of the new building of the First Lutheran Church (then without a Pastor), on the west side of Balti- more avenue, a little north of Eleventh. Before the Lutherans organized, they had worshipped with the Presbyterians. 270 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. The Grand avenue building, which cost $1,600, was a rather small, frame structure, without spire, much less pretentious than that on Wyandotte street. It was always regarded as a temporary building, though twice enlarged, and used altogether for about six- teen years. There Dr. Irwin labored with much acceptance until called in 1873, to take charge of the St. Louis Depository of the Presbyterian Board of Publication. He was followed by the Kev. Dr. H. C. Hovey, who remained until the grasshopper scourge of 1875; by the Eev. A. W. Colver, 1875-7; and by the Eev. Dr. S. B. Bell, 1877-82. The last Pastor in that house was the Eev. Dr. D. S. Schaff, who came in Feb., 1883, and remained until June, 1888. During Dr. Schaff's pastorate the Grand avenue property was sold for $10,000 and the location at Tenth and Forest was purchased on which the present building was erected at a cost of $35,000. It was dedicated Feb., 1886. Before it was completed the roof was partly blown off, making the third time the buildings of this church were damaged by wind. The other Pastors that have occupied this pulpit have been Drs. G. P. Wilson and H. C. Stanton, and the present Pastor, the Eev. Wm. Carter, Ph. D. Here at last the con- gregation, - that for nearly twenty years struggled along with the assistance of the Home Board, has become strong, well organized, harmonious and efficient, one of the foremost churches in the city, all debts paid, and able to reach out a helping hand to those now struggling as it once did. KANSAS CITY SECOND.* The close of the Civil War found a somewhat larger population in Kansas City than were here at its beginning. Church life, how- ever, had been almost extinguished. For a part of that war period the services of the First Presbyterian Church were the only Protestant services maintained in the city. As late as the time when the Second Presbyterian Church was organized, there were only three Protestant churches here that held services. Among the many Missionary Agents that then visited the city was the Eev. Dr. A. T. Norton, District Secretary of Home Missions for the New School Presbyterian Church. Eecognizing at once the strategic importance of this point, he wrote while here to the Eev. Timothy Hill, then settled in Illi- nois, and later visited him to urge him to take hold of the work of establishing a New School Presbyterian Church in Kansas City. The very next month — on Tuesday, July 11, 1865 — these Iwo men arrived in Kansas City by boat from Weston, then ^he nearest railroad pdnt. That night I)r. Hill preached the first sermou connected with the effort that resulted in the organization of the Secoud Pres- byterian Church on the next Sabbath, July 16, 1865. They began in *This sketch is mainly prepared from a discourse by the Rev. John B.Hill on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the church. KANSAS CITY SECOND. 271 the Southern Methodist church.* There were only ten members to start with, only three of them men. A feeble beginning surely, but one fraught with destiny, entered into with much faith and prayer. The enthusiasm that led to the organization of such a mere handful into a church, amid crude surroundings, in a war-smitten city of about 5,000 people, was shared by everybody. All showed their faith in the future of the city by their works for everything that tended toward its advancement. Ten months after the organization of this church was effected its house of worship, at 809-811 Wyandotte street, was dedicated. May 27, 1866. This was the first of seven such houses of worship erected and dedicated in Kansas City just after the war closed. Its Sabbatli school had been organized only the Sabbath before. "Why not earlier?" do vou ask. Because there was no place in which to hold it. That little band of faith was necessarily quite peritatetic at the start. It is recorded that once there were five successive Sabbaths in which they met not only in a different place each Sabbath, but on one Sabbath at least met in two places on the same day. Among the places most frequently used were the Southern Methodist Church already mentioned, the Baptist Church (where the Bond Shoe factory now is), and the Christian Church (northwest corner of 12th and Main streets). Growth under such circumstances was impos- sible. Their Minister therefore went east and secured the funds nec- essary for the procurement of a church home. The pews were given by the First Church, St. Louis, by which thev had been used ever since the erection of its original building in 1819, the first Protestant church in that city. Indeed, including salary, the church at large gave that first year considerably over $4,000 for the planting and housing of this church. Did it pay? The Second Church did not soon forget its debt of gratitude to the mother denomination that had done so much for it. May it never forget ! One name especially deserves perpetual remembrance — that of Mrs. P. C. Morrison, of Collinsville, 111., who alone gave $1,550, beside loaning $1,500 more. Everything seemed to favor the new enterprise. Immigration was large, accessions numerous, especially from young business and professional men, many of them recently Army officers. Death was unknown in the memljership for the first ten years. The church liuilding, neither large nor handsome, set up on posts at one end sixteen feet in the air, was nevertheless a meeting place that soon became to many a soul a real Bethel. The prayer meeting, which had been started at the organization and steadily maintained from house to house, not long after found a home in the basement story ♦still standing, used fts a livery stable, on tlie southwest corner of Fifth street and the alley west of Delaware. 272 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. put under the original building. That prayer meeting has been in many respects the center of the church's life and growth from the very start. It is not making an invidious distinction to say that no other prayer meeting in the history of the city has been so uniformly and largely attended. No other church in this region has been so uniformly sup- plied by those that stood at the head of their fellows alike in pulpit ability, pastoral fitness and ecclesiastical prominence. Under the ministry of Dr. Timothy Hill the church was organized, its house built and dedicated free of debt, and all its energies organized and directed into fitting channels. During his three years and three months, sixty-six persons were admitted to the church. Under the second Minister, Dr. Charles D. Nott, the house of worship was packed to the doors, enlarged, and packed again. In his twenty-two months thirty-seven members were received. The saintly William M. Cheever was Pastor of the church when the first large revivals came. He led the church to a degree of spirituality never surpassed. His years of heroic suffering, crowned by a triumphant death, gave emphasis to words so simply but earnestly spoken that he won all hearts and added many stars to his crown. During his six and one- half years, 281 were added to the church, 124 of them on profession of their faith. Under the brilliant preaching of Dr. Charles C. Kimball, the church grew so rapidly that a new building was impera- tive; but before the completion of the recent building at the north- we^ corner of 13th and Central streets* the pulpit again became vacant. During his short stay of three years, 178 members were added. There is not space to go into particulars as to the more recent history of this church. In its second ch^^rch home its first Pastor was Dr. Charles L. Thompson, who in his six years received 562 persons into the membership. During his pastorate the city was growing very rapidly, several new Presbyterian churches and Missions were formed under the auspices of the Second Church, and a handsome parsonage was built just north of the church. He was followed in 1888 by Dr. George P. Hays, who remained four and a half years, part of them years of serious financial depression, but years in which the church was greatly edified and strengthened, 355 persons being added to its membership. After the resignation of Dr. Hays the church was supplied by various persons, during the time when one or more calls were extended to ministers whose congregations would not release them. Then came, in July, 1895, the withdrawal of about one-half its membership to form the church now known as the Westminster Congregational Church. The next Pastor was Dr. ♦Destroyed by the fire that originated in the Convention Hall and swept away the Hall, the Second Church and Its parsonage, and the Lathrop School and other valuable property, April 4, 1900. C4KO. 1'. HAYS. ka:n^sas city secon"d. 273 H. D. Jenkins, who came in Nov., 1895. During the four years and nine months of his pastorate he received 396 persons into the membership, 99 of them on profession of faith, and that, too, under the most difficult circumstances that ever surrounded the church life. From these figures it will be seen that every Pastor the church has had has done faithful work; and, as the city has increased the number of his possible constituents, each has risen to the require- ments of his position, and has brought into the membership of the church a larger average number of new members each year. They have been, as Dr. J. H. Miller once said, "men of learning, eloquence, piety and consecration; men whose intluence has been wide, and the stamp of whose labors is not to be found in this church alone, l)ut upon the whole southwest." Each Pastor has recognized his responsibility as the liead of the foremost church of the denomina- tion in the city; and from time to time each has encouraged the organization and support of new churches, even at the expense of members and money that might have been used to advantage in the home church. The Second Church has thus ^T)ecome the mother of six churches, not by secession but by colonization and dowry." A long and instructive history might be evolved out of that last sentence. Another might take up the activities and benevolences which have given the church a foremost place among western churches. It has had seven settled ministers, and has returned to the church at large at least seven of its sons as ministers of other churches. But this is not the place to go into details as to these things, nor as to the mis- takes made, the sad division experienced and the calamitous fire by which it lost its valuable property. After the fire of April 4, 1900, the church immediately besran to hold its services in Music Hall, 915 Broadway, though soon with- out a Pastor. Its prayer meetings were held in the St. Paul's Reformed Church, at 15th and Penn streets. Meanwhile the former site was sold to the Public School Board, a new site was purchased at the southeast corner of 15th and Broadwa}^ upon which the con- gregation is now (1901) erecting a commodious stone house of worship. KANSAS CITY THIRD. The Union Pacific railroad, the first to enter Kansas City, was opened as far as Lawrence, Kansas, in December, 1864. The next to come was the Missouri Pacific, which was opened for business in October, 1865. These met at the state line, and began the railroad occupation of the West Bottoms. Up to that time there had been no settlement in that now important part of the city. In the course of the next four years the population there reached about 1,500. There being then no house of worship on the Bottom, or even place where preaching could be held, individual Presbyterians went to work. 274 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. secured a lot and began the erection of a house of worship, wherein to gather and organize a church. The house cost about $2,000, of which $800 came from the Board of the Church Erection Fund, and several hundred more from members of the Second Church. Among those most active in the gathermg of the church were the Eev. G. W. Goodale and the Rev. T, S. Reeve, both of them at that time out of health and engaged in business on the bottom. In the private diary of the Rev. Dr. Timothy Hill, under date of Feb. 20, 1870, is this entry: ''At three o'clock I preached and organized the Third Church of 8 members. Ordained and installed Dr. 0. S. Chapman, Elder, and Bro. Goodale installed Elder. I dissented from the position that a Minister can be a Ruling Elder, and proposed bringing it up for the decision of the Presbytery.** The Presbytery of Lexington, to which the new organization was admitted, very naturally sustained this dissent, and the church had but one Elder. In a historical sermon preached by the Rev. L. M. Belden, Nov. 20, 1898, on the occasion of the first service in the new main room of the present church building, he said: "March the 13th, 1870, a Sunday school was organized of 52 members, and the Rev. T. S. Reeve was elected Superintendent. They seemed to have a super- fluity of Ministers, for of the eight original members five were from the families of Ministers; a Minister was the Superintendent of the Sunday school, and of the four Trustees elected on the 6th of March three were Ministers." That original building, on the northwest corner of Fourteenth and Hickory streets (which was enlarged under Mr. Railsback's ministry), was used until the encroachments of the railroads and business made removal both imperative and profitable. The bell used on that building was given by the Second Church, which was enlarged al)out the time the Third Church was building and had no room on the enlarged church for its belfry. In 1886 a new building was erected at 1413-1415 Genessee street, from which they were again crowded out only two years later by the same causes. A new loca- tion was then sought in an entirely different part of the city. The membership were largely "forced to sell their homes, and most of them to be more convenient to their work," wrote Pastor Martin, "moved into Kansas, and have largely taken letters to the churches in Armourdale and Wyandotte.""" But two of the old members remained with the organization on its removal from the West Bottom to the South Side. For a while preaching services were held once a day in each of the locations; but soon the old one was given up to a Sunday school, maintained for a few months by the Second Church as a Mission. i [ f^ - ! '[ *Now the Central and First churches of Kansas City, Kan. KAITSAS CITY THIRD. 275 The population in the neighborhood of the original church was largely American and Protestant, mainly connected with the rail- roads. Excellent work, genuine Mission work among a shifting pop- ulation was done there by the early Ministers of the ehurc-li, J. H. Byers, 1870-71 ; D. C. Milner, 1871-5 ; L. Eailsback, 1875-83 ; W. E. Mack, 1884-G; T. B. Vrooman, 1887, and A. B. Martin, 1887-91, under the last of whom the removal was made to the south side, in the spring of 1888. On leaving the part of the city where the church had so long been, the first services were held in a hall on Cherry street, south of 31st. Meanwhile the chapel was erected on the back end of the lot now used by the church, on the east side of Walnut between 30th and 31st. This continued to be the only building until the summer of 1898, when the main room was added in front of the chapel. Nearly the entire cost of the Genesee street and Walnut street buildings was covered by the proceeds of the sale of the original property on the Bottom. The Ministers that have preached statedly in the present building have been A. B. Martin to 1891 ; W. H. Hyatt, 1891-3 ; P. Heiligman and W. P. Nelson, for a few months each in 1894; L. M. Belden, 1894-9; and the present Pastor, W. E. Loucks, since Sept., 1899. The longest stay of any one Minister with the Third Church was that of the Rev. Lycurgus Railback, eight years. During those years several protracted meetings were held with good results. At one time during his ministry 14 were received by letter and 21 by pro- fession. But the church necessarily retrograded, owing to the encroachments of business and the shifting character of the popula- tion. Those that remained appreciated the work that he had tried to do, and on his resignation presented him a handsome gold watch as a token of their esteem. During the eighteen years on the Bottom 293 members were received. In the chapel at the new location, 245 members were received. Many others have been added since the completion of the building. The neighborhood is booming thickly settled with a good class of people, so that the outlook for the future is encouraging. Within a few months the church has, for the first time, swung clear of aid from the Home Mission Board, doubtless never to return. KANSAS CITY FOURTH. The work which resulted in this organization was begun by members of the Second Church, in April, 1881. A Sunday school was then established at 2110 Madison avenue, followed wlien possi- l)le by a preaching service. Aug. 1st. the Rev. J. IT. iMiller, then supplying the pulpit of the Second Church once a day, began preach- ing once a day at the Mission also. Meanwhile the Second Clnirch, 276 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. which was 'then building ils own home on Thirteenth and Central streets, generously furnished the means to secure the erection of a church building at 1747 Dripps street (now called Belleview avenue.) It is interesting to note that part of the seats for this building were those that had been used by the Second Church up to that time, and which had before that been used for many years in the original building of the First Presb3rterian Church of St. Louis, which was the first Protestant church building erected in that city. That part of the city was then rapidly filling up with an American population, that entered heartily into the new enterprise. A church of 28 members was formed Feb. 5, 1882, while the congregation was still worshipping in the crowded rooms on Madison avenue. No name was chosen at the organization for the church since known as the Fourth Church. But one Elder was then chosen. The new building was erected the following summer, and dedicated Dec. 10, 1882, though with an incumbrance of $500. From that time on. Dr. Miller, who had during the preceding months been largely instrumental in gathering the Fifth Church also, gave all his time to the Fourth Church. He was installed Pastor, May 6, 1883, after which he remained for five and a half years. The work of the Fourth Church was at first largely success- ful, often attended with revivals, and always with a good degree of interest. Gradually, however, the character of the population in that part of the city changed from American to foreign, mainly Swedish. The location of the church building was such that it was not avail- able for the American population only a few blocks to the north and east. The work inevitably dragged, and a new location was sought. New cable car lines were carrying the people far to the east, on one of which (Fifteenth street near Porter Road) a store- building was rented for Sunday school and preaching services. About that time Presbytery released Dr. Miller from his charge, though he con- tinued to preach for the original congregation until Jan. 1, 1889. He left with the warmest confidence of all acquainted with his work. In dissolving the relation Presbytery took occasion to say, among other things: "Inasmuch as the present condition of the church might indicate to those unacquainted with the facts a lack of faithfulness on the part of our brother, we consider it noth- ing more than justice to him to say that the condition as it exists to- day is attributable, in our Judgment, to the fact that the float- ing population in the midst of which the enterprise was organized has given away very largely to a foreign element with which the staid principles of Presbyterian ism are not congenial." The Presbytery finally, at the request of the remnant of the congregation, appointed the Rev. Dr. G. P. Hays and Elds. F. J. Baird and Jonathan Ford, of the Second Church, a Committee of consultation and to relocate the church. In the fall of 1889 that KANSAS CITY FOURTH. 277 Committee succeeded in leasing a location at the southwest corner of Tenth and Porter Eoad (Cleveland avenue) and in the erection thereon of a neat, frame chapel at the cost of $1,000, which amount was raised by the Second Church for that special purpose. ]\Iean- while the services of the Eev, W. G. Pollock had been secured as Pastor Elect. On the day of dedication of the new chapel, Dec. 15, 1889, the church was reorganized with 18 members, only five of whom had been members of the old church. The following February the west side property was sold for $3,000, out of which all debts were paid and a balance left in the hands of the Committee for the future needs of the church. The original church building was purchased by the Swedish Evangelical Missionary Association, by which it is still used. In the second location hard and conscientious work was done, during the long period of general depression, by Mr. Pollock, who left at the end of a few months on account of serious ill health; F. B. Everitt, 1890-1 ; H. M. Campbell, 1891-4,and J. B. Welty, 1894-6. But again the location was adjudged by the majority of the con- gregation to be unsuitable, and under the lead of Pastor Welty, a new location was secured (1895) at the southeast corner of Tenth and Indiana, to which the building was removed. Part of the money in the hands of the Committee had meanwhile been used to add a primary class room (1894), leaving too little for the purchase of the new site and the removal and renovation of the building. A small debt was thus incurred. Soon after the removal, the Pastor left, being succeeded by the Rev. Wm. Weatherstone, who remained one year. In the spring of 1897, the Fourth and the Hill Memorial fhuxches, both of which were in soriou? financial straits, were by Presb^^tery grouped for the next six months under the care of the Rev. E. W. McClusky, Pastor of the latter. Previous to this, internal trouble in the Fourth church had led to the request by its Session that Presbytery appoint a Committee to advise with them. That fall the Committee reported its futile efforts to adjust differ- onces and reorganize the Session. Presbytery spent much time in the thorough deliberation of the whole matter and at one time was about to dissolve the church, when it was finally decided to make one more effort to resuscitate it. It was "'Resolved, That the Rev. John B. Hill be authorized to ordain and install all or any of the Elders elected in the Fourth Church ; or, if they decline to serve, to call a congregational meeting to elect Elders, whom he shall install." Under this order Frank C. McCarty was ordained and installed the sole Elder, Dec. 5, 1897. To his faithfulness belongs much of the credit for the reinvigoration of the church. 278 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. By this time the membership of the church had been reduced to only about 15, without regular preaching or prayer meetings, and the once flourishing Sunday school was nearly extinct. The follow- ing spring the Eev. Wm. C. Coleman began preaching once a week to the few that could be gathered to hear him. Progress was slow, and Home Mission aid impossible that year. But by the fall of 1898 Presbytery 'Tieard with deep gratitude to God of the bright prospects of the Fourth Church of Kansas City, under the ministrations of the Rev. W. C. Coleman;" and appointed Mr. Coleman and Elder McCarty a Committee to bring the Fourth Church before the other churches of the Presbytery for such financial assistance as they might choose to give. In the spring of 1899 the church was again recommended for aid from the Board of Home Missions, since which time it has made such commendable progress that, on April 20, 1900, Mr. Coleman was installed Pastor, and church and Pastor received the hearty congratulations of all who knew of the discour- agements they had been blessed in overcoming. KANSAS CITY FIFTH. On Aug. 13, 1882, a Sunday school was organized by the Rev J. H. Miller and Mr. W. G. Bell. Mr. Bell was elected Superin- tendent. 126 persons were present the first Sabbath. The school grew beyond the limit of accommodations for it. Mr. Miller preached there once a Sabbath until his church, the Fourth, was finished, Dec. 1st. These efforts resulted in the organization of the Fifth Church on Oct. 18, 1882, with 17 charter members. By the aid of other Presbyterians in the city, a comfortable frame chapel costing $1,000, was erected the next spring and occupied in July, 1883. It stood on the corner of 16th and Lydia. It was several months before the new organization succeeded in securing a Pastor. The Ministers that supplied it the first year were J. H. Miller, J. W. Sanderson, Paul D. Bergen and J. W. Fobes, none of whom remained many weeks. Mr. Bergen went as a Mis- sionary to China. Sept. 9, 1883, a call was extended to the Rev. J. C. Taylor, of Cuba, N. Y., who soon came and remained three years as Stated Supply. During his ministration the church grew to a membership of 100; sold its building on Lydia avenue and erected in 1886, with the assistance of the Men's League of the Second Church, a chapel on the northwest corner of 12th and Brooklyn avenue, at a cost (for lot and house) of nearly $6,000. The first Pastor of the Fifth Church was the R^v. C. H. Bruce, D. D.. who came in Feb., 1887, and Avas installed the following October. He had been ordained to the full work of the ministry, on a Home Mission field in Iowa, on the same night on which this church was organized. "When he came, the church KANSAS CITY FIFTH. 279 "undertook the task of self support, which, even in the midst of the prevailing business activity of that time, seemed to some to be an heroic effort. But the hearts of the people were full of enthusiasm and their visions of great things soon to be realized were almost unbounded. But in a few short months the collapse came, and the tug of war began. If the changed condition of things which necessarily followed had been anticipated, at the time the church decided to stand alone, even the strongest hearts would have shrunk from the task. But once undertaken, it has never been abandoned, although it has been maintained at a cost of energy, patience and trial to faith which can never be understood or appre- ciated without experience." Despite all these difficulties, which continued throughout Br. Bruce's pastorate, and for which neither Pastor nor people were responsible, the church grew and was ever one of the more important churches in the city. In 1890 the building was enlarged and remodeled to its present condition, at a cost of $2,500. Dr. Bruce resigned in the spring of 1897, and was succeeded that fall by the Eev. Irwin P. McCurdy, D. D., Litt. D., during the two years of whose pastorate a large number of new members were received, the greater part of the debt paid, and a fair degree of prosperity reached. The present Pastor is the IJev. J. Lapsley McKee, who was installed May 25, 1900. With a desirable property, a splendid location, a faithful Pastor and a united people, the church now has a good hope for a bright and useful future. KANSAS CITY FIRST WELSH. During the 'Hioom" times a large number of Welsh mechanics were employed in Kansas City, especially stone masons. Hav- ing been Calvinists at home, they naturally affiliated with the Pres- byterians hero, and as naturally chose whenever possible to hear the Gospel in their native tongue. This led to the organization of the First Welsh Presbyterian Church. 23 members, on Jan. Ifi, 1887. Their only Minister was the Rev. Thomas H. Jones, who remained with them something over two years. The church soon disappeared, owing partly to its internal dissensions but mainly to the removal of much of the Welsh population from the city. It never secured a house of worship of its own. It was dissolved bv Presbytery, April 9, 1891. KANSAS CITY HILL MEMORIAL. At the spring meeting of Presbytery, 1887, a petition for the organization of a church in the southeastern part of Kansas City was referred to a Special Committee, consisting of the Rev. J. H. Miller, D. D.. and Elders F. J. Baird, of the Second Church, 280 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. and Wm. Young, of the First Church. That Committee reported, June 22, that the organization had been effected with 16 members, May 5. The name was chosen soon after the death of the Eev. Timothy Hill, D. D., May 21, 1887.* The new church was adopted by the Men's League of the Second Church, which undertook to provide for it a suitable home. Lots were secured for it on top of the hill on the west side of Brooklyn avenue, north of 22d street. There the League erected a foundation which was to be used for services during the few months that should intervene until the congregation should be large enough to require the completion of the building. The Eev. John C. Taylor, who had gathered the church, was its first Supply and later installed Pastor. The prospects then seemed flattering. There was a flourishing Sunday school and the banner Endeavor Society of the city. The Board of Home Missions con- tributed liberally. The Board of Church Erection promised a grant toward the completion of the new building, on condition that a rever- sionary clause in the deed to the property should be eliminated. That condition was never met, owing mainly to the serious financial re- verses that had overtaken many of those most interested in assisting the organization. Had it been met at the proper time, and had a suitable building been then erected, so far as human eye can noAv see, there would have been a church gathered strong enough to with- stand the years of general depression that followed. As it was, Mr. Taylor labored indefatigably and with a success that was encouraging under the circumstances. When he resigned his pastorate. Presbytery very heartily adopted the following minute : 'T)uring the last seven years Eev. John C. Taylor has been laboring in the pastorate of Hill Memorial Church, of Kansas City, Mo. Though encountering adverse financial conditions (to which any Minister in that field must unavoidably have been exposed, from the depression of business which has prevailed in this com- munity for six or seven years past), and meeting other embarrass- ments which he did not cause and could not have presented, he has been orthodox in preaching, conservative and prudent in judg- ment, diligent in work, faithful and beloved in pastoral activity, es- teemed and respected by his church and Presbytery. He leaves the church united, warm in commendation of his sincere, untiring de- votion, and expressing regret at his departure." After Mr. Taylor's rcsignatioji, the pulpit was supplied for two years each by J. S. Caruthers and E. W. McCluskv, each of whom met all the discouragements that had been previously encountered in addition to some that were new. Under these circumstances, it *This selection vr&a quite against the judgment and wishes of the family, who knew that Dr. Hill was always opposed to all such names as Lutheran and Campbellite. which associate the names of" men with religious organizations, KANSAS CITY HILL MEMORIAL. 281 is not remarka])le that the end was virtually reached when a Special Committee, sent by the Presbytery to investigate the Home Mis- sion churches of Kansas City, decided. May 10, 1898: "1. That in view of the stringency of the Home Mission treasury and the con- dition of the property of the Fourth and Hill Memorial churches,* the Committee cannot recommend these churches to the Board for aid at present. 2. That the officers of both churches be requested to maintain the legal organization of each, until satisfactory develop- ments are made. 3. That, while the Presbytery appreciates the ef- forts of those who for years have maintained worship at these two places, it seems to this Committee desirable that both sites should eventually be sold, and the proceeds invested under authority of Pres- bytery in a more eligible 'site for a new organization." The result is now known — the Fourth church was barely saved, while the Hill Memorial church was soon disbanded and its property sold. KANSAS CITY, LINWOOD. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Kansas City, held at Hol- den, Mo., in October, 1889, Pev. George P. Hays, D. D., then pas- tor of the Second Presbyterian church of Kansas City, advised tliat the Presbytery recommend to the Board of Home Missions that $500 be spent in developing Presbyterian interests in the then comparatively sparsely settled Southeastern portion of Kansas City. The recommendation was unanimously agreed upon, the Presby- tery appointing Dr. Hays, Rev. A. B. Martin and Elder Frank J. Baird as a Committee to take charge of the work. Six months previous to this action a meeting had been called in the little frame school building that then stood on the northwest corner of Linwood and Woodland Avenues (the present site of the large Linwood school building) and the plan of organizing a church in that neighborhood had been announced. For some time a union neigh])orhood Sundav school had been conducted at that point by Mr. E. A. R. Rackliff. On June 1st, 1889, this school was taken in charge by Rev. William G. Pollock and his wife, who conducted it — with a view to making it the nucleus of the future church — until the following December, when Mr. Pollock's health failed, and he was compelled to resign the work, the number of pupils having by that time more than doubled. On Mr. Pollock's resignation, the school was taken in charge liy Mr. James Oliver Hogg, then an Elder in the Hill ^feniorial church, who was assisted by Mr. A. E. Ashbrook, Mrs. ^lary L. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hilton, and Mr. and Mrs. Eswick, who combined forces to maintain a strong school, and eventually to hold weekly preaching services, conducted by Rev. A. B. Martin. In the spring Then grouped as one field. 18 282 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. of 1890 they were compelled to leave the school building, which was to be replaced by a larger structure, but those in charge were un- daunted, and began to conduct their services in the open air, under the large trees at the corner of Thirtieth street and Euclid Avenue. While there the little organization began to receive the services of Rev. Edward P, Dunlap, a recent graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, working under a commission from the Board of House Missions. In response to a petition presented to Presbytery in the fall of 1890, the little church was formally organized on Sunday after- noon, October 12th, 1890, in the hall on the corner of Thirtieth and Euclid, by the Presbytery's) Committee appointed therefor; Rev. George P". Hays, D. D. ; Rev. C. H! Bruce, and Elder Wm. McEwin of the First Presbyterian church. There were twenty-one charter members. James 0. Hogg was the first, and for a time the only Elder. A unanimous call was at once extended to Rev. E. P. Dunlap to become the new church's Pastor. He was accordingly ordained and installed on ISTovember 7th, 1890. For the site of the church edifice, the southeast corner of Lin- wood and Woodland Avenues was selected. The Men's League of the Second Presbyterian church donated $650 toward the purchase of the lot, the Second church itself adding a like sum, the re- mainder of the purchase price being borrowed from a private indi- vidual. This indebtedness was at a later date transferred to the Board of Church Erection. The building itself was, however, built and paid for solely l)y the labors of the handful of charter members of the church, who themselves gave or solicited every cent of its cost and had it paid for by the date when it was formally opened for service on Sunday, February 1st, 1891. The cost of the structure was $2,095. In June, 1893. Rev. E. P. Dunlap resigned his pastorate. In the following Aug. a call was given to Rev. J. A. P. McGaw, D. D.. of Toledo, 0., which M^as accepted, and he was installed on October 3d. Dr. McGaw's pastorate was marked by great faithfulness and labor on his part, in the face of many trials, while the church be- came self-supporting in spite of the fact that these were the disast- rous years that followed the city's %oom," — years of difficulty dur- ing which many an organization in the city was forced out of ex- istence. Mrs. McGaw. the wife of the pastor, must not fail of men- tion as one to whom the church must ever owe much for her zeal, earnestness, and patient endurance and assistance. In the spring of 1897, Dr. McGaw resigned, accepting a call to the Third Presbvterian church of Fort Wayne, Ind He was succeeded bv Lie. Paul B. Jenkins, a graduate that year from Princeton Theological Seminary, and the son of Rev. H. D. Jen- kins, D. D., then the pastor of the Second Prosbvtcrian church of KANSAS CITY, LINWOOD. 283 Kansas City. Mr. Jenkins was ordained and installed as Pastor in October, and is the Pastor at the present day (June, 1901.) From its beginning Lijiwood church lias been recognized as situated in a part of the city most favorable to a steady, even if a slow, increase in numbers and usefulness. During the first pas- torate it grew from a membership of 21 to 74 ; during the second it increased to a little over a hundred; and the annual report for 1901 showed 220 members. The church has a good Sunday school, under the Superintendence of Mr. A. B. Colton. who has held that posi- tion since 1897. It has a Pastor's Aid Society, a Woman's Mis- sionary Society, a Mission Band, and a Senior and a Junior Christian Endeavor Society. Recent municipal improvements in its part of the city have made its site a most handsome and de- sirable one. its present difficulty being that its building is far too small for its needs, to say nothing of its opportunities. Plans are already on foot for a new and a more commodious structure, which it is hoped that the near future will see, this being all that the organization needs to make it one of the ch^'ef Presbyterian chnrcbes of Kansas City. KINGSVILLE. At the spring meeting of the Presbytery of Lafayette in 1870, "the Committee appointed to visit Kingsville (^Ministers E. Muse and J. W. Allen, and Elder Williamson) reported that they had visited that place and had organized a church of fifteen members. The name of Fairview had been chosen for the church." A good church building was secured within a year, but the main supporters of the organization soon moved away. Various efforts were made by the Presbytery to keep the organization alive. At the fall meet- ing of the Presbytery of Osage in 1873 a Committee of visitation reported finding but "five or six permanent members, no material to build upon, and a general opinion among the members that the church ought to be dissolved. The house of worship is 50x24 feet. Cost $1,600. The Church Erection Board has a mortgage on the property of $590. The house would not perhaps realize more than $400." The record goes on to state that "The report was adopted, and the Committee continued, and directed to visit said church, and in the name of the Presbytery in-'truct it to take better care of the property. It was also ordered that the Stated Clerk notify Dr. Wilson, the Secretary of the Church Erection Board, that in the judgment of this Presbvtery the time has come to foreclose the mortgage on said property." Would that in other such cases the Presbytery had been as prompt to take such action ! In this case a valuable building, that however coukl not have l)een sold for anywhere near its value, was transferred by the Board of Church Erection to another congregation needing such a house of worship. 284 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. There was some opposition by the only remaining Trustee to this disposition of the property; but Presbytery dissolved the church (September 9, 1874) ; and voted that the Ebenezer (Ea}Tnore) church be ''recommended to the Board of Church Erection for aid to the amount of $500, and that the Board be requested to grant them the Kingsville church property in payment of the abo\e $500." The grant thus asked was made; the church was sawed into sections, rnoved to Eaymore and re-erected. There it served for twenty years, until the present handsome building was erected in its place. KNOB NOSTEE. As far back as April 14, 1855, ten persons petitioned the Presliytery of Upper Missouri for an organization at Knob Noster. The Eev. A. V. C. Schenck and Elder D. Calhoun, of Warrensburg, were appointed a Committee to organize them, if the way proved clear. September 27, 1856, the church was enrolled as having been organized since the last meeting of Presbytery. It was enrolled by the Presbytery of Lafayette at its organization the next vear. It was supplied in 1856 and 1857 by Eev. J. T. Lapsley. Nothing further has been discovered about this church, which seems to have become extinct before or during the war. The present Presbyterian church in Knob Noster was organized September 21, 1867, by Ministers E. Muse and J. H. Byers of the Presbytery of Lafayette. It began with six members. Under the charge of Mr. Byers, who preached at the Sugar Creek church also, it grew rapidly, and soon secured a house of worship. The field was a hard one on account of the long rides necessary to reach one church from the other : but Mr. Byers remained three years, to- Avard the close of which he wrote: "It (the Sugar Creek, now Creighton church) is about forty miles from here — twenty-five by railroad to Holden, then south fifteen. They always meet me in Holden with a conveyance. . . . The two points are too remote. . . . Allow me to say, and in the spirit of meekness, I have done much labor in this Presl)ytory; and I suppose more of the real hard lal)or than any other Minister in it." After Mr. Byers left, the Kuob Noster churcli was grouped for several years with the Lamontc churcli, until the death of the latter compelled a new grouping. It was under the care of the Eev. J. C. Thornton for over two years before the coming of the Eev. G. W. Good ale. About this time there came on a series of trying experiences, common to all this part of the countrv, that accounts for the great mortality so noticeable among the churches of this Presbytery between the years 1873 and 1876. Wlien we recall the financial panic of 1873, the short crops of 1874, the grass- hoppers of 1875-6, no wonder the churches large and small were KNOB NOSTEE. 285 tried, some of them beyond endurance. A few quotations from letters of Mr. Goodale, then at Knob Noster, will well illustrate prevailing conditions. In March, 1874, he wrote: "My whole field is like a pleasant garden. Every family appears to be in the most cordial sympathy with all the rest and with the Pastor. I have held extra meetings, both for prayer and preaching, more than four weeks during the winter, hoping for a special blessing; but it still remains too much like the Valley of Dry Bones. Over so large a field I am perfectly conscious I am spread out too thin. I have over forty families to visit that are some of them members, and mostly in the country. jSIy people alternate Sabbaths are scattered, and my Sabbath school influence is thus reduced to 00 almost. We have here at Knob Xoster a very efficient Superintendent, which is a great help. The feeble churches must be cared for; yet it is sad that a church of seventy members with their families cannot have preaching every Sabbath.'^ In August of the same year Mr. Goodale wrote : "I see mo way but that I must leave this field at the end of my year, September 1st. Many of my people will be brought very near to actual want by the terrible drawbacks of the season. The Chinch bug took a very large portion of the wheat and oats, and the corn is now past help. A great deal of it will not make a bushel to the acre. Eenters are offering their whole crop to pay rent, and landlords will not take the offer. My people of both churches have voted unanimously to have me stay, if means can be raised; but I fear it will be im- possible. Several families are going to leave, others will go if they can raise a little money ; while others still see no apparent means to provide for their families. The town is entirely dependent upon the country, which cannot come to their aid this year. They do not ask me to take less salary, and frankly say that if it cannot be raised for me, it cannot for anyone. This of course is gratifying to me although a sad case." Many such letters the Synodical Mis- sionaries and Secretaries of the Board of Home Missions received about that time. After ^Fr. Goodale left, the Eev. R. S. Eeese supplied the church for one year. It then remained without regular preaching until 1880, when the Eev. Thos. H. Allin preached there a few months, when the church again became vacant. During his stay, the church called Salem seven miles northeast in the country was organized and grouped with Knob Foster. In the fall of 1882 the Eev. W. A. CVavens took charge of the now much reduced organization. He remained two years without being able to add much to the member- ship. After another interim Licentiate S. C. Bates was called and ordained as an Evangelist, November 3, 1887. He was succeeded by Thos. F. Boyd; by D. E. Crockett, and by Lie. Andrew A. Boyd, who was soon ordained as an Evangelist. The last named remained 286 ' SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. with them, much appreciated, for six years. He then revisited his native Ireland, remaining over a year. During this time the con- gregation waited patiently for his return, upon which they insisted upon having his services again. His second term lasted a year, at the close of which he resigned, much to the regret of his people. He was succeeded by H. C. White, who remained until the fall of 1900. LAMONTE. At the spring meeting of the Presbytery of Lafayette, 1870, "the Eev. J. H. Byers reported that he had organized a church at Lamonte, the church taking the same name. . . , consisting of twenty members and two Ruling Elders. On motion Presbytery recommended to the Board of Church Erection for the sum of $500 to aid in the completion of their house of worship." Mr. Bvers was then preaching at Knob Noster, with which this church was grouped during its entire existence. Its only other regular sup- plies were J. C. Thornton and G. W. Goodale. The church grew somewhat the first year, after which it steadily declined. Soon an oganization was forsaed in the _same town by the Southern Church, which still exists. Our organization was stricken from the roll April 14, 1881. At the preceding fall meeting of Presbytery, the Stated Clerk had been instructed to issue letters to the remaining members, and to request the Board of Church Erection to dispose of the property. Some of the members then entered into the new organization a few miles north, which has since been known as Salem. The Lamonte house of worship was then sold to the Bap- tists for $400, and the proceeds turned over by the Board to the Salem church. LAYNESVILLE. This church was upon the roll of Presbytery from September 10, 1879 to September 29, 1886. It was organized by the Rev. D. L. Lander, who was tlien Pastor of the Malta Bend and Salt Springs churches, witli which this one was thereafter grouped. There were thirty-two members at the beginning, gathered largely through a revival led bv Mr. Lander. Several other members were soon added, but in 1881 the town was completely washed away, its site becoming the bed of the Missouri River. The church was therefore dissolved. LEXINGTON. The Lexington church, noAv in the Southern connection, lias had an interesting history, which we have tried unsuccessfully to get some one there to narrate. It goes back to the ante bellum times of both civil and ecclesiastical history. It was organized about the time when the Old School and New School controversies were at LEXINGTOiY. 287 their height in the East, but before that division had reached Mis- souri. The two Ministers, Dickson and Crawford, that effected the organization later took opposite sides in the divided denomi- nation. Judging from the name, Lexington Presbytery, which was adopted by one of the original New School Presbyteries of this Synod, we might infer that the sympathies of the church were then supposed to be with the New School, though we find it soon after and thenceforward identified with the Old School. Lexing- ton was in those days one of the most important towns in the State. The Presbyterians made their influence strongly felt there from their start, under such Pastors as Drs. J. L. Yantis, B. M. Hobson and J. A. Quarles. At the close of the Civil War came the Declaration and Tes- timony controversy in this Synod, in which the majority of the Lexington church took the D. and T. side. Forty-five members, however, preferred to remain with the General Assembly, and were organized in June, 1868, by Ministers W. L. Breckenridge and George Miller. It was then thought that there were room and people enough, and bright enough prospects for growth, to justify the existence of two Presbyterian ehim-lies. The property of the former organization was divided pro rata between its two suc- cessors. Each organization worked successfully for several years. But the hard times of the early seventies came on, instead of the expected growth of the town and its churches. The Southern church soon overshadowed its neighbor, and then absorbed it. The church in our connection was ministered to by J. W. Clark, 1868-71, and J. H. Byers, 1871 If. It furnished one candidate for the Ministry, W. H. Wieman, who afterward became Pastor of the church at Eich Hill. In the spring of 1878 a Committee that had been appointed to visit the Lexingto)i church reported to the Pres- bytery of Osage, recommending that the church be dissolved, its members dismissed to the Soutliern clnii-cli. and its property sold This action, however, was not immediately carried out. It took some time to carry out its details, the name of the church not being stricken from the roll of Osage Presbytery until April 13, 1881. The debts of the Northern churcli were all paid, and its house of worship, originally costing $10,000, was sold for $2,500, the balance remaining being turned over to tlie Sou i hern church. The build- ing then became known as Wentworth Academy, a Presbyterian school being conducted there by Prof. B. L. Hobson (now of Mc- Cormick Theological Seminary) and others. The two organizations thus reunited have formed a strong, harmonious cliuix-h. LITTLE OSAGE (BALLTOWK) As told elsewhere, upon the abandonment of the Harmony Mis- sion the Missionaries remained in the vicinitv of their former 288 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. labors among the Osage Indians, but thenceforward devoted their energies to the establishment and maintenance of churches among the whites. Aside from the church organized at the Harmony Mis- sion in 1822, the first organization among the whites appears to have been that of Little Osage. The early history of this church is much like that of many others in those days in Missouri. Having been organized by New England people, and largely composed of those that had been brought up under Congregationalism, its first few years were characterized more by Congregational principles and methods than by those of the Presbyterian Church. Yet the mem- bers gradually abandoned their Congregational forms and substi- tuted Presbyterian forms instead, becoming identified with New School Presbyteries. The record of the original organization of the Little Osage church is as follows: "June 27th, 1835. Agreeable to previous notice, the people in this place assembled at the school house at 12 o'clock, noon, to take into consideration the subject of organizing a church on Presbyterian or Congregational principles. Present, Eev. Nathaniel B. Dodge, from Boudinot Missionary Station, Rev. Amasa Jones from Harmony Mission Station, and Brethren Daniel H. Austin and Richard Colby from Harmony Church. Introduced services by a sermon delivered by Rev. A. Jones, from Chron. 29 :5. Articles of Faith and Covenant read. Candidates for admission to church called for. The following presented themselves: By letter, Wm. Modrell, Nathaniel B. Dodge, Jr., George Douglass, Elizabeth Douglass, Mary B. Dodge, Elvina 0. Dodge. By exami- nation, Elizabeth Summers, 1st and 2d. The above members were accordingly organized into a church, by their publicly assenting to following Articles of Faith and Covenant: [12 good articles and good covenant.] Wm. Modrell was chosen Deacon and Nathaniel B. Dodge, Jr., Clerk." In this connection it may be an item of mournful interest to note that the first grave in the little ceme- tery established there was that of Clerk Dodge, who was killed by members of the very tribe of Indians among whom his father had been so long a devoted Missionary.* Under the Ministration of Mr. Dodge, the church continued as organized, until March 25, 1842. It had then grown to only eighteen members. On that date its record reads: "Met accord- ing to notice to consider expediency of adopting Presbytery form of Government. Members called upon to express their views. . . . Presbytery form of Government adopted, and cluirch placed under care of the Harmony Presbytery. William Modrell and Josiah M. Austin chosen Elders." In this connection it continued until after *Mr. D. was one of a party that pursued some lawless Indians who had stolen stock. In the fifrht that ensued three of the Indians and Mr. D. were killed 800 militta-raen •were at once called down from Jackson County, but did more mischief in one week than the Indians did in twenty years. LITTLE OSAGE. 289 the break up of the Presbytery of Osage, when, on August 19, 1859, it voted to join the Old School Presbytery. It remained in con- nection with the 0. S. Presbyteries of Lafayette and Southwest Missouri until the Reunion in 1870. Thereafter it gradually dis- appeared until about 1878, when it died on account of the re- moval of nearly all its members. They had no building after the original building was destroyed during the war. This organiza- tion was always supplied in connection with the Marmiton Church. How much it accomplished for good cannot now be told. Before the Civil War it reported at least one candidate for the Ministry. It is the l)urial place of at least two of the pioneer Missionaries, Dodge and Bradshaw. It is also the birthplace of one of the Ministers of this Presbytery, William Sickles, whose parents were long identified with that church, and later with that of Schell City. LITTLE TEBO. Benton County. Organized by James Gallaher. Dissolved and members went to Warsaw. Osage PresbyttM-y, then Lafayeli*'. LONE OAK. This church (sometimes called Double Branches), is the out- growth of the old Harmony Mission, established a few miles south of it on the Osage Eiver in 1831. It has always had in its member- ship the descendants of several of the original Mission families. The old organization, formed June 13, 184(5, was ministered to by the Rev. Wm. C. Requa. Its house of worship was burned during the Civil War, and its organization broken up. The present organization dates from Feb. 10, 1868. The first record in the Session book is: /After sermon by Rev. S. G. Clark, from text Luke 2 :49, the following persons were organized into a church, with Jjone Oak as cori)orate name: William R. Thomas, Mary H. Thomas, Sarah A. Requa, Sarah J. Requa, Austin Requa and Wil- liam Requa. Austin Requa was elected Elder. S. G. Clark, Mis- sionary of District." The churcli was supplied at different periods, usuallv only once a month, by S. G. Clark, Dr. Wm. C. Requa. G. W. Macmillan,' J. F. Watkins, W! M. Reed, D. R Crockett, Josiah Thomp- son, T. J. May, Wm. Coleman, Lie. C. Lee Reynolds, J. C. Taylor and others. This is a country church, which in 1880 built in connection with the Methodists and the Grange a church building, with a liall al)ove for the use of the Grange. Tliis is located at Peru post-olTice. The membership has never been large, but usually able to supply the church with preaching once a month without outside assistance A go mI Sabbath-school has been maintained. The old missionary influence is still strongly felt, though most of the old families are now gone. "Thev rest from their labors and their works do follow them.'' 290 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. LOWRY CITY. The Lowry City church was organized by a Committee of Pres- bytery, consisting of Ministers W. M. Pocock, John B. Hill and W. M. Newton, Jan. 21, 1893. There were fifteen members, only four of them men. Several of them had been connected with the Westfield church, some nine miles north. Their first Supply was the Rev. W. M. Newton, who went there in December, 1893, and remained seven years. The following year they built a very neat frame house of worship, 26x50 feet, costing $1,650, of which the Board of Church p]rection contributed $500, and outside friends $200. The church has had a gradual growth and a harmonious and useful history, in connection with that of Westfield, with which it as always been grouped. MALTA BEND. Of the organization of this church Synodical Missionary Allen wrote at the time: "A new church consisting of thirty members, with Wm. Lunbeck and Wm. H. Squairs as Ruling Elders, was or- ganized at Malta Bend, Mo., May 16 (1875), by Revs J. W. Allen and J. F. Bruner. The population of this whole county (Saline) is thoroughly sandwiched with Presbyterians. Already there are nine church organizations, six of them in connection with the Southern Assembly, viz. : Miami, Olivet, Brownsville, Pisgah, Arrow Rock, Marshall. These churches enjoy the pastoral services of Revs. J. Bar- bee and B. H. Charles. In our connection there is one German churcli at New Frankfort, to which Rev. H. Stauss ministers. * * * The Salt Springs and Malta Bend churches are but six miles apart and yet in two distinct neighborhoods. They now enjoy the pastoral care of Rev. J. F. Bruner, who entered the ministry only last year, at ma- ture age, having given the earlier part of his life to the practice of medicine and teaching. He brings into his work a ripe experience, which, coupled with his consecration and faithfulness, is already securing marked success." Dr. Bruner remained about two years, at the close of which he wrote : "When I came to Malta Bend there was not a single Presbyterian in the place, and prejudice was strong against Presbyterianism. * * * This church and Salt Springs have added * * * forty-eight members, while here at Malta Bend we have erected and expect to dedicate the last Sunday of this month, one of the neatest Presbyterian churches in Missouri of its size, and all witli- out a dollar of debt on it." Finished and furnished, the whole build- ^'ng, 28x48 feet, cost less than $1,700. It was dedicated the third Sabbath in October, 1876, the sermon being by the Rev. Nathaniel Williams, of Iowa. A revival soon followed, resulting in several ad- ditions to the membership. For several months after the leaving of Dr. Bruner. the pulpit was supplied by Licentiate B. D. Luther. In 1870 the Rev David L. Lander came and was installed pastor. He remained until 1884, dur- ing which time the church reached its greatest prosperity. Before he left there had been several seasons of revival, the two churches in MALTA BEND. 291 the group assumed self support, and activity in every good work was very marked. "As a token of appreciation, the little struggling churches of Malta Bend and Salt Springs gave to their pastor on Christmas Day (1881) a purse of $1G6. Happy pastor, liappy peo- •ple !" The Laynesville church was organized by Mr. Lander, and for a time was grouped with Malta Bend and Salt Springs. After the resignation of their pastor, on account of ill health, these churches remained vacant for some months, after which the work at Malta Bend was not for many years successfully revived. The only other settled minister there was the Rev. James Lafferty. For years after he left the church was vacant, and had but an occasional sermon. Most of the members moved away, and those remaining attended church at either Salt Springs or at the Saline church (Southern), four miles east. At last, after an absence of fifteen years, Mr. Lander returned, much to the delight of the remnant of the former chargo. It was thought that he could resuscitate the organization, so long dormant. But after a year's hard work, he gave up the field as hopeless. Nothing seemed to be left but the building, which was in a good state of repair. But in the spring of 1900 another effort was made t'^- revive the organization. Licentiate C. C. McKinney, a Middler in McCormick Seminar}^ was sent there and soon succeeded in securing good audiences and an increased membership. In the fall, at the urgent request of the churches of Malta Bend and Salt Springs, he consented to remain a year with them. In the spring of 1901, both churches requested his ordination and installation, which Presbytery heartily granted. Mr. McKinney is a grandson of the pioneer Mis- sionary, Seth G. Clark, so prominent in this Presbytery soon after the Civil War. MARMITON. The correct spelling of the name of this church is hard to ascer- tain. It is referred to in old records as Marmiton, Maumetan, Mar- mateau, and in a variety of other forms. It is sometimes called Big Drywood. No sketch of it has been found. It is known, however, to have been the direct outgrowth of the Harmony Mission. Its organizer was probably the Rev. N. B. Dodge. Its presbyterial connection was first with the Harmony and Osage Presbytery, then with the Presbytery of Lafayette, then with Southwest Missouri, and possibly last with Ozark, just when it finally died is unknown. It is worthy of remembrance mainly as the church home of one of the early lay Missionaries to the Osages. Mrs. I. C. Sickles, formerly a member of the Little Osage church, with which that of Marmiton was always grouped, writes: "I am sorry there can be found no record of the Marmiton church, and I regret very much that I cannot find * * * a more satisfactory sketch of the life of Abram Redfield,* who was really the father and founder *A short sketch of Esq. Redfield is found in Brown's History of Vernon County. 292 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. of the Marmiton church. Abram Reclfield came to that region from Union Mission in 1836, and settled near what is now known as Deer- field. He was a N'ew Yorker by b'rth, a man of much above ordinary intelligence and of fine education, and one of the most saintly men I ever knew. I remember well visiting in his family when I was a little girl, when it was his custom on the Sabbath to hold religious services in his own house; and when the weather and roads were bad, he would send a wagon round the neighborhood, sometimes making several trips, to gather the people in. "Then he would superintend a Sabbath-scliool, and usually read a sermon. As he was a good reader, a fine talker and a splendid singer, the service was always edifying and much enjoyed by all.'' He died Dec. 8, 1802. Why could not many of our modern churches revive the good old custom of utilizing their Elders when they happen to be out of a Minister? There certainly are Elders who could do such work efficiently. MONTROSE. This church is largely the outgrowth of the old adobe church, called Deepwater, organized by Dr. Amasa Jones in 1843. Dr. Jones was one of the original Missionaries that established Harmony Mis- sajon in 1831. Both the old Deepwater church and that of Montrose had among their original members several of the old missionary fam- ilies. The Montrose church was organized in October, 1870, by the Rev. B. F. Powelson. A house of worship was erected at a cost of $1,400, seated some time later at a cost of $135, the sum granted by the Board of Church Erection for that purpose. The largest number of communicants ever reported for this church was forty-seven in 1881. It has been a difficult church to keep supplied, having been grouped with various other churches, seldom remaining long in the same group- ing. It has consequently had a different Supply almost every year, except when under the care of the Pastor-at-Large. The town is largely Roman Catholic. Another serious discouragement this church has had was quite unusual in character. A set of "come-outers," led by a former Presbyterian Minister named O'Brien, held a series of meetings, lasting several weeks, with the avowed purpose of breaking up every church in town — a purpose that nearly succeeded. Through the efl'orts of Evangelists Railsback and (later) Watkins, a remnant was saved, the Sabbath school maintained, and hopes revived thai there might still be a useful existence. IsTearly all of the older mem- bers have left the vicinity. MORRISTOWN. See Freeman. NEW FRANKFORT. The only organization this Presbytery has had since the Civil War among the non-English speaking populations was that of New Frank- NEW FRANKFORT. 293 fort. This church, originally belonging to the Cumberland Presby- terians, petitioned to unite with the Presbytery of Osage. Apr. 20, 1872, "the Committee to whom was referred the request of the Cum- berland German Church of New Frankfort report, That they have care- fully considered tlic request and inquired into the prospects of the church and the soundness of their faith, and recommend that their request be granted." It was naturally somewhat ditfieult to sup- ply this church with Grerman-speaking Ministers. Its only installed Pastor, the Rev. F. Van der Lippe (usually written without the Van der), remained less than two years. He was followed by the Rev. F. C. Schwartz in 1877. April 15, 1880, the Presbytery adopted the following report of a Committee it had previously appointed: "I visited the New Frank- fort church by apjwintment of Presbytery, and found that the church, by almost unanimous vote, had resolved to connect with the Geruiaii Evangelical Association; that the minority made no opposition to the wishes of the majority. Your Committee recommended that the church refund to the Board of Church Erection the $200 received to aid in the erection of their house of worship, which has been done through J. W. Brown, a member of the Committee. The Board has released its claim, and we recommend that the church of Now Frank- fort be dissolved and its name stricken from the roll, (signed) J. W. Allen, Chairman.'' NEVADA.* Nevada is the county seat of Vernon county, though not one of the oldest towns of that region. That county was long the homo of the Osage Indians, among whom the Harmony Mission was established in the southern edge of the adjoining county of Bates in the fall of 1821. The earliest white settlements of Vernon county were those of the Missionaries and their fr'ends, by whom several churches were established before the Civil War. Those churches were connected with the New School branch of the Church, until its practical disruption in this region shortly before the War. The whole region then passed into the hands of the Old School church, by wliich after the War many ef- forts were made to revive the old churches and to establish new ones. So far as now discoverable, the fir^^^ organization in Nevada City, as it was then called, was made by the Rev. W. R. Fulton, in Sept., 1872. It consisted of nine members, who seem to have been unusually rich in officers, having had four Elders and one Deacon. This organization did not long survive, however, having been dissolved Apr. 13, 187fi. after it had been transferred from the Presbytery of Ozark to that of Osage. The Declaration and Test'mnny party also formed an organi- zation there, whicli was likewise shortlived. On Feb. 20, 1878, an organization of 23 members was formed by the Rev. J. H. Byers, ten of the members coming from the Southern ♦After an the rest of this book was in type, it was discovered that the sketch prepared of the Nevada church had in some way been lost. This sketch'is therefore hurriedly pre- pared, and not as complete as we would like to have made It. 294 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. cfmrch. A newspaper notice of the field, published a few weeks later, says : "Bro. Byers has been abundant in his labors since taking charge of this field — preached 33 sermons during February. As the result of a series of meetings held in Prosperity church (which is grouped in the same pastorate with Nevada) 12 were added on profession. There had been several conversions in Nevada. They have an excellent school of over 70 scholars." But though great things were expected of the field, it did not succeed at the start. When Dr. George Miller went to Nevada in 1883, he says it was an uninviting field, having only 44 members and a church building needing yet $3000 to complete it. "It was a forbidding outlook. Elder J. W. Cleland had great faith in the Lord, the church and me, and urged me to come, offering to obligate himself to see that I got $1200 a year, and that the building should be fully and handsomely ^iquipped inside of one year. He was then a prosperous and leading ousiness man of high standing, and filled his- promise fully A Young People's Society and a Ladies' Missionary Society were organ- ized. In the four and a half years of our pastorate one hundred and eighty members were aded, ninety of them on profession of faith ; and the money raised aggregated nearly $10,000. We always thank the Lord and our colaborers in Nevada for the work done there." The results of the next few years' work there cannot now be ac- curately stated, as the Session Book has in some way been destroyed. The church has had a varied experience in the last twenty years, under several Pastors. The present Pastor, Dr. J. H. Miller, who began his labors there in 1898, has been quite successful in his work. OLIVE BRANCH. See Creighton. OSCEOLA. The Presbyterian church of Osceola in its present form post- dates the Civil War. It is the outgrowth, however, of an organiza - tion formed there many years ago, as will be seen by the following first entry in the original record book of the old organization : "On the removal of the Osage Indians beyond the bounds of the State of Missouri, the Missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M. still remained within its borders. As the whites came in to possess the land, these Mis- sionaries preached in the destitute places and watched over the sheep OSCEOLA. 295 scattered in the wilderness. In 1842 there were found to be eight members of distant churches in this region who desired to unite them- selves together for mutual fellowship in the Lord. On the first Sab- bath of March, by previous appointment. Rev. Ama§a Jones, ac- companied by Rev. E. P. Xoel, met" — the eight, and organized them into a Presbyterian church. The first Elders were Samnel W. Harris and Robert Osborn. The original record book is still in existence, but has not been in the hands of the compiler of this sketch. From other sources it is learned th;.!t 1>j. Jones had had iiany a "previous appointment" there. He, who has! been among the orig- inal Mission band that established Harmony Mission in 1821, became a Home Missionary by appointment of ;.he Americm Home Mission- ary Society, April 25, 1836. His first report shows that he labored one quarter time "at the mouth of the Sac River," before there was much of a settlement there. He continued preaching there with more or less regularity until a year after the organization, when the Rev. Isaac B. Ricketts took charge of the Osceola and Weaubleau churches. The Rev. E. P. jSToel, who assisted at the organization at Osceola, was preaching in the Weaubleau church at that time. Mr. Ricketts took charge March 1, 1843, and seems to have remained jomo five year.-. During his last year there Mr. Ricketts wrote: "This has been a .rea- son of great worldly mindedness ; the gold fever has raged greatly 'n this part of the world, and consequently religion has been at a low ebb. There was great alarm among the people when 'the pestilence that walketh in darkness and destruction that wasteth at noonday' were sweeping off their hundreds and thousands * * * • but when the judg- ments of God were in the land, there were not many, it seems, that learned righteousness." Many similar references to the California gold excitement and to the cholera season of 1849 are foimi in the cor- respondence of the American Home Missionary Society. In 1849 the Rev. Jos. V. Barks, then recently ordained at Warsaw. took charge of the Osceola church in connection with that at "Warsaw, where he lived. He remained two years. He made quite an im- pression on the people, such that for years after iho War he was "spoken of with the greatest respect by the older resident?." He probably supplied the church again for about a year in 1859. In the fall of 1851 the Rev. L. R. ^Morrison, of Cross Timbers church in Hickory county, began preaching at Osceola, half time, for two years. Some time in 1854 the Rev. G. W. Harlan began preaching in Osceola. He was then a Licentiate. He was not ordained until thp spring of 185fi. He had charge of the Osceola church, at first for half time, until 1858. The next year he h*ad charge of the Osag:> Academy at Osceola. He was suppported partly by the Southern Aid Society, partly by the Missouri Home Missionary Society, and partly by the church. He found a church of onlv twenty members, though with an average attendance of 200 to 300 persons at each service. The only other denomination in town, the Southern Methodist, al- ternated with the Presbyterians in the use of the same house of wor- 296 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. .ship. In 1856 Mr. Harlan wrote: "I preach regularly in this place every alternate Sabbath, twice to the white and once to the colored congregation, at a point seven miles southwest of town, one Sabbath each month ;^ the remaining Sabbath at different points." A prayer- ' meeting was maintained, though with difficulty, the Pastor not always being able to get over the Sac Eiver from his boarding-place at Col. Waldo's to the church. The Sabbath-school was a union school with the Southern Methodists, who owned the church building. In this church, as in every other in Missouri in those days, the slavery question had its bearing on every other interest. Mr. Harlan replied to a question : "I am a slave-holder, having become one by in- heritance." That fact prevented the church from receiving further aid from the' American Home Missionary Society, or from the Mis- souri Home Missionary Society, auxiliary to it. Like nearly every other church in this part of the State, this church and its Minister decided to go into the Old School denomination (Nov. 13, 1858). September 16, 1859, both were received into the Presbytery of La- fayette. Mr. Harlan soon left, the War came on, the church dis- appeared. Several slaves had been members of the church. One in- teresting record in this connection was: "David, colored servant of . . . ., having expressed the desire to unite with the church, though without a letter from the Presbyterian church in Tennessee, of which he was a member, the proof from other sources that he sustained the character not only of an earnest Christian, but of a faithful preacher of the Gospel being satisfactory, he was received into our fellowship." As Dr. Milner remarks, "Does pretty well for a chattel !" September 22, 1861, the town was burned by the noted Jim Lane. We hear nothing more of the old church. September 14, 1867, the Eev. John M. Brown, the pioneer missionary of southwest Missouri after the War, organized a new church, consisting of only seven mem- bers. G. Whitelaw Shield, late an Elder in the Appleton City church, now an Elder in the First Presbyterian church of Kansas City, was elected Elder. When Mr. Brown came again the next month, five more members were admitted. Of these twelve, only two had been members of the former organization. , The little band worshiped in the Court House for the first few years, until able to secure a liuilding of their own. After Mr. Brown, their first Minister was the Eev. Duncan C. Milner, then just from the Seminary, one of a band of ten young men ordained at the meeting of Synod, October 4, 1868. He began work in Osceola Nov. 28 following. Under his ministry a revival occurred, and it was de- cided to build a brick house of worship, which was soon after finished with the exception of the belfry and seats. Of this house the his- tory of Henry and St. Clair counties (1883) says: "The dedication (1871) was by the Eev. C. H. Dunlap, of Se- dalia, whose eloquence and impressive manners caused deep feel- ing throughout the ceremony. He took the following for his text, OSCEOLA. 297 being the first verse of the 122cl Psalm: ^Vnd I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go up into the house of the Lord.' Some items concerning the rise and progress of this building may not prove unin- teresting to our readers. The subscription paper was first started by the Rev. J. M. Brown * * * over three years [before] . Two lots were kindly donated by the Hon. Waldo P. Johnson, three lots purchased by extra subscription, and the cornerstone of the building was laid in 1870. The original cost of the building, whicli is 38x56, together with the current value of the lots, makes the entire churcli property worth about $4,500.* This building was the first church edifice com- pleted since the War. Its interior arrangements are comfortable and pleasant, and its exterior neat and attractive.^' Like many others this church suffered severely during the hard times of 1873iff. Not until it obtained an installed Pastor did it succeed in making much progress. Oct. 30, 1882, the Rev. J. F. Wat- kins, who had been installed the night before over the church at Brownington, was installed over that of Osceola also. He had pre- viously supplied the church from 1873-5, and again from 1879 on. Under his ministry there was prosperity, material and spiritual ; the church nearly quadruplinc its membership and rebuilding and en- larging its house of worship at a cost of about $4,000. There was, however, a long-protracted case of discipline. Its only other installed Pastors have been H. C. Keeley, '87-8, and J. Twyman Boyer, S.S. and P., 1896-1900. Though throughout almost its entire existence this church has enjoyed but a part of its Minister's time, and has suffered possibly more than any other in the Presbytery from removals, it has sustained its various Christian activities with commendable zeal and fidelity. The Rev. Henrv A. Brown served as Stated Supplv 1900- 1901. OTTERVILLE. The Rev. C. V. Monfort organized the Otterville church with eight members, July 27, 1867. J. D. Strain was elected Ruling Elder. Before the close of the year there were nineteen additions. But early the next year an emigration commenced that took away most of the memlx^rs. Still by the aid of a grant of $500 from the Board of Church Extension, the little band managed to get a neat building enclosed by the following October. The next year others removed and one died, leaving only five members on the first of October, 1868. To Elder Strain is due the credit for nearly all the work both physical and spiritual that was done. In October, 1868, the Rev. A. J. Johnson took charge. The church was dodicatod the following March. After Mr. Johnson left a few services were lield by Mr. Alexander Walker, then a Licentiate of the English Presbyterian Church, who had come to this country for his health and settled on a farm near Otterville. He did not remain long as the Tipton church extended to him a call at the next meeting after he was ordained by request of the Otterville *I800 from the Board of Church Erection. 19 298 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. people. There seems to have been no further stated preaching in Otterville. September 10, 1874, a Committee of Investigation reported to Presbytery "That, as our organization at Otterville has for the most part imited with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, we do recom- mend that it be dissolved, and its name stricken from the roll; and that the Committee be continued to act in concert with the remaining Elder in settling up any remaining debts, and in selling the church edifice." Mr. Walker was made a Committee to sell the building. In the spring of 1877 he reported the receipt of $71 from the sale of the property and a note of $179 for the balance. The final report of the Committee was made September 10, 1879: "The balance due has ]>een collected and transmitted to Dr. Wilson of the Board of Church Erection, less the necessary expenses." The building was bought by the Baptists. PAPINSVILLE. This church, sometimes called Prairie City church, was orgali- ized very near the site of the old Harmony Mission, by the Rev. S. G. Clark, about 1867, with seven or eight members. It was supposed that a railroad was about to pass through the town. Mr. Clark supplied the church a short time, as did also the Rev. W. M. Newton, then located at Appleton City. The final record in the Minutes of Presbytery concerning this church is: "The Special Committee ap- pointed at the last meetiuff of Presbytery to visit the church of Papins- ville report, 'That we visited this church, and fovmd that the 0. S., or Declaration and Testimony church, have taken possession of the ground, and have built a house of worship, and have a membership of about twenty. Only six or eight of our church members are on the ground; and all of these, excepting one man whom we were unable to visit, are working with the 0. S. church, and are regarded as mem- bers of it. The Committee recommend that the church be stricken from our roll of churches, and that the Stated Clerk be instructed to grant letters of dismission to any of said members." Report adopted. PLEASANT HILL. It is a matter of surprise to many ]ieo]ile that there are two Presbyterian churches in a town of the size of Pleasant Hill, and that though worshipping together for many years, they have not seen fit to re-unite and form one church as at first. The Presbytery of Kan- sas Citv even once passed a vote to dissolve the church in the Northern connection and urge its moml)ers to unite with the Southern church ; but at tlie next meeting of the Presliytery representatives from both churehos appeared and requested the reinstatement of the church, and that they be permitted to continiie the old order of things. The full explanation of this vrould take more space than we can devote to it, K. ^-;. r-;^■ M I Ni ; 1< >N. PLEASANT HILL. 299 but can be pretty accurately seen from the following sketch, compiled from a great variety of sources. The early history of the church was written in January, 1861, by its first installed Pastor, the Eev. Geo. Miller, who added a supple- ment to it nine years later. From this manuscript sketch we learn that the first Presbyterian family that settled in or near the town of Pleasant Hill was that of Benjamin Duncan, a Kentuckian, who came in 1843. He died the following year. His family, with those of the Copelands and. Boswells who came in 1844, the first year the public lands were put on the market, were among the original mem- bers of the church. Up to 1851 these families were seldom visited by Ministers of their own denomination. At the spring meeting of the Presbytery of Upper Missouri, 1851, Ministers Symington and Allen, and Elders Moseby Grant and James Patton were appointed a Committee to organize a church at Pleasant Hill, which they did in July following, with fifteen members, seven of them men. This original organization seems to have been ministered to at irregrular intervals by P. S. Symington, T. A. Bracken and others until 1853 when Mr. Symington moved to Pleasant Hill and divided his services between the church there and that of Westport, which he had organized about the same time as this one. The first revival came in December, 1856, .and January following, when Mr. Symington was assisted in the services by IMessrs. Coulter and Bracken. About that time the congregation was making an effort to build its first house of worship, a l)rick, 40 by 60 feet. The summer following, Mr. Symington removed to "Westport. Tn January. 1858, the Pev. Jas. T. Lapsley began supplying the church and had the joy to receive a gracious outpouring of the Spirit in October following, at which time he was assisted bv Messrs. Bracken and S;\Tnington in a series of meetings, resulting in thirty-nine additions to the membership and a great strengthening of the church. Mr. Lapsley was then called to the pastorate, but, though he remained till "March, 1860, he was not installed. Tn almost the last month of his ministration another revival occurred, resulting in fifty-nine additions to the membership. Tn June, 1860, George Miller, then a Licentiate of the Presbytery of Transylvania, began his labors in the church of Pleasant Hill, over which he was ordained and installed November 4 of that year, bv the Presbyterv of Lafayette to which the church now belonged. The church building was then sufficiently finished to be comfortable, though burdened with a debt of $400. Mr. Miller continued to preach to this church until the fall of 186?, when, owing to the terrilile persecution to which he was subjected on account of his adherence to the cause of the Union, he went to Knnsas City. The church had no regular preaching thereafter till the fall of 1865. when "Mr. '^^iller returned, and served it until the spring of 1868, when he was laid aside on account of ill health. The experiences of the Pastor during those 300 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. troubled years are related in part in his own graphic way in the book he published shortly before his death, entitled Missouri's Memorable Decade. It was during the second stay of Dr. Miller at Pleasant Hill that the division of the Old School Church in this State took place. So far as this Presbytery was concerned, the fight took place mainly around him and his church. It is a long story, briefly summed up by him- self in the Annals of Kansas City Presbytery, 1888, p. 47, as follows : "In August, 1865, I received, without solicitation or previous knowl- edge, a commission from the Board of Home Missions in Philadelphia urging me to return to this Presbytery and 'hold the field for our Church.' I was still a member of the Presbytery and legal Pastor of the Pleasant Hill church. I came, feeling that a great principle and a grand position must be maintained, and that Providence had laid upon me their maintenance. The asperities of that struggle I sincerely regret; but for the results I to-day humbly thank God, as I believe they Avill ever redound to His glory. The effort to dislodge me from my pulpit was strong and bitter, and every inch of ground was bitterly resisted. In August, 1866, the Presbytery met in Pleasant Hill. It refused to receive George Eraser and Charles Sturdevant, because they avowed their readiness to enforce the last Assembly's 'ipso facto order' against the signers of the paper, known as the TDec- laration and Testimony.' The order dissolving my pastoral relation was then passed. I held my ground by appeal to the Synod. When Synod met in October, it divided ; and so this aspect of the struggle ended." The Pleasant Hill church also divided. Only fourteen of the former members sided with the Pastor. A large portion of the con- gregation, including many influential members, withdrew, and were organized, February 10, 1867, by the Rev. J. B. Harbison, as the "First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill." They began with fifty- three members. Mr. Harbison supplied their pulpit until N'ovember 29, 1867, when the Rev. R. S. Symington was recalled to the pastorate. Dr. S., writing of this years afterward, says: "Pleasant Hill had now grown to a city of 6,000 inhabitants, and it was thought that two Presbyterian Churches could be sustained there. My old friends gave me a call to the second [sic] Presbyterian Church. I accepted the call. We rented a hall, and worshipped in it until our church was built." The two churches were thus formed in the place of the one. The property of the old organization was by mutual agreement sold at auction, and the proceeds equally divided. The new organization succeedofl in getting a handsome frame cluirch building erected and neatly furnished in the year 1860, at a cost of $6,250, all paid for. The same year the older organization, thenceforth known as "The Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church," began the erection of a brick PLEASANT HILL. 301 church building, toward which they received $800 from the Board of the Church Erection Fund. The church which remained in our connection was ministered to in 1869 and 1870 by the venerable Dr. W. L. Breckenridge ; from 1870 to 1872 by its former Pastor, the Rev. J. T. Lapsley; and from 1873 to 1876 by the Eev. Wm. Coleman. When the latter left, he lodged a claim with the Presbytery for back salary, part of which was voted to him by the Presbytery, twenty-one years later, out of the proceeds of the sale of the abandoned church building ! A similar claim for $996.63, adjudged by the Presbytery of Lafayette as due the Eev. George Miller, was not then considered; and the Board of Church Erection to whom the church had forwarded the entire proceeds of their sale of their property listened to the request of the Presbytery, and returned the whole amount to Mr. Coleman. For the next two years the two churches worshipped together under the ministry of the Rev. J. L. Caldwell, who had been called by the new organization, which meanwhile had gone into the Southern connection. He was succeeded by the Rev. A. W. Colver of the Northern church for some- thing over a year. The next Minister was the Rev. H. D. Clark, a Methodist, who was at the time, as some of his predecessors in the Presbyterian pulpit had been, the Principal of the Public Schools of the town. In 1879, the churches again worshipped apart, the Northern under the ministry of the Rev. A. T. Robertson, and the Southern under that of the Rev. J. M. Chaney. Since 1883 the churches l\ave worshipped together (though retaining their separate organi- zations), under various Ministers of the Southern connection. In 1898, the propertv of the Northern church, which had been unused for several years and had become much out of repair, was sold and the proceeds disposed of as mentioned above. The Southern church sold their old property about the same time, tore down their old building and erected a convenient modern building in a more desirable location. The Southern church, it is scarcely necessary to add, is now much the stronger of the two. P. S. At the spring meeting of Presbytery, 1901, this historic organization having dwindled to six members, without officers or property, was dissolved. Its members were dismissed to the Soutliern church. PLEASANT PRAIRIE. An extended notice of the organization of this church appeared in the St. Louis Evangelist of January, 1880, from which it is learned that "according to previous appointment, and by order of the Presby- tery of Osage,' Revs. H. M. Shockley and S. W. Mitchell and Elder John Neil, Sen., met with the people at West Point school house, in White township, Benton County, "Missouri, on Saturday, November 7, 1879, for the purpose of organizing a Presbyterian Churcli.'' 302 SKETCHES OF CHUECFES Eleven persons entered into the organization, six men and five women, all heads of families except one, another being welcomed at the communion service on the following Sabbath. John Neil, Jr., and David Ewart were the Elders installed. The new organization was grouped with those of Sunny Side, ten miles south, and Windsor, seven miles northwest, under the care of the Eev. S. W. Mitchell. The next year a church building was erected. After two or three years this ehurch appears vacant, and finally disappeared from the roll of Presbytery, April 9, 1884. POST OAK. Organized by Christopher Bradshaw, in Henry County, about 1846, with nine members. Osage Presbytery. Soon disappeared. Possibly the same as some church known by another name. PROSPEEITY. On the Minutes of Presbytery there is no record of the organi- zation or enrollment of this church. The first mention of it on the records is: "The Church of Prosperity was recommended to the Board of Church Erection for aid to the amount of $300." (Sep- tember 15, 1875.) The organization had probably been arranged for and effected by the Presbytery of Ozark about the time of the order of Synod transferring the churches of Vernon County from Ozark to Osage Presbytery in the fail of 1874. From a notice in the 8t. Louis Evangelist of March, 1875 we gain about all that can now be discovered about its early days: "Prosperity is the name given to a Presbyterian Church in the southern part of Vernon County, Mis- souri, which was organized the fifth day of July last with seventeen members. The name is significant of its history. Twenty-seven per- sons have been added since November last, many of them heads of families, and a large proportion of them young men. This church is under the pastoral care of Eev. A. W. Milster of Nevada City. He was followed for a few months by the Eev. J. G. Venable. Soon after the Eev. J. H. Byers took charge of the field, it appears that as the result o£ a series of meetings held in February, 1878, twelve persons were admitted to membership on profession of faith. Its only other regular Supplies seem to have been W. M. Eeed and B. Hoffman, neither of whom remained many months, and T. S. 'Douglas, who was there some years. The name of the church was stricken from the roll of Presbytery, April 12, 1888. PEOVIDENCE. This church seems to have had an encouraging start, but that is about all. Tn the St. Louis Evangelist for December 13, 1883 ap- PROVIDENCE. 303 pears this notice: "Sehell City. . . . Our quarterly communion was postponed till next Sabbath (December 9)^, owing to special interest at a Mission point nine miles south of Sehell City, where we have been laboring for the past nine months, on the forenoons of Sabbaths belonging to Sehell City. Protracted services were held for one week and a half. Deep interest was manifested from the first. Evidently God's answer to earnest and long continued prayer, sixteen were born again of the Spirit, and many others are still seeking salvation. A church of twenty-one members was organized, at this point on Friday evening (November 30, 1883.") There is no record on the Minutes of Presbytery concerning the enrollment of this orgaaization ; but for some years thereafter ap- pears the name of the Providence church, otherwise unexplained, as one of a group of churches adjacent to Sehell City. The organization soon dwindled away. Its name was removed from the roll of Presby- tery, April 14, 1887. RAYMORE. The Session l)ook shows that the Raymore church was organized November 12, 1871, by the Rev. Dr. W. L. Breckenridge, with eleven members, four male and seven female, who were joined apparently the same day by four others, two men and two women. The name chosen was Ebenezer, which was retained until changed by Pres- bytery,, September 14, 1881, to Raymore. Services were held in the railroad depot, where in the following year the Rev. George Miller held a series of meetings resulting in several additions and the start- ing of the church on its career of prosperity. "In 1875, Mr. Miller secured from the Board of Church Erection the transfer of their mortgage from Kingsville church to Raymore, and permission to remove the building to Raymore. The energetic Raymore people went down and cut the Imilding into sections, placed it on cars, and carried it to Raymore and set it up." This was the first church Imilding in the town. For several years the church was irregularly supplied, usually by persons that were not members of Presbytery. In 1879, the Eben- ezer church was among those thai petitioned for the ordination of Lie. A. T. Robertson. He had received a unanimous call from the three churches of Pleasant Hill, Greenwood and Raymore, and be- gun his work among them in May. These three churches then cut loose from Home Mission aid. His good work there told, as will be seen from this summary of his labors at the close of three years: "During a series of meetings in which the Pastor, Rev. A. T. Robert- son, was profital)ly assisted bv Rev. T. IT. Allin, the members were much revived, and thirty-four were added to the church, twenty-five of them on profession of faith. This churcli, which was organized a 304 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. few years ago by Dr. Wm. L. Breckenridge, of blessed memory, has grown steadily from the first. During the present pastorate of three years at every communion season, with perhaps one exception, there have been at least one or two accessions to its membership. As there were but fifty-seven members until this recent revival, and as the church is away out here on the prairie, it might naturally be supposed that it is receiving aid from the Board of Home Missions. Buty no, it has not received a cent during the last three years. But on the con- trary, during these three years, it has annually given something to the aid of each Board of the Church. . . . About $5 per mem- ber, in all, is contributed annually to these objects by this little church." For a few years the church grew rapidly under the ministrations of Ministers Josiah Thompson and C. P. Blajniey. Then came Evange- list L. Railsback, whose meetings resulted in large accessions to the membership. He told them at the close of his services that they much needed a resident Pastor, and recommended that they send for the Rev. Wm. M. Newton, formerly of this Presbytery, then laboring in Nebraska. Mr. Newton began February 1, 1886, was soon in- stalled, and remained Pastor till November 20, 1893. His work was constantly fruitful and highly appreciated. A deep impression was made on the young people, an excellent Sabbath school was sus- tained, strong Missionary spirit was noticeable, a parsonage was built, and all departments of church life healthily active. The church, however, became much weakened by removals, and after sharing its Pastor for a while with the Creighton church, was pastorless for sev- eral months. November 1, 1894, the veteran Missionary, Rev. Seth G-. Clark, who had organized so many churches in this region at the close of the war, settled among them, and assisted them to secure their beautiful house of worship. He remained about eighteen months, until the infirmities of age at last compelled him to give up active work. Under him and his successor, the Rev. M. E. Krotzer, the church again grew, and resumed its wonted Christian activities. Mr. K. remained only about two years, since which time the church has been accept- ably and efficiently supplied with preaching by one of its own Elders, Mr. J. E. Stevenson, long the Superintendent of its Sabbath school, the leader of its choir, the teacher of its Bible class, and the assistant of various Evangelists in conducting their singing. Mr. Stevenson was ordained to the full work of the ministry, June 1, 1900. RICH HILL. Soon after the town of Rich Hill was begun a few Presbyterians there sought the ostablishomont of a Presbyterian church among them. In the fall of 1880 Presbytery appointed Ministers W. M. Newton RICH HILL. 305 and R. H. Jackson and Elder A. D. Taylor of Butler a Committee to organize a church at Rich Hill, "whenever in their judgment the way is clear," The next spring the Committee reported "that they visited Rich Hill in December, took the first steps toward organizing a church, and committed the completion of the work to Rev. S. G. Clark, who from that time took charge of the work at that place, and has since completed the organization. The church now numbers ten members, one Ruling Elder apd a Deacon. The name of the Elder is F. H. Pruden; the name of the Deacon is John Brand." The organization occurred March 20, 1881. The incorporation fol- lowed on July 28. A Building Committee was appointed in August. In the course of a few months they had erected a brick house of worship, with a tower, a 1,000 pound bell, a main room 46 by 32 feet, and a prayer meeting room 31 by 16, that could be thrown into tlie main room when necessary. The cost was about $5,000, of which $600 came from the Board of Church Erection. Mr. Clark supplied the church two years. Then came Lie. \Vm. H. Wieman, direct from Lane Seminary. He was ordained September 13, 1883 and installed Pastor in May following, remaining until July, 1886. During his pastorate the church grew, in spite of the fact that a tornado completely wrecked the church building. It was rebuilt at once, the entire interior being thrown into one room. During the short pastorate of the Rev. J, F. Watkins there were many additions, followed by a steady growth under the Rev. A. McDougall. July 11, 1889 began one of the longer pastorates in the Presbytery's history, when the Rev. J. H. Miller, D. D., was installed Pastor. He re- mained till December, 1898. His ministrations bore steady fruit, there being constant accessions and several seasons of revival, no- tably during the last year of his stay. The best Sabbath school in the city was maintained under tlie superintendence of Elder F. E. Kellogg. The children of the Sabbath school prayed and gathered money to build a primary room of their own, which they finally ob- tained at a cost of $450 in 1892. The church also owns a parsonage on the adjoining lot. The present pastorate began with the coming of William B. Chanceilor from McCormick Seminary in ]\Iay, 1899. He was or dained and installed Pastor at Rich Hill, June 8, 1899. ROCKVILLE. September 14, 1881, Ministers S. G. Clark and R. H. Jackson and Elder A. D. Taylor were appointed a Committee to organize at Rockville, "if the way be clear." At the next meeting of Presl)ytery they presented this interesting report: "Your Committee to visit Rockville in Bates County, IMissouri, and organize a church if the way be o])i'n report that two of the Committee, Revs. Clark and -Jackson, 306 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. met on January 29 and discharged this duty. They organized a church, taking the name of 'the First Church of Rockville.' On the day appointed seventeen candidates appeared for an organization, eleven with letters and six by profession. Messrs. J. D. Strain and Peter Outcalt, being Elders, were elected and installed over this infant church. Your Committee continued religious services through eighteen days, closing with a membership of thirty-seven, twelve of these by letter, and twenty-five on profession of their faith. Thirteen of the latter were baptized." Mr. Clark continued to minister to this flock some three years, followed by the Eev. T, S. Douglass, '85-'88; and by the Rev. W. E. Voss for a few months, about 1891. On the latter's recommendation the name of the Rockville Church was stricken from the roll of Presbytery, April 6, 1893. SALEM. (HENRY COUNTY.) This church was reported to the N. S. Synod of 1843 as organized during the year. Its first Supply was A. Jones. Then came Christo- pher Bradshaw, who entertained Synod there in 1845, an interesting account of which appears among Dr. Leighton's reminiscences io- the Minutes of the Semi-Centennial Session of the Synod, 1882. Its next Supply was William H. Smith, under whose ministrations a better building was obtained, with the assistance of the Missouri C hurch Erection Fund. Like most of the churches of Osage Presby- tery, this one withdrew from the New School after the difficulties of 1857, and became identified with the Old School Presbytery of La- fayette. It became disbanded during the Civil War. SALEM. (PETTIS COUNTY.) This church is located about five miles northwest of Lamonte and seven and one-half northeast of Knob Noster. September 15, 1880, in connection with a request for the dissolution of the church at Lamonte, the Rev. T. H. AUin requested leave to organize a church at this point. The Rev. J. W. Allen, Synodical Missionary, together with T. H. Allin, D. L. Lander and Elders S. T. Mahin and P. Stringfield were appointed a Committee to organize. The next spring the Committee reported: "Our Chairman failed to report in person at the appointed time ; the remaining members of the Committee proceeded with the work as best they could. Preparatory services were held during the second week in October, the Gospel being preached each evening. On Sabbath morning, October 10, after ser- vice, twenty-five persons were organized into a church according to the Presbyterian Confession of Faith and Form of Government. Fourteen of these presented letters from other churches, and eleven were added on examination. Two Elders, P. Stringfield and L. A. SALEM. (PETTIS COUNTY.) 307 Byers, were elected and installed. Salem was the name chosen for the church. Your Committee would recommend that the new organiza- tion be added to our roll of churches." The next entry is: "The Church of Salem asked Presbytery, through the Committee on Church Erection, to endorse their application to the Board of Church Erec- tion for aid in the amount of $300 additional to what they may receive from the sale of the church property in Lamonte. The re- quest was granted by ballot." A good church building was thus early secured, and the services of the Minister at Knob Xoster, with which the Salem church has been grouped from the first. Its mem- bership has always been small, and recently growing smaller, on ac- count of removals. There has been no regular preaching there for several months past. The field having been virtually abandoned, Pres- bytery in the spring of 1901 requested the Board of the Church Erection Fund to give the seats (which are of oak, well made) to the Knob Xoster church, and instructed its Trustees to try to sell the building and ground. SALT SPRINGS. At the thirtieth anniversary of the organization of the Salt Springs church, a historical sketch was read by Elder J. C. Keithley, from which liberal extracts will be made below. He was the only one that had been a member of the church from the first. He said: "On the 6th day of June, 1869, a Presbyterian church was organized by the Rev. J. W. Clark, of Lexington, Mo., assisted by his Elder, Mr. Robert Taylor, consisting of fifteen persons. . . . The Elders chosen were W. H. Wade, C. K. Brandon and J. C. Keithley ; Deacons, J. W. Brown and Milton F. Seal. This church was organized at Malta Bend, and Avas at first called Concord church. Its place of meeting was Salt Springs school house, until the 12th day of May, 1872. . . . The church now consisted of thirty-five members, and the Rev. J. W. Clark was our Minister. January 8, 1871, J. W. Brown and J. C. Brandon were elected Elders; and John W. Layne, Jas. A. Orr and Albert G. Jones were elected Deacons. The church now began to think of building a house of worship. A meet- ing was held at the school house. ... A Building Committee was chosen. . . . August 21, 1871, the Committee chose a site for the church on the northeast corner of J. W. Brown's land of one- half acre. ... A church l)ui]ding of Gothic style was adopted, and it was resolved that we "arise and build. . . . The Commit- tee called for volunteers to do the hauling free of charge. Thus fifty loads of rock were hauled two and one-half miles from Vaughn's quarry; 19 loads of sand from Rock Creek, 12 miles; 31 loads of lumber from Malta Bend, 10 miles: 20 loads of water; 8 loads of building material from "Marshall, 10 miles; 4 loads from ^riaiiii, 18 308 SKETCHES OE CHUKCHES. miles; 6 loads of furniture from Malta Bend Landing; 133 loads in all, the cost of which, if paid for in money would have been $300. J. W. Layne reported that he saved $60 in the purchase of the lumber, and $37.50 in the freight; making a total saving of $397.50 on the building. . . . The ladies of the congregation gave a festival, at which $135 were realized. . . . The amounts contributed by dif- ferent churches and beliefs were as follows : Presbyterians $2,095.50 (including $500 from the Board of Church Erection) ; outsiders and non-professors, $199.60; Missionary Baptists, $40; Old School Bap- tists, $35; one Catholic gave $10— total $2,380.10. Savings on hauling, lumber and freight, $397.50. Total, $2,777.60. The church was completed about the first of May, 1872, and dedicated on the 12th by the Kev. Timothy Hill, D. D., of Kansas City." Of this church. Dr. Hill wrote in his diary : "May 11. Preached the first sermon in the new church. May 12. Install J. W. Clark. The Committee all failed, and I dedicated the church. After the sermon the Communion was observed. At 4 the installation came off. I went through the whole alone." Mr. K's. narrative continues: "Eev. J. W. Clark served the church for four years; was an excellent man and a good preacher. He was succeeded by the Eev. Joshua Barbee [Southern Presb.] in 1873, who continued to serve very acceptably, off and on, for twenty- five years. Indeed, the church looks to him as a father of Isreal, and one they delight to honor; for many have united with the church under his preaching. "In 1875 the church was wrecked by a tornado, so badly that the congregation ceased to use it until it was repaired. This was done by Mr. E. K. Page, whose bill was $700. The church was in great straits to raise the money. But in their time of need came two Methodist brethren who gave $100 and $10; and the church, after a hard struggle, raised the balance "The following is a list of ministers who have preached here from the earliest times: The Eevs. Irwin, J. W. Allen, Byers, Walker, Montgomery, Luther, Lafferty, Sproule, Koberts, Welham, Skinner, Marquis, Stevenson, May and Sydenstricker. The Eev. D. L. Lander was Pastor of this church from 1879-1884, and has paid the church a high compliment in returning to it after an absence of fifteen years. The church is now reaping the benefit of the ripe ex- perience during those years. Many of the members of this church can look back to some protracted meeting of his when they were born into the Kingdom of Christ. "Since its organization, this church has received ninety-nine per- sons into its communion, twenty-six by letter, the balance on pro- fession of their faith in Christ. The number of adults baptized has been forty-one; infants baptized, forty-two; .... present number of communicants, forty-two. It has been without a Pastor or SALT SPRINGS. 309 Stated Supply a great deal of the time, owing to its isolated situa- tion. But it has been faithful in keeping the Sunday school going. Its fruits can readily be seen in the number of young people who have joined the church. Very few are in the neighborhood who have been regular attendants and are not members, verifying the Scripture which says: 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.' " Several revival seasons have been granted this church, resulting in much good to church and community. On one occasion it was reported (1877) : "Many have been added to the membership, the only saloon in this community closed, and the proprietor a con- vert.'^ During the anniversary exercises it was stated by the Rev. D. L. Lander that one very cold night, when he had determined to close his protracted meeting that night on account of the unfavorable weather, he asked for an expression of desire to seek Christ. There were in the audience only seven unconverted per- sons, all of whom rose, and soon after united with the church. Of "hose seven, two are now preaching the Gospel, the Rev. Geo. E Keithlcy, son of the writer of thg historical paper quoted above, now of the Presbyterian Church in Coronado, Cal., and the Rev. E. W. Thornton, of the Christian Church. Under Mr. Lander's first pastorate, this church and Malta Rend, with which it was grouped, were self-supporting. It is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of the famous agricul- tural county of Saline and ought to continue its good work for many years to come. The county, like many of the other garden spots of this region, is coveted by the Roman Catholic^:, who are buying up almost every farm from time to time offered for sale. Rut the Presbyterian saints of Salt Springs church will persevere. This church has been supplied, half-time, by the Rev. C. C. Me- Kinney, of Malta Bend, since the spring of 1900, SCHELL CITY. At the spring meeting of Presbytery, 187.'). Ministers N'ewton and T)odd, and Elder Cleland were appointed a Committee to organize at Schell City, in answer to a petition from there. The Committee visited there the first Sabbaths in the following June and Julv, on the latter occasion orsranizing a church of 20 mem- bers, with T. C. Sickels and ..Ainsworth as Elders. It first Minister. Licentiate W. P. Baker, was soon followed by the Rev, J. G. Venable, who left on account of ill health. In 1870, under the care of the Rev. Wm. M. Reed, it secured and remodeled for its use a larp-e. well built house of worship, toward which the Board of Church Erection contributed $500. It had formerlv been used as a school building. This church has never had an installed 310 • SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. Pastor, though it presented a call for the services of the Eev. J. Hays Allin, who supplied it for a time. It has usually had quarter time in connection with neighboring churches, or under the Pastor-at- Large. The Kev. Wm. Sickels, once Pastor of the Sharon and Drexel churches, is the son of the late Elder I. C. Sickels of this church. SEDALIA FIKST. The city of Sedalia is mainly of post-bellum growth and owes its existence to the railroads. The first house of worship there was erected by the Presbyterians. During the Civil War, the late Eev. Joshua Barbee preached occasionally in Sedalia, and succeeded in gathering a small congregation. Under his leadership an old frame church building then standing in Syracuse, Mo., was bought and removed to Sedalia, where it was re-erected on the present site of Hotel Huckins, on the corner of Second and Lamine streets. During the year 1865 religious services were conducted in this building by the Presbyterians and the "Christians" on alternate Sabbaths. Concerning the First Presbyterian Church of Sedalia, which used this building, Mr. P. G. Stafford, now an Elder in the Central Church, writes: "The writer well remembers the pleasant after- noon of Aug. 11, 1865, when the First Presbyterian Church of Sedalia was constituted. Thirteen persons, with no thought of an unlucky number, met in a little school house to organize the" only church in the town. They called in the Eev. John Montgomery, D. D., to moderate the meeting. All the persons present were enrolled as members. The name was selected on motion of John F. Phillips, now Judge of the United States Court, Western District of Mis- souri." Dr. John Montgomery was invited to supply the church, which he did, with small intermission, until April, 1868, when the Eev. Cyrus H. Dunlap began his labors as Stated Supply. "Dr. Mont- gomery's influence remains a precious legacy to all who are inter- ested in Presbyterianism and true religion in western Missouri. The work done by him for this church was very important,, and deserves the separate article given elsewhere." From its organization until the year 1870 the First Church had no ecclesiastical connection. This fact is to be attributed partly to the condition of affairs following the Civil War, but recently ended, and partly io the foreseen Eeunion of the Old and New School branches of our denomination. Of these two causes the latter was prol)al)ly the stronsjor. Some of ilie nicnil)ors tboncht that doctrinal truth and good church government were imperiled by the Eeunion. This feeling was so strong that on Feb. 4, 1870, when it was proposed to send a representative to Osage Presbytery, thirty-eight members asked for their letters, and organized a new SEDALIA FIRST. 811 church. This second organization remained independent for a time, being known as the Old School Church, and later as the Broadway Church in the Southern connection. As it subsequently trans- ferred its connection to Kansas City Presbytery, a sketch of it ap- pears later, Mr. Dunlap continued with the First church until Mar. 3, 1872, During the year 1870 the frame house of worship now occupied by the Central church on the corner of Fifth and Lamine streets, was erected and dedicated. The first pastor to occupy the pulpit of the new church was the Eev. John IT. Miller, who was called Sep. 30, 1872, and remained until Apr. 12, 1876. The other pastors of the First cliurch were H. M. Shockley, (1876-80), Geo. A. Beattie, (1880-86), and John Herron, who began his labors in Sedalia in December, 1886. He remained as pastor until after the church was merged with the Broadway Presbyterian church upon the entrance of the latter into the N'orthern connection. For two years thereafter Mr. Herron continued as pastor of the united church. SEDALIA CENTRAL. The Central Presbyterian church of Sedalia was organized Oct. 2, 1890, with a meml)ership of 144, taken from the Broadway Presbyterian church, which but a few months before had been organized out of the old First and Broadway churches (North and South). A Committee of Presbytery, Dr. Geo. P. Hays, chairman, appointed the preceding July, had visited the city and reported in favor of dividing the church. This report was adopted by Pres- bytery at its fall meeting. The division was not entirely along the former lines. The Central church has had three Pastors. Of these the Rev. R. R. Marquis remained six and one-half years, and the Rev. J. D. Catlin one and a half years. These brethren will always be held in gratful rcmemln-ancc for their faithful work. The present Pastor, Rev. Andrew A. Boyd, began his labors in Sedalia the last Sabbath in July, 1900. As told under the sketch of the First church, the Central church now occupies the building erected by the First Presbyterian church of Sedalia, which had been used for school purposes during the time when the First and Broadway churches were united. An amicable division of the property of the united church gave the Central organization tTie property at Fifth and Lamine streets, including a small manse, allowinij the Broadway church the use of the building erected by the Southern Presbyterians. Both churches have been somewhat hampered by debt. Though one of our youngest churches, the Central cluircb has always been well organized and active not only in its own support 312 SKETCHES OP CHURCHES. but also in every Missionary enterprise, standing well up among the churches of the Presbytery in its contributions to the various Boards. SEDALIA BROADWAY.* On the 4th day of February, 1870, the Elders of the First Presbyterian Church of Sedalia were directed by a congregational meeting to send a representative to Osage Presbytery. On the 14tli of February, 1870, a number of members withdrew from the First Church and organized another church, called the Old School Pres- byterian Church. They elected Thos. J. Montgomery, "Wm. Groes- beck and John F. Phillips as Elders. The new congregation wor- shipped for a while in a theatre, called Smith's Hall, and then bought the church building which had been retained and used by the First Church until the erection of the building now occupied by the Central Church. Dr. John Montgomery ministered to the Old School church as a Supply until the fall of 1872, when the Rev. J. E. Wheeler was installed as Pastor. After his leaving, the church was sup- plied by Ministers J. V. Worsham, W. G. F. Wallace, B. T. Lacey, D. D., and T. D. Stephenson. In 1881 the Rev. A. W. Nesbit was called, and (though never installed as Pastor) continued to supply the church imtil about 1887, Under his ministrations, the old church edifice and grounds, located at the corner of Second and Lamine streets, were sold, and a tract of land was purchased at the corner of Broadway and Kentucky streets, u])on which was erected the brick building now used by the Broadway church. Upon its removal thither the Old School Presbyterian church changed its name to the Broadway Presbyterian church. The illness of his father, who had removed to the State of California, took Mr. Nesbit away, his relation with the church ceasing Nov. 27, 1886. The pulpit was thereafter supplied by the Rev. Dr. James Edmonson for six months, and by others for short periods until the union of the First and Broadway churches in 1888. On the 13th of February, 1888, the Sessions of the two churches, the Broadway church and the First church, held a joint meeting to discuss the union of the two churches. After some negotiations the union was perfected. The members of the Broadway church received letters of dismission from the Lafayette Presliytery, and were received into the First church. By this action the Broadway church was dissolved and its property deeded to the First church. The united churches now formed one church. Those who had formerly served as Elders in the Broadway church were elected to the eldership in the First church. Tbe Rev. John Herron, Pastor of the First church, was retained as Pastor. Finally the name of the *Thi8 sketch is substantially i» th« words of Elder John Montgomery, Jr. SEDALIA BROADWAY 813 First Pret^byterian church of Scdalia was changed to the Broadway Presbyterian church, and it so remains to this day. This union was approved by the Presbytery of Kansas City at a meeting at Holden, April 12, 1898. There was then only one Presbyterian church in the city, worshippino- in the building on Broadway. Sept. 24, 1890, a number of communicants withdrew from the Broadway church, and were soon after organized as the Central Presbyterian church of Sedalia. The Broadway church deeded to the new organization the church building on Fifth and Lamino streets, where tlie Central church has since worshipped. About the same time the pastoral relation between the Broadway church and the Rev. John Herron was dissolved. A call was extended to the Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, who accepted and was ordained and installed Pastor, Dec. 31, 1890. Mr. Stevenson resigned liis charge in July, 1894, to accept the chair of Church History in McCormick Theological Seminary. He was succeeded by the Rev. W. F. Price, who remained but about a year, and by the Rev. L. P. Cain, who remained until July, 1899. The present Pastor, the Rev. E. W. Clippinger, was installed in Sept., 1899. The church is now well organized and actively at work. It has ?30 communicants, 150 scholars in the Sabbath school, a Women's Missionary Societj^, and Senior and Junior Societies of Christian Endeavor. Through its whole history this church has been conser- vative, under the guidance of Presbyterians of the Old School. It has been regular in its contributions to all the Church Boards, and faithful in the maintenance of its services at all seasons. SHARON. This church stands on a sightly spot overlooking the broad prairies of Cass and Bates Counties. It stands on the north side of the county lipe, about 3| miles east of the Kansas line. It was organized Nov. 18, 1877, by Synodical Missionary J. W. Allen and Elder W. B. Wills, of the Olive Brancli church. There were ten original members. In 1879, by the help of $400 from the Board of Church Erection, it began the erection of a house of worship. The cosi" of the house was $1,600, exclusive of the groimds, three and a half acres, part of which is used as a cemeterv. It was dedicated Aug. 14, 1881, by the Rev. Timothy Hill, D. D., of Kansas City. Though for many years supplied with preaching only part of the time, the Sharon cliurch has been one of the most important country churches in the Presbytery. The first work done there was by Licentiate W. P. Baker, who was with them for about six months before the organization and a year afterwards. Its other Ministers have been: Lafavetto Dudley, '78-80; Josiah Thompson, ■81-2: R. P. Bovd, a Princeton student, summer of '82; J. M. 20 814 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. Hunter, of the neighboring church of Louisburg, Kan., '83-5; A. M. Mann, of Louisburg, '85-8; C. E. Leonard, a McCormick student, summer of '88; L. Eailsback, "88-9; Josiah Thompson, "89, 6 months; Thos. H. Jones, 4 months; Weston F. Shields, the first Pastor, June, 1890, to April, 1893; Wm. Sickels, June, '93 to Oct. '96; T. J. May; '97; 0. B. Sproule, '98. The Sharon people have enjoyed several revival seasons, notably under the preaching of Mr. Eailsback, on more than one occasion. It had maintained a good Sabbath school, and has had its missionary zeal kept alive especially through the efEorts of ]\Ir. Shields, who married Miss Lillian Hendrickson of this church and went to the Laos Mission, in 1894. When the town of Drexel sprang up three miles west of the Sharon church, a new church was organized in town which weak- ened the parent organization. The two churches have since been grouped, and recently have shared their Minister's time with the Fairview church, thirteen miles southeast. SIX MILE. This church was located about twelve miles from Independence, near Sibley. It was enrolled by the Presl:)ytery of Lafayette in the spring of 1847 as organized by J. M. Inskeep. It obtained a com- fortaljle brick house of worship. It was cared for by the Ministers of the Independence church. SMITHTON. For two or three years toward the close of the Civil War period, the Rev. Joshua Barbee, then a Ircentiate, preached regnhirly at Smithton. lender his leadership a Union house of worship was erected, but so far as learned no formal Presbyterian organization was effected. After the war there seems to have been no further systematic effort there until the Rev. A. J. Johnson began preaching in Smithton in Jan., 1869. On March 27, following, he and the Rev. J. H. Byers organized a church of 9 members, with Dr. J. M. Overstreet and J. T. Sulken Elders. A fourth interest in the Union Church building worth $1,000 was obtained. Mr. Johnson supplied the feeble band for about two years, and Licentiate A. Walker for about a year. Neither the town nor the church grew. The name of the church was finallv stricken off the rolls, April 16, 1875. SOTTTH ORAXD RIVER. Enrolled by the Presbytery of Lafayette in the fall of 1857. Probably its only Supply was the Rev. J. T. Leonard, who remained until driven out bv the Civil War. Sec Creighton. SUGAR CREEK. 315 SUNNYSIDE. In the St. Louia Evangelist of April, 1877, appears this notice of this church : "Tlie Sunnysicle church was organized the 2Sth flay of September, 1867, by the Rev. John M. Brown, an Evangelist in the Presbytery of Osage. There were 12 members, three of whom, viz: Clifton R. Jones, Christian L. Perry, from the church of Warsaw, Mo., and John Xeil from the church of Glad Run, Pa., having been ordained to the office of Ruling Elders in their former connections, were unanimously chosen as the Session of the church. * * The Rev. Enos M. Halbert was the first ^fin- ister in charge as Stated Supply from 1867 to May, 1870. Under his ministration the church prospered and increased in membership to .'^3. When the Presbytery sent him to Cave Spring, Green County, the flock was not spared, and nearly one-half the mem- l)ers joined the Declaration and Testimony or Southern hod}^ and organized a church at Spring Grove, Little Tebo. * * June 4. 1871, Rev. Duncan Brown became Pastor, and remained in charge of Sunnyside and Warsaw churches to the fall of 1872. During '73 and '74 the church was supplied part of the time by Rev. John B. Ruby, and part by Rev. J. B. Vawter; and in May, 1875, Rev. A. H. Parks became Stated Supply for one year. Under his ministry the church revived, since which time they received 4 additions. Rev. John B. Rubv has preached to the church once a month part of the time." Sept., 1877. the Rev. S. W. Mitchell took charge, remaining over four years. During his ministry a house of worship was erected, frame, 30' by 45 feet. A notice of the dedication said at the time: "The new church is located in the midst of a purely agricultural section, and is the result of long continued and patient labor on the part of l)oth Pastor and people. It is a model of taste and beauty ; and, there being no village or other dwelling near, it stands like a pearl set in the midst of emeralds. It has a seating capacity for about 350 persons. The entire cost was not far from $1,200. The Board of Church Erection has helped it to the extent of about $300. The Board of TTome IMissions has also contributed liberally to the supjwrt of the Pastor. The di^dication took place on the 20th of June (1879), at 10:30 a. m." Revival services were then held, and the next Sabbath there were 13 persons added to the church on profession of their faith in the Lord Jesus. After Air. Mitchell's time, there were several years during which this people was supplied with little regular preaching, some- times by students during their summer vacations. Under Pastors- at-Large ^fay. Railsback and Watkins they were supplied regularly once a month, and enjoj^ed several revival seasons. From 1898 to 816 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. 1900 the Eev, M. B. W. Granger supplied them, in connection with Warsaw. TABO. The Tabo Church, in Lafayette County, was organized June 19, 1843, by the Eev. Geo. M. Crawford. He remained for some years its Supply, being succeeded by the Eevs. Eobert Glenn and F. R. Gray. It belonged to the Presbytery of Lexington. Little is now discoverable as to its history. A private letter from the Eev F. E. Gallaher, March 33, 1858, sa3'-s: "I returned last week from Tabo, where we held a nine days' meeting. It was a precious season. Father Glenn is in very feeble health." At one time the church had a brick church building, free of debt, that cost $3,50l>. It once had a membership of forty, which decreased until during th& war there were only ten or fifteen left. The chiirch building wa^ sold for taxes in 1867. The remnant of the members joined the Declaration and Testimony party. TIPTON. In the Presbytery Eeporter for May, 1867, the Eev. J. Addison Whitaker gives this account of the beginninigs at Tipton: "Several months ago I was notified by Eev. A. T. Norton that he had been informed that Tipton, a little town on the east side of our beautiful prairie, thirty miles west of Jefferson City, had been unoccupied by any Presbyterian clergyman since the death of Eev. Mr. Chapin (who was burned to death in his little home), and desired me if posr sible to visit the place and make a report to him. Accordingly, a few days afterwards, T went there. * * Sometime after I received a petition signed by about 50 of the citizens of the place, praying me to come up at my earliest convenience and organize a Presbyterian church. I fixed upon a Sabath to spend with them, and according to appointment, on the afternoon of the 9th inst. (Saturday, March 9. 1867), preached a sermon to a small but interesting congregation, the people having got the impression that the meeting was more especially for the members, and organized a cburch in connection with the Presbytery of St. Louis. * * Milo P). Stearns and William P. Miller were unanimously elected Elders. The ordination of Mr. Miller was appointed at 3 o'clock the follow- ing day, Mr. Stearns having produced testimonials that he had lieen ordained. " Trustees were elected. "At half past seven o'clock p. m., there was a meeting called to consider the propriety of imme- diately taking steps to erect a building suitable for school and church purposes. The Board of Trustees was organized. * * Another sermon was preached. The day following (Sabbath) Mr. Miller was ordained Euling Elder, in accordance with the usages of .VI .i;.\.v.N 1 >i;i< w-vi .ki«;k. TIPTON. 317 the Presbyterian Church; aud the Lord's Supper was celebrated. The congregation was large, attentive and deeply impressed with the solemn services. This is one of the most interesting new fields of ministerial labor I have visited in this state. It is already a stronger and more promising church than my own in this city (Jefferson) except in its general influence throughout the state." The Baptists kindly gave the use of their building for these exercises There were 12 original members, 8 of them women. For the first few years this church was supplied irregularly, and only a part of the time, by the Revs. A. North, a returned Missionary from Singapore; C. V. Monfort, of Otterville; S. Diefendorf, and J. W. Allen, Synodical Missionary. On the 9th of June, 1872, a frame house of worship, 25 by 50, was dedicated. It cost $2,000, of which $500 came from the Board of Church Erection. The people were now much interested to get a settled Pastor. They called the Rev. Alexander Walker, then preaching near by at Otterville. He accepted and was installed Oct. 21, 1872, remaining until Jan. 26, 1883. Strange to say this pastorate of only ten years and three months is so far the longest in the history of the Presbytery, though if Stated Supplies are counted, there have been a few who have exceeded this limit. He was much beloved by his people and successful in his work. During his pastorate many members were received who have ever since been leading mem- bers, including several that had belonged to a Lutheran organiza- tion which was virtually absorbed by the Presbyterians. The results of Mr. Walker's work were summed up b} ''Frank,'' thi' correspondent of tbo St. Louis Evangelist, as follows: "If any- one had looked over the list of churches as reported in the Minutes of the General Assembly for 1872, he would have found in the Presbytery of Osage, the church at Tipton marked vacant. No one need take the trouble to verify this statement. This is all that is rcorded : 'Tipton, V. 10,' vacant ten members and no report, every space blank. Ten years rolls around and brings us the Minutes of 1882. "\Miat is the report from the Tipton Church? 106 members, 115 Sunday school scholars, fully $1^200 raised for all purposes and not one space unoccupied. What does it mean? It means tl an there has been some good, honest, faithful work done on that field. Is it wrong to say a pleasant and complimentary word for a brother? If it is, then let us hope that this will not fall beneath the eye of the Rev. Alexander Walker. Bro. Walker deserves more than a passini^ notice for his faithful services. He went ten years ago to a field that many a jMinister would have pronounced a hopeless ca^e. There he remained, preached the Gospel, and set a good example to his fellow citizens. The result proves the wisdom of staying in .i place, when one gets there, and laboring with as much zeal in a small town as if it were a large citj. During the ten years of Bro. 318 SKETCHES OF CHUECHES. Walker's ministry, 133 members were added to the Tipton Church, 66 on profession of faith, 67 by letter. There was seldom a year when contributions were not made to all the Boards of the Churoti. Fully $10,000 was raised for all purposes; and the feble, dependaJt congregation became strong and self-sustaining. That is the kind of work that counts somethini"; in our churches." Soon after the departure of Mr. Walker, who accepted a call to the Butler Church, a successor was found in the person of the Hn*. Wilson Asdale. He too remained several years, and did a good work. His stay was from June 38, 1883, to Oct. 9, 1892. He was installed Oct. 18, 1889. After he left, the church was not so fortunate in its next two pulpit supplies, the first of whom stayed a year, the latter 8 months, one a Licentiate, the other a Minister who proved to be without standing in his own Presbytery, botli unworthy of the ministerial office. Neither of them was invited there by the Tipton Church; but when once there each was retained ii,rgely through sympathy with his poverty and ill health. After 1895 this church was tided along by members of the Pres- bytery till it could again get a Pastor, The Eev. John B. Hill spent a few months there in 1896, followed by the Eev. E. H. Jack- son, and by the Eev. J. F. Watkins. Under the ministry of the latter, a new and handsome house of worship was built, and several members who had withdrawn and organized a Southern Presbytetian church were received into the old church, the new one being dis- organized. In the summer of 1898 the Eev. E. W. McClusky began as Pastor Elect. The following spring the old church building was remodeled into a manse. In almost every church there is or has been some one person who more than any other has shaped its history both temporal and spiritual. That one person in the Tipton Church was its first Elder, Milo E. Stearns, whose name is appropriately carved on a memorial pulpit in the new church. No notice of the Tipton Presbyterian church could be complete without a mention of his services therein. As a business man, teacher, soldier, farmer, bank cashier, he made his influence widely felt, and himself highly respected. But it was in the church that he was most interested and most influential. Through most of its history he was the Clerk of Session, one of his very latest works being the great task of recopying in a new and well ])ound book all the scattered records of the church, and the preparation of a model Church Eegister, thus preserving facts that at his death would otherwise have passed forever out of memory unrecorded. Other Clerks of Session throughout the Presbytery might well learn a lesson from him in this regard, as well as in neat- ness and accuracy in keeping their books. As Elder, T^^^stee, Clerk of Session, Chairman of more than one Building Committee, Super- intenfl(>nt of the Sal)1)ath school. Biljle-class Teacher and always the TIPTON^. H19 mainstay of the prayer meeting, his place can never again be filled by one person, his inflnence will long be strongly felt and feelingly remembered. VISTA. At the meeting of Presbytery held during the meeting of Synod in the fall of 1891 Ministers McLaren and Pocock and Elder J. P. Watkins were appointed a Committee to organize a church at Vista. The following spring the Committee reported : "On Sunday, March the 3d, 1892, in the Town Hall at Vista, Mo., at the close of the public service, the Presbyterian Church of Vista was regularly organized, with 12 members. Two Elders were elected and ordained. Eev. A. McLaren was instructed to report the same to the Kansas City Presbytery." The church was cared for by the Pastor of the neighboring church of Osceola, with which it has ever since been grouped. The next fall it was reported as making energetic efforts to secure a church Iniilding, and about to apply to the Board of the Church Erection Fund for aid. Such aid was granted and a neat house of worship soon secured, in which services have usuallv been held once a month ever since. Its growth has been small. WADESBURG. See Creighton. WAREENSBURO. The first notice we have found of Presbyterian work at War- rensburg appears in the Home Missionary for July. 1847. from the pen of the Rev. Christopher Bradshaw. He wrote: "In Warrens- burg the prospect for good is flattering. A tavern keeper of the place has this winter opened his house for preaching. The ringing of his bell is the signal for worship, at candle light on Saturday -evening, and on the Sabbath at 11 o'clock. He has lately pur- chased the old court house and the lot on which it stands; and it is now l)eing fitted u]) for a permanent place for Presbyterian preach- ing. We want a settled Minister at Warrensburg — one that will become 'all things to all men' with the design of saving some of them." Mr. Bradshaw seems to have supplied these people with occasional preaching for several years; but the New School Church with which he was connected formed no organization there. The First Presbvterian Church of Warrensburg was organized, ^fay 30, 1852, by the Rev. A. V. C. Schenck and Elder Green, a Committee sent by the Presbytery of Upper ^lissouri for the pur- pose. There were six men and 9 women in the original organiza- tion. It was nearly three years before another member was received. The only stated preaching there before ♦he war was by ^linisters James T. Tjapsley nnd R. S. Reese, who served the church for about 320 SKETCHES OF CHUKCHES. two years each, during which time there was quite a large growth in membership. During the war there were occasional services by the Eev. Messrs. David Coulter, Joshua Barbee, dohn Montgomery and Wm. G. Bell. In this connection an old record (quoted in the History of Johnson Comity, 1881). dated March 27, 1864, says: "Wliereas the Warrensburg Presbyterian Church has been almost entirely deprived of any ministerial services since the war began, except a few sermons preached for us by the Eev. Joshua Barbee, and that it is very important to the spiritual interest of this church that we secure the ministerial services of the Eev. Joshua Barbee, and that he asks $350 per annum for his services, which sum we deem very reasonable, and after a full and fair effort we can raise only the sum of $50, and we are advised that there is a hopeful prospect of a church at Smithton, 40 miles distant from this church, which will pay $50, and the people at Dresden, 25 miles distant from this church, will pay $50, leaving a deficit of $200, "Eesolved, Therefore, that the application be made to the Board of Domestic Missions for the aforesaid sum of $200, to aid the said churches in securing the services of the aforesaid Eev. Joshua Barbee. The Session was then closed with prayer. (Signed.) "William Calhoun, SeCj pro tern., "Wm. Zoll, Mod. pro tern" No meeting of Presbytery, however, was held in those troublous times until after the close of the war, and Mr. Barbee was not regularly settled at Warrensburg. During his stay $500 was obtained from the Board of Church Extension, and used for the completion of the church building. Soon after the close of the war, the Eev. Eben Muse began preaching in the Warrensburg Church. He and a majority of the church members sided with the General Assembly against the- Declaration and Testimony. There was, however, a vigorous minority who protested against his installation, which finally took place Nov. 12, 1867. This was the beginning of a long series of internal troubles and ecclesiastical trials, involving members, officers, the Pastor and his successor. The pastorate of Mr. Muse, while it covered the troublous times of the reconstruction period, was also the time of rapid upbuilding of the church numerically, because of the extensive immigration from the East and North. There were received during this pastorate of four years 126 members from other churches, while 38 came by profession of faith. During no similiar period have there been such numerous accessions. A few years later the organization of other congregations, the internal troubles of this church, and the westward movement of the popula- tion .greatly depleted tlio membership. WAKRENSBUKG. 321 In the fall of 1870, Mr. Muse was siiceeeded by the Rev. J. H. Clark, who remained as Pastor Elect, until the spring of 1872. The next Minister was the Rev. W. H. Hillis, who was installed Pastor and remained about three years. April 16, 1875, according to the Minutes of Presbytery, "the Rev. W. H. Hillis requested leave to resign the pastoral charge of the Warrensburg Church, and gave the reason which led him to make the request, viz: Affection of the eyes which rendered it impossible for his to discharge the duties of the pastoral office without endangering his sight. The church concurring in the request, for the same reason, the Presbytery granted the request," and dissolved the pastoral relation. During his stay with them the old brick church, in which the congregation had worshiped since its erection by them before the Civil War, was sold for $900, and the present commodious brick structure, begun during Mr. Clark's ministr}', was completed at a cost of about $8,000. At that time it was the largest and best building in the city. But notwithstanding the generous help of the Board of the Church Erection Fund, a heavy debt was incurred, which it took years to pay off. Owing to the embarrassments of the congregation, many of the members became discouraged and united with other churches. The next Minister was the Rev. Farel Hart, who was ordained (sine tiiulo) in Warrensburg, and remained only about a year. Not long afterward he was drowned in the Alpena wreck in Lake Michi- gan. He was succeeded by the }lc\. Charles Fueller, who, after supplying the pulpit for a few montlis, was installed as Pastor, June 13, 1878, and remained about five years. Then came Geo. M. Cald- well, S. S., for one year, under, under whom the last of the debt was paid, Oct., 1883; and Dwight K. Steele, P. E. for seven j^ears, under whom the church had a slow but steady growth, and finally reached self support in 1891. A new epoch in the history of the church was begun with the com,ing of the Rev. F. W. Hinitt. He came direct from the Seminary, was ordained and installed Pastor April 22, 1892, and remained three years. Under his ministrations the church soon reached the largest membership ever up to that time enrolled, and a good degree of prosperity otherwise. He resigned to accept the call of the First Church of Ottiimwa, one of the most important in the Synod of Iowa. His going was much regretted; but his place was soon ably filled l)y the coming of the Rev. E. W. Clippinger, who was ordained and installed Pastor, IMay 7, 1895. He remained four and a half years, until called to the position he now occupies as Pastor of the Broadway Church, Sedalia. In October, 1899, the Rev. J. Marion Ross, at that time serving as the Moderator of the Synod of Illinois, was called to the pastorate, accepted, and was soon after installed. Since his coming many members have 322 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. been received, making the total membership reported in 1901 the hirgest ever reported to Presbytery. The last nine years have been marked by large expenditures for the improvement of the church property, the purchase of a fine pipe organ, careful and prompt business management in financial affairs, and largely increased liberality in benevolent offerings. The Warrensburg Church is one of the most important in the Presbytery, not merely on account of the membership naturally ontering it but also on account of the location of the State Normal School, many of whose teachers and students are Presbyterians by training and preference. Through them the church exerts a wide influence all over this part of the State. Several of the teachers of the Normal School, including President Geo. H. Howe, have been efficient as members of the Session and in the Sabbath school. With a united people and an efficient Pastor, the Warrensburg church ought to show a large growth and a constantly widening influence throughout the Presbytery and the Synod. WAESAW. The most remarkable thing about the Warsaw chnrch, one of the oldest in the Presbytery, is the number of times it has been reorganized. Yet through all the vicissitudes local, national and ecclesiastical, through which it has passed, it claims that it has never been disorganized, and retains the same life to-daiy as that with which it began 57 years ago ! It was organized June 11, 1843, by the Rev. James G-allaher, the most noted Evangelist in the State in his day. But he did not long supply it with preaching (never statedly), and its first Stated Supply found it practically dead. An interesting account of its early days during the ministry of Dr. Handy is found in his long letter given elsewliere, where he tells of the erection of its first house of worship, the first ever erected in the place. When the Rev. J. y. Barks came Nov. 24, 1848, he found a good church and Sabbath school, well organized, well housed, and actively at work. He remained with them 15 years, until the work was blasted by the Civil War. Under his ministrations the church grew and prospered. Tn 1857 came the very general break-up of the New School denomi- nation in Missouri. The Warsaw church and its Pasior iherc- after felt constrained to identify themselves Avith the Old School l)ody, which they finally did at the spring meeting of the Presl)ytery of Lafayette in 18fi0. In doing so they fully recognized and acknowledged their del)t to the New School body for help in erect- ing their building. A letter from Mr. Marks, March 29, 1860, to the Secretarv of the Mo. H, M. S., savs: WARSAW. 823 "The amount due the Church Erection Fund which you men- tion is all right. The reason why it was not paid was this: 1. We made an effort some two years ago, at home and also in St. Louis, to raise enough money to pay off our debt, and finish the house, repairs, etc. But we did not raise enough to satisfy all demands. 2. Capt. Henry, one of our merchants who so liberally assisted mc, while in St. Louis thought best to invest $150 of the money raised in St. Louis for a bell, an article we greatly needed. The bell came, and for want of funds to put it up, laid 13 months in his store. We then collected $150 to erect a belfry, and it is now swing- ing, to tlie delight of all; but it took just $300 to place it there. So our debt still remains." On that account he asked for more time in which to pay off the loan inadd by the ]\Iissouri Church Erection Fund. Thus the war began and closed with the debt unpaid. The conditions at the close of the war are well seen by the letter of the Rev. John jM. Brown to Synodical Missionary Norton, as given below. Bro. Brown was a Union soldier and used the terms then commonly used in referring to those tliat had l)een on the other side in that contest. He wrote as follows : "Warsaw, Mo., Dec. 11, 1865. "Dear Bro. Norton : — I arrived here last Friday, with my family and household effects; and have just got to housekeeping again. I feel that Missouri is now my home, and a strong longing for the great work before me. "I find here our church building considerably out of repair, (it was used as a hospital during the war), and occupied as a school-house. It had also been occupied by the ^Ministers of the various denominations, who have chanced to spend a Sabbath here The house is a substantial edifice of brick, capable of seating nearly three hundred, and possessing a bell. $150 will repair it. There is one other church building here, also of brick, but so badly torn u]) by the soldiers that it is not used, except by the cattle and hogs. Tt is owned by the Campbellites. "Of the 50 members of the Presbyterian church at the com- mencement of the war, T have found three, all females, and residing from two to five miles in the country. Have also heard of one male member, living more than ten miles distant. The others were all Rebels, had to leave during the war, and cannot come back. There are three females, members of the N. S. Presbyterian Church, recently settled here ; two of these are connected with my own family. "The other churches have been completely broken up bv the war. The Campbellites have recently reorganized with eight mem- liers. Four years ago they had over one hundred. It is worse with the other churches. There are neither members nor vitality enough to reorganize. 324 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. "Before the Rebellion, Warsaw numbered 2,000 inhabitants, was the center of a large trade, and one of the most important and promising towns in southwest Missouri. Now its population is less than 1,000, and has almost entirely, changed its character. Its trade, small compared with what it was before, is fast increasing; and the place promises soon to regain its former importance and prosperit3^ It is a hard, but encouraging field. I have therefore determined to preach here one-half the time and make it my home for the winter." Bro. Brown's bright hopes were not realized. He reorganized the church, which, Sept. 15, 1866, petitioned to be received under the care of the Presbytery of Osage. Why it did not come in at the spring meeting is not known, as it had already decided to do so as far back as February of that year, when Mr. Brown wrote: "The church of Warsaw (only four members left, one Elder) have resolved to return to our connection. We have raised over $100 to repair the church building. This will give us a good, neat house, of brick, with a bell, and a large congregation.'' Mr. Brown soon turned over his work there to the Rev. W. S. Mesmer, who gave it part time for a few months in connection with other fields. A second reorganization was made by the Rev. Augustus Cone, seven members, Oct. 24, 1869; but after a few weeks, Mr. Cone abandoned the field. After Mr. Cone left, the Rev. D. C. Milner, of Osceola, preached a few times to the disorganized members. Mean- while the Treasurer of the Missouri Church Erection Fund, despair- ing of reviving the church, had ordered the building sold to satisfy the mortgage he held against it. It then passed into the hands of the JefEerson City church, in a way easily understood from the following letter from Pastor Whitaker: "Kov. 29th, 1869. * * I did what seemed to me for the best. The facts are as follows: Freeman [the Treasurer of the Fund] ordered the property to be sold on Committee's claim. I felt that the property would be sacrificed, if that was the case, and ordered it bought in by Lawyer for Com., and to be deeded to Com. When Com. met, we found that Freeman's report showed that the Com.'s claim was $280, or thereabout. I proposed that if they would make over to our Trustees [of the Jefferson City church] the property, we could make use of it in paying the expenses of our plastering, and that we would give note^ with interest, for the Com.'s claim." The church was then fast going almost to destruction, without a finger raised to save it. The Jefferson City church offered to relinquish its claim, provided any earnest effort should be made to reorganize and the building actually put in use. Nothing more seems to have been done nnt'l Nov. 19. 1871. when another reorganization was made by Synodical Missionary Timothy Hill. In his diary he then wrote: "Organized church of 9 WARSAW. 825 members. J. D. Briggs, Elder. This is the third organization that has been attempted since the war. The others failed. The prospect is good for success now." The Eev. Duncan Brown had been labor- ing there since June or July previous. He was ordained the follow- ing April, and remained on the field about two years altogether. He was the only resident Minister in connection with our church, after the leaving of Mr. Barks until the coming of Pastor Granger, in 1898. The next Minister was the Rev. J. B. Vawter, who remained but a few months. Then followed another interregnum, during which the church building was sold to a private party, who later sold it to the Baptists. They used it for some years, and then tore it down. Presbytery sent frequent Committees to visit Warsaw, who, per- haps usually, reported that they had not gone. At last, however, the Rev. J. F. Watkins was sent and went and held a series of meetings there, lasting from the 20th to the 31st of December, 1880. The result was the reorganization of the church with 7 members. 5 of them from the former organization and 2 on profession, 6 of them females, all heads of families. Capt. S. W. Smith, Editor of the Warsaw Times, was ordained and installed as Ruling Elder. The railroad began running into the town for the first time during these meetings. The Rev. S. W. Mitchell became Stated Supply; but soon again left them shepherdless. Since then they have (until recently) had no stated preaching, except part of the time once a month by the various Pastors-at-Large, each of whom has held at least one good series of meetings in or near Warsaw. The last of these meetings, again held by Mr. Watkins, resulted in a deter- mined and successful effort to build. The new building costing some $2,000, said to be the handsomest in Benton County, was dedicated on May 29, 1898. Meanwhile a new Pastor, the Rev. M. B. W. Granger, had been engaged, and had been installed on the 7th of the same month. He is the only installed Pastor the church has ever had. The town is now more prosperous; and at last there seems to be a fair prospect of sustaining the church that has passed through so many periods of suspended animation and reorganization. The present supply, George L. Engler, began his labor? in Warsaw group in the spring of 1901. WESTFTELD. The minibiM- of strictly rural churches in Kansas City Frss- bytery is not large, but ought to be larger. Such churches are difficult to keep up ; but so are town and city churches hard to keep up. No churches are more important to maintain. Such organiza- tions as that of Westfield deserve the most careful attention and fostering interest of the communities in which they are placed as well as the Presbvterv. 326 SKETCHES OF CHURCHES. The Westfield congregation was gathered by the Rev. W. M. Xewton, then of Appleton City, who with Rev. J. B. Allen and Elder Jas. McHenry was appointed in the spring of 1872 to organize the church. This they did on the 8th of June. There were 10 members, 8 by letter, 2 by profession, 5 of them women. Two Elders and one Deacon were elected and ordained. The Sabbath following the Lord's Supper was celebrated, and three other members were received on profession. Mr. Newton supplied them for a year, J. F. Watkins about 6 months, Mr. Newton again for about a year. Licentiate W. P. Baker about 6 months, and W. M. Reed nearly a year. In 1877 the Rev. Richard H. Jackson began supplying the Appleton City and Westfield Churches. From that time he devoted first part, then all of his time to Westfield until 1891: — the longest Stated Supply in the history of the Presbytery. In Jan., 1879, Mr. Jackson wrote: "The Lord of the Harvest has gloriously visited my field, and gathered in a goodly numl:)er of sheaves. On the fifth Sabbath of Deceml:)er we received 11 members into the Westfield Church by profession and 4' by letter. Rev. J. F. Watkins spent a week with me in that church. His preaching was 'in demonstra- tion of the Spirit and of power.' To the great Head of the Church we ascribe all the praise." Two years later came the dedication of the house of worship, of which the St. Louis EvangeliM of July, 1881, gave the following account: "The people of Westfield Pres- byterian Church, St. Clair County, Missouri, celebrated the ninth anniversary of their organization on Saturday, June 12, 1881. They had Just completed their first house of worship, and on that day dedicated it to the Lord. During all the years of the church's existence they had worshipped in a school house, with all the discom- forts of a crowded room and low, cramped seats. The change from this to a real house of worship, comfortably seated and neatly furnished, made that a glad day with the people. The order of service was first, sermon by the Rev. W. M. Newton, of Butler; second, historv of the church by the Pastor ; third, a history of the work and a financial statement by Charles W. Nesbit, a member of the Building Committee, and in behalf of that Committee turning over the house to the Trustees: fourth, the prayer of dedication by the Rev. W. M. Newton. The house cost about $1,300, is 46x28. The following are the closing words of the Historian: Trom the time this effort to build was entered upon, it seemed like the days of Nehemiah, the people had a mind to work, they gave up their time and labor and money. The Lord presided over their counsels, ffivinff them wisdom and harmnnv and zeal. The children too vied with their parents and older friends in securing a temple for wor- ship, and, as in the living church they should occupy the inner court of its affections and care, so in this material temple, the WESTFIELD. 827 pulpit, the most sacred piece of all its furniture, is the children's offering. The Board of Church Erection kindly came to the people's help ($500), and to-day they can truly dedicate this house unto the the Lord, saying, Xo man has any claim upon it; it is the Lord's.' Mr. John C. Xesbit, of Scotch Irish Presbyterian ancestry, in western Pennsylvania, a member himself, and father and grand- father of members in tliis church, gave five acres of ground on which to build. This will soon be enclosed, affording ample room for church yard, hitching grounds and cemetery. Westfield is a country church, located on one of the most beautiful and fertile prairies in Missouri. It is in the midst of a community of cultured and enterprising people, * * located in what is known as the 'Ohio neighborhood.' The address is Ohio P. 0., St. Clair County, Mo." Several ]irocious revivals were experienced in this church home during the ministry of Mr. Jackson and his successors. In some of these services the preaching was by the Eev. L. Eailsback. In 1886 a membership of 110 was reported, the largest number reached in its history. Following Mr. Jackson, the Eev. Geo. B. Sproule supplied the church for one year. In 1893 the Pcv. TV. TI. N'ewton returned, and remained as its Supply until late in IflOO. June 14, 1897, the church 1)uilding was demolished l)y a cyclone. It was insured l)oth by the Trustees and the Board of Church Erec- tion, but neither policy covered losses by wind. So many churches in this part of the country have been blown down that others may well learn a lesson about the wording of their insurance policies. These people were disheartened by their loss, but did not give up. The Board of Church Erection, the friend of every weak church, came again to their aid, promising $300. Let it be recorded to the credit of this congregation that it rel)uilt its house handsomely and returned to the Bonrd $100 of the appropriation. It now has the newest and one of tlie neatest bouses of worship in the Presbytery. WESTPOIXT. Westpoint was one of a group of small churches in the southern part of Cass County organized and ministered to by the Rev. D. McXaughton. It began with only .5 members, Dec. 12, 1869. It soon died and was stricken from the roll April 23, 1872. WESTPORT. The first Presbyterian organization within the present limits of Kansas City was that of Wcstport. which was effected Dec. 23, 18o0. with eleven members, four only coming by letter. Before that there had been preaching there liy the Pev. C. IT. Heckmann, who labored among the Germans, and by the Rev. F. R. Gray, of Inde- 328 SKETCHES OF CHUKCHES. peudence, among the Americans. Both these men were connected with the N, S. Presbytery of Lexington. The organization finally effected, however, was by the Old School Presbytery of Lafayette, as will be seen by the following quotation from a private letter written soon after the occurrence: "A New School church might have been organized here by Mr. Gray, if he could have overcome his timidity sufficiently to make the effort. I think it altogether probable that it was through his ministry that some of the members of the present church were led to a profession of religion. Mr. Symington has gathered his fruit for him as others have done before." A substantial church building was erected, which is still stand- ing. It was used until some years after the Civil War, which, hov,- ever, so ruined the town that it did not recover from its injuries until recently. The church had some services during the war and for a few years after the war; but finally became virtually al^sorbed in the Central Church of Kansas City. It retained a nominal existence at least as late as 1887. WINDSOE. This church, sometimes called also Belmont, was enrolled (organized July 29, 1860, with 14 members) by the Presbytery of Lafayette, Sept. 22, 1860. The Committee to organize was Min- isters K. S. Eeese and J. V. Barks and Elder A. B. Mclntyre. After the war it was reorganized in 1868 by E. Muse, with 11 mem- bers. Later it adhered to that branch of the Presbytery of Lafayette affiliated with the Declaration and Testimony party. In the fall of 1874 there came a request to the Presbytery of Osage for tlie organization of a church at Windsor. The request was referred to the Synodical Missionary with instruction to consult with the Com- mittee of the Presb3rtery of Lafayette. The next spring he reported recommending the reception of the existing church. The Presbytery of Lafayette had already stricken the name of the church from its rolls. As far as can now be discovered from our records this church was supplied for a year by the Eev. A. H. Parks, and for about three years by thq Eev. S. W. Mitchell. It disappeared from our rolls about 1881 without auy explanation as to when or whv INDEX OF CHURCHES. In this list those names that appear in capitals now belong to the Presby- tery of Kansas City; those in italics to the Presbytery of Lafayette (Southern) ; and those in parenthesis are either no longer in existence, or appear under a dif- ferent name. Alma. APPLETON CJTV 3.3. :U. !)1, 107. 17.-). 18. in. 2:n. 23t> (Belmont) 187. 232. 328 (Belton) f"4. 232 Bethany. (Bethsaida) 200 (Bethel) '.»0, 2.32 (Big Drywood) 241 Blackburn. Boonville 11, 82, 83, 122, 1.32, 14.). 151. 204, BROWNINGTOX . . . 32. rW. 01, 107. Broionsville BUTLER 32, 34, 35, 88. 112, 141. 142, 222, 235. 233 234 226 207. Calhoun 154. 187 California 01 . 243 Calvary. CENTERVIEW 02, 107. 18f,, 243 CLINTON 32, 33, 34, 3.5, 8(5, 87, 112, 128, 200, 243 (Cole Neck) 201, 244 (Concord) 00, 244 Carder. CREIGHTON 05. 131. 244, .304 21 ( Deep water ) 35, 83, 178, 180, 200, 206, 246, 2.-)l DEEPWATER.. 94, 175, 235, 240 (Double Branches) 200, 247, 251 Dover 31, 82, 85. 241 DREXEL 95, 247, 314 ( Ebenezer ) 92, 247, 284 EL DORADO SPRINGS. .. ..34, 94. 247 FAIRVIEW (Bates Co.) 95, 247. 24S. 314 (Fairview, Henry Co.) 91. 235.. 249 (Fairview, Johnson Co.) 91, 249 (Freeman) 92. 249 , ( Georgetown ) 83. 249 GREENWOOD 31, 33, .34. !»0. 107. 141, 18(i. J'.d 236, 250, 303. (Harmony) 11. 14, 82, 148, 2l((). 2.-)l (Harrisonville) ..86, 88, 141, 23(i. 251 nigginsville. (High Grove) 85. lOd. 253 HIGH POINT 89. 117. 227. 253 HOLDEN 14, 31, 32, 33, 34. 87. lOli, 107. 2.57, JEFFERSON CITY 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, S2. S7. !)4. 146, 151, 152, 183, 1S4. 227. 2(i0. KANSAS CITY, FIRST 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 10(i. lOS. 122. 174, 190, 205. 2i;!, 218. 22(i. 266, 267. KANSAS CITY, SECOND 31, 32, 33, 34, 86. 118, 138. 1()7. 181, 204, 222, 20^, 2(i(). 270. 275, 278, 282. KANSAS CITY, THIRD 33, 34, 35, 00. 131. 2ns. 2(i.-). 273. KANSAS CITY, FOURTH 32, 33, 34, 35, 04, 0."), 132. 208. 275, 281. KANSAS CITY, FIFTH 33, .35, 04. 130. 184. 2()(i. (Kansas City, Hill Mt-iiioiial ) . . . . 33, 35. 05. 266, 277. (Kansas City, First Welsh) 33, 95, 266. KANSAS CITY, LINWOOD 34, 35, 05, 185, 266, Kansas City, Central 268. 2()9. Kansas City, Belmont Chapel .... ( Kingsville ) KNOB NOSTER 34, 85, 88, 131. 182. 284. .306. Lamontc 01. lO.l. 286, ( Laynesville ) !)3. Lee's Summit Lexington 30, 31, 82. 80. IOC). 108. 131, (Little Osage) 82, 124, 125, 12(). 140, 200. 206, 251, 287. (Little Tebo) 83, 201. Longicood 106, 194 1 16 LONo. OAK 80, 141, 289 LOWRY CITY 05, 290 250 117 324 173 2(i5 175 274 266 MALTA BEND 32, 35. !I3. 131. 200 (Marmiton) 82, 126. 251, 289, 291 Marshall 30, 31. 82, 22G Miami. .MONTROSE .32, 91. 107. 186, 207. 246, 292 ( Moreau) 85. 200, 215 (Moriistown ) 80. 240, 292 (Mt. Hope) 148 Mt. Olive. Nelson. NKVADA 33. 35. 02. 03. 131. 102, 293 ( New Frankfort ) 32, 02, 292 Xew Hope. 266 ( Oakland I 8.") (Olive Branch) 02. 245, 294 Odessa . 278 OSCEOLA 32, 33, 3.5, 83. 88, 118, 128. 170, 200 270 2.35, 204. (Otterville) 88, 297 27!) ( Papinsville ) 97, 141, 298 281 First Cliureh of I'l tti.s County 328 31. 85, 194 l.il I'isfjah 30, 31, 85, 226 28.'! I'leasant Hill .30, 31, 84. 108. 126. 182. 180, 100 307 217. 218, 221, 208. ( Pleasant Prairie) 30, 03, 301, 303 307 ( I'osf Oak ) 84, 124, 302 286 I'rairie .30. 84, 123. 146, 226 236 /'/•,(/■;•/( Li<-L-. I Prosperity) 02, 302 ■■^86 I Providenee ) 94, 302 213 Ifani/e Line. liAVMORE 280 33. .35. 94, 107, 126, 143, 191, 303 INDEX. mi KICK HIIJ .-?:?. :io. !>3. 107, 143. 304 ( l{nckville ) 04. 143, liOr^ (M. Thomas) 30. 31, S.i ( Salem, Henry Cu. ) 83, 87, 124, 125. 1H7. 200. 214. 30li (Salem, Jackson Co. I SO (Salem, Johnson Co.) ( Salem, Pettis Co.) :{4. 93. 28.1. 28(i. 300 Saline 82 (Salt Pond) 84 (Salt Springs) .31. .32, 35, J)3, 131, .307 SCHELL CITY 32, 93, .303. .309 ( Sedalia, First ) 32, 33, 87, 101. 112. I.IO. 1!>4. 310 SEDALIA, BROADWAY .34, 35, 91. l.)0. 19.,. 312 SEDALIA, CENTRAL 34. 35, 95, 185, 311 SHARON 33. 93. 247. 249, 313 ,Si> Mile 84. 151. 217. 314 (Smithton) 90, 314 (South Grand Riv.r) .30. 85. 314 (Strasburg) 221 (Sugar Creek) 87. 108. 2,44, 284, 290 SUNNYSIDE 89, 187, 315 Street Spriiiffs 225 (Tabo) S3. 310 TIPTON 32, .33, 88. 107. 112. 117. 175. 297, 31(1 Tuscumbia. ( Union ) 86 1 crsailles. \ISTA 35. !t5. 319 (Wadesburg) 319 Wall-ir. Wallace. W ARRENSBUR(i 31, 32, 33, 34. 35. 85. 108, 124. 172 182, 202. 215. 319. WARSAW 35, 83, 87, 90, 92, 93, 119. 127, 128, 142, 157, 100. 187. 289. .322. 1 V2, 94, 151, 263 J. N. Gilbreatli 82, 234 R. Glenn 48, 83 G. W. Goodalo. .51, 88, 91. 274, 284, 286 H. P. Goodrifli 46. 82, 152, 261 M. B. W. Granjrer 35, 71, 89, 93, 310, 325 F. R. Gray. . . .47. 83. 217. 256, 310, 327 S. W. Griffin ., . . 64 E. M. Halbcrt 52, 80, 87, 89, 154 315 N. H. Hall 82 J. Hancock 50, 85, 220, 267 1. W. K. llaudy 47, 83, 155, 201, 211 322 J. B. Harbison 80, 300 (i. W. Harlan 49, 83, 118, 120, 159, 201, 215 295 F. Hart 58, 81, 85, 321 J. J. Hawk 92, 232 ('. W. Hays 81 G. P. Hays 33, 64, 86, 161, 272. 270, 281. 282 311 W. Hays 68, 81 (!. H. Heckmanii . .47, 165, 327 P. Heiligniann 67, 90, 275 C. C. Hembrec 02, 90, 250 W. R. Henderson 60, 87, 255 J. F. Hendy 35, 69, 94, 264 C. D. Herbert 47, 83 A. Herrick 89 J. Herron..33, 03. 87. 91, 106. 311, 312 J. H. Hess 81 G. Hickman 46, 82 H. Hill 31, 32, 33, 87, 88, 252, 254 J. B. Hill 9, 18, 34, 66, 81, 88, 89, 216, 222, 238, 248, 253, 270, 277, 290 318 T. Hill 11, 16, 51, 86. 100, 110, 118, 129, 135, 142, 155, 161, 166, 197, 204, 209, 212, 215, 235, 237, 238, 205. 270, 272. 274, 280, 308, 313 324 \V. H. Hillis . . .32, 56, 85,-92, 242, 321 F. W. Hinitt. . . .34, 66, 81, 85, 172, 321 B. M. Hobson 30, 31, 48, 82, 287 B. Hoffman 92, 302 E. Hollister 45, 82, 173, 233 C. A. Holm 81 S. H. Howe 83, 258 H. C. Hovey 32, 56, 85, 173, 267, 269 270 B. F. Hoxsey 82 J. H. Huffman 80 J. M. Hunter 93, 314 \. . H. Hyatt 34, 66, 90. 275 H. A. Hymcs 34. 69 J. M. Inskeep 314 R. Irwin.. 31, 32, 54, 85, 174, 269, 270 S. M. Irwin 52, 82 R. H. Jackson 58, 88, 91, 92, 94,. 95, 174, 230, 231, 246, 305, 318, 326 E. Jameson 81 H. D. Jenkins. .34, 09, 86, 161, 175, 273' P. B. Jenkins 35, 70, 81, 95, 282 S. D. Jewell 35, 71, 88, 241 . . A. J. Johnson 53, 80, 88, 89, 90, 243, 253. 297 314 A. Jones 45, 82, 83, 102, 119, 120, 159, 170, 201, 215, 246, 251, 288, 292, 295 306 T. H. Jones 33, 63, 93, 95, 279, 314 mi INDEX. \V. G. Keady 32, 56, 87, 263 H. C. Keeley 33, 63, 81. 88, 01, 297 G. E. Keithley 81 C. C. Kimball 32, 5!), 86, 181, 272 M. E. Krotzer 35. 70, !)4. 304 .62, 00, 03, 201, B. T. Lacey. . . J. Lafferty .... S. VV. Lambeth D. L. Lander 32. 50. 90, 93, 286, 290. 306 J. T. Lapsley 31, 49, 84. 85, 182, 218, 230, 284. 299, 301, W. J. Lapsley W. J. Lee 32, 56. 87, C. E. Leonard J. T. Leonard 30, 49, 80, 85, 86. 251, F. Lippe 57, 02, C. Lord 46, 83. W. E. Loueks 35. 72, 00, S. D. Loughead 50, 82, B. D. Luther 81, 00. 93, 290, R. L. McAfee. .45, 82. 18.3, 234, 260. C. E. McCane W. McCaughey A. R. MeClellan S. T. McClure E. W. McClusky 35, 69, 88, 89, 95, 253. 277. 280. .... . I. P. McCurdy 35, 70, 94, 184, A. McDougall 64, 93, J. C. McFall F. McFarland 82. J. MeFarland J. A. P. McGaw . . .34. ()7. 95, 185, C. C. McGinley 35, 73. W. E. Mack 33, 61, 90, J. L. McKee 35, 72, 94, C. C. McKinney 35, 73. 81,83, 90, 91, 93, 143, 291 A. McLaren (i5, 88, 91, 93, 95, G. W. McMillan 54, 88, 89, 239, J. McMillan. .119, 120, 123. 154, 159, D. McNaughton 53, 88, 89, 90, 92, 249 312 308 80 308 319 91 254 314 314 293 257 275 262 308 261 81 61 81 63 318 270 305 81 233 80 282 250 275 279 309 310 289 201 327 W. .AIcKeynolds D. Madeira 72, 83, M. Mann 93, W. Marshal] 112, R. Marquis 34, 65. 95, 185, B. Martin 33. 61. 90, 91, 230, 274. 275 M. Martin J. Matthews 53. F. Matthews J. May 67, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 248, 253, 289, 314. . Mayou 34. 65, 90, 91, 92, 186, 230 Mechatt S. Mesmer 51. 87. 186. Miller 31, 33, 50, 80, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 105, 127, 147, 187, 232, 244, 249, 250, 253. 267, 268, 287 294, 299 H. Miller 32, 33, 35, 56, 86. 87, 93, 94, 266, 273, 275. 278. 279, 294, 305, 311 H. Miller C. Milner 53, 88, 90, 168, 275, 296 W. Milster 33. 82, Mitchell W. Mitchell.. 50. 82, 88, 80, 91, 92, 93, 235, 301. 302. 315. 325, L. Mitchell A. Moflfett 91, 112, V. Montfort 52, 88, 297, Montgomery. .31, 50, 83, 85, 87. 90, 91, 108, 150. 193, 258. 310. 312 . B. Montgomery 45. 100, 103, Moore 59, W. Morrison 119. 120, 123, 159, 201 R. Morrison 48, 83, 119, 120, 123, 154, 150. KiO. 161, 107, 210, Morrison 89, Morton 82, G. Morton 33, 62, 87, 82 259 314 242 311 281 242 129 m 315 251 219 324 303 317 81 324 92 81 328 8(1 230 317 320 196 215 295 253 234 255 INDEX, 3^5 E. Muse 31, 52, 85, 108, 202, 283. 284, 320 32S H. A. Nelson. .(>2, S3. 1(J<». 202. 2.)8. 202 W. P. Nelson. . . .34. (17. 81. 88. nO. 275 A. W. Nesbit 01. 312 W. M. Newton 32, 33, 55, 82, 88. 91, !)2. !»4. 05. 207. 230, 240. 290, 298. 304. 309 320 F. Y. Nichols 81 E. P. Noel 40. 83. 123, 200, 295 A. North 88, 237, 317 C. D. Nott 54. 80. 204. 272 M. Palmer 102 A. H. Parks 89, 315, 328 W. H. Pawling 30, 48. 83. 257 H. M. Paynter. .-19. 82. 8.1. 194. 204. 234 J. Pierce 82 B. Pixlej' 45, 100. 102, 19(i. 205, 250 J. Piatt 59 J. S. Poage 57. 92. 242, 243 W. M. Pocock 34. 05. S7. 200. 290 F. Pollock 81 \V. G. Pollock 33. 04. 95, 277, 281 A. Pomeroy 45, 82, 233 J. N. Pope 72 B. F. Powelson 54, 82, 83, 91. 200. 240. 292 M. B. Price 83, 257 W. F. Price 34, 08. 91. 313 J. A. Quarles 83. 84, 287 W. S. Rae 88 L. Railsback 57, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93. !»4, 95, 207, 2.50, 253, 274, 275. 292, 304, 314 . . . 315 P. Read 54. 87, 88, 89, 232, 252 W. M. Read 58, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 235, 289, 302, 309, 326 R. S. Reese. 50. 80, 85, 86, 88, 243, 285, 319 328 T. S. Reeve 47, 111, 274 F. J. Reicliert 80 G. A. M. Renshaw 46, 83, 123, 200, 201 W. C. Requa, 48. 84. 89, 102. 103. 119, 120, 159, 190, 201, 211, 215, B. W. Reynolds C. L. Reynolds 81, 89, I. B. Ricketts 46, 83, 120, 12.3, 159. 201 A. T. Robertson .59. 81. 84. 90, 92, 94, 232. 250, .301 W. H. Roberts W. H. Rogers 00, 90, J. M. Ross 35, 72, 85, J. B. Ruby B. Ryland 47, 8.3, 12.3, J. W. Sanderson 94, D. S. Schaff 32. 00. 85, 213. A. V. C. Schenck . . 30. 48. 80, 82, 284, G. K. Scott 51. 83, W. Sample 09. 91. H. H. Shawhan E. B. Sherwood 110, W. F. Shields 33, 05, 93, 95, 112, 247, 148 H. M. Shookley 32. .58, 87. .301, A. Shotwell 49, W. Sickles 07. 81. 93, 95, 247, 289. 310 A. C. V. Skinner 81, 90. J. J. Slocom 46. G. Smith N. H. Smith 52, W. H. Smith 47, 82, 83, 119, 120. 159. 201, 214 G. B. Sproule 65, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 2.30, 235 H. C. Stanton 34, 06, 85, H. Strauss 56, 81, 92, D. K. Steele .33, 62, 85, 215, P. D. Stephenson 191, J. E. Stevenson 72, 91, 94, J. R. Stevenson 34, 65, 81, 91, K. E. Stringfield 81, J. Stuart 48, 210 289 231 289 295 303 90 250 321 315 201 278 270 319 258 94 69 252 314 311 84 314 308 83 92 108 306 314 270 290 321 312 304 313 91 83 336 INDEX. C, Sturdevant 51, DO. 108, 250. 300 F. C. Schwartz 58, 92, 293 H. M. Sydenstriker 90. 308 R. S. Symington 30, 31, 47, 83, 84, 85, 91, 148, 21G, 235, 257, 265, 267, 299 300 J. W. Talbot. .81. 87, 89, 90, 92, 232, 249 A. G. Taylor 51, 120, 123, 155, 159 201 C. A. Taylor 242 J. C. Taylor 33, 61, 89, 94, 95, 278, 280 289 S K. Taylor 80, 242 W. G. Thomas 60 C'. L. Thompson 32, 60, 86, 171, 221, 272 J. Thompson. .59, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 243, 249. 250, 289, .304, 313, 314 ■1. A. Thompson 81 .1. C Thornton 55, 80, 91, 284, 286 VV. F. Van der Lippe 32, 35, 71, 91, 94, 235 247 J. W. Van Eman 67, 91, 94 J. S. Van Meter 35, 71, 87 A. K. Vanorden 70, 81, 89, 91, 92, 243 253 J. B. Vawter 56, 90, 92, 232, 249, 315 325 J. G. Venable . .91, 92. 93, 230, 302, 309 W. E. Voss 34, 65, 91, 93, 94, 300 T. B. Vrooman 90, 275 Walker 32, 56, 81, 88, 90, 222, 241, 247, 254, 297, 314, 317 W. Wallace 49, 83, 85, 86 . G. F. Wallace 91, 312 , T. Wardle 34, 06, 87, 255 E. Wardner, Jr 73, 81 M. Ware 33, 63, 87 P. Watkins 32, 33, 34, 57, 86, 88, 89, 90. 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 231, 235, 241, 246, 251, 253,263, 289, 292. 297, 305. 315. 318, 325, 326 Weatherstone 70, 95, 277 Weir 46, 201 H. Weller 61 B. Welty 34, 67, 95, 277 Wettle 49 E. Wheeler 83, 91, 195, 258, 312 A. Whitaker 31, 32, 54. 87, 262, 316 324 C. White. .71, 88, 91, 92, 93, 243, 286 H. Wieman. .33, 61, 81, 93, 287, 305 W. Wilkinson 46, 83 H. Williamson 34, 68, 94, 264 A. Wilson 55 P. Wilson 33, 64, 85, 270 V. A. Woods 57, 90, 250 V. Worsham 312 W. P. Wyatt 88, 240 A. Wvlie 85 K. Wachter 66 J. L. Yantis 45, 82, 83, 85, 91, 104, 217, 224, 256, 265, 268... 287 J. Young 53, 89, 91, 227, 243, 253 J. (J. Young 94 8. E. Younsr 253 Princeton Theological Seminary Libraries 1012 01217 4936