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THE 


Christians'  Annual 


FOR  THE  YEAR  OF  OUR  LORD 


1897 


CONTAINING  ILLUSTRATIONS,  INTERESTING 

READING  MATTER,  AND  VALUABLE  STATISTICAL 

INFORMATION,  COMPILED  EXPRESSLY 

FOR  THIS  ANNUAL 


PUBLISHED  BY 

CHRISTIAN  PUBLISHING  ASSOCIATION 

B.  M.  STODDARD,  PUB.  AGENT 

DAYTON,  OHIO 


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Bev.  Alva  H.  Mokrill,  D.D., 
Pkesident  Ameeican  Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  AlvaH.  Morrill,  D.D.  ,  was 
born  in  Grafton,  New  Hampshire, 
June  7,  1848,  being  the  son  of  Rev, 
W.  S.  and  Minerva  T.  Morrill.  Thus 
he  was  reared  in  faithful  Christian 
surroundings,  whose  effects  have 
been  visible  under  widely  varying 
influences  in  later  life.  He  was 
converted  in  Marlow,  New  Hamp- 
shire, at  the  age  of  seventeen  years. 
In  1868  he  graduated  from  the  Chris- 
tian Institute  at  Andover  and  Wolf- 
borough.  With  high  honors,  he 
graduated    from     Dartmouth    Col- 


lege in  1872.  In  August,  1870,  he 
preached  his  first  sermon  at  Tuf  ton- 
boro,  New  Hampshire.  He  entered 
on  his  duties  as  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Rye,  New  Hampshire,  in  April, 
1872.  He  remained  there  three 
years.  He  was  ordained  in  July, 
1872.  While  pastor  at  Rye  he  was 
married  to  Miss  E.  T.  Hubbard,  of 
Wells,  Maine.  In  1875  he  became 
principal  of  the  Proctor  Academy, 
and  preached  for  the  churches  of 
Hill  and  Springfield.  In  1878  he 
became    pastor   of    the   church    at 


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Marion,  Indiana,  but  the  same  year 
accepted  the  position  of  professor 
of  New  Testament  Greek  in  the 
Christian  Biblical  Institute  at  Stan- 
fordville.  New  York.  There  his 
learning,  industry,  and  remarkable 
abilities  gave  him  great  influence 
over  the  young  men  graduating 
from  that  institution,  which  influ- 
ence continues  to  the  present  time. 
While  professor  at  Stanfordville  he 
was  most  of  the  time  pastor  of  the 
church  there,  and  secured  the  erec- 
tion of  an  elegant  new  church  build- 
ing. He  was  also  an  energetic 
worker  for  temperance,  and  exert- 
ed a  marked  power  for  good  in 
that  section  of  country.  More 
than  once  the  Prohibition  party 
asked  him  to  be  their  candidate  for 
civil  office.  Probably  in  1893,  he 
closed  his  long  labors  at  the  Chris- 
tian Biblical  Institute  to  become 
principal  of  Starkey    Seminary    at 


Eddytown,  New  York,  where  his 
administration  attracted  attention 
to  the  school ; .  but  the  financial 
sacrifices  were  more  than  he  could 
continue,  and  he  became  jDastor  of 
the  church  at  Haverhill,  Massachu- 
setts, shortly  before  the  American 
Christian  Convention  was  held  with 
the  church  there.  A  few  months 
ago  he  resigned  his  j)astorate  at 
that  place.  During  the  session  of 
the  Convention  he  was  elected  its 
president,  and  still  holds  that  office. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  the  Christian 
Publishing  Association,  and  holds 
other  positions  of  trust  among  the 
Christians.  He  is  a  very  able 
preacher,  and  among  temperance 
orators  has  few  equals.  He  has 
wonderful  activity,  is  in  the  very 
prime  of  life,  is  devoted  to  his 
duties,  and  is  an  earnest  follower 
of   Jesus. 

J.    J.    SUMMERBELL. 


A  Brief   Statement   of   the    History   and    Doctrine  of   the  Christian 

Denomination. 


By  Rev.  Alva  H.  Morrill,  D.D.,  President  American  Christian  Convention. 


The  denomination  which,  for 
nearly  a  century,  has  taken  ' '  Chris- 
tian"' as  its  only  name,  is  a  union  of 
three  separate  movements  in  some- 
what remote  sections  of  our  coun- 
try, near  the  beginning  of  the  pres- 
ent century. 

The  earliest  of  the  three  arose  in 
North  Carolina,  in  which  Rev.  James 
O'Kelley  was  the  principal  leader; 
and  was  the  result  of  dissatisfaction 
with  an  episcopal  form  of  govern- 
ment in  the  Methodist  Church.  The 


withdrawal  from  that  church  was 
made  in  Manakin  Town,  North  Car- 
olina, December  25,  1793.  At  first 
they  took  the  name  of  ' '  Republican 
Methodists,''  but  soon  changed  to 
the  name  "Christian''  only,  and  ac- 
knowledged no  head  over  the  church 
save  Christ,  and  no  creed  but  the 
Bible. 

Dr.  Abner  Jones,  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  in  Hartland, 
Vermont,  after  having  carefully 
studied  the   subject  of  creeds  and 


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sectarian  names,  resolved  to  with- 
draw from  the  Baptists,  and  to  ad- 
vocate Christian  character  and  true 
piety  as  the  only  test  of  fellowship, 
ignoring  human  creeds  and  names. 
'He  gathered  a  church  at  Lyndon, 
Vermont,  in  September,  1800,  and 
another  two  years  later  at  Bradford, 
in  the  same  state,  and  still  a  third 
in  March,  1803,  at  Piermont,  New 
Hampshire.  These  churches  were 
founded  upon  the  principles  which 
are  accejjted  as  fundamental  by  the 
churches  of  the  denomination  to- 
day. 

The  western  movement  had  its 
origin  among  the  Presbyterians, 
and  resulted  from  an  extensive  re- 
vival in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 
An  organization  known  as  the 
"Springfield  Presbytery,"  com- 
posed of  those  who  had  withdrawn 
from  the  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tion, after  a  brief  existence  w^as  dis- 
solved in  1804. 

Each  of  these  movements,  with- 
out the  knowledge  of  the  other, 
though  having  their  origin  in  dif- 
ferent denominations,  adopted  sub- 
stantially the  same  general  polity. 
To-day  the  aggregate  of  these 
united  bodies  is  about  120,000  com- 
municants. As  they  are  largely 
a  rural  people,  though  having 
quite  a  respectable  number  of  city 
churches,  their  growth  has  been 
somew^hat  slow,  wiiile  in  New 
England  many  country  churches 
have  ceased  to  exist  because  of 
the  movement  of  population  to  bus- 
iness centers. 

While  the  denomination  has  no 
acknowledged  creed  but  the  Bible, 
and  while  its  highest  ecclesiastical 


body,  the  "American  Christian  Con- 
vention,'" does  not  put  forth  any 
authorized  statement  of  belief,  yet 
the  churches  and  ministers  compos- 
ing it  are  w^ell  agreed  as  touching 
certain  principles  which  have  ever 
been  regarded  as  fundamental  prin- 
ciples of  the  body,  so  that  it  may  be 
confidently  affirmed  that  there  is 
uniformity  of  teaching. 

Firfit.  The  Bible  as  our  only 
creed,  an  all-sulficient  rule  of  faith 
and  practice  touching  the  Christian 
life. 

Second.  The  name  "Christian,"' 
given  first  to  the  disciples  at  An- 
tioch  (in  Syria),  the  most  appro- 
priate name  for  those  who  believe 
in  Christ. 

Third.  Christian  character,  mani- 
fested in  a  life  consecrated  to  Christ 
and  his  service,  our  only  test  of 
Christian  and  church  fellowship. 

Fourth.  The  union  of  all  the  fol- 
lowers of  Christ. 

Fifth.  The  right  and  duty  of 
private  judgment  in  the  interpreta- 
tion of  the  Scriptures. 

Holding  to  these  princij)les,  they 
offer  a  basis  for  the  union  of  all 
the  followers  of  Christ  so  broad 
as  to  include  all  w^hom  Christ  re- 
ceives, so  narrow  as  to  exclude  all 
whom  he  rejects,  while  at  the 
same  time  seeking  in  communion 
w^ith  all  Christians  the  salvation 
of  men  at  home  and  abroad,  and 
helping  to  extend  the  Redeemer"  s 
kingdom.  In  short,  the  denomin- 
ation seeks  to  exalt  the  essentials: 
to  magnify  the  things  Christ  mag- 
nified, and  to  discard  those  things 
which  to-day  divide  the  foUow^ers 
of  our  Lord. 


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Rev.  J.  F.  Burxrtt,  Seceetaey  American  Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  John  Franklin  Burnett 
was  born  in  Adams  County,  Ohio, 
near  Manchester,  April  16,  1851 ; 
was  .united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Lizzie  Turner,  a  niece  of  Elder 
G.  W.  Mefford,  September  8,  1870, 
and  was  baptized  the  same  year  by 
Rev.  C.  W.  Garoutte,  at  Ripley, 
Ohio.  A  few  years  later  he  moved 
to  Higginsport,  Ohio,  and  united 
with  the  Christian  Church  of  that 
place.  The  writer  of  this  sketch 
being  then  his  pastor,  at  once  dis- 
covered  in   "Johnny"  the  evident 


struggles  of  latent  powers,  which, 
if  let  loose  and  properly  directed, 
would  soon  exchange  the  adz  for 
the  pen,  the  truss-hoops  for  the 
binding  forces  of  the  gospel,  and 
leap  from  the  cooper-shop  to  the 
pulpit.  The  matter  was  presented 
to  the  church  in  due  time,  and  with 
unanimous  voice  he  was  commended 
at  once  to  conference  for  licentiate 
membership.  Upon  this  commen- 
dation he  joined  the  Southern  Ohio 
Christian  Conference  at  Ripley  in 
1877.     He  was  ordained  to  the  full 


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work  of  the  gospel  ministry  at 
Bethlehem  Church  in  1879,  Elders 
G.  W.  Mefford,  William  Pangburn, 
and  J.  P.  Daugherty  officiating.  He 
was  elected  clerk  of  the  conference 
at  Russellville,  Ohio,  in  1880.  He 
served  the  Ohio  State  Christian 
Association  as  secretary  of  Sunday 
schools,  and  later  as  secretary  of 
the  Association  for  many  years.  He 
was  elected  secretary  of  Sunday 
schools  for  the  American  Christian 
Convention  at  Marion,  Indiana,  in 
1890.  In  1894,  at  Norfolk,  Virginia, 
he  was  elected  secretary  pro  ton.  of 
the  American  Christian  Convention, 
and  in  October  of  the  same  year  was 
elected  secretary  of  the  Convention. 
While  living  in  Clermont  he  served 
the  county  two  years  as  president 
of  the  Sunday- School  Union.  Since 
located  in  Eaton,  Ohio,  he  has  served 
Preble  County  one  year  in  a  like 
capacity,  and  also  one  year  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Bible  Society. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  has  filled 
all  these  responsible  places  with  an 
efficiency  seldom,  if  ever,  excelled, 
and  still  serves  in  many  of  the  more 
important  trusts  of  the  Christian 
Church  with  credit  to  himself  and 
with  honor  to  the  several  interests 
he  so  ably  represents.  Besides,  he 
is  the  senior  editor  of  the  Living 
Christian,  and  also  the  honored  pas- 
tor of  the  Christian  Church  at 
Eaton,  Ohio.  As  to  his  opportuni- 
ties for  education,  with  no  earthly 
college  doors  opened  to  him,  he 
went  forth  from  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county,  with  Bible  in 
hand,  to  study  divine  classics  from 
the  star-spangled  dome  of  God's 
celestial  college  and  to  catch  and 


utilize  the  richest  treasures  of 
thought  from  the  object  lessons  of 
experience  and  observation  upon 
the  campus  of  nature's  university. 
Hence  his  life  presents  the  seeming 
anomaly  of  an  educated  self-made 
man  in  the  most  important  sense, 
having  but  little  need  of  a  college 
diploma  to  open  his  way  to  fields  of 
usefulness.  In  a  qualified  sense,  he 
was  born  a  grammarian,  a  formu- 
lator,  an  organizer,  a  public  speaker, 
an  orator,  a  preacher  of  the  gospel 
in  faith  and  verity,  seeming  always 
to  be  the  right  man  in  the  right 
place.  To  know  him  is  but  to  love 
him.  J.  P.  Daugherty. 


Educate  the  Children. 


In  the  j^resent  age  it  is  possible 
for  every  parent  to  educate  his  chil- 
dren, and  the  parent  who  does  not 
do  it  is  certainly  not  doing  his  duty 
in  behalf  of  his  child.  He  who  edu- 
cates his  child  gives  him  an  estate 
that  is  more  valuable  than  a  farm 
or  bank  stock  or  railroad  shares, 
an  estate  that  he  can  never  lose, 
that  can  never  be  given  for  lawyers' 
fees ;  something  that  is  a  continuous 
source  of  pleasure,  profit,  and  use- 
fulness; something  that  is  only  in- 
creased by  use. — 0.  B.  Wliital-cr. 

Do  You  Read  a  Church  Paper? 

If  you  are  not  reading  a  church 
paper  you  are  neglecting  a  great 
means  of  grace,  and  it  is  your  duty 
at  once  to  subscribe  for  one.  Why 
not  have  a  religious  paper  in  your 
home  as  well  as  a  secular?  Did 
you  ever  see  the  Herald  of  Gospel 
Liberty?  If  not,  send  for  a  sample 
copy. 


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The  American  Christian  Convention, 


By  Rev.  J.  P.  Burnett,  Secretary,  Eaton,  Ohio. 


The  Christians  began  holding 
general  meetings  as  early  as  1819, 
and  met  annually  until  1831.  The 
meetings  were  presided  over  at 
different  times  by  Elders  John  Rand, 
Mark  Pernald,  Daniel  Hix,  John 
Spoor,  Harvey  Sullings,  David  Mil- 
lard, and  Benjamin  Taylor.  In  1820 
the  meeting  was  held  at  Windham, 
Connecticut,  and  convened  October 
28.  The  main  work  of  this  meeting 
seems  to  have, been  the  collecting 
and  preparation  of  material  for  the 
Christian  Register,  which,  in  1821, 
contained  the  names  of  those  present 
and  a  list,  so  far  as  could  then 
be  obtained,  of  the  ministers  and 
churches  by  States.  Robert  Foster 
was  secretary  of  this  meeting.  At 
the  meeting  of  October,  1819,  Elder 
Frederick  Plummer  and  Dr.  Rogers 
Huntingdon  were  appointed  to  obtain 
calendar  for  an  annual  register,  for 
the  use  and  benefit  of  those  who 
were  in  Christian  fellowship.  From 
1831  the  meetings  had  an  interim  of 
three  years,  and  have,  since  1834, 
been  held  quadrennially.  The  last 
meeting  was  at  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Oct.  9-15, 1894,  was  largely  attended, 
and  very  much  was  accomplished. 

The  record  of  1866  begins  as  fol- 
lows :  ' '  Minutes  of  the  United  States 
Quadrennial  Christian  Convention, 
convened  at  Marshall,  Michigan." 
To  this  convention  a  committee  on 
organization  made  report,  recom- 
mending the  adoption  of  a  consti- 
tution, which  begins  as  follows : 
"This  organization  shall  be  styled 


the  American  Christian  Conven- 
tion," and  the  minutes  of  that  session 
read :  ' '  The  above  report  of  the 
committee  was  taken  up  article  by 
article,  and  finally  adopted  as  a 
whole,  as  above  recorded."  The 
question  of  incorporq,tion  was  dis- 
cussed at  the  Oshawa  Convention 
in  1870,  and  fully  disposed  of  at  a 
special  session  held  at  Troy,  Ohio, 
in  June,  1872.  September  21,  1874, 
incorporation  papers  were  issued  by 
Paul  H.  Williams,  recorder  of  Ham- 
ilton County,  Ohio. 

The  Convention  consists  of  the  fol- 
lowing departments :  Educational, 
missionary,  publishing,  financial, 
Sabbath- school,  and  Young  People's 
Society  of  Christian  Endeavor.  Each 
department  is  managed  by  a  secre- 
tary, subject  to  the  decision  of  the 
Convention  or  its  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

The  membership  of  the  Conven- 
tion is  composed  of  the  presidents 
of  our  colleges  and  one  trustee  of 
the  Biblical  School,  presidents  of 
conferences  and  associations,  and 
delegates  elected  by  conferences, 
one  for  each  five  hundred  members 
or  fractional  part  thereof. 

THE   WORK. 

The  spirit  and  purpose  of  the 
Convention  are  non- sectarian,  and 
its  work  is  to  carry  forward  the 
gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  unfettered 
by  ecclesiasticism  and  sectarian 
bigotry.  Its  missionary  and  church- 
extension  interests  are  rapidly  de- 


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velopjjig  and  materializing  in  city 
missions,  home  and  foreign  labor- 
ers, church  buildings,  and  increased 
contributions. 

OFFICERS. 

President. 

Rev.  Alva  H.  Morrill,  D.D., 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 

,  Convention  Secretary. 

Rev.  J.  F.  Burnett,  Eaton,  Ohio. 

Vice-Presidents. 

New  England — Rev.  I.  H.  Coe,  New 
Bedford,  Massachusetts. 

The  Sonth^Rew  W.  W.  Staley, 
D.D.,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina. 

New  York,  with  New  Jersey,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  Ontario — Rev.  Myron 
Tyler,  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

Ohio,  witJi  Kentuclxy — Rev.  Albert 
Dunlap,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Soxthern  Pen- 
insula of  JllicJuga)! — Rev.  Dally 
Powell,    Wingate,    Indiana. 

Iowa,  Wisconsin,  Nebraska,  and  the 
Northwest — Rev.  T.  W.  Howard, 
Winterset,  Iowa. 

Kansas,  llissouri,  and  tJie  Soufh- 
ivest — Rev.  John  Whitaker,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  Weaubleau,  Missouri. 

Depart niejtt  Secretaries. 

Departiiicnt  of  Education — Rev.  M. 
Summerbell,  D.D. ,  Ph.D.,  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine. 

Department  of  Finance^ — Hon.  P.  A. 
Palmer,  New  York,  New  York. 

Department  of  ]\Iissions  —  Rev.  J. 
G.  Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Department  of  Publixliing — Rev.  J. 
P.  UUery,  Conneaut,  Ohio. 

Depa  rtment  of  Su  nda  y  Schools — Rev. 


C.    A.    Tillinghast,    Stanfordville^ 
New  York. 

Department  of  Christian  Endeavor 
— Rev.  P.  A.  Canada,  Albany,  New 

York. 

Trustees. 

(The  trustees  were  elected  in  1890- 
at  Marion,  Indiana.)  Rev.  C.  A. 
Tillinghast,  N.  W.  Crouse,  Rev.  D. 
M.  Helfinstine,  Rev.  A.  Godley,  O. 
H.  Keller,  M.  O.  Adams,  Isaac 
Hewitt,  Alexander  Savage. 

Authorized  Collections. — Ed- 
ucational, second  Sunday  in  March; 
Home  Mission,  second  Sunday  in 
June;  P^oreign  Mission,  second  Sun- 
day in  September;  American  Chris- 
tian Convention,  second  Sunday  in 
December.  The  Sunday  schools  are 
requested  to  take  a  collection  annu- 
ally for  the  benefit  of  the  Sunday- 
School  Department. 

Approved  Objects  of  Benevo- 
lence.— Education;  Missions,  home 
and  foreign;  the  Convention  itself; 
the  Sunday- School  Department; 
Aged  Ministers'  Relief  Fund. 

The  Convention  has  on  its  lists 
1304  churches,  and  about  1300  min- 
isters. The  entire  membership  of 
these  churches  is  more  than  a  hun- 
dred thousand. 

How  AND  Where  to  Send  Mon- 
ey.— Send  by  bank  chpck,  draft, 
registered  letter,  or  past -office 
money  order.  Send  money  for  Con- 
vention purposes  to  J.  F.  Burnett, 
Secretary,  who  will  send  receipt, 
make  due  credit  on  the  books,  and 
deposit  the  amount  in  the  Convention 
treasury,  to  be  drawn  out  on  orders 
signed  by  the  President  and  the 
Secretarj^.      Persons    not    situated 


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THE  christians:  annual 


so  as  to  contribute  with  churches 
are  requested  to  send  personal  con- 
tributions direct  to  the   Secretary. 

Ministerial  Bureau. — Church- 
es and  ministers  may  be  supplied 
with  a  list  of  changes  desired  in 
pastoral  service  by  applying  to  the 
Secretary,  and  all  churches  desiring 
changes  and  ministers  seeking  new 
iields  as  pastors  are  requested  to 
notify  the  Secretary,  so  that  his 
lists  may  be  kei:)t  correct.  Minis- 
ters who  make  engagements  upon 
the  information  furnished  will 
please  notify  the  Secretary,  that 
their  names  may  be  discontinued 
from  these  lists. 

Independent  Churches. — Inde- 
pendent churches  are  invited  to  co- 
operate with  the  Convention  in  car- 
rying forward  the  gospel  untram- 
meled  by  creeds  and  unfettered  by 
religious  bigotry.  Persons  so  lo- 
cated as  not  to  be  able  to  contribute 
with  churches  are  requested  to  re- 
member the  Convention  collections 
W'ith  individual  contributions. 

yearly  report. 

The  Convention  books  for  the  year 
from  October  1,  1H95,  to  September 
29,  1896,  warrant  the  following 
report : 

From  October  1,  1895,  to  SejDtem- 
ber  29,  1896.     Whole  amount : 

Educational  purposes $1,158  73 

Educational  purposes  last  year...  722  37-    $136  36 

Home  missions 3,207  90 

Home  missions  last  year 3,093  05-      114  85 

Foreign  missions 1,002  17 

Foreign  missions  last  year 1,507  47-      505  30 

A.  C.  C 920  67 

A.  C.  C.last  year  '. 684  44-      236  23 

Sunday  schools 68  75 

Sunday  schools  last  year 100  93-        32  18 

C.  B.  I 51  66 

C.  B.  I.  last  year 42  00-         9  66 

Norfolk ..  


Norfolk  last  year 129  89-      129  89 

Aged  Ministers'  Relief  Fund 109  21 

Aged  Ministers'  R.  F.  last  year....  2  00-      107  21 

Franklinton 408  06 

Franklinton  last  year 154  22-     253  84 

Missions 5  00 

Missions  last  year 7  00-         2  00 

Miss  Penrod's  salary 5  00 

Miss  Penrod's  salary  last  year .50  00-       45  00 

U.  C.  College 

U.  C.  College  last  year 115-         115 

Bible  woman  in  Japan 55  00 

Bible  woman  in  Japan  last  year...         51  00-         4  00 

Tokio  church  building 44  91 

Tokio  church  building  last  year..  8  68-        36  23 

Japan  missions 

Japan  missions  last  year.. 2  68-         2  68 

Le  Grand 4  00 

Le  Grand  last  year 1189-         7  89 

W.  B.  F.  M  

W.  B.  F.  M.  last  year 7  00-         7  00 

Nebraska  sufferers 4  00 

Nebraska  sufferers  last  year 35  28-       31  28 

Building  in  Tokio,  Japan. 57  36 

Building  in  Tokio,  Japan,  last  yr.     1,289  76-  1,232  38 

Piqua,Ohio 

Piqua,  Ohio,  last  year 34  51-       34  51 

Raleigh,  N.  C 

Raleigh,  N.  C,  last  year 5  00-         5  00 

Bogle  Street,  Fall  River  

Bogle  street,  FaU  River,  last  year  6  75-         6  75 

Starkey 180  55 

Starkey  last  year -      180  55 

Lincoln.. 1  00 

Lincoln  last  year -         100 

Maple  Temple,  Raleigh,  N.  C 5  00 

Maple    Temple,    Raleigh,   N.  C, 

last  year  -         5  00 

Additional  missionary 10  00 

Additional  missionary  last  year -       10  00 

Whole  amount  for  all  purposes  ...     7,298  97 

Whole  am't  for  all  purp.  last  yr...     7,947  07-      648  10 

Whole  No.  contributions 1,890 

Whole  No.  contributions  last  year  1,458  432 

The  following  is  a  statement  of 
j)ersonal  gifts  for  the  j^urposes 
named : 

Ao.  Am't. 

Educational  remittances , 61  $128  12 

Home  mission  remittances 42  125  10 

Foreign  mission  remittances 38  118  33 

A.  C.  C.  remittances  .50  97  25 

Sunday-school  remittances 4  4  50 

Franklinton  remittances 16  74  10 

Starkey  remittances 16  63  95 

Aged  Ministers' R.  F.  remittances 4  105  00 

H.  C.  McCortney  remittances 2  2  00 

Nebraska  sufferers  remittances 2  2  00 

C.  B.  I.  remittances 1  100 

Lincoln  remittances 1  1  00 

Whole  number  personal  gifts  this  year.  237 

Whole  amount  personal  gifts  this  year.  $722  35 

Note.  —  Last  year  we  received  from 


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all  sources  for  the  Convention  |951.- 
63,  but  only  ^684.44  fi^om  the  col- 
lections. Of  the  amount  reported 
this  year,  all  but  $50  has  come  from 
public  contributions.  We  have  a 
gain  this  year  in  the  A.  C.  C.  funds 
of  $186.33. 

Note. — It  will  be  seen  that  Educa- 
tional, Home  Missions,  and  the  Con- 
vention's funds  have  been  increased 
over  last  year;  also  Franklinton 
and  Starkey,  and  that,  too,  in  the 
year  of  unheard-of  hard  times.  One 
hundred  and  eighty- six  dollars  and 
ninety-eight  cents  were  given  last 
year  for  purposes  for  which  there 
has  been  no  call  whatever  this  year, 
and  for  the  building  in  Tokio,  Japan, 
last  year  there  w^as  given  $1,289.76, 
and  this  year  only  $57.36.  It  will 
also  be  seen  that  we  received  four 
hundred  and  thirty-two  more  con- 
tributions this  year  than  last.  This 
of  itself  is  a  great  success,  and  indi- 
cates a  healthy  growth  and  a  ripen- 
ing interest  in  our  work.  If  we 
could  just  be  content  to  work 
our  plans,  instead  of  everlastingly 
planning,  we  would  accomplish 
something  after  awhile.  Every 
dollar  raised  by  churches  or  given 
by  individuals  should  be  represented 
on  the  Convention  books  and  go 
through  the  Convention   treasury. 

CONSTITUTION    OF    THE    AMERICAN 
CHRISTIAN   CONVENTION. 

Article  I. 

This  organization  shall  be  styled 
"The  American  Christian  Conven- 
tion." 

Article  IT. 

The  business  of  the  Convention 
shall  be  to  arrange,  direct,  or  trans- 
act such  matters  as  may  be  thought 


proper  and  necessary,  in  connection 
with,  and  for  the  furtherance  of, 
the  interests  and  honor  of  the  cause 
of  Christ. 

Article  III. 

The  officers  of  the  Convention 
shall  consist  of  a  president,  a  sec- 
retary of  the  Convention,  and  one 
secretary  for  each  department  here- 
inafter provided  for  (  all  of  whom 
shall  be  chosen  hj  ballot  for  the 
term  of  four  years,  and  until  their 
successors  are  chosen),  and  eight 
vice-presidents,  who  shall  have  that 
office  by  virtue  of  being  presidents 
of  district  conventions. 

Article  IV. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Presi- 
dent to  preside  in  all  meetings 
of  the  Convention  and  Executive 
Board. 

Article   V. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  at 
any  meeting,  one  of  the  Vice-Presi- 
dents shall  preside. 

Article    VI. 

The  Secretary  shall  faithfully  note 
and  record  all  the  doings  of  the  Con- 
vention, and  of  the  Executive  Board. 

Article    VII. 

The  Convention  shall  consist  of 
the  following  named  departments, 
namely:  1.  Missionarj^  and  Church 
Extension;  2.  The  Educational:  3. 
The  Publishing;  4.  The  Sabbath- 
school;  5.  Treasury  Department. 
Each  department  shall  have  an  ap- 
propriate secretary,  who  shall  have 
supervision  thereof,  subject  to  the 
control  of  the  Executive  Board  here- 
inafter named. 

Article   VIII. 

The  Executive  Board  shall  con 
sist  of  the  President  and  the  six 
secretaries  above  named,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  carry  out  any 
measure  determined  on  by  the  Con- 
vention, and  any  other  measure 
which  it  may  deem  necessary  and 


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proper;  and  each  secretary  shall, 
not  less  than  one  month  prior'  to 
every  regular  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention, make  a  written  or  printed 
report  of  the  doings  of  his  depart- 
ment, accompanied  with  recommen- 
dations, which,  on  the  opening  of 
the  Convention,  the  President  shall 
lay  before  it,  together  with  a  like 
report  and  recommendations  made 
by  himself  to  the  Convention. 

Article  IX. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
shall  keep  and  invest  funds  belong- 
ing to  the  Convention,  subject  only 
to  be  drawn  by  a  vote  of  the  Con- 
vention or  Executive  Board ;  in 
either  case  the  order  to  bear  the 
sanction  and  signature  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion. He  shall  give  bonds  to  the 
acceptance  of  the  Executive  Board. 
All  funds,  whether  from  bequests,  do- 
nations, or  otherwise,  shall  be  paid 
out  under  direction  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  unless  the  object  of  the 
donation  be  designated  by  the  donor. 

Arfic/e  X. 

The  members  of  this  Convention 
shall  be  composed  of,  first,  presi- 
dents of  our  colleges  and  one  trustee 
of  our  Biblical  School :  second,  presi- 
dents of  our  conferences  ;  third,  presi- 
dents of  state  associations ;  fourth, 
each  conference  may  be  rej^resented 
by  one  minister  and  one  lay  delegate 
for  each  five  hundred  members,  or  a 
fractional  part  thereof.  Said  dele- 
gates shall  be  elected  by  the  confer- 
ence at  its  session  next  preceding 
the  meeting  of  this  Convention,  or 
appointed  by  its  executive  commit- 
tee, or  in  such  other  way  as  the 
conference  may  determine. 

ArtieJe  XL 

Section  1.  This  Convention  shall 
have  charge  of,  and  shall  control,  its 
missionary  and  church-extension, 
educational,  publishing,  and  Sab- 
bath-school enterprises. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Convention  shall,  at 


its  quadrennial  meeting,  elect  by 
balloteight  persons,  who,  with  the 
President  and  Secretary  of  this  Con- 
vention, and  the  five  secretaries  of 
the  five  departments,  as  provided 
for  in  Article  VII.,  shall  constitute 
a  board  of  fifteen  trustees ;  the  last 
seven  shall,  e.r  officio,  be  members  of 
said  board ;  the  President  of  the 
Convention,  by  virtue  of  his  office, 
shall  be  president  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  Said  trustees  shall  be 
elected  and  serve  for  the  term  of  four 
years,  or  until  their  successors  are 
elected,  unless  removed  by  death  or 
for  cause,  or  shall  resign ;  in  either 
case  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
have  power  to  fill,  by  election  by 
ballot,  any  vacancy  so  created. 

Sec.  4.  Seven  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Sec.  5.  The  meetings  of  said 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  at  the 
call  of  the  president,  at  the  request 
of  any  three  members  of  said  board, 
notice  of  which  shall  be  given  in 
writing,  providing  that  such  call 
shall  not  be  more  frequent  than  once 
per  year ;  and  in  the  absence  of  the 
president  from  any  cause,  any  mem- 
ber may  legally  call  such  meeting. 

Sec.  6.  Said  board  shall  have 
power  to  api^oint  of  their  number 
an  executive  committee  of  five,  three 
of  whom  shall  constitute  a  quorum  ; 
the  president  of  said  board  shall  be, 
c.r  officio,  president  of  such  executive 
committee.  Said  executive  commit- 
tee shall  have  such  power  as  the 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  clothe  it 
with,  and  shall  hold  its  meetings 
at  such  time  and  place  as  it  may 
determine. 

Sec.  7.  This  Convention  shall 
elect,  by  ballot,  four  of  its  mem- 
bers, who  shall,  with  the  Secretary 
of  the  Missionary  and  Church- Ex- 
tension Department,  constitute  a 
board  of  directors  of  said  depart- 
ment, the  secretary  of  which  shall, 
ex-officio,  be  president  of  said  board 
of  directors. 

Sec.   H.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of 


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said  board  to  elect,  of  its  own  mem- 
bers, a  secretary  and  treasurer,  and 
to  manage  with  energy  and  prudence 
the  interests  of  said  department. 
Said  board  shall  require  of  its  treas- 
urer good  and  sufticient  bond  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 
It  shall  have  power  to  fill  all  vacan- 
cies that  may  occur  in  its  number, 
and  to  determine  the  time  and  j)lace 
of  its  meetings. 

Sec.  9.  This  Convention  shall 
appoint  one  person  in  each  con- 
ference in  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  each  of  whom  shall  be 
called  assistant  secretary  of  the 
Sabbath- school  Department,  and 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  collect 
annually  the  Sabbath- school  statis- 
tics of  his  conference,  and  to  forward 
to  the  secretary  of  said  department, 
on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  January 
in  each  year,  an  abstract  of  the  same, 
together  with  such  suggestions  as  to 
the  best  methods  of  conducting  Sab- 
bath schools  as  experience  may  have 
proved  to  be  valuable. 

(a)  In  the  year  in  which  the 
regular  meeting  of  this  Convention 
shall  be  held,  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  president  and  secretary 
of  each  of  the  conferences  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada  to  for- 
ward to  the  President  of  this  Con- 
vention, at  least  sixty  days  before 
date  of  meeting  of  said  Convention, 
such  statistics  and  information  as 
will  enable  the  President  to  present 
in  his  opening  address  a  correct 
statement  of  the  denomination  and 
its  work.  Said  statistics  shall  em- 
brace :  first,  the  number  of  congre- 
gations in  the  conference;  second, 
the  number  of  chapels;  thkd  the 
number  of  members;  and  fourth, 
the  increase  or  decrease. 

(b)  The  Educational  Department 
shall  be  conducted  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  favor  the  establishment  of 
denominational  schools  upon  sub- 
stantial bases;  and  especially  to 
encourage  the  undivided  support 
of  one  college  and  biblical  school. 


Article  XII. 

The  sessions  of  the  Convention 
under  this  constitution  shall  be 
called  by  the  executive  board  quad- 
rennially, and  at  other  times  when 
deemed  by  them  necessary  and 
proper. 

Article  XIII. 

This  constitution  may  be  amended 
by  a  two-thirds  vote,  at  any  session 
of  the  Convention,  jDrovided  three 
months'  previous  notice  of  the  pro- 
posed amendment  shall  have  been 
published  in  the  denominational 
papers. 

REPORT   OF   THE    COMMITTEE   ON 
ORGANIZATION, 

which  was  adopted  at  Haverhill, 
Mass. ,  October  15,  1894 : 

Whereas,  Due  notice  of  amend- 
ments to  Article  II.  of  the  constitu- 
tion has  been  given,  and  to  Article 
VII.  of  the  constitution;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  Article  II.  of  the 
constitution  be  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Article  II.  That  all  our  churches 
be  expected  to  take  four  collections 
annually  for  the  following  purposes: 
Education,  Home  Missions,  Foreign 
Missions,  and  American  Christian 
Convention.  Said  collections  to  be 
jDaid  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Conven- 
tion for  transmission  to  the  Treas- 
urer. Should  the  collections  for 
the  Convention  fail  to  meet  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Secretary's  office,  and 
the  other  necessary  Convention  ex- 
penses, the  deficit  shall  be  taken 
pro  rata  from  the  other  three  col- 
lections. 

Article  VII.  That  we  add  the  sixth 
department,  to  be  known  as  "The 
Young  People's  Society  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor. '' 


For  additional  A.  C.  C.  matter,  lists 
of  ministers,  churches,  and  confer- 
ences, see  index. 


Order  this  Annual  of  B.  M.  Stod- 
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Eev.  p.  a.  Canada,  Secretary  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  Department, 
American  Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  p.  a.  Canada,  our  Endeavor 
Secretary,  who  has  proven  himself 
such  an  earnest  and  faithful  worker, 
is  a  native  of  Indiana.  He  was  born 
December  18,  1859.  His  boyhood 
days  were  spent  on  a  farm,  with 
limited  educational  advantages.  In 
1877  he  entered  Union  Christian 
College,  and  graduated  in  1883, 
spending  two  years  of  that  time 
teaching  school.  He  served  as 
principal  of  the  Greentown,  Indiana, 
schools  one  year,  and  then  attended 
Oberlin  Seminary. 


In  1888  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Addie  Spencer,  of  Liberty,  Indiana. 

He   was    ordained    at    Columbus 

Grove,  Ohio,  in  1886.    He  was  pastor 

at  Versailles,    Ohio,    two   and  one 

half  years,  and  at  Conneaut,  Ohio, 

three   years,    at   the   expiration   of 

which  he  accepted  a  call  to  Albany, 

New  York,  where  he  continues  his 
labors. 

He  is  the  beacon  light  of  our  En- 
deavor Department. 

To  know  him  is  to  respect  and 
admire  him  for  his  loyalty  to  the 
cause. 


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The  Y.  P.  S.  C.   E.   Department  of   the   American   Christian 

Convention. 


By  Rev.  P.  A.  Canada,   Secretary,   Albany,  N.  Y. 


This  deiDartment  was  created  at  the 
Quadrennial  Convention  at  Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts,  October,  1894, 
with  Rev.  G.  A.  Conibear  as  depart- 
ment secretary.  Brother  Conibear 
wrought  earnestly  and  efficiently 
until  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  the 
work.  The  present  secretary  took 
up  the  work  where  Brother  Coni- 
bear left  off,  and  has  sought  to  carry 
out  his  admirable  plans.  Most  of 
the  conferences  and  associations 
have  been  organized  with  an  effi- 
cient Christian  Endeavor  secretary 
in  charge.  The  following  is  a  list 
of  secretaries  so  far  as  we  are  able 
to  give : 

New  England  Convention  —  Miss 
Mary  A.  Rowell,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Massadmsetts  and  Bhode  Island  Con- 
ference— Rev.  W.  B.  Flanders,  New 
Bedford,  Mass. 

Bockingham — Miss  Sadie  Cate, 
Wolfboro,  N.  H. 

Vermont — Miss  Sybil  Morgan,  Lin- 
coln, Vt. 

Merrimack — Miss  Mary  A.  Rowell, 
Franklin,  N.  H. 

York — Miss  Anna  Libby,  Saco, 
Maine. 

Central  and  East  —  Miss  Olive 
Gould,  Albion,  Maine. 

Ohio  State— Uev.  O.  W.  Powers, 
Yellow  Sx3rings,  Ohio. 

3It.  Vernon,  Ohio — Orange  Dun- 
lap,  Utica,  Ohio. 

Ohio  Southern — Rev.  O.  L.  Pride, 
Aberdeen,  Ohio. 

Ohio  Central — Miss  Edna  Green, 
Raymond,  Ohio. 

Miami,  Ohio — Rev.  McD.  Howsare, 
Versailles,  Ohio. 

Iowa  Central — George  Dalzelle,  Le 
Grand,  Iowa. 


Iowa  Union — -C.  E.  Hawk,  Le 
Grand,  Iowa. 

Iowa  Southwestern — Miss  Grace 
Hewlette,  Winterset,  Iowa. 

loiua,  Des  Moines — Frank  Abbott, 
Thayer,  Iowa. 

Southern  Kansas — Miss  May  Cole, 
Lerado,  Kan. 

Illinois  State — Rev.  G.  D.  Law- 
rence, Arthur,  111. 

Illinois  Western— Re\.  R.  W.  Pitt- 
man,  Fiatt,  111. 

Northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin — 
H.  B.  Stevenson,  Capron,  111. 

Indiana  State — Rev.  D.  B.  Atkin- 
son, Muncie,  Ind. 

Eel  River— ^ex.  J.  W.  Bolton, 
Bluffton,  Ind. 

Eastern  Indiana — Mrs.  Anna  Coats, 
Harrisville,  Ind. 

Miand  Reserve — Mrs.  B.  O.  Hays, 
Marion,  Ind. 

Indiana  Central — Rev.  D.  O.  Coy, 
Taylorsville,  Ind. 

Wester)!  Indiana — Rev.  R.  H.  Gott, 
Mellott,  Ind. 

Southern  Indiana  and  Illinois — Miss 
Cora  Norris,  Stewarlville,  Ind. 

Northivestern  Indiana — Rev.  W.  J. 
Vance,  Argos,  Ind. 

Neiv  York  State  — Rev.  N.  W. 
Crowell,  North  Rush,  N.  Y. 

New  York  Western— Uev.  W.  A. 
Warner,  Machias,  N.  Y. 

New  York  Central— Rev.  E.  D. 
Hammond,  Eddytown,  N.  Y. 

New  York  Southern — Miss  Hattie 
Pollard,  Harford  Mills,  N.  Y. 

New  York  Eastern— Rev.  F.  Metz- 
ger,  Freehold,  N.  Y. 

New  Jersey — Rev.  I.  J.  Wilmarth, 
Vienna,  N.  J. 

Erie— A.  B.  Kendall,  Erie,  Pa. 

Western  Penn sylvan ia — Mary  Hum- 
bert, Haydentown,  Pa. 

Tioga  River — Rev.  Ira  L.  Peck, 
Knoxville,  Pa. 


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Bai/s  Hill — Miss  Amanda  L.  Ben- 
nett, Flintstone,  Md. 

Ontario-^UeY.  W.  P.  Fletcher, 
Oshawa,  Ont. 

Mivhiiitni—'RQY.  P.  W.  McRey- 
nolds,  Marshall,  Mich. 

Soutlwru  Wabash,  Illinois  —  John 
Evans,  Merom,  Indiana. 

Illi)iois  Central — C.  S.  Masterson, 
Garrett,  111. 

With  the  help  of  these  efficient 
conference  Christian  Endeavor  sec- 
retaries and  others,  we  have  organ- 
ized the  Endeavor  work  in  many 
places.  Much  valuable  information 
has  been  gathered.  We  have  a  list 
of  375  societies,  reporting  an  aggre- 
gate membership  of  8,872  active  and 
2,681  associate  members  (making 
a  total  reported  membership  of 
11,553,  not  counting  the  honorary 
membership ) ,  contributing  last  year 
$1,364.75  for  missions  and  $1,580.59 
for  other  work,  making  a  total  of 
12,945.34. 

A  large  number  of  the  corre- 
sponding secretaries  of  the  375 
societies  failed  to  give  any  statis- 
tical reports,  as  may  be  seen  by 
looking  at  the  printed  list,  and  some 

conference  secretaries  failed  to  re- 
» 

port  the  correct  number  of  societies, 
so  that  we  may  safely  say  that  we 
have  fully  five  hundred  societies, 
and  the  membership  and  contribu- 
tions are  fully  double  the  numbers 
given  above. 


The  work  of  this  department  is 
arduous,  involving,  as  it  does,  a 
large  correspondence  and  much 
clerical  work,  as  well  as  the  prep- 
aration of  much  matter  for  the  press. 
Also,  the  expense  of  the  department 
is  not  inconsequential.  But  all  is 
borne  cheerfully,  gladly,  by  the 
General  Secretary  and  his  self-de- 
nying conference  secretaries.  The 
General  Secretary  would  urge  that 
each  society,, send  to  the  annual  con- 
ference a  sum  equal  to  five  cents 
per  capita  to  be  used  as  a  fund  for 
extending  the  work.  This  would 
enable  the  conference  Christian  En- 
deavor secretary  to  distribute  liter- 
ature, and  even  visit  needy  fields  in 
the  interest  of  Christian  Endeavor 
extension. 

Also  each  conference  Christian 
Endeavor  secretary  should  urge 
each  society  to  observe  Christian 
Endeavor  Day.  _As  the  young  peo- 
ple in  our  Sunday  schools  observe 
Children's  Day  in  June,  and  make 
it  of  great  benefit  to  our  Home  Mis- 
sionary Fund,  so  we  ought  to  make 
Christian  Endeavor  Day  in  Febru- 
ary distinctively  Foreign  Missionary 
Day.  At  any  rate,  we  have  about 
ten  thousand  active  members ;  prob- 
ably more.  Shall  we  not  have  for 
our  motto  and  standard,  ''One  dollar 
from  each  Endeavorer  each  year  for 
missions'''  until  Christ  our  Lord  is 
crowned  King  of  men  as  he  is  already 
King  of  saints  ? 


The  Christian  Endeavor  Platform. 


(From  President  Clark's  Annual  Address  at  the  Fifteenth  International  Convention,  Washington, 

D.C.,  July,  1896.) 


Our  Christian  Endeavor  platform 
was  built  for  us  at  the  beginning 
by  Providence.  Its  strength  has 
been  revealed  by  our  history.     My 


task  is  an  easy  one,  for  I  only  need 
write  in  words  what  I  believe  God 
has  written  in  deeds.  If  I  do  not 
state  our  platform   correctly,   I  do 


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not  ask  you  to  stand  upon  it.  But 
if  I  can  read  our  history  aright, 
these  are  its  chief  planks: 

First.  Our  covenant  prayer-meet- 
ing pledge, — the  magna  cliarta  of 
Christian  Endeavor. 

Second.  Our  consecration  meet- 
ing,—  guaranteeing  the  spiritual 
character  of  the  society. 

Third.  Our  committees,  —  giving 
to  each  active  member  some  specific 
and  definite  work  "for  Christ  and 
the  Church." 

Fourtli.  Our  interdenominational 
and  international  fellowship,  based 
upon  our  denominational  and  na- 
tional loyalty. 

Fiftli.     Our  individual   independ- 


ence and  self-government,  free  from 
control  of  United  Society,  state,  or 
local  union,  convention,  or  commit- 
tee ;  all  of  which  exist  for  fellowship 
and  inspiration,  not  for  legislation. 

Sixth.  Our  individual  subordina- 
tion as  societies  to  our  own  churches, 
of  which  we  claim  to  be  an  integral, 
organic,  inseparable  part. 

Scvcutli.  Our  Christian  citizen- 
ship plank, — our  country  for  Christ, 
but,  as  a  society,  no  entangling  po- 
litical alliances.  Our  missionary 
plank, — Christ  for  the  world. 

Eightli.  Our  ultimate  purpose, — 
to  deepen  the  spiritual  life  and  raise 
the  religious  standards  of  young 
people  the  world  over. 


Christian  Endeavor  Facts. 


According  to  the  latest  reports 
from  the  General  Secretary,  there 
are  in  the  world  over  47,000  socie- 
ties, with  an  aggregate  membership 
of  over  2,800,000.  Last  year  from 
the  Juniors  21,500  and  from  the 
Young  People's  Society  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  210,400  joined  the 
churches  of  America.  Given  for 
missions  last  year,  over  $154,000, 
and  for  other  benevolences,  over 
$206,000.  

The  first  Christian  Endeavor  So- 
ciety was  organized  in  February, 
1881,  by  Rev.  Francis  E.  Clark, 
pastor  of  Williston  Congregational 
Church,  Portland,  Maine. 


Christian  Endeavor  is  not  an  end, 
but  a  means  to  an  end.  It  does  not 
exist  for  its  own  sake,  but  only  "for 
Christ  and  the  Church." 


Christian  Endeavor  is  not  apart 
from,  but  a  part  of,  the  Church.  It 
is  a  hand,  feet,  tongue,  eyes,  heart- 


an  instrument.  Happy  the  church 
and  pastor  who  know  how  to  use 
this  sanctified  instrument. 


God  can  use  Christian  Endeavor  to 
promote  temperance,  good  citizen- 
ship, missions,  and  all  good  causes. 


Christian  Endeavor  does  not  sup- 
plant any  agency  of  the  Church, 
such  as  Sunday  school,  mission- 
ary and  aid  societies,  and  prayer- 
meeting.  Its  object  is  to  build  all 
these  up. 

Christian  Endeavor  conventions 
are  doing  a  grand  work  in  jiromot- 
ing  interdenominational  fellowship, 
which  is  a  phase  of  Christian  union. 
For  this  reason  alone  all  our  pastors 
and  workers  should  attend  these 
conventions.  These  conventions 
also  result  in  the  ingathering  of 
many  souls  and  the  deepening  of 
the  spiritual  life  of  many  who  are 
hungering  after  the  better  things 
of  God's  kingdom. 


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Christian  Endeavor  Prayer-Meeting  Topics  for  1897. 


[These  topics  will  be  written  up  each  week  in  the  C.  E.  Department  of  the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty.^ 


Sunday- 

Jan. 

3 

Jan. 

10 

Jan. 

17- 

Jan. 

24- 

Jan. 

31- 

Feb. 

7 

Feb. 

14- 

Feb. 

21- 

Feb. 

28- 

March 

7- 

March  14- 

March 

21- 

March  28- 

April 

4- 

April 

11- 

April 

18- 

April 

25- 

May 

2- 

May 

9- 

May  16- 

May  23- 

May  30- 

June  6- 

June  13- 

June  20- 

June  27- 

July  4- 


Topics— 
-What  prayer  should  do  for  the  Christian. 

I.  Kings  8 :  22-40.     (A  meeting  of  prepa- 
ration for  the  Week  of  Prayer.) 

-Spiritual  power:  whence  it  comes  and 

how  to  get  it.     Phil.  4  :  4-13. 
-Revivals,  at  home  and  in  mission  fields. 

II.  Chron.    30 :  13-27.      (A    missionary 
topic.) 

-Our  failures  and  successes.    Luke  5 : 1-11. 

(A  question-box  meeting  suggested.) 
-Endeavorers  loyal  to  Christ;  what  will 

they  do  1    John  13 :  31-38 ;  8 :  31.     ( Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Day.) 
-Sincerity ;  with  one's  self,  with  others, 

with  God.    Ps.  15  : 1-5  ;  Zech.  8 :  16,  17. 
-What  our  denomination  is  doing.    Zech. 

4 : 1-14.     (A  bird's-eye  view  of  denomina- 
tional activities.) 
-Our  little  worries,  and  how  to  get  rid  of 

thera.    Ps.  121 :  1-8 ;  John  14 : 1. 
-From  what  does  Christ  save  men  ?    Tit. 

3:1-7. 
-Opportvinities  to  do  good :  seeing  them, 

using  them.  John  4:  5-15;  I.  Cor.  9: 19-22. 
-How    the    Christian    Endeavor    pledge 

strengthens     the    Christian    life.      II. 

Kings  23 ;  1-3,  21-25. 
-How    our    bodies    influence   our  souls. 

Dan.  1:  8-21.     (A  temperance  topic.) 
-What    Christian    heroism  is   and  does. 

Luke  9 :  18-26,  51-62. 
-Lessons  from  Christ's  miracles.    Matt. 

11 :  2-6 ;  John  14 :  8-14. 
-The  brotherhood  of  man.  I.  John  3 : 1-24. 

(A  missionary  topic.) 
-Different  kinds  of  death  and  the  con- 
quest  of   them.     I.   Cor.  15:50-58.     (An 

Easter  topic.) 
-What  is  true  liberty  and  how  is  it  won  ? 

John  8 :  30-40. 
-Christian  enterprise.    Jonah  3: 1-IO. 
-Why  I  love  Jesus.    I.  John  4 :  19 ;  John 

3:14-17.      (A    union    meeting   with  the 

Juniors    suggested,    to    be  led  by  the 

Junior  superintendent.) 
-Some  things  worth  living  for.    I.  John  2 : 

12-17. 

-Peace  :  when  to  seek  it,  and  how.    Gen. 

13 :  5-18. 

-"That  ye  bear  much  fruit."    John  15: 1- 
14. 

-The  tongue  as  a  Christian's  tool.    Ex. 
4:1-17. 

-The  best  way  to  study  the  Bible.    Ps. 
19:7-14. 

-Our  brother's  keepers.    Gen.  4:3-16.     (A 
temperance  topic.) 

-How  to  get  patience,  and  why.    Jas.  5 : 
7-20. 


-Consecrated   patriots : 
do  ?    Deut.  32 : 1-18. 


what   will  they 


Sunday—  Topics- 

July  11— Individual  responsibility  for  the  conver- 
sion of  the  world.  Rom.  9:  1-3;  10:1, 
13-15.  (A  missionary  topic.  Prayer  for 
the  International  Christian  Endeavor 
Convention.) 

July  18— Belief  in  Christ :  what  it  is,  what  it  does. 
John  4 :  46-53 ;  Acts  16 :  25-34.  ' 

July      25— False  worship  and  true.    Matt.  6 : 1-15. 

Aug.  1— Putting  religion  into  our  daily  tasks. 
I.  Kings  7:  13,  14;  Acts  18:1-4;  Mark  6 : 
1-3. 

Aug.  8— The  comfort  that  comes  from  the  Bible. 
Isa.  12 : 1-6.     (A  promise  meeting.) 

Aug.  15— Stumbling-blocks.  Matt.  IS:  1-14.  (A 
temperance  topic.) 

Aug.  22— Have  we  the  spirit  of  Christ  ?  Rom.  8  : 
1-18. 

Aug.  29— The  idols  we  are  likely  to  worship.  Ex. 
20 :  1-6 ;  Luke  12 :  13-21. 

Sept.  5 — Our  gifts  from  God;  our  gifts  to  God. 
Rom.  8:26-39. 

Sept.  12— Bible  directions  for  practical  life.  Eph. 
6: 1-9.    (A  memory  meeting  suggested.) 

Sept.  19 — Losing  one's  life  and  finding  it.  John 
12 :  1-8,  20-26. 

Sept.     26— Eternity.    John  5  :  17-29. 

Oct.  3— How  to  make  God's  will  our  will,  and 
the  result.    Phil.  2  : 1-13. 

Oct.  10 — Enduring  hardships  for  Christ's  sake. 
Heb.  12 :  1-13.     (A  missionary  topic.) 

Oct.  17 — "Whatever  He  would  like  to  have  me 
do."  Ex.  19:1-8.  (A  meeting  to  con- 
sider all  branches  of  society  work  sug- 
gested, to  be  led  by  the  president.) 

Oct.  24— Confessing  Christ  before  men :  why  and 
how.  John  12:  35-43;  Rom.  10:  8-11. 
(A  meeting  for  especial  thought  of  the 
associate  members  and  the  uncon- 
verted.) 

Oct.       31— Trust  Christ— for  what  ?    II.  Tim.  1 : 1-12. 

Nov.  7— Influence  :  why  to  get  it,  how  to  get  it, 
how  to  use  it.  Deut.  20:1-9;  Matt.  5: 
1316. 

Nov.  14— The  blessedness  of  serving  God.  Deut. 
28:  1-20;  45-47.  (A  meeting  to  be  le  i  by 
the  pastor,  or,  if  your  chur6h  has  none, 
by  some  older  Christian.) 

Nov.  21— Gratitude :  to  whom  ?  for  what  ?  how 
shown?  Luke  17  :  11-19.  (A  Thanksgiv- 
ing topic.) 

Nov.  28— How  can  we  consecrate  ourselves  to  the 
temperance  and  similar  reforms  ?  Luke 
1 :  5-17.  (International  Temperance 
Sunday.) 

Dec.  5— "Not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  min- 
ister."    Matt.  20:  20-28. 

Dec.  12— One  thing  I  have  learned  from  Paul's 
life  or  writings.  Acts  9:1-22.  (A  mem- 
ory meeting  suggested.) 

Dec.  19 — Our  sins,  and  how  to  get  rid  of  them. 
Luke  13 :  23-30. 

Dec.  26— What  message  did  Christmas  bring  you  ? 
Isa.  53 : 1-12.  (A  Christmas  song  service 
suggested.) 


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Junior  Christian  Endeavor  Prayer=Meeting  Topics  for  1897, 


[These  topics  will  be  treated  each  week  in  the  C.  E.  Department  of  the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty, 

by  competent  "writers.] 


Sundai/—  Topics— 

Jan.        3— What  good  resolution  have  you  for  this 

new  year  ?    Eccl.  12 : 1-7,  13,  14. 
Jan.      10— Ways   in  which  we  may  serve  God  in 

school.    Luke  2:40-52. 
.Jan.       IT — What  interesting  fact  do  you  know  about 

Africa  and  the  missions  there  1    Ps.  68 : 
*  31-35. 

.Jan.      24— What  are  some  things  that  trouble  you? 

Ps.  142:1-7.      i^A  question-box  meeting 

suggested,  to  be  led  by  the  pastor.) 
Jan.      31 — If  we  are  loyal  to  Christ,  how  will  we 

show  it?    John  13: 31-3S;  8:31.     (Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Day.) 
Feb.        7— The  Beatitudes  ;  which  do  you  most  need 

to  remember  ?    Matt.  5  : 1-12. 
Feb.      14— The  life.of  Moses ;  what  are  some  of  its 

lessons?    Heb.  11 : 23-29. 
Feb.      21— Our  little  worries  ;  what  are  they  ?  how 

can  we  get  rid  of  them?    Ps.   121:1-8; 

John  14:1. 
Feb.      2S— How  does  Jesus  help  you  ?    John  6: 28-35. 
March    7— Chances  to  do  good:  what  are  some  of 

them,  and  how  are  they  to  be  used  ? 

John  4 :  7-15. 
March  14— How    does    your    Christian     Endeavor 

pledge  strengthen  you?     II.  Kings  23: 

1-3. 
March  21 — What  are  some  Bible  warnings  against 

strong  drink  1    Dan.  1 :  8-17. 
March  28— How  can  we  become  true  heroes  ?    Luke 

9 :  lS-26. 
April      4 — What  is  one  lesson  you   have   learned 

from  one  of  Christ's  miracles  ?    Matt. 

11 :  2-6. 
April   11— What  is  the  most  interesting  thing  you 

know    about   Asia    and   its    missions? 

Acts  1 : 1-8. 
April   18 — What  did  Christ's  life  and  death  do  for 

the  world  1    John  1 : 1-18.     (An    Easter 

topic.) 
April   25— What  are  some  wonderful  escapes   the 

Bible  tells  about  ?    Acts  27  :  20-26,  39-44. 
May        2 — What  are  some  hard  things  we  should 

attempt,  and  why  ?    Jer.  32 :  17-22,  26,  27. 
May        9 — Why  do  you  love  Jesus  ?    I.  John  4: 19; 

John  3: 14-17.     (A  union  meeting  with 

the  older  society  suggested,  to  be  led  by 

the  Junior  superintendent.) 
May      16 — Christ's  sayings  that  begin  with  "  Verily  " 

—what  have  you  learned  from  them  ? 

John  10:  1-7. 
May      23— How  can  we  be  true  through  and  through? 

Prov.  12  :  5,  17-22. 

May  30 — How  can  we  ''  bear  much  fruit "  ?  John 
15 : 1-8. 

June  6 — Bible  men  and  women  that  used  their 
tongues  for  God.    Matt.  10 :  16-20. 

June  13— What  good  comes  from  reading  the  Bi- 
ble?   Ps.  19:7  11. 

June  20 — How  should  we  be  our  brothers'  keepers  ? 
Gen.  4 :  3  16.     ( A  temperance  topic.) 


Sunday — 


Topics- 


June  27— How  can  we  become  more  patient  ?  Jas. 
5:7-11. 

July  4 — How  can  we  serve  our  country  ?  Deut. 
32  :  7-13.     ( A  patriotic  meeting.) 

July  11 — How  can  we  serve  the  world  ?  Rom.  10  : 1, 
13-15.  ( A  missionary  meeting.  Prayer 
for  the  International  Christian  Endeav- 
or Convention.) 

July  18 — What  are  some  ways  of  making  home 
pleasant  ?    Job  1 :  1-5  ;  42  :  10-13. 

July  25 — Things  the  Bible  tells  us  not  to  do.  Ex. 
20:1-17. 

Aug.  1— How  can  we  put  our  religion  into  our 
daily  tasks?    Acts  IS:  1-4. 

Aug.  8— Bits  of  comfort  from  the  Bible.  Isa.  12  : 
1-6.     (A  promise  meeting.) 

Aug.  15 — How  do  people  put  stumbling-blocks  in 
others'  way?  Matt.  18:1-14.  (A  tem- 
perance topic.) 

Aug.  22— Lessons  from  great  Christians.  Rev.  7 : 
9-17. 

Aug.  29 — What  are  some  idols  we  are  likely  to 
worship  ?    I.  John  5  :  13-21. 

Sept.  5— What  does  God  give  us,  and  what  should 
we  give  God  ?    Rom.  8  :  31-39. 

Sept.  12 — The  directions  the  Bible  gives  us  for  our 
work  and  lives.  Eph.  6:1-9.  (A  mem- 
ory meeting  suggested.) 

Sept.  19— How  should  we  treat  our  animal  friends? 
Ps.  S:l-9. 

Sept.  26— Keeping  one's  temper :  how  ?  why  ?  Prov. 
16 :  1-5,  13,  IS,  23,  24,  27,  28,  32. 

Oct.  3— How  can  we  make  God's  will  our  will, 
and  what  is  the  result  ?    Phil.  2 : 1-13. 

Oct.  10 — Things  men  have  endured  for  Christ's 
sake.  Heb.  12: 1-6.  (  A  missionary  topic.) 

Oct.  17— "Whatever  He  would  like  to  have  me 
do."  Ex.  19:1-8.  (A  meeting  to  con- 
sider the  work  of  the  society.) 

Oct.  24— Why  should  we  confess  Christ,  and  how  ? 
Rom.  10:8-11. 

Oct.  31— Right  and  wrong  ways  of  using  money. 
Luke  16 :  19-25. 

Nov.  7— How  can  we  get  influence,  and  how 
should  we  use  it  ?    Matt.  5 :  13-16. 

Nov.      14— The  joys  of  serving  God.    Deut.  28 : 1-8. 

Nov.  21 — How  can  we  show  our  gratitude  to  God  ? 
Luke  17  :  11-19.     (A  Thanksgiving  topic.) 

Nov.  28— What  do  you  want  to  do  for  the  temper- 
ance cause?  Luke  1:5-17.  (Interna- 
tional Temperance  Sunday.) 

Dec.  5— Serving  others,  and  its  rewards.  Matt. 
20 :  20-28. 

Dec.  12 — One  thing  I  have  learned  from  Paul. 
Acts  9  : 1-9.  ( A  memory  meeting  sug- 
gested.) 

Dec.  19— What  are  some  of  our  sins,  and  how  can 
we  get  rid  of  them  ?    Luke  13 :  23-30. 

Dec.  26— What  good  thing  did  you  learn  from 
Christmas?  Isa.  53:1-12.  (A Christmas 
song  service  suggested.) 


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Rev.  N.  W.  Ckowell  was  born 
near  Hamlet,  N.  Y. ,  September  20, 
1856.  He  was  a  close  student  durino; 
his  boyhood  daj's,  allowing-  nothing 
but  sickness  to  keep  him  from 
school.  December  18,  1877,  he 
married  Rose  L.  Yeager  of  Hare 
Creek,  Pa.  January,  1881,  he  was 
converted  and  united  with  the  Hare 
Creek  Christian  Church.  He  im- 
mediatelj'  felt  a  call  to  preach,  but 
resisted  the  Spirit  tAvo  years,  until 
he  felt,  "Woe  unto  me  if  I  preach 
not  the  gospel." 

September,  1886,  he  entered  the 
C.  B.  I.  for  four  years'  study.  April 
1,  1892,  he  accepted  a  unanimous 
call  to  North  Rush,  N.  Y. ,  w^hich 
has  prospered  under  his  labors,  65 
having  been  added  to  the  roll.  His 
people  give  liberally  because  they 
love  the  cause.  At  our  denomina- 
tional rally,  October  7,  1896,  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  he  was  elected 
Christian  Endeavor  Secretary  for 
New  York  State. 


Rev.  N.  W.  Ceowell,  Nukth  PIl^h,  N.  Y. 


A  Call  to  New  York  State  Endeavorers. 


By  Rev.  N.  W.  Crowell,  State  Endeavor  Secretary. 


Thank  God  for  the  Christian  En- 
deavor movement.  Its  spirit  im- 
bibed as  an  actuating  influence  will 
bring  the  followers  of  Christ  just 
where  they  ougld  to  be,  where  God 
can  bless  their  efforts,  and  where 
they  can  save  the  world.  "That 
they  also  may  be  one  in  us  :  that 
the  world  may  believe  that  thou 
hast  sent  me." 

As  the  Christian  Endeavor  socie- 
ty is  doing  the  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church,  let  us  all  rally  at  once, 
for  the  Master's  business  is  urgent. 
What  we  need  is  wise  plans  exe- 
cuted. We  fear  not  for  the  wisdom 
or  plans  of  our  American  Christian 
Convention  Secretary,  and  if  each 
local  -society  will  respond  and  en- 
deav^or,  we  shall  rejoice  in  success. 


Between  now  and  the  state  rally, 
at  Elmira,  in  1897,  we  can  place  a 
missionary  in  the  field,  and  it  would 
not  require  a  great  effort.  One 
hundred  societies,  averaging  twen- 
ty members  each,  paying  only  one 
cent  per  member  a  week,  would  be 
sufficient. 

What  we  need  to-daj"  is  a  baptism 
of  the  Holj"  Spirit  and .  more  sys- 
tematic giving.  Let  each  society 
take  a  .share,  or  more,  as  resolved 
at  the  state  rally.  Begin  early  to 
plan  for  a  good  collection  Endeavor 
Day  (February,  1897).  Let  us 
strive  to  be  efficient  Endeavorers. 
That  means  pray  much.  '  'Ask,  and 
it  shall  be  given  you."  It  also 
means  an  educated  intellect. 


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Christian  Endeavor  Societies. 


(l-Confereiico.    'i-rcrrospondinsr  Socretary.    3-Active   Membors.    4-Associate  Members.    S-Missionary 
Money.    6-Money  for  All  Other  Purposes. ) 


New  York. 

Alhani/^l-lSl.  Y.  East. 
2-Mrs.P.  H.  Pomeroy,  V20 
Washington  Avenue.  3-22. 
4-6.  5-,S10.75.  "6-$26.  Junior  — 
Mrs.  P.  H.  Pomeroy,  Superintend- 
ent.    3-25.     5-$6.25. 

A'usterUfz—1-^.  Y.  East.  2-Miss 
Cora  Kellogg. 

Beurieffs  Creek — 1-Tioga  River.  2- 
Miss  Blanche  L.  SmithV  3-lU.  4- 
16.     5-.sil.lu.     6-,^30.76. 

Binc/ha)iit(»i—l-l<^.  Y.  South.  2- 
Miss  ^Rubie  Davis,  243  Clinton  St. 
3-48.     4-2.     6-$15. 

Brook-J>/n—l-]<i.  Y.  East.  2-Mrs. 
W.  W.  Dillon,  29  Newell  St.  3-52. 
4-4. 

Cameron  Hill — 1-Tioga  River.  2- 
Miss  Edith  Rumsey ,  North  Cameron. 
3-25.     4-14. 

Canaan  (Red  Rock)— 1-N.  Y.  East. 
2-Mrs.  Arthur  Beebe,  Chatham  Cen- 
ter.    3-18.     4-12. 

Castile^l^'^.  Y.  West.  2-Merton 
Phelps.     3-48.     4-12.     5-^3.70.     6- 


Char/eston  Four  Corners — 1-N.  Y. 
East.  2-Mrs.  Anna  L.  Conover.  3- 
53.     4-21.     5-i^l5. 

Clinton  (Schultzville)^l-N.  Y. 
East.  2-GeorgeBudd,  Schultzville. 
3-18.     4-12. 

Cranherni  Creek— 1-'^.  Y.  East. 
■2-Mrs.  G.  Lockhart.  3-34.  4-1. 
5-13.50. 

De  Wiftr i lie— l^Bvie.  2-Miss  Hat- 
tie  Leet,  Chautauqua  Point.  .  3-55. 
4-7.  :-)-m^.  6->&24.25.  Junior— 3- 
31).     5-^10. 

Dundee— 1-N.  Y.  Central.    3-28. 

Eddi/tou-n—l-l<i.  Y.  Central. 

^y>/^/•.so/^— 1-N.  Y.  Central.  2-L. 
D.  Emerson.     3-55. 

Enfield  Center — 1-N.  Y.  Central. 

Freehold— 1~N.  Y.  East.  2-Miss 
EmmaStorv.     3-24.     4-17.     5-^1  M. 


Galnr(i/—1-'N.  Y.  East.  2-Chas. 
F.  Wait.     3-14.     4-13. 

Harford  lUills— 1-N.  Y.  South.  2- 
Hattie  E.  Pollard.  3-35.  4-5.  6- 
SB20.  Junior — Mrs.  Henry  Vincent, 
Superintendent.     3-23. 

Hartwiek  Vlllaqe—l-'N.  Y.  East. 
2-Chas.  Harrington.     3-28. 

Hixrper — 1-N.  Y.  South.  2-Laura 
Struble. 

hnjlefiide — 1-Tioga  River.  2-Miss 
Alice  Simons.  3-44.  4-10.  5-$5. 
6-^2. 

Kirkwood—1-N.  Y.  South.  2- 
Walter  Bouncle. 

Lakeville—1-N.  Y.  Central.  2- 
Miss  Mary  Armstrong.    3-42.    4-10. 

Maehias—1-N.  Y.  West.  2-Mrs. 
C.  M.  Lock.  3-43.  4-17.  5-it;20. 
6-!i^l8. 

Marion — 1-N.  Y.  Central. 

Medusa— 1-N.  Y.  East.  2-Miss 
Nettie  Gifford.     3-31.     4-19. 

Medicay—1^.  Y.  East.  2-Mrs. 
B.  Palmer.     3-23.     4-60.     5-$10. 

Memphis— l-N.  Y.  Central.  2- 
Miss  Jennie  McDowell.  3-43.  4-10. 
5-$10. 

Morr/anville—l-N.  Y.  West.  2- 
Miss  Lizzie  Daniels.  3-21.  4-11. 
5-^10.     6-S3.75. 

Neivark—l-'N.  Y.  Central.  2-W. 
F.  Quance.     3-22.     4-13. 

Xorth  Pembroke— 1-N.  Y.  West. 
2-Blanche  Boyce.  3-29.  4-35.  6- 
$95.25. 

North  Bush— l^N.  Y.  Central.  2- 
B.   H.   Diver.     3-37.     4-24.     5-|;10. 

Oranc/eport  — 1-N.  Y.  West.  2- 
Miss  Clara  Weaver,  Hartland,  N. 
Y.     3-62.     5-^610.68.     6-$60. 

Of e(/o— 1-N.  Y.  East.  2-Mrs.  I. 
H.  Allen.     3-10.     4-1.     5->?3.    6-|3. 

Parana  ami  Greeee — 1-N.  Y.  West. 
2-Miss  Anna  C.  Burritt.  N.  Parma. 
3-24.     4-17.     5->^20.     6-iBll.86. 

Be)  I  el  ope— 1-N.  Y.  South.  2-Miss 
P.  E.  Smith.     3-29.     4-7.     6-1^8.75. 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


23 


Plainvme—l-'N.  Y.  Central.  1'- 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Pooler.  3-62.  4-6.  5^ 
$10. 

Portia  ))(h-ille—l-N.  Y.  East.  2- 
Wm.  N.  Chase.     3-12.     4-6.     5-$l. 

Bavena—l^'N.  Y.  East.  2-Miss 
Anna  E.  McCarty.  3-lH.  4-8.  5- 
$5.  Junior — Miss  Anna  E.  Mc- 
Carty. 

Bock-  ,S?rm//^— 1-N.  Y.  Central.  3- 
55. 

Bum/  Grove— l-'t^.  Y.  East.  2-J. 
H.  Walker.     3-46.     4-12.     5-$^10. 

St.  Johnsville—l-'^.  Y.  East.  2- 
E.  A.  Seaman.    3-30.    4-20.    Junior. 

Scarsburg — 1-N.  Y.  Central. 

Sout/t  BeDie—l-'N.  Y.  East.  2- 
Mrs.  L.  J.  Westfall,  West  Berne. 
3-21.     4-3. 

South  Westcrh—1-'^.  Y.  East.  2- 
Anna  E.  Morse.   3-28.   4-13.    5-)?15. 

SprnujiiKiter — 1-N.  Y.  Central. 

Thurston  (Merchantville)~l-N. 
Y.  Central.  2-Miss  Alice  Knicker- 
bocker.    3-20.    4-15.     6-50  cents. 

TnuvbuJ/'sCoruers — 1-Tioga  River. 
2-Rebecca  Cornish,  Newlielcl.  3- 
37.     4-4. 

Westbiiru—l-'^.  Y.  Central. 

West  L)((i/—Ul^.  Y.  East.  2-Miss 
I.  M.  Stead.     3-24.     4-34.     5-^1.50. 

West  Shelby— 1-lSi.  Y.  West.  2- 
Miss  Clara  A.  Mills.     3-41.  ■  6-^8. 

West  Whxlsor—l-'^.  Y.  South.  2- 
Mrs.  D.  Jackson. 

Sioinnanj — Number  of  societies 
reporting,  56 ;  aggregate  member- 
ship, active,  1,478;  aggregate  mem- 
bership, associate,  497  ;  contributed 
for  missions,  ^244.98;  contributed 
for  other  work,  $376.62. 

Ohio. 

(l-Confereace.  2-Correspoiidiug  Secretary.  3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associato  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Ansonia — 1-Northwest.  Ohio.     2 
Hattie  Searles.    3-30.    4-8.    6-$6.50. 
Junior — Mrs.  Dr.  Brandon.    5-$3.50. 

yl7;^/ocA— 1-South.  Ohio.  2^Mrs. 
Rachel  Swope,  Wigginsville. 

Bethlehem— 1-South.  Ohio.  2-Vina 
Helm,  Aberdeen. 


Rev.  O.  W.  Powers,  Yellow  Springs,  O. 

Rev.  Oliver  Worden  Powers 
was  born  at  Naples,  N.  Y. ,  May  9, 
1856.  He  has  been  a  student  of 
Starkey  Seminary,  Genesee  Wes- 
leyan  Seminary,  Christian  Biblical 
Institute,  and  Antioch  College,  grad- 
uating from  the  last,  A.B.,  in  1890, 
and  A.  M. ,  in  1 894.  Much  of  his  life 
has  been  spent  in  the  schoolroom 
as  instructor.  He  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful teacher  and  is  a  successful 
pastor. 

December  25,  1884,  he  married 
Florence  B.  Davis,  who  died  Jan- 
uary 23,  1894. 

August  20,  1896,  he  married 
Emma  C.  Southward. 

His  present  charge.  Yellow 
Springs,  Ohio,  which  he  has  served 
since  June,  1894,  .speaks  in  praise 
of  his  earnest  labors  with  them.  He 
has  a  flourishing  Christian  En- 
deavor Society.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Ohio  Christian  Endeavor 
Union  for  the  Christians,  and  also 
Ohio  Christian  Endeavor  Secre- 
tary. 


24 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


First  Christian  Church,  Versailles,  Ohio. 


Buckeye  Citi/—2-Bev.  W.  L. 
Lundy. 

Garysville — 1 -Miami.  2-Mae  Bai- 
ley.    3-34.     4-2. 

Chambersburg — 1-Miami.  2-HaiTy 
Huey.     3-15.     4-13.     6-)^10. 

Cole  C/mpel—l-'Kast.  Ohio.  2-Rev. 
Charles  Briley,  Carbon  Hill. 

ColefoiDi — 1-East.  Ind.  ■  2-Victor 
Conover. 

Columbus- — 

Columbus  Grove  —  1  -  Northwest. 
Ohio.  2-Maggie  Lytle.  3-76.  4- 
22.  6-170.  Junior— Mrs.  Barbara 
Tate,  Superintendent.    3-50.    6-$39. 

Conneaut — 1-Erie.  2-A.  H.  Sy- 
monds.     3-38.     4-8. 


(7o??co7yZ— 1-Miami.  2-Myrtle  M. 
Railsback,  Ernest,  Ohio.  3-28.  4- 
10.     5-$5.08. 

Covington  —  1  -  Miami.  2-Hannah 
Capron.     3-54.     4  0.     5-SBlO. 

D(f)tvilJe—l-Mt.  Vernon.  2-Ber- 
tha  Wermer.     3-21.     4-9. 

Dat/tox — 1-Miami.  2-Mrs.  Emma 
Myers.     3-44.     4-1. 

Dunkirk — 1-Northwest.  Ohio.  2- 
Mrs.  Dr.  Johnson.  3-33.  4-11.   5-J^lO. 

^afo/;  — 1-Miami.  2 -Dr.  G.  W. 
Flora.     3-31.     4-19. 

i';/rw— 1-Miami.  2-Rev.  A.  R. 
Bosworth.     3-16.     4-9.     Junior. 

Fairview — 1-South.  Ohio.  2-Miss 
Sallie  Remley,  Wallsburg. 


THE  CHRISTIANS"  ANNUAL 


lf» 


First  Christian 
Church,  Versailles, 
O. ,  organized  1818. 
In  1823  a  log  build- 
ing was  erected.  In 
1856  a  brick  building 
was  erected.  In  18f^l 
the  above  building 
was  built.  Nearly 
Rev.  McD.HowsASE.  2,000  names  are  on 
the  church  record.  Present  mem- 
bership is  370.  Church  free  from 
debt.  All  departments  flourishing. 
Much  of  the  present  success 
is  due  the  pastor.  Rev.  McDan- 
iel  Howsare,  a  thoroughly  con- 
secrated Christian,  earnest  and 
systematic.  He  was  born  in  Chan- 
eysville,  Pennsylvania,  April  5, 
1869.  At  fifteen  he  united  with 
the  Christian  Church.  He  taught 
school  at  seventeen,  began  preach- 
ing at  twenty,  was  ordained  at 
Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  September 
25,  1892.  He  is  a  man  of  sterling 
worth,  loved  by  his  people,  and  held 
in  high  esteem  by  the  Church  at 
large.  He  is  Christian  Endeavor 
Secretary  of  the  Miami  (Ohio)  Con- 
ference. 

Fanners'  Chapel — 1-South.  Ohio. 
2-Chas.  Day,  Hamersville. 

FelhnrKldp—l-^owiYi.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Nellie  Cluxton,  Neel. 

i^/;/(Y/.sf/e— 1-South.  Ohio.  2-Miss 
Jennie  Sanders. 

Fire  J///e— 1-South.  Ohio.  2-Rob- 
ert  Van  Zant. 

Fort  liecoverii — 1-East.  Ind.  2- 
Alonzo  Golden.     3-90.     Junior. 

FraiikUu — 1-Miami. 

Gladys!  Creek— 1-Mmml  2-Kate 
Gries,  West  Liberty.     3-16.     4-18. 

Graham  Chapel — 1-East.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Hattie  Fulton,  Lvsander.  3- 
25.  '    ■» 

Gree)irine — 1-Miami.  2-Daisev 
Batchford.     3-30.     4-1. 

Ha)iiersville  —  1-South.  Ohio.  2- 
Rev.  C.  W.  Tatman. 

Hammond's  Corners — 1-Erie.  2- 
Mayme   Neil,  Riggs.     3-26.     4-40. 


Hiett's  Chapel— l-Soiith.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Vernon  Hiett. 

Higginsport — 1-South.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Anna  Wolf. 

HoJlansbnrg—l-^3.^i.  Ind.  2-C. 
A.  Thomas.  Junior— Miss  Jennie 
Turner,  Superintendent. 

Houston — 1-Miami.  2-E.  C.  Flinn. 
3-50.     4-6.     6-830. 

Laura — 1-Miami. 

Libertif  Chapel— l-Sowth.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Etta  Bennett,  Fruit  Hill. 

Ludlow  i^«7/.s— 1-Miami.  2-Rev. 
H.  Y.  Rush.     3-50.     4-50. 

Mktmiville  —  l-Midim.i.  2-M.  A. 
Thompson.     3-20.     4-1^. 

Mt.  Pleasant— \^^o\\i\\.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Maggie  Love,  Felicity. 

Mt.  Zion  (Clermont  Co.)— 1-South. 
Ohio.  2-F.  Hamilton,  Clermontville. 

Mt.  Zion  (Hocking  Co.)— 2-Miss 
M.  J.  Dickens,  Nelsonville.  3-22. 
4-9. 

Nasli  ville — 1-Miami. 

North  Clayton — 1-Miami.  2-Belle 
Adams.     3-20. 

Gran — 1-Miami.  2-Sarah  Ander- 
son.    3-48.     4-8. 

Piqua — 1-Miami.  2-Miss  Mellie 
Swank.  3-48.  4-5.  5-$10.  6-i?100. 
Junior — Miss  Myrtle  Newhouse, 
Superintendent.     3-30.     6-^14.00. 

Plattsburq  —  1  -  Miami.  2  -  Miss 
Nellie    King.     3-16.     4-21.     6-840. 

Pleasant'  77///— 1-Miami.  2-Mrs. 
Jennie  DeWeese.     3-37.     4-16. 

Marden— 2-C.  M.  Blackburn.. 

Bern  ington — 1-Miami.  2-Charles. 
E.  Bolander.     3-11.     4-3.     5-81.12. 

Bussellrille—l^South.  Ohio.  2- 
Stella  Haines. 

,S'/.  Johns — 1-Northwest.  Ohio.  2- 
Miss  Madie  Chenoweth.  3-21.  4- 
7.     6-820. 

Shiloh    Springs — 1-Miami.       3-40. 

.S'/)/-/»r//7r/^/— i-Miami.  2-Rev.  W. 
T.  Warbinton.     3-33.     4-4.     Junior. 

Summerford — 1-Central  Ohio.  2— 
Minnie  Soward.    3-28.    4-6.    6-840. 

Trotivood — 1-Miami.  2-N.  G.  Wor- 
ley.     3-22.     4-3. 

Tro?/— 1-Miami.  2-Myrtle P.  Stew- 
art.    3-55.     4-2.     5-815.     Junior — 


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THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


Mrs.  Mary  Westlake,  Superintend- 
ent.    3-50. 

Union  (Adams  County) — 1-South. 
Ohio.  2-H.  A.  Gaskins,  Benton- 
ville. 

Union  (Brown  County) — 1-South. 
Ohio.  2- Walter  Shinkle,  Higgins- 
port. 

VermiUes  —  1  -  Miami.  2  -  Miss 
Blanche  Rike.  3-56.  4-12.  o-UO. 
Intermediate.  Junior — Rev.  McD. 
Howsare,  Superintendent.  3110. 
5-110. 

Vienna  Cross  Roads  —  1  -  Central 
Ohio.  2-Etta  Henkle.  3-32.  4-3. 
5-)|1.36.     6-159.57. 

West  Libert// — 1-Miami.  2-Anna 
E.  Kershner.'   3-17.     4-14. 

West  3Iilton—l-Miaml  2-Mamie 
Coate.     3-50.     4-10. 

Yellow  Springs — 1-Miami.  2-Sadie 
Kerr.  3-30.  4-7.  Junior — Amy  I. 
Sizer,  Superintendent.     3-20. 

Xote — Owing  to  the  failure  of  many 
of  the  conference  and  corresponding 
secretaries  to  report  in  full,  statis- 
tics of  Ohio  societies  are  meager. 
Only  about  seventy  societies  have 
reported,  perhaps  not  more  than  one- 
half  of  our  societies.  Active  mem- 
bers, 1,603  ;  associate  members,  404  ; 
raised  for  missions,  5t^78. 14  ;  for  other 
work,  1^429.57. 

Ontario. 

( l-Copference.  'i-Oorrrsponfliiiff  Secretary.  .S- 
Active  i\l embers.  4-Associate  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Altona—^-MYn.  A.  Reesor.  3-41. 
4-3. 

Belhaven — 2-Miss  ChristinaWinch. 
3-25.     4-30.     5-^5.      6-iBl,05. 

Bhjom in c/ton  —  2  -  W.  H.  Pockler. 
3-65.     4-6. 

Churcli  Hill — 2-Lizzie  Pryne,  Bal- 
lantrae.     3-8.     4-5. 

Draijton — 2-Miss  Emma  Bishop. 
3-15.     4-6. 

3l<Jl/stone—2-'W.  G.  Sargeant.  3- 
21.     4-21. 

Jerusalem — 2-Miss  Mary  Shannon. 
3-10.     4-17.     6-)?1.63. 


Rev.  W.  p.  Fletcher,  Oshawa,  Ontario. 

The  Oshawa  Christian  Church 
was  organized  in  1831.  For  years 
the  people  worshiped  in  barns  and 
log  schoolhouses.  In  1843  a  chapel 
was  built.  In  1875,  under  the  labors 
of  Rev.  J.  Tatton,  the  present  church 
building  was  erected.  Elder  Tatton, 
however,  died  soon  after  its  dedica- 
tion without  occupying  its  pulpit. 
It  was  dedicated  by  Drs.  N.  Sum- 
merbell  and  W.  Hathaway.  Present 
membership  is  seventy-five.  Rev. 
W.  Percy  Fletcher,  the  present  pas- 
tor, was  born  in  1871,  and  was  con- 
verted at  fifteen.  After  studying 
in  high  schools  he  entered  Queen's 
University  at  Kingston,  Ontario, 
and  in  the  spring  of  "96  took  the 
degree  of  A.B.  He  was  ordained 
in  June,  1895.  He  is  a  good  pastor 
and  loved  by  his  people.  He  is 
clerk  of  his  conference  and  superin- 
tendent oif  its  Christian  Endeavor 
Societies.  Brother  Fletcher  rode 
1,000  miles  on  his  bicycle  in  the 
autumn  of  1895  to  give  an  account 
in  each  of  the  Ontario  Christian 
churches  of  the  Boston  Christian 
Endeavor  Convention. 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


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OsHAWA  Christian  Church. 


il//;/fo  — 2-Miss  Mary  Shannon, 
Harriston. 

Newmarket — 2-W.  E.  Lehman. 

Orono — 2 -Miss  Lillian  Gamsby. 
3-15.     4-3.     6-^2. 

Os/^ttH-o— 2-Miss  Middle  Lick.  3- 
14.     4_9.     5-^3.25.     6-)^7..s5. 

Rinqwoocl — 2-Ada  Barkey.  3-25. 
4-3.    '5-60'cents.     6-^4.15. 

Summon/ — No.   active    members, 


234  ;    associate,  86  ;    money  raised, 
$23.30. 

Indiana. 

( l-Conference.  2-Corresi)ondiDg  Secretary.  3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associate  Members.  .VMission- 
ary  Money.    6-Mouey  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Albany^l-'E'Ast.  Ind.  2-Miss  Dora 
Wolverton.     3-19.     4-3. 

Anderson — 1-East.  Ind.  2-John 
Wilson.   3-80.    4-18.    Junior  — Rev. 


28 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


T.  L.  Stafford,  Superintendent. 
3-45. 

Antioch — 1-South.  Ind.  2- Ada 
Knowles,  Stewartville.     3-16.    4-6. 

Air/os — 1-Eel River,  Ind.  2-Maud 
Moore.     3-46.     4-22.     5-$10. 

Bee  Sidge—l-West.  Ind.  2-Emma 
Downing,  Brazil.     3-20.     4-12. 

BethmkJa—lSouih.  Ind.  2-Mag- 
gie  Wlielan,  Stewartville.  3-16. 
4-31.  Junior — Mrs.  Lulu  Barrett, 
Superintendent,  Stewartville.  3- 
15. 

Blountsville—l-EsiSt.  Ind.  2-Mrs. 
James  Holiday.     3-14.     4-3. 

Bluffton  —  1-Eel  River.  2-Miss 
Alice  Gettle.  3-26.  4-4.  Junior 
— Bessie  Fox,  Superintendent.  3- 
38. 

5o,sfo»— 1-East.  Ind.  2-Miss  Net- 
tie Campbell. 

JiiirrnirH  —  1-Northwest.  Ind.  2- 
David  Ringer.     3-36.     4-12. 

Carlos  City — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Carrie 
Benson.     3-30.     4-10. 

Center —l-West.  Ind.  2-Ed.  T. 
Hatton.     3-29.     4-17.     5-$9.50. 

CoUamer — 1-Eel  River,  Ind.  2- 
Miss  Ocie  Karns,  South  Whitley. 
3-23.     4-6. 

Dh.1i fee — 1-Eel  River.  2-Thomas 
D.  Watson.     3-60.     4-8. 

Eilen — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Jennie  Mc- 
Cormick,  Shideler.     3-32.     4-6. 

EJn-ood — 1 -Miami  Reserve.  2- 
Miss  Mary  Todd.  3-50.  4-15.  Junior 
—Miss  Mary  Todd. 

Faiinhnid^l-E,n,iit.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Grace  Pursley.  3-70.  4-10.  Junior 
—  E.  Driver,  Superintendent. 

Forest  Bill  — •  2  -  George  Wolard, 
Marshfield. 

Good  Hope— l-Kast.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Maud  Sipe,  Deertield.     3-27. 

Goshen— l-'E^el  River.  2-Miss 
Mary  Miller,  307  North  St.  3-22. 
4-11.  Junior  —  Miss  Ella  Parker, 
Superin  tendent. 

Greentowu — Northwest.  Ind.  2- 
J.  L.  Covalt. 

Heujerstown — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Mrs. 
Laura  Hines.  3-27.  4-1.  Junior 
— 2-Mrs.  Laura  Hines. 


Rev.  l>. 


LiiviNSON,  MuNCiE,  Indiana. 


Rev.  Daniel  Benonia  Atkinson 
was  born  in  Indiana  March  5,  1869. 
After  attending  public  schools  until 
he  was  seventeen  he  devoted  four 
years  to  winter  teaching  and  attend- 
ing summer  normal.  September, 
1890,  he  entered  Union  Christian 
College  to  prepare  himself  for  his 
life  work  in  the  ministry,  and  in 
1894  he  graduated  from  its  classical 
and  theological  departments.  Sep- 
tembei-,  1894,  he  accepted  a  call  to 
the  First  Christian  Church  at 
Muncie,  Indiana,  and  the  folloAving 
July  he  was  married  to  Miss  Celia 
Randolph. 

For  five  years  he  has  been  assist- 
ant secretary  of  the  Eel  River  Con- 
ference, and  for  two  years  secretary 
of  the  Indiana  State  Conference. 

The  Endeavor  work  is  especially 
attractive  to  him,  and  there  we  find 
him  advancing  steadily  toward  the 
foremost  ranks.  He  has  the  gen- 
eral oversight  of  the  work  in  In- 
diana, and  has  gained  recognition 
for  the  Christians  in  the  State 
Union. 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


29 


Haitmis  Creek — 1-East.  Ind.  2- 
Miss  Elizabeth  Creek,  Liberty.  3- 
30.     4-31. 

//ro-//.sr;//f^— 1-East.  Ind.  2-Mrs. 
Mary  Wickersham.     3-48.     4-2. 

Hedrivk— lowest.  Ind.  2-Rev. 
Mary  J.  Vinson,  Veedersburg. 

Hinifiii{/f<»i  —  1-Eel  River.  2-J. 
Frank  Barnes.     3-37.     4-23. 

Hurricane— l-'EnsL  Ind.  2-W.  A. 
Smith,    Williamstown.     3-23.     4-6. 

Jireh — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Leoda  John- 
son, Anthony.     3-16.     4-5. 

AV/.so— 1-Eel  River.  •2-Miss  Etta 
Craig,  Majenica.     3-17.     4-4. 

Kokoiiio  —  1-Northwest.  Ind.  2- 
Lulu  Cox.  3-35.  4-H.  Junior.  Rev. 
K.  E.  West,  Superintendent. 

Linden  —  1-West.  Ind.  2-Chas. 
Newkirk.     3-40.     4-2.     5-$5. 

io.s«7?/i-i7/e— 1-East.  Ind.  2-T.  M. 
Thornburg. 

Meoison  —  1-West.  Ind.  2-Maggie 
Clark.     3-45.     4-8. 

Marion — 1-Eel  River.  2-Nettie 
Sims  Sisson.  3-55.  4-6.  5-$15. 
Junior.  Miss  Marguerite  Cunning 
ham.     3-32. 

MelUAt—l-We^i.  Ind.  2-Ida  Hatt. 
3-50.     4-70. 

Merom — 1-West.  Ind.  2-Sadie  Fair- 
field. 3-63.  4-3.  5-$10.  Junior- 
Mrs.  Maria  McHenry,  Superintend- 
ent.    3-30. 

Mi(hJletoicn—l~Esist.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Addie  Lipes.     3-32.     4-8. 

3Iimvood—l-'Eel  River.  2-L.  H. 
Jones.  3-35.  4-8.  Junior — Miss 
Mae  Anglin,  Superintendent.     3-26. 

Mississinewa — 1-East.  Ind.  L.  E. 
Jones,  Brinkley.     3-12.     4-2. 

Montpelier — 1-Eel  River.  2-Miss 
Rillie  Dragoo.  3-20.  4-20.  Junior 
— Luta  Thornburg,  Superintendent. 
3-25. 

Moorehmd — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Dora 
Hayne.     3-123. 

3It.  Z/071— 1-East.  Ind.  2-Ella 
Routh,  Losantville.     3-25.     4-6. 

J/?/7K/e— 1-East.  Ind.  2-Mrs.  Celia 
R.  Atkinson.  3-32.  4-3.  5-|10. 
Junior  —  Mrs.  Celia  R.  Atkinson. 
3-22. 


Rea'.  C.  a.  Brown,  Lebanon,  Indiana. 

Rev.  Chas.  A.  Brown  was  born 
near  Alamo,  Indiana,  March  3,  1866. 
At  six  he  was  left  motherless,  but 
his  religious  training  was  continued 
by  his  father  and  stepmothe]\  At 
seventeen  he  commenced  teaching 
school  and  taught  eleven  years. 
August  19, 1888,  he  married  Augusta 
Irvin.  He  united  with  the  Christian 
Church  at  Mellott,  Indiana,  under 
the  labors  of  Rev.  D.  Powell.  August 
23,  1894,  he  was  ordained.  Feeling 
a  need  of  more  thorough  Biblical 
training,  he  continued. his  studies  in 
Union  Christian  College  one  year. 
He  was  then  called  to  a  jDastorate 
near  Lebanon,  Indiana,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  first  year  was  called  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  new  church  at 
Lebanon,  Indiana,  which  was  or- 
ganized by  him  May  27,  1896,  and 
he  assisted  in  its  dedication  May  31, 
1896.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
building  committee,  and  attended 
to  the  greatest  portion  of  the  busi- 
ness required  in  its  erection.  Brother 
Brown  is  always  found  in  the  Y.  P. 
S.  C.  E.  ranks. 


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THE  CHRISTIANS"  ANNUAL 


Murray  —  2  -  Miss  Bessie  Town- 
send. 

New  Bethel  —  1  -  Central  Incl.  Fran- 
cis Long,  Edenburg.     3-47.     4-13. 

New  Waverfij — 2-Miss  Minnie  Boy- 
er. 

Neiv Libert // — 1-South.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Clara  Boren,  Cynthiana.     3-33. 

North  Manchester— 1 -.'Eel  River. 
2-Leo  E.  Rogers.  3-29.  4-11. 
Junior — Rev.  W.  W.  Riley,  Super- 
intendent. 

Noble — 2  -  Miss  Maggie  Kimble, 
Ample. 

Oakland  -  1-Northwest.  Ind.  2- 
Minnie  Cooper,  Shanghai. 

0(/(?e/(  — 1-East.  Ind.  2-Miss  Susie 
Suits.  3-14.  4-2.  Junior— Ada 
Hudelson,  Superintendent.     3-12. 

Paw  P«7r— 1-Eel  River.  2-Alvah 
Jeffrey,  Urbana.     3-60.     4-8. 

Pleamnt  Hill  —  1-East.  Ind.  2- 
Pawny  Kemp,  Jordan.     3-18.     4-4. 

Pleasant  Hill -1-West.  Ind.  2- 
Hurley  Henry,  Wingate.    3-60.  4-4. 

Pleasant  View  1-West.  Ind.  2- 
Florence  Shelby,  Lebanou.  3-43. 
4-6.     5-$5. 

Plain  Tree—'l-'Fi.  S.  Brown. 

Portland  —  1-East.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Clara  Imel.  3-30.  Junior — Miss 
Clara  Imel,  Superintendent.     3-37. 

Salamonia  —  East.  Ind.  2-Miss 
Clara  Wilkinson,  Portland.  3-25. 
4-18. 

Servia  —  1  -  Eel  River.  2  -  Miss 
Laura  Walters,  North  Manchester. 
3-32.     4-32. 

>S7<a/-07i— 1-East.  Ind.  2 -Mont 
Sloniker,  Albany.     3-17. 

Straughn — 1-East.  Ind.  2-William 
Gauker.     3-15.     4-14. 

Tai/lorsville — 1- Central  Ind.  2- 
Mrs.^N.   B.   Kincaid.     3-33.     4-28. 

Twelve  Mile  —  1- Northwest.  Ind. 
2-Mrs.  Mary  E.  Cox,  Mexico.  3- 
29.     4-4. 

Union —  1-Eel  River.  2-Dora  Cone, 
Larwill.  3-24.  4-9.  5-$10.  Junior 
— Dora  Cone,  Superintendent. 

Walnut  Chajiel—  1  -  West.  Ind.  2- 
Daisey  Moodey,  Mace.  3-32.  4-6. 
5-$5. 


Rev.  R.H.  Gott,  Mellott,  Indiana. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Gott,  Secretary  of 
the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  for  the  Western 
Indiana  Christian  Conference,  was 
born  August  27,  1852,  near  Green- 
ville, Ohio. 

In  August,  1885,  he  was  ordained 
to  the  Christian  ministry,  and  is 
now  residing  at  Mellott,  Indiana, 
having  charge  of  four  churches. 
He  re^jorts  that  his  conference  has 
twelve  Endeavor  societies  with  an 
aggregate  membership  of  six  hun- 
dred and  seventy. 


Wakmiisa — 1-Eel  River.  2-Miss 
Maggie  Melvin.     3-15.     4-12. 

Warre))  —  1-Eel  River.  2-Carrie 
Woods.  3-65.  4-15.  5-!|32.  Junior- 
Miss  Carrie  Todd,   SuiDcrintendent. 

Winehester—l-'Kast  Ind.  2-Miss 
Pearl  Cortner.     3-24.     4-8. 

Yeddo  —  1-West.  Ind.  2-Clinton 
Snell.     3-25.     4-8.     5-15. 

Young  America  — 1-Northwest.  Ind. 
2-Miss  Clara  Cost.  3-32.  4-7.  5- 
$7.75.  Junior — Clarissa  Cost,  Super- 
intendent.    3-11. 

Young's  Creek — 1 -Central  Ind.     2. 


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31 


Chas.  W.  Alexander,  Franklin.     3~ 
25.     4-4. 

Summanj — Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  75;  Jun- 
ior C.  E.,  20;  active  members,  2,097; 
associate,  632;  honorary,  154; 
Juniors,  300.  Contributed  for  mis- 
sions, §125;  contributions  for  other 
purposes,  §387.01.  This  summary 
is  made  up  partly  from  last  year's 
report.  Many  societies  failed  to 
report  statistics. 

New  Jersey  and  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

( l-Conference.  2-Correspondingr  Secretary.  .3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associate  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

BaleviUe,  K  J.—l-^.  J.  2-Lulu 
Harris.     3-30.     4-5.     5-i?10. 

Beaver  Center,  Pa. — 1-Erie.  2-Miss 
Franc  I.  Cordley.  3-44.  4-15.  5- 
$25.  6-$8.40.  Junior— Mrs.  J.  C. 
Drury.     3-28.     5-$9.50. 

Bridgeboro,  K  J. — 1-N.  J.  2-Mrs. 
S.  Caldwell.     3-12.     4-13.    6-$8.87. 

East  La  urrence,Pa .  — 1-Tioga  River. 
2-Miss  Letta  Brown,  Somers'  Corner. 
3-55.     4-5.     6-$6. 

East  Springfield,  Pa. — 1-Erie.  2- 
Miss  Edna  L.  Robinson.  3-21.  4-9. 
5-^16.08.     6-^34.47. 

Erie,  Pa. — 1-Erie.  2-Miss  Myrtle 
Nason.   3-22.    4-17.  5-§3.  6-169.28. 

Evergreen,  Pa. — 1-Tioga  River.  2- 
Miss  Bertha  Newton. 

Fairview,  Pa.  —  1-Erie.  2-Miss 
Marian  Nason.  3-21.  4-6.  5-$13. 
6-i?29.44.     Junior— 3-24.    6-$6.17. 

Finesville,  N.  J".— 1-N.  J.  2-E.  A. 
Flenard.  3-25.  4-1.  5-|5.  6- 
$6.85. 

Francis,  Pa. — 1-Erie.  3-Miss  Alli- 
son Rouse.     3-12.     4-5. 

Gulf  M/fe— 1-N.  J.  2-Rebecca 
Wilkinson.     3-51.     4-11.     6-S17. 

Halsey  Valley— l-Tiogd^  River. 

Hare  Creel',  P«.  — 1-Erie.  2-Fred 
M.  Rouse,  Cutting,  N.  Y.  3-15.  4- 
5.     6-i?9.75. 

Haydentoion — 1-West.  Pa.  2-Miss 
Sadie  Swaney. 

ITo/je— 1-N.  J.  2-Ira  Swayza.  3- 
13.     4-27.     5-^6.68.     6-130. 


A.  B.  Kendall,  Erie,  Pa. 

A.  B.  Kendall  was  born  in  Har- 
rison Valley,  Pennsylvania,  June  2, 
1869.  At  sixteen  he  entered  Antioch 
College,  remaining  one  year,  and 
when  eighteen  entered  Waterford 
Academy,  graduating  two  years 
later.  He  then  taught  school  one 
year  and  afterwards  entered  an  in- 
surance office.  This  he  gave  up  for 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  work.  He  is  Assistant 
Secretary  now  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania. 

He  was  converted  in  1891  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and 
later  joined  the  Christian  Church  at 
Erie,  Pennsylvania. 

He  is  an  earnest  Christian  En- 
deavor worker,  and  served  two  years 
as  president  of  Erie  Christian  En- 
deavor Union  and  is  now  Christian 
Endeavor  Secretary  of  the  Erie 
Christian  Conference,  which  he  has 
served  two  years. 


Prvington  —  l-'N.  J.  2 -Julia  M. 
Webb.  3-62.  4-18.  5-$4.10.  6- 
135.50. 

Itley,  P«.— 1-Erie.  2-George  W. 
Drake.     3-20.     4-5.     5-$10.    6-|15 


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THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


Johnsonburc/—l-'N.  J.  2-Faiiiiie 
E.  Stickle.  3-51.  4-10.  5-$10. 
6_$45.  Junior— Miss Jeamiette  Top- 
ping, Superintendent.     3-22.     5-$5. 

Lewisburg,  P(/.— 1-N.  J.  2-Kath- 
erineReed.    3-33.     4-17.    6-$36.77. 

3Iadm)nviUe,  P«.— 1-N.  J.  2-Miss 
Viola  Gonzoles.  3-68.  4-20.  5-|10. 
6-$31. 

McLallen's  Cor)iers,  Pa.  —  1-Erie. 
2  -Mrs.  Hills. 

3mford—l-^.  J.  2-Lulu  A.  Rob- 
inson.    3-24.     4-11.     6-.^31.17. 

Pine  Valley— l-^Erie.  2-L.  A. 
Walton,  Bear  Lake,  Pa.  3-14.  4- 
9.     5-$19.05. 

Pleasant  Unity — 1-Western  Penn. 
2-Miss  Zettie  Wickes. 

Springboro,  Pa.— 1-Erie.  2-Miss 
Meriba  Cornell.  3-20.  4-3.  5- 
$12.10.  6-123.63.  Junior.  3-23. 
6-125. 

Vienna — 1-N.  J.  2-Sadie  Howell. 
3-16.     4-5.     5-110.     6-$40.62. 

Summary — 30  societies  report  an 
aggregate  membership  of  705  active 
and  200  associate  members.  Amount 
reported  for  missions,  $256.01;  and 
for  other  purposes,  $484.45. 

New  England. 

( l-Conference.  2-Corresponding  Secretary.  3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associate  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Acushnet — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I.  2- 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Barton.     3-17.     5-$15. 

Amesbury  —  1  -  Rockingham.  2  - 
Hattie  E.  Morrill.    3-17.    4-7.    5-$5. 

Bangor— l-Msiine.     3-33.    4-19. 

Belmont,  N.  H. — 1-Merrimack.  2- 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Smith.  3-20.  4-8.  5- 
$10. 

Calais— l-Yt.     3-17.     4-40. 

East  Grafton — 1-Merrimack.  2- 
Mrs.  L.  H.  Bullock.     3-13.     4-22. 

East  Freetown — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2-Eliza  W.  Lawrence.  3-12.  4- 
22.     5-$5. 

ii;a.sYpo7-^— 1-Maine.  2-Miss  Maud 
Stackhouse.      3-55.      4-27.      5-$33. 

Fall  River,  Franklin  St. — 1-Mass. 
and  R.  I.  2-Frances  W.  Moore,  35 
Bigelow  St.      3-32.     4-9.      5-$100. 


Junior — Eleanor  S.  Chace,  346  Dur- 
fee  St.     3-25.     5-$10.10. 

Fall  River,  Bogle  St. — 1-Mass.  and 
R.  I.  2-Mrs.  i.  L.  Bassett.  3-59. 
4-31.     5  $10. 

Franklin,  N.  H. — 1-Merrimack. 
2-Miss  Mary  A.  Ro well.  3-.50.  4-14. 
5-$25. 

George's  Mills,  N.  H. — 1-Merrimack. 
2-Miss  Ida  E.  Holmes.     3-13.    4-6. 

Ha  verli  ill,  Mass.  —  1  -Rockingham. 
2-W.  D.  Stearns. 

/////,  X.  i7.— 1-Merrimack.  2-R. 
M.  Wright.     3-28.     4-9.     5-$5.    • 

Hill  CV'J^^er— 1-Merrimack.  2-Mrs. 
Martha  Mason.     3-15.     4-1. 

Kitten/,  Me.  —  1-Rockingham.  2- 
Mrs.  Florence  Cook.  3-40.  4-38. 
5-$10. 

Kittery  Point — 1 -Rockingham.     3- 

31.  5-$10. 

Laconia,  N.  H. — 1-Merrimack.  2- 
Mrs.  E.  W.  French.  3-75.  4-7. 
5-$10. 

Lineoln—l^Yl.     3-30.     4-25. 

Lovell  Center,  Me. — 1-York  and 
Cumberland.     3-20.     4-8. 

Luber—l^Maine.  2-Mrs.  E.  A. 
Goodwin.     3-40.     4-24.     5-110. 

Lynn — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 

Manehester,  N.  H. — 1-Rockingham. 
2-Miss  Minnie  Salisbury.  3-75.  4- 
7.     5-$5. 

il/o/i,s/fe/(7— 1-Mass.  and  R.  I.  2- 
Jessie  Sherman.    3-27.    4-12.    5-$5. 

Millbridfie—1-M.^iuQ.  2-Mrs.  Ella 
Brown.     3-27.     4-97.     5-$5. 

■New  Bedford,  First — 1-Mass.  and 
R.  I.  2-Nellie  C.  Stetson,  39  North 
St.     4.     5'-$10. 

New  Bedford,  Middle  *S'^— 1-Mass. 
and  R.  I.  2-Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Cai- 
man.    3-20.     4-6.     5-$50. 

New  Bedford,  Spruce  >S'^.— 1-Mass. 
and  R.   I.'    2-Bertha  D.   Reld.     3- 

32.  4-5.     5-$5. 

New  Bedford,  Bonney  ,8?.— 1-Mass. 
and  R.  I. 

New  London,  Connecticut  —  3-29. 
4-6. 

Newton,  N.  H. — 1-Rockingham. 
2-Miss  Carrie  Currier.     3-35.     4-4. 

Noi^tli  Dartmouth — 1-Mass.  and  R. 


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33 


I.    2-Mrs.  I.  B.  Poole.     3-1^3.    4-25. 
5-$20. 

North  Dighton — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 

North  Z(^6(r—1 -Maine.  2-Mrs. 
Harry  Ramsclell.    3-17.    4-20.    5-5^5. 

North  Westport — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2-Miss  Rosetta  M.  Hicks.  3-24. 
4-9.     5-^5. 

Oguiiquit,  Me. — 1-York  and  Cum- 
berland. 2-Dan.  W.  Perkins.  3-10. 
4-8.     5-$5. 

Pine  Point,  JIaine  —  1-York  and 
Cumberland.  2-Lucy  E.  Leavitt. 
3-27.     4-30.     5-15. 

Portsmouth  —  1  -  Rockingham.  2  - 
Mrs.  Catharine  Dane.  3-19.  4-4. 
5-$10.     Junior — 5-$5. 

Providence — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I.  2- 
Caroline  A.  Vaugher.     5-H20. 

B((ndoIph  —  l-Yt.  2-Mrs.  E.  O. 
Blanchard.  3-46.  4-10.  5 -$25. 
Junior — 5-^5. 

Bockiand,  R.  /.—1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2 -Sarah  E.  Olney.  3-21.  4-12. 
5-$5. 

Rye,    N.    H. — 1-Rockingham.      3 
29.     4-25. 

Shrewsljurii—I-Yi.  2-Dr.  A.  T. 
Moore,  North  Shrewsbury.  3-53. 
4-3.     5-15. 

Somerset — 1-Mass.  andR.  I.  2-Mrs. 
W.  H.  Sanford.  3-37.  4-13.  5-$10. 
Pottersville,  Mass. 

South  Berioick  Junction  —  1  -York 
and  Cumberland.  2-Abbie  E.  Ford. 
3-28.     4-5.     5-15. 

South  Benclck  and  Wells — 1-York 
and  Cumberland.  2-Mrs.  Chas.  A. 
Thurrell,  N.  Berwick,  Me.  3-27. 
4-5.     5-15. 

Soutli  Portsmouth,  R.  I. — 1-Mass. 
and  R.  I.  2-Mrs.  Anna  G.  Sher- 
man.    3-23.     4-13.     5-$;iO. 

South  Westport — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2-Bella  Smith.     3-30.     4-6.     5-$20. 

Swansea  Center — 1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2-Jennie  M.  Phillips.  3-20.  4-8. 
5-$15. 

Westerly,  R.  /.—1-Mass.  and  R.  I. 
2-Mary  E.  Miner.  3-58.  4-8.  5- 
$40.     Junior. 

Wolfboro,  N  H. — 1 -Rockingham. 
3-47.'  4-16. 


Eev.  G.  a.  Conibeae,  Freetown,  Mass. 

Rev.  G.  a.-  Conibear  is  one  of 
the  best  known,  if  not  the  best 
known,  of  our  Christian  Endeavor 
workers.  It  was  largely  through 
his  efforts  that  the  Christian  En- 
deavor Department  of  the  A.  C.  C.  was 
organized  at  the  Haverhill  (Mass.) 
Convention  in  1894.  With  boundless 
enthusiasm  he  threw  himself  into 
the  work,  and  soon  had  most  of  our 
conferences  organized  with  a  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Department  and  a 
Secretary.  He  earnestly  advocated 
among  the  New  England  societies 
the  plan  of  supporting  a  missionary 
in  Japan.  The  New  England  socie- 
ties responded  enthusiastically  and, 
as  a  result.  Miss  Penrod  ( see  p.  52 ) 
is  supported  in  her  field.  Brother 
Conibear  is  located  at  Freetown, 
Mass. ,  and  is  President  of  the  New 
England  Convention. 


Woodstock  — \-Yt.  2-Maria  R. 
Tafts,  Taftsville.  3-41.  4-9.  5- 
$10.'  Junior— Mrs.  Ida  B.  Chand- 
ler, Superintendent. 

York — 1-York    and   Cumberland. 


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THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


2-Mrs.  F.  D.  Moses,  York  Corner, 
Me.     3-13.     4-13.     5-|13. 

Summanj — 58  societies  reporting-; 
amount  of  money  reported  for 
missions,  $556.10;  active  member- 
ship, 1,485;   associate,  676. 

Illinois  and  Other  Western 

States. 

( I-Conferpnee.  2-CoiTesponding  Secretary.  3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associate  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Antioch — 1-Union,  Iowa.  2-Jenet 
Kyle,  Perlee,  Iowa. 

Arthur,  III. — 2-Gertrude  Sears. 
3-35.     4-20. 

AUuood,  111.— 2-Miss  Gertie  Hel- 
ton.    3-26.     4-16.     6-$5.26. 

Bethel— 1-m.  Central.  2-E.  B. 
James,  Mansfield. 

Bethlehem — 1-Union,    Iowa.     2-E.  • 
K.  Dangherty,  Eldon.     3-26.     4-9. 

Bethsaida — 1-Soiitli.  Ind.  and  111. 
2-Miss  Cora  Norris.  3-15.  4-2. 
Junior — Miss  Mary  Barrett,  Super- 
intendent. 

Bismarck,  111. — 2-Irwin  Starr.  3- 
22.     4-17.     5-117. 

Britton — 1-Michigan.  2-Gertrude 
Knilfen.     3-41.     4-28.     5-$1.88. 

DcmviUe—l^m.  Central.  2-F.  W. 
Armstrong.     3-15.     4-6. 

Eaton,  111.-2-^.  E.  Hoel.      3-22. 

Fairvietv — 1-Southwest.  Iowa.  2 
-Alma  Jones,  Stuart,  Iowa.  3-34. 
4-8.     5-$5.25. 

Farmer  City,  III. — 2-E.  B.  James. 
3-15. 

Fiatt—1-lll.  West.  2- Jacob  Mor- 
ris. 3-20.  4-14.  5-13.07.  Junior 
— Kittie  Hodson,  Superintendent. 
3-17.     6-$3.57. 

Forest  Hill  —  2  -  Mrs.  Maggie 
Steeley,  State  Line,  111.  3-23.  4-4. 
5-$5. 

Griswold,  Iowa  —  2-Miss  Clara 
Roberts.     3-29.    4-26.    5-$12.    6-|2. 

Hardinsville,  III. — 2-W.  E.  Houts. 
3-25.     4-2. 

Heathsville,  111.  —2-Miss  Grace  Wal- 
ters.    3-10. 

Hord,  III.— 2-Frank  Giddings.  3- 
9.     4-6. 


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Rev.  p.  W.  McReynolds,  Marshall,  Mich. 

The  Marshall  Christian  Church 
was  organized  in  1850.  In  1851  the 
present  building  was  opened.  In 
November,  1893,  the  church  was 
virtually  dead,  when  Rev.  P.  W.  Mc- 
Reynolds took  charge.  At  his  first 
service  only  twelve  persons  pledged 
their  support,  and  the  Sunday  school 
needed  an  entirely  new  start.  The 
church  now  has  130  members,  Sun- 
day school  200  members,  and  both 
Junior  and  Senior  Christian  En- 
deavor Societies  are  in  a  healthy 
condition.  The  church  now  has  the 
neatest  audience  room  in  the  city. 
The  Marshall  Oh  ran  id  fsa,ys:  "This 
has  been  accomplished  through  the 
untiring  efforts  of  the  pastor.  Rev. 
P.  W.  McReynolds.  No  pastor  in 
Marshall  has  a  larger  circle  of 
friends,  and  none  witness  such  vis- 
ible results  from  their  efforts. "  Rev. 
McReynolds  is  but  twenty-four 
years  old.  At  twenty  graduated  in 
the  theological  course  at  Union 
Christian  College.  In  1895  com- 
pletej;^4he  classical  course  at  Hiram 
Colle'ge,  Ohio.  Brother  McReynolds 
is  loved  by  his  people.  ^ 


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Christian  Church,  Marshall,  Michigan. 


Hunt  City,  III— 2-W.  H.  Halter- 
man.     3-14.     5-$2.50. 

Industn/ —  1  -  111.  "West.  2  -  Miss 
Florence  Sullivan.     3-16.     o-$l. 

Lake  City,  loioa  —  1-Southwest. 
Iowa.     2-Louie  Baden.    3-13.    4-8. 

Lake  Fork  —  l-l\\.  Central.  2- 
Mrs.A.Quick.    3-26.    4-16.  6-$5.26. 

Lane,  Kansas  —  2-Miss  Maggie 
Foster.     3-30.     4-10.     Junior. 

Linden,  Iowa — 1-S.  W.  Iowa.  2- 
Mary  Burnham.     3-18.     4-3. 

Loiceks  Grove — l-Southwest.  Iowa. 
2-Ida  Low,  Stuart,  Iowa.  3-36. 
4-19. 

Marshall,  Mc//.— 2-Earnest  Hatch. 
3-35.  4-7.  6-5.  Junior— Myrtle 
Binder,  Secretary.    3-45.    6-|32. 

3Iimcie  —  l-m.  Central.  2-W. 
Purnell.     3-35.     4-7.     5-$14.25. 

Neicfon—1-Souih.  Wabash,  111.  2- 
Wm.  Cox.     3-16.     4-10.     5-$l. 

Oak  Grove  —  1  -  Union,  Iowa.  2- 
Hattie  DeWitte,  Letts,  Iowa.  3-19. 
4-9.     6-.t^2.19. 


Oak  Grove,  Second — -l-Union,  Iowa. 
2-John  Williams,  Myrtle,  Iowa.  3- 
25.     4-9.     6-^2.20. 

Olive~l  -  111.  Central.  2  -  Miss 
Maude  Biddlecome,  Deers,  111.  3- 
20.     4-7. 

Palestine,  III. — 2 -Frank  Walker. 
3-35.     4-3. 

Pleasant  View—1-lll.  Central.  2- 
Mae  HoUandsworth,  Bismarck,  111. 
3-22.     4-17.     6-$17. 

Robinson,  III.  —  2  -  Harry  Brown. 
3-39.     4-1.     5-.f5.84. 

Sandusky — 1-Union,  Iowa.  2-Miss 
M.Cruswell.    3-16.    4-13.     6-11.25. 

SJiiloh  —  1 -Union,  Iowa.  2 -Eva 
Van  Nostrander. 

WiUow  Prairie — 1-South.  Wabash, 
111.     2-Pansy  Frederick. 

Sumner — 1-South.  Wabash,  111.  2- 
Ida   Harbough.     2-37.     4-8.     5-$l. 

South  Prairie — 3-15. 

Trimble— 1-South.  Wabash,  111. 
2-Tell  Trimble.     3-12.     4-19. 

Union      Christian      Chapel — l-Ill. 


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Central.  2-Lena  Albers,  Pierson, 
111.     3-27.     4-2. 

Urbana—1-1\\.  Central.  2-Deba 
Gorman.     3-30.     5-$4.     6-130. 

Win  terset,  loiua  —  1  -  Southwest. 
Iowa.  2-Louie  Haines.  3-34.  4-3. 
Junior — Mrs.  L.  S.  Howlette,  Su- 
perintendent.    3-46.     6-$10.00. 

Summary — 43  societies  reporting 
919  active  and  305  associate  mem- 
bers; 1424.79  for  missions,  and 
$102.73  for  other  work. 

North  Carolina  (Colored). 

( l-Conference.  2-Corresponding  Secretary.  3- 
Active  Members.  4-Associate  Members.  5-Mission- 
ary  Money.    6-Money  for  all  other  purposes.) 

Christian  CJiapel — 2-Emiline  Rich- 
eson,  New  Hill,  N.  C. 

Christian  Home — 2-Miss  Endora 
Battle,  Apex. 

Ebenezer — 2-Rev.  T.  J.  Levister, 
Greensboro. 

Frank! inton— 2-Miss  Mattie  Mag- 
field.     3-38.     5  42. 

Franldinton  College — 2-Miss  Mau- 
na  Loa  Stanley.     3-42.     5-$6. 

Kinche's  Chapel — 2-S.  W.  Jones, 
Franklinton.     3-14. 

Maple  Temple— ^-Rev.  Wm.  Wil- 
liams, Raleigh.     3-56. 

5e^/ie/—2-John Dunn,  Raleigh.  3- 
25. 

West  Raleigh — 2-Miss  Lucy  Fykes. 
3-26. 

Summary — Nine  societies,  six  of 
which  report  201  members,  and  two 
report  |8  raised  for  missions. 


The  A.  C.  C.  and  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 


By  Rev.  P.  A.  Canada. 


At  the  Quadrennial  Convention 
at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  October,  1894, 
the  Christian  Endeavor  Department 
of  the  Convention  was  born.  This 
is  therefore  the  youngest  child  of 
the  Convention,  and  is  exceedingly 
active  and  vigorous.  From  the  very 
first  this  child  has  been  able  to  stand 
alone,  and  has  never  required  any 
nursing.  It  has  not  only  fed  itself, 
but  has  been  useful  in  helping  to 


feed  the  other  children,  especially 
the  missionary  twins  known  as  Home 
and  Foreign,  having  a  decided 
preference  for  the  latter.  -Why  this 
preference?  Because  the  latter 
seems  to  have  fewer  friends  and 
even  some  bitter  foes  in  the  house- 
hold. Some  of  the  fathers  advo- 
cated casting  out  the  latter.  Also, 
the  Endeavor  babe  noticed  that  the 
former  was  fed  and  supported  by 
the  large  child  known  as  Sunday 
School.  So  in  order  that  there 
might  be  no  conflict  or  confusion 
Christian  Endeavor  adopted  the 
weaker  of  the  twins  known  as  For- 
eign Missions,  and  is  just  beginning 
to  discover  that  the  more  it  does  for 
this  weak  one  the  more  its  own 
strength  and  wealth  increases.  The 
stronger  Foreign  Missions  grows, 
the  stronger  Home  and  Sunday 
School  and  all  other  legitimate 
children  of  the  A.  C.  C.  become. 

Dropping  the  figure,  our  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Department  is  most 
flourishing.  The  work  of  this  de- 
partment is  mainly  twofold:  First, 
to  extend  Christian  Endeavor  to 
every  church  north,  south,  east,  and 
west.  Aided  by  a  corps  of  conse- 
crated district  or  conference  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  secretaries,  the  work 
is  rapidly  extending.  Secondly,  to 
organize  more  thoroughly  the  work 
as  it  already  exists.  It  is  desirable 
that  every  society  should  be  a  gen- 
uine Christian  Endeavor  Society, 
true  to  the  pledge  and  to  every 
Christian  Endeavor  principle,  that 
every  member  be  loyal  to  Christ 
and  faithful  to  the  church  and  pas- 
tor— true  yoke-fellows.  *  *  *  — 
Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty,  Nov.  26, 1896. 


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\i. 


Key.  C.  a.  Tillinghast,  Stanfoedville,  N.  Y., 

Secretary  Sunday-School  Department,  American  Christian  Convention,  and  Professor  of  Biblical  History 
and  Christian  Missions  at  the  Christian  Biblical  Institute. 


Among  the  prominent  men  of  the 
Christian  Church  is  our  beloved 
Professor  of  Biblical  History  and 
Christian  Missions  at  the  Biblical 
Institute,  the  Rev.  C.  A.  Tillinghast. 
He  was  born  in  Foster,  Providence 
County,  Rhode  Island,  on  the  1^6th 
of  May,  1840.  Brother  Tillinghast 
has  always  been  a  painstaking  and 
industrious  student.  He  is  pos- 
sessed of  a  clear  and  analytical  mind, 
and  masters  whatever  he  undertakes. 
As  a  preacher,  he  is  logical  and 
forceful;     his    diction   is   faultless, 


and  his  thought   and   manner  con- 
vincing. 

He  began  to  preach  in  1865,  and 
was  ordained  to  the  Christian  min- 
istry and  installed  as  pastor  at 
Summit,  Rhode  Island,  on  Septem- 
ber 2-,  1867.  He  organized  the 
church  at  Summit,  and  on  the  Sun- 
day following  his  ordination,  bap- 
tized 32  candidates  and  received  to 
membership.  And  he  was  a  settled 
pastor  continuously  for  27  years,  at 
Summit,  R.  I.,  for  three  years  at 
Somerset,  Massachusetts,  and  Steep 


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Brook  for  9  years,  and  at  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  from  1879  to 
September  1,  1893,  when,  owing  to 
failing  health,  he  was  compelled  to 
resign. 

From  the  beginning  of  the  school 
year  in  1895,  Brother  Tillinghast 
has  eminently  filled  the  chairs  of 
Biblical  History  and  Christian  Mis- 
sions at  the  Biblical  School,  Stan- 
fordville,  N.    Y.      Here,   as  every- 


where, the  responsive  heart,  the 
kindly,  nature,  the  clear  and  com- 
prehensive thought  of  this  scholarly 
Christian  minister  characterizes  the 
man.  Prof.  Tillinghast's  work,  and 
personal  force,  and  wise  counsels 
in  the  school  and  home  of  the  stu- 
dents are  invaluable.  No  man  is 
better  fitted  for  such  an  important 
position. 

Lester  Howard. 


Sunday-School  Department  of  the  American  Christian  Convention. 


By  Rev.  C.  A.  Tillinghast,  Secretary.  Stanfordville,  N.  Y. 


The  Sunday  school  and  Y.  P.  S. 
C.  E.  have  become  most  important 
agencies  in  all  church  work.  The 
latter  is  especially  the  school  of 
applied  Christianity,  in  which  our 
young  people  are  drilled  in  the 
practical  application  of  the  prin- 
ciples learned  in  the  Sunday  school. 
That  these  principles  should  be  cor- 
rectly and  thoroughly  taught  is  a 
matter  of  fundamental  importance. 
The  Sunday  school  has  come  to  be 
the  Bible  school  of  the  church,  both 
for  young  and  old,  thus  relieving 
the  pulpit  of  much  of  its  former 
work  and  very  materially  increas- 
ing the  efficiency  of  Biblical  preach- 
ing. 

The  better  his  congregation  under- 
stands the  Bible,  the  easier  it  is  for 
the  preacher  to  enforce  his  thought ; 
the  more  exclusively  he  can  give 
himself  to  the  presentation  of  prac- 
tical duties  and  the  awakening  of 
inspiration  to  do  them.  The  in- 
creased enthusiasm  given  to  the 
Sunday-school  work  by  the  adop- 
•tion  of  the  International  Sunday- 
school  System  is  one  of  the  most 
significant  ways   in  which  God   is 


fitting  his  church  for  the  great  con- 
flict of  the  coming  century.  The 
strong  interest  naturally  awakened 
by  the  thought  that  people  in  all 
parts  of  the  world  are  studying  the 
same  lesson  each  week;  the  vast 
amount  of  exegetical  and  practical 
truth  brought  out  by  the  focusing 
of  the  world's  best  thought  upon  it; 
the  enthusiasm  and  spiritual  unity 
begotten  by  national,  international, 
and  interdenominational  conven- 
tions are  sufficient  reasons  for  its 
universal  adoption.  I  strongly  rec- 
ommend all  our  Sunday  schools  to 
use  it. 

And  the  importance  of  Sunday- 
school  work  is  so  great  that  it  is 
necessary  for  all  our  conferences  to 
organize  a  special  department  in  its 
interest.  This  I  have  been  urging 
upon  them  for  the  past  two  years. 
The  response  is  comparatively  slow. 
Of  the  seventy-one  conferences  and 
state  conventions  which  I  have  en- 
tered upon  my  books,  only  twenty- 
two  (a  little  less  than  one- third) 
have  such  a  department,  so  far  as 
they  have  reported  to  me.  There 
is  no  end  to  ways  in  which  a  wide- 


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awake  Sunday-school  secretary  can 
increase  the  efficiency  of  the  schools 
of  his  conference. 

The  holdijig  of  Institutes  for  the 
discussion  of  new  and  important 
topics  in  sections  not  easily  reached 
by  larger  conventions  is  one  which 
has  been  found  to  be  very  helpful. 
Two  or  three  schools,  in  sparsely 
settled  districts,  can  be  combined 
for  such  work.  An  interesting  pro- 
gram, arranged  by  the  secretary, 
can  be  used  in  several  different  sec- 
tions of  a  conference,  so  reaching 
all. 

Home  Department  work  is  very 
fascinating,  broad  in  its  applica- 
tion, and  rich  in  results.  It  carries 
the  knowledge  and  comfort  of  the 
gospel  to  many  lonely  hearts  not 
otherwise  reached.  Pastor's  calls 
are  too  often  like  angel  visits,  "few 
and  far  between," — and,  alas!  too 
often  unlike  angel  visits,  in  that 
they  are,  not  unfrequently,  mere 
social  calls  or  purely  perfunctory, 
conveying  no  divine  message.  The 
angels  always  bring  some  definite 
word  from  God  when  they  come, 
and  so  will  the  Sunday-school  les- 
son when  properly  studied. 

I  hope  that  conference  secretaries 
will  thoroughly  inform  themselves 
with  reference  to  this  work,  and 
use  their  utmost  efforts  to  develop 
it.  I  hope  also  that  they  will  keep 
constantly  before  their  schools  the 
unportance  of  constant  giving  for 
missionary  purposes.  Nothing  will 
more  surely  enlarge  the  hearts  of 
our  children;  and  with  the  habit 
once  formed,  the  coming  generation 
will  give  spontaneously  and  largely 
for  this,  the  most  important  work 


of  the  Church  during  the  coming 
century.  I  am  sure  that  the  one- 
cent-a-week  plan  for  children,  and 
two  cents  for  adults,  is  the  best 
plan  which  has  been  suggested,  and 
that  it  will  give  most  gratifying 
and  surprising  results  if  vigorously 
pushed.  Whatever  I  can  do  to  as- 
sist secretaries  in  carrying  out  these 
various  lines  of  work  I  shall  be  glad 
to  do,  if  they  will  correspond  with 
me. 

I  wish  once  more  to  call  attention 
to  the  importance  of  collecting  and 
forwarding  to  me  careful  statistics. 

No  question  is  more  frequently 
asked  me  than  how  to  study  the 
Sunday-school  lesson.  In  an  article 
published  in  the  Herald  of  Gospel 
Liberty  two  or  three  years  ago  I 
answered  the  question  to  my  best 
abilitj^,  and  perhaps  I  can  make  no 
better  use  of  the  space  left  me  than 
by  reproducing  it  hi  a  more  perma- 
nent form.  No  question  can  be  of 
more  vital  importance.  The  method 
is  substantially  the  one  I  am  using 
in  training  the  students  of  the  C. 
B.  I.  for  Sunday-school  work,  only 
I  add  to  it  the  making  of  sermon 
sketches,  sometimes  selecting  a  text 
for  them  which  involves  some  cen- 
tral truth  of  the  lesson,  and  some- 
times leaving  them  to  choose  for 
themselves.  The  article  referred  to 
was  entitled: 

"HELPS." 

Whether  they  are  helps  or  hin- 
drances depends  upon  the  use  we 
make  of  them.  It  takes  brains  to 
use  brains,  and  he  who  depends 
upon  borrowed  thought  makes  sorry 
work.       Many     a     Sunday  -  school 


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teacher  lumbers  his  head  with 
thoughts  too  large  and  heavy  for 
him  to  handle  and  entirely  unsuited 
to  his  purpose.  How  to  study  the 
lesson  and  how  to  use  the  means  is 
an  art,  and  he  who  does  not  study 
how  to  study  will  study  to  little 
purpose.  I  offer  a  few  suggestions 
in  the  line  of  the  plan  which  I  have 
tested  by  years  of  practice : 

1.  Read  the  lesson — not  from  the 
Quarterly  alone,  but  from  the  Bible. 
Read  the  connections,  so  as  to  have 
a  continuous  reading  from  lesson  to 
lesson.  Read  parallel  passages  and 
compare.  If  the  lesson  is  in  the 
Gospels,  have  a  good  harmony,  so 
that  you  may  have  the  different  pas- 
sages side  by  side  before  your  eye. 

2.  Pray.  The  Spirit  of  Truth  is 
absolutely  essential  to  the  under- 
standing of  truth.  This  is  a  uni- 
versal philosophy,  true  of  the 
lowest  forms  of  truth,  but  espe- 
cially true  of  the  higher,  and  rising 
in  significance  in  direct  proportion 
to  the  subtlety  of  the  truth  in  hand, 
and  most  important  of  all  in  spirit- 
ual truth.  As  well  try  to  pierce 
midnight  with  the  unaided  eye  as 
to  try  to  understand  God's  Word 
without  the  Holy  Spirit.  As  well 
try  to  run  an  engine  without  steam 
as  to  try  to  teach  without  it.  It  is 
the  Guide  into  all  truth  that  Christ 
has  sent  to  our  aid  —  the  Teacher  of 
teachers  —  which  we  neglect  to  our 
everlasting  confusion.  Pray  for  it 
every  time. 

3.  Acqttahit  yourself  niith  facts — 
dates,  persons,  places,  customs,  etc. 
Get  all  the  information  you  can 
bearing  upon  the  subject.  Care- 
fully study  the  meaning  of  the  text 


—the  exact  thought  intended  to  be 
conveyed. 

4 .  3Ia  A-e  your  practical  application s. 
This  is  where  many  faij;  it  is  one 
of  the  especially  weak  points  in 
Sunday-school  teaching.  It  is  one 
thing  to  bring  a  large  store  of 
knowledge  to  a  class;  it  is  quite 
another  to  teach  them  how  to  use 
it  —  to  show  them  the  relation  it 
sustains  to  their  own  individual 
lives.  It  is  one  thing  to  bring  them 
a  measure  of  meal;  it  is  quite  an- 
other to  so  put  the  "leaven"  into 
it  that  it  shall  become  living  bread. 
Yet  if  you,  fail  here  you  fail  in  the 
most  vital  point. 

Seek  to  find  what  there  is  in  the 
lesson  to  meet  your  own  personal 
need,  and  of  the  individuals  of  your 
class.  Draw  these  lessons  for  your- 
self. A  little  practice  will  soon 
develop  the  ability.  Take  each 
verse  and  write  out  one  or  more 
practical  lessons,  however  trite. 
Little  by  little,  as  the  habit  grows, 
the  suggestions  will  multiply  and 
become  more  profound  and  rich. 
And  they  are  all  the  more  interest- 
ing and  effective  because  they  are 
your  own.  Truth  which  you  dis- 
cover for  yourself  comes  to  you 
with  all  the  force  of  a  new  revela- 
tion. It  enters  into  and  possesses 
you,  and  in  a  certain  sense  it  is  a  new 
revelation.  Truth  is  prismatic,  and 
every  human  soul  is  a  new  prism 
unlike  every  other,  passing  through 
which  the  truth  takes  on  new  shades 
of  meaning  and  new  forms  of  beauty. 
It  is  true  that  the  Book  of  revela- 
tion is  closed  —  the  letter  is  never 
to  be  added  to,  but  the  meanings 
that  may  be  evolved  from  it  by  the 


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magician  of  life  are  as  infinite  as 
the  thoughts  that  may  be  expressed 
by  the  letters  of  the  alphabet. 
God's  revelations  will  not  end  until 
the  last  chapter  of  human  history 
is  written.  Let  the  truth  pass 
through  you  and  receive  the  new  im- 
press of  your  own  personality — 
yourself  a  new  revelation  from  God. 
Add  something  to  the  sum  total  of 
revealed  truth.  Truth  is  kaleido- 
scopic. Every  new  combination 
adds  a  new  pattern  to  its  sublime 
forms.  Let  your  own  personal  re- 
lations give  a  new  turn  to  it. 

Charcoal  and  the  diamond  are 
precisely  alike  in  substance.  A 
dilf erent  arrangement  ( probably ) 
of  the  atoms  that  compose  the 
molecules  of  each  makes  the  differ- 
ence between  them — a  mere  matter 
of  relative  positions.  Put  yourself 
in  the  relation  of  a  discoverer  to 
truth  and  it  will  be  like  the  dia- 
mond —  radiant  with  light  and 
beauty;  put  yourself  in  the  rela- 
tion of  a  borrower  and  it  is  too 
often  like  charcoal — opaque,  luster- 
less,  sometimes  smut. 

And  truth  that  you  have  discov- 
ered for  yourself  you  know  how  to 
apply.  You  see  at  once  the  bearing 
of  it.  It  is,  in  a  certain  sense,  na- 
tive to  you.  A  small  truth  fully 
grasped  is  far  better  than  a  large 
one  half  understood,  as  the  simple 
sling  was  more  effective  in  David's 
hand  than  Saul's  sword.  Gather 
your  own  pebbles  and  sling  them 
as  best  you  may,  and  Goliath's 
sword  will  soon  be  flashing  in  your 
hands. 

5.  And  lastly,  turn  to  your  lesson 
helps.     After  the  lesson  has   been 


thus  carefully  studied  and  applied 
they  will  be  real  helps  —  confii-ming 
and  more  clearly  defining  your  own 
thought — giving  new  suggestions 
and  carrying  the  thought  of  the 
lesson,  to  which  you  have  given 
direction,  on  to  higher  and  more 
specific  conclusions. 


The    International   Uniform    Lesson 
System. 

I.  Introduction. 

1 .  The  International  Uniform  Les- 
son System  as  it  exists  to-day  is  the 
growth  of  the  ideas  of  several  per- 
sons, and  is  the  result  of  the  evolu- 
tion of  several  plans.  We  can  in 
this  place  only  point  out  the  prin- 
cijjal  points  in  the  history. 

II.  Beginnings. 

1.  The  "  Limited  Lesson  Scheme'^ 
was  inaugurated  in  lf<-^  and  was  so 
called  to  distinguish  it  from  the  then 
existing  custom  of  teaching  on  the 
whole  Bible  and  memorizing  verses. 
To  limit  the  lesson  to  a  given  pas- 
sage or  section  of  scripture  was  the 
IDlan.  It  was  indorsed  and  largely 
extended  by  the  American  Sunday- 
School  Union,  later  under  the  title 
of  "Selected  Lessons." 

:2.  Conventions  and  Institutes 
had  been  inaugurated,  and  had  done 
much  to  mold  sentiment  in  favor 
of  plans  to  improve  Sunday-school 
instruction. 

3.  The  First  National  Conven- 
tion, held  in  1832,  and  those  follow- 
ing attracted  attention  as  never 
before  to  the  Sunday-school  move- 
ment. 

1.  The  Sunday  -  School  Teachers' 
Quarterly  was  begun  in  1865  by  Rev. 
J.  H.  Vincent  (now  bishop).  This 
afterward  became  the  Nati<»tal  Sun- 
day-School Teacher,  monthly.  The 
Quarterly  had  given  a  series  of  les- 
sons prepared  by  the  London  Sun- 
day-School Union,  and  another  by 
the  editor. 


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5.  Rev.  J.  H.  Vincent,  who  had 
iDeen  editing  the  Quarterli/  under  the 
direction  and  in  the  employ  of  the 
Chicago  Sunday  -  School  Union, 
moved  to  New  York,  where  he 
began  the  "Berean  Series"  for  his 
denomination.    , 

6.  Rev.  H.  L.  Hammond  and 
Rev.  C.  R.  Blackall  in  turn  were 
editors  of  the  Chicago  publications, 
and  they  were  followed  by  the  Rev. 
Edw^ard  Eggleston,  who  made  the 
lessons  in  the  NutioiKd  Suuddtj-Sdiool 
Teacher  quite  popular. 

7.  Other  publications  adopted 
the  Teacher's  course  of  lessons,  giv- 
ing their  own  expositions,  among 
them  The  Standard  (Baptist),  of 
Chicago,  in  which  Mr.  B.  P.  Jacobs 
gave,  in  December,  1867,  the  notes 
for  the  first  Sunday  in  January, 
1868,  the  first  lesson  notes  ever 
published  regularly  by  any  weekly 
paper  in  this  country. 

III.     National  Uniformity. 

1.  In  1867  Mr.  B.  P.  Jacobs,  of 
■Chicago,  conceived  the  idea  of  ex- 
tending the  benefit  of  uniformity  to 
the  whole  country,  and  so  to  the 
whole  world,  and  began  to  agitate 
the  subject  before  conventions  and 
Sunday-school  associations. 

2.  The  plan  met  with  strong  op- 
position from  many  quarters,  but  it 
■continued  to  gain  friends. 

3.  Mr.  Jacobs,  w^ho  had  charge 
of  the  separate  conference  of  super- 
intendents at  the  time,  reported  to 
the  National  Convention  at  Newark 
in  1869,  "That  a  uniform  lesson  is 
essential  to  the  highest  success  of 
every  school,  and  that  it  is  practical 
and  desirable  to  unite  all  the  schools 
of  our  whole  country  upon  one  and 
the  same  series." 

4.  At  Mr.  Jacobs"  suggestion 
representatives  from  29  religious 
publishing  houses  met  August  8, 
1871,  to  consider  the  subject  of 
uniform  lessons. 

5.  This  meeting  of  publishers 
finally  resolved  to  try  the   experi- 


ment, and  appointed  a  committee  of 
five  to  select  a  series  of  lessons  for 
1872.  The  five  appointed  were  Drs. 
Eggleston,  Vincent,  and  Newton, 
Rev.  H.  C.  McCook  and  B.  P.  Jacobs. 

6.  Three  of  this  committee,  in 
the  absence  of  the  two  others,  de- 
cided it  could  not  be  done  then, 
that  a  series  of  lessons  could  not  be 
agreed  upon,  and  sent  a  notice  to 
the  papers  headed  "Uniform  Les- 
sons— The  Pailure." 

7.  By  Mr.  Jacobs'  persistence 
the  decision  was  reversed  the  next 
morning,  the  card  to  the  public  re- 
called, and  a  notice  published  that 
a  series  of  lessons  would  be  forth- 
coming soon. 

IV.  PiRST  Series  of  Lessons. 

1.  The  first  series  of  uniform 
lessons  was  that  prepared  for  the 
publishers  for  1872  by  B.  P.  Jacobs, 
Dr.  J.  H.  Vincent,  and  Edward  Eg- 
gleston. 

V.  Lesson  System  Adopted. 

1.  The  plan  was  adopted  in  the 
Pifth  National  Convention,  held  in 
Indianapolis,  April  16-19,  1872,  and 
the  first  International  Lesson  Com- 
mittee was  appointed. 

VI.  Became  International. 

1.  When  the  agitation  for  na- 
tional uniformity  was  going  on,  or' 
after  it  was  assured.  Dr.  J.  H.  Vin- 
cent was  in  correspondence  with 
the  leaders  in  Great  Britain  with  a 
view  to  the  adoption  of  their  same 
series  of  lessons. 

2 .  This  was  consummated  through 
the  London  Sunday- School  Union, 
and  English  corresponding  mem- 
bers were  added  to  the  Lesson 
Committee. 

3.  To-day  the  same  series  of 
lessons  are  used  round  the  world, 
the  religious  bodies  not  adopting 
them  being  insignificant  in  com- 
parison with  the  millions  who  are 
using  them. — Selected. 


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The  Home  Class  Department. 

I.  Introduction. 

To  recognize  the  purpose  of  the 
Sunday  school  is  to  recognize  the 
need  of  special  plans  to  bring  under 
Biblical  instruction  that  vast  host 
of  persons  not  brought  into  Sunday 
school  by  the  ordinary  and  long 
established  means.  The  Home  Class 
Deioartment  stands  at  the  very  head 
of  the  most  modern  methods  for 
this  purpose,  as  it  is  the  thorough 
organizing  of  practical  ideas  and 
making  them  eifectual  in  Sunday- 
school  evangelization. 

II.  Origin. 

While  there  were  branch,  neigh- 
borhood, mission,  and  even  family 
Sunday  schools  prior  to  the  year 
1881,  it  remained  for  Wm.  A.  Dun- 
can, Ph.  D ,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
then  and  still  the  Executive  Chair- 
man of  the  New  York  State  Sun- 
day-School Association,  to  originate 
and  put  in  operation,  first  in  his 
state,  and  then  throughout  the 
world,  the  Home  Class  Depart- 
ment; both  to  bring  all  the  classes 
into  vital  connection  with  some  or- 
ganized school  and  to  have  the 
schools  extend  their  benefits  to 
countless  other  classes,  and  to  in- 
dividuals not  attending  Sunday 
school. 

III.  Development. 

1.  The  first  leaflets  were  issued 
in  1881.  Dr.  Duncan  began  the  work 
in  connection  with  the  New  York 
State  Sunday -School  Association, 
and  the  field  workers  began  the 
organization  of  departments,  the 
practical  effort  to  realize  the  motto 
of  their  association,  "The  Bible  in 
the  hands  of  the  living  teacher  to 
ever  J"  man,  woman,  and  child  in  the 
state.'' 

2.  The  work  soon  sj)read  to  other 
states,  and  later  to  foreign  coun- 
tries. 

3.  The  International  Home  De- 
partment Association  was  organized 


with  Dr.  W.  A.  Duncan,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  president;  Dr.  M.  C.  Hazard, 
Boston,  editor;  W.  N.  Hartshorn, 
Boston,  treasurer;  W.  H.  Hall, 
West  Hartford,  Conn.,  seci'etary, 
and  J.  B.  Patton,  D.D.,  Notting- 
ham, F.  P.  Belsey,  London,  and 
Chas.  Waters,  London,  vice-presi- 
dents for  England. 

IV.  Explanation. 

a.  Aims — 1.  Promotion  of  Bible 
study.  2.  The  increase  of  attend- 
ance on  the  main  school.  3.  The 
increase  of  attendance  upon  the 
services  of  the  church  and  the  form- 
ation of  a  bond  of  union  between 
non- attendants  and  the  church.  4. 
The  salvation  of  souls.  5.  The  in- 
crease of  church  membership.  6. 
The  increase  of  contributions  to  the 
benevolent  causes  of  the  charch. 
7.  The  promotion  of  Christian  use- 
fulness. 

b.  Bcfiiiitioii.s — 1.  Class.  A  Home 
Class  is  made  up  of  one  or  more 
persons  pledged  to  study  the  Sun- 
day-school lesson  at  home,  in  con- 
nection with  some  Sunday  school,  at 
least  a  half  hour  each  week. 

A  class  may  be :  ia)  A  class  of 
individuals  each  studjdng  alone,  but 
under  the  supervision  of  one  visitor; 
( 6 )  a  family  class ;  ( r )  a  correspond- 
ence class ;  ('Ha  neighborhood  class : 
(c)  a  combination  of  several  or  all 
of  these. 

2.  Department:  A  Home  De- 
partment is  made  up  of  all  of  the 
home  classes  formed  in  connection 
with  any  Sunday  school,  and  is  a 
recognized  branch  of  the  school 
under  a  superintendent  appointed 
in  accordance  with  the  rules  gov- 
erning the  school. 

V.  Conclusion. 

The  Home  Class  Department  is 
the  outreaching  arm  of  the  church; 
that  arm  is  reaching  the  non- attend- 
ants and  the  unsaved  by  the  thou- 
sands. No  church  or  Sunday  school 
can  afford  not  to  have  a  Home  Class 
Department.  — Sfh-cfcd. 


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f^ 


Rev.  J.  G.  Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio, 
Secretary  Missionary  and  Church-Extension  Department,  American  Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  J.  G.  Bishop  was  born  in 
Smith  County,  Virginia,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1833;  was  converted  in 
Madison  County,  Iowa,  September 
10,  1848,  and  a  few  months  tliere- 
after  joined  the  Christian  Church — 
of  which  he  has  been  a  member  and 
for  whose  interests  and  enterprises 
he  has  labored  ever  since. 

He  joined  the  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
Christian  Conference  in  1855;  was 
ordained  at  Winterset,  Iowa,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1856,  Dr.  N.  Summerbell 
preaching  the  sermon. 

Antedating  church  houses  in  that 
new  country,  his  preaching  for  the 


first  few  years  was  in  log  ( dwelling ) 
houses,  school  houses,  barns,  and 
groves.  In  doing  this,  he  rode 
thousands  of  miles  on  horseback. 
He  has  served  as  pastor  in  the 
churches  at  Winterset,  Peru  and 
Polk  City,  Iowa  ;  Bible  Chapel,  Mo. , 
( where  he  organized  the  first  church 
and  built  the  first  Christian  church 
house  in  that  part  of  the  state, 
which  formed  the  nucleus  from 
which  has  since  grown  up  the 
Northeastern  Missouri  Conference ) ; 
Springfield  and  Springboro,  Pa. ; 
Hartwick,  N.  Y. ;  Vienna,  N.  J., 
and  Eaton,  Ohio. 


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In  the  early  day — in  Iowa — when 
the  prmcipal  duty  of  the  delegates 
to  conference  was  to  secure  a 
preacher  for  the  year,  the  subject 
of  our  sketch  had  a  "call""  to  eight 
different  churches  in  his  own  con- 
fer-ence  at  one  session. 

Being  blessed  with  both  pastoral 
and  revival  gifts,  his  services  have 
often  been  in  demand  for  protracted 
meeting  work  outside  his  own  pas- 
torates. 

He  was  secretary  of  the  Des 
Moines  Conference  for  a  number  of 
years  ;  w^ts  secretary  of  the  Iowa 
State  Christian  Missionary  Society 


for  a  time;  was  president  of  the 
Erie  Conference  one  year  and  of  the 
New  York  State  Association  four 
years :  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Missionary  Board  for  ten  years,  and 
secretary  of  the  Missionary  and 
Church  Extension  Department  of 
the  American  Christian  Convention 
for  the  last  six  years. 

He  is  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
Christian  Missionary,  a  live  mission- 
ary magazine,  published  in  the  in- 
erest  of  our  beloved  Zion. 

Christ's  cause  has  been  greatly 
built  up  through  the  efforts  of  Bro. 
Bishop.  B.  M.  Stoddard. 


Missionary  and  Churcli  Extension  Department  of  the  American 
Chiristian  Convention. 


By  Rev.  J.  Q.  Bishop,  Secretary,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH. 
^Beginning  at  Jerusalem  .  .  .  to  the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth." 


THE  HOME  WORK.- 
NINGS. 


ITS   BEGIN- 


While  nearly  all  of  the  early 
ministers  of  the  Christian  Church 
were  practically  home  missionaries, 
traveling  and  preaching,  with  little 
or  no  salary,  conducting  revivals 
and  establishing  churches,  still, 
strange  to  say,  it  was  late  in  the 
present  century  before  they  com- 
menced missionary  work  in  any 
good  systematic  way  or  organized 
form. 

The  first  efforts  put  forth  in  this 
direction  were  by  local  conferences. 
Several  conferences  organized  mis- 
sionary societies,  but  through  lack 
of  cohesion,  and  system  in  raising 
money,  but  little  money  was  raised, 
and  consequently  little  work  was 
done.  A  few  of  those  conferences, 
however,  have  maintained  their 
societies,    have   systematized  their 


work,  have  raised  some  money  and 
done  good  work. 

Later,  the  conferences  of  New 
England  organized  the  ' '  New  Eng- 
land Christian  Convention,"  and  the 
conferences  in  some  of  the  other 
states  united  in  forming  State  As- 
sociations, or  State  Conferences, 
these  all  having  a  missionary  de- 
partment. These  departments  have 
all  done  more  or  less  missionary 
work  within  their  own  bounds. 

When  the  American  Christian 
Convention  was  organized  it  had  a 
missionary  department,  but  for  the 
lack  of  any  specific  system  for  rais- 
ing missionary  money,  this  depart- 
ment was  practically  inoperative 
for  a  number  of  years. 

For  the  quadrennium  closing  with 
the  Convention  of  1878  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Missionary  Department 
reported,    by  letter,    that    he    had 


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Rev.  a.  D.  Woodworto,  A.M. 

Prof.  Woodworth,  for  the  last 
four  years  superintendent  of  the 
mission  in  Japan,  was  reared  in  the 
Christian  Church  at  Milford  Center, 
Ohio;  graduated  from  Oberlin  Col- 
lege, and  was  a  professor  in  Union 
Christian  College,  Indiana,  nine 
years  before  going  to  Japan  in  1892. 

He  is  a  live  man,  fully  abreast  of 
the  times  in  general  information, 
careful  and  conservative  in  business, 
and  wise  in  counsel;  while  he  is 
fearless  and  outspoken,  yet  by  gen- 
tleness and  wise  choice  of  language 
he  rarely  offends;  a  faithful, 
secrated  missionary. 


con- 


done no  work  and  had  no  money  in 
the  treasury  for  work.  In  1878 
Rev.  J.  P.  Watson  was  elected  sec- 
retary of  the  department,  and  soon 
began  work  under  the  name  of  the 
"  Children's  Mission,'"  calling  upon 
the  children  for  dimes,  promising 
them  a  missionary  as  soon  as  suf- 
ficient funds  were  in  hand.  Rev.  S. 
W.  P.  Richardson,  of  Ohio,  was 
appointed  the  first  home  missionary, 


TosHio  Ohta. 

Mr.  Ohta  has  been  connected 
with  our  Japan  Mission  almost  from 
its  beginning,  being  indeed  the  first 
convert  baptized  by  Brother  Jones. 
From  the  first  he  has  been  a  helj^er 
as  interpreter,  teacher,  preacher. 
He  is  of  a  first-class  Japanese  fam- 
ily: has  relatives  in  the  Japan 
Parliament;  his  own  father  is  a 
manager  of  a  railroad  corj^oration; 
he  has  been  offered  lucrative  posi- 
tions in  the  government,  but  he 
prefers  to  remain  an  humble  mes- 
senger of  life  and  salvation  to  his 
jjeople. 

about  January,  1879.  The  Chil- 
dren's Mission,  as  inaugurated  and 
pushed  by  Brother  Watson,  grew 
in  favor  with  the  children  and  with 
the  older  people. 

Dr.  N.  Summerbell,  of  sainted 
memory,  was  heard  to  remark : 
' '  One  of  the  best  things  among  us 
is  Brother  Watson's  Dime  Mission." 
Its  income  was  not  then  confined  to 
dimes,  and  others  than  children 
gave.  Rev.  J.  G.  Wilson  and  Emily, 


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Rev.  Emily  K.  Bishop, 

President  of  the  Woman's  Board  for  Home  Missions 

and  Vice-President  of  the  W.  B.  for 

F.  M.,  A.  C.  C. 


his  wife,  left  by  bequest,  nearly 
$3,000  as  a  permanent  fund  to  this 
mission,  which  is  still  bringing  its 
semi-annual  income  to  carry  for- 
ward this  work. 

It  was  not  long  until  several 
"Children's  Missionaries"  were  in 
the  field.  Up  to  the  New  Bedford 
Convention,  in  1876,  these  were,  in 
the  main,  men  appointed  by  the 
local  conferences  to  labor  within 
their  own  bounds,  indorsed  by 
Brother  Watson,  Missionary  Secre- 
tary, and  assisted  by  the  children's 
dimes,  in  sums  ranging  from  ^50  to 
1100  annually. 

By  an  amended  constitution  in 
1886,  the  General  Convention  pro- 
vided for  a  Missionary  Board  of  five, 
of  which  the  Missionary  Depart- 
ment Secretary  is  one.  This  board 
manages  the  business  of  the  depart- 


ment. It  meets  annually,  the  second 
Wednesday  in  October.  It  has 
systematized  its  work,  as  experience 
and  increased  knowledge  have  from 
time  to  time  indicated;  has  adopted 
by-laws  for  the  government  of  its 
action  in  relation  to  meetings,  mak- 
ing appropriations,  appointing  mis- 
sionaries in  both  the  home  and 
foreign  field,  etc. 


OUR    FOREIGN     WORK- 
NINGS. 


-ITS     BEGIN- 


At  last  the  spell  was  broken. 
The  scales  began  to  fall  from  our 
eyes,  and  our  vision  was  broad- 
ening, our  insight  was  deepening 
so  that  we  could  begin  to  see  that 
"God  loved  the  icorldr  that  Jesus 
"tasted  death  for  every  man;"  that 
the  gospel  was  to  be  preached  to 
^^all  )iafions  and  to  every  creature." 

As  the  beginnings  of  the  Chris- 
tian movement  were  in.  the  south, 
if  one  section  had  priority  of  an- 
other in  point  of  time,  so,  whatever 
thoughts  may  have  been  in  the 
minds  of  brethren  in  different  parts 
of  the  country,  the  first  practical 
steps  towards  foreign  missionary 
work  by  our  people  seem  to  have 
been  taken  in  the 

SOUTH. 

On  the  8th  day  of  April,  1883, 
Rev.  P.  T.  Klapp  joreached  a  sermon 
at  the  Moore  Christian  Church, 
Moore  County,  N.  C,  in  which  he 
gave  an  account  of  the  cannibals  and 
of  other  horrible  conditions  of  the 
heathen.  At  the  close  Brother  Rora 
Womack,  who  could  neither  read 
nor  write,  said,  "Brother  Klapp,  if 
that  is  the  true  condition  of  the  poor 
heathen,  I  feel   like  I  want   to   do 


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Christian  Church,  Norfolk,  Va.— A  Home  Mission  Enterprise. 


This  church  was  established  by 
the  Mission  Board,  in  connection 
with  the  Eastern  Virginia  Christian 
Conference.  The  church  was  or- 
ganized March  17,  1890;  the  build- 
ing was  dedicated  May  1,  1892 — ^a 
successful  enterprise.  Rev.  C.  J. 
Jones,  D.D. ,  was  the  first  pastor; 
Rev.  J.  P.  Barrett,  D.D.,  is  the 
present  pastor. 


something  for  them,"  and  handed 
him  35  cents,  all  the  money  he  had, 
saying :  "If  our  people  will  not  use 
it  for  the  benefit  of  the  heathen,  I 
want  you  to  give  it  to  some  denom- 
ination that  will. " 

Brother  Klapp  says,  (I  take  these 


facts  from  the  centennial  number  of 
the  Christian  Sun):  "I  took  the 
money  and  took  the  rebuke.  Then 
and  there  I  made  up  my  mind  to  let 
that  35  cents  be  the  beginning  of  a 
fund  in  the  Christian  Church  for 
missionary  work.  I  found  Rev. 
D.  F.  Jones,  J.  D.  Wicker,  and  S.  B. 
Klapp  to  be  in  sympathy  with  me. 
We  encouraged  each  other  in  the 
new  enterprise,  and  during  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  we  took  collections 
with  the  view  of  beginning  foreign 
missionary  work." 

On  the  night  before   the  annual 
meeting  of  the  North  Carolina  and 


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Rev.  Eael  C.  Fry, 

Graduate  from  the  Biblical  School,  Stanfordville, 

N.  Y.,  has  the  oversight  of  our  mission  work  iu 

Northern  Japan ;  residence,  Sendai. 


Virginia  Conference,  November, 
1893,  these  four  brethren  spent  the 
greater  portion  of  the  night,  not 
upon  their  beds  in  sleep,  but  upon 
their  knees  in  prayer,  and  in  prej^ar- 
ation  of  a  paper  to  present  to  their 
conference  looking  towards  the 
establishing  of  a  mission  in  foreign 
lands. 

The  paper  was  presented,  these 
four  brethren  and  an  M.  E.  minister 
present  speaking  in  its  favor. 
Brother  Klapp  closed  his  speech 
by  presenting  the  conference  with 
1100.26  as  the  result  of  the  collec- 
tions from  six  or  eight  poor  churches , 
which  was  a  proof  that  our  laymen 
were  more  ready  for  this  work  than 
the  ministers.  Brother  Klapp  says : 
' '  We  did  not  get  so  much  as  an  en- 
couraging look  from  our  leading 
ministerial  brethren  during  this  dis- 
cussion, much  less  a  helpful  speech. " 


Rev.  Susie  V.  Fry, 

From  U.  C.  College,   Indiana,   an  efficient,  conse- 
crated missionary,  is  engaged,  with  her  hus- 
band, in  our  work  in  Northern  Japan. 


But  the  leaven  was  in  the  meal, 
and  has  been  doing  its  work.  Our 
brethren  in  the  south,  as  a  rule,  are 
now  friends  and  supporters  of  our 
foreign  work. 

IN   THE   NORTH. 

But  if  the  south  was  in  advance 
of  the  north  in  this  foreign  mis- 
sionary movement,  it  could  have 
been  by  only  a  few  months.  During 
the  summer  of  this  year — 1883 — 
Rev.  J.  P.  Watson,  D.D.,  then  of 
Troy,  Ohio,  published  in  the  Herald 
of  Gospel  Liberty,  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles on  foreign  missions,  urging 
our  people  to  take  up  the  work. 
These  articles  were  not  without 
effect.  Other  brethren  began  to 
speak  and  write  favorably  on  the 
subject,  and  soon  money  began  to 
come  in  for  the  work ;  the  first  re- 
ceived  was  one   dollar  from  Isaac 


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The  Christians'  Mission  Home,  Tokio,  Japan. 


This  building  is  two  and  a  half 
stories,  with  upper  and  lower 
verandas,  and  has  nine  rooms  be- 
sides halls  and  bath  room.  This  is 
our  mission  headquarters  in  Japan. 
The  house  is  used  as  a  home  for 
missionaries,  and  a  Theological  and 
Training  School  for  native  workers. 
The  means  for  the  purchase  of  this 
building  were  furnished  by  the 
Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts 
Conference. 


Kay,  M.  D.,  of  Springfield,  Ohio. 
During  1884  the  receipts  became 
quite  frequent,  though  in  small 
amounts.  During  the  latter  part  of 
this  year  the  Northern  New  Jersey 
quarterly  conference  took  a  public 
collection  which  was,  probably,  the 
first  collection  taken  by  our  people 
in  the  north  for  foreign   missions 


In  New  England  the  sentiment  was 
growing.  In  1885  Rev.  Ellen  G. 
Gustin  preached  her  first  foreign 
missionary  sermon,  "in  which,"  she 
says,  "I  made  a  thorough  confes- 
sion of  my  neglect  and  ignorance  of 
Christ's  will  upon  this  subject."  It 
was  during  this  year  that  the  Mis- 
sionary Department  was  opened  in 
the  Herald  (which  is  still  con- 
tinued), thus  leading  to  a  larger 
discussion  of  the  subject.  There  was 
gradual  growth  in  interest  and  in- 
crease in  funds,  so  that  at  the  New 
Bedford  Convention  in  October, 
1886,  it  was  decided  to  commence 
the  work. 

FIRST   MISSIONARY   SENT. 

1887,    Rev.    D.    P. 


In    January 
Jones,    of    North 


Carolina,    under 


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t >n,  Japan. 


This  church  was  organized  in 
1893,  and  the  building  was  dedicated 
in  1894.  The  house  cost  the  Mis- 
sion |650;  the  native  Christians  pur- 
chased the  lot  for  8180.  The  church 
has  its  own  native  pastor,  w^ith 
preaching,  Sunday-school  and 
prayer  ineeting  Aveekly,  and 
Woman's  meetings  bimonthly. 


appointment  of  the  Mission  Board, 
started  for  Japan  via  England,  a 
journey  approaching  20,000  miles. 
Of  this  journey  and  of  the  work  fol- 
lowing. Brother  Woodworth  says: 
' '  Brother  Jones  has  left  no  record, 
except  that  he  made  brief  visits  at 
Singapore,  Shanghai,  and  Hong- 
kong, landing  May  16  at  Yokohama. 
Three   weeks    later    we    find    him 


located  at  Ishinomaki.  The  first 
year  there  were  three  converts. 
The  next  year  seven  joined  by  letter 
and  six  by  profession.  The  third 
year  tw^enty- seven  joined  by  con- 
fession. The  records  show  the 
number  of  members  to  be  forty- four 
at  the  end  of  the  third  year.  About 
this  time  the  Japanese  were  having 
a  craze  for  things  foreign.  Then 
they  thought  it  was  the  proper 
thing  to  study  Christianity  and 
accept  it.  Not  strange  therefore, 
that  the  fourth  year,  1890,  thirty- 
five  new  members  were  added ;  the 
Oji  flock  of  sixteen  came  in,  making 
fifty-one  additions  that  year,  the 
banner  year  of  our  mission." 
.  Rev.  H.  J.  Rhodes  and  wife  were 


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THE  CHRISTIANS"   ANNUAL 


Rev.  C  Ten  a  Peneod, 

From  U.  C.  College,  Indiana,  is 
associated  with  Prof.  Woodworth  in 
the  school  and  other  missionary 
work  in  Tokio,  Oji,  and  vicinity;  a 
thoroughly  consecrated,  indefati- 
gable mission  worker. 


sent  out  in  1889,  Rev.  A.  D.  Wood- 
worth  and  wife  and  Rev.  C.  Tena 
Penrod  in  1892,  Rev.  Earl  C.  Pry 
and  Rev.  Susie  V.  Gulett  in  1894. 
Brother  Rhodes  and  wife  have 
since  returned  to  this  country,  and 
Brother  Jones  and  wife  have  gone 
to  China,  leaving  Brother  Wood- 
worth  and  wife,  Brother  Pry  and 
wife,  nee  Gulett,  and  Sister  Penrod 
as  our  present  force  of  missionaries 
in  Japan. 

woman's  boards. 

When  properly  understood,  no 
line  of  Christian  work  appeals  to 
the  sympathies,  prayers,  and  purses 
of  Christian  women  as  does  that  of 
missions.     Women  are  the  greater 


sufferers  from  the  ignorance,  super- 
stition, oppression,  and  cruelty  of 
heathenism, — in  places  regarded 
with  less  favor  than  some  of  the 
brutes.  It  is  Christianity  that  sanc- 
tifies the  home,  and  lifts  woman 
from  the  position  of  a  menial  to 
companionship  with  man  and  an 
equal  sharer  with  him  in  the  com- 
forts of  this  life,  as  well  as  the 
blessings  and  inspirations  that 
Christianity  gives  in  this  world  and 
its  hopes  for  the  world  to  come.  As 
she  sees  the  depths  from  which 
Christianity  has  lifted  her,  and 
realizes  the  heights  to  which  it  has 
exalted  her,  her  heart  is  moved 
with  gratitude  to  God  and  with  pity 
for  her  unfortunate  sisters  in 
heathenism,  and  she  becomes  a 
willing  and  efficient  helper  in  the 
cause  of  missions. 

Our  women  have  been  identified 
with  our  missionary  work,  especially 
the  foreign  work,  from  its  begin- 
ning. First,  Brother  Watson  ap- 
pointed a  Woman  Missionary  Secre- 
tary in  a  few  of  the  conferences. 
Through  these  a  few  church  mis- 
sionary societies  were  organized. 

At  the  Quadrennial  Convention 
at  New  Bedford,  in  1886,  a  Woman's 
Board  for  Foreign  Missions  was 
organized.  This  board  is  incor- 
porated in  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts. Their  plan  of  work  has  been 
to  secure,  as  far  as  practicable, 
woman's  missionary  boards  in  the 
local  conferences,  and  through  these 
missionary  societies  in  the  churches ; 
the  church  societies  auxiliary  to  the 
conference  boards,  the  conference 
boards  auxiliary  to  the  Quadrennial 
boards.     These  boards  and  societies 


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have  done  efficient  work,  both  in 
increasing-  missionary  sentiment 
and  in  raising  missionary  money. 

At  the  Marion  Convention  in  1890 
a  Woman's  Board  for  Home  Mis- 
sions was  organized.  The  plans 
and  purposes  of  this  board  are 
almost  identical  with  those  of  the 
Board  for  Foreign  Missions,  except 
that  the  funds  are  to  be  used  for 
work  in  the  home  land.  This  board 
has  also  done  some  efficient  work. 

The  officers  of  these  boards 
realize  that  the  work  has  just  com- 
menced, that  a  number  of  the  con- 
ferences have  yet  no  woman's 
board,  and  comparatively  few  of 
the  churches  yet  have  missionary 
societies,  that  not  a  tithe  of  the 
possibilities  have  yet  been  reached 
in  raising  missionary  money.  They 
have  the  following  points  in  view  : 

1.  A  woman's  missionary  board 
in  every  conference. 

2.  A  missionary  society  in  every 
church. 

3.  A  copy  of  the  Christian  Mis- 
sionary in  every  family. 

THE    PRESENT    STATUS   OP   THE 
WORK 

May  be  indicated  by  the  following 
from  my  annual  report  to  the  Mis- 
sion Board  at  its  recent  meeting : 

A  commendable  degree  of  activ- 
ity has  been  manifest  on  the  part 
of  our  missionaries,  and  upon  the 
part  of  some  of  our  missionary 
friends  and  supporters  at  home, 
though  the  "stringency  of  the 
times"  that  are  upon  us  has  ser- 
iously affected  our  finances,  as 
well  as  those  of  other  missionary 
boards. 


IN  THE  HOME  FIELD. 

During  the  year  financial  aid  has 
been  rendered  for  the  cause  at 
Spruce  Street,  New  Bedford,  Mass. ; 
Bogle  Street,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
(one  quarter);  Binghamton,  N.  Y. ; 
Newark,  N.  Y. ;  Barkersville,  N. 
Y. ;  Erie,  Pa.;  Columbus,  Ohio; 
Piqua,  Ohio;  Muncie,  Ind. ;  Ko- 
komo,  Ind. ;  Danville,  111. ;  Newton, 
111. ;  Marshall,  Mich. ;  Lexington, 
Mich. ;  Lincoln,  Kan. ;  Lake  City, 
Iowa;  Durham,  N.  C. ;  Greens- 
borough,  N.  C. ;  for  evangelistic 
work  in  the  State  of  Washington 
and  the  Indian  Territory,  and  for 
the  Franklinton  (colored)   School. 

Our  workers  in  these  fields  have 
reported  for  the  year,  2,977  sermons 
preached;  4,180  meetings  held; 
5,799  pastoral  visits  made;  455  con- 
versions; 528  members  received; 
9  churches  organized;  17  Sunday- 
schools  organized;  $290.56  raised 
under  Quadrennial  calls. 

There  were  $342.47  more  money 
raised  for  Home  Missions  this  year 
than  last  year.  This  is  no  small 
encouragement.  So  far  about  three- 
fourths  of  the  receipts  for  this  line 
of  our  work  are  from  the  Children's 
Day  collections.  In  addition  to  the 
collection  cards  which  are  prepared 
and  sent  out  by  the  Mission  Secre- 
tary, this  year  we  offered  to  place 
the  name  of  each  child  who 'collected 
one  dollar  or  more  on  a  "Roll  'of 
Honor,"  and  give  a  "Certificate  of 
Membership''  in  the  Boys' and  Girls' 
Missionary  Army  to  each  one  who 
secured  three  dollars  or  more  for 
the  Home  Mission  collection.  As  a 
result  we  have  502  names  on  the 
"Roll  of  Honor,"  and  have  sent  out 


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Christian  Church  and  Parsonage,  Piqua,  Ohio. 


This  enterprise  was  commenced 
by  the  Mission  Board,  with  Rev.  S. 
S.  Newhouse  as  minister.  The 
church  was  organized  in  November, 
1890,  with  115  members;  the  church 
building  was  dedicated  in  October, 
1895.  Brother  NeM^iouse  is  still  the 
pastor ;  a  good  working  church,  and 
a  property  worth  some  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars. 


152  "Certificates."  Doubtless  this 
helped  to  secure  this  increase  for 
our  Home  Mission-work. 

We  have  been  trying  to  impress 
our  people  with  the  thought  of 
making  it  not  a  Children's  Day 
merely,  but  a  Home  Mission  Day, 
and  that  the  churches  should  make 
offerings  worthy  grown-up  Chris- 
tians. In  this,  however,  our  suc- 
cess is  not  as  encouraging  as  we 
could  wish. 


IN  THE  FOREIGN  FIELD. 

The  following  are  the  statistics 
of  the  Japan  work  for  the  year 
closing  October  1,  1896: 

Number  of  missionaries,  ordained 4 

Number  of  missionaries,  unordained 1 

Number  of  native  preachers,  ordained 2 

Number  of  native  preachers,  unordained 3 

Number  of  other  native  helpers 8 

Number  of  principal  stations 2 

Number  of  out  stations 4 

Number  of  churches,  organized 4 

( Men  152 

Number  of  church  members  |  Women  !!!!!!nO  262 

Added  last  year 31 

Number  of  Sunday-schools 9 

Number  of  scholars  in  Sunday-schools 356 

One  Theological  school,  with  pupils 6 

Three  day  schools,  with  pupils 80 

Money  collected  by  native  Christians $115  28 

The  appropriations  that  the  board 
was  able  to  make  for  the  work  last 
year  were  such  that  little  enlarge- 
ment of  the  work,  by  way  of  in- 
creased number  of  workers  or  added 
schools  or  stations,  could  be  made. 
The  ground  previously  taken  has. 


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however,  been  occupied,  with  some 
enlargement,  such  as  the  opening 
of  a  preaching  station  in  Sendai, 
with  the  organization  of  a  Sunday- 
school  and  a  woman's  meeting  in 
the  same  city  under  Mrs.  Fry. 
Work  was  also  commenced  at  one 
or  two  new  points  in  the  city  of 
Tokio,  and  in  two  villages  adjoin- 
ing Oji,  near  Tokio,  by  Miss  Penrod 
and  Prof.  Woodworth. 

The  Theological  and  Training 
School,  under  Prof.  Woodworth,  as- 
sisted by  Miss  Penrod  and  Mr. 
Ohta,  as  well  as  the  day  schools  for 
Japanese  children,  have  been  con- 
tinued, and  are  doing  good  work. 
Mr.  Ichikawa,  a  native  preacher  of 
more  than  ordinary  ability,  who,  on 
account  of  lack  of  harmony  with 
our  first  missionary,  left  our  work 
a  few  years  ago,  has  returned,  and 
becomes  pastor  of  the  Tokio  church. 
This  is  regarded  as  a  very  valuable 
accession  to  our  working  force. 

FINANCIAL   STATEMENT 

For  the  year  ending  October,  1896: 

Balance  October  1,1895 $4,329  30 

Received  during  year 8,676  29 

Total $13,005  59 

Paid  out  during  year  9,110  88 

Balance  October  1,  1896 $3,894  71 

Of  the  receipts,  $4,544.97  was  for 
the  home  work,  and  14,131.32  for 
the  foreign  work. 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year 
were  $1 ,  356. 73  less  than  the  previous 
year.  But  aside  from  the  special 
fund  for  the  Tokio  Mission  Home 
there  were  but  $67.93  less  than  the 
l^revious  year. 

Of  the  receipts  during  the  year, 
$4,444.42  came  through  the  Conven- 
tion   Secretary;     $1,500   from    the 


Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Board ; 
$121.20  from  the  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Board ;  $400  from  the  South- 
ern Christian  Convention;  $202.60 
from  the  sale  of  Children's  Day 
Services;  $273.50  from  dividends; 
the  balance,  $1,734.57,  were  from 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies,  per- 
sonal contributions,  and  a  few  con- 
ference and  other  special  collections. 


The  Mission  8oards. 


Members  of  the  Board  of  the  Mis- 
sionary,  and  Church- Extension  Depart- 
ment of  the  American  Christian  Con- 
vention.— President,  Rev.  L.  J.  Al- 
drich,  D.D. ,  Merom,  Ind. ;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  Rev.  J.  G. 
Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Rev.  J.  J. 
Summerbell,  D.D.,  Dayton,  Ohio; 
Re^;.  P.  A.  Canada,  A.M.,'  Albany, 
New  York;  Rev.  John  MacCalman, 
New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Woman's  Board  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, A.  C.  C.  —  President,  Mrs. 
Achsah  E.  Weston,  Stanfordville, 
N.  Y. ;  vice-president.  Rev.  Emily 
K.  Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio;  record- 
ing secretary,  Miss  Annie  Batchelor, 
New  Bedford,  Mass. ;  correspond- 
ing secretary.  Rev.  Ellen  G.  Gus- 
tin,  Attleboro,  Mass. ;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Batchelor,  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass. 

Woman's  Board  for  Home  3Iissions, 
A.  C.  C. — President,  Rev.  Emily  K. 
Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio;  vice-presi- 
dent, Mrs.  O.  H.  Keller,  Marion, 
Ind. ;  recording  and  corresponding 
secretary.  Miss  Orpha  S.  Adkison, 
Dayton,  Ohio;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Ada 
O.  Warbinton,  Springfield,  Ohio. 


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Conference  Woman's  riissionary  Boards. 


(Some  of  these  are  organized  simply  as  foreign  mission  boards,  and  others  as  both  home  and  foreign— to 

run  both  lines  of  the  work.) 

New  York  Eastern  (Conference). — 
President,  Mrs.  P.  A.  Canada,  Al- 
bany, N.  Y. ;  corresponding  secre- 
tary, Miss  Alice  True,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;  treasurer,  Mrs.  R.  O.  Allen, 
Medway,  N.  Y. 

Bhode  Island  and  Massachusetts. — 
President,  Miss  Sarah  C.  Dunham, 
468  Pine  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. ; 
secretary.  Miss  Lizzie  Martin,  West- 
erly, R.  I. ;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Crowley,  West  Mansfield,  Mass. 

Rockingham,  N.  H. — President, 
Mrs.  Emma  Maben,  Manchester, 
N.  H. ;  corresponding  secretary, 
Mrs.  Edith  Cate,  Manchester,  N.  H. ; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Hancock, 
Belmont,  N.  H. 

Merrimack,  N.  H. — President,  Miss 
Clara  E.  Rowell,  Franklin,  N.  H. ; 
secretary,  Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Cilley,  Hill 
Center,  N.  H. ;  treasurer,  Mrs':  B. 
S.  Colby,  Franklin  Falls,  N.  H. 

Vermont. — President,  Mrs.  A.  L. 
Morgan,  Lincoln,  Vt. ;  correspond- 
ing secretary,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Morgan, 
Lincoln,  Vt. ;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary 
L.  Grant,  South  Lincoln,  Vt. 

York  and  Cutiiberlarid,  Me. — Presi- 
dent, Miss  Annie  Libby,  Saco,  Me. ; 
secretary,  Mrs.  Leon  F.  Milliken, 
Saco,  Me. ;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Allen 
C.  Moulton,  York  Corner,  Me. 

Ontario,  C'mia(/a.— President,  Mrs. 
C.  H.  Hainer,  Stouifville,  Ont. ;  cor- 
responding secretary.  Miss  E.  S. 
Flath,  Wiarton,  Ont. ;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Stone,  Oshawa,  Ont. 

Neiv  York  Western.- — President, 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Allen,  Morganville,  N. 
Y. ;  secretary,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Smith, 
North  Greece,  N.  Y. ;  treasurer,  Miss 
Marcia  Tyler,    Morganville,  N.   Y. 

Erie,  Pa. — President,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Drury,  Beaver  Center,  Pa. ;  corre- 
sponding secretary,  Mrs.  Susan 
Drake,  Itley,  Pa. ;  treasurer.  Miss 
Maribe  Cornell,  Springboro,  Pa. 


Mrs.  C.  H.  Hainer, 

President  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary 
Board  of  the  Ontario,  Canada,  Conference. 

Miami,  Ohio. — President,  Rev. 
Emily  K.  Bishop,  1231  West  Fifth 
Street,  Dayton,  Ohio ;  corresponding 
secretary.  Rev.  Rosa  Lee  Stoddard, 
1116  West  Fifth  Street,  Dayton, 
Ohio;  treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Fin- 
frock,  Greenville,  Ohio. 

3Iount  Vernon,  Ohio. — President, 
Rev.  Rhoda  Smith,  Newark,  Ohio; 
corresponding  secretary.  Miss  Ella 
Peters,  Appleton,  Ohio;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  Albert  Dunlap,  1299  Neil  Ave., 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

Southern  Ohio. — President,  Miss 
Estella  Shinkle,  Higginsport,  Ohio; 
corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Jen- 
nie McCullough,  Point  Isabel,  Ohio; 
treasurer,  Miss  Jennie  Moreton, 
New  Richmond,  Ohio. 

Northiuestern  Oh io.  —  President, 
Mrs.  S.  L.  Frier,  Spencerville,  Ohio; 
corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  C.  J. 
Hance,    Spencerville,   Ohio;    treas- 


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urer,  Mrs.  Lillie  Weaver,  West 
Cairo,  Ohio. 

Central  Ohio.  —  President,  Mrs. 
Julia  Butler,  Center,  Ohio;  corre- 
sponding secretary,  Mrs.  Mollie 
Kimball,  Milford  Center,  Ohio; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  O.  Dixon,  Mil- 
ford  Center,  Ohio. 

Eastern  Indiana. — President,  Rev. 
Hannah  M.  Stanley,  Economy,  In- 
diana; secretary,  Mrs.  KateByrket, 
Muncie,  Indiana;  treasurer.  Rev. 
Annie  Coates,  Harrisville,  Indiana. 

Western  Indiana. — President,  Miss 
Ina  Bowers,  Darlington,  Indiana; 
corresponding  secretary,  Miss  Jen- 
nie C.  Page,  Merom,  Indiana;  treas- 
urer, Mrs.  Joanna  Warrick,  Stone- 
bluff,  Indiana. 

Eef  River,  Indiana. — President, 
Rev.  Mary  Strickland,  Huntington, 
Indiana ;  corresponding  secretary, 
Mrs.  Mary  McConnell,  Pierceton, 
Indiana;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Etta  Ross, 
CoUamer,  Indiana. 

Nortliwestern  Indiana. — President, 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Cox,  Mexico,  Indiana; 
corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Arrie 
Ferguson,  New  Waverly,  Indiana; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  Mollie  West,  Ko- 
komo,  Indiana. 

Soutlterji  Indiana  and'  Illinois. — 
President,  Mrs.  Monroe,  Haubstadt, 
Indiana;  corresponding  secretary, 
Mrs.  Ella  P.  Defur,  Stewartsville, 
Indiana;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Rachel 
Downen,  Sumpter,  Illinois. 

Central  Illinois. — President,  Rev. 
Kate  E.  Miller,  Atwood,  Illinois; 
corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Ellen 
M.  Rippey,  Atwood,  Illinois;  treas- 
urer, Mary  Palmer,  Arthur,  Illinois. 

Soutliwestern  Iowa.  — President, 
Rev.  Margaret  Wallace,  Stuart, 
Iowa ;  corresponding  secretary,  Miss 
Emma  Francis,  Winterset,  Iowa; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  Mary  Burnham, 
Linden,  Iowa. 


The  Indiana  Miami  Reserve  Con- 
ference has  a  W.  M.  B.  with  officers 
recently  elected,  but  we  have  not 
their  names. 


Mbs.  Achsah  E.  Weston, 

President  of  Woman's  Board  for  Foreign  Missions, 
A.  C.  C. 

The  North  Carolina  Western  Con- 
ference, at  its  last  session,  author- 
ized the  organization  of  a  W.  M. 
B. ,  and  Mrs.  Ellen  H.  Fleming,  of 
Burlington,  N.  C. ,  put  in  charge,  the 
organization  to  be  completed  soon. 

While  the  New  Jersey  Conference 
has  no  W.  M.  B.,  it  has  a  Mission 
Secretary,  Miss  Sadie  Howell, 
Vienna.  N.  J. 

At  the  last  session  of  the  Ne- 
braska Conference,  Mrs.  Mary 
Michener,  Mrs.  Martha  Johnson  and 
Mrs.  Jane  Plessinger,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  on  W.  M.  B. 

Mrs.  Ora  P.  Godley,  of  LeGrand, 
Iowa,  is  Mission  Secretary  for  the 
Iowa  State  Christian  Conference. 

In  view  of  increasing  missionary 
interest  the  Missionary  Board,  at 
its  last  session,  authorized  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  special  missionary 
secretary  in  the  local  conferences, 
when  suitable  persons  can  be  se- 
cured. A  few  have  been  appointed. 
to-T^it:     For  the  Rhode  Island  and 


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Massachusetts,  Rev.  G.  A.  Coni- 
bear,  Freetown,  Mass. ;  the  Western 
Indiana,  Rev.  D.  Powell,  Wingate, 
Ind. ;  Eastern  Indiana,  Rev.  Hannah 
M.  Stanley,  Economy,  Ind. ;  South- 
ern Ohio,  Rev.  L.  M.  Shinkle,  Five- 
mile,  Ohio. 


S^  lEfe-- 


Eev.  John  MacCalman,  New  Bedfoed,  Mass. 

Rev.  John  MacCalman  is  a 
Scotchman  by  birth.  He  was  ac- 
tive as  an  officer  of  the  Free  Church 
in  Glasgow,  in  whose  membership 
he  found  a  liberty  of  belief  that 
made  his  association  with  the  Chris- 
tians in  this  country  very  natural. 
In  his  Scotch  church  relation  he 
heard  nothing  of  the  creed  or  con- 
fession as  anything  binding  on  him. 
He  was  a  carpenter,  and  at  that 
trade  worked  in  New  York  City. 
He  came  under  the  influence  of  Dr. 
A.  H.  Morrill's  preaching  there,  on 
Thirty- fourth  Street.  He  also  list- 
ened to  Dr.  McWhinney.  He  at- 
tended the  Christian  Biblical  Insti- 
tute, and  took  rank  as  one  of  its 
most  gifted  students.  His  most 
prominent  pastorates  have  been 
Schultzville    Church,    New    York, 


and  Middle  Street,  New  Bedford, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  has  la- 
bored for  a  long  term  of  years.  His 
i:>reaching  has  certain  peculiarities 
that  make  it  exceedingly  attractive. 
His  delivery  is  vehement,  rather 
swift,  and  artless  in  manner.  His 
enunciation  suggests  his  Scotland 
childhood  sufficiently  to  make  it 
agreeable  to  the  ear.  He  dwells 
much  on  the  practical  and  spiritual 
in  Christianity;  his  sermons  are 
analytical,  highly  logical,  and  sat- 
urated with  what  might  be  called 
the  dogmatics  of  practical  Christian 
living.  In  the  better  sense  they 
might  be  called  very  doctrinal,  yet 
he  does  not  confine  himself  to  mere 
reasoning,  but  illustrates  well.  He 
has  always  been  useful  and  success- 
ful, much  of  his  influence  over  his 
people  coming  from  his  amiable  and 
devoted  Christian  conduct.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  general  mission 
board,  and  has  occupied  jjositions 
in  conference,  both  in  New  York 
and  Massachusetts,  everywhere  be- 
ing considered  wholly  reliable,  and 
one  competent  for  any  trust.  He  is 
now  one  of  our  most  able  ministers, 
an  earnest  Bible  student,  and  a  de- 
voted follower  of  Jesus. 

J.    J.    SUMMERBELL. 


The  ninister's  Salary. 

Pay  that  preacher's  salary  in 
full.  Save  your  church  and  your- 
self the  disgrace  of  a  deficit  on  that 
claim.  Pay  every  dollar  of  it  if  it 
costs  you  a  sacrifice.  Why  should 
you  not  make  a  sacrifice?  The 
sacrificing  element  is  the  sanctify- 
ing element  in  gifts.  Giving  your 
mere  surplus  or  what  you  can  spare 
without  pain  amounts  to  little  or 
nothing.  Give  deep  down  until 
self-denial  is  touched,  and  you  will 
feel  a  joy  and  a  power  you  never 
knew  before  in  giving. 


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Ki;\ .  Makiw 


!».,  Ph.D.,  Lewiston,  Maine, 


President  Christian  Correspondence  College  and  Secretary  Educational  Department,  American 

Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  Martyn  Summerbell  was 
born  at  Naples,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1847.  He  was  prepared  for 
college  at  an  academy  at  West  Ran- 
dolph, Vermont.  Was  a  student  at 
Union  Christian  College  in  1864  and 
1865.  Entered  the  college  of  the 
City  of  New  York  in  1866,  graduat- 
ing in  1871.  Then  taught  grammar 
in  this  college  one  year.  He  re- 
signed the  position  in  1872  to  accept 
the  vice-presidency  of  Friends" 
Seminary,  in  New  York  City,  and 
resigned  in  1880.  He  preached  for 
the  Brooklyn  Church  fourteen  years. 
The     work     of     building    up    this 


"Church  of  the  Evangel"  is  a 
monument  to  his  energy  and  devo- 
tion. 

Brother  Summerbell  is  Professor 
of  Pastoral  Theology  at  the  Chris- 
tian Biblical  Institute,  Stanford- 
ville.  New  York.  Is  also  a  trustee 
and  member  of  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  C.B.I.  He  is  pastor  of  a  large 
congregation  at  Lewiston,  Maine. 
He  is  remarkable  for  industry  and 
faithfulness  in  all  duties  committed 
to  him.  He  is  equally  remarkable 
for  the  thoroughness'of  his  scholar- 
ship and  the  generosity.of  his  spirit. 

B.   M.   ^ODDARD. 


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The  Educational  Department  of  the  American  Christian  Convention. 


Rev.  Martyn  Summerbell,  D.D.,  Ph.D.,  Secretary,  Lewiston,  Maine. 


It  is  a  pleasure  for  the  Educa- 
tional Secretary  to  greet  the  readers 
of  the  "Christians"  Annual"  and 
present  the  faces  of  the  brethren  in 
this  department.  And  it  is  further 
a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  say  truly, 
that  in  some  important  respects  the 
educational  interests  of  the  denom- 
ination were  never  more  promising 
as  to  actual  condition  and  future 
prospect  than  at  the  present  time. 

For  one  thing,  there  were  never 
at  any  previous  period  so  many  of 
our  young  people  who  were  so  eager 
to  improve  their  educational  stand- 
ing, or  so  resolutely  determined  to 
pursue  their  studies,  be  the  sacrifice 
what  it  may.  As  I  have  met  them, 
east,  west,  and  south,  I  find  the  one 
spirit,  that  of  firm  resolution  to 
inform  themselves  by  the  best 
methods,  and  to  the  largest  degree 
possible.  Some  are  studying  with 
no  teacher,  some  are  in  school,  some 
are  denying  themselves  to  gain  the 
means  to  enable  them  to  attend 
school.  This  better  training  of  our 
coming  generation  is  to  have  a  most 
beneficent  effect  on  the  life  of  the 
denomination. 

Another  pointer  in  the  same  di- 
rection is  that  the  schools  are  grad- 
ually improving  their  plant,  and 
enlarging  their  facilities,  so  that 
they  can  afford  better  accommoda- 
tions for  their  pupils,  as  well  as 
lead  them  further  along  the  path  of 
learning.  Every  such  mark  of  ad- 
vancement, such  as  the  new  build- 
ings at  Elon,  or  the  furnishing  of 
their   society   halls,   or   the    steam 


heating  apparatus  in  the  Students' 
Home  at  Stanfordville,  or  the  new 
furnaces  at  Starkey,  lends  a  fresh 
enthusiasm  to  both  teachers  and 
students.  They  note  with  delight 
each  step  of  progress,  encouraged 
all  the  more  as  every  advance  paves 
the  way  for  another. 

But  a  very  encouraging  feature,  , 
educationally,  is  the  fact  that,  with 
all  the  depression  which  business 
men  are  complaining  of,  the  educa- 
tional collection  just  taken  has  been 
the  most  generous  for  a  long  period. 
A  special  call  was  made,  and  though 
not  all  was  realized  that  was  asked 
for,  taking  into  consideration  the 
condition  of  the  country,  and  the 
general  absorption  of  thought  in 
the  national  elections,  the  response 
made  was  so  much  better  than 
usual,  that  we  all  have  good  reason 
to  rejoice. 

It  is  to  the  general  advantage  that 
the  schools  and  the  people  shall  be 
in  close  touch  with  each  other. 

The  schools  need  the  warm  sym- 
pathy of  the  churches,  so  that 
neither  student  nor  teacher  may 
fall  into  the  exclusiveness  of  the 
book  worm,  but  may  make  all  their 
studies  aids  for  the  better  work  of 
life ;  and  the  churches  want  the 
help  of  the  schools  to  give  them 
the  leaders  they  want,  in  the  sharp 
competition  which  our  modern  life 
enforces. 

Once  more  the  Educational  Secre- 
tary gives  the  churches  and  the 
people  a  hearty  greeting,  and  be- 
speaks for  the  presidents  and  pro- 
fessors of  the  several  schools  a  fra- 
ternal hearing. 

Martyn  Summerbell, 
Secretary  for  Education. 

Lewiston,  Maine. 


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Union  Christian  College,  Merom, 
Indiana. 


This  college  was  founded  in  1859. 
Is  controlled  by  the  Christians. 
Stands  for  Christian  education  and 
the  unity  of  the  church.  The  assets 
of  the  institution  are  over  $100,000. 
Its  departments  are  so  thoroughly 
organized  that  the  entire  current 
expenses  for  instruction  rarely  ex- 
ceed $60.00  annually.  The  college 
has  been  served  by  sixty  diiferent 
trustees,  five  presidents,  forty  dif- 


Union  Christian  College. 

ferent  members  of  the  faculty.  It 
has  had  2,500  different  students; 
graduating  200  of  them,  three  of 
whom  are  in  foreign  mission  fields, 
thirty  are  in  the  ministry,  and  forty- 
two  are  teachers  and  professors. 
The  attendance  for  1895-96  was  213, 
twenty-one  of  whom  graduated. 
The  general  advantages  offered  by 
the  college  are  of  a.  high  grade. 
Degrees  are  conferred  upon  those 
who  have  earned  them  by  close 
study  and  success.  Students  are 
admitted  at  any  time. 

For  further  information,  address 
the  president, 

L.  J.  Aldrich, 
Merom,  Ind. 


Rev.  L.  J.  Aldrich  was  born  in 
Saratoga  Coimty,  N.  Y.,  May  21, 
1851.     In  boyhood  he  formed  strong 


Rev.  L.  J.  Aldrich,  A.M.,  D.D., 
President  Union  Christian  College,  Merom,  Indiana. 

habits  of  industry  and  economy, 
and  at  the  same  time  acquired  a 
taste  for  books.  Taught  his  first 
school  at  eighteen.  At  twenty 
entered  Starkey  Seminary,  gradua- 
ting in  1873.  Taught  two  years  at 
Cayuta,  N.  Y.  He  next  entered 
Oberlin  College,  where  by  manual 
labor  he  worked  his  way  through 
the  classical  course,  graduating  in 
1 880.  He  was  then  called  to  Merom , 
as  principal,  jDreparatory  depart- 
ment. Two  years  later  he  returned 
to  Oberlin,  where  in  1885  he  re- 
ceived his  first  degree  in  Divinity. 
In  1887  he  became  president  of 
Union  Christian  College  and  pastor 
of  the  Christian  Church,  which 
position  he  has  served  nearly  ten 
years  with  increased  popularity  and 
efficiency.  President  Aldrich  re- 
ceived his  doctor  degree  from  Elon 
College  in  1890.  He  spent  one 
vacation  season  in  travel  and  study 
in  Europe.  Dr.  Aldrich  is  a  modest, 
plain,  unassuming  man,  much  loved 
by  all.  B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Rev.  J.  B.  Weston,  D.D., 
President  Christian  Biblical  Institute,  Stanfordville,  New  York. 


Rev.  J.  B.  Weston,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  Madison,  Maine,  July  6, 
1821,  the  son  of  Stephen  and  Re- 
becca Weston.  Was  converted  at 
the  age  of  fourteen.  His  early  life 
was  spent  on  a  farm,  but  at  seven- 
teen he  had  fitted  himself  for  teach- 
ing, and  at  twenty-two  fitted  himself 
for  college  in  Latin  and  Greek.  In 
1843  he  joined  the  Maine  Central 
Conference  as  a  licentiate,  and  was 
ordained  at  West  Newberry,  Mass. , 
in  1844.  He  studied  Hebrew  in 
Boston  under  Dr.  Eli  Noyes.  In 
1846  he  was  associated  with  D.  P. 
Pike  and  Elijah  Shaw  in  the  publi- 


cation of  the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty. 
In  1853  he  entered  Antioch  College, 
graduating  in  1857.  On  graduating 
he  became  principal  of  the  Prepar- 
atory Department  and  after  1865 
Professor  of  Greek.  He  taught 
twenty- eight  years  in  the  college. 
In  June,  1860,  he  married  Miss 
Achsah  E.  Waite,  of  Chicago,  the 
present  president  (see  p.  57)  of  the 
Woman's  Foreign  Mission  Board. 
In  1881  he  was  elected  President  of 
the  C.  B.  I. ,  which  position  he  still 
honors.  Most  nobly  has  Dr.  Weston 
served  the  Christian  Church.  Long 
may  he  live.        B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Christian  Biblical  Institute,  Stanfoedville,  New  York. 


The  Christian  Biblical  Institute  was  established 
and  is  controlled  by  the  (/hristian  denomination. 
Its  special  design  is  to  aid  in  preparation  for  the 
ministry  in  this  denomination  :  but  it  is  open  to  well- 
accredited  Christians  who  desire  to  prepare  for  the 
ministry  or  other  gospel  work,  without  regard  to 
sex,  age  or  denominational  preferences. 

The  theological  "standard"  of  the  Christian  is 
The  Bible.  The  denomination  arose  and  exists  as 
a  protest  against  the  division  of  the  Church  of 
Christ  on  lines  of  non-essential  dogmas  embodied 
in  creeds.  It  accepts  the  Bible  as  revealing  to  the 
common  sense  of  men  the  essential  principles  which 
lie  at  the  basis  of  true  faith  and  life.  Hence  the 
object  of  the  school  is  primarily  and  chiefly  the 


study  of  the  Bible,  especially  the  New  Testament ; 
believing  that  from  this  source  the  preacher  draws 
his  best  preparation  for  his  work.  To  this  are 
added  such  studies  as  are  necessary  to  an  intelli- 
gent understanding  of  the  Bible  and  a  proper  pre- 
sentation of  its  truth.  We  seek  a  theology  that  is 
practical  and  spiritual,  as  well  as  intelligent,  rather 
than  dogmatic  and  fixed.  We  believe  that  true 
theology  is  broad,  reverent  and  sympathetic  ;  bear- 
ing the  spirit,  as  well  as  declaring  the  doctrine,  of 
the  New  Testament,— that  it  touches  the  wide  in- 
terests of  man,  as  well  as  theories  pertaining  to  the 
character  of  God  and  his  government.  For  all  in- 
formation, address  the  president, 

J.  B.  Weston,  StanfordviUe,  N.  Y. 


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Rev.  S.  y.  Hhjj^t  b.\sTi:,iN. 

The  "Helfenstein  Boys,"  "S.  Q." 
and  "D.  M.,"  were  born  in  Clark 
County,  Ohio,  "S."  in  1848,  "D."in 
1852.  They  received  their  first  les- 
sons in  theology  from  their  father, 
and  both  were  consecrated  to  the 
ministry  by  the  prayers  of  their 
mother.  In  1866  they  went  with 
their  parents  to  Iowa  and  remained 
with  them  until  they  were  called 
"home."  Prom  his  early  boyhood 
"S.  Q."  had  wanted  to  preach  (and 
we  have  no  doubt  "D.  M."  did,  too), 
so  in  September,  1876,  he  entered  the 


Rev.  D.  M.  Helfinstine. 

Christian  Biblical  Institute,  where 
he  spent  three  years.  In  1883  they 
both  graduated  from  the  classical 
course  of  Parson's  College,  Fair- 
field, Iowa,  and  afterwards  both 
attended  McCormick  Seminary  of 
Chicago,  Illinois,  "S.  Q."  for  one 
year,  "D.  M."  graduating  in  1886. 
Both  have  been  with  Presbyterians 
in  their  school  lives,  yet  they  are 
firmly-fixed  Christians.  In  1884 
"S.  Q."  married  Lucretia,  the  eld- 
est daughter  of  Austin  Craig.  In 
1877  "D.  M."  married  Belle  Mauck. 
"D.  M."  has  been  jDresident  of  Le 
Grand  Christian  College  since  1889. 
"S.  Q."  taught  two  years  at  the 
Christian  Biblical  Institute,  and 
since  has  been  Professor  of  Greek 
and  Biblical  Instruction  in  Le  Grand. 
Both  of  these  God-fearing  brothers 
love  to  teach  and  preach.  The  cause 
of  the  Christians  has  prospered  won- 
derfully in  Iowa  through  the  untiring 
efforts  of  the  "Helfenstein  Boys." 
To  them  Christ  is  all. 

B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Le  Grand  Christian  College,  Le 
Grand,  iowa. 

Just  recently  nearly  four  thou- 
sand -dollars  have  been  exjjended 
on  Le  Grand  College  buildings,  and 
consequently  the  comfort  of  stu- 
dents has  been  greatly  enhanced. 
No  pains  are  spared  to  reach  the 
standard  of  excellence  attained  by 
other  schools.  Each  member  of  the 
faculty  is  a  specialist  in  his  line  of 
work.  Parents,  in  looking  for  a 
suitable  place  to  educate  their  chil- 
dren, should  take  the  following  into 
consideration : 

1.  Where  will  I  find  a  college 
that  has  good  moral  surroundings  ? 

2.  Where  will  I  find  a  college 
that  each  member  of  the  faculty  has 
a  personal  interest  in  each  student? 

3.  Where  will  I  find  a  college 
that  seeks  to  lead  the  students  to 
the  personal  acceptation  of  Christ  ? 

4.  Where  will  I  find  a  college 
that  seeks  to  make  the  expense  as 
light  as  possible  ? 

5.  Where  will  I  find  a  college 
that  the  government  is  homelike  ? 

"At  Le  Grand,  Iowa,"  may  be 
placed  after  each  one  of  these 
questions. 

For  catalogue,  address 

D.  M.  Helfinstine, 

Le  Grand,  Iowa.  President. 

Le  Grand,  Iowa,  November  14,  1896. 
For  more  than  three  years  I  have  been  a  student 
of  Le  Grand  Christian  College,  and  I  do  not  believe 
its  surroundings  are  equaled  by  any  college  west  of 
the  Mississippi  River.  Nor  is  the  quality  of  the 
instruction  surpassed  by  any  college  in  the  west. 
And  no  college  giving  an  equal  course  has  as  small 
expenses.  C.  E.  Hawk, 

Martinsburg,  Iowa. 
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Rev.  G.  R.  Hammond,  Ph.D., 
Principal  Starkey  Seminary,  Eddytown,  New  York. 

Rev.  G.  R.  Hammond  was  born 
in  Hunters  Land,  New  York,  De- 
cember 11,  1848.  In  1863  he  united 
with  the  Christian  Church.  He 
entered  Starkey  Seminary  in  1867 
and  graduated  (as  valedictorian)  in 
1870.  He  graduated  from  Antioch 
College  in  1876,  also  as  valedictorian. 
In  his  senior  year  at  Starkey  he 
married  Miss  Dolly  Simons.  He 
has  taken  special  studies  at  Harvard 
and  Syracuse  Universities,  and  the 
latter    institution    conferred    upon 

him    his    Ph.D.    in    1886.     He  has 

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been  twice  principal  of  Starkey. 
After  his  first  term  he  took  an  ex- 
tended trip  through  Europe.  He 
was  pastor  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  one 
year,  from  which  place  he  returned 
to  Starkey.  He  is  an  admirable 
teacher.  ' '  His  great  forte  is  in  the 
class  room.  There  he  is  every 
inch  a  king." 

B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Rev.  W.  W.  Staley,  D.D.,  Suffolk,  Va., 

President  Elon   College,  N.  (;.,  and   President  the 
Southern  Christian  Convention. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Staley,  D.D.,  Presi- 
dent Elon  College,  worked  his  own 
way  through  the  schools.  Was 
born  of  pious,  humble  parents  in 
Alamance  County,  N.  C,  February 
24,  1849.  Prepared  for  college  by 
Rev.  W.  S.  Long,  D.D.,  in  Graham, 
N.  C,  from  1867  to  1871.  Entered 
Sophomore  class  in  Trinity  College, 
North  Carolina,  in  1871,  and  gradu- 
ated A.  B.  1874.  He  taught  in  Graham 
High  School  from  1874  to  1877;  in 
school  at  University  of  Virginia  in 
1877  and  1878.  He  married  in  1879. 
He  accepted  a  call  to  Suffolk  Chris- 
tian Church  in  1882,  having  been  or- 
dained to  the  Christian  ministry  in 
1874.  He  was  chosen  president  of 
the  General  Convention  in  1886;  at- 
tended Hebrew  school  at  University 
of  Virginia  in  the  summer  of  1887; 
chosen  non-resident  president  of 
Elon  College  in  1894;  pastor  of  Suf- 
folk Christian  Church  since  1882; 
made  a  tour  of  Europe,  Turkey, 
Asia  Minor,  Syria,  Palestine,  and 
Egypt  in  1895;  received  A.M.  from 
Trinity  College  in  1877,  and  D.D. 
from  Union  Christian  College  in 
1893.  B.  M.  Stoddard. 


Elon  College,  North  Carolina. 

Elon  College  was  authorized 
September  13,  1888;  chartered 
March  11,  1889,  and  opened  to 
students  September  2,  1890,  and  is 
the  property  of  the  Southern  Chris- 
tian Convention.  It  was  initiated 
with  few  supporters,  but  now  has 
many  friends  and  property  valued 
at  fifty  thousand  dollars.  It  stands 
in  a'  campus  of  twenty- five  acres, 
laid  out  by  a  landscape  gardener  and 
filled  with  young  oaks.  It  faces 
the  Southern  Railway,  in  grounds 
beautiful  and  ample.  It  has  sub- 
stantial brick  buildings,  three  fine 
literary  society  halls,  a  good  library 
and  reading-room,  is  co-educational, 
has  a  faculty  of  nine,  and  averages 
one  hundred  students.  It  has 
graduated  thirty-eight  with  de- 
grees, and  several  in  music  and 
painting.  It  is  separate  from  cities, 
in  a  salubrious  climate,  practices 
economy,  and  maintains  a  high 
moral  tone.  Its  growth  has  been 
phenomenal,  it  ranks  with  the  best 
colleges,  and  does  thorough  work. 
With  a  history  of  only  six  full  years 
it  has  quickened  the  pulse  of  the 
southern  church  in  education,  mis- 
sions, church  building,  music, 
church  papers,  social  and  spiritual 
life.  The  pulpit  speaks  with  more 
power  and  the  pew  responds  with  a 
deeper  faith  and  larger  liberality. 
For  catalogue,  apply  to  Rev.  J.  O. 
Atkinson,  M.A.,  Chairman  of  the 
Faculty,  Elon  College,  N.  C. 


Kansas  Christian  College,    Lincoln, 
Kansas. 

Kansas  Christian  College  is 
located  in  Lincoln,  Kansas,  a  beau- 
tiful town  of  1,500  inhabitants.  It 
is  positively  an  educational  school. 
The  following  extracts  are  from  an 
article  written  by  Supt.  Truman. 
In  speaking  of  Kansas  College,  he 
says :  ' '  This  institution  is  run  upon 
a    strictly    business    basis,     by    a 


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man  whose  appreciation  of  his  re- 
sponsibility is  both  acute  and  judi- 
cious. Those  whose  ambition  is  to 
superficially  cover  ground,  or  to 
dawdle  away  time  by  ostensibly 
studying  while  their  minds  are  oc- 
cupied with  useless  reading,  will 
find  themselves  in  hot  water  from 
the  beginning  of  the  time  they 
enter  the  college  until  they  take 
their  useless  selves  to  some  other 
field.  They  will  find  a  school  not 
so  large  but  that  every  student  has 
the  personal  attention  of  the  fac- 
ulty, and  that  attention  is  cultured, 
conscientious  and  painstaking. " 

During  the  year  1H95--6,  Kansas 
Christian  College  enrolled  students 
from  many  other  colleges  and  high 
schools,  and  not  a  college  in  the 
state  can  boast  of  enrolling  a  Kan- 
sas Christian  College  student.  For 
catalogue  and  full  particulars,  ad- 
dress the  joresident,  O.  B.  Whitaker, 
Lincoln,  Kansas. 


Rev.  O.  B.  Whitaker  is  a  native 
of  Missouri  and  the  oldest  son  of 


Rev.  O.  B.  Whitaker,  A.M.,  Pd.D., 
President  Kansas  Christian  College,  Lincoln,  Kan. 

Dr.  J.  Whitaker,  founder  and  presi- 
dent of  Weaubleau  Christian  Col- 
lege, of  which  institution  the  former 
is  a  graduate  from  the  scientific  de- 
partment in  the  class  of  '88.  In  '91 
he  received  his  master's  degree, 
and  in  '94  his  abna  vtatcr  conferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  A.M.  In 
'95,  Union  Christian  College  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  Pd.D. 

He  began  teaching  at  18.  He 
rose  rapidly.  He  accepted  the 
presidency  of  Kansas  Christian 
College,  in  which  position  he  has 
labored  unceasingly  and  devotedly 
for  over  three  years. 

He  is  the  author  of  "  Teachers  and 
StudenVs  Manual  of  Elocution  and 
CaUsfhenics,''  which  has  been  intro- 
duced as  a  text-book  into  several 
leading  educational  institutions.  He 
is  also  author  of  the  "thrilling- 
story"  entitled  ''Poor  Dick  and  Win- 
nitiy  Willie,"  and  a  volume  of  ''ler- 
tvres  and  poems,"  both  of  whicli 
were  copyrighted  in  1896. 

B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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V\  tALisLiiAL  vMiJ-i  Christian  College. 

This  school  was  incorporated  in 
1871.  Over  1,000  have  been  enrolled 
as  its  students;  28  graduating  from 
its  classes.  It  is  situated  in  the 
northwestern  part  of  Hickory 
County,  Missouri.  Since  the  found- 
ing of  the  school  a  village,  Weau- 
bleau,  of  300  inhabitants,  has  grown 
up  around  it.  The  citizens  are  noted 
for  their  sobriety  and  morality.  The 
school  has  established  a  reputation 
second  to  none  in  the  state.  Already 
the  graduates  are  classed  among  the 
leading  educators  of  Missouri,  and 
enjoy  the  highest  honors  that  the 
teachers  of  the  state  can  confer. 
The  curriculum  embraces  scientific, 
commercial,  and  normal  courses. 
For  catalogue  and  further  informa- 
tion, address 

John  Whitaker,  President. 

Weaublead,  Missouri. 


Rev.  John  Whitaker  was  born 
in    Ohio,    August    15,     1842.      His 


Rev.  John  Whitakee,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

President  Weaubleau  Cliristian  College,  Weaubleau, 
Mii^sou^i. 


parents  took  him  to  Iowa  in  1845, 
and  in  1858  to  Missouri,  locating  in 
Hickory  County,  near  the  present 
site  of  Weaubleau.  He  attended 
district  school  three  months  each 
year  until  he  was  sixteen,  when  he 
entered  Union  Christian  College, 
remaining  two  years  and  four 
months.  When  eleven  he  joined  the 
Christian  Church  under  the  labors 
of  Rev.  W.  H.  Phillips.  In  1864  was 
baptized  by  Dr.  N.  Summerbell: 
commenced  preaching  in  1864;  was 
ordained  at  Union  Christian  College, 
Dr.  N.  Summerbell  preaching  the 
ordination  sermon. 

Brother  Whitaker  was  represen- 
tative in  the  Missouri  legislature 
two  sessions.  Has  been  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Hickory 
County,  Missouri;  Ford  County, 
Kansas;  principal  of  Kinsley  and 
Meed,  Kansas,  public  schools.  He 
founded  Weaubleau  Christian  Col- 
lege in  1873,  and  has  been  at  the 
head  of  it  for  eighteen  years. 

B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Franklinton  Christian  College,  Feanklinton,  North  Carolina. 
( For  the  colored  people. ) 

Franklinton  is  twenty-seven 
miles  north  of  Raleigh,  The  col- 
lege is  located  on  the  south  side  of 
the  village,  on  high  ground,  and  in 
a  beautiful  grove.  The  school  was 
first  incorporated  (about  1883)  for 
thirty  years,  as  Franklinton  Liter- 
ary and  Theological  Christian  In- 
stitute, but  in  1891  the  state  legis- 
lature granted  a  perpetual  charter 
as  Franklinton  Christian  College. 
There  have  been  six  theological 
graduates.  The  attendance  last 
year  was  153.  The  income  from 
the  endowment  fund  is  |350.  The 
yearly  expenses  are  limited  to  $1 ,  800. 
They  have  never  exceeded  this,  and 
generally  fall  below  it.  The  re- 
mainder of  this  sum  must  come  from 
the  free-will  offerings  of  the  Chris- 
tians. The  Board  of  Control  asks 
all  lovers  of  the  education  of  our 
colored  brethren  and  their  children 
to  send  their  donations  to  the  presi- 
dent, N.  Del  McReynolds, 
Franklinton,  N.  C. 


Rev.  N.  Del  McReynolds, 

President  Franklinton  Christian  Collef?e,  Franklin- 
ton, North  Carolina. 

Rev.  N.  Del  McReynolds  was 
born  in  West  Milton,  Ohio,  October 
12,  1842,  and  was  educated  at  Mar- 
tin sburg  Academy,  Ohio.  He  taught 


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school  in  Illinois  and  Ohio  until  1891, 
when  he  accepted  the  presidency  of 
Franklinton  College.  He  was  or- 
dained in  1891  by  the  Miami  (Ohio) 
Christian  Conference.  He  is  a 
natural  born  teacher,  and  under 
his  wise  and  efficient  management 
Franklinton  will  rise  to  the  full 
height  of  her  possibilities.  You 
will  find  in  his  large  library  the 
best  and  most  reliable  books,  and 
on  his  tables  the  latest  and  best 
periodicals.  His  heart  at  this  time 
is  for  Franklinton.  Every  church, 
Sunday  school,  and  individual  should 
rally  to  his  aid. 

J.  F.  Burnett. 


"My  History," 

By  Rev.  George  W.  Dunn,  Graham,  N.   C.  of  the 
North  Carolina  Conference. 

The  years  of  my  life  are  fifty, 
"few  and  evil."  I  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1847,  and  served  as  a 
slave  nineteen  years.  I  was  twenty- 
one  before  I  knew  how  to  read  and 
write.  In  1866,  after  the  dark  cloud 
had  rolled  away,  I  began  to  feel  the 
need  of  a  knowledge  of  books,  but 
having  no  aid,  it  was  very  hard  for 


me  to  study  and  earn  my  support 
at  the  same  time.  I  was  converted 
among  the  Christians  and  was  much 
oppressed  in  the  spirit  to  preach  the 
gospel.  Though  ignorant,  I  was 
called  to  preach  at  Franklinton. 
Sectajrianism  was  so  strong  at  this 
place  that  it  was  said,  "The  small 
number  of  helpless  Christians  will 
soon  cease  to  exist."  This  was  in 
1879  and  1880.  I  knew  not  what 
to  do,  but  I  was  informed  that  we 
(the  colored  Christians)  had  some 
true  friends  up  north  who  would 
assist  us  if  they  knew  our  poverty. 
About  this  time  the  Golden  CeuHor, 
published  at  Roxford,  Illinois,  came 
into  my  hands.  I  then  wrote  to  the 
Golden  Censor,  stating  our  condition, 
and  from  that  letter  I  foiind  the 
Hen-aid  of  Gospel  Liberty.  Hallelujah! 
Our  work  is  now  in  a  prosperous 
condition,  so  I  can  now  say  as  old 
Simeon  did,  ' '  Lord,  now  lettest  th  ou 
thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  for 
mine  eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation." 
Farewell,  dear  reader;  the  day  is  far 
spent,  and  my  shadow  is  growing 
lengthy.  I  will  meet  you  at  the^ 
golden  gate  that  stands  ajar. 


Christian  Correspondence  College, 
Lewiston,  Maine. 

When  it  was  first  proposed  to  the- 
Christians  to  give  instruction  by 
correspondence,  it  was  found  that 
there  was  an  eager  demand  for  the 
help  to  be  given  by  this  method. 
Doubtless  in  every  case  where  the 
student  can  attend  the  class  room 
he  should  be  persuaded  to  avail 
himself  of  the  privilege.  Nothing 
can  fully  take  the  place  of  the  live 
instructor  and  the  eager  body  of 
classmates.  There  is  inspiration  in 
the  association  which  lifts  the  pupil 
forward.  But  there  are  cases  where 
such  opportunity  cannot  be  given, 
because  harsh  circumstance  bars 
the  way.  This  is  particularly  true 
of  the  busy  pastor  who  may  not 
leave  his  flock  or  his  family.     If  he 


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has  enjoyed  a  thorough  course  of 
training  he  will  be  able  to  take  up 
work  alone ;  but  if  his  advantages 
have  been  limited  this  will  not  be 
practicable.  The  difficulties  he 
meets  soon  become  so  formidable 
as  to  produce  discouragement,*  and 
the  work  ceases  almost  before  it  is 
well  begun. 

Here  it  is  that  the  Correspondence 
College  comes  with  an  unbarring  of 
the  gates.  Pleasant  walks  of  in- 
struction are  laid  out.  Good  books 
are  suggested  for  reading.  Special 
investigations  are  recommended. 
Questions  are  supplied  to  which  the 
student  writes  definite  replies. 
Training  is  given  in  writing,  in 
style  and  in  methods  of  study. 
Ministers  of  wide  influence  already 
testify  to  the  service  which  they 
have  received  from  this  plan,  both 
in  better  comprehension  of  subjects 
that  are  presented,  and  the  greater 
ease  of  preparing  their  sermons. 
The  plan  has  gone  beyond  the  pre- 
liminary and  doubtful  stage.  It  is 
develojDing,  in  that  it  helps  the 
brother  to  help  himself  ;  it  is  elastic, 
in  that  it  yields  to  circumstances ; 
it  is  convenient,  in  that  it  may  be 
commenced  at  any  time,  suspended 
when  duties  press  too  heavily,  and 
resumed  again  when  the  pressure 
relaxes.  The  college  has  no  limit 
to  the  number  it  can  teach,  and 
should  be  having  a  hundred  students, 
where,  because  it  makes  so  little 
noise  in  the  world,  it  has  but  a 
handful. 

Martyn  Summerbell, 

President. 

Lewiston,  Maink. 


Note. 

The  foregoing  educational  institutions,  though 
governed  by  their  own  Board  of  Trustees,  are  re- 
cipients of  the  Educational  Fund  of  the  American 
Christian  Convention,  the  distribution  of  whicli  is 
made  by  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Convention. 
Antioch  College,  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  was  founded 
by  the  Christians,  but  is  now  controlled  by  a  Board 
of  Trustees,  a  majority  of  which  is  in  sympathy 
with  the  Unitarian  denomination,  so  it  is  not 
reckoned  as  one  of  our  institutions  in  the  distribu- 


tion of  the  Educational  Fund.  Hpwevor,  several  of 
its  faculty  are  members  of  our  denomination.  Dr. 
T.  M.  McWliinney  having  recently  accepted  the 
"  Palmer  Chair  of  Christian  Ethics." 

The  following  is  a  part  of  the  action  of  the  Amer- 
ican Christian  Convention  held  at  Haverhill,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  October,  1894:  .  .  .  "That  the 
Executive  Board  be  requested  to  enter  into  corre- 
spondence with  the  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  Antioch  College  with  the  view  of  setting  be- 
fore that  Board  the  wishes  of  this  body,  and  of 
arriving  at  some  definite  understanding." 


Rev.  D.  a.  Long,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  Antioch 
College,  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio. 

Rev.  D.  a.  Long,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
was  born  in  Alamance  County,  North 
Carolina,  May  22,  1844.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  University  of  North 
Carolina.  Served  as  president  of 
Graham  College,  North  Carolina. 
In  1882  he  was  elected  president  of 
Antioch  College,  which  position  he 
now  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Southern  Ohi6  Conference.  Is  a 
good  preacher.  He  was  president 
of  the  American  Christian  Conven- 
tion eight  years,  and  president  of 
the  Christian  Publishing  Associa- 
tion the  same  number  of  years.  Dr. 
Long  is  a  man  of  rare  ability,  being 
one  of  the  leading  educators  of  Ohio. 
He  was  recently  awarded  $500  for 
a  prize  essay  on  the  "History  of 
Coinage."  B.  M.  Stoddard. 


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Rev.  Thomas  J.  Bowman,  Ripley,  Ohio, 
President  Southern  Ohio  Conference. 

Southern  Ohio  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Burnett.) 

This  conference  was  organized  in  October,  1820, 
near  the  forks  of  Brush  Creek,  in  Adanns  County. 
Those  present  at  the  organization  whose  names  are 
known  were  Rev.  Matthew  Gardner,  David  Kirk- 
patrick,  Robert  McCoy,  Cyrus  Richards,  and  Benja- 
min West. 

Next  session  in  October,  1897,  at  Christian  Chapel. 

President — Rev.  T.J.  Bowman,  Ripley,  Ohio. 

Secretary — Rev.  J.  F.  Burnett,  Eaton,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bagby,  W  W,  Hamersville,  Ohio 
Bennett,  S  D,  Piattsburg,  Ohio 
Bowman,  T  J,  Ripley,  Ohio 
Burnett,  G  Lee,  Eaton,  Ohio 
Burnett,  J  F,  Eaton,  Ohio 
Burbage,  H  C,  Cherryfork,  Ohio 
Dau^herty,  J  P,  Ripley,  Ohio 
De  Vore,  E  A,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 
Dolby,  W  H,  Nicholsvilie,  Ohio 
Glaze,  Joseph,  Ripley,  Ohio 
Glasscock,  T  H,  Ellsberry,  Ohio 
Oraybill,  T  W,  Sheeprun,  Ohio 
Guild,  G  H,  Mt.  Orab,  Ohio 
Jackson,  Geo  B,  Hamilton,  Ohio         ■ 
Lawwill,  C  C,  Ellsberry,  Ohio 
i^awwill,  J  B,  Lebanon,  Ohio 
Long,  D  A,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio 
McDaniel,  R  H,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio 
Meftord,  G  W,  Chatham,  Kentucky 
Mefford,  W  W,  Russellville,  Ohio  ' 
Melvin,  T  J,  Pt.  Isabel,  Ohio 
Morris,  S  T,  West  Manchester,  Ohio 
Pangburn,  Wm,  Sheeprun,  Ohio 
Pride,  Ora  L,  Aberdeen,  Ohio 
Shelton,  John,  Bradyville,  Ohio 
Shinkle,  L  M,  Fivemile,  Ohio 
Singer,  C  L,  Pt.  Isabel,  Ohio 
Tatman,  Ira,  Hamersville,  Ohio 
Vanderment,  J  C,  Newhope,  Ohio 
Wait.  C  W,  Mt.  Holly,  Ohio 
Waidlow,  James,  Neville,  Ohio 


CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch  (Kentucky)— W  H  Grimes,  Caddo,  Kentucky 

Antioch— H  S  Trisler,  Maple,  Ohio 

Bethlehem— R  F  Gray,  Ellsberry,  Ohio 

Bible  Chapel— G  W  Case,  Hamersville,  Ohio 

Christian  Chapel— Anna  Edwards,  Mt.  Holly,  Ohio 

Dallas— David  Deakyne,  Dallas,  Ohio 

Eagle  Chapel— OUie  Adamson,  Neel,  Ohio 

Enon— T  C  Neeper,  Ellsberry,  Ohio 

Fairview  Chapel— J  C  Kimball,  Newhope,  Ohio 

Farmers  Chapel— Henry  Pitser,  Sunshine,  Ohio 

Feesburg- J  E  White,  Feesburg,  Ohio 

Fellowship— Wm  H  Cluxton,  Neel,  Ohio 

Fincastle— W  THedrick,  Winchester,  Ohio 

Fivemile— J  D  Shannon,  Fivemile,  Ohio 

Harwood— John  Cochran,  Pulse,  Ohio 

Hiett  Chapel— G  M  Dragoo,  Hiett,  Ohio 

Higginsport— Mrs  J  W  Brookbank,  Higginsport,  Ohio 

Liberty  Chapel— J  N  Kuhn,  Fruithill,  Ohio 

Millers  Chapel— John  V  Sanders,  Newmarket,  Ohio 

Mt.  Joy— R  S  Jones.  Mt.  Joy.  Ohio 

Mt.  Pleasant- C  P  Folks,  Felicity,  Ohio 

Mt.  Zion— G  W  Bushman,  Clermontville,  Ohio 

Neville— S  A  Gelvin,  Neville,  Ohio 

Newhope  (KjJ— J  S  Smith,  Mt.  Auburn,  Kentucky 

Oak  Grove— J  A  Stroman,  West  Union,  Ohio 

Olive  Chapel— Wm  F  Kinnett,  Georgetown,  Ohio 

Pisgah— L  C  Cahall.  Levanna,  Ohio 

Pleasant  Hill— C  E  Dixon,  Winchester,  Ohio 

Poplar  Chapel— Clarence  Manning,  Wiggonsville,  Ohio 

Pt.  Isabel— A  M  Swope,  Pt.  Isabel,  Ohio 

Russellville— W  P  Fuller,  Redoak,  Ohio 

Stoutsrun — Henry  Onrsler,  Stout,  Ohio 

Tenmile— Bert  Linsey,  Spann,  Ohio 

Union  (B  C)— W  L  Shinkle,  Higginsport,  Ohio 

Union  (A  C)— H  A  Gaskens,  Manchester,  Ohio 

Walnut  Grove — Edgar  Boyce,  Blowville,  Ohio 

Westboro— Mrs  Nina  Conner,  Westboro,  Ohio 


Rev.  L.  M.  Shinkle  Fivemile.  Ohio. 
(Southern  Ohio  Conference.) 


Miami  (Ohio)  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Sncretary  Vaughan.) 
Next  session  will  be  held  at  Springfield,  Ohio,  Satur- 
day. August  28,  1807. 
Prestden^— Rev.  S.  S,  Newhouse,  Piqua,  Ohio. 
Secretary— Rev .  B.  F.  Vaughan,  Centerville,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Beck,  F  H,  Kessler,  Ohio 
Bellar,  William,  Lebanon,  Ohio 
Benson,  T  C,  Sedan,  Indiana 
Bishop,  J  G,  Dayton,  Ohio 


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Rev.  B.  F.  Vadghan,  Centerville,  Ohio 
Secretary  Miami  Christian  Conference. 

Bishop,  Mrs  Emily  K,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Black,  G  D,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota 

Brandon,  Richard,  West  Milton,  Ohio 

Brown,  L  D,  Vine,  Ohio 

Calhoun,  Mary  E,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio 

Clark,  Philip,  Tippecanoe,  Ohio 

Coddington,  C  H,  Conover,  Ohio 

Crampton,  Henry,  Erie,  Pennsylvania 

Debra,  I  L,  West  Milton,  Ohio 

De  Calb,  Judy,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Denison,  Warren  H,  Troy,  Ohio 

Enders,  Geo  C,  St.  Johns,  Ohio 

Etter,  J  E,  Covington,  Ohio 

Fenner,  J  B,  Sidney,  Ohio 

Furnas,  O  P,  Fidelity,  Ohio 

Griffith,  G  L,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 

Gross,  W  A.  Springfield,  Ohio 

Hoeffer,  C  W,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Hoeffer,  H  G,  North  Clayton,  Ohio 

Hook,  C  F,  Fowler,  New  York 

Howsare,  McD,  Versailles,  Ohio 

Husted,  D  S,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Jones,  C  J,  Marion.  Indiana 

Kirby,  J  O,  Christiansburg,  Ohio 

Long,  B  R,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Lottridge.  Wallace,  Marion,  Indiana 

Luck,  C  E,  Fall  River,  Massachusetts 

Maple,  James,  Warren,  Indiana 

McCullough,  Peter,  Dayton,  Ohio 

McKinney,  A  L,  Troy,  Ohio 

McReynolds,  N  Del,  Franklinton,  North  Carolina 

McWhinney,  T  M,  Franklin,  Ohio 

Newhouse,  S  S,  Piqua,  Ohio 

Penrod,  N  W,  Oran,  Ohio 

Phillips,  C  C.  West  Milton,  Ohio 

Powers,  O  W,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio 

Rapp,  E  M,  Fletcher,  Ohio 

Reed,  E  S,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Royse,  W  L,  Ludlow  Palls,  Ohio 

Ru-h,  H  Y,  West  Milton,  Ohio 

Seever,  Benj,  Springfield,  Ohio 

Stoddard,  Rosa  Lee,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Thomas,  Joel,  Arcanum,  Ohio 

Thompson,  Flora,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Ullery,  J  F,  Conneaut,  Ohio 

Underwood,  Walter,  Springfield,  Ohio 

Vaughan,  B  F,  Centerville,  Ohio 


Walk,  E  G,  Lynchburg,  Ohio 
Warbinton,  W  T,  Sprmgfield,  Ohio 
Watson,  J  P,  Dayton,  Ohio 
Waymire,  I  C,  Jamton,  Ohio 
Weeks,  J  W.'Dayton,  Ohio 
Zeigler,  E  Q,  North  Greece,  New  York 

CHUBCUE8,    CLEBKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Addison — Alonzo  Leflel,  Christiansburg,  Ohio 

Bethany— S  K  Stephens,  Lebanon,  Ohio 

Bethlehem— M  M  Black,  West  Alexandria,  Ohio 

Boyd  (Circlehill)— Berl  Patty,  Boyd,  Ohio 

Carysville— S  Hall,  Rosewood,  Ohio 

Chambersburg— Priscilla  R  Huey,  Cbambersburg,  '> 

Charity  Chapel— W  W  Prince,  Ballou,  Ohio 

Concord— W  E  Ross,  Ernest,  Ohio 

Cove  Spring— Geo  Young,  Tippecanoe  City,  Ohio 

Covington — W  W  Whitmer,  Covington,  Ohio 

Dayton — P  A  Weaver,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Baton— S  J  Galloway,  Eaton,  Ohio 

Enon— Hettie  Esterline,  Enon,  Ohio 

Fellowship— John  Hoff,  Mason,  Ohio 

Franklin— Clift  Earhart,  Franklin,  Ohio 

Genntown — Theo  Ross,  Lebanon,  Ohio 

Glady  Creek— Wm  Scarborough,  West  Liberty,  Ohio 

Greenville^A  C  Brandon,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Greenville  Creek— W  M  Thompson,  Bradford,  Ohio 

Honey  Creek — J  S  Black,  Christiansburg,  Ohio 

Hood  (  Twin  Creek)— W  W  Howell,  West  Sonora,  Ohio 

Hopewell  (  Pleasanthill )— N  T  Hill,  Pleasanthill,  O 

Houston  (Mt.  Jefferson)— M  J  Flynn,  Houston,  Ohio 

Jamestown — M  T  Ross,  Jamestown,  Ohio 

Laura — R  Wylie,  Laura,  Ohio 

Liberty— C  P  McGilliard,  Wyoming,  Ohio 

Lost  Creek— Miss  Esther  Kirby,  Christiansburg,  Ohio 

Lower  Stillwater— Wm  Sinks,  Union,  Ohio 

Ludlow  Fall.s— A  J  Iddings,  Ludlow  Falls.  Ohio 

McKees  Creek — J  B  Hooley,  West  Liberty,  Ohio 

Miamiville — M  A  Thompson,  Branchhill,  Ohio 

New  Carlisle — Mrs  D  F  Aiken,  New  Carlisle,  Ohio 

New  Palestine — R  N  Shane,  Sidney,  Ohio 

North  Clayton— D  Heckendorn,  Covington,  Ohio 

Oran— G  W  Short,  Loramie,  Ohio 

Phillipsburg— Delia  Baker,  Center,  Ohio 

Piqua — Wm  Dubois,  Piqua,  Ohio 

Plattsburg— John  Oshorn,  Plattsburg,  Ohio 

Remington — Mrs  Rosa  Halloway,  Remington,  Ohio 

Salem— Mrs  Reuben  Saylor.  Clayton,  Ohio 


Rev.  W,  D.  Samuel,  Eel  River  Conference, 
Pastor  of  Christian  (Church,  (^ovtngton,  Ohio. 


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Christian  Chdech,  Covington,  Ohio  (Miami  Conference),  Rev.  W.  D.  Samuel,  Pastor. 


Shiloh  Springs — John  C  Lodge,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Spring  Creek— John  Duer,  Ballou,  Oliio 

■Springfield— Rush  E  McCain,  Springfield,  Ohio 

Sugar  Creek — B  F  Vaughan,  Centerville,  Ohio 

Sugar  Grove— G  W  Prince,  Fidelity,  Ohio 

Troy— Ina  E  Mtcv.  Troy,  Ohio 

Union  Chapel— G  B  Cain,  Gettysburg,  Ohio 

Versailles— T  H  Harp,  Versailles,  Ohio 

West  Grove— J  W  Penny,  Laura,  Ohio 

West  Liberty— Miss  Anna  Kershner,  West  Liberty,  O 

West  Manchester— E  E  Rollman,  West  Manchester,  O 

West  Milton— Miss  Ada  B  Cox,  West  Milton,  Ohio 

West  Union— S  C  Kessler,  Kessler,  Ohio 

Wolf  Creek— N  G  Worley,  Trotwood,  Ohio 

Tellowsprings— M  F  McReyaolds,  Yellov7springs,  O 


Ohio  Central  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Watson. ) 
The  Oh'o  Central  Christian  Conference  was  organ- 
ized at  the  home  of  John  Williamson,  near  what  is 
now  known  as  the  Trenton  church,  and  near  the  vil- 
lage of  Sunbury,  Delaware  County,  Ohio,  August  20, 
1829,  by  Harry  Ashley,  Hallet  Barber,  Benjamin  Brit- 
ton,  Thomas  L.  Campbell,  Titus  Case,  Zarah  Curtis, 
Josiah  Fisher,  John  Greer,  John  Janes,  Samuel  B. 
Marvin,  Seth  Marvin,  Andrew  Perkins,  Jacob  Kabb, 
James  Smith,  Isaac  N.  Walter.  The  first  president 
was  Jacob  Rahb;  the  first  secretary  was  Isaac  N. 
Walter.  It  was  first  called  the  Sunbury  Christian 
Conference,  and  the  name  was  changed  the  next  year 


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Rev.  C.  L.  Singer,  Point  Isabel,  Ohio. 
( Southern  Ohio  Conference.) 


(1830)  to  the  Ohio  Central  Christian  Conference.  The 
conference  was  incorporated  under  the  above  name 
.July  14,  1893. 

Next  session  at  Vienna  Crossroads,  Clark  County, 
Ohio.  Tuesday,  August  17,  1897. 

President— TS-ey .  C.  A.  Williams,  Raymonds,  Ohio. 

Secretary— John  W.  Watson,  Marengo,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES, 

Barfell,  Othias,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Barnett,  J  W,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Bowersmith,  Isaac,  Westerville,  Ohio 
Browning,  Wm,  Magnetic  Springs,  Ohio 
Butler,  H  E,  Center,  Ohio 
Caris,  S  A,  Cardington,  Ohio 
Chrisman,  B  H,  Centerburg,  Ohio 
Clarridge,  P.  Fiyepoints,  Ohio 
Duckworth.  H  J.  Mt.  Sterling,  Ohio 
Griffith,  S  M,  Springfield,  Ohio 
Hutchinson,  S  A,  Eimwood,  Ohio 
King,  S  K,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Lewis,  L  E,  Richwood,  Ohio 
Macomber,  n,  Hyattville,  Ohio 
Milholland,  S  M,  Appleton,  Ohio 
Parsons,  D  C,  Appleton,  Ohio 
Pugh,  J  A,  Kilbourne,  Ohio 
Reynolds,  J  W,  Clarksburg.  Ohio 
Shane,  G  W,  Springfield.  Ohio 
Shirk,  Stephen,  Peoria,  Ohio 
Webb,  William,  Claiborne,  Ohio 
Williams,  C  A,  Raymonds,  Ohio 
Wilson,  N  B,  Summerford,  Ohio 

CHUBCHES,    CLEKKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Antioch-C  M  Neff,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ohio 
Blues  Creek-J  Richey,  Marysville,  Ohio 
Centerville— Frank  Babb,  Lees  Creek,  Ohio 
Clarksburg-0  M  Houser,  Clarksburg,  Ohio 
Columbus  First-J  M  McFarland,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Dublin— Miss  Edna  Davis,  Dublin,  Ohio 
Fivepoints— Wm  A  Johnson.  Fivepoints,  Oliic 
Fountain  Grove— E  W  Blaine,  Richwood,  Ohio 
Grassy  Point— Wm  Ervin,  Bookwalter,  Ohio 
Milford  Center— Chas  Woodworth,  Irwin,  Ohio 
Mill  Creek— L  M  Long,  Ostrander,  Ohio 
jyit  Olive— Albert  Adams,  Plain  City,  Ohio 


Mt.  Sterling— H  D  Marey,  Mt  Sterling,  Ohio 
Newton — Chloe  B  Dean,  Raymonds,  Ohio 
Overly  Chapel— John  Smith,  Chillicothe,  Ohio 
Pleasant  Grove— G  L  Thompson,  Mt.  Victory,  Ohio 
Pompey— Sadie  Underbill,  Cardington,  Ohio 
Rennick  Chapel— Chas  Poulson,  Derby,  Ohio 
Resaca — Ellsworth  Bidwell,  Resaca,  Ohio 
Summerford— Alice  C  Sprague,  Summerford,  Ohio 
Trenton— R  W  Fisher,  Sunbury,  Ohio 
Union  (Union  Co)— D  D  Hamilton,  Marysville,  Ohio 
Union  (Marion  Co) — Alexander  Kridler,  Larue,  Ohio 
Vienna  Crossroads — Mrs  Nellie  Jones,  Vienna  Cross- 
roads, Ohio 
Waterloo— Wm  Anderson,  Pancoastburg,  Ohio 
Watkins— I  Lae,  Watkins,  Ohio 
West  Liberty— Leonard  Zent,  Stantontown,  Ohio 
Williamsport— J  West,  Williamsport,  Ohio 
Wilson  Chapel— W  H  Wilson,  Plattsburg,  Ohio 
Woodstock- F  H  Briney,  Woodstock,  Ohio 
Zion  Chapel — W  M  Smith,  Pleasant  Corners,  Ohio 


Western  Indiana  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Thomas.) 

The  first  conference  record  dates  1840,  and  was  held 
under  the  name  of  The  Coal  Creek  Christian  Confer- 
ence. The  records  for  ten  years  previous,  commenc- 
ing 1830,  were  either  lost,  or  not  kept;  yet  it  is  well 
authenticated  that  regular  sessions  were  held  in  an 
organized  business  manner  and  good  results  attained. 

The  meeting  in  1840  was  held  June  15,  in  Fountain 
County.  Name  of  church  not  given.  Deacon  Ira 
Smith,  of  Lafayette,  was  president,  and  probably 
James  L.  McKinney  was  secretary,  his  name  being 
signed  to  the  session  of  1841. 

The  ordained  elders  at  the  session  of  1840  were 
Joseph  Jackson,  William  Hole,  John  P.  Martin.  David 
Hays,  Alexander Briggs,  John  Dudley,  Adam  Thomas, 
and  James  McKinney. 

The  unordained  were  Joel  Thomas,  John  Hicks, 
William  Lane,  William  Snethen,  and  James  Lee.  Joel 
Thomas  and  John  Hicks  were  ordained  at  this  meet- 
ing. Eleven  churches  were  reported  by  letter  and 
three  verbally.  At  the  session  in  1854,  R.  M.  Thomas 
was  elected  secretary  and  served  more  than  forty 
y^rs. 

At  this  ses.iion,  1854,  on   motion  of   Elder   James 


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Rev.  S.  D.  Bennett,  Plattsburg,  Ohio. 
(Southern  Ohio  (conference.) 


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X. 


Eev.  J.T.  Phillips,  (Western  Indiana  Conference  i 

Frankfort,  Indiana,  Trustee  of  Union  Cliris- 

tian  College  and  Christian  Biblical  Institute. 


McKinney,  "agreed  to  approve  of  a  Home  Missioi 
Society."  They  also  agreed  that  the  preHideni. 
"  Brother  Ira  Smith,  attend  to  the  printing  and  distrili 
uting  of  the  minutes."— (Oh,  for  a  copy  of  those  old 
minutes. — Sec. ) 

The  name  of  the  conference  was  changed  from  the 
Coal  Creek  Christian  Conference  to  the  Western  In- 
diana Christian  Conference  in  1852. 

Kev.  A.  R.  Heath,  at  the  present  session,  1896,  sug 
gested  a  committee  to  inquire  into  the  early  history  oi 
the  conference,  stating  that  he  felt  quite  sure  there 
were  three  or  four  sessions  prior  to  1830. 

Brother  Heath  was  appointed  a  committee,  and  attei 
a  careful  inquiry,  reports  that  by  very  reliable  prool> 
it  can  be  abundantly  proven  that  four  sessions  weiv 
held  prior  to  1830.  He  says,  one.  Elder  Watson  Clark, 
now  living  in  Covington  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  oi 
his  age,  says  that  his  father.  Elder  Isaac  Clark,  catne 
to  Fountain  County,  Indiana,  in  1826;  that  Elder  John 
Scott,  the  pioneer  of  Scotts  prairie,  and  Elder  John 
Hibbs  came  as  early  as  1823;  Elder  William  Hole  in 
1824;  Elders  John  P.  Martin  and  Daniel  Trullinger  in 
1825;  Elders  James  and  Solomon  McKinney,  John 
Dudley  and  Alexander  Briggs  in  1826;  all  of  whom 
probably  attended  the  first  session,  which  is  claimed 
was  held  in  August,  that  year,  1826,  in  the  form  of  a 
camp-meeting  on  the  farm  of  Jeremiah  Heath,  the 
father  of  Brother  Heath.  The  meeting  was  called  the 
Coal  Creek  Christian  Conference.  The  marks  of  auger 
holes  on  the  sugar  trees  to  support  the  lights,  are  now 
visible  to  mark  this  sacred  place. 

The  second  session  was  held  in  camps  on  the  farm 
ot  James  Graham,  in  August,  1827.  The  above  named 
Watson  Clark  remembers  attending  this  session  ;  also 
Stnith  Rabb,  John  Bodine,  and  Daniel  Trullinger,  Jr., 
still  living  in  the  community,  remember  attending 
this  session;  also  Elders  Watson  Clark,  Sr.,  Riley 
Garren,  Job  and  Michael  Combs,  and  John  and  Urium 
Sargent  came  in  time  to  attend  this  session. 

The  third  session  was  held  on  the  farm  of  James 
Davis,  in  1828,  in  camps  near  a  huge  log  school  house 
and  cemetery.  Brother  Heath  remembers  the  remains 
of  this  camp. 

The  fourth  session  was  held  in  the  house  of  Brother 
Heath's  grandfather,  Johnson,  which  house  still  stands 
on  a  farm  adjoining  that  of  Brother  Heath.  The  four 
sessions  were  held  in  a  radius  of  3J^  miles. 


The  next  session  will  be  held  at  New  Salem  Church , 
Indiana,  Tuesday,  August  17,  1897. 
President— Rev.  A.  J.  Akers,  Farmersburg,  Indiana. 
Secretary— J.  D.  Thomas,  Wingate,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Akers,  A  J,  Farmersburg,  Indiana 
Aldrich,  L  J,  Merom,  Indiana 
Bannon,  L  W,  Waynetown,  Indiana 
Boord,  J  S,  Veedersburg  Indiana 
Brown,  C  A,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Click,  F  M,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Dooley,  Mrs  Mary,  VVat.seka,  Illinois 
Dudley,  J  W,  Linden,  Indiana 
Earl,  I  H,  Wingate,  Indiana 
Fry,  Mrs  Susan  V,  Tokio,  Japan 
GiUaspie,  T  C,  Staunton,  Indiana 
Gott.  R  H.  Mellott,  Indiana 
Gregory,  J  F,  Advance,  Indiana 
Hamilton,  L  P,  Frankfort,  Indiana 
Hays,  Mrs  B  O,  Marion,  Indiana 
Heath,  A  R,  Covington,  Indiana 
Johnson,  R  M,  Harmony,  Indiana 
Lawson,  1  R,  Staunton,  Indiana 
Maxwell,  J  S,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana 
Mosteller,  Silas,  Fontanel,  Indiana 
Nickell,  J  S,  Wallace,  Indiana 
Oliver,  J  W,  Odell,  Indiana 
Page,  Miss  .)  C,  Merom,  Indiana 
Parr,  J  A,  Middletown,  Indiana 
Penrod,  Miss  C  Tena,  Tokio,  Japan 
Phillips,  J  T,  Frankfort,  Indiana 
Quillen,  Thomas,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana 
Simmons,  E  D,  New  London,  Indiana 
Stackhouse,  S,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Tinley,  T  J,  Cyclone,  Indiana 
Trotter,  F  P,  Darlington,  Indiana 
Vinson,  Mrs  M  J,  Veedersburg,  Indiana 
Voliva,  J  H,  Newtown,  Indiana 
Woodworth,  A  D,  Tokio,  Japan 
Woody,  G,  Thorntown,  Indiana 

CHUBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND     ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— G  L  Kern,  Frankfort,  Indiana 

Bee  Ridge — L  F  Downing,  Brazil,  Indiana 

Rig  Spring— Ella  Eno,  Sumpter,  Illinois 

Browns  Wonder— E  M  Henderson,  Lebanon,  Indiana 


Rev.  Albert  Godley,  Legrand,  Iowa. 
(Central  Iowa  Conference.) 


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Christian  Church,  Troy,  Ohio  (Miami  Conference),  Rev.  Warren  H.  Denison,  A.B.,  Pastor. 

Organized  with  27  members  by  A.  L.  McKinney,  in  1857,  its  first  pastor.    Revs.  M.  J.  Miller.  Wm.  Jay,  J.  P. 

Watson,  James  Maple,  Geo.  E.  Merrill,  G.  W.  Shane,  and  W.  T.  Warbinton,  nave 

been  pastors.    Present  membership,  335, 


Center— A  W  Dazey,  Wingate,  Indiana 
■Center  Grove— Jennie  Zeigler,  Thorntown,  Indiana 
Christian  Chapel— John  M  Allen,  Kirklin,  Indiana 
Christian  Liberty— J  C  Stephenson,  Dot,  Indiana 
Croys  Creek— J  R  Finley,  Harmony,  Indiana 
Darlington— Miss  Olellie  Mote,  Darlington,  Indiana 
Elm  Grove— Jennette  Anderson,  Manson,  Indiana 
Fairview — Minnie  Beeman,  Gadsden,  Indiana 
Freedom— F  J  Carter,  Yeddo,  Indiana 
Friendship— R  A  Perril,  Michigantown,  Indiana 
Garfield- Miss  Mary  Binford,  Garfield,  Indiana 
Lebanon— W  D  Rinehart,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Liberty — Alice  Baldwin,  Waynetown,  Indiana 
Linden— Lavina  Morford,  Linden,  Indiana 
Mellott— Ida  Hatt.  Mellott,  Indiana 
Merom— Miss  S  E  Hatten,  Merom,  Indiana 
Mt.  Olive — Geo  W  Van  Cleave,  Farmersburg,   Indiana 
Mt.  Pleasant— Albert  Vail,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana 
Mt.  Zion— R  H  Flinn,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Mill  Creek— R  G  Evans,  Portland,  Indiana 
New  Salem — Misa  Bessie  Kersey,  Thorntown,  Indiana 
Old  Union— T  J  Nelson,  Jamestown,  Indiana 
Osborn  Prairie— A  Boord,  Stonebluff,  Indiana 
Otter  Creek  Union— A  G  Kessel,  Fontanet,  Indiana 
Pleasant  Grove— W  M  Ratcliff,  Kingman,  Indiana 
Pleasant  Hill— J  8  Henry,  Wingate,  Indiana 
Pleasant  View — Florence  Selby,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Prairie  Chapel— H  W  Ellis,  Hillsboro,  Indiana 
Portland  Mission— Portland,  Indiana 
Scotland— G  W  Bngleton,  Kirklin,  Indiana 
Shiloh — R  D  Billingsby,  Advance,  Indiana 
Staunton— Mrs  Alice  Sherb,  Staunton,  Indiana 
Union  Cemetery— Frank  Helms,  Aylesworth,  Indiana 
Union  Chapel— C  E  Grain,  Linsburg,  Indiana 
Union  Chapel— John  Miller,  Portland,  Indiana 
Union  Chapel— Clay  County,  Indiana 
Yeddo — John  Harshbarger,  Yeddo,  Indiana 
Zion— L  D  Gard,  Cory,  Indiana 


Central  Iowa  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Coffin. ) 

The  Central  Iowa  Conference  was  organized  in  the 
year  1858. 

Next  session  at  Bethel  Church,  Marshall  County, 
Iowa,  the  last  Wednesday  in  August,  1897. 

President— E.  B.  Frost,  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

Secretary— Rev .  F.  G.  Coffin,  Legrand,  Iowa. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Burdine,  Hugh,  Barnes,  Iowa 
Burdine,  Wm,  Barnes,  Iowa 
Coffin,  F  G,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Dalzell,  George,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Dolby,  Aaron,  Barnes,  Iowa 
Furnas,  Jamep,  Marshalltown,  Iowa 
Furnas,  Rebpcea,  Marshalltown,  Iowa 
(■Jaunt,  L  E,  Ferguson,  Iowa 
Godley,  Albert,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Helfenstein,  8  Q,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Hines,  W  C,  Marshalltown,  Iowa 
Leavitt,  L  M,  Lake  City,  Iowa 
Milne,  George,  Myrtle,  Iowa 
Myers,  Joel,  Leaf  River,  Illinois 
Piper,  J  W,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Potter,  Nathan,  Olin,  Iowa 
Smith,  W  C,  Albion,  Iowa 
Terrell,  Melissa,  Forest  Home,  Iowa 
Thompson,  David,  Legrand,  Iowa 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Barnes  City — Jennie  Reed,  Barnes,  Iowa 

Bethel— Henry  Neff,  Albion,  Iowa 

Clemons  Grove— Jos  King,  demons,  Iowa 

Fairview — John  Bard,  Haven,  Iowa 

Ferguson— Volney  Kees,  Ferguson,  Iowa 

Forest  Home— Mrs  Manta  Farmer,  Forest  Home,  Iowa 

Legrand— Mrs  Ora  P  Godley,  Legrand,  Iowa 


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Rev.  Wareen  H.  Demson,  Pastor  Christian 
Church,  Teoy,  Ohio. 


Union  (Iowa)  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Helfinstine.) 

This  conference  was  organized  at  the  Bethany 
Church,  in  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa,  October  29,  1857. 

The  following  ministers  were  charter  members: 
W.  H.  Phillips,  Elijah  Williamson,  L.  J.  Foor,  Eli 
Gordy,  Enos  Mills,  T.  VV.  Hand,  Araos  Lemons, 
Lewis  Fordyce,  licentiate.  W.  fl.  Phillips  was 
chosen  president,  and  Lewis  Fordyce,  secretary. 
Elder  Fordyce  is  the  only  surviving  charter  member. 

The  following  churches  joined  in  the  organization 
of  tho  conference:  Church  at  Batavia,  Jefferson 
County — Delegate,  Charles  Bradshaw.  Members,  24. 
Church  on  Competine,  Wapello  County — Delegate,  J. 
P.  Weaver.  Members,  12.  Ebenezer  Church,  Jeffer- 
son County— Delegates,  James  Day  and  Smith  Ball. 
Members,  68.  Bethany  Church,  Van  Buren  County- 
Delegates,  Adam  Snyder  and  Joseph  Whitaker. 
Members.  41.  Church  at  Locust  Grove,  Jefferson 
County — Delegate,  A.  Lemons.  Members,  24.  Church 
at  Twin  Grove,  Keokuk  County— Delegates,  A.  J.  Ulim 
and  L.  Bellville.  Members,  29.  Elder  John  McMillen 
was  present  at  and  assisted  in  the  organization,  but  he 
did  not  unite  with  it.  The  church  at  Ebenezer  is  the 
only  surviving  church  of  the  above  number.  ^- 

Next  session  with  the  Antioch  Church  in  Jefferson 
County,  Iowa,  Thursday  before  the  full  moon  in 
August,  1897. 

President— I).  Neiswanger,  Washington,  Iowa. 

Secretary— Rev .  D.  M.  Helfinstine,  Legrand,  Iowa. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Boyce,  Robert,  Eldon,  Iowa 
Coder,  Chester,  Letts,  Iowa 
Coop,  Charles,  Perlee,  Iowa 
Fordyce,  Lewis,  Libertyville,  Iowa 
Hawk,  Charles,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 
Hawk,  Edward,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 
Helfinstine,  D  M,  Legrand,  Iowa 
Hutton,  D  S,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 
McDonald,  C  W,  Perlee,  Iowa 
O'Laughlin,  John,  Kalona,  Iowa 
Phillips,  Q  B,  Fairfield,  Iowa 
Sage,  E  W,  Washington,  Iowa 
Seymour,  S  D,  Sandusky,  Iowa 
Vinton,  J  C,  Washington,  Iowa 


CHUBCUES,    CLEBKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — Albert  Coop,  Perlee,  Iowa 
Bethlehem — Harmon  Fite,  Eldon,  Iowa 
Ebenezer — A  S  Fry,  Fairfield,  Iowa 
Hopewell — Elijah  Hawk,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 
Oak  Grove— Peter  Brookhart,  Myrtle,  Iowa 
Oakland— J  A  Davis,  Conesville,  Iowa 
Pleasant  Ridge— Thos  Slocum,  Greensburg,  Mo. 
Sandusky — Altha  Denmire,  Sandusky,  Iowa 
Shiloh — D  Neiswanger,  Washington,  Iowa 


Southern  Kansas  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Cole. ) 
Next  session  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Reno  County,  Kansas, 
on  Saturday,  October  9,  1897,  at  2  p.m. 
Iresident — Rev.  Isaac  Mooney,  Towanda,  Kansas. 
Secretary — Rev.  Henry  Cole,  Lerado,  Kansas. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bloomfield,  S  B,  Oakland,  Kansas 
Cameron,  E.  Sycamore  Springs,  Kansas 
Canfield,  F  M,  Fredonia,  Kansas 
Cole,  Henry,  Lerado,  Kansas 
Fitch,  W  H,  Valley  Center,  Kansas 
Fuller,  W  R,  Little  River,  Kansas 
Hart,  M,  Hutchinson,  Kansas 
Hess,  J  W,  Columbus,  Kansas 
Kinney,  T  C,  Potwin,  Kansas 
Kinney,  J  W,  Potwin,  Kansas 
Mizener,  A  C,  Eldorado,  Kansas 
Mooney,  Isaac,  Towanda,  Kansas 
Morgan,  D  E,  Turon,  Kansas 
Pocock,  L  A,  Sedgwick,  Kansas 
Rasmussen,  Emma,  Neola,  Kansas 
Tipton,  J  W,  Kingman,  Kansas 

CaURCBES,    CLEBK8,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Golden  Gate — W  O  Moore,  Murdock,  Kansas 
Hutchinson — Sarah  M  Hart,  Hutchmsou,  Kansas 
Matfield  Green— John  Cox,  Matfield  Green,  Kansas 
Mt.  Zion— Ozella  Davis,  Prattleburg,  Kansas 
Neola — Emma  Rasmussen,  Neola,  Kansas 
Pleasant  Center— W  T  Davis,  Amador,  Kansas 
Polo— 
Towanda — Minnie  Ralston,  Towanda,  Kansas 


Rev.  MyiiuN  Tvlek,  Portsmouth,  N,  H., 
President  Rockingham  Christian  (.'onference. 


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Christian  Church,  Wolfboro,  N.  H.  (New  Hampshire  Conference),  Rev.  M.  D.  Wolfe,  Pastor. 

Organized  by  Elder  Mark  Fernald  in  1812.     Elder  Lewis  Phillips  served  tliis  church  over  twenty  years^ 
Rev.  T.  C.  Smith,  L.  VV.  Phillips,  and  T.  S.  Weeks  have  also  been  pastors. 


Rockingliam  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Wolfe. ) 
Next  session  at  Kittery  (2d),  York  County,  Maine, 
in  October,  1897. 
President— Rev.  Myron  Tyler,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Secretary— B.ev.  M.  D.  Wolfe,  Wolfboro,  N.H. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Amazeen,  E  K,  Kittery  Pomt,  Maine 
Borthwick,  M  W,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire 
Day,  N,  Newton,  New  Hampshire 
Dutton,  John  G,  Kittery.  Maine 
Everingham,  J  E,  Laconia,  New  Hampshire 
Go8S,  John  A,  Haverhill,  Massachusetts 
Hancock,  O  J,  Belmont,  New  Hampshire 
Morrill,  A  H,  Haverhill,  Massachusetts 
Murray,  D  B,  Boston,  Massachusetts 
Rhodes.  H  J,  Castile,  New  York 
Tyler,  Myron,  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire 
Wilson,  Joel,  Kittery  Depot,  Maine 
Wolfe,  M  D,  Wolfboro,  New  Hampshire 

CHUBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Center  Tuftonboro— F  L  Hersey,  Center  Tuftonboro, 

New  Hampshire 
Eastport— Mrs  .Sariie  Hallett,  Eastport,  Maine 


Hampton  Falls- 
Haverhill— W  D  Stearns,  Haverhill,  Massachusetts 
Kittery  (2d)— Geo  F  Manent,  Kittery,  Maine 
Kittery  and  York— B  L  Maine 

Kittery  Point  (1st)— F  D  Grace,  Kittery  Point,  Maine 
Manchester— W  H  Gate,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire 
Mirror  Lake— Rev  D  A  Wiggin,  Mirror  Lake,  N  H 
New  Castle— H  M  Curtis 

Newton  Junction— J  N  Rowell,  Newton  Junction,  N  H 
No.  Hampton— N  B  Martin,  No.  Hampton,  N  H 
Portsmouth— A  K  Junkins,  Portsmouth,  N  Hampshire 
Rye— J  W  Lang,  Rye.  New  Hampshire 
Salisbury  Point— M  H  True,  Salisbury  Point,  Mass 
Stratham— Mrs  P  P  Brewster,  Stratham,  N  Hampshire- 


New  Hampshire  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Young. ) 
President— Rev .  I).  A    Wiggin,  Mirror  Lake,  N.  H. 
Secretary— Joseph  L    Youag,  Wolfboro,  N.  H. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Hobbs,  A  W,  Freedom,  New  Hampshire 
Wiggin,  Rev  D  A,  Mirror  Lake,  New  Hampshire 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Tuftonboro  2nd— Vacant  at  present. 

WoKboro  2nd— Joseph  L  Young,  Wolfboro,  N  H 


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Rev.  M.  U.  WoijFE.  Secretary  Rockingham  Con- 
ference, and  Pastor  Christian  Church, 

WOLFBORO,   N.   H. 


Richland  Union  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  McNees. ) 
Next  session  at  the  Pleasant  Valley  Church,  Eagle 
Corners,  Richland  County,  Wisconsin,  October,  1897. 
President — Rev.  M.  Buroker,  Sylvan,  Wisconsin. 
Secretary— Key .  J.  H.  McNees,  Richland  Center,  Wis. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Buroker,  M,  Sylvan,  Wisconsin 
Elder,  Wm,  Byrdsereek,  Wisconsin 
Feiton,  Jacob,  Sylvan,  \Visconsin 
Fisher,  E  W,  Soldiers  Grove,  Wisconsin 
Ford,  Geo,  West  Lima,  Wisconsin 
Garner,  Henry,  Arbor,  Wisconsin 
Haskins,  Edward,  Excelsior,  Wisconsin 
Jones,  Geo  W,  Ithaca,  Wisconsin 
Mark,  Jacob,  Richland  Center,  Wisconsin 
McNees,  J  H,  Kiehland  Center,  Wisconsin 
PoB,  C  M,  Viola,  Wisconsin 
Smith,  Ephraim,  Viola,  Wisconsin 
Stetler,  J  S,  Viola,  Wisconsin 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Beaver  Valley — H  A  Setser,  Debello,  Wisconsin 
Bethesda— Hattie  Scholl,  Richland  Center,  Wisconsin 
Dayton— Amelia  Stambaugh,  Richland  Center,  Wis 
Excelsior  Union— lea  Craig,  Excelsior,  Wisconsin 
Harmony — Clara  Hoffman,  Sylvan,  Wisconsin 
Kickapoo  Center — Mary  Bond,  Viola,  Wisconsin 
Lebanon — C  H  Rhinehart,  Gays  Mills,  Wisconsin 
Maple  Ridge — Spica  Alvord,  Arbor,  Wisconsin 
Olive  Branch— Mrs  J  Fox,  Readstown,  Wisconsin 
Pine  River — J  S  Heckadorn,  Yuba,  Wisconsin 
Pleasant  Ridi?e— H  O  Walker,  Sylvan,  Wisconsin 
Pleasant  Valley— Emma  Dyer,  Eagle  Corners,  Wis 
Plum  Valley — J  M  V  Sloniker,  Wonewoc,  Wisconsin 
Richland  Center— Maggie  Daughette,  Richland  Center, 

Wisconsin 
Sand  Prairie — Oliver  Dyer,  Westport,  Wisconsin 
Smith  Valley— Wm  Snyder,  Loyd,  Wisconsin 
West  Lima— Wm  E  Kidd,  Bloom  City,  Wisconsin 
West  Willow — Lydia  Turner,  Richland  Center,  Wis 


York    and   Cumberland    Conference. 

^  Reported  by  Secretary  Moulton.) 

The  York  and  Cumberland  Conference  was  organized 
at  Kennebunk,  Maine,  January  2, 1844,  by  Elders  John 
Boothby,  William  Bryant,  S.  P.  Bickford,  Joshua  Good- 
win, and  Samuel  Webber. 

Next  session  in  September,  1?97,  at  York,  Maine. 

Piesideni—Uev.  Z^bulon  Knight,  South  Berwick,  Me. 

Secretary — David  Moulton,  York  Corner,  Maine. 

MINISTERS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Baker,  Chas  L,  Center  Lovell,  Maine 

Goodwin,  Chas  E,  Pinepoint,  Maine 

Goodwin,  Harmon,  South  Berwick,  Maine 

Graves,  Joseph  H,  Hampton  Falls,  New  Hampshire 

Hardway,  H  G,  Freedom,  New  Hampshire 

Heikes,  N  M,  Ogunquit,  Maine 

Knight,  Zebulon,  South  Berwick,  Maine 

McKeen,  Silas  H,  Albion,  Maine 

Moses,  T  G,  York  Corner,  Maine 

Mugridge,  John  H,  Siratham,  New  Hampshire 

Ridlon,  N  T,  North  Hampton,  New  Hampshire 

Young,  John  W,  Berwick  Branch,  Maine 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bluepoint— J  H  Seavey,  Pinepoint,  Maine 
Center  Lovell— H  W  Palmer,  Center  Lovell,  Maine 
Freedom— D  W  Taylor,  Freedom,  New  Hampshire 
Harpswell— Sidney  Watson,  Cundys  Harbor,  Maine 
Mt.  Agamenticus— J  H  Plaisled,  Cape  Neddiek,  Maine 
North  Saco— Alpheus  Libby,  Saco,  Maine 
Sanford  and  Lebanon — Geo  L  Stillings,  Springvale,  Me 
So.  Berwick  and  Wells— A  Bragdon,  So.  Berwick,  Me 
So.  Berwick  Junction— David  A  Ford,  So.  Berwick,  Me 
So.  Berwick  New  Years — S  J  Nason,  So.  Berwick,  Me 
York  and  Wells— ij  W  Perkins,  Ogunquit,  Maine 
York — David  Moulton,  Yoi  k  Corner,  Maine 


Rev.  T.  G.  Moses   ( York  and  Cumberland  Con- 
ference), York  Corner,  Maine,  Pastor 
York  Christian  Church. 


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RoYEETON  Christian  Church  (  New  York  Western 
Conference),  Rev.  Horace  Mann,  Pastor. 

Organized  by  Elder  Joel  Doubelday  in  1817.  First 
church  erected  west  of  the  Genesee  River.  Burned 
1845.  Rebuatl'846.  Sold  in  1886.  Then  above  build- 
ing erected.  The  church  is  called  the  "  Light  on 
the  Hill." 


Rev.  Horace  Mann,  Orangeport,  N.   Y.,  Presi- 
dent New  York  Western  Conference,  and 
Pastor  RovEETON  Christian  Chdech. 


New  York  Western  Conference. 

( Reported  by  Rev.  Horace  Mann  for  Secretary  Pease. ) 
Next  session,   Friday   before  the  fourth  Sunday  in 

June,  1897,  at  Morganville,  N.  Y. 
President — Rev.    Horace    Maon,    Orangeport,  N.   Y. 
iSeereiarj/— John  B.  Pease,  Gasport,  New  York. 

MIMSTEBS   AND   ADDRE8SE8. 

Childs,  J  D,  Shelby,  New  York 
Jones,  Elia.s,  North  Pembroke,  New  York 
Lawton,  J  W,  Manning,  New  York 
Mann,  Horace,  Orangeport,  New  York 
Moore,  D  W,  Middleport,  New  Yoik 
Taylor,  Thomas,  Newton,  New  Hampshire 
Tryon,  I  C,  Castile,  New  York 
Warner,  W  A,  Machias,  New  York 

CHURCHES,  CLEBKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Castile — Merton  Phelps,  Castile,  New  York 
Clarendon— Geo  W  Barber,  Clarendon,  New  York 
East  Holland — Lewis  Hawks,  Protection,  New  York 
Machias— Mrs  C  D  Field,  Machias,  New  York 
Morganville— Robert  Call,  Staflord,  New  York 
No.  Pembroke— 0  Cash  Day, No  Pembroke,  New  York 
Orangeport^ — L  H  Pease,  Gasport,  New  York 
Parma  and  Greece — fl  D  Rowley,  No  Greece,  New  York 
West  Shelby— W  J  Shelp,  West  Shelby,  New  York 


Northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin 
Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Sanford. ) 

This  conference  was  organized  September  27,  1850, 
at  the  house  of  Brother  H.  Hill,  who  was  chairman 
pTO  iem.,  Rev.  John  Walworth,  clerk  pro  tem.,  com- 
posed of  Elders  John  Walworth,  Samuel  Fitch,  Ira 
B.  Bristol,  and  David  B.  Burnham,  together  with 
Brothers  H.  Hills,  Jinks,  Barber,  and  others. 

Appointed  Elder  John  Walworth,  moderator,  and 
Ira  S.  Bristol,  clerk,  for  ensuing  year.  Received  the 
following  churches:  Monroe,  Ogle  County,  Illinois; 
Columbia,  McHenry  County,  IlUnois. 

Next  session  at  tiie  Christian  Church  in  North 
Grove,  Ogle  County,  Illinois,  at  10  a.m.  on  Thursday 
before  the  first  full  moon  in  October,  1897. 

President— Rex.  G.  A.  Brown,  Ashton,  Illinois. 

Secretary — W.  L.  Sanford,  Chana,  Illinois. 

MINIBTEBS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Best,  Wm,  Capron,  Illinois 
Brown,  G  A,  Ashton,  Illinois 
Clark,  A  J,  Kingston,  Illinois 
Collins,  M  G,  Austin,  Illinois 
Hanger,  J  S,  Byron,  Illinois 
Rolph,  F  B,  Taylor.  Illinois 
Wright,  J  R,  Chana,  Illinois 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Capron— Robert  Ridge,  Capron,  Illinois 
Leaf  River — J  D  Palmer,  Leaf  River,  Illinois 
North  Grove— C  F  Allen,  Leaf  River,  Illinois 
Washington  Grove — W  L  Sanford,  Chana,  Illinois 


Eastern  North  Carolina  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Foster. ) 

The  North  Carolina  and  Virginia  and  the  Deep  River 
Conferences  united  and  divided  into  three,  in  the  year 
1894.  These  three  are  now  known  as  the  North  Caro- 
lina and  Virginia,  the  Western  North  Carolina,  and 
the  Eastern  North  Carolina. 

Next  session  at  Mt.  Auburn  Church,  beginning  on 
Thursday  before  the  first  Sunday  in  December,  1897. 

President— Hon.  J.  H.  Fleming,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Secretary— Rev.  Jas.  L.  Foster,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 


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York  Christian  Church  (York  and  Cumberland  Conference),  Rev.  T.  G.  Moses,  Pastor. 

Organized,  1808.    Rev.  Peter  Young,  first  pastor.    First  church-building  erected,  1815 :  parsonage,  1867.    In 

— icted,  cost  $10,000,  under  labors  of  Rev.  W.  B.  Flanders. 

■    '  '        Present  membership,  126. 

Marthas  Chapel-W  A  Ellington,  Elmgrove,  N  C 
Moore  Union— N  A  Mathews,  Grotto,  North  Carolina 
Morrisville— J  H  Morning,  Morrisville,  North  Carolina 
Mt.  Aub\nD— Hon  S  P  Read.  Palnaer  Springs,  Virginia 
Mt.  Carmel— W  J  Wilson,  Wilton,  North  Carolina 
Mt.  Gilead— W  B  Hunter,  Malton,  North  Carolina 
Mt.  Hprmon— W  I  Beasley,  Auburn,  North  Carolina 
New  Elam— J  A  Goodwin.  Merryoaks,  North  Carolina 
Newhill— D  H  Gardner,  Nevphill,  North  Carolina 
Newhope— Nellie  A  Rogers,  Rileys  Crossroads,  N  C 
Oak  Level— A  C  Wicker.  Franklinton,  North  Carolina 
O'Kelleys  Chapel— C  S  Holleman,  Durham,  N  C 
Pleasant  Grove- 
Pleasant  Hill— W  L  Mangiim,  Benson,  North  Carolina 
Pleasant  Union— W  J  Long,  Bowies  Creek,  N  C 
Plymouth— J  W  Rhodes,  Kadar,  North  Carolina 
Piney  Plain— T  H  Prince,  Massey,  North  Carolina 
Popes  Chapel— Annie  L  Jones,  Franklinton,  N  C 
Raleigh— D  J  Mood,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Shallow  Well— J  D  Gunter,  Jonesboro,  North  Carolina 
Sixforks— Alma  J  Penny,  Sixforks,  North  Carolina 
Spilona— R  I  Lassiter,  Spilona,  North  Carolina 
Turners  Chapel— A  W  Wicker,  Colon,  North  Carolina 
Wake  Chapel— J  E  Ballentine,  Varina,  North  Carolina 
Walnut  Grove— A  T  Grissom,  Grissom,  North  Carolina 
Youngsville— T  L  Moss,  Youngsville,  North  Carolina 


1891  the  above  building  was  erect 

Church  out  of  debt. 

MINISTEBS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Clements,  W  G,  Morrisville,  North  Carolina 
Foster,  Jas  L,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Harward,  W  D,  Chapelhill,  North  Carolina 
Jones,  J  A,  Ballentines  Mills,  North  Carolina 
Mangum,  L  W,  Benson,  North  Carolina 
Underwood,  G  R,  Osgood.  North  Carolina 
Whiteman,  J  A,  Jonesboro.  North  Carolina 
Wicker,  J  D,  Youngsville,  North  Carolina 
Wicker,  W  C,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 
Winston,  M  L,  Creedmoor,  North  Carolina 

CaURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Amelia— J  E  Austin,  Clayton,  North  Carolina 
Antioch— Mrs  N  J  Harris,  Elams,  North  Carolina 
Auburn— Wm  Watts,  Auburn,  North  Carolina 
Bethany— L  Carden,  University  Station,  N  C 
Beulah— J  B  Edwards,  Hartsvijle,  North  Carolina 
Catawba  Springs— T  M  Franks,  Raleigh.  N  C 
Christian  Chapel— L  S  Mann,  Corinth,  North  Carolina 
Christian  Light— J  R  Brown,  May,  North  Carolina 
Damascus— M  A  McCauley,  Lindsey,  North  Carolina 
Ebenezer— J  N  Carpenter,  Flint,  North  Carolina 
Good  Hope— A  L  Lynam,  Pernell,  North  Carolina 
Hayes  Chapel— L  M  Barbee,  Garner,  North  Carolina 
Liberty— B  R  Eaves,  Epsom,  North  Carolina 


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Christian  Church,  I^kanklin,  N.  11.  ^Miii 


ij.  \\ .  Phillips,  Pastor. 


First  organization  known  as  "The  Proprietors  of  the  Franklin  Meeting  House.''      Organized  as  Christian 

Church  iu  18:^,  and  building  erected.    Dedicated,  November  7.    Kev.  Elijah  Shaw 

preached  the  sermon.    In  1872  church  raised  $4,964.40.    Had  a 

I)arsonage  since  lS(i4.    Present  membcrsliip,  226. 


Merrimack  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Morrill. ) 

Next  session   in  October,    1897,    at    Laconia,    New 

Hampshire. 
President — .J    H.  Rowell,  Franklin,  New  Hampshire 
Secretary— Kai .  W.  S.  Morrill,  South  Danbnry,  New 

Hampshire. 

MINISTEBS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Estes,  B  F,  Belmont,  New  Hampshire 

Francis,  Edward,  East  Grafton,  New  Hampshire 

Hinkley,  Seth 

Morrill,  W  S,  South  Danbury,  New  Hampshire 

Phillips,  L  W,  Franklin,  New  Hampshire 


Phillips,  James  R,  York  Village,  Maine 
Wright,  E  H,  Hill,  New  Hampshire 
Young,  John,  Sunapee,  New  Hampshire 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Belmont — H  C  .Adams,  Belmont,  New  Hampshire 
Franklin— Ciara  E  Rowell,  Fratklin,  New  Hampshire 
Georoes  Mills— W  VV  Chase,  Georges  Mills,  N  H 
Grafton— Mrs  Jane  E  Martin,  Grafton  Center,  N  H 
Hill  Center— C  M  Cilly,  Hill,  New  Hampshire 
Hill  Village— F  W  Eaton,  Hill,  New  Hampshire 
Laconia  — F  F  Chandler,  Laconia,  New  Hampshire 
South  Danbury— W  W  Walker,  South  Danbury,  N  H 
Walpole— C  E  Houghton,  Westmoreland  Depot,  N  H 


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Hev.  L.  W.  Phillips  (  Men  imack  Conference), 
Pastor  Christian  CiirECH.  tKANKLix,  N.  H. 


New  York  Central  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Frost. ) 
This  confeience   was    orjianjzed  June    24,   1828,   at 

Enfield  Center.    It  was  formed   Irom  a  part  of  New 

York  Western  Conference. 

Next  session  at  the  Christian  Church  at  North  Rush, 

-New  Yorlj,  the  first  Thursday  in  October,  1897. 
Pr(fident—ne\.  N.  W.  Crowell,  North  Rush,  N.  Y 
Secretary— James  S.  Frost,  North  Rush,  New  York. 

MIMSTERS    AND   .\DDRESSES. 

Besemer,  J  E,  Mannng,  New  York 

Besemer,  Mrs  S  A,  Manning,  New  York 

Brate,  S,  Eddyiown,  New  York 

Brainard,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Carr,  John  H,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Chase,  J  B,  Milan,  Pennsylvania 

Crowell,  N  W,  North  Rush,  New  York 

Curlett,  Frank,  Rochester.  New  York 

Grimes,  Wm  J,  Syracuse,  N  Y.  K'uo  W  Onondaga  St 

Outhrie,  J  W,  Conquest,  New  York 

Hammond,  G  R,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Hammond,  E  D,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Hathaway,  O  I,  Lakeville,  New  York 

Humphreys,  Arthur,  Ingleside,  New  York 

Ingoldsby.  O  F,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Livinostone,  E  C,  Cleveland.  Ohio,  .33  Bolivar  Street 

Mace,  J  A,  West  Vienna,  New  York 

McAlpine,  Ezra,  Dundee,  New  York 

Thomjison,  Scott,  Harford  Mills,  New  York 

Wade,  E  R,  McLean,  New  York 

Wilson,  J  W,  Newark,  New  York 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Dundee— Wm  McAlpine.  Dundee,  New  York 
Eddytown— Elizabeth  Bolley,  Eddytown,  New  York 
Emerson — Will  Young,  Emerson,  New  York 
Enfield  Center— Hailie  Harvev,  Enfield  Center,  N  Y 
Lakeville— Martha  J  Hanna,  Lakeville,  New  York 
Marion— R  B  McOmber,  Marion,  New  York 
Memphis— Mrs  Fred  Foster,  Memphis,  New  York 
Newark — Marv  H  Spoor,  Newark,  New  York 
North  Rush— James  S  Frost,  North  Rush,  New  York 
Plainville— C  R  Smart,  Plainville,  New  York 
Rock  Stream— C  Elizabeth  Warner,  Rock  Stream,  N  Y 
Searsburg— Cyrus  Barber,  Searsburg,  New  York 
Springwater— Ezra  Willis.  Springwater,  New  York 
Westbury— Mrs  Nellie  Lovf  joy,  Wesibury,  New  York 


Southwestern  Iowa  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Walters.) 

This  conference  was  organized  in  1861.  Rev.  N.  O. 
Storrs,  president.  (The  records  were  burned  last 
spring.) 

Next  session  on  Wednesday,  at  10  a.m.,  before  the 
first  full  moon  m  September,  1897. 

Prtsident—Rev.  Z.  M    Wright,  Griswold,  Iowa. 

Secretary— Rev .  N.  Walters,  Griswold,  Iowa. 

MINISTERS  AND    ADDRESSES. 

Ackley,  J  W,  Madrid,  Iowa 
Bishop,  L  C,  Atlftntic,  Iowa 
Bogar,  Eli  M,  Rockport,  Missouri 
Burd,  S  S,  Winterset,  Iowa 
Burnham,  A  C,  Linden,  Iowa 
Denton,  J  B,  Wheeler,  Iowa 
Diltz,  T  C,  Brownville,  Nebraska 
Gettis,  J  D,  Fontanelle,  Iowa 
Harlan,  I  C,  South  Sioux  City,  Nebraska 
Harper,  J  M,  Lake  City,  Iowa 
Howard,  T  W,  Winterset,  Iowa 
Irons,  M  F,  Talmage,  Iowa 
JellisoD,  P  W,  Winterset,  Iowa 
Lewis,  R  A,  Linden,  Iowa 
McFarland,  J  H,  Rockport,  Missouri 
McMullen,  Stuart,  Linden,  Iowa 
Moomaw,  J  B.  Sidney,  Iowa 
Moore,  J  L,  Griswold,  Iowa 
Renslow,  Elmer.  Fansler,  Iowa 
Smith,  Samuel,  Lewis,  Iowa 
Smith,  Amos.  Earlham,  Iowa 
Storrs,  N  C,  Winterset,  Iowa 
Wallace,  Maggie,  Stuart,  Iowa 
Walters,  N,  Griswold,  Iowa 
Wright,  Z  M,  Griswold,  Iowa 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES, 

Emanuel— Arvilla  Haworth,  Lewis,  Iowa 

Fairview  (  Taylor  Co  )— D  W  Herring,  Leonard,  Iowa 

Fairview  (  Adair  Co )— Mary  E  Ford,  Stuart,  Iowa 

Griswold— Wm  L  Dean,  Griswold,  Iowa 

Hillsdale— Daniel  Matney,  St.  Deroin,  Nebraska 

Lake  City— J  O  Smith,  Lake  City,  Iowa 

Lincoln  School  House— Emanuel  Hawk,  Nishnabotna, 

Missouri 
Linden— C  R  Johnson,  Linden,  Iowa 


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Rev.  J.  W.  Ackley,  Madrid,  Iowa. 
(Southwestern  Iowa  Conference.) 


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Rev.  T.  W.  Howard,  Winterset,  Iowa. 
(Southwestern  Iowa  Conference.) 


Lone  Chapel — J  B  Zuck,  Hamburg,  Iowa 

Louokes  Grove— Hannah  Loucke,  Stuart,  Iowa 

Madrid — F  A  Woodard,  Madrid,  Iowa 

Pleasant  Grove — Samuel  Sons,  Rockport,  Missouri 

Pleasant  Hill— W  K  M  Burris,  Imogene,  Iowa 

Pleasant  Hill— W  H  Sehlosser,  Dallas  Center,  Iowa 

Pleasant  Valley — Mr  Southern,  Wales,  Iowa 

Shiloh— J  E  Leeka,  Linden,  Iowa 

Tarkio  Valley— E  Fry  Mapes,  Fairfax,  Missouri 

Union  Chapel— Ella  Lower,  Linden,  Iowa 

Union  School  House— Charles  Madison,  Carl,  Iowa 

Victory  Union — Rev  Elmer  Renslow,  Fansler,  Iowa 

Wheelers  Grove — John  Knox,  Wheeler,  Iowa 

Winterset— Louie  Haines.  Winterset,  Iowa 


Des  Moines  (Iowa)  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Neville  ) 

This  conference  was  organized  under  the  name  oi 
the  Western  Iowa  Christian  Conference,  at  North 
River  School  House,  in  Warren  County,  Iowa,  on  the 
sixth  day  of  October,  A.  D.  18i3;  and  Elder  A.  l> 
Kellison  was  elected  its  first  president,  and  Brother 
David  Bishop  was  chosen  standing  secretary. 

President— L.  P.  Abbott,  Thayer,  Iowa. 

Secretary- Thomas  W.  Neville,  Orient,  Iowa. 

Next  session.    (Date  was  not  given  ) 

MINISTEBS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bagley,  Wm,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 
Brown,  O  E,  Hebron,  Iowa 
Carter,  G  H,  Osceola,  Iowa 
Creger,  J  H,  Peru,  lOwa 
Dye,  Aaron,  Audubon,  Iowa 
Elwell,  J  O,  Afton,  Iowa 
Fitzgerald,  E,  Shambaugh,  Iowa 
Garrett,  E  E,  Murray,  Iowa 
Lamb,  C  B,  Creston,"lowa 
Lamb,  Jehu,  Lowry  Cily,  Mo. 
Lamb  N  E,  Lowry  City,  Mo. 
Lockwood,  Samuel,  Osceola,  Iowa 
Miller,  M  15,  Madrid,  Iowa 
Moffit,  S,  Alton,  Iowa 
Reed,  John  D,  Thayer,  Iowa 
Towner,  J  L,  Corning,  Iowa 
Young,  Charles  H,  Truro,  Iowa 


CUUBCUEB,    CLEBKS,    AND    ADDEkSSES. 

Christian  Union  No.  112— GWNeedham,  Westerville,  la 

First  Otter  Creek — John  Barger,  Liberty  Center,  Iowa 

Green  Castle— N  E  Lamb,  Clarkson,  Iowa 

Hill  of  Zion— A  S  Lynn,  Orient,  Iowa 

Hopeville — James  Lent,  Hopeville,  Iowa 

Mt.  Zion — J  F  Clawson,  Westerville,  Iowa 

North  River — L  Bishop,  Summerset,  Iowa 

Peru— L  P  Hiatt,  East  Peru,  Iowa 

Pleasant  Ridge — J  Caldwell,  Afton,  Iowa 

Pleasant  Valley — David  Abbott,  Thayer,  Iowa 

Thayer— S  S  Morrow,  Thayer,  Iowa 

Truro — John  Holmes,  Truro,  Iowa 


Western  Pennsylvania. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Lytle. ) 

The  Western  Pennsylvania  Christian  Conference 
was  organized  February,  17-20,  1870,  at  Sugarloaf,  irn 
Fayette  County,  Pennsylvania. 

Next  session  at  Sugarloaf,  Fayette  County,  on  Satur> 
day  before  the  third  Sunday  in  October,  1897. 

Pretident—^ev.  W.  S.  Miller,  Newbaven,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Secretary— Chafi.  Lytle,  Confluence,  Pennsylvania. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Jennings,  I,  Haydentown,  Pennsylvania 
Jennings,  John,  Haydentown,  Pennsylvania 
Kingsnorth,  John,  Pleasant  Unity,  Pennsylvania 
Knight,  W  H  H,  Hammondville,  Pennsylvania 
Miller,  N  B,  Dryfork,  West  Virginia 
Miller,  W  S,  Newhaven,  Pennsylvania 
Stevenson,  J  V,  Connellsville,  Pennsylvania 
Stillwagon,  J  E,  Box  448,  Connellsville,  Pennsylvania 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bridgeport— D  H  Eicher,  Stautfer,  Pa 
Clarksville— Priscilla  Rush,  Haydentown,  Pa 
Haydentown — A  BSwaney,  Haydentown,  Pa 
Mountain  Grove — I  Jennings,  Haydentown,  Pa 
Pleasant  Unity — Maegie  King,  Pleasant  Unity,  Pa 
Sugarloaf- A  R  Boyd,  Ohiopyle,  Pennsylvania 


Rev.  a.  D.  Kellison,  Madison,  Kansas. 
First  President  of   Des   Moines   Conference. 


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Eldee  Abnee  J0NE8  Welton 
was  bom  at  Fairlee,  Vermont, 
February  27,  1S15.  His  parents 
and  grandparents  were  members 
of  the  Christian  Church  of  Brad- 
ford, Vermont.  He  was  converted 
at  sixteen.  In  1832  he  went  to  New 
York,  and  four  years  later  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  settled  at  Cov- 
ington where  he  married  Miss 
Lucy  Putnam,  a  descendant  of 
Israel  Putnam  of  Revolutionary 
fame.  Six  children  were  born  to 
them,  four  of  whom  are  still  liv- 
ing and  are  true  to  their  child- 
hood's training.  September  10, 
1S43,  Elder  Welton  was  ordained 
at  Covington,  Pennsylvania,  and 
in  this  state  began  the  active 
labors  of  a  life  destined  to  wield 
a  wide  influence  in  the  cause  of 
right.  His  work  has  been  largely 
pioneer  missionary  labor.  Like 
Paul,  he  has  gone  up  and  down 
through  Northern  Central  Penn- 
sylvania, Southern  Central  New 
York,  establishing  and  encour- 
aging churches.  Four  church 
edifices  are  the  result  of  his  earn- 
est efforts,  while  almost  number- 
less are  the  churches  that  have 
felt  the  influence  of  his  labors. 
He  has  organized  eight  churches. 
His  last  and  greatest  work  was 
the  organization  of  the  church  at 
Binghamton,  New  York.  Though 
nearing  the  eighty-second  mile- 
stone of  life.  Elder  Welton  is  still 
well  preserved  in  body  and  mind, 
—a  remarkable  instance  of  God's- 
care  for  his  beloved. 

Rev.  Abnee  Jones  Welton,  Binghamton,  New  Yoek  (New  York  Southern  Conference)^ 


New  York  Southern  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  VanAtta  ) 

Next  session  will  be  held  with  the  Binghamton  First 
Christian  Church  on  Thursday  before  the  third  Sun- 
day in  September,  1897,  at  10:30  a.m. 

President— Geo.  P.  Hubbard,  Harford  Mills,  N.  Y. 

Secretary— J .  H.  VanAtta,  67  Jarvis  St.,  Binghamton, 
New  York. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Frink,  D  P,  Beaver  Meadow,  New  York 
Hill,  Lyman,  Glen  Aubrey,  New  York 
Holdridge,  Ira,  Oquaga,  New  York 
James,  Owen,  Eastport,  Maine 
Lyon,  G  W,  East  Willet,  New  York 
Mather,  Harriet  L  B,  Moravia,  New  York 
McCord,  E  K,  Binghamton,  New  York 


Newitt,  H  I,  Deruyter,  New  York 
Stearns,  J  W,  Schoharie,  New  York 
Welton,  A  J,  Binghamton,  New  York 
Wilber,  H  C,  Vandaha,  New  York 
Wilcox,  David,  Harford  Mills,  New  York 
Williams,  F  B,  Newport,  Pennsylvania 
Youmans,  J  T,  Whitney  Point,  New  York 

CHUBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Binghamton— Mrs  Hattie  George,  Binghamton,  N  Y 
Carolina— H  M  Pettengrove,  Slaterville,  New  York 
East  Willett— W  H  Smith,  Upper  Lisle,  New  York 
Glen  Aubrey— Mrs  A  Stalker,  Glen  Aubrey,  New  York 
Harford  Mills— G  C  Smith,  Harford  Mills,  New  York 
Kirkwood — Mrs  Emery  B  Hull,  Langdon,  New  York 
Otselie  First— Mrs  Louis  Frink,  Beaver  Meadow,  NY" 
Union— Mrs  D  F  Lashed,  Hooper,  New  York 
West  Windsor — Mrs  D  Jackson,  West  Windsor,  N  Y 


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Eastern  Indiana  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Long. ) 
Originally  organized  as  the  Blufiton  Christian  Con- 
erence  in  1837,  then  as  the  Eastern  Indiana  in  1873. 

Next  session  will  be  held  at  Albany,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember (Tuesday  after  the  second  sabbath),  1897,  at 

2  P.M. 

President — Rev.  G.  W.  Johnson,  Eaton,  Indiana. 
Secretary— Re\ .  Samuel  Long,  Versailles,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Addington,  A  M,  Horn,  Indiana 
Arnold,  Geo,  Coldwater,  Ohio 
Arrick,  R  P,  Albany,  Indiana 
Bailey,  John  A,  Millville,  Indiana 
Bennett,  S  W,  Woodinglon,  Ohio 
•Blodgett,  Geo  W,  Eaton,  Indiana 
Bosworth,  A  R,  Enon,  Ohio 
Bosworth,  H  B,  Portland,  Indiana 
Brown,  C  O,  Meroni,  Indiana 
Brown,  Eliza  L,  Liberty,  Indiana 
Burch,  E,  Manilla,  Indiana 
Burkett,  F  Z,  Mechanicsburg,  Indiana 
Byrkit,  C  F,  Ogden,  Indiana 
Byrkit,  J,  Knightstown,  Indiana 
Cain,  Geo  B,  Gettysburg,  Ohio 
Canada,  F  F,  Sherman,  Indiana 
Capron,  Levi,  Union  City,  Indiana 
Coates,  Anna,  Harrisville,  Indiana 
■Cochran,  J  H,  Portland,  Indiana 
Coons,  J  A,  JSottingham,  Indiana 
Coons,  Jos  M,  Power.^,  Indiana 
Cortner,  J  R,  Winchester,  Indiana 
Davenport,  D  S,  Harrisville,  Indiana 
Denny,  L  L,  Selma,  Indiana 
Drake,  P  A,  Windsor,  Indiana 
Elliott,  Martha,  Farmland.  Indiana 
Fifer,  13,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Gray,  Isaac  H,  Muneie,  Indiana 
Green,  O  S,  Ft.  Recovery,  Ohio 
Grey,  N  W,  Brinckley,  Imiiana 
Guinn,  M  M,  Portland,  Indiana 
Gunkel,  J  M,  Parker,  Indiana 
Harris,  O  A,  WaVjai^h,  Ohio 
Hunt,  A  W,  Priam,  Indiana 
Jacobs,  Jesse,  Boundary,  Indiana 
Johnson,  IVOR,  Carlos,  Indiana 
Johnson,  G  W,  Eaton,  Indiana 
Johnson,  L  W,  Losantville,  Indiana 
Jones,  J  E.  Hollansburg,  Ohio 
Julian,  Tiffin,  Pemberton,  Ohio 
Kemp,  B  F,  Union  City,  Indiana 
Kershner,  Rebecca,  West  Liberty,  Ohio 
Long,  A,  Versaille?,  Ohio 
Long,  Samuel,  Versailles,  Ohio 
Lott,  H  L,  Portland,  Indiana 
McNees,  Samuel,  F'armland,  Indiana 
Mollott,  Riley  T,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Mullin,  W  F,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Myers,  Clement,  Pony,  Indiana 
Nealeigh,  Jacob,  Ludlow  Falls,  Ohio 
Nealeigh,  Wm,  Arcanum.  Ohio 
Newhouse,  J  T,  Sulphur  Springs,  Indiana 
Oren,  A  H,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Powell,  D,  Wingate,  Indiana  , 

Reedy,  Emma,  Redkey,  Indiana 
Roherds,  Jas,  Sahina,  Ohio 
Robins,  John  K,  Como,  Indiana 
Robinson,  P  J,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Ross,  W  D,  Redkey,  Indiana 
Simonton,  S  S,  Montpelier,  Indiana 
Spade,  D  F,  Portland,  Indiana 
Spade,  Wm,  Bryant,  Indiana 
Spencer,  N  H,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Spitzer,  T  A,  IS'ew  Mt    Pleasant,  Indiana 
Stanley,  Hannah  M,  Economy,  Indiana 
Stovenour,  F,  Portland,  Indiana 
Tate,  W  H  H,  Dunkirk,  Indiana 


Terrell,  Wm,  WiiiUsor,  Indiana 
Turney,  F  Z,  Muneie,  Indiana 
Turney,  W  H,  Muneie,  Indiana 
Warner,  J  F,  Hillgrove,  Ohio 
Watson,  Henry,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Watson,  John  A,  Harrisville,  Indiana 
Wetzel,  J  A,  Winchester,  Indiana 
Wilgus,  Vina  B,  Oran,  Ohio 
Woton,  Hugh,  Jordan,  Indiana 
Wright,  Geo  W,  Woodington,  Ohio 

CHURCHES,    CLEBK8,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Albany— Miss  Dora  Wolverton,  Albany,  Indiana 
Antioch— M  M  Holiday,  Losantville,  Indiana 
Ashland— Pearl  Laybayteau,  Ashland,  Indiana 
Beamsville — Dennis  Shaffer,  Dawn,  Ohio 
Beaver  Chapel— J  B  Finley,  Celina,  Ohio 
Bethel— Geo  Dunden,  Coldwater,  Ohio 
Blountsville— J  S  Barr,  Blountsville,  Indiana 
Boston— Miss  Minnie  Druley,  Boston,  Indiana 
Bristol — John  Prigg,  Middletown,  Indiana 
Brock — Finley  Laurch,  Brock,  Ohio 
Buenavista — Miss  Delia  Rinard,  Cerrogordo,  Ind 
Carlos— Isaac  E  Smith,  Carlos,  Indiana 
Chester  Center — Montpelier,  Indiana 
Christian  Chapel — Muccie,  Indiana 
Clear  Creek— Seth  Hinshaw,  Clark,  Indiana 
Coletown— Mrs  C  Fry,  Mt.  Heron,  Ohio 
Como— J  W  Ray,  Como,  Indiana 

Corinth ,  Muneie,  Indiana 

Eden — J  H  Shideler,  Shideler,  Indiana 
Elms  Grove  — P  A  Davis,  Collett,  Indiana 
Fairview— John  Judy,  Darke,  Ohio 

Fall  Creek ,  Middletown,  Ohio 

Farmland— Zina  Foster,  Farmland.  Indiana 
Fellowship— D  C  Asheroft,  Ample,  Indiana 
Ft   Recovery— Mrs  Elma  D  Rapp,  Ft.  Recovery,  Ohio 
Good  Hope  — W  E  Michael,  Deerfield,  Indiana 
Hflgerstown — A  C  Walker.  Hagerstown,  Indiana 
Hannas  Creek— Homer  Lafuze,  Liberty,  Indiana 
Harrisville— Sam'l  Combs,  Harrisville.  Indiana 
Hurricane — S  T  Overlease,  Milroy,  Indiana 
JetTerson — David  Myers,  L'pland,  Indiana 
Jirch— O  Holiday,  Shideler,  Indiana 

Middletown ,  Saratoga,  Indiana 

Millville — Alfred  Weber,  Millville,  Indiana 
Mississinewa— J  H  Ford,  Brinckley,  Indiana 
Montpelier — Wm  Adams,  Montpelier,  Indiana 
Mooreland — A  Wrightsman,  Mooreland,  Indiana 

Mt.  Gilead ,  Redkey,  Indiana 

Mt.  Zion ,  Celina,  Ohio 

Mt.  Zion— F  M  Thornburg,  Losantville,  Indiana 
Muneie,  First— D  B  Miller,  l.'='2.5  South  Monroe  Street, 

Muneie,  Indiana 
New  Liberty — Wm  H  Bales,  Winchester,  Indiana 
Noble— George  Arbaugh,  Ft.  Recovery,  Ohio 
North  White  River— John  Driven,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Nottingham— W  R  Adams,  Nottingham,  Indiana 
Ogden— O  B  Byrkit,  Ogden,  Indiana 
Olive  Branch— W  C  Bo.~worth,  Horn,  Indiana 
Osgood— Dottie  Miller,  Osgood,  Ohio 

Philadelphia ,  Selma,  Indiana 

Pleasant  Hill— A  L  Lindley,  Jordan,  Indiana 
Pleasantgrove — Farmland.  Indiana 
Pleasant  Vale— John  TSwihart,  Powers,  Indiana 
Pleasant  Valley— H  N  Kempt,  Millgrove,  Indiana 
Pleasantrirtop — a  P  Richard,  Vine,  Ohio 
Portland,  First— T  H  Denney,  Portland,  Indiana 
Prairie  Grove— 

Redkey ,  Redkey,  Indiana 

Salamonia— PG  Collett,  Portland,  Indiana 
Sardina— Geo  H  Gravatt,  Mills  Corners,  Indiana 
Sharon — Anna  M  Godlove,  Albany,  Indiana 
Shiloh  — Geo  Arbaugh,  Farmland,  Indiana 
Silver  Creek — Ezra  Lafuze,  Liberty,  Indiana 

Stelvideo— ,  Stelvideo,  Ohio 

Straughn— Mary  Waddell,  Straughn,  Indiana 

Sugar  Grove —  ,  Hagar,  Ohio 

Sulphur  Springs — Sulphur  Springs,  Indiana 
Union  Chapel  — Liberty,  Indiana 
Wabash  Valley— David  Bender,  Delvin,  Ohio 
Walnut  Grove— Robert  Brannon,  Yorkshier,  Ohio 
White  River— C  M  McKees,  Farmland,  Indiana 
White  Union— David  Strough,  floneycreek,  Indiana 
Winchester — Winchester,  Indiana 
Windsor— S  W  Kennedy,  Windsor,  Indiana 
Woodington— J  W  Gauger,  Woodington,  Ohio 


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1)1 


Re\  .  b.  PuwEr.L,  WiNtiATE,  Indiaxa. 
(  Eastern.  Intlinna  t  'onference. ) 


Red    River  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Holley.) 

This  confereLce  was  organized  at  Hatniltoo  Springs. 
Indian  Territory,  October,  1895.  The  name  Red  Rivei 
was  selected  because  it  embraced  tl  e  churches  on 
both  sides  of  the  river. 

Next  session  at  Independence  Church,  Texas,  on 
Wednesday  before  the  fourth  Sunday  in  July,  1897. 

President—A.  W.  Penuei,  Basin  Springs,  Texas. 

Secretary— W .  S.  Holley,  Brownville,  Indian  Ter. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

(Ministers  and  churches  marked  thus  *  are  of  thp 
North  Texas  Conference,  wiih  W.  A.  Smith,  Sadler. 
Texas,  President,  and  \Vm.  Brogdon,  Locust,  Texas. 
Secretary.) 

*Chatwell,  D  S,  Peaster,  Texas 
Cox,  W  G,  Brownville,  Indian  Territory 
Eldredge,  H.  Sadler,  Texas 
Eubanks,  J  W,  Willis,  Indian  Territory 
Eubanks,  W  L,  Willi-',  Indian  Territory 
*Harshbereer,  A,  Sadler,  Texas  ^ 

Martin,  C  H,  Ada,  Indian  Territory 
*Mayfield,  G,  Newport,  Texas 
♦Mullinax,  John,  Sadler,  Texas 
Pemherton,  J  S.  Willis,  Indian  Territory 
Rollins,  H  U,  Brownville,  Indian  Territory 
Scott,  G  W,  Willowpoint.  Texas 
*White,  John,  Armour,  Texas 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Agnes— Kate  Jordan,  Aanes,  Texas 
Bourland— S  C  Rose,  Willis,  Indian  Territory 
♦Christian  Home^L  Grouse,  Martin  Springs,  Texas 
Hamilton  Springs  — Charley  Tharp,  Lark,  Ind  Ter 
Independence — A  W  Penuei,  Basin  Springs,  Texas 
*Overton  Springs— Wm  Teurman,  Locust,  Texas 
Plainview — E  H  Herrin,  Oakland,  Indian  Territory 
♦Plainview — Bettie  Marey,  Gage,  Texas 
Pleasant  Valley— I  T  Richard.son,   Bridgeport,  Texas 
Shay  Prairie— Katie  E  Eubanks,  Willis,  Ind  Ter 
Star- M  Fortney,  Brownville,  Indian  Territory 


Northern   Kansas  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Forrey.) 

Next  session  at  Morning  Star  Church,  Norton 
County,  Kansas,  Wednesday,  10  a  m.,  before  the  full 
moon  in  October,  1897. 

President— C.  C.  Stoner,  Rice,  Kansas. 

Secretary— Miss  Hattie  M.  Forrey,  Harrison,  Kansas. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Baker,  J  F,  Lincoln,  Kansas 
Bushong,  Hannah,  Heber.  Kansas 
Bushong,  Peter,  Heber,  Kansas 
Coate,  J  W,  Heber,  Kansas 
Daley,  Hiram,  Almena,  Kansas 
Dexter,  Henry,  Burroak,  Kansas 
Ellis,  Martin,  Lincoln,  Kansas 
Elliot,  Ellen,  Heber,  Kansas 
Harper,  M  O,  Bloomington,  Nebraska 
Harvey,  E  E,  Warwick,  Kansas 
Hillman,  J  J,  Lincoln,  Kansas 
Merritt,  J  G,  Mahaska,  Kansas 
Naillieux,  Samuel,  Coreordia,  Kansas 
Nelson,  J  M,  Morrowville,  Kansas 
Noble,  PS,  Willamina,  Oregon 
Randall,  B  F,  Agra,  Kansas 
Strange,  J  S,  Lincoln,  Kansas 
Strange,  F  M,  Lincoln,  Kansas 
Thornburg,  E,  Burroak,  Kansas 
Wright,  H  J,  Graves,  Kansas 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Edson— A  Day,  Edson,  Kansas 

Kinder  Hook— 

Lincoln— Dora  Strange,  Lincoln,  Kansas 

Merideth— J  C  Stallings,  Heber,  Kansas 

Morning  Star— Stella  Hines,  Almena,  Kansas 

Nelson— Emma  Bolen,  Rice,  Kansas 

Olive  Hill— W  H  Walker,  Gregory,  Kansas 

Pleasant  Hill— W  P  Gilson,  Reamsville,  Kansas 

Pleasant  Home— Albert  Lister,  Brewster,  Kansas 

Pleasant  Valley— L  T  Ford,  Oakhill,  Kansas 

Shermanville— Kate  Bray,  Charlotte,  Kansas 

Side  View — 

South  Side— Cora  Felker,  Trenton,  Nebraska 

Sunny  Side— Josephus  Baker,  Lincoln,  Kansas 


Rev.  R.  P.  .-Vrrick,  Albany,  Indiana. 
(Eastern  Indiana  Conference.) 


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Christian  Chuech,  Rye,  N.  H.  (Rockingham  Conference),  Rev.  G.  A.  Beebe,  Pastor. 

Organized,  1833.    Church  building  burned  in  1888.    Rebuilt  in  1889.     A  good  parsonage  stands  across'the 
street,  opposite  the  church.    Deacons,  C.  M.  Rand  and  C.  D.  Garland.     Clerk,  J.  W.  Lang. 


Spring  River  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Hull.) 
President— P .  M.  Thomas,  Elba,  Oklahoma. 
.Secretary— Rev.  Emerson  Hull,  Columbus,  Kansas 

MINISTEBS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Burton,  Geo,  Hallowell,  Kansas 
Gibson,  James,  Greenfield,  Missouri 
Glaze,  James,  Montana,  Kansas 
Hull,  Emerson,  Columbus,  Kansas 
Humphries,  A,  Aurora,  Missouri 
Van  Horn,  W  M,  Galena,  Kansas 
Ramey,  Royal,  South  Greenfield,  Missouri 
Stookesberry,  A 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Galena— Mrs  Deerfelt,  Galena,  Kansas 
Hallowell— Wm  A  McKee,  Hallowell,  Kansas 
Mitchell— Synthe  McEwen,  Columbus,  Kansas 


Virginia  Valley  Conference. 

( Reported  by  Secretary  Kagey.) 
Next  session  at  Bethlehem  Church,  Virginia,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1897. 
President — Rev.  R.  H.  Peel,  Amberly,  Virginia. 
Secretary— 3 .  S.  Kagey,  Linnville,  Virginia. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Deans,  D  T,  Ronda,  North  Carolina 
Peel,  R  H,  Amberly,  Virginia 
Swank,  C  H,  Linnville,  Virginia 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— T  H  Showalter,  Chrisman,  Virginia 
Bethlehem — A  B  Martz,  Lacey  Spring,  Virginia 
Concord— J  C  Huffman,  Hupp,  Virginia 
Linnville— C  E  Beery,  Linnville,  Virginia 
Newhope — Walter  Liskey,  Harrisonburg,  Virginia 


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93 


Rev.  Albeet  Ddnlap,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

( Mount  Vernon  Conference.) 
Trustee  Christian  Publishing  Association. 


Indiana  Miami  Reserve  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Brown.) 
Next  session  at  the  Mt.  Zion  Church,  Miami  County. 

Indiana,    on    Tuesday    before    the    first   Sunday    in 

October,  1897. 
President— Isaac  G.  Cook,  Cyclone,  Indiana. 
Secretary— George  Brown,  Frankton,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bozell,  George,  Tipton,  Indiana 
Byrkit,  Eli,  Warren,  Indiana 
Clark,  J  L,  Summitville,  Indiana. 
Clymer,  J  F,  Elwood.  Indiana 
Comer,  J  E,  Center,  Indiana 
Comer,  James.  Russiaville,  Indiana 
Deerin,  Oren,  Upland,  Indiana 
Dipboye,  J  W,  Elwood,  Indiana 
Dipboye,  J,  Sr,  Summitville,  Indiana 
Dipboye,  J,  Jr,  Linwood,  Indiana 
Fite,  S  D,  Marion,  Indiana 
Florea,  Henry,  Hackleman,  Indiana 
Foster,  G  D,  Kempton,  Indiana 

Freeman,  A  C  ,  Iowa 

Garling,  LK,  Russiaville,  Indiana 
Havens,  I  A,  Elwood,  Indiana 
Hercules,  L  W,  Center,  Indiana 
Himes,  Lewis,  Elwood,  Indiana 
Hinkle,  A  P,  Goldsmith,  Indiana 
Hobson,  F  B,  Indianapolis,  Indiana 
Hubbartt,  Geo,  Warren,  Indiana 
Hubbartt,  Thomas,  Warren,  Indiana 
Kinder,  Joseph,  Hobbs,  Indiana 
Layman,  John,  Kempton,  Indiana 
Morris,  A  N,  Muncie,  Indiana 
Morris,  J  F,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Mouncey,  Bruce,  Redkey,  Indiana 
Page,  J  W,  Jefferson,  Indiana 
Page,  R  W,  Majenica,  Indiana 
Parsons,  John,  Florida,  Indiana 
Potter,  C  W,  Redkey,  Indiana 
Roberts,  M,  Upland,  Indiana 
Sheets,  Mary  J,  Yorktown,  Indiana 


Smiih,  F,  Swajzee,  Indiana 
Snodgrass,  C  W,  Marion,  Indiana 
Stafford,  T  L,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Webb,  L,  Atlanta,  Indiana 
Wiles,  M  M,  Terhune,  Indiana 
Winton,  James  B,  Tipton,  Indiana 
Wisehart,  Emaline,  Muncie,  Indiana 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Anderson — J  A  Watser,  Anderson,  Indiana 
Bethel — fl  Whiteman,  Cyclone,  Indiana 
Center— Ed  T  Hatten,  Center,  Indiana 
Christian  Chapel— New  Castle,  Indiana 

Elm  Grove ,  Indiana 

Elwood— Eugene  Arnold,  Elwood,  Indiana 
Farrville— John  Ferguson,  Farrville,  Indiana 
Ironwood— S  Todd,  Myers,  Indiana 

Landesville ,  Indiana 

Linwood — Sadie  Thomas,  Linwood,  Indiana 
Lugar  Creek — R  J  Andrews,  Marion,  Indiana 
Middle  Prairie— Silas  Irbv,  Groomsville,  Indiana 
New  Hope — W  Bishop,  Atlanta,  Indiana 
Pikes  Peak— John  Miller,  Daleville,  Indiana 
Prairieville—E  Simmons,  Wiles,  Indiana 
Reeds— M  C  Ratclift,  Reed,  Indiana 
Richland— G  D  Foster,  Ekin,  Indiana 

Sharpsville ,  Indiana 

South  Marion— ,  Marion,  Indiana 

Sugar  Creek— John  Walker,  Terhune,  Indiana 
Tetersville — Elmer  Simmons,  Goldsmith,  Indiana 
Union  Chapel— John  Wisman,  Tipton,  Indiana 
Union  Valley — Henry  Buckles,  Elwood,  Indiana 
Whetstone  Chapel— Ira  Harpool,  Anderson,  Indiana 


riount  Vernon  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Harrod.) 
This  conference  was  organized  in  1842. 
Next  session  at  Centerburg,  Ohio,  Thursday  after 
the  fourth  Sunday  in  August,  1897,  at  10  a.m. 
I  resident— B.ey   Enos  Peters,  Appleton,  Ohio. 
Secretary — Rev.  Mills  Harrod,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


Rev.  Mills  Harrod,  Columbus,  Ohio, 

Secretary  Mount  Vernon  Conference, 

Trustee   Christian   Publishing  Association. 


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MIMSTEBS   AKD    ATDRrSSES. 

Carter,  J  M,  New  \Va(erford,  Ohio 
Cope,  Lycurgu?,  East  Carmel,  Ohio 
Cope,  Mrs  Ljcurgus,  East  Carmel,  Ohio 
Cowgill,  S  G,  New  Alexandria,  Ohio 
Dunlap,  Albert,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Grate,  G  W,  SiKual,  Ohio 
Hassans,  C  M,  Milf.>rd  Center,  Ohio 
Harris,  E  M,  Ripley.  Ohio 
Harrod,  Mills,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Hill,  G  C.  Centerburg,  Ohio 
Kiipatrick,  K  S,  Perryton,  Ohio 
Long,  H  R,  Centerburs,  Ohio 
Maine,  S  S,  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania 
Manviile,  I  J,  Sparta,  Ohio 
McKown.  S  S,  Beloit,  Ohio 
Peters,  F  H,  Centerburg,  Ohio 
Peters,  E.  Appleton,  Ohio 
Smith,  H  A,  Belle  Center,  Ohio 
Smith,  Mrs  R  E  A,  Newark.  Ohio 
Weaver,  J  H,  Kensington,  Ohio 
Wright,  J  W,  Willowbrook,  Ohio 

CHCBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Appleton — John  Benner,  Croton,  Ohio 
Centerburg— W  D  Willis,  Centerburg,  Ohio 
Churchill— S  Stooksberry,  Signal,  Ohio 
Cooperdale— Addie  Rine,  Cooperdale,  Ohio 
Danville— Miss  Lou  Tressel,  Danville,  Ohio 
East  Middleton— J  F  Harrison,  Mosk.  Ohio 
East  Rochester — W  Kelley,  Kensington,  Ohio 
East  Union— Mary  Barkelow,  New  Guilford,  Ohio 
Fairview— J  B  Oldaker,  Utica,  Ohio 
Hazel  Del — Volney  Nichols,  Newark.  Ohio 
Hiahland— M  Johns,  Teegarden.  Ohio 
Licking— John  Hall,  Homer,  Ohio 
Mt.  Pleasant— Frank  Baughman,  Perryton,  Ohio 
Mt.  Zion— B  F  Shafer,  Frazeysburg,  Ohio 
Newark— C  Leonard,  Newark,  Ohio 
New  Alexandria— D  W  Crist,  Moultrie,  Ohio 
New  Bethel — F  J  Sherrick,  Lyonsdale,  Ohio 
Roseville— Luther  Pace,  Roseville,  Ohio 
Sparta— I  J  Manviile,  Sparta,  Ohio 
."^ugar  Grove — A  Harrison,  Brandon,  Ohio 
Utiea— Orange  Dunlap,  Utica,  Ohio 
Virginia— A  Wright,  Willowbrook,  Ohio 
Westville— Rebecca  Randolph,  Beloit,  Ohio 


Geo.  W.  Gcnder,  Esq.,  Marion,  Indiana, 
Trustee  Christian   Publishing  Association. 


Rev.  Robeet  Hakkis,  U  entral  lUinoi?  Con- 
ference).'   Trustee  Christian  Publishing 
Association,  and  Pastor  ('hristian  Church, 
Danvilli-:,  Illinois. 


Eastern    Atlantic    N.    C.    (Colored) 
Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Taylor.) 
Next  session  November  18,  1897. 
President —Rev .  Joseph  Mann,  Newbern,  N.  C. 
Seer  it  art/— Rex.  F.  L.  Taylor,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Aldrige,  J,  Newbern,  North  Carolina 
Black,  T,  Wilmington,  North  Carolina 
Foy,  S,  Newbern,  North  Carolina 
Hyman,  F  W,  Harlowe,  North  Carolina 
Lewis,  C,  Maribel,  North  Carolina 
Mann,  Joseph,  Newbern,  North  Carolina 
Randall,  P  K,  Arapahoe,  North  Carolina 
Small,  A,  Newbern,  Nc  rth  Carolina 
Sutton,  A,  Pamlico,  North  Carolina 
Sutton,  B,  Arapahoe,  North  Carolina 
Sutton,  F,  Pamlico,  North  Carolina 
Taylor,  F  L,  Newbern,  North  Carolina 
Williams,  M,  Polloksville,  North  Carolina 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Broad  Creek  Chapel— H  E  Moor,  Pamlico,  N  C 
Cedar  Hill — JacobOnslow,  Wilmington,  North  Carolina 
Galilee— H  Hunter,  Pamlico,  North  Carolina 
Greens  Chapei — S  Green,  Port  Bamesville,  N  C 
Myrtle  Grove— S  M  Holt.  Maysville,  North  Carolina 
Oak  Grove — M  J  Lane,  Tuscarora,  North  Carolina 
Pilgrims  Rest— C  A  McCabe,  Harlowe,  North  Carolina 
Smalls  Chapel— A  Sanderson,  Arapahoe,  N  C 

Stilla  Mission — A  F  Williams, . 

St.  Antioch— J  F  Squires,  Maribel,  North  Carolina 
St.  Matthew  Chapel— J  G  Coleman,  Polloksville,  N  C 
Union  Chapel — Wade  Taylor,  Coahoma,  N  C 
Watson  Tabernacle— M  Franks,  Newbern,  N  C 
Zion  Hill— H  Cooper,  Pamlico,  North  Carolina 


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Christian  Church,  Danville,  Illinois  (Central  Illinois  Conference), 
Rev.  Robert  Harris,  Pastor. 


Central  Illinois  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Willson.) 

This  eonferenee  was  organized  at  Union  Clnircli, 
Vermilion  Co.,  III.,  S'^ptember  24,  18.^2. 

Next  session  at  the  Olive  Church  on  Wednesday 
after  the  fourth  Sunday  in  August,  1897 

President— P^.  L.  .lohnson,  Alvin,  Illinois. 

Secretary — Will  R.  Will-on,  Stateline,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDBESSES. 

Braithwaite,  E,  Ivesdale,  Illinois 

Clapp,  J  Alex,  Danville,  Illinois 

Coake,  David,  Danville,  Illinois 

Draper,  G  W,  816  Harmon  Ave,  Danville,  Illinois 

Ealey,  W  M,  501  E  Oregon  St,  Urbana,  Illinois 

Embree,  Isaac,  Georgetown,  Illinois 

Fitts,  F  F,  Chesterfield,  Illinois 

Green,  John,  713  Logan  Ave,  Danville,  Illinois 

Gunn,  H  H,  Oakwood,  Illinois 

Harrington,  M  J,  Merom,  Indiana 

Harris,  K,  1032  N  Walnut  «t,  Danville,  Illinois 

Harshbarger,  S,  .4twood,  Illinois 

Hawk,  C,  Merom,  Indiana 

Hodges,  8,  Catlin,  Illinois 

Lawrence,  G  D,  Arthur,  Illinois 

Lake,  Israel,  Hillsdale,  Indiana 

Martin,  James  H,  Johnsonville,  Indiana 

Masterson,  C  S,  Garrett,  Illinois 

Mendenhall,  I  C,  Calhoun,  Illinois 

Miller,  Mrs  K  E,  Atwood,  Illinois 

Miller.  T  H.  Lane,  Illinois 

Patterson,  J  J,  810  Gilbert  St,  Danville,  Illinois 


Rippey,  G  W,  Atwood,  Illinois 
Shultz,  P  M,  Filley,  Missouri 
Snyder,  Thomas,  Pilot,  Illinois 
Stovall,  J  W,  Bourbon,  Illinois 
Swisher,  Samuel,  Danville,  Illinois 

CHUBCUES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Arthur— W  H  H  Reeder,  Arthur,  Illinois 

\twood— C  A  Collins,  Atwood,  Illinois 

Kethel — E  B  James,  Mansfield,  Illinois 

Cedar  Grove — Clara  B  Rouse,  Blount,  Illinois 

Christian  Chapel— W  P  Craig,  Pilot,  Illinois 

Danville — T  W  Armstrong,  Danville,  Illinois 

Korest  Hill— Charles  B  Hall,  Stateline,  Indiana 

Hedrick— Scott  Compton,  Hedriek,  Indiana 

Hope — Anna  Collison,  Hope,  Illinois 

Lake  Fork — Mrs  Anna  Quick,  Atwood,  Illinois 

Laplace— Sel win  Blythe,  Laplace.  Illinois 

\lilmine — Mrs  Lizzie  Lafever,  Milmine,  Illinois 

Mt.  Zion— Elmer  Clements,  Urbana,  Illinois 

Muncie— J  G  Lucas,  Muncie,  Illinois 

Vew  Village  Chapel  — Thos  Brazelton,  Georgetown,  IIJ 

Olive— Mrs  Emma  Howser,  Deers,  Illinois 

Pleasant  Grove— Henry  Pieplow,  St.  Joseph,  Illinois 

Pleasant  View — Zae  Starr,  Bismarck,  Illinois 

Poage — Sallie  Osborn,  Homer,  Illinois 

PrairieChapel-Eva  Brown,  Voorhies,  Illinois 

Prairie  Hope— Wiley  Ha»  k,  St.  Joseph,  Illinois 

Prospect — H  V  Carditt,  Ogden,  Illinois 

Rileysburg-Jaeob  Marble,  Rileysburg,  Indiana 

South  Prairie— Mrs  Etta  Beckwith,  Farmer  City,  III 

Tilton— E  W  Huston,  Vandercook,  Illinois 

U  C  Chapel— George  H  Erhardt.  Pierson,  Illinois 

Urbana— Mrs  Belle  Caruthers,  Urbana,  Illinois 


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Christian  Church,  Lewisburg,  Pa.  (New  Jersey  Conference),  Rev.  E.  A.  DeVoke,  Pastor. 

Organized  1821  by  Elijah  Bacon.    Above  building  dedicated  1855.    Has  a  good  parsonage.    The  church  is 
almighty  power  for  the  dissemination  of  Bible  principles  and  Christian  fellowship. 


New  Jersey  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Bodine. ) 
The  New  Jersey  Conference  was  organized  at  Pea - 

Sack,  N.  J.,  June  25, 1830,  with  Elder  Simon  Clough,  of 
ew  York,  as  president,  and  I.  C.  Goff,  of  Camptown, 
N.  J.,  as  secretary. 

Next  session  at  Hope,  N.  J.,  the  fourth  Friday  in 
May,  1897. 
President— Rev .  W.  H.  Hainer,  Irvington,  New  Jersey. 
Secretary~R.  F.  Bodine,  Locktown,  New  Jersey. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDBES8E8. 

Blackford,  G  E,  Ealona,  Iowa 
Brand,  A  L,  Trenton,  New  Jersey 
Chase,  W  P,  Milford,  New  Jersey 
Clark,  J  B,  Gulf  Mills,  Pennsylvania 
Conrad,  John,  670  N  13th  St,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Epright,  John,  Sweet  Valley,  Pennsylvania 
Fanton,  B  S,  Castile,  New  York 
Hainer,  W  H,  Irvington,  New  Jersey 
Hall,  E  C,  Locktown,  New  Jersey 
Hayes,  J  E,  Baptisttown,  New  Jersey 
Jackson,  E  M,  Danbury,  Connecticut 


Laird,  Joseph  R,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania 

Lennon,  Wm,  Gulf  Mills,  Pennsylvania 

Mitchell,  E  E,  2041  Brandywine  8t,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Pittman,  James,  Finesville,  New  Jersey 

Price,  W  J,  Lake  Ariel,  Pennsylvania 

Summerbell,  Carl,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 

Summerbell,  J  J,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Sailer,  P  8,  Frenchtown,  New  Jersey 

Shear,  George  D,  Trumbull  Corners,  New  York 

Topping,  J  P,  Johnsonburg,  New  Jersey 

Topping  Loretta,  Johnsonburg,  New  Jersey 

Vandyck,  R  W,  Madisonville,  Pennsylvania 

Wilmarth,  1  J,  Vienna,  New  Jersey 

CHUBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Baleville— Mrs  M  H  Couse,  Halsey,  New  Jersey 
Carversville— Hattie  F  Watson,  Lahaska,  Pa 
Chapmantown — 

Fairview— Charles  C  Smith,  Bridgeboro,  New  Jersey 
Finesville— E  A  Flenard,  Finesville,  New  Jersey 
Frenchtown— S  R  Opdycke,  Frenchtown,  New  Jersey 
Gulf  Mills— James  G  Cornog,  Gulf  Mills,  Pa 
Hope— John  H  Black,  Hope,  New  Jersey 
Hopewell— Isaac  Horn,  Hopewell,  New  Jersey 


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97 


Cheistian  Chuech,  Ievington,  New  Jeesey, 

(  New  Jersey  Conference. ) 

Rev.  W.  H.  Hainee,  Pastor. 


First  organized  with  seventeen  members  into  a 
branch  of  Broome  Street  Christian  Church,  New 
Yorli  City,  by  Simon  Clough  and  Wm.  Lowe.  One 
month  later,  October  24,  1S30,  organized  into  an  in- 
dependent church  by  Rev.  I.  C.  Goff,  first  regular 
pastor.  Present  edifice  erected  1889.  Dedicated, 
free  of  debt,  June  26, 1890. 


Rev.  W.  H.  Hainee,  President  New  Jersey  Confer- 
ence, Pastor  Christian  Church,  Irvington, 
New  Jersey. 


Eev.  E.  a.  DeVore,  D.D.,  (Southern  Ohio  Con- 
ference. )      Pastor  Christian  Church, 
Lewisburg,  Penn. 


Irvington — Fred  W  Bogga,  IrvinEton,  New  Jersey 
Johnsonburg — J  W  Hart,  Johnsonburg,  New  Jersey 
Lewisburg— Annie  Evans,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 
]>ocktown— G  W  Hockenbury,  Locktown,  New  Jersey 
Madisonville — Kate  Cartwrighl,  Jubilee,  Pennsylvania 
Milford— W  R  Sailer,  Milford,  New  Jersey 
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Rev.  E.  C.  Hall,  (New  Jersey  Conference.) 
Pastor  Christian  Church, 
Locktown,  New  Jersey. 


Monroe— 

Mt.  Zion— Geo  Smith,  43u  Bainbridge  St,  Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania 
Pleasant  Hill— G  K  Edson.Sweet  Valley,  Pennsylvania 
TuUytown — H  L  Moon,  Tullytown,  Pennsylvania 
Vienna — A  C  Howell,  Vienna,  New  Jersey 


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MiiiFOED  Christian  Church,  (  New  Jersey  Con- 
ference.)    Rev.  W.  p.  Chase,  Pastor. 


Osage  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Chancellor  ) 
Next  session  at  call  of  president. 
President—^   M.  Francis,  Lowry  City,  Mi.-souri. 
Secretary — Rev.  P.  Chancellor,  Hermitage,  Missouri. 

MINISTEBS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Adamson,  John,  Chalklevel,  Missouri 
Chancellor,  P,  Hermitage,  Missouri 
Huey,  S  C,  Voris,  Missouri 
Renfrew,  J  M,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Riley,  W  W,  North  Manchester,  Indiana 
Shepard,  Geo  H,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Simms,  John  D,  Weaubleau,  Missouri 
Sooter,  Charles  M,  Ulman,  Missouri 
Sooter,  Wm  M,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Thomas,  S  K,  Ohio,  Missouri 
Whitaker,  John,  Weaubleau,  Missouri 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — J  M  Francis,  Lowry  City,  Missouri 
Bethany — E  M  Allen,  Terry,  Missouri 
Edith— John  Martin,  Edith,  Missouri 
Good  Hope — LC  Lee,  Tavern,  Missouri 
Hopewell— Elizabeth  Lee,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Humphrey  Creek— L  A  Barton,  Capps,  Missouri 
Iberia — BF  Fike,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Johnson  School  House — Mary  Nelson,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Liberty — Wm  Nickols,  Dixon,  Missouri 
Manegan— C  L  Reasener,  Ohio,  Missouri 
Mt.  Gillead — Joseph  Pendleton,  Iberia,  Missouri 
Mt.  Pisgah— Shermaa  Heberling,  Teal,  Missouri 
Mt.  Zion — P  B  Lupartus,  Ulman,  Missouri 
Pleasant  Valley— James  Kelley,  Dillon,  Missouri 
River  Dale— Mary  Wilson,  Wheeler,  Missouri 
Union  Hill — T  J  Murphy,  Weaubleau,  Missouri 
Weaubleau— E  L  Butler,  Weaubleau,  Missouri 
Zion  Hill— F  S  Fitzwater,  Maries,  Missouri 


Rev.  W.  p.  Chase,  ( New  Jersey  Conference.) 
Pastor  Christian  Church,  Milford,  N.  J, 


Bible  Union  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Osburn. ) 

This  conference  was  organized  at  the  Liberty 
Christian  Church,  December  6,  1883.  Those  that 
participated  in  its  organization  were  Preston  Wray^ 
Alfred  Osburn,  Jesse  George,  Isaac  Waskom,  Martin. 
Hughes,  and  Jacob  Callihan,  together  with  the  dele- 
gates from  four  diflerent  Christian  churches  in  ihfr 
vicinity. 

Next  session  at  the  West  Liberty  Church,  Browik 
County,  Indiana,  on  Thursday  before  the  second  Sun- 
day in  October,  1897,  at  9  a.m. 

Prtsidint—iohn  White,  Nashville,  Indiana. 

Stcretary—Vi.ev .  Alfred  Osburn,  Eclipse,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Aynes,  Peter,  Norman  Station,  Indiana 
Callihan.  Jacob,  Mooney,  Indiana 
George,  Jesse,  Norman  Station,  Indiana 
Graham,  David,  Nashville,  Indiana 
Hughes,  Martin,  Leesville,  Indiana 
Lindley,  Thomas  J,  Medora,  Indiana 
McCume,  John,  Dillsboro,  Indiana 
Osburn,  Alfred,  Eclipsp,  Indiana 
Petrow,  Preston,  Nashville,  Indiana 
Roddy,  Samuel,  Pikespeak,  Indiana 
Snyder,  John,  Pikespeak,  Indiana 
Waskom,  Isaac,  Odon,  Indiana 
Wilson,  John  R,  Christiansburg,  Indiana 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— DA  Hawkins,  Goss  Mills,  Indiana 

Blue  Valley— E  F  McCleary,  Nashville,  Indiana 

Liberty— .\  Osburn,  Eclipse,  Indiana 

Mt.  Hermon— Isaiah  Sherrill,  Peter  Cooper,  Indiana 

Mt.  Pleasant— Jesse  George,  Norman  Station,  Indiana. 

Walnut  Grove— B  F  Lane,  Nashville,  Indiana 

West  Liberty— B  F  Crouch,  Nashville,  Indiana 


THE   CHRISTIANS'   ANNUAL 


99 


Rev.  J.  A.  Beinkworth,  M.A. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1837  at 
Brimscombe,  England.  His  father  was  a  Wesleyan 
in  religion,  and  an  expert  in  the  manufacture  of 
fine  broadcloths.  In  1848  the  lad  left  home  for  a 
time  to  reside  with  an  uncle  and  aunt,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 


Thompson,  in  the  Forest  of  Dean.  While  here  Mr. 
Brinkworth  attended  meetings  with  the  "Bible 
Christians,"  and  taught  the  Bible  class  in  tlieir 
Sunday  school.  On  the  death  of  his  aunt  lie 
returned  to  the  family  home  where  he  went  into 
the  mill  and  helped  in  the  making  of  broadcloths, 
working  on  the  piece  which  took  the  first  prize  in 
the  London  exhibition  of  18iil.  In  1854  he  came  to 
this  country  and  settled  at  Buffalo,  whore  he  en- 
gaged in  ship  building. 

In  Buffalo  he  united  with  Grace  M.  E.  Church 
and  commenced  preaching.  In  1859  he  returned  to 
England,  where  he  engaged  in  study  under  private 
tutors.  Becoming  acquainted  with  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Martin,  ho  was  baptized  by  him  in  1862  and  received 
into  the  membership  of  the  General  Baptists.  The 
same  year  he  married  Miss  Hannah  Gaisford,  who 
all  these  years  has  proven  a  true  helpmeet. 

In  1875  he  was  chosen  pastor  of  the  General  Bap- 
tist Cliurch  at  Saffron-Walden,  Essex,  where  he  has 
served  up  to  this  writing. 

He  has  from  the  time  of  entering  the  General 
Baptist  body  been  one  of  their  most  prominent 
ministers,  having  been  made  Messenger  of  the 
Assembly  for  life,  and  having  been  their  secretary 
for  many  years.  When  our  Bro.  D.  W.  Moore  went 
to  England  as  a  delegate  from  the  American  Chris- 
tian Convention  it  was  Mr.  Brinkworth  who  welcom- 
ed him.  He  is  now  President  of  the  Assembly. 
Twice,  in  1876  and  in  1880,  he  has  represented  the 
General  Baptists  in  fraternal  greetings  to  our 
Western  New  York  Conference,  and  the  Canada 
Conference. 

He  is  a  man  of  the  most  indefatigable  energy,  a 
stirring  preacher,  and  of  most  practical  turn  of 
mind.  He  can  set  a  broken  bone,  unravel  the  puz- 
zles of  the  lawyers,  ferret  out  perpetrators  of  fraud 
in  the  management  of  trust  funds,  and  push  on  all 
the  lagging  enterprises  of  the  church. 

Mr.  Brinkworth  is  known  far  and  wide  in  England 
for  his  fervent  sympathy  with  America,  and  is  often 
called  "The  American."  He  is  also  a  valued  cor- 
respondent of  the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty. 

Martyn  Summerbell. 


General  Baptist  Chapel,  Saffron-Walden,  Essex,  England,  Rev.  J.  A.  Brinkworth,  Pastor. 


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Judge  O.  W.  Whitelock,  Huntington,' Indiana, 
President  Eel  River  Conference. 


Eel  River  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Bolton.) 
Next  session   at  the   Paw   Paw  Christian    Church, 
"Wabash  County,  Indiana,  August  11,  1897. 
President— Judge  O.  W.  Whitelock,  Huntington,  Ind. 
Secretary— Rev .  J.  W.  Bolton,  Bluttton,  Indiana. 

MINI8TEB8    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Abbott,  N  H,  Mt.  ^tna,  Indiana 
Amber,  Joseph,  Urbana,  Indiana 
Atkinson,  D  B,  Muncie,  Indiana 
Bolton,  J  W,  BluHton,  Indiana 
Boswell,  D  S,  Swayzee,  Indiana 
Fannin,  Jesse,  North  Manchester,  Indiana 
Fowler,  D  W,  Wabash,  Indiana 
Freeman,  Riley,  Urbana,  Indiana 
Gloyd,  George  W,  Kimmell,  Indiana 
Hidy,  David,  North  Manchester,  Indiana 
Jones,  D  W,,Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana 
Kimball,  U,  Montpelier,  Indiana 
Manville,  W  S,  Valparaiso,  Indiana 
Markley,  J  J,  Murray,  Indiana 
Marks,  C  H,  North  Webster,  Indiana 
Marks,  Levi,  North  Webster,  Indiana 
McGinnis,  D  A,  Mt.  Etna,  Indiana 
Miller,  J  W,  Sidney,  Indiana 
Miller,  V  R,  Goshen,  Indiana 
Mosure,  Frank,  Veracruz,  Indiana 
Parker,  W  G,  Goshen,  Indiana 
Purdue,  Wm,  Warren,  Indiana 
Rheubottom,  M  G,  Wakarusa,  Indiana 
Rittenhouse.  Jacob,  Ligonier,  Indiana 
Rittgers,  J  M,  Huntington,  Indiana 
Robinson,  Eliza,  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana 
Samuel,  W  D,  Covington,  Ohio 
Stuart,  W,  North  Manchester,  Indiana 
Tarr,  C  C,  Ely,  Indiana 
Tompkins,  Mrs  M  A,  Elkhart,  Indiana 
Vandevere,  Mattie,  Marion,  Indiana 
Whitman,  Thomas,  South  Whitley,  Indiana 
Winebrenner,  Peter,  Merriain,  Indiana 
Wood,  J  A,  Huntington,  Indiana 
Young,  W  J,  Wakarusa,  Indiana 


CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— W  E  Schroll,  Servia,  Indiana 

Bellville — Minnie  Hart,  Warren,  Indiana 

Bluflfton— Alice  Gettle,  Bluflton,  Indiana 

Broadway— Samuel  Ohlwine,  Cromwell,  Indiana 

Buenavista— Ella  Hall,  Linngrove,  Indiana 

Clear  Creek— J  B  Miller,  Huntington,  Indiana 

CoUamer— Nettie  Gofl,  Collamer,  Indiana 

Dunfee— Thomas  D  Watson,  Dunfee,  Indiana 

Eel  River— W  H  Brubaker,  South  Whitley,  Indiana 

Goshen — C  J  Swart,  Goshen,  Indiana 

Huntington — Mattie  Thomas,  Huntington,  Indiana 

Kelso— George  W  Gill,  Majenica,  Indiana  ^ 

Leesburg — W  H  Clay,  Leesburg,  Indiana 

Liberty  Union — J  T  Mossburg,  Ely,  Indiana 

Marion— Wm  Miles,  Marion,  Indiana 

Markle — 

Merriam- T  M  Ott,  Merriam,  Indiana 

Millersburg — A  J  Mays,  Millershurg,  Indiana 

Millwood— J  Whiteleather,  Millwood,  Indiana 

Murray— B  F  Nash,  Murray,  Indiana 

New  Madison— J  M  Poust,  Servia,  Indiana 

North  Manchester— M  Kannard,  N.  Manchester,  Ind. 

North  Union— May  Click,  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana 

North  Webster— C  Huber,  North  Webster,  Indiana 

Olivet — A  Kate  May,  Linwood,  Indiana 

Paw  Paw — Samuel  Amber,  Urbana,  Indiana 

Pleasant  Grove — J  H  Siminton,    North    Manchester, 

Indiana 
Pleasant  Hill  (Wells  Co)— J  W  Bock,  Warren.  Indiana 
Pleasant  Hill  (Noble Co) — Emma  Jarrett,  Wawaka,  Ind 
Plumtree— W  P  Hubartt,  Plumtree,  Indiana 
.Salamonia — 

Sidney — W  Messimore,  Sidney,  Indiana 
Six  Mile — F  Mosure,  Veracruz,  Indiana 
South  Liberty — 

Sparta— Lizzie  Whirledge,  Kimmell,  Indiana 
Spring  Hill— J  Growcock,  Ligonier,  Indiana 
Swayzee — C  G  Pence,  Swayzee,  Indiana 
Thorn  Creek— Jacob  Fisher,  Columbia  City,  Indiana 
Union — Lewis  Bayman,  Collamer,  Indiana 
Wakarusa— D  V  Werntz,  Wakarusa,  Indiana 
Warren — J  H  Thompson,  Warren,  Indiana 
Waterford — Lydia  Rich.ards,  Waterford,  Indiana 
Xenia — 


Rev.  C.  J.  Jones,  D.D.,  ( Miami,  Ohio,  Conference. ) 

Pastor  Christian  Church. 

Marion,  Indiana. 


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Northwestern  Indiana  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  West. ) 

The  Northwestern  Indiana  Christian  Conference  was 
formerly  known  ag  the  Tippecanoe  Christian  Confer- 
ence, and  was  organized  August  31,  1844,  at  Mount 
Pleasant,  Cass  County,  Indiana.  The  ministers  and 
churches  composing  this  conference  formerly  com- 
posed the  northern  division  of  what  was  then  known  as 
the  Colecreek  Christian  Conference.  There  were  five 
ordained  and  two  unordained  mmisters  and  fifteen 
churches  in  this  first  session  of  the  Tippecanoe  Chris- 
tian Conference. 

The  name  was  changed  to  Northwestern  Indiana 
Christian  Conference  at  the  session  held  at  Argos. 
Indiana,  August  8,  1879,  at  which  time  the  present 
constitution  was  adopted.  The  articles  of  incorpora- 
tion were  placed  on  record  in  Cass  County,  Indiana, 
August  12,  1880. 

Next  session  at  Deercreek  Church,  Cass  County, 
Indiana,  on  Wednesday  before  the  second  Sunday  in 
August,  1897. 

President — Rev.  S.  McNeely,  Tiosa,  Indiana. 

Secretary — Rev.  A.  L.  West,  Loijansport,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Brown,  Mrs  Sarah  A,  Elwood,  Indiana 

Calvin,  S  O,  Greentown,  Indiana 

Campbell,  Joseph,  Hopedale,  Indiana 

Capron,  Rev,  Pulaski,  Indiana 

Coplen,  E,  Rochester,  Indiana 

Corey,  D  L,  Tipton,  Indiana 

Dunfee,  Joseph,  Tiosa,  Indiana 

Dykeman,  G  P,  Anoka,  Indiana 

Feece,  Wm,  Monterey,  Indiana 

Ford,  Samuel,  Pulaski,  Indiana 

Gates,  L,  Ft.  Dodge,  Iowa 

Greer,  J  G,  Loco,  Indiana 

Heflin,  Wm,  Deercreek,  Indiana 

Jackman,  Taylor,  Kokomo,  Indiana 

Jones,  E,  Beard,  Indiana 

Kobb,  J  R,  Center,  Indiana 

Ludders,  J  E.  New  Waverly,  Indiana 

McNeely,  S,  Tiosa,  Indiana 

Melson,  B  A,  Tipton,  Indiana 

Miller,  Abraham,  Curveton,  Indiana 

Piatt,  A  L,  Sitka,  Indiana 

Reed,  Wm  R,  Argos,  Indiana 

Rhinehart,  Wm  J,  Pulaski,  Indiana 

Rupe,  J  C,  Argos,  Indiana 

Strickland,  C  V,  Huntington,  Indiana 

Strickland,  Mrs  M  A.  Huntington,  Indiana 

Vance,  J  W,  Argos,  Indiana 

Vanness,  F,  Tipton,  Indiana 

West,  A  L,  Logansport,  Indiana 

West,  K  E.  Kokomo,  Indiana 

Wiley,  Geo  W,  Logansport,  Indiana 

Winegardner,  W  S,  Fulton,  Indiana 

Winegardner,  W  Y,  Logansport,  Indiana 


CHnRCHEe,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Argos— E  W  Hess,  Argos,  Indiana 

Bloomingsburg — R  D  Meredith,  Bloomingsburg,  Ind 

Buflalo— A  G  Coonrod,  Buffalo,  Indiana 

Burrows — Mrs  Mary  Sender,  Burrows,  Indiana 

Cedar  Lake — Nelson  Conner,  Winona,  Indiana 

Crooked  Creek— James  Grwy,  Royal  Center,  Indiana 

Deercreek — L  F  Murphy,  Galveston,  Indiana 

Eel  River — E  G  Gallahan,  Peru,  Indiana 

(■Jreentown — H  C  Applegate,  Greentown,  Indiana 

Hickory  Grove — F  Million,  Delphi,  Indiana 

Indian  Creek — Samuel  Kochel,  Star  City,  Indiana 

Keeps  Creek — John  Hines,  Burrows,  Indiana 

Kokomo — A  L  Vickery,  Kokomo,  Indiana 

Mt.  Zion — Mattie  Taylor,  Walton,  Indiana 

New  Waverly— Arrie  Ferguson,  New  Waverly,  Ind 

Oakland^W  G  Cooper,  Burlington,  Indiana 

Ora— Wm  Truax,  Ora,  Indiana 

Pipe  Creek— Amos  Helvie.  Anoka,  Indiana 

Rock  Creek  Valley — W  L  Small,  Logansport,  Indiana 

Shiloh — Etta  Bussard,  Logansport,  Indiana 

Summit  View — C  M  Bennett,  Argos,  Indiana 

Thomas  Chapel — W  H  Haslett,  Ockley,  Indiana 

Tiosa- M  A  Ralston,  Tio.'a,  Indiana 

Tippecanoe— S  B  Ford,  Pulaski,  Indiana 

Tipton — Cordia  Melson,  Tipton,  Indiana 

Twelvemile — Levi  Mans,  Twelvemile,  Indiana 

West  Sonora  — Wm  J  Brown,  Deercreek,  Indiana 

West  Union — M  M  Heiland.  Winamac,  Indiana 

Young  America — S  J  Beck,  Young  America,  Indiana 


Cheistian  Church,  Marion,  Indiana,  (Eel  River 
Conference.)  Rev.  C.  J.  Jones,  D.D.,  Pastor. 


North  Missouri  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  DeWeese.) 

The  North  Missouri  Christian  Conference  was  or- 
ganized December  17,  1867.  at  the  Fairview  School 
House,  Linn  County,  Missouri,  by  Elder  John  Davis 
and  Elder  John  A.  Killen,  assisted  by  J.  W.  Rooks 
and  B.  F.  Scott,  delegates  from  Black  Oak  Grove 
Church,  and  T.  W.  Moody,  delegate  from  Fairview 
Church. 

Next  session  at  the  Bethlehem  Church,  Carroll 
County,  Mo.,  September,  1897. 

President — Rev.  W.  T.  Cundifl,  Laredo,  Missouri. 

Secretary— Rby.C.  DeWeese,  Indiangrove,  Missouri. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Adkins,  J  B,  Wakenda,  Mi.osouri 
Bradshaw,  J  A,  Unionville.  Missouri 
Collier,  S  D,  Xenia,  Missouri 
Cundiff,  W  T,  Laredo,  Missouri 
Davis,  John,  Laredo,  Missouri 
DeWeese,  C,  Indiangrove,  Missouri 
Duckworth,  E  T,  Lowground,  Missouri 
Golden,  A  J,  Greenleaf,  Missouri 
Hessenflow,  F  E,  Farmersville,  Missouri 
Jennings,  N  L,  Seymour,  Iowa 
Johnson,  J  S,  Chiliicothe,  Missouri 
Johnson,  J  W,  Chillicothe,  Missouri 
Meeker,  B  F,  Laredo,  Missouri 
Miller,  T  W,  Halfrock,  Missouri 
Perry,  H,  Dewitt,  Missouri 
Stephenson,  J  W,  Nodaway,  Mi.^souri 
Summers,  S  P,  Unionville,  Missouri 
Sweet,  T,  Dewitt,  Missouri 
Thomas,  A  A.  Fairfield,  Iowa 
Webster,  C  W,  Gait,  Missouri 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bethlehem— Morton  Adkins,  Wakenda,  Missouri 
Beulah— Thomas  Dodson,  Pennville,  Missouri 
Clarksdale — B  H  Morton,  Clarksdale,  Missouri 
Craig  S  H— Mrs  A  Shindhelm,  Dewitt,  Missouri 
Indian  Grove- J  T  May,  Indiangrove,  Missouri 
Long  Branch- Mrs  Adaline  Cox,  Keytesville,  Missouri 
Monarch — Enos  Smiiher,  Nodaway,  Missouri 
Mt.  Harmony— H  E  Hanel,  Unionville,  Missouri 
Pleasanthill— J  A  Claypole,  Laredo,  Missouri 
Pleasantridge— Minerva  Fife,  Unionville,  Missouri 
Pleasant  Valley — Joseph  Bittiker,  Dewitt,  Missouri 
Prairie  View— J  M  Border,  Xenia,  Missouri 
Rockford— E  G  Doherty,  Chillicothe,  Missouri 
St.  Joseph— F  H  Thomas,  Voris,  Missouri 
Turkey  Creek— J  H  Wright,  Breckenridge,  Missouri 
Turtle  Bend— L  Walters,  Norville,  Missouri 
Welcome  Home— Mrs  L  E  Hatfield,  Lowground,  Mo 


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John  Akkeman,  Esc^.,  Herring,  Ohio, 
President  Northwestern  Ohio  Conference. 


Northwestern  Ohio  Conference. 

(  Rppoi  ted  by  Secretary  Mell.) 

President— John  Akermsn,  Hprring,  Ohio. 
Sfcret'iry — Rev.  G.  R.  Mell,  Spencerville,  Ohio. 

MtNISTEBS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bell,  SA,  Quinoy,  Ohio 
Brav.  C  A,  (jroverhill,  Ohio 
BraV,  W  O,  Groverhtll,  Ohio 
BushoBg,  John,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 
Chapman,  J  M,  Delphos,  Ohio 
Deck,  W  N,  Bryan,  Ohio 
Fawcett,  I  M.  Columtus  Grove,  Ohio 
Foliz,  G  W,  De.shler,  Ohio 
Gander,  Leu  is,  Vaughnsville,  Ohio 
Garner,  C  A,  West  Cairo,  Ohio 
Garner,  G  H,  Portland,  Indiana 
Good,  N  C,  Defiance,  Ohio 
Hager,  J  S,  Junction,  Ohio 
Haucp,  C  J,  Spencerville,  Ohio 
Heston,  Thomas,  Degrafl,  Ohio 
Hunt,  E  E,  Dupont,  Ohio 
Iden,  Alpheus,  Dawn,  Ohio 
Jenkins.  Levi,  Mulhall,  Oklahoma 
Leonard,  A,  Groverhill.  Ohio 
Lep'ey,  Daniel,  Lima,  Ohio 
Lobaugh,  C  V,  Continental,  Ohio 
Lobaugh,  Daniel,  Dupont,  Ohio 
Lundy,  W  L,  Buckeye  City.  Ohio 
Mansfield,  T  H,  Defiance,  Ohio 
Mavis,  S  A,  Rice,  Ohio 
McCague,  Freemont,  Arthur,  Ohio 
McClond.  N  S,  Dunkirk,  Ohio 
Mell,  G  R,  Spencprville,  Ohio 
Noft.singer,  A,  Rimer,  Ohio 
Oakley,  H  M,  Groverhill,  Ohio 
Richardson,  Wm,  Timberville,  Ohio 
Riggle,  G  H,  MillerCity,  Ohio 
Rimer,  W  C,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 
Rogers,  J  H,  Antwerp,  Ohio 
Short,  G  W  D,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 
Slane.  J  M,  Wetsel,  Ohio 
Smith,  S  E,  Dupont,  Ohio 
Thompson,  W  H,  Sidney,  Ohio 
Tingle,  J  F,  Defiance,  Ohio 


Todd,  N  C,  Defiance,  Ohio 
Tracy,  C  A,  Lakeview,  Ohio 
Tucker,  B  F,  Bloom  Center,  Ohio 
Wooley,  Wm,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 

CHUBCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Ada— Jessie  Rogers,  Ada,  Ohio 

An.'^onia — E  Riggle,  Ansonia,  Ohio 

Antioch— S  Harper,  Ottoville,  Ohio 

Antwerp— J  H  Rogers,  Antwerp,  Ohio 

Bethel— J  H  McCague,  Arthur,  Ohio 

Bethlehem— S  E  Helner,  Harrod,  Ohio 

Blanchard— E  H  Johnson,  Dunkirk,  Ohio 

Cherry  Grove— T  H  Graham,  South  Warsaw,  Ohio 

Colum^lUS  Grove— W  H  Eversole,  Columbus  Grove,  O 

Delphos— J  M  Chapman,  Delphos,  Ohio 

Dupont— W  H  Smith,  Dupont,  Ohio 

Flat  Rock— C  V  Lobaugh,  Dupont,  Ohio 

Harrod— A  Harrod,  Harrod,  Ohio 

Hartford— R  Brooks,  Spencerville,  Ohio 

Lafayette— F  M  Thayer,  Herring,  Ohio 

Liberty — C  Snapp,  Jackson  Center,  Ohio 

Loganville — W  C  Carpenter,  Loganville,  Ohio 

Manville — J  S  Parrot,  Antwerp,  Ohio 

Maple  Grove— I  H  Bert,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 

McDonald— B  Holt,  Jumbo.  Ohio 

Middle  Creek— G  W  Gillispie,  Groverhill,  Ohio 

Middle  River— J  Burkholder,  Delphos,  Ohio 

Millar  City— G  H  Ruggle,  MillerCity,  Ohio 

Mt.  Zion— A  Donaldson.  Rice,  Ohio 

Muchinippi — L  Hand,  Bloom  Center,  Ohio 

New  Bethany— G  W  Carrell,  Roselms,  Ohio 

New  Richland— Charles  Walter,  New  Richland,  Ohio 

Oak  Grove— W  B  English,  Wapakoneta,  Ohio 

Olive  Branch ,  Convoy,  Ohio. 

<  (ttflwa  River— B  F  Seitz,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 
Pleasant  Valley— J  Buric,  Scott,  Ohio 
Rose  Hill— Geo  Hostler,  Paulding,  Ohio 
Sixmile — I  Laymon,  Reid,  Ohio 
South  Pulaski— J  A  Holt,  Bryan,  Ohio 
Spencerville— S  L  Fryer,  Spencerville,  Ohio 
St.  Johns— C  Martin,  St  Johns,  Ohio 
Teegarden— O  F  Bennett,  Union  City,  Ohio 
Twomile— J  H  Hastings,  Wapakoneta,  Ohio 
Vaughnsville— J  M  Cratty,  Vaughnsville.  Ohio 
We.st  Cairo— D  DT'omas,  West  Cairo,  Ohio 
West  Union- J  Locherage,  Southworth,  Ohio 
White  Feather    G  W  Harshbergpr,  MeCartyville,  O 


Rev.  G.  R.  Mell,  Spencerville,  Ohio, 
Secretary  Northwestern  Ohio  (Jonference. 


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Rev.  G.  B.  Garner,  Portland,  Indiana. 
(  Northwestern  Ohio  Conference  ) 


Rev.  C.  a.  Garner,  West  Cairo,  Ohio. 
( Northwestern  Ohio  Conference. ) 


Rev.  C.  J.  Hance,  Spencerville,  Ohio. 
(  Northwestern  Ohio  Conference. ) 


Eastern  Kansas  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Carter. ) 
Next  session  at  Pleasant  Valley  Church,  Wilson 

County,  Kansas,  October  8,  1897,  at  7  : 30  o'clock  p.m. 
President— J .  H.  Vliet,  Ward,  Kansas. 
Secretary  ~^l.  L.  Carter,  Vilas,  Kansas. 
ministers  and  addresses. 

Allison,  Alfred,  (Jhetopa,  Kansas 

Allison,  James,  Chetopa,  Kansas 

Hooe,  J  S,  (Columbus.  Kansas 

( 'oats,  Daniel,  Thayer,  Kansas 

Combs,  W  N.  Ridmont,  Oklahoma 

Darnall,  T  C,  Chetopa,  Kansas 

Davis,  P  D,  Galesburg,  Kansas 

(Trierson.  W  F,  Parsons,  Kansas 

Hess,  J  W,  Columbus.  Kansas 

llolman,  Thomas,  Tulsa,  Indian  Territory 

•I ones,  Oscar,  Columbus,  Kansas 

Kellison,  A  D,  Madison,  Kansas 

King.  A  A,  Elm  City,  Kansas 

Masters,  J  L,  Coiieyville,  Kansas 

Masters,  J  S,  Fredonia,  Kansas 

AlcMurray,  A  A,  Madison,  Kansas 

Reed,  A,  Redfield,  Kansas 

Roberds,  E,  Burlington,  Kansas 

Sicks,  Jacob,  Indopendeiice,  Kansas 

('ague,  .John,  Columbus,  Kansas 

Verden,  P  L,  Autumwa,  Kansas 

Waymire,  Jacob,  Columbus,  Kansas 

Wilkins,  L,  Witchita,  Kansas 

churches,  clerks,  and  addresses. 
Central— Alice  Ne%vton,  Independence,  Kansas 
Kim  City— Hattie  Maxson,  Ehn  City,  Kansas 
First  Christian— Mary  Tague,  ('olumbus,  Kansas 
Highland — E  S  Baker,  Dexter,  Kansas 
Lane— E  L  Frame,  Lano,  Kansas 
Mt.  Pleasant- Lincoln  Martindale,  Burlington,  Kan 
M.t.  Zion— Sallie  Masters,  Fredonia,  Kansas 
Pleasant  Valley— Nellie  Ogden,  Earlton,  Kansas 

Sand  Ridge— Viola  Maraigm, ,  Kansas 

Shaw  Creek- Mrs  J  E  Bradfield,  Verdigris,  Kansas 


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North  Carolina  (Colored)  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Long. ) 
Next  session  at  Franklinton,  North  Carolina,  Wed- 
nesday, November  17,  1897. 

President— Rev.  William  Williams,  617  Blount  Street, 
Raleigh,  North  Carolina. 

Secretary— Rev.  H,  E.  Long,  Franklinton,  North  Car- 
olina. 

MINI8TEB8   AND   ADDBESSE8. 

Albright,  S  W,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina 
Alexander,  P  R,  Palmer  Springs,  Virginia 
Allen,  Wm,  Bangor,  North  Carolina 
Allen,  John,  Mt.  Energy,  North  Carolina 
Alston,  C  J 

Alston,  fl  S,  Epson,  North  Carolina 
Arrington,  David,  Graham,  North  Carolina 
Ash,  J  A,  Laurel,  North  Carolina 
Atwaters,  A,  Belvoy,  Virginia 
Baldwin,  H  B,  Apex,  North  Carolina 
Bird,  Adora,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Boskerville,  H  S,  Manson,  North  Carolina 
Boyd,  I,  Cary,  North  Carolina 
Brown,  T,  Gary,  North  Carolina 
Bullock,  E,  Middleburg,  North  Carolina 
Bullock,  T,  Nutbush,  North  Carolina 
Coleman,  Solomon,  Kelts,  Virginia 
Core,  J  C,  Keyser,  North  Carolina 
Dagger,  W  fl,  Oxford,  North  Carolina 
Duke,  G  W,  Ridgeway,  North  Carolina 
Dunn,  G  W,  Graham,  North  Carolina 
Goode,  Samuel,  Aberdeen,  North  Carolina 
Green,  R,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Harden,  M  D,  Graham,  North  Carolina 
Henderson,  James  A,  Woodworth,  North  Carolina 
Hester,  M  M,  Durham,  North  Carolina 
Hinnart,  J  W,  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina 
HoUaway,  A  J,  Manson,  North  Carolina 
Horton,  W  H,  Boyett,  North  Carolina 
Jiggetts,  J  J,  Palmer  Springs,  Virginia 
Johnson,  R  D,  Southern  Pines,  North  Carolina 
Kearney,  R  K,  Franklinton,  North  Carolina 
Kint,  John,  Holly  Springs,  North  Carolina 
Levister,  T  J,  Greensboro,  North  Carolina 
Llggons,  A  D,  Holly  Springs,  North  Carolina 
Mabrey,  J  H,  Cary,  North  Carolina 
Marsh,  Wm,  Lindhurst,  North  Carolina 
Mayo,  Wm,  Bangor,  North  Carolina 
McBroom,  J  H,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina 
McCoy,  Wm,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Meadows,  J,  Mt.  Energy,  North  Carolina 
Onslow,  Jacob,  Wilmmt;ton,  North  Carolina 
Petty,  Jerry,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Pretty,  Robert,  Harpsboro,  North  Carolina 
Ray,  C  W,  Stainbaok,  North  Carolina 
Ray,  J  N,  Franklinton,  North  Carolina 
Reid,  E  S,  Woodworth,  North  Carolina 
RufBn,  L  A,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Smith,  Geo,  Newhill,  North  Carolina 
Trollinger,  James,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina 
Watkins,  A  W,  Ridgeway,  North  Carolina 
Whitaker,  R  T,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Whitaker,  Simpson,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Williams,  B  J,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Williams,  W  B,  Burlington,  North  Carolina 
Williams,  Wm,  617  Blount  Street,  Raleigh,  N  C 
Young,  B,  Middleburg,  North  Carolina 

CHUECHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Archie  Grove— Jordan  Isley,  Stainback,  North  Carolina 

Berea — 

Blossom  Grove— D  C  Mangum,  Creedmoor,  N  C 

Burches  Chapel— A  J  Holoway.  Manson,  N  C 

Cary  Church — Richard  Jones,  Cary,  North  Carolina 

Cedar  Grove— Elizer  Bishop,  Town  Creek,  N  C 

Cedar  Hill— Murry  Williams,  Wilmington,  N  C 

Childrens  Chapel— P  D  Everett,  Graham,  N  C 

Childrens  Chapel — 

Christian  Antioch— E  P  Jefferson,  Woodworth,  NC 

Christian — Cornelia  Williams,  Kusha  Willow,  Va 

Christian  Chapel— High  Rogers,  Newhill.  N  C 

Christian  Hope— Cain  Jenkins,  Nelson,  N  C 

Ebenezer- L  L  Cellers.  Burlington.  North  Carolina 

Frankligton  Church— H  F  Mayfield,  Franklinton,  N  C    | 


Greensboro  Mission— John  Harris,  Greensboro,  N  C 
Green  Lewel— W  H  Hester,  Hawriver.  N  C 
Hawfield— Henry  Rogers,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina 
Island  Hill— Lewis  Terry.  Woburn,  North  Carolina 
Jerusalem— Jas  Wright,  Palmer  Springs,  Virginia 
Kinches  Chapel— S  W  Jones,  Franklinton,  N  C 
Lees — 

Lewis  Chapel — Monroe  Jones, 
Little  Creek- 
Maple  Temple— A  B  Alston,  Raleigh,  N  C 
Mebane  Mission- 

Mt.  Zion— E  J  Marrow,  Williamsburg,  North  Carolina 
New  Bethel— Barney  Whitly,  Harpsboro,  N  C 
Oak  Level— Cora  Laws,  Rogers  Store,  N  C 
Oak  Level— T  S  Bullock,  Manson,  North  Carolina 
O'Kelly— 

Pages  Chapel— Lucius  Jones,  Cary,  North  Carolina 
Pleasant  Grove— Sherman  Jones,  Morrisville.  N  C 
Pleasant  Hill— A  L  McLean,  Holly  Springs,  N  C 
Pleasant  Union — R  S  Harp,  Rogers  Store,  N  C 
Popes  Chapel— Henrietta  Grissom,  Franklinton,  N  C 
Poplar  Spring— Geo  Reddiek,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
Red  Hill— N  L  Watson,  Archer  Lodge,  North  Carolina 
Roanoke  Chapel— Robt  Jiggetts,  Palmer  Springs,  Va 
Rocky  Branch— Guilford  Wilder,  Meeksville.  N  C 
Rocky  Springs— S  Daniels,  Grissom,  North  Carolina 
Rowland  Chapel — 

St.  Andrew — S  P  Kearney,  Henderson,  North  Carolina 
St.  Delight— J  W  Clifton,  Royal,  North  Carolina 
St.  John— John  Ratclif,  Hoffman,  North  Carolina 
St.  Lewis — Rosa  Lewis,  Wilmington,  North  Carolina 
St.  Luke— David  Williams.  Oxford,  North  Carolina 
St.  Paul— I  B  Bullock,  Middleburg,  North  Carolina 
Tar  River  Union — 

Union  Chapel — Y  S  Turner,  Unionridge,  N  C 
Wesley  Chapel— Leora  Morris,  Lindhurst,  N  C 
White  Grove — S  W  Rowlett,  Ridgeway,  North  Carolina 
Williams  Chapel — 

Youngsville  Chapel— Gertrude  Baker,  Youngsville,  N  C 
Youngs  Chapel — 
Zion  Hill- 

Indiana  State  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Atkinson.) 

A  meeting  preliminary  to  its  organization  was 
held  in  Marion,  July  28,  1877.  A  plan  of  organiza- 
tion was  adopted  and  arrangements  made  for  a 
meeting  to  be  held  at  Cassville,  October  24, 1877. 
At  this  session  a  constitution  was  adopted. 

Its  purpose  is  to  secure  a  more  thorough  coopera- 
tion among  the  ministers,  churches,  and  confer- 
ences, to  inaugurate  and  prosecute  missionary 
work,  to  foster  the  cause  of  education,  and  to  en- 
courage all  our  denominational  enterprises. 

The  work  of  the  State  Conference  is  in  charge  of 
the  department  secretaries,  as  follows  :  Education, 
Rov.  L.  J.  Aldrich,  D.D.,  Merom,  Indiana  ;  Missions^ 
Rev.  D.  Powell,  Wingate,  Indiana ;  Publications, 
Rev.  D.  O.  Coy,  Taylorsville,  Indiana ;  Sunday 
Schools,  Rev.  A.  L,  West,  Logansport,  Indiana ;. 
Good  Citizenship,  Rev.  Clarence  Defur,  Stewarts, 
ville,  Indiana ;  Endeavor,  Rev.  D.  B.  Atkinson- 
Muncie,  Indiana ;  Finance,  Rev.  C.  V.  Strickland, 
Huntington,  Indiana. 

The  State  Conference  is  composed  of  tlie  following- 
local  conferences :  Western,  Northwestern,  Miami 
Reserve,  Central,  Bible  Union,  Southern  Indiana 
and  Illinois,  Eastern,  and  Eel  River.  It  includes  25t> 
ministers,  and  268  churches,  having  a  total  mem- 
bership of  26,800.  The  reports  received  show  a  total 
expenditure  of  $24,525  for  building  and  repairing- 
church  property  the  past  year. 

The  last  session  was  held  in  the  First  Christian 
Church  of  Lebanon.  Indiana,  October  26-29,  1896.. 
At  this  session  the  following  officers  were  elected  : 

President- Rev.  W.  D.  Samuel,  Covington,  Ohio. 

Vice-Presideyit—Ilev.  C.  A.  Brown,  Lebanon,  Ind- 

Secretary— Rev.  D.  B.  Atkinson.  Muncie,  Indiana. 

Treasurer— M.T.  S.  M.  Atkinson,  Lebanon,  Indiana 


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Iowa  State  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Smith.) 
Organized  1872. 

OFFICERS  FOK  1897. 

J'resident—'H.  P.  demons,  Clemons,  Iowa. 

Fice- President— Rev.  T.  W.  Howard,  Wiiiterset,Ia. 

Secretary — Rev.  W.  C.  Smith,  Albion,  Iowa. 

Treasurer — E.  B.  Frost,  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

Secretary  Education — B.  W.  Stoddard,  Legrand, 
Iowa ;  Secretary  of  Missions,  Ora  P.  Godley,  Le- 
grand, Iowa  ;  Secretary  of  Sunday-schools,  Rev.  A. 
R.  Creger,  Truro,  Iowa  ;  Christian  Endeavor,  Carrie 
Lynn,  Orient,  Iowa. 

Trustees  of  Conference — Rev.  Melissa  Terrell, 
Forest  Home,  Iowa:  Elijah  Hawk,  Martinsburg, 
Iowa ;  Frank  Bratt,  Legrand,  Iowa. 

Trustees  of  Legrand  Christian  College — A.  S. 
Lynn,  Orient,  Iowa ;  Rev.  D.  M.  Helfinstine,  Le- 
grand, Iowa ;  E.  B.  Frost,  Marshalltown,  Iowa ;  A. 
H.  Welker,  Legrand,  Iowa;  Rev.  Frank  Coffin,  Le- 
grand, Iowa. 

Church  Extension  Society— Tresident,  Rev.  W.  B. 
Golden,  Truro,  Iowa  ;  Secretary,  Rev.  W.  C.  Smith, 
Albion,  Iowa ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Grace 
Houlette,  Winterset,  Iowa ;  Treasurer,  Rev.  Frank 
Coffin,  Legrand,  Iowa. 


North  Carolina   and    Virginia   Con= 
ference. 

( Reported  by  Secretary  Holt. ) 
Next  session  on  Tuesday  after  the  third  Sunday  in 
November,  1897. 
President— B.ev.  P.  T.  Klapp,  Elon  College,  N.  C. 
Secretary— Rev.  J.  W.  Holt,  Burlington,  N.  C. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Apple,  Solomon.  Semora,  North  Carolina 

Atkinson,  J  O,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Barnes,  J  W,  Omaha,  Texas 

Garden,  J  S,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Dawson,  T  B,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Fonville,  J  W,  Big  Falls,  North  Carolina 

Ford,  W  H,  Asheville,  North  Carolina 

Fulton,  H  C,  White  Road,  North  Carolina 

Herndon,  W  T,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Hines,  H  L.  Atlanta,  Georgia 

Holt,  J  W,  Burlington,  North  Carolina 

Isely,  A  F,  Shallowford,  North  Carolina 

Klapp,  P  T,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Klapp,  S  B,  Virgilina,  Virginia 

Pinnix,  J  W,  Kernersville.  North  Carolina 

Rogers,  W  A,  Weimar.  Texas 

Strowd,  T  W,  Unionridge,  North  Carolina 

Wellons,  J  W,  Durham,  North  Carolina 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Apple  Chapel— Z  Christman,  Jr,  Liberty  Store,  N  C 
Belews  Creek — V  O  Roberson,  Bi^lewcreek,  N  C 
Bethel— L  H  Walker,  Anderson,  North  Carolina 
Bethlehem— L  D  Rippey,  Altamahaw.  North  Carolina 
Big  Falls— J  C  McAdams,  Big  Falls,  North  Carolina 
Concord — Jas  H  Jackson,  Cherryurove,  N  C 
Durham— R  Kelley,  l)urham.  North  Carolina 
Elon  College— G  W  Liukle,  Elon  College,  N  C 
Goshen  Chapel— Sallie  N  Gill,  Berea,  North  Carolina 
Happy  Home— J  W  Foster,  Oregon,  North  Carolina 
Hawriver— H  V  Simpson.  Hawriver,  North  Carohna 
Hebron — J  W  Winfree,  Virgilina,  Virginia 
Hines  Chapel — W  A  Heath,  Greensboro,  N  C 
Howards  Chapel — W  B  Madison,  Wentworth,  N  0 
Ingram— Wellons  Boyd,  Stebbins,  Virginia 
Kallum  Grove— D  F  Wilson,  Bason,  North  Carolina 
Lebanon— Dora  Covington,  Semora,  North  Carolina 
Lexington — Walter  Koonee,  Lexington,  N  C 
Longs  Chapel — W  J  Fitch,  McCray,  North  Carolina 
Mt.  Bethel— D  I  Cummings,  Bason,  North  Carolina 
Mt.  Zion — Mrs  Mary.Bradley,  Pleasantgrove,  N  C 
Pleasant  Grove — C  A  Weatherford,  Sora,  Virginia 
Pleasant  Ridge — J  H  Barker,  Sumraerfield,  N  C 
Sage  Garden— John  A  Holder,  Kernersville,  N  C 


Salem  Chapel— I  D  Dalton,  Salem  Chapel,  N  C 
Shallowford— W  D  Walker,  Burlington,  N  C 
South  Boston — J  A  Ruse,  South  Boston,  Virginia 
Union  (  N  C)— J  D  Wilkins,  Unionridge.  N  C 
Union  ( Va) — W  H  Averett,  Virgilina,  Virginia 


Kentucky  (First)  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Yazel. ) 
Next  session  at  Elbethel  Church,  September  9,  1897. 
President— Rev.  J.  P.  Selsor,  Foxport,  Kentucky. 
Secretary — Rev.  S.   H.    Yazel,    Plummers    Landing, 
Kentucky. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Abbott,  I  W,  Locustridge,  Ohio 

Boothby,  N  C,  Foxport,  Kentucky 

Burns,  G  W,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 

Gallon,  S  J,  Wiggonsville,  Ohio 

Golvell,  Samuel,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky 

Gonley,  R  B,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 

Evans,  W  L,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 

Gray,  Marshall,  Fernleaf,  Kentucky 

Hedges,  W  W,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky 

Hobbs,  William,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 

Howe,  Wm,  Muses  Mills,  Kentucky 

Hurst,  A  P,  Muses  Mills.  Kentucky 

Jourdan,  Joseph,  Wesleyville.  Kentucky 

Jourdan,  Lonzo,  Vancetiuig,  Kentucky 

Logan,  F  M,  Quincy,  Kentucky 

Logan,  James,  Quincy,  Kentucky 

Loper,  W  J  V,  Quincy,  Kentucky 

McChase,  John,  Mouth  of  Laurel,  Kentucky 

McClease,  A  I,  Ryan,  Kentucky 

Meadows,  T  H,  Muses  Mills,  Kentucky 

Prather,  John  H,  Manchester,  Ohio 

Richardson,  G  E,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 

Riley,  William,  Stone,  Kentucky 

Sanders,  I  H,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky 

Scott,  I  S,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 

Selsor,  J  P,  Foxport,  Kentucky 

Shoemate,  Thomas,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 

Staggs,  G  W,  Smiths  Creek,  Kentucky 

Sullivan,  John,  Garter,  Kentucky 

Thacker,  Sherman,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 

Thacker,  Z  T,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky 

Tumlen,  James,  Washington,  Kentucky 

Upton,  G  N,  Crum',  Kentucky 

Wallace,  Jacob,  Williamsburg,  Ohio 

Yazel,  G  C,  Plumville,  Kentucky 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Alcorn — W  J  V  Loper,  Quincy,  Kentucky 
Antioch—Linza  Jourdan,  Wesleyville,  Kentucky 
Beechgrove — Emma  Richardson,  Vanceburg,  Ky 
Beechgrove^John  Richardson,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 
Beechwood— Henry  Arnal,  Mt  Carmel,  Kentucky 
Bethel— G  W  Jourdan,  Wesleyville,  Kentucky 
Black  Jack— William  Falkner,  Crum,  Kentucky 
Blankenship— Thos  Blankenship,  Mouth  of  Laurel,  Ky 
Boon  Turnas— Robt  Lower,  South  Mills,  Kentucky 
Cedar  Leaf— Carl  Hilterbean,  Manchester,  Ohio 
Clarksburg — Amel  Carrington,  Foxport,  Kentucky 
Glearfork— Albert  Littleton,  MuBson,  Kentucky 
Grain  Creek — J  S  Plummer,  Plummers  Landing,  Ky 
Crooked  Greek— J  W  Walker,  Govedale,  Kentucky 
Dry  Branch — A  L  Buckner,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 
Elbethel— W  H  W  Outten,  Plumville,  Kentucky 
Farfolk— Lebird  Stratton,  Mouth  ot  Laurel,  Kentucky 
Hazel  Branch— Ephrean  Bond,  Enterprise,  Kentucky 
Kansas — H  W  Waker,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky 
Little  White  Oak— John  Higgons,  Warwick,  Kentucky 
Long  Branch  — Leondas  Hyme,  Crum,  Kentucky 
Muses  Mills — J  R  Brammes,  Muses  Mills,  Kentucky 
North  Cut— Harry  E  Seaton,  Triplet,  K,.utucky 
Oaklan — John  Burten,  Wesleyville,  Kentucky 
Pine  Valley — Sary  Stableton,  Stone,  Kentucky 
Point  Pleasant— Allen  W  Evans,  Muses  Mills,  Ky 
Raymies  Chapel —Janet  Zorns,  Goble,  Kentucky 
Red  Bush — Mary  Bruce,  Carter,  Kentucky 
Siloam — Jas  W  McClease,  Wesleyville,  Kentucky 
Stafford  Hill— J  F  Hobbs,  Stone,  Kentucky 
Trace— Marshall  McClease,  Stone,  Kentucky 
Walnut  Grove— W  F  Green,  Brashear,  Kentucky 
Zion  Hill— C  B  Evans,  Quincy,  Kentucky  v«. 


106 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


I..:,   LiHucH,  Sri;iN!^i;ij:  (J,   Pa.,  (Eric   Cou- 
ference.;    Kev.  B.  Mason,  Pastor. 


Rev.  B.  Mason,  President  Erie  Conference, 
Pastor  Christian  Church,  Speingboko,  Pa. 

Rev.  B.  Mason  was  born  in  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y., 
April  30,  1839,  received  a  seminary  education,  and  at 
the  age  of  17  began  the  study  of  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  two  years  later.  After  his  mar- 
riage in  18.")9  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
Warren,  Pa.  In  1861  he  enlisted  for  the  war,  serv- 
ing until  its  close.  In  18C9  he  was  converted,  and 
two  years  later  commenced  preacliing,  having  been 
ordained  in  1870.    He  has  for  six  years  served  as 

i**-i>lent  of  tho  Erie  Christian  Conference. 


Erie  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Eldredge.) 
Next  session  at  Springboro,  Pennsylvania,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1897.    (  Exact  date  not  fixed.) 
President— Rev.  B  Mason,  Springboro,  Pennsylvania. 
Secretary— H.  Eldredge,  814  State  Street,  Erie,  Pa. 

MINISTERS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Allen,  Alden.  Morganville.  New  York 
HuUock,  Irwin,  Newark,  New  York 
liaige,  F  E,  Pleasant  Vallev,  Npw  York 
Loucks,  D  C,  Dewittvillp,  New  York 
Mason,  B,  Sprineboro,  Pennsylvania 
Palmer,  J  T,  Canton,  Ohio 

I'ershing,  H  H.  East  Springfield,  Pennsylvania 
Kouse,  Fred,  Wheelock.  PennnylvaDia 
Waggoner,  Florence,  Jamei-town,  New  York 
Wyman,  O  T,  West  Shelby,  New  York 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Rearlake— Dr  A  Phillips,  Bearlake,  Pennsylvania 
Heaver  Center— J  C  iJrury,  Bpaver  Center,  Pa 
Klue  Eye— Richard  Wells,  Spring  Creek,  Pa 
'  'onneaut( Ohio)— Mrs  L  DCheeseman,  Conneaut,  O 
r)ewittville— A  R  Lee,  Dewittville,  New  York 
Oraketown  — Blanch  Colvin,  Itley,  Pennsylvania 
Krie— L  Sherman,  27  Wpst  13th  Street,  Erie,  Pa 
Fairview — Mrs  Georse  Zindel,  Fairview,  Pennsylvania 
Franklin— Willis  LeSuer,  McLane,  Pennsylvania 
■iirard  and  Franklin — Miss  A  Dawley,  Francis,  Pa 
Hammonds  Corners — Mrs  Wm  Holden,  Riggs,  Ohio 
Hare  Creek — Mrs  John  Chace,  Corry,  Pennsylvania 
Pine  Valley— Perry  Woodard,  Bearlake,  Pa 
-'pringboro — Miss  M  Cornell,  Springboro,  Pennsylvania 
-i|)ringfield— Mrs  Kate  Ward,  East  Springfield,  Pa 
Washington — Thomas  MeClaferty,  McLallen  Corners, 

Pennsylvania 
Waterford— Geo  Ormsbee,  Waterford,  Pennsylvania 


Kentucky  (Second)  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Forrest. ) 
Next  session  at  Lowgap  Church,  Greenup  County, 

Kentucky,  on  Thursday  before  the  first  Sunday  in 

October,  1897. 
President— Rev .  W.  L.  Maddix,  Saulsberry,  Kentucky. 
Secretary— h.  H.  Forrest,  Sandyhook,  Kentucky. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Moling,  B  F,  Pactolus,  Kentucky 
Holing,  Wm,  Ratcliff,  Kentucky 
Conley,  Rk'hard,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky 
'ornutte,  Wm,  Denton,  Kentucky 
ICIlis,  John,  Jacobs,  Kentucky 
Kverman,  James,  Laurel  Box,  Kentucky 
Fraley,  David,  Newcombe,  Kentucky 
ixoe,  Robert,  Grayson,  Kentucky 
lohnson,  John  H,  Lawton,  Kentucky 
Maddi.x,  John.  Leon,  Kentucky 
vieddows,  E,  Newfoundland,  Kentucky 
Morris,  H  C,  Willard,  Kentucky 
Rice,  Charles,  Denton,  Kenlucliy 
secton,  W  R,  Denton,  Kentucky 
Souders,  Harvey,  Saulsberry.  Kentucky 
White,  James,  Sharpsburg,  Kentucky 
Wigeons,  W  R,  Carter,  Kentucky 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Concord — L  H  Forrest,  Sandyhook,  Kentucky 

Corry  Hill ,  Kentucky 

Fairview — Harry  Trent,  Elliottville,  Kentucky 
Fontana— Frank  Everman,  Fonlana,  Kentucky 
Highland— M  Barker,  Sandyhook,  Kentucky 
King  Chapel  — Wm  King,  Saulsberry,  Kentucky 

Limestone ,  Kentucky 

Lon  Gape ,  Kentucky 

Lost  Creek ,  Kentuckv 

Ross  School  House ,  Kentucky 

Soldier— Isaac  Conley,  Soldier.  Kentucky 
Spicewood— Wm  Gee,  Grayson,  Kentucky 


THE  CHRISTIANS"  ANNUAL 


107 


Rev.  H.  Osman  Allen,  Medwat,  N.  Y. 
(  N.  y.  Eastern  Confereuco.) 


Rev.  Edwin  Morrill,  Pastor  Grace  Christian 

Cliurch,  St.  JobnsviUe,  New  York  ( New  York 

Eastern  Conference). 


New  York  Eastern  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Fenton.) 

"  Next  session  jit  Ravena,  New  York,  commenciti" 
June  3,  18'.(7,  at  'J  o'clock  a  m 

President— Rev    D.  I    Putnam,  (Quaker  Street,  N    Y. 

5ecre^nri/— Rev.  R.  G.  Fenton,  I^aurens,  New  York. 


JIINISTER.S    AND    AIHlBESSF.S. 

Allen,  R  Osman,  Medway,  New  York 
Armstrong,  Wm  H,  Cranherw  Creek,  New  York 
Barnes,  W  J,  Ravena,  New  York 
Blood,  John,  South  Westerlo,  New  York 
Butler,  C  I,  Union  Mills,  New  York 
Canada,  PA,  Albany,  New  York 
Case,  William.  Ote^o,  New  York 
Clark,  John  Howard,  Barkersville,  New  York 
Collins,  J  D,  Potter  Hollow,  New  York 
Conkling,  D  L,  Middletown,  New  York 
Couchman,  Philip,  Schoharie,  New  York 
Crissey,  H  Jennie,  Ravena,   New  York 
Crosby,  B  S,  Augusta,  Maine 
Damon,  Austin,  Hartwick,  New  York 
Davis,  T  N,  Hunters  Land,  New  York 
Dexter,  S  F,  Delhi,  New  York 
Fenton,  R  G,  Laurens,  New  York 
Fenwick,  J  B,  Plainville,  New  York 
liardner,  F  H,  Lubec,  Maine 
Hainer,  Eugene,  Starfordville,  New  York 
Haley,  H  Lizzie,  271  Gorham  Street,  Lowell,  Mass 
Hall,  Edward  C,  Millbridge,  Maine 
Hathaway,  Warren.  Bloomins  Grove,  New  York 
Honsberger,  M  J,  West  Mansfield,  Massachusetts 
Hornbaker,  W  O,  Schnllzville,  New  York 
Lambert,  Jose}>h,  Danbury,  Connecticut 
Lyke,  M  D,  Union  Mills,  New  York 
Mace,  Charles  S,  Westday,  New  York 
McGlaughlin,  John,  Bedrock,  NewYork 
vietzger,  Fraser,  Freehold,  New  York 
Morrill,  Edwin,  St.  Johnsville,  New  York 
Nelson,  Charles,  Northville,  New  York 
I'almer,  S  G,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio 
I'endell,  D  L,  Alcove,  New  York 
I'latt,  Joseph,  Amsterdam,  New  York 
I'utnam,  D  I,  Quaker  Street,  New  York 
■^haw,  W  H,  27  Elberou  Place,  Albany,  New  York 
-ummerbell,  M,  Lewiston,  Maine 
Thorn,  C  C,  Westhury,  New  York 
I 'Iter,  A  G.  Kirkwood,  New  York 
Warner,  D  P,  South  Berne.  Npw  York 
Wells,  J  J.  East  Sidney,  New  York 
Weston,  J  B,  StanlordVille,  New  York 
Winans,  J  P,  Medusa,  New  York 


Christian  Churctt.  South  Westeelo,  New  York. 

(New  York  Eastern  Coiifnience.) 

Rev.  John  Bluoi>,  Pastor. 


108 


THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


H.  S.  Bradley,  Esq.,  Hartwick,  New  York, 
Treasurer  New  York  Eastern  Conference. 


Hiram  Sylvester  Bradley  was  born 
in  Otsego  County,  New  York,  Feb.  15, 
1839.  When  he  was  but  five  years  of 
age  his  father  died  and  Hiram  with 
his  mother  found  a  home  with  her 
parents  where  he  received  faithful 
training  the  influence  of  which  went 
far  toward  moulding  that  life  into 
the  staunch,  true  manhood  he  has- 
since  attained.  October  24,  1858,  Bro, 
Bradley  became  a  member  of  the 
Hartwick  Christian  Church,  being 
converted  at  that  time  under  the 
labors  of  Rev.  Austin  Damon  and 
was  by  him  baptized.  June  25, 1865, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Susan  A. 
Wilcox.  Bro.  Bradley  has  been  for 
twelve  years  treasurer  of  the  New 
York  Eastern  Christian  Conference, 
and  for  twenty  years  clerk  of  his 
home  church.  He  has  always  been 
active  in  church  work  and  a  safe 
adviser  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
church.  He  is  true  to  the  Christian 
name  and  denomination,  and  for 
thirty  years  has  been  a  subscriber  to 
the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty.  He 
has  taken  more  subscriptions  for  the 
Herald  than  any  other  ten  men  in 
the  laity  of  the  church,  this  mean- 
ing hard  work  and  sacrifice.  He  has 
sent  hundreds  of  dollars  to  the  Chris- 
tian Publishing  Association  for  its 
publications. 


CHURCHES,    CLEBKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Albany— M  M  Way,  187  Hudson  Ave.,  Albany,  New  York 
Austerlitz— J  M  Varney,  Austerlitz,  New  York 
Barkersville— Mrs  Wm  P  Jeffords,  Barkersvilie,  NY 
Berne  First  (Reidsville)— E  B  Powell,  Westerlo,  N  Y 
Berne  Second  {Hunters  Land)— Jerome  Decker,  Bun- 
t  ters  Land,  New  York 

Brooklyn— W  W  Dillon,  29  Newell  St  ,  Brooklyn,  N  Y 
Broome  (Bales)— George  W  Wilsie,  Bates,  New  York 
Burnthills— A  F  Van  Vorst,  Burnthills,  New  York 
Burtonsville- Mrs  W  D  Conover,  Burtonsville,  N  Y 
Canaan  (Red  Rock)— John  B  Lamoree,  Bedrock,  N  Y 
Carlisle— M  H  Brown,  Carlisle,  New  York 
Centerbrook— James  C  Emmons,  Otego,  New  York 
Charleston  Four  Corners— Judson  McDuffee,  Charles- 
ton Four  Corners,  New  York 
Clinton  (Schultzville)— Anna  C  Jackson,  Clinton  Cor- 
ners, New  York 
Clove— Egbert  L  Austin,  Clove,  New  York 
Cranberry  Creek— Mrs  J  P  King,  Cranberry  Creek,  N  Y 
Danbury,  Connecticut— E  M  Jackson,  Danbury.  Conn 
East  Cobleskill— John  Dumond,  East  Cobleskill,  N  Y 
Franklin— T  B  Rowland,  North  Hamden,  New  York 
Freehold— C  R  Lacy,  Freehold,  New  York 
Fulton  and  Cobleskill— J  R  Tillison,  Mineral  Springs, 

New  York 
Galway— Mrs  Eliza  R  Showers,  Mosherville,  New  York 
Gilboa — James  Chichester,  Broome  Center,  New  York 
Hartwick  First— Mrs  Almira  Winsor,  Hartwick,  N  Y 
Hartwick  Village— H  S  Bradley,  Hartwick,  New  Y'ork 
Laurens— Merritt  Clark,  Laurens,  New  York 
Laurens,  West— G  F  Lull,  West  Laurens,  New  York 
Maryland— C  T  Bush,  Maryland,  New  York 
Medusa— Romaine  Gifford,  Medusa,  New  York 
Medway — A  J  Simmons,  Medway,  New  York 
Milan— F  L  Welch,  Milan,  New  York 
Otego— Henry  S  Trask,  Otego,  New  York 
Petersburg — 


Pine  Plains— W  W  Hicks,  Pine  Plains,  New  Y'ork 
Pittsfield    (Ketchum) — Ceylon    Williams,    Ketchum, 

New  York 
Portlandville — Miss  Maude  M  Thome,  Portlandville^ 

New  York 
Quaker  Street— Grace  P  Hess,  Quaker  Street,  N  Y 
Randall- Y  H  Cook,  Randall,  New  York 
Ravena— George  W  Wrightson,  Ravena,  New  York 
Richmondville — Peter  Nellis,  Richmondville,  N  Y 
Rural  Grove— George  J  Gove,  Ruralgrove,  New  York 
South  Berne — J  O  Warner,  Rensselaerville,  New  York 
South  Valley — J  M  Lovejoy,  South  Valley,  New  York 
South  Westerlo— J  T  Hannay,  South  Westerlo,  N  Y 
Stanfordville— P  R  Fradenburg,  Stanford ville,  N  Y 
Stephensville(  Alcove)— Edward  J  Zeller,  Alcove,  N  Y 
St.  Johnsville— A  E  Seaman,  St.  Johnsville,  New  York 
Summit— George  W  Evans,  North  Harpersfield.  N  Y 
Union  Mills — Alanson  Howe,  Utfion  Mills,  New  Y'ork 
Warnerville — H  J  Burchard,  Warnerville,  New  York 
Westday— P  L  Colson,  Westday,  New  York 


Tioga  River  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Dykeman.) 
Next  session  second    Thursday  in   June,   1897,  at 
Young  Hickory,  New  York. 
President- Rev.  T.  V.  Moore,  Evergreen,  Pa. 
<Secr«<art/— Rev.  L.  A.  Dykeman,  Ruralgrove,  N.  Y. 

MINISTEBS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Alderman,  O  P,  Thurston,  New  York 
Allen,  G  E,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania 
Allen,  Rose,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania 
Chapman,  E  D,  North  Cohocton,  Npw  York 


THE  CHRISTIANS'   ANNUAL 


109 


Rev.  H.  L.  Grtffing,  Pastor  Cheisttan  Chuech, 

( Tioga  Kiver  Conference. ) 

Hart  WICK,  New  York. 


•Cheesman,  J  H,  Greenwood.  New  York 

Cole,  FS,  Hornellsville,  New  York 

<^ottom,  J  L,  Caton,  New  York 

Davy,  S  H,  Sabinsville,  Pennsylvania 

Dykeman,  L  A,  Ruralgrove,  New  York 

■Griffing,  H  L,  Hartwick,  New  York 

Hurd,  A  J,  Somerslane,  Pennsylvania 

Lewis,  A  G,  Lafayette,  New  York 

Lewis,  J  M,  Bates,  New  York 

Moore,  T  V,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania 

Peek,  Ira  L,  Charleston  Four  Corners,  New  York 

Perry,  Cora,  Westfield,  Pennsylvania 

Rumsey,  Miles,  Trumbull  Corners,  New  York 

Slaught,  Mrs  B  J  W,  Canisteo,  New  York 

Stratton,  H  A,  Westpike,  Pennsylvania 

Westfall,  J  L,  Stanfordville,  New  York 

CHUBCBE8,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bennetts  Creek,  First — Wm  T  Cross,  Canisteo,  N  Y 
Bennetts  Creek,  Second— Simeon  Vanderhoef,   Ben- 
netts Creek,  New  York 
Cameron — Ida  M  HazletoD,  Cameron  Mills,  New  York 
Camy  Brook — Mrs  John  Mead,  Barden,  New  York 
East  Lawrence — Mrs  J  Corwin,  Somerslane,  Pa 
Evergreen — Mrs  C  Corson,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania 
Franklindale— Helen  Phelps— Franklindale,  Pa 
Greenwood— T  N  Blair,  Greenwood,  New  York 
Halsey  Valley — G  8  Manley,  Halsey  Valley,  New  York 
Ingleside — W  E  Weld,  Ingleside,  New  York 
Knoxville — Mrs  B  Mann,  Knoxville,  Pennsylvania 
Thurston — Belle  Weaver,  Thurston,  New  York 
Trumbull  Corners  {First  Newfield)— H  Cornish,  Jr., 

Newfleld,  New  York 
Wedgwood— Mrs  Ella  J  Smith,  Wedgwood,  New  York 
West  Branch — Wm  Stocum,  West  Branch,  Pa 
Westpike — FA  Brown,  Westpike,  Pennsylvania 
Young  Hickory— Devoe  Bailey,  Young  Hickory,  N  Y 


Christian  Chdech,  Hartwick,  New  York, 

(  New  York  Eastern  Conference. ) 

Kev.  H.  L.  Griffing,  Pastor. 


New  York  Northern  Conference. 

(  Reported  hy  President  Van  De Walker. ) 
Next  session  at  call  of  president. 
President— C.  G.  Van  DeWalker,  Evans  Mills,   New 
York. 
Secretary— Bert  J .  Ives,  East  Houndsfield,  New  York. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Sayles,  S  V,  Sandy  Creek,  New  York 
Torrey,  G  R,  Watertown,  New  York 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Brushton ,  Brushton,  New  York 

East  Dickinson— C  S  Rockwell,  East  Dickinson,  N  Y 
East  Houndsfield— L  F  Allen,  East  Houndsfield,  N  Y 
Sanford  Corners— T  Dunton,  Sanford  Corners,  N  Y 


riaine  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Card. ) 

This  conference  was  organized  at  Pittsfield,  Maine, 
August  8,  1895.  It  constitutes  a  union  of  what  was 
the  Maine  Eastern  and  the  Maine  Central  Conferences. 

Next  session  at  Albion,  Maine,  in  September,  1897. 

President— Rev.  J.  W.  Webster,  Newport,  Maine. 

Secretary— Rev.  J.  W.  Card,  Corinna,  Maine. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Baddershall,  T,  Dixmont  Center,  Maine 
Bartlett,  Rufus,  Hermon,  Maine 
Burrill,  Stacy,  Hermon,  Maine 
Card,  J  W,  Corinna,  Maine 
Clark,  Susan,  Parkman,  Maine 
Cleveland,  J  F,  Stetson,  Maine 
Ellingwood,  Chas,  Winterport,  Maine 
Grindell,  J  W,  Bangor,  Maine 
Hewes,  Charles  E,  Bangor,  Maine 
Horn,  Spencer,  Dover,  Maine 
Humphrey,  T  P,  Stetson,  Maine 


110 


THE   CHEISTIANS'   ANNUAL 


First  Christian  Chcrch,  Au.uiXA.  .Maine   .  jlaine  i  onterjiice  ,  key.  B.  3.  Crosby,  Pastor. 


Lang,  William  H,  Ripley,  Maine 
Maben,  B  S,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire 
McLaughlin,  H  H,  Carmel,  Mame 
Pitcher,  C  S,  Corinna.  Maine 
Potter,  George,  Monticello,  Maine 
Reed,  B  P,  Fairfield,  Maine 
Soule,  O  L,  Palmvra,  Maine 
Thomas,  M,  North  Carmel,  Maine 
Tibbetts,  James,  Hartland,  Maine 
Ward,  F  O,  Augusta,  Maine 
Washburn,  James,  Parkman,  Maine 
Webster,  J  W,  Newport,  Mame 
Wheeler,  S  G,  Easton,  Maine 

CHUBCHES,   CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Albion— Ora  O  Crosby,  Albion,  Maine 
Athens— C  T  W  Rowell,  Athens,  Maine 
^unusta— John  O  Boves,  Augusta,  Mame 
Bansor  ( First  )-A  G  Greel y,  Bangor,  Mame 
Charleston— J  A  Brooks,  Charleston,  Mame 
Clinton— Abner  True,  Clinton,  Mame 
Corinna— E  P  Burrill,  Connna,  Mame 
Dixmont  (  East)-John  R  Smith,  Dixmont  Center  Me 
Fairfield  (North )-Almira  W  Tibbetls,    North   Fair- 
field, Maine  ^     »       -,r   • 
Hermon— E  H  Clements,  Hermon  Center,  Mame 
Millbridge— Henry  S  Brown,  Millbridge,  Mame 
Newport— John  Stuart,  Newport,  Mame  . 
Newport  (  North  )-J  E  Marsh,  North  Newport,  Mame 
North  Canaan  and  West  Hartland-Charles  P  Nye, 
Canaan,  Maine 


Palmyra  (  West)— Wm  M  Gitchell,  Pittsfield,  Maine 

Palmyra— C  M  Jewett,  Palmyra,  Maine 

Parkman— L  Tyler,  Parkman,  Maine 

Ripley — S  S  Parker.  Ripley,  Maine 

Skowhegan — Alice  Whorff,  Skowhegan,  Maine 

Stetson — W  B  Ireland,  Stetson,  Maine 

Winterport  (  West)— FA  Parker,  West  Winterport,  Me 


Western  Michigan  and   Northern 
Indiana  Conference. 

(Reported  by  O.  P.  Perry,  Hoppertown,  Michigan.  ) 
Next  session  at  New  Carlisle.  Indiana,  October, 

1897. 
President- Miron  Fish,  Benton  Harbor,  Michigan. 
Secreforj/- Charles  Spears,  Rolling  Prairie,  Ind. 
ministers  and  addresses. 

Brelsford,  T.  Jackson,  Michigan 
Cunningham,  S  C  V,  New  Carlisle,  Indiana 
Miller,  O  P,  Ca.-sopolis,  Michigan 
Prescott,  W  H,  Benton  Harbor,  Michigan 
Remington,  G  J.  Bravo,  Michigan 
Terwillegar,  D,  New  Buffalo,  Micliigan 
Webster,  T  S.  Roiling  Prairie,  Indiana 
Willis,  A  W,  Coloma,  Michigan 


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Rev.   J.   W.   Webster,  Newport,    Maine, 
President  Maine  Christian  Conference. 


Rev.  B.  S.Crosby,  (New  York  Eastern  Conference.) 

Pastor  Christian  Church, 

Augusta,  Maine. 


Michigan  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Mudge  ) 

Incorporated  at  Marshall,  Michigan,  1875.  It  took 
the  place  of  what  was  before  known  as  the  Michigan 
State  Christian  Conference,  and  the  Michigan  Chris- 
tian Missionary  and  Aid  Society  was  also  merged  into 
the  new  organization 

Next  se.ssion  commences  on  the  Wednesday  night 
before  the  first  full  moon  in  October,  1897.  The  next 
place  of  meeting  is  to  be  fixed  by  a  special  committee. 

President — Rev.  J.  A.  Young,  Romeo,  Michigan. 

Secretary— Rev.  E.  Mudge,  Maple  Rapids,  Michigan. 

MINISTEKS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Adams,  F  H,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan 

Allen,  Lyman,  Marshall,  Michigan 

Bullock,  C  S,  6428  Champion  Ave,  Chicago,  Illinois 

Clark,  Harry,  Hillsdale,  Michigan 

Davis,  R,  Marcellus,  Michigan 

Deming,  J  S,  Cass  City,  Michigan 

Dennen,  J  W,  Berkey,  Ohio 

Deyo,  C  I,  Britton,  Michigan 

Fowler,  SM,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan 

Hamilton,  .John,  Elba,  Michigan 

Hayward,  H,  Lexington,  Michigan 

Henry,  A  N,  Eureka,  Michigan 

Holmes,  Thomas,  Chelsea,  Michigan 

Hudson,  J  A,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Linscott,  Thomas,  Sparta,  Ohio 

McGeorge,  S,  Howard,  Michigan 

McReynolds,  P  W,  Marshall,  Michigan 

Mendenhall,  C,  Ionia,  Michigan 

Millard,  D  E,  I'ortland,  Michigan 

Mudge,  E,  Maple  Rapids,  Michigan 

Post,  CS,  Hillsdale,  Michigan 

Rapp,  B  F,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio 

Root,  V  S,  Tustin,  Michigan 

Ryker,  P  L,  Maple  Rapids,  Michigan 

Simpson,  P  H,  Battlecreek,  Michigan 

Snyder,  S,  Oxford,  Michigan 

Wilcox,  John,  Pittsford,  Michigan 

Wright,  James,  Britton,  Michigan 

Young,  J  A,  Romeo,  Michigan 

CHDBCHE8,    CLEBKS,    AND   ADDEEB8ES. 

Adams — Lafayette  Post,  Hillsdale,  Michigan 

Britton — Estella  Smith,  Britton,  Michigan 

Fairfield  (Second)— 

Greenbush— Mrs  I  Ingersoll,  Eureka,  Michigan 

Lexington— H  S  Hayward,  Lexington,  Michigan 

Maple  Rapids— M  S  Moss,  Maple  Rapids,  Michigan 

Marshall — C  M  Martin,  Marshall,  Michigan 

Middleton— J  H  Lion,  Middleton,  Michigan 

Oxford— 

Perrinton — Ida  Penfield,  Perrinton,  Michigan 

Ray  Union— A  G  Bottomly,  Romeo,  Michiean 

Richfield.  Ohio— Mrs  Mattie  Sprague,  Berkey,  Ohio 

Richfield  Union— A  A  Skinner,  Davison,  Mich 

Romeo — J  C  Soule,  Romeo,  Michigan 

Vereennis — I  H  Covert,  Lowell,  Michigan 


Kansas  State  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Cameron. ) 

Next  session  at  Lincoln,  Kansas,  at  the  close  of 
the  school  year  of  Kansas  Christian  College. 

President— Rev.  I.  Mooney,  Towanda,  Kansas. 

Secretary — Rev.  E.  Cameron,  Sycamore  Springs, 
Kansas. 

Treasurer— Mrs.  S.  E.  Wheeler,  Delphos,  Kansas. 

Trustees— C  C.  Page,  Peabody,  Kansas;  E.  Coate, 
Heber,  Kansas  ;  Rev.  J.  S.  Masters,  Fredonia,  Kan- 
sas ;  J.  H.  Yliet,  Ward,  Kansas. 

There  are  four  departments :  Educational,  Relief, 
Missionary,  and  Sunday-School. 

The  Kansas  Christian  College  has  demanded  the 
entire  interest  of  the  conference  of  late  years. 


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Southern  Wabash  (Illinois) 
Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Hoel.) 
Next  session  at  Hunt  City,  Illinois,  October  6,  1897. 
President— B.ev .  M.  V.  Hathaway,  Trinnble,  Hlinois. 
Secretary— Rev.  I.  M.  Hoel,  Newton,  Illinois.  . 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Boatright,  D  A,  Center  Tuftonboro,  N.  H. 
Boyer,  G  M,  Merom,  Indiana 
Catt,  C  M,  Willowhill,  Illinois 
Catt,  H  D,  Willowhill,  Illinois 
Cheek,  S  L,  Noble.  Illinois 
Douglas,  John  J,  Merom,  Indiana 
Dunlap,  R  A,  Noble,  Illinois 
Evans,  John,  Merom,  Indiana 
Frederick,  J  R,  Annapolis,  Illinois 
Gettinger,  H,  Merom,  Indiana 
•Gray,  Jj,  Sumner,  Illinois 
Halterman,  C  L,  Hunt,  Illinois 
Hatfield,  D  H,  Newton,  Illinois 
Hathaway,  M  V,  Trimble,  Illinois 
Hoel,  I  M,  Newton,  Illinois 
Jacobs,  Alvin  O,  Eberle,  Illinois 
Mahaney,  PS,  Winterrowd,  Illinois 
McKinney,  George,  Wynoose,  Illinois 
Mitchell,  G  E,  Wynoose,  Illinois 
Paul,  W  T,  Greenup,  Illinois 
Plunkett,  J  M,  Trimble,  Illinois 
Plunkett,  R  A,  Trimble,  Illinois 
Ransford,  W  H,  Calhoun,  Illinois 
Ryan,  D  A,  Greenup,  Illinois 
Shepard,  J  A,  Wynoose,  Illinois 
Smith,  V,  Hord,  Illinois 
Stewart,  Hattie,  Parma,  Idaho 
Tracy,  J,  Claremont,  Illinois 
Wade.  John,  Greenup,  Illinois 
Wade,  Pleasant,  Olney,  Illinois 
Wade,  Thomas,  Greenup,  Illinois 
Wright,  J  B,  Sumner,  Illinois 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — G  LGubleman,  Sumner,  Illinois 
Berlin— Sicily  Burcham,  Pierceburg,  Illinois 
Bethany— A  J  Coleman,  Hunt,  Illinois 
Bethel— Ida  McNelly,  lola,  Illinois 
Bethlehem— J  M  Moore,  Helena,  Illinois 
Bethsadia— Eunice  Jacobs,  Eberle,  Illinois 
Bible  Chapel— H  D  Henderson,  Robinson,  Illinois 
Broekville— Geo  Alexander,  Hunt,  Illinois 
Christian  Temple— Ellen  Anderson,  Flora,  Illinois 
Curtis  Chapel— M  F  Robmson,  Kibble,  Illinois 
Fairview— Daisy  Printz,  Lis,  Illinois 
Forrest  Ridge— Wm  Rutherford,  Wynoose,  Illinois 
Pox  Prairie— W  J  Wheeler,  Olney,  Illinois 
Freedom— Chas  Guyott,  Noble,  Illinois 
Glenwood— Nancy  Maglone,  Noble,  Illinois 
Grand  Prairie— David  Barron,  Trimble,  Illinois 
Green  Hill— Lucy  Waters,  Heathsville,  Illinois 
Hardinsville— Simon  Mitchell,  Hardinville,  Illinois 
Hidalgo— J  C  Carr,  Hidalgo,  Illinois. 
Hunt  City— Nancy  Koons,  Hunt,  Illinois 
Lamotte— Virgil  Walker,  Palestine,  Illinois 
Liberty— Bell  Bates,  Wynoose,  Illinois 
Lucas  Creek— George  Blair,  Hord,  Illinois 
Mt.  Gilead— O  B  Murray,  Dundas,  Illinois 
Mt.  Moriah— J  A  Rude,  Moriah,  Illinois 
Mt.  Olive— J  R  Williams,  Casey,  Illmois 
Mt.  Olive — Hermia  Cramer,  Palmersburg,  Illinois 
Mt.  Zion— Nelson  Tharp,  Greenup,  Illinois 
Newton— Merty  Vanderhoof,  Newton,  Illinois 
Pleasant  Grove— B  F  Price,  Annapolis,  Illinois 
Pleasant  Valley— J  A  Skaggs,  Oblong,  Illinois 

Pleasant  View ,  Flagg,  Illinois 

Porterville— Celia  Newlin,  Eaton,  Illinois 
Sandy  Creek— Nannie  Jackson,  Newton,  Illinois 
Shiloh— S  D  Brinson,  Willowhill,  Illinois 
South  Bend— M  A  Houser,  Darkbend,  Illinois 
Sugar  Creek— Carl  Anderson,  Olney,  Illinois 
Sugar  Prairie— Wm  Fuitz,  Olney,  Illinois 
Sumner— Mary  A  Stoltz,  Sumner,  Illinois 
Trimble— Peter  King,  Trimble,  Illinois 

Union  Chapel ,  Stoy,  Illinois 

Wabash— L  Beard,  Louisville,  Illinois 


Wheeler ,  Wheeler,  Illinois 

Willow  Prairie — Louis  Ginley,  Bellair,  Illinois 
Winterrowd — A  R  Tate,  Winterrowd,  Illinois 


The  New  York  State  Association. 

(  Reported  by  Rev.  E.  Jones.) 
Organized  September  27,  1866,  at  Newark,  New 
York.  The  Association  embraces  the  territory  of 
the  following  conferences  :  New  York  Eastern,  New 
York  Central,  New  York  Southern,  New  York 
Northern,  New  York  Western,  and  Tioga  River. 

OFFICERS. 

President— Roy.  J.  B.  Weston,  D.D.,  Stanfordville, 
New  York. 

First  Vice-President— E.  Merchant,  Thurston, 
New  York. 

Second  Vice-President— Rev.  ti.W.CTOvreU,  North 
Rush,  New  York. 

Secretary — Rev.  Scott  Thompson,  Harford  Mills, 
New  York. 

Treasurer— James  S.  Frost,  Esq.,  Freehold,  New 
York. 

depaetmeNt  secretakies. 

Mission— Rev.  G.  R.  Hammond,  Ph.D.,  Eddytown, 
New  York. 

Belief— Rev.  J.  W.  Lawton,  Manning.  New  York. 

Educational— Rev.  G.  R.  Hammond,  Ph.D.,  Eddy- 
town,  New  York. 

Publishing— Rev .  Scott  Thompson,  Harford  Mills, 
New  York. 

Sunday  School — Rev.  E.  Jones,  North  Pembroke, 
New  York. 

The  Association  meets  bi-annually,  and  its  execu- 
tive board  meets  annually.  Its  organic  place  of 
business  is  Newark,  New  York.  The  Association  has 
had  the  fostering  care  of  the  Biblical  School  at 
Stanfordville,  New  York,  and  has  built  or  materially 
aided  in  building  churches  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
Albany,  St.  Johnsville,  Binghamton,  and  Erie,  Pa., 
and  materially  aided  in  strengthening  weak 
churches  within  the  bounds  of  the  Association. 
The  Sunday-school  department  originated  our 
Children's  Day,  and  has  accomplished  a  great 
work  in  building  up  the  Sunday-school  cause,  and 
is  now  aiding  in  the  support  of  a  number  of  mis- 
sion churches. 


Illinois  State  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Rev.  Robert  Harris.) 
Organized  at  Atwood,  Illinois,  in  October,  1883,  by 

Rev.  J.  A.  Clapp,  J.  L.  Towner,  G.  W.  Rippey,  and 

Robert  Harris. 
Meets  annually  on  Wednesday    before  the  last 

Sunday  in  October.     Place  of  meeting  in  1897  is  at 

Arthur,  Illinois. 

OFFICERS  FOR  1896-97. 

President— Rev.  Joel  Myers,  Leaf  River,  Illinois. 

Secretary— Rev.  W.  M.Ealey,  Urbana,  Illinois. 

Treasurei — Rev.  J.  M.  Plunkett,  Trimble,  Illinois. 

Trustees— I>v.  Z.  Allen,  Nowton,  Illinois,  Novem- 
ber, 1899 ;  M.  H.  Mitchell,  EUisville,  Illinois,  Novem- 
ber, 1897  ;  Thos.  Crawshaw,  Carbondale,  Illinois,  No- 
vember, 1898. 

SECRETARIES  OF  DEPARTMENTS. 

Missions— Rev.  Robert  Pittman,  Fiatt,  Illinois. 
JEducaiion—Rev.  K.  E.  Miller,  Atwood,  Illinois. 
Publicati07i—Rev .  G.  A.  Brown,  Ashton,  Illinois. 
Sunday  School— Rev.  I.  M.  Hoel,  Newton,  Illinois. 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.—Rev.  G.  D.  Lawrence,  Arthur,  111. 


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Rev.  George  Elmer  Hicks,  A.B.,  Macy,  Indiana, 

Pastor  Christian  Church,  Wakarusa,  Indiana. 

( Eel  River  Conference.) 


Southern  Christian  Convention. 

( Reported  by  Secretary  Kernodle. ) 

This  convention  is  composed  of  representatives 
from  all  the  Christian  Conferences  of  the  Southern 
States.  It  was  first  organized  under  the  name  of 
the  Southern  (-hristian  Association  in  the  year  lS-17, 
which  gave  place  to  the  Southern  Christian  Con- 
vention, organized  in  the  year  1856,  at  Union  Chapel, 
North  Carolina.  The  first  regular  session  of  this 
new  organization  was  held  in  1858,  at  Cypress 
Chapel,  Nansemond  County,  Virginia.  At  the  meet- 
ing of  the  convention  held  at  Mt.  Auburn,  in  War- 
ren County,  North  Carolina,  the  name  of  the  body 
was  changed  to  the  General  Convention  of  thef 
Christian  Church  (  Soutli ).  This  meeting  was  held 
in  1866,  from  which  time  the  meetings  were  held 
quadrennially  with  a  number  of  extraordinary  ses- 
sions. At  the  regular  session  of  the  convention 
held  in  Norfolk,  Virginia,  in  1894,  the  revised  edition 
of  the  Principles  and  Government,  also  Directory 
of  Worship  was  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  the 
name  of  the  convention  was  again  changed  to  the 
Southern  Christian  Convention,  with  its  meetings 
now  held  biennially. 

The  next  session  will  be  held  in  May,  1898,  at  Ral- 
eigh, North  Carolina. 

OFFICERS. 

President-Rev.  W.  W.  Staley,  D.D.,  Suffolk,  Vir- 
ginia. 

Vice-President— Rey.  J.  W.  Wellons,  Durham, 
North  Carolina. 

Secretary— F.  J.  Kernodle,  A.M.,  Suffolk,  Virginia. 

Assistant  Secretary  and  Editor  of  the  Christian 
Swn— E.  L.  Moffitt,  A.M.,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina. 

Treasurer— J .  A.  Mills,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina. 

The  Southern  Christian  Convention  is  represented 
in  the  American  Christian  Convention  by  delegates 
duly  appointed,  and  unites  with  it  in  educational 
and  missionary  work,  not  through  individual 
churches,  but  through  the  committees  and  officers 
of  the  convention. 


Western  Illinois  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Ashby.) 

The  Western  Illinois  Conference  wa.s  organized  at 
Pilot  Grove  Christian  Church,  Hancock  County, 
IlliDois,  October  2,  1857,  by  Elder  John  McMillan. 

The  Spoon  River  Conference  was  organized  at 
Highland,  Pike  County,  Illinois,  May  21,  1840,  by 
Elders  David  Roberts  and  John  Scott. 

On  September  4,  1864,  the  two  conferences  were 
united  into  one  conference,  and  have  been  known  since 
as  the  Western  Illinois  Christian  Conference,  accord- 
ing to  the  record. 

Next  session,  September  8, 1897,  at  Marietta,  Illinois. 

President — A.  L.  Wingate,  Avon,  Illinoia. 

Secretary — Rev.  R.  Ashby,  Industry,  Illinois, 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Ashby,  R,  Industry,  Illinois 
Atchison,  L  B,  Greenbush,  Illinois 
Bennett,  E  E,  demons,  Iowa 
Covil,  C,  Buda,  Illinois 
Crawford,  F  E,  Brownstown,  Illinois 
Crawford,  Jacob,  Mound,  Illinois 
Hayden,  JJ,  Blairstown,  Iowa 
Irons,  E  W,  Ellisville,  Illinois 
Irons,  George  W,  Bernadotte,  Illinois 
James,  C  A,  Lewistown,  Illinois 
Jones,  John  R,  Canton,  Illinois 
Laird,  S  B,  Fiatt,  Illinois 
Lee,  John,  Mound,  Illinois 
Like,  H  H,  Woodhull,  Illinois 
McMillen,  John,  Winterset,  Iowa 
Pittman,  R  W,  Fiatt,  Illinois 
Ray,  D  S,  Marietta,  Illinois 
Sheesley,  A,  Lewistown,  Illinois 
Spalding,  John,  Jacksonville,  Illinois 
Welch,  J  R,  Marietta,  Illinois 
Winans,  B  F,  Edinburg,  Illinois 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — JohnShriver,  Smithfield,  Illinois 

Bernadotte — 

Christina— Anna  Bolender,  Lewistown,  Illinois 

Fiatt— A  Morris,  Fiatt,  Illinois 

Industry — John  Kinkade,  Industry,  Illinois 

Lewistown — A  Sheesley,  Lewistown,  Illinois 

Marietta— D  S  Ray,  Marietta,  Illinois 

Mt.  Pleasant— B  F  Bolen,  Smithfield,  Illinois 

Olive— I  M  Hendricks,  Avon,  Illinois 

Salem— H  N  Ross,  Roseville,  Illinois 

Temple— C  A  Carlson,  Tablegrove,  Illinois 

Waterford — George  Johnson,  Lewistown,  Illinois 


Ohio  State  Association. 

(  Reported  by  President  Harrod.) 
Organized  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  May  23,  1866. 

OFFICERS  FOR  1897. 

President— Rev.  Mills  Harrod,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Fice-Presidenis— Miami  Conference,  Rev.  Byron 
R.  Long,  Columbus,  Ohio ;  Northwestern  Ohio, 
Rev.  G.  R.  Mell,  Spencerville,  Ohio  :  Southern  Ohio, 
Rev.  S.  D.  Bennett,  Plattsburg,  Ohio ;  Eastern  Ohio, 
Rev.  Win.  J.  Warrener,  Federal,  Ohio ;  Mount  Ver- 
non, Ohio,  Rev.  J.  W.  Wright,  Willowbrook,  Ohio ; 
Central  Ohio,  Rev.  S.  A.  Caris,  WiUiamsport,  Ohio. 

Recording  Secretary— B,e\.  G.  R.  Hammond,  Eddy- 
town,  New  York. 

Department  Secretaries — Finance,  Rev.  Albert 
Dunfap,  Columbus,  Ohio;  Publication,  Rev.  J.  G. 
Bishop,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Missions,  Rev.  S.  S.  New- 
house,  Piqua,  Ohio;  Education,  Rev.  H.  Y.  Rush, 
West  Milton,  Ohio. 

Trustees— Re-v.  Enos  Peters,  Appleton,  Ohio ;  Rev. 
T.  M.  McWhinney,  Franklin,  Ohio. 

Secretary  Christian  Endeavoi — Rev.  O.  W.  Pow- 
ers. Yellowsprings,  Ohio. 

Minister  at  Large— Rey.  T.  M.  McWhinney,  Frank- 
lin, Ohio. 

The  two  trustees  elected  two  years  ago  are  Rev. 
A.  Dunlap,  and  Rev.  S.  S.  Newhouse. 


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Cheistian  Church,  Woodstock,  Vermont,  (VermoDt  Conference),  Rev.  M.  T.  Morrill,  Pastor. 

Church  organized  1806  bj'  Elder  Elias  Smith.    Corner-stone  laid  Atigust  10, 1826,  the  edifice  being  dedicated 

January  18,  1827.    This  is  Elder  Hazen's  monument.    During  1896  $1,2()0  worth  of  improvements  have 

been  made.    A  town  clock  has  been  in  the  church  since  1828.    The  building  has  solid  brick 

walls,  is  heated  by  furnace,  and  lighted  by  eas.    Auditorium  seats  420,  gallery,  100. 

Whole  property  valued  at  $18,000,  is  very  nearly  in  the  heart  of  the  village. 


Vermont  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Morrill.) 

Next  session  at  North  Shrewsbury,  beginning  at  1 

o'clock  P.M.,  Thursday,  September  9,  1897. 

President— Rev .  G.  W.  Morrow,  Randolph,  Vermont. 

Secretary — Rev.  M.  T.  Morrill,  Woodstock,  Vermont. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Davis,  Orin,  Calais,  Vermont 
Foster,  Silas,  Belvidere,  Vermont 
Matteson,  Charles  E,  Worcester,  Vermont 
McDonald,  John  J,  Lincoln,  Vermont 
Morrill,  M  T,  Woodstock,  Vermont 
Morrow,  G  W,  Randolph,  Vermont 
Sisco,  H  C,  North  Troy,  Vermont 
Wheeler,  B  F,  Worcester,  Vermont 
Williams,  A  A,  Lynn,  Massachusetts 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Belvidere  and  Waterville— J  H  Fletcher,  Belvidere,  Vt 

Calais — Mrs  Mary  L  Fuller,  Calais,  Vermont 

Jay— Truman  Kellogg,  Jay,  Vermont 

Lincoln — Mrs  Josie  L  Morgan,  Lincoln,  Vermont 

North  Shrewsbury — Mrs  J  B  Johnson,  Shrewsbury,  Vt 

Randolph — H  C  Allen,  Randolph,  Vermont 

Woodstock — Chas  H  English,  Woodstock,  Vermont 


Wisconsin  Northern  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  President  Stuart. ) 
Next  session,  second  Friday  in  June,  1897. 
President— Re\. Vim.  Stuart,  Sugarbush,  Wisconsin. 
Secretary — Sam'l  Cotral,  New  London,  Wisconsin. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 


Babbs,  Wm, 

Blood,  G,  Downing,  Wisconsin 
Deerholt,  John,  Reedsburg,  Wisconsin 
Dosson,  N,  Downing,  Wisconsin 
Fish,  A,  Osage,  Iowa 
Phelps,  A  C,  Stevens  Point,  Wisconsin 
Shumwav.  Wm,  Reedsburg,  Wisconsin 
Stuart,  Wm,  Sugarbush,  Wisconsin 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Exelsior— M  Barr,  Reedsburg,  Wisconsin 
Greenbush— C  A  Winn,  Greenbush,  Wisconsin 
Maple  Creek— L  H  Nichols,  New  London,  Wisconsin 
Muckwa— Sam'l  Cotral,  New  London,  Wisconsin 
Wantana— I  Ethredge,  Wildrose,  Wisconsin 


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Georgia  and  Alabama  Conference. 

This  conference  was  organized  in  1854,  at  New  Hope 
Church,  Chambers  County,  Alabama,  by  Rev.  W.  M. 
J.  Elders. 

Next  session  at  Antioch  Church,  Thursday  before 
the  fourth  Sunday  in  October,  1897. 

P/-e6iid«n/— Rev.  J.  W.  Elder,  Opelika,  Alabama. 

Secretary — J.  T.  Clack,  Happyland,  Alabama. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES, 

Davis,  W  D,  Daviston,  Alabama 
Dollar,  C  M,  Rockmills,  Alabama 
Elder,  H  W,  Phoenix,  Alabama 
Elder,  J  D.  Milltown,  Alabama 
Elder,  J  VV,  Opelika,  Alabama 
Elder,  T  H,  Milltown,  Alabama 
Fletcher,  W  D,  Jirard,  Alabama 
Horn,  D  G,  Jirard,  Alabama 
Hughes,  J  H,  Milltown,  Alabama 
Hurst,  G  D,  Zana,  Alabama 
Hurst,  G  M,  Redapple,  Alabama 
Hurst.  W  G,  Redapple,  Alabama 
Knight,  W  R,  Peavy,  Alabama 
Malone,  C  G,  Malone,  Alabama 
Neese,  J  L,  Buckeye,  Alabama 
Orr,  J  B,  Mt.  Calm,  Texas 
Smith,  Jubilee,  Richland,  Georgia 
Swann,  C  W,  Buckeye,  Alabama 
Vichers,  J  M,  Emuchfaw,  Alabama 

CaCRCBES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — W  J  Payne,  Peavy,  Alabama 
Bethany— Brother  Pitts,  Rockmills,  Alabama 
Bethlehem— W  M  Patridge,  Westpoint,  Georgia 
Beulah — Charles  Bailey,  Truett,  Alabama 
Christiana— J  W  Vmes,  Tehopka,  Alabama 
Christian  Home— W  W  Richardson,  Cowpens,  Alabama 
Corinth — C  G  Malone,  Malone,  Alabama 
Forest  Home— J  L  Smith,  Rockmills,  Alabama 
Liberty— W  A  Fletcher,  Jirard,  Alabama 
Longdale— W  L  Osborn,  Longdale,  Alabama 
Macedonia — C  W  Swann,  BucKeye,  Alabama 
McGuires — W  J  Vickers,  Daviston,  Alabama 
Mt.  Zion— S  N  Sledge,  Roanoke,  Alabama 
New  Harmony— G  L  Orr,  Abner,  Alabama 
New  Home — W  T  Collier,  Delta,  Alabama 
New  Hope— T  Smith,  Milltown,  Alabama 
Phoenix  City— J  F  Hill,  Jr.,  Columbus,  Georgia 
Pleasant  Grove — J  R  Orr,  Marcoot,  Alabama 
Red  Hill— E  A  Abbell,  Richland,  Georgia 
Rock  Spring— H  H  Owens,  Cornhouse,  Alabama 
Union  Grove — H  O  Wallace,  Stroud,  Alabama 


Western  Washington  Conference. 

(Reported  by  President  Fry.) 
Conference  organized  by  Rev.  H.  Fry,  May  26,  1894, 
at  Ocosta,  Washington. 
iV«siden«— Rev.  H.  Fry,  Montesano,  Washington. 
Secretary — A.  W.  Fry,  Markham,  Washington. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Fry,  H,  Montesano,  Washington 
Hines,  R,  Vesta,  Washington 
Hutton,  F  D,  Montesano,  Washington 
Lynn,  Allen,  Wynooche,  Washington 
Lynn,  A  W,  Artie,  Washington 
Manners,  J  A,  Artie,  Washington 
Stone,  T,  Melbourne,  Washington 

CHURCHES,  CLERKS,  AND  ADDRESSES. 

Artie — Allen  Lynn,  Wynooche,  Washington 
Bitter  Creek — Mrs  Geo  Garrison,  Montesano,  Wash 
Brooklyn — Emma  Roberts,  Brooklyn,  Washington 
Elma,  No.  19— N.  Huling,  Elma,  Washington 
Johns  River — J  L  Phillips,  Markham,  Washington 
Melbourne— 8  Go ss,  Melbourne,  Washington 
Satsop — Sarah  Twidwell,  Satsop,  Washington 
Vesta — Charley  Roberts,  Vesta,  Washington 


Central  Indiana  Conference. 

( Reported  by  Secretary  Coy. ) 

This  conference  was  organized  in  1824,  at  Old  Father 
Steinbarger's  barn,  in  Bartholomew  County,  Indiana. 

Next  session  will  meet  at  Old  Union  Church,  in 
Bartholomew  County,  Indiana,  on  Wednesday  before 
the  second  Sunday  in  October,  1897. 

President— Key .  E.  K.  Pond,  Clifford,  Indiana. 

Secretary— Rey.  D.  O.  Coy,  Taylorsville,  Indiana. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Aynes,  E,  Bloomington,  Indiana 
Baker,  P  J,  Lebanon,  Indiana 
Coy,  D  O,  Taylorsville,  Indiana 
Cummings,  J,  Kurtz,  Indiana 
Downey,  A  S,  Taylorsville,  Indiana 
Freeman,  W,  Edinburg,  Indiana 
Mace,  F,  Elizaville,  Indiana 
Pond,  E  K,  Clifford,  Indiana 
Whittington,  F  L,  Columbus,  Indiana 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Blue  River — H  Heansley,  Manilla,  Indiana 

Chestnut  Ridge— James  Pence,  Chestnut,  Indiana 

Clifford — Amasa  Pearce,  Clifford,  Indiana 

Crooked  Creek— C  Eddy,  Peter  Cooper,  Indiana 

Mt.  Olivet — Annie  Womple,  Spencer,  Indiana 

Mt.  Zion — J  Tipton,  Pikespeak,  Indiana 

New  Bethel— J  Taylor,  Cleona,  Indiana 

Old  Union — Mary  Pence,  Taylorsville,  Indiana 

Pleasant  Ridge — F  L  Prow,  Mooney,  Indiana 

Raintown— J  B  Graham,  Lizton,  Indiana 

Story — G  Greathouse,  Story,  Indiana 

Taylorsville— Minnie  Hampton,  Taylorsville,  Indiana 

Young  Creek— W  Dragoo,  Franklin,  Indiana 


New  England  Convention. 

(  Reported  by  President  Conibear.) 

New  England  has  an  individuality  of  its  own,  and 
it  is  only  natural  that  our  churches  in  these  states 
should  get  together,  giving  us  the  New  England 
Christian  Convention.  In  this  body  there  is  a  blend- 
ing of  three  organizations,  the  Convention  itself, 
the  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  and 
the  Christian  Educational  Society.  These  sep- 
arate parts  of  the  whole  indicate  the  work  of  the 
Convention.  The  Convention  itself  being  an  annual 
gathering  for  mutual  counsel  and  inspiration,  the 
Missionary  Society  being  a  factor  for  strength- 
ening and  extending  the  cause,  and  the  Educational 
Society  to  assist  the  cause  of  edncation  chiefly  in 
the  direction  of  the  ministry.  In  connection  with 
the  Convention  there  are  various  departments,  such 
as  the  Sunday-school,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Board,  etc.  Under  the  direction  of  the  Con- 
vention, the  Christian  Endeavorers  are  supporting- 
one  of  our  missionaries  in  Japan.  The  officers  of 
the  Convention  are  also  the  officers  of  the  Mission- 
ary Society  and  Educational  Society.  Present  offi- 
cers are : 

President — Rev.  G.  A.  Conibear,  FreetoAira,  Mass. 

Vice-President — Rev.  W.  J.  Reynolds,  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass. 

Secretary— Rev.  A.  H.  Morrill,  D.D.,  Haverhill, 
Mass. 

Treasurer — J.  R.  Dunham,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Secretary  of  Sunday-School  Department— Rev.  M. 
T.  Morrill,  Woodstock,  Vt. 

C.  E.Sec7-etary— Miss  Mary  Rowell,  Franklin,  N.H. 

President  of  Woman's  Missionary  Board — Mrs. 
Ridlon,  North  Hampton,  N.  H. 

The  place  of  the  next  meeting  is  not  yet  decided. 


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Rays  Hill  (Pa.)  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Boor.) 

Next  session  at  Mt.  Zion    Church,    Pennsylvania 
Wednesday  before  the  last  Sunday  in  August,  1897. 
President— \Wes\ey  Bennett,  Flintstone,  Maryland. 
Secretary— M.  M.  Boor,  Lashley,  Pennsylvania. 

MINISTEBB   AND   ADDBESSEg. 

Cooper,  B  A,  Chaneysville,  Pennsylvania 
Garland,  A  II,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania 
Garland,  W  C,  Buffalo  Mills,  Pennsylvania 
May,  A  W,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania 
Thompson,  C  C,  Chaneysville,  Pennsylvania 
Troutman,  J  W,  Flintstone,  Maryland 

CHURCHES,    CLEEK8,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Bethel— J  N  Robinson,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania 
Buck  Valley — Miss  Loretta  Lehman,  Lashley,  Pa 
Fairview— E  Miller,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania 
Greenfield — James  Morse,  Pineycreek,  Pennsylvania 
Hyndman— R  Somerville,  Hyndman,  Pennsylvania 
Jerusalem— John  Martin,  Locuatgrove,  Pennsylvania 
Kennels  Mills— J  W  Pfieffer,  Kennels  Mills,  Pa 
Milligans  Cove— W  B  Zembower,  Buffalo  Mills,  Pa 
Mt.  Hope— Samuel  Johnston,  Elbinsville,  Pa 
Mt.  Zion— J  D  Collins,  Elbinsville,  Pennsylvania 
Pleasant  Grove — George  F  Smith,  Needmore,  Pa 
Prosperity — Wesley  Bennett,  Flintstone,  Maryland 
Sideling  Hill— Wm  C  Mann,  Saluvia,  Pennsylvania 
Whips  Cove — Nathan  Mellott,  Locustgrove,  Pa 


Western  North  Carolina  Conference. 

Organized  1864.  Next  session  at  Pleasant  Ridge 
Church  on  Wednesday  after  second  Sunday  in  Novem- 
ber, 1897,  at  10  o'clock  a  m. 

President— B-ey.  P.  H.  Fleming,  Graham,  N.  C. 
./Secretary— Rev.  P.  T.  Way,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Albright,  H  A,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina 
Baldwin,  M  A,  Franklinville,  North  Carolina 
Boone,  C  A,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 
Coner,  J  R,  Spencer,  North  Carolina 
Cox,  L  I,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 
Cooper,  A  J,  Staley,  North  Carolina 
Fleming,  P  H,  Graham.  North  Carolina 
Hammer,  M  E,  Tillman,  North  Carolina 
Hatch,  J  W,  Pittsboro,  North  Carolina 
Hayes,  W  N,  Erect,  North  Carolina 
Jarrell,  E  H,  Randlernan.  North  Carolina 
Julian,  W  R,  Millboro,  North  Carolina 
Kerns,  B  F,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina 
Lawrence,  J  S,  Erect,  North  Carolina 
Lawrence,  W  W,  Erect,  North  Carolina 
Moffitt,  H  T,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina 
Newman,  J  U,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 
Parker,  J  W,  Randleman,  North  Carolina 
Patton,  J  W,  Liberty,  North  Carolina 
Peel,  C  C,  Hawriver.  North  Carolina 
Scott,  J  A,  Linville,  Virginia 
Stinson,  D  R,  Ashboro,  North  Carolina 
Way,  P  T,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina 
Way,  S  H,  Forkcreek,  North  Carolina 
Webster,  J  A,  Franklinville,  North  Carolina 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch  (Chatham    Co.)— Louie    Oldham,    Goldston, 

North  Carolina 
Antioch  (Randolph  Co.)— W  W  Brady,  Cheeks,  NC 
Asheboro— T  J  Moffitt,  Ashboro,  North  Carolina 
Bigoak— R  L  Williamson,  Bigoak,  North  Carolina 
Brown's  Chapel— W  L  Brewer,  Spencer,  N  C 
Burlington— I  N  Walker,  Burlington,  North  Carolina 
Center  Grove— T  J  Bland,  Rosewood,  North  Carolina 
Christian  Union— Wm  Cagle,  Whynot,  North  Carolina 
Clover  Orchard— A  J  Marshburn,  Holman,  N  C 
Egypt — W  M  Gunter,  Egypt,  North  Carolina 
Graces  Chapel— J  H  Phillips,  Jonesboro,  N  C 
Graham — J  D  Kernodle,  Graham,  North  Carolina 
Hanks  Chapel- A  Hatch,  Pittsboro,  North  Carolina 
Highpoint— W  H  Gurby,  flighpoint,  North  Carolma 
Keyser— John  Campbell,  Keyser,  North  Carolina 


Liberty— T  A  Moffitt,  Ramseur,  North  Carolina 

Macedonia — 

Mt.  Union — 

New  Center— E  E  McNeil,  Whynot,  North  Caro  ina 

New  Providence— J  M  Turner,  Graham,  N  C 

Parks  Cross  Roads-R  W  York,  Kildee,  N  C 

Patterson's  Grove— J  A  Ellison,  Franklinville,  N  C 

Phillips  Chapel— A  R  Phillips,  Ollie,  North  Carolma 

Pleasant  Croj'S-J  A  Henson,  t;entral  Falls,  N  C 

Pleasant  Grove— A  L  Brady.  Cheeks,  North  Carolina 

Pleasant  Hill— S  T  Pike,  Mudlick,  North  Carolina 

Pleasant  Ridge— E  W  Brown,  Ramseur,  N  C 

Pleasant  Union — 

Poplar  Branch— Jordur  Parrish,  Jonesboro,  N  C 

Ramsuer — J  A  Parks,  Ramseur,  North  Carolina 

Shady  Grove— Hiram  P'reeman,  Martins  Mill,  N  C 

Shiloh— BS  Moffitt,  Moffitt,  Nortij  Carolina 

Smithwood— J  M  Way.  Oakdale,  North  Carolina 

Spoon's  Chapel— G  H  Kinney.  Ashboro,  N  C 

St.  Johns— A  E  Hinsliaw,  Randleman,  North  Carolina 

Union  Grove— E  L  Brown,  Woodford,  North  Carolina 

Winder — 

Zion— R  J  Foust,  Bryant,  North  Carolina 


Southern  Pennsylvania  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Williams.) 

The  Southern  Pennsylvania  Christian  Conference 
was  organized  at  Cedar  Grove,  Fulton  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  \.i,  188a.  H.  P.  Williams,  M.  L. 
Sipes,  and  A.  K.  Boitenfield  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  draft  a  constitution  for  the  government  of 
the  conference.  Rev.  Joseph  Barney  and  Rev.  J.  R. 
Logue  were  the  principal  ministers  in  charge. 

Next  session  at  Rays  Cove,  Bedford  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, commencing  on  Thursday  before  the  third 
Sunday  m  August,  1897,  at  2  p.m. 

President— Sa.nsom  Mearkle,  Emerson,  Pa. 

Secretary — H.  P.  Williams,  Mattie,  Pennsylvania, 

MINISTERS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Barney,  Jos,  Clearville,  Pennsylvania 
Barney,  J  H,  Clearville,  Pennsylvania 
Foor,  S  W  S,  Rays  Hill,  Pennsylvania 
Logue,  J  R,  Pineridge,  Penn.sylvania 
Sipes,  M  L,  Emmaville,  Pennsylvania 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— Monroe  Lynch,  Covalt  Pennsylvania 
B.  O.  Ridge — Denton  Peck,  Covalt,  Pennsylvania 
Cedar  Grove— Ira  Mellott,  Sideling  Hill,  Pennsylvania 
Clear  Creek — J  S  Bussard,  Everett,  Pennsylvania 
Cypher — James  Dotson,  Cypher,  Pennsylvania 
Gapsville— S  Winch,  Gapsville,  Pennsylvania 
Jerusalem — Moses  Diehl,  Locustgrove,  Pennsylvania 
Mt.  Union — Simon  Bussard,  Mencn,  Pennsylvania 
North  Point— C  Foor,  Northpoint,  Pennsylvania 
Pine  Grove— D  Jay,  Robinsonville,  Pennsylvania 
Pleasant  Union— B  Mearkle,  Pineridge,  Pennsylvania 
Rays  Cove— S  J  H  Foor,  Rays  Hill,  Pennsylvania 
Rock  Hill— H  F  Mearkle,  Mattie,  Pennsylvania 
Tonoloway — I  Barney,  Buck  Valley,  Pennsylvania 
Union  Memorial — P  Clark,  Mench,  Pennsylvania 


Oklahoma  Conference. 

President— 'Rev .  F.  M.  Thomas,  Elba,  Oklahoma. 
Secretary— Rev.  W.  P.  Hosteller,  Floyd,  Oklahoma. 

MINISTERS    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Cooke,  H,  Harvey,  Oklahoma 
Funderburg,  P,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 
Geller,  J,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 
Hosteller,  W  P,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 
Jenkins,  S,  Mulhall,  Oklahoma 
Shepherd.  W  J,  Purcell,  Ind.  Ter. 
Thomas,  F  M,  Elba,  Oklahoma 
White,  J  T,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Plainview— Dona  Morris,  Mulhall,  Oklahoma 
Pleasant  Grove— Nelia  Broyler,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 
Union— Mrs  Snyder,  Perry,  Oklahoma 
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Rev.  Joseph  Barney  was  born  in 
Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  June  19, 1S31.  From 
childhood  he  had  a  reverence  for  the 
Bible,  and  felt  that  st)me  time  he 
would  preach  the  blessed  truths  it 
contained.  At  the  age  of  16  he  joined 
church,  consecrating  his  life  to  his 
Master. 

He  now  felt  a  desire  to  enter  college, 
but  could  not  leave  his  aged  parents. 
Still  the  Lord  kept  calling  him  to 
I)reach  until  he  threw  aside  his  fears 
and,  in  18.55,  announced  that  he  would 
preach  on  Christmas  night  in  the  ' 
house  in  which  he  was  teaching. 
Four  years  later  he  was  ordained  at 
Rock  Hill,  N.  Y.,  and  began  a  work 
that  has  resulted  in  the  organization 
of  ten  churches,  six  hundred  bap- 
tisms, and  over  twelve  hundred  con- 
versions. 

His  ambitions  are  the  same  they 
were  when  he  entered  upon  his  work, 
just  forty-one  years  ago  ;  and  he  feels 
that  although  he  has  traversed  life's 
pathway  until  he  has  almost  reached 
tlie  goal,  still  there  is  work  for  him 
to  do.  This  work  he  does  meekly, 
patiently,  rejoicing  in  the  fact  tliat 
the  Lord  thinks  him  worthy  the  trust. 
Tlie  results  he  leaves  with  God,  know- 
ing the  seed  sown  will  be  well  cared 
for  until  that  great  day  when  he 
awakes  in  his  likeness. 


Ret.  Joseph  Hahney,  Ci.earville,  Penn.  (Southern  Pennsylvania  Conference.) 


Ohio  Eastern  Conference. 

(Rpported  by  Secretary  Gregory.) 

This  conference  was  organized  August  8,  1839,  at 
the  Christian  Church  at  Comly,  Ohio. 

Next  session  at  the  Salem  Christian  Church,  Meigs 
County,  Ohio,  commencing  at  2  p  m.  Thursday  before 
the  fourth  Sunday  in  August,  1897. 

President -Kev.  H.  B.  Briley,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio. 

Secretary— W .  B.  Gregory,  Pointrock,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Adams,  A  A,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 
Angel,  J  A,  Bidwell,  Ohio 
Arthur,  W  H,  Gallipolis,  Ohio 
Bennett,  Braerly,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 
Bennett,  Newman,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 
Briley,  Chas,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 
Briley,  H  B,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 
Cardwell,  VV  VV,  Chestnutgrove,  Ohio 
Cook,  Thos,  Haydenville,  Ohio 
Drake,  Asa,  Waterloo,  Ohio 
Essex,  O  L  Starr,  Ohio 
Grover,  H  A,  Eno,  Ohio 
Jenkins,  Wm,  Ray,  Ohio 
Lewis,  Samuel,  Joy,  Ohio 
Long,  G  L,  Chestnutgrove,  Ohio 
Massie,  James  B.  Okey,  Ohio 
Myers,  J  W,  Sandfork,  Ohio 
Nelson,  Wm,  Dexter,  Ohio 


Phillips,  Wm,  Yarieo,  Ohio 

Rose,  R  C,  Bidwell,  Ohio 

Selby,  Ralph,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 

Simmons,  L  E,  Wilkesville,  Ohio 

Smith,  J  V,  Pinegrove,  Ohio 

Swabb,  Marcus 

Warrener,  W  J,  Federal,  Ohio 

OHVRCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— A  Wilcox,  Chestnutgrove,  Ohio 

Bulaville— T  L  Hern,  Bulaville,  Ohio 

Carbon  Hill— Geo  Donaldson,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 

Champaign— 

Coes  Chapel— A  A  Devol,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 

Columbia— J  L  Mark,  Pointrock,  Ohio 

Hooks  Chapel— Daniel  Sherrard,  Haydenville,  Ohio 

Dixons  Run— J  A  Mungan,  Keystone,  Ohio 

East  Gallipolis— Mary  E  Jacobs,  Gallipolis,  Ohio 

Elizabeth— H  Plymale,  Thivener,  Ohio 

Fairview— J  W  Myers,  Sandfork,  Ohio 

Graham  Chapel— F  C  Rilev,  Judson,  Ohio 

Jacksonville— A  A  Adams,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 

Kittanning— Sarah  Essex,  Starr,  Ohio 

Langsville— Frank  Braley,  Langsville,  Ohio 

Liberty  Chapel— Joshua  Lewis,  Clemma.  Ohio 

Little  Kyzer— R  H  Christie,  Cheshire,  Ohio 

Macedonia— R  A  Lewis,  Hilton,  Ohio 

Monroe— Mary  Drake,  Comly,  Ohio 

Morgan— A  M  Grover,  Pinegrove,  Ohio 

Mt.  Zion— W  S  Wollett,  Nelsonville,  Hocking  Co,  Ohio 

Mt.  Zion— Nathaniel  Wood,  Joy,  Morgan  Co,  Ohio 

Mound  Hill— Rev  W  J  Warrener,  Federal,  Ohio 

Okey— C  A  Wiseman,  Okey,  Ohio 

Pleasant  Valley— W  Smith,  Stewart,  Ohio 

Prospect— E  E  Sprague,  Evergreen,  Ohio 

Salem— W  C  Turner,  Dexter,  Ohio 

Union  Hall— B  C  Ross,  Bidwell,  Ohio 

Wrightstown— C  A  Butler,  Calvary,  Ohio 


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Rev.  T.  S.  Weeks,  (Rhode  Island  and  Ma.ssachuj-etti. 
Conference),  Swansea  Center,  Mass. 

Rev.  Thomas  Smith  Weeks  was  bom  in  the  town 
of  Blooming  Grove,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  6,  18fj-t. 
He  is  the  eldest  son  of  Benj.  F.  and  Naucy  Weeks. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Middletown, 
N.  Y.,  which  was  his  home  until  he  entered  upon 
the  work  of  the  ministry.  He  was  converted  at  the 
early  age  of  13,  and  united  with  the  First  Presbyter- 
ian Church.  Soon  after  the  establishment  of  thu 
Free  Christian  Church  of  that  town  he  became 
interested  in  our  principles,  and  joined  it  by  letter 
in  1874.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  the  same  year. 
Upon  his  twentieth  birthday  he  had  entered  upon 
the  study  of  law,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
all  the  courts  of  New  York  State  September  10,  1877. 
He  spent  one  year  in  the  Biblical  Institute  at  Stan- 
fordville  (1879-80),  and  then  entered  upon  his  work 
as  a  minister,  being  tirst  employed  as  missionary 
by  the  N.  E.  Home  and  Ft)reign  Missionary  Society. 
He  was  ordained  by  vote  of  the  N.  Y.  Eastern  Chris- 
tian Conference  June  5,  1881,  at  Middletown,  Rev. 
H.  L.  Hastings  preaching  the  sermon,  Rev.  C.  M. 
Winchester  and  Rev.  S.  M.  Cook  sharing  in  the 
service.  As  pastor,  he  has  served  the  churches  at 
Augusta,  Newport,  and  Skowhogan,  Maine;  Wester- 
ly, R.  I.;  Wolfboro,  N.  H.,  and  Middle  St.,  New 
Bedford,  and  Swansea,  Mass.,  his  present  pastorate. 
May  16,  18NJ,  he  was  married  to  Miss  t'arrie  E. 
Jaquith,  of  Clinton,  Maine,  by  Rev.  B.  P.  Reed. 
Their  home  is  made  happy  by  the  presence  of  two 
children,  Edith  A..  l:i  years  old,  and  Thomas  N.,  1 
year.  Bro  Weeks  has  been  honored  by  his  bretli- 
ren  with  important  positions,  which  ho  has  filled 
with  honor  to  the  cause  and  credit  to  iiimself.  He 
was  president  of  the  N .  H .  .S.  S.  Association  one  year, 
president  of  the  N.  E.  ('onventiou  and  associated 
societies  4  years,  while  he  is  now  president  of  the 
Mass.  and  R.  1.  Ministerial  Association,  and  serving 
his  tenth  year  as  secretary  of  the  Camp  Meeting 
Association.  Bro.  Weeks  is  thoroughly  loyal  to  the 
Christians,  an  able  proaclier,  an  earnest  advocate 
of  all  moral  reforms,  a  genial  friend  and  a  faithful 
pastor.  Alva  H.  Moeeill. 


Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Beebe. ) 
Next  session   in  September,   1897.      Place  not  de- 
termined. 
President— Re\.  B.  S.  Batchelor,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Secretary— Rev .  G.  A.  Beebe,  Rye,  New  Hampshire. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Anthony,  Gould,  Box  684,  Fallriver,  Mass 
Baker,  M  W,  124  Bogle  St,  Fallriver,  Mass 
Barry,  J  E,  227  Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Mass 
Batchelor,  B  S,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 
Beanblossom,  A  L,  38  Silsbee  St,  Lynn,  Mass 
Beebe,  G  A,  Rye,  New  Hampshire 
Clayton,  B  F,  Franklin,  Ohio 
Cleverly,  M  M,  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts 
Coe,  I  H,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 
Conibear,  G  A,  Freetown,  Massachusetts 
Faunce,  Wm,  Mattapoisett,  Massachusetts 
Flanders,  W  B,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 
Greenslit,  G  W,  Danielson,  Connecticut 
Gustin,  Ellen  G,  Attleboro,  Massachusetts 
Howard,  Lester,  StanfordviUe,  New  York 
Kennedy,  G  W,  Moosup  Valley,  Rhode  Island 
Lewis,  J  M,  No.  Westport,  Massachusetts 
Luther,  N,  Rockland,  Rhode  Island 
MacCalman,  John,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 
McCrone,  W  H,  South  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island 
Merrill,  G  E,  Westerly,  Rhode  Island 
Miller,  Wm.  Swansea  Center,  Massachusetts 
Morton,  A  G,  LuDec,  Maine 
Nichols,  R  J,  Hampton,  Connecticut 
Parker,  C,  No.  Scituate,  Rhode  Island 
Phillips,  E  R,  Pottersville,  Massachusetts 
Pierce,  J  L,  So.  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts 
Powell,  D  E,  Providence,  Rhode,  Island 
Reynolds,  W  J,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 
Shank,  C  H,  No.  Dighton,  Massachusetts 
Smith,  C  P,  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire 
Sweet,  W  O,  Apponaug,  Rhode  Island 
Tillinghast,  C  A,  StanfordviUe.  New  York 
Weeks,  T  S,  Swansea  Center,  Massachusetts, 

CHURCHES,   CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Acushnet— Lucy  H  W  Ellis,  Acushnet,  Massachusetts 

Dartmouth  ( Bakerville)— 

Dartmouth  (Hixville) — Mrs  J  F  Mosher,  Shawmut, 

Massachuseits 
Dartmouth  (Smith  Mills)— Abbie  A  Tucker,  No.  Dart- 
mouth, Massachusetts 
Dighton  (  North)— Silas  L  Dean,  Taunton,  Mass 
Dighton  (West)— Nancy  R  GofT,  West  Dighton,  Mass 
Fallriver  (  Bogle  St. )— Chas  J  Bauerle.  Fallriver,  Mass 
Fallriver  (First)— Edw  A  Thurston,  Fallriver,  Mass 
Fallriver  (North)— H  H  Simmons,  Steepbrook,  Mass 
Foster  Center— W  I  Stone.  Foster  Center,  Mass 
Freetown  ( Assonet)— B  F  Aiken,  Freetown,  Mass 
Freetown  ( East)— Hannah  J  Harper,  East  Freetown, 

Massachusetts 
Howard  Valley— Mrs  A  J  Burnham,  Howard  Valley, 

Massachusetts 
Lynn — William  Bartlett,  Lynn,  Massachusetts 
Mansfield  (  West)— W  A  Cowley,  West  Mansfield,  Mass 
Mattapoisett — 

Moosup  Valley— J  W  Phillips,  Moosup  Valley,  R  I 
New  Bedford  (Bonney  St.)— E  C  Sherman,  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts 
New  Bedford  (Middle  St.)— W   P  Tobey,   New    Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts 
New  Bedford  (  First)— 

New  Bedford  ( Spruce  St. )— Sarah  E  Bowen,  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts 
New  London — G  Holmes,  New  London,  Conn 
Portsmouth  (South)— E  A  Sisson,  So.   Portsmouth, 

Rhode  Island 
Providence  (  Broad  St.)— H  A  Buffington,  Providence, 

Rhode  Island 
Rehoboth  (South)— C  A  Pierce,  So.  Rehoboth,  Mass 
Rice  City— Mrs  Emma  A  Fairbanks,  Greene,  R  I 
Rockland— Sarah  E  OIney,  Rockland,  Rhode  Island 
Summerset — Ira  Hathaway,  Pottersville,  Mass 
Swansea— Susie  C  Phillips,  Swansea  Center,  Mass 
Westerly— Herman  E  Chase,  Westerly,  Rhode  Island 
Westport— Mrs  Nannie  C  Brownell.  Westport,  Mass 
Westport  (Cent.  Village)— Ed  G  Macomber,  Central 

Village,  Massachusetts 
Westport  (  North  )— F  S  Petty,  No.  Westport,  Mass 
Westport  (South)— James  Smith,  So.  Westport,  Mass 


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FiKST  Christian  Chlrch  i.  Kliode  Island  and  Massachusetts  Confereiicoj,  Swansea,  Mass., 
Rev.  T.  S.  Weeks,  Pastor. 


The  First  Christian  Church  of  Swansea,  Mass;i- 
-chusetts,  is  doubtless  the  oldest  organization  in  tlu' 
denomination.  It  was  first  gathered  in  A.  D.  168U. 
It  was  formally  organized  as  the  "  Church  of  Christ 
in  Swansea"  in  1693.  Thomas  Barnes  was  chosen 
elder,  and  Isaac  Mason  was  ordained  deacon  in  the 
same  year.  In  1725  the  church  adopted  the  rules  of 
the  denomination  known  as  Six  Principle  Baptists, 
but  did  not  join  their  "  Yearly  Meeting  "  until  1803. 
After  that  date,  for  sixteen  years  the  church  was 
regularly  in  fellowship  with  that  body. 

In  1819  the  church  again  became  indeijendent,  re- 
turning to  its  original  position  of  Christian  liberty. 

For  the  first  fifty  years  of  its  history  it  was 
doubtless  the  only  church  on  earth  occupying  that 
position  of  Christian  freedom.  Samson  Mason, 
■whose  son  Isaac,  already  named  as  the  first  deacon, 
whose  son  Joseph  was  the  second  pastor,  and  whose 
grandsons  Job  and  Russell,  were  afterwards  pastors 
of  this  flock,  was  one  of  the  soldiers  of  (^romweJl 
who  left  England  for  this  country  at  the  time  of  the 
restoration  of  the  House  of  Stuart,  and  he  brought 
"with  him  that  love  of  liberty  which  characterizpd 
his  class.    In  1811  Benjamin  Taylor  was  invited  to 


occupy  the  pulpit  for  a  time,  dividing  the  sabbath 
services  with  the  pastor,  Philip  Slade,  and  about 
1820,  Mr.  Taylor  was  chosen  pastor.  During  his 
pastorate  of  ten  years  there  were  133  additions  to 
the  church.  He  was  succeeded  by  Richard  Davis, 
and  he  by  J.  J.  Thatcher,  he  by  Isaiah  Haley,  and 
lie  by  .J.  S.  Thompson,  who  had  two  terms,  the 
interval  being  filled  by  H.  P,  Guilford.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son was  succeeded  by  Stephen  Fellows,  and  he  by 
the  late  B.  F.  Summerbell.  S.  K.  Sweetman  came 
next,  and  Geo.  H.  /Ulon,  now  of  Steep  Brook,  suc- 
ceeded him.  Then  began  the  long  pastorate  of 
Joseph  Warren  Osborne,  which  ended  with  his 
sudden  decease  on  January  4,  1889. 

The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Lester  Howard,  now  of 
Stanfordville,  New  York.  The  present  pastorate 
began  October  1,  1894. 

More  than  twenty  ministers  have  gone  forth  from 
this  church,  and  several  neighboring  churches  have 
been  organized  by  members  from  this  body. 

The  first  meeting-house  was  built  soon  after  the 
date  of  organization.  The  second  one  was  built  in 
1720,  and  the  present  structure,  which  has  been 
since  improved  and  repaired,  was  dedicated  in  1833, 
and  re-dedicated,  after  extensive  improvements,  in 
1873.  Thos.  S.  Weeks. 


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THE   CHRISTIANS'   ANNUAL 


Bogle  Street  Christian  Church  (Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts  Conference),  Fallrivee,  Mass. 

Rev.  M.  W.  Baker,  Ph.D.,  Puator. 


Ontario  (Canada)  Conference. 

(  Reported  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Cowle.) 

President— Rev.  C.  H.  Hainer,  Stouffville,  Ontario, 
Canada. 

Secretary— Rev.  W.  P.  Fletcher,  Oshawa,  Ontario. 
Canada. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Chidley,  W  H,  Newmarket,  Ontario,  Canada 
Clark,  L,  Paris,  Ontario,  Canada 
Cowle,  W  S,  Sandford,  Ontario,  Canada 
Perrier,  John,  Stanford ville.  New  York 
Fletcher,  W  P,  Oshawa,  Ontario,  Canada 
Garbutt,  T,  Little  Britain.  Ontario,  Canada 
Gould,  E  J,  Apsley,  Outario,  Canada 


Hainer,  C  H,  Stouflfville,  Ontario,  Canada 
Inch,  W  H,  Oshawa,  Ontario,  Canada 
Morgan,  W  H,  Lubec,  Maine 
Morton,  F,  Keswick,  Ontario,  Canada 
Percy,  W,  Stouffville,  Ontario,  Canada 
Perkins,  G,  Stanfordville,  New  York 
Prosser,  D,  Newmarket,  Ontario,  Canada 
Prosser,  .James,  Cas-tleton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Prosser,  S,  Castleton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Prosser,  W,  Keswick,  Ontario,  Canada 
Pryne.  Jacob,  Ballentrae,  Ontario,  Canada 
Russ,  J  L,  Grafton,  Ontario.  Canada 
Shoults.  J  H,  Harriston,  Ontario,  Canada. 
Terry,  W  A,  Eddystone,  Ontario,  Canada 
Trull,  W  W,  Orono,  Ontario,  Canada 
Van  Norman,  D,  Keswick,  Ontario,  Canada 


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121 


Eev.  M.W.Bakee,PIi.D.,  (Rliode  Island  and  Massa- 
chusetts Conference)  Pastor  Bogle  Street 
Christian  Church,  Fallriver,  Mass. 


Van  Norman,  Van,  Keswick,  Ontario,  Canada 
Willoughby,  J,  Drayton,  Ontario,  Canada 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Altona — Abijah  Jones,  Altona,  Ontario,  Canada 
Baldwin — Jas  Anderson,  Vatchell,  Ontario,  Canada 
Bloomington — J  H  Ramer,  Bloomington,  Ontario,  Can 
Brougham— Robt  Phillips,  Brougham,  Ontario,  Can 
Castleton — H  Moore,  Castleton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Chandos — J  Leak,  Apsley,  Ontario,  Canada 
Church  Hill — W  H  Irvin,  Ballanfrae,  Ontario,  Canada 
Cramahe  Hill— R  A  Palmatier,  Morganston,  Ontario, 

Canada 
Drayton— Mrs  D  Peacock,  Drayton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Eddystone — I  M  Eddy,  Grafton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Franklin — Geo  Mainprize,  Holt,  Ontario,  Canada 
Keswick— S  B  Purdy,  Keswick,  Ontario,  Canada 
King— W  C  Bogart,'Kettleby,  Ontario,  Canada 
Little  Britain — Louie  Pi  ior.  Little  Britain,  Ontario,  Can 
Markham  (Seventh)— G  Sornberger,  Unionville,  On- 
tario, Canada 
Markham  Village— Ida  Lumley,  Markham,  Ontario, 

Canada 
Minto — J  Howes,  Harriston,  Ontario,  Canada 
Mt.  Carmel— W  P  Eddy,  Castleton,  Ontario,  Canada 
Newmarket — W  R  Traviss,  Newmarket,  Ontario,  Can 
Orono — N  F  Hall,  Orono,  Ontario,  Can 
Oshawa — E  S  Dearborn,  Oshawa,  Ontario,  Canada 
Ringwood — J  Burkholder,  Ringwood,  Ontario,  Canada 
Scott— J  B  Lemon,  Sandtord,  Ontario,  Canada 
Union  Street — J  Cowieson,  Quppnsville,  Ontario,  Can 


Southern  Indiana  and  Illinois 
Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Defur. ) 

This  conference  was  organized  September  10,  1864, 
at  New  Liberty  Church  near  Cynthiana.  Indiana. 

Next  session  at  Christian  Chapel,  Bungan,  Illinois, 
on  Wednesday  before  the  second  Sunday  of  Septem- 
ber. 1897. 

President— D.  A.  Epperson,  Haubstadt,  Indiana. 

i'eeretarj/— Rev.  Clarence  Defur,  Stewartsville,  Ind. 


MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bennett,  A  H,  Flora,  Illinois 
Book,  A  C,  Boyleston,  Illinois 
Brewer,  P  B,  Hord,  Illinois 
Co.x,  I  N,  Texas  City,  Illinois 
Damron,  J  N,  Evansville,  Indiana 
Davis,  Wilson,  Boyleston,  Illinois 
Defur,  Clarence,  Stewartsville,  Indiana 
Ellis,  R  J,  Boyleston,  Illinois 
Ewing,  Wm,  Famous,  Illinois 
Jones,  Thomas,  Boyleston,  Illinois 
Littell,  J  B,  Cynthiana,  Indiana 
Moore,  R  E,  Mt.  Vernon,  Indiana 
Remole,  Lewis,  Calvinsburg,  Kentucky 
Remole,  U  G,  Newhaven,  Illinois 
Shreve,  AC,  Ellery,  Illinois 
Wiggons,  J  D,  Ball,  Illinois 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch— AdaKnowels,  Owensville,  Indiana 
Arrington— Mary  Palfrenon,  Sims,  Illinois 
Bethsaida- J  M  Norris.  Stewartsville,  Indiana 
Boyleston— J  M  Cable,  Bovleston,  Illinois 
Burnt  Prairie— Rachel  Downen,  Sumpter,  Illinois 
Christian  Chapel— Charles  Moore,  Bungay,  Illinois 
Moores  Chapel-G  P  Kincade,  Mt.  Vernon,  Indana 
New  Haven— R  E  Moore,  Mt.  Vernon,  Indiana 
New  Liberty— Elmer  Carter,  Haubstadt,  Indiana 
Pleasant  Hill- 
Pleasant  Union— Sarah  Cromel,  Famous,  Illinois 
Pleasant  View- 
Poplar— A  W  Hauser,  Texas  City,  Illinois 
Richland— E  L  Neaville,  Boyleston,  Illinois 
Seminary— Rane  Carter.  Sumpter,  Illinois 
Union— Charles  Voght,  Evansville,  Indiana 


Nebraska  Conference. 

This  conference  was  organized  June  9,  1876,  at  Way- 
land,  Polk  County,  Nebraska,  by  James  Quillen,  ol 
Wayland. 

Next  session  at  Wayland  in  September,  1897. 

iVesid«n^— Rev.  J.  F.  McCoy,  Ulysses,  Nebraska. 

Sccre^arj/- Myrtle  Nebergall,  Wayland,  Nebraska. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Amos,  J  E,  Gresham,  Nebraska 
Beardshear,  H,  Ponca,  Nebraska 
Blackman,  J,  Garrison,  Nebraska 
McCoy,  J  F,  Ulysses,  Nebraska 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Arborville— J  Plessinger,  Arborville,  Nebraska 
Garrison— Nellie  Galliger,  Garrison,  Nebraska 
Wayland— F  F  Clap.p,  Gresham,  Nebraska 


West  Virginia  Conference. 

President— Rey.  C.  J.  Wolford,  Redcreek,  W.  Va. 

Secrttary- Anna.  B.  Miller, '■ ,  West  Virginia. 

MINISTERS    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bonner,  J  H,  Redcreek,  West  Virginia 
Miller,  N  B,  Dryfork,  West  Virginia 
Ray,  W,  Hendricks,  West  Virginia 
Riggleman,  Simon,  Moorefield,  West  Virginia 
'  Smith,  A  C,  Dryfork,  West  Virginia 
Wolford,  C  J,  Redcreek,  West  Virginia 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Flanagan  Hill— A  B  Flanagan,  Redcreek,  W  Va 

Hopeville — 

Oak  Dale— 

Richmount— William  Mollow,  Haman,  West  Virginia 

Wolfords— C  J  Wolford,  Redcreek,  West  Virginia 


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THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


Southern  Illinois  Conference. 

{Reported  by  Secretary  Crawshaw. ) 

Organized  1834. 

Next  session  at  Christian  Union  Church,  Mt.  Car- 
bon, Illinois,  Thursday  before^the  first  Sunday  in 
September,  1897. 

President— ReY.  M.  L.  Fly,  Progress,  Illinois. 

Secretary— Abraham  Crawshaw,  Carbondale,  111. 

MINISTERS  AND   ADDRESSES. 

Brewer,  John,  Carbondale,  Illinois 
Brooks,  M  C,  Makanda,  Illinois 
Buckley,  E.  Murphysboro,  Illinois 
Childers,  W  C,  Wolfcreek,  Illinois 
€rowder,  N  G,  Bloomfleld,  Illinois 
Davidson,  T  J,  Alto  Pass,  Illinois 
Doolin,  G  W,  Murphysboro,  Illinois 
Fly,  M  L,  Progress,  Illinois 
Fulgham.  P  O,  Creal  Springs,  Illinois 
Hale,  W  C,  Makanda,  Illinois 
Hall,  R  D,  Regent,  Illinois 
Hess,  Perry,  Cartervillo,  Illinois 
Hiller,  G  W,  Makanda,  Illinois 
Lindsey,  I,  Grraud  Tower,  Illinois 
Lindsey,  W  R,  Oakville,  Illinois 
Martin,  W  T,  Regent,  Illinois 
McKinzie,  G  C,  Boskydell,  Illinois 
Reed,  W  R,  Wolfcreek,  Illinois 
Reynolds,  M  G,  Murphysboro,  Illinois 
Underwood,  Wm,  Murphysboro,  Illinois 
Wilson,  W  A,  Murphysboro,  Illinois 
Winchester,  L  E,  Carbondale,  Illinois 

CHURCHES. 

(Secretary  did  not  give  addresses  of  clerks.) 


Christian  Union 
County  Line 
Drury 
Ebenezer 
Hickory  Grove 


Mt.  Cana 
Mt.  Olive 
Mt.  Pleasant 
New  Fellowship 
New  Home 


New  Liberty 
Oak  Grove 
Union 
Union  Hill 


Virginia  Central  Conference. 

Next  session  at  Newport,  Page  County,  Virginia,  on 
Thursday  before  the  second  Sunday  in  August,  1897,  at 

10  A.M. 

President— Re\.  J.  W.  Dofflemyer,  Elkton,  Virginia. 
Secretary — Rev.  John  Tamkin,  Edith,  Virginia. 

MINISTEBB   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Baugher,  S  P,  Beldor,  Virginia 
Brown,  George  W,  Grove  Hill,  Virginia 
Davis,  A  P,  Swiftrun,  Virginia 
Dofflemyer,  J  W,  Elkton,  Virginia 
Isely,  E  T,  Leaksville,  Virginia 
Powers,  A  G,  Moorefleld,  West  Virginia 
Roach,  Killis,  Nortonsville,  Virginia 
Tamkin,  John,  Edith,  Virginia 

CHDRCUES,    CLERKS,    AND   ADDBG8SE8. 

Dryrun — A  Munch,  Seven  Fountains,  Virginia 
East  Liberty — A  J  Kite,  Grove  Hill,  Virginia 
Highpoint — Thomas  Crawford,  Swiftrun,  Virginia 
Joppa— W  L  Melnturf,  Edith,  Virginia 
Knights  Chapel — Wm  Knight,  Stanardsville,  Virginia 
Leaksville— G  W  Rothgeb,  Luray,  Virginia 
Mt.  Lebanon— J  F  McCallister,  Shenandoah,  Va 
Mt.  Olivet — Z  Marshall,  Nortonsville,  Virginia 
Mt.  Pleasant— C  Dovel,  Elkton,  Virginia 
Mt.  Salem— J  E  Watkins,  Beldor,  Virginia 
Mt.  Union — N  Shiflet,  Nortonsville,  Virginia 
Newport— Wm  Cornnell,  Kountz,  Virginia 
Palmyra — John  Carper,  Edinburg,  Virginia 
Pimple  Hill— V  Morris,  Nortonsville,  Virginia 
Timber  Ridge— A  S  Anderson,  Hooks  Milln,  W  Va 
White  Hall— J  W  Conley,  Christman.  Virginia 


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Southwestern    Pennsylvania  Con_ 
ference. 

(  Reported  by  Secretary  Swaney.) 

This  conference  was  organized  November,  1895,  at 
HaydentowD,  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Ball. 

Next  session  will  be  held  September,  1897,  at  Hay- 
dentown,  Pennsylvania. 

President— Key .  H.  L.  Ball,  Ruble,  Pennsylvania. 

Secretary— M\3a  Laura  Swaney,  Haydentown,  Pa. 

MINISTERS   AND    ADDRESSES. 

Ball,  H  L,  Ruble,  Pennsylvania 

CHURCHES,    CLEBKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Haydentown— Laura  Swaney,  Haydentown,  Pa 
Murrays  Grove — Elizabeth  Murray,  Ruble,  Pa 
Olyphant — Thomas  Louis,  Olyphant,  Pennsylvania 


Eastern  Virginia  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Lawrence.) 
Organized  in  1818,  at  Holyneck,  Virginia. 
Next  session  at   Bethlehem   Church,   Nansemond 
County,  Virginia,  November  2,  1897. 
Iresident — Rev.  W.  S.  Long,  Franklin,  Virginia. 
Secretary— T .  J.  Lawrence,  South  Quay,  Virginia. 

MINISTERS   AND    ADDBE8SES. 

Barrett,  J  P,  Norfolk,  Virginia 

Barrett,  J  W,  Windsor,  Virginia 

Butler,  H  H,  Suflfolk,  Virginia 

Butler,  M  W,  Berkley,  Virginia 

Charnock,  Roger,  New  Bedford,  INIassachusetts  , 

Demorest,  R  H  D,  Boxelder,  Virginia 

Harrell,  J  W,  Waverly,  Virginia 

Holland,  R  H,  Holland,  Virginia 

Hurley,  M  L,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Jones,  J  H,  Holland,  Virginia 

Kitchen,  J  T,  Windsor,  Virginia 

Laine,  W  J,  Suffolk,  Virginia 

Long,  W  S,  Franklin,  Virginia 

Moore,  H  C,  Charlottesville,  Virginia 

Newman,  N  Q.Suffolk,  Virginia 

Staley,  W  W,  Suffolk,  Virginia 

CHURCHES,    CLERKS,    AND    ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — T  J  Clements,  Windsor,  Virginia 
Barretts— J  D  Pond,  Airfield,  Virginia 
Berea  (Nansemond) — F  M  Arthur,  Deanes,  Virginia 
Berea  (Norfolk)— M  W  Hollowell,  Greatbridge,  Va 
Berkley — D  J  Bowdar,  Berkley,  Virginia 
Bethany— T  J  Lawrence,  South  Quay,  Virginia 
Bethlehem— J  W  Folk,  Suffolk,  Virginia 
Burtons  Grove— E  S  Barrett,  Airfield,  Virginia 
Centerville — R  M  Ferguson,  Disputanta,  Virginia 
Cypress  Chapel — A  L  Harrell,  Cypress  Chapel,  Va 
Damascus — J  RCorbett,  Sunsbury,  North  Carolina 
Eures— W  M  Sparkman,  Eure,  North  Carolina 
Franklin— L  R  Jones,  Franklin,  Virginia 
Holland— R  H  Holland,  Holland,  Virginia 
Holy  Neck— Julius  T  Rawles,  Boxelder,  Virginia 
Isle  of  Wight  C  H— R  L  Spivey,  Isle  of  Wight  C  H,  Va 
Ivor — B  H  Laine,  Ivor,  Virginia 
Johnsons  Grove— J  W  Johnson,  Vicksville,  Virginia 
Liberty  Spring— F  E  Parker,  Savage  Crossing,  Va 
Mt.  Carmel— R  E  Turner,  Windsor,  Virginia 
Mt  Z'on— G  W  Hanghwout,  Crittenden,  Virginia 


New  Lebanon — O  V  Cockes,  Sexton,  Virginia 
Norfolk— M  J  W  White,'  Norfolk,  Virginia 
Oakland— A  Lee  Saunders,  Windsor,  Virginia 
Providence— F  L  Portlock,  Norfolk,  Virginia 
Spring  Hill— C  C  Richardson,  Waverly,  Virginia 
Suffolk— B  F  Cutehin,  Suffolk,  Virginia 
Union  (Surry  )—C  W  Whitmore,  Dendron,  Virginia 
Union  (Southhampton)— J  I  Joyner,  Isaac,  Virginia 
Waverly — T  W  Johnson,  Waverly,  Virginia 
Windsor — F  C  Roberts,  Windsor,  Virginia 


Ohio  Conference. 

(Reported  by  Secretary  Daugherty. ) 
Next  session  at  the  Pleasant  Valley  Church  No.  2, 

Scioto  County,  on  Thursday  before  the  first  Sunday  in 

September,  1897. 
President— 'Rey .  James  Moody,  Camba,  Ohio. 
Seeretary—k.  E.  Daugherty,  Mabee,  Ohio. 

MINISTERS   AND   ADDRESSES. 

Bailes,  W  F,  Limerick,  Ohio 

Bethel,  James, 

Blake,  GC,  Antonis,  Ohio 

Coon,  Charles,  Samsonville,  Ohio 

Crayton,  T  A,  Springer,  Ohio 

Cummins,  J  B,  Sedan,  Ohio 

Dawson,  Wm,  Samsonville,  Ohio 

Dennis,  V  R, 

Double,  Jacob,  Elmgrove,  Ohio 

Drake,  E  A,  Chillicothe,  Ohio 

Eheheart,  J  S,  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania 

Evans,  F  E,  Chillicothe,  Ohio 

Herelds,  D,  Higby.  Ohio 

Heughs,  S,  Oakhill,  Ohio 

Holland  Thomas,  Sant,  Ohio 

Maddox,  John,  Wellston,  Ohio 

Martin,  J, 

Moody,  James,  Camba,  Ohio 

Nelson,  N,  Given,  Ohio 

Rice,  T  J,  Glenroy,  Ohio 

Spence,  J  H,  Wellston,  Ohio 

Spriggs,  J  E,  Wellston,  Ohio 

Taylor,  J  B,  Given,  Ohio 

Vitito,  James,  Coalton,  Ohio 

Webb,  J  M,  Sedan,  Ohio 

CHURCHES,    CLEBKS,    AND   ADDRESSES. 

Antioch — W  H  Jones,  Camba,  Ohio 

Antonis — Wm  Willson,  Antonis,  Ohio 

Columbia — 

Dennison  Chapel— D  Herelds,  Higby,  Ohio 

Dundas— Cyrus  Shull,  Dundas,  Ohio 

Edwin — George  Leavering,  Chapman,  Ohio 

Elmgrove — J  Double,  Elmgrove,  Ohio 

Fairview— Susan  Sheckey,  Leo,  Ohio 

Hamilton — H  Canter,  JMabee,  Ohio 

Happy  Hope— Wm  C  Hayslett,  Wellston,  Ohio 

Hiram  Chape! — Minnie  Riley,  Duke,  Ohio 

Hopewell— J  F  Walton,  South  Bloomingville,  Ohio 

Hopewell — Wm  Emmons,  Coalton,  Ohio 

Jefferson— Richard  Crabtree,  Oakhill,  Ohio 

Lily  Chapel— H  McDonald,  Given,  Ohio 

Macedonia — Dollie  Carter,  Sedan,  Ohio 

Meadow  Run— Albert  Chase,  Waverly,  Ohio 

Monroe — C  Coon,  Samsonville,  Ohio 

Mt.  Hernon— Samuel  Martin,  Jackson,  Ohio 

Pigeon  Valley — T  A  Crayton,  Springer,  Ohio 

Pleasant  Hill— Effie  Mathews,  Pleasant  Hill,  Ohio 

Pleasant  Valley  No.  1— Jonathan  Canter,  DifBn,  Ohio 

Pleasant  Valley  No.  2— F  M  Chaffin,  Crabtree,  Ohio 

Rock  Hill— R  L  Oiler,  Jackson,  Ohio 

Sandy— D  Herelds,  Higby,  Ohio 

Shiloh — Clinton  Johnson,  Hamden  Junction,  Ohio 

St.  Paul — Henry  Ackley,  Pikerun,  Ohio 

S.  V.  Chapel— E  A  Drake,  Chillicothe,  Ohio 

Triumph— John  C  Gibson,  Roy,  Ohio 

Zion — 


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Editor,  Dayton,  Ohio.  Matter 
intended  for  publication  in  the 
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Article  II.  06,/ec^— The  object 
of  this  .Association  shall  be  to 
promote  the  union  of  Christians 
and  the  convorsi'>n  of  the  world 
by  the  publication  of  books, 
tracts,  and  periodicals,  and  to  do 
such  other  work  as  may  with  pro- 
priety be  done  by  a  Christian 
publishing  association. 

Article  IV.  Members.— The 
members  of  tlie  American  Chris- 
tian (Convention,  at  the  corre- 
sponding session  thereof,  shall, 
e.r  officio,  be  members  of  this 
Association. 

The  president,  vice-president, 
secretary,  treasurer,  editor  or 
editors,  and  seven  trustees  are 
elected  by  ballot  by  the  Associa- 
tion at  its  quadrennial  session. 
The  president  and  secretary  are 
also  trustees  ex  officio. 


The  trustees  elect  the  publish- 
ing agent. 


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is  situated  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Main  and  Fourth  Streets.  When  io 
Dayton  call  and  see  us. 


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Rev.  S.  8.  Nkwiiouse,  Piijua.  Ohio, 
President  Christian  Publirihing-  Association. 


M.  O.  ADAiig,  Esq.,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio, 
Treasurer  Christian  Publishing  Association. 


K.  Li.  (tuuij\\i.\,  i^^ig..  liosion,  Mass., 
Trustee  Christian  Publishing  Association. 


Peof.  H.  Bennett,  Kings  Mills,  Ohio, 
Trustee  Christian  Publishing  Association. 


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Relation  of  the  Christian  Publishing  Association  to  the  Church. 


The  Christian  Publishing  Asso- 
ciation is  not  a  private  corporation. 
It  is  an  association  within  the  church, 
Jjy  the  church,  and  for  the  church. 
Its  capital  and  property  are  owned, 
and  its  employees  chosen  and  con- 
trolled by  the  body  through  its  rep- 
resentatives. Its  general  meetings 
for  business,  and  for  the  election  of 
trustees,  and  the  editors  of  the 
Church  and  Sunday  School  periodi- 
cals, are  held  every  four  years  in 
connection  with  the  quadrennial 
meetings  of  the  American  Christian 
Convention — the  constituency  of  the 
one  being  the  same  as  of  the  other. 

It  is  therefore  a  corporation  by 
the  church  to  provide  for  and  carry 
forward  its  own  publishing  inter- 
ests— the  Church's  Publishing  As- 
sociation. The  relation  of  this  en- 
terprise to  the  denomination  is  thus 
direct  and  vital.  It  is  that  of  a  po- 
tent institution  to  the  body  that 
originated  it  and  that  controls  it. 

The  trustees,  editors,  and  pub- 
lishing agent  are  but  the  chosen 
servants  of  the  body  to  perform  its 
will,  and  their  success  in  the  man- 
agement of  their  trust  must  be  de- 
termined chiefly  by  the  fidelity  and 
cooperation  of  the  constituency 
which  they  represent.  The  inter- 
ests served  and  fostered  are  so  es- 
sentially related  to  the  aims  and 
mission  of  the  body  that  a  wider 
field  cannot  be  commanded  except 
to  a  very  limited  extent.  Its  field 
is  not  the  world,  but  only  a  very 
limited  portion  of  it.  The  enter- 
prise, therefore,  justly  appeals  to 
the  brotherhood  as  being  their  oivn 
and  of  right  seeks  the  zealous  per- 
sonal aid  of  every  minister  and  ac- 
tive lay  member  in  the  circulation 
of  the  periodicals  published  under 
its  auspices.  The  indefatigable  and 
wisely -directed  efforts  of  the  pub- 
lisher and  agent,  Mr.  B.  M.  Stod- 
dard, to  achieve  creditable  results 


in  this  direction  are  deserving  of 
the  largest  possible  degree  of  suc- 
cess and  should  be  most  heartily  re- 
enforced  by  the  brotherhood  at 
large.  These  efforts  of  the  agent 
are  as  earnestly  seconded  by  the 
editors,  Drs.  Summerbell  and  Wat- 
son, who  are  sparing  no  labor  to 
make  the  papers  they  edit  most 
serviceable  to  the  denominational 
interests  and  appreciable  to  the 
largest  portion  of  their  readers. 

It  is  gratifying  to  note  the  fact 
that  notwithstanding  the  unprece- 
dented financial  depression  of  the 
last  year  throughout  our  country,  a 
healthy  growth  has  been  realized  in 
the  subscription  lists  of  these  peri- 
odicals, and  the  Association  has 
been  able  to  increase  its  net  earn- 
ings over  the  preceding  year.  But 
the  success  attained  is  little  more 
than  a  beginning  of  what  is  possible 
and  reasonable  to  expect  if  once  the 
whole  brotherhood  were  aroused  to 
a  persistent  effort  for  the  success  of 
the  Church  in  its  own  publishing 
enterprise  and  the  circulations  of 
its  own  periodical  literature.  What 
is  needed  is  a  general  and  strong 
cooperation  of  ministers  and  lay- 
men with  the  agent  in  a  determined 
and  continuous  effort  to  increase 
the  circulation  of  the  Herald  op 
Gospel  Liberty  and  the  Sunday 
School  literature  among  our  people 
in  every  community,  large  or  small, 
east,  west,  north,  and  south.  This, 
and  this  only,  is  required  to  make 
possible  the  most  gratifying  success 
in  the  aims  and  purposes  of  the  Pub- 
lishing Association.  It  is  evident 
that  hitherto  the  Association  has  not 
had  this  positive  and  active  support 
on  the  part  of  the  many.  Few,  com- 
paratively, have  taken  a  lively 
interest  in  the  matter  of  securing 
subscribers  to  the  periodicals  of 
the  Church.  This  unanimous  effort 
might  easily  double  the  circulation^ 


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of  these  pajDers  in  a  short  time  and 
thus  enlarge  their  usefulness,  give 
them  financial  success,  and  make  it 
possible  to  enhance  their  value 
without  increasing  their  expense  to 
the  subscribers.      We  appeal  to  the 


brotherhood  everyiuhere  to  render  this 
needed  service  to  a  cause,  at  once  their 
own,  and  most  vital  to  the  success  of  the 
Church  they  love  and  serve. 

S.  S.  Newhouse, 

President  G.  P.  A. 


What  About  1897? 


By  Alva  H.  Morrill,  D.D.,  President  A.  C.  C,  and  Secretary  C.  P.  A. 


Thought  is  awakened,  attention 
is  arrested  somewhat,  by  the  cross- 
ing of  a  year's  limit.  "Why  may 
not  a  church,  a  denomination  pause 
a  moment  for  reflection  as  to  its 
condition,  plans,  and  prospects,  as 
well  as  the  business  man,  or  the 
individuat? 

Readers  of  the  Annual  are  inter- 
ested in  the  work  and  progress  of  the 
people  in  whose  interest  it  is  pub- 
lished. We  may  safely  and  modest- 
ly say  concerning  our  peoj)le,  that 

( 1)  No  denomination  has  a  better 
creed  than  ours,  for  we  take  the 
Bible,  God's  message  to  men,  as 
our  creed. 

( 2 )  No  denomination  has  a  better 
name,  for  our  name,  Christian,  hon- 
ors the  Son  whom  the  Father  wishes 
us  to  honor. 

(3)  No  denomination  is  more 
scriptural  in  its  fellowship,  for  Chris- 
tian character  is  our  only  test  of 
church  membership,  while  we  glad- 
ly welcome  to  the  communion  table 
every  loyal  follower  of  the  Christ. 

(4)  No  body  of  believers  offers 
greater  liberty  in  Christ  than  we, 
for  we  maintain  the  right,  and  grant 

he  privilege  of  individual  judgment 
in  the  interpretation  of  the  Script- 
ures. 

(5)  We  believe  in  Christian  Union, 
and  desire  the  fulfillment  of  Jesus' 
prayer,  ' '  that  they  may  all  be  one. " 

For  the  promulgation  of  these 
principles  our  fathers  gave  their 
efforts  and  their  lives.  Possessed 
of  this  heritage,  we  must  show 
our  faith  by  our  work. 


Love  of  these  princijoles  should 
lead  us  to  greater  diligence  and 
labor  in  1897. 

Here  are  a  few  suggestions  : 

( 1 )  We  should  seek  more  of  like- 
ness and  conformity  to  Christ  in 
our  individual  experience. 

(2)  Greater  faithfulness  to  our 
local  church,  in  sustaining  its  serv- 
ices, advancing  its  interests,  increas- 
ing its  efficiency  and  membershii3. 

(3)  We  should  be  more  systematic 
and  generous  in  giving  of  our  sub- 
stance for  the  advancement  of  the 
gospel  at  home,  and  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  missionary  and  benevo- 
lent work  of  our  denomination. 

(4)  Our  collections  for  1897,  for 
all  our  general  work,  should  be 
increased  at  least  fifty  per  cent, 
over  those  of  1896.  This  is  entirely 
feasible,  considering  the  improved 
condition  of  business. 

( 5 )  We  should  keep  our  cardinal 
principles  to  the  front,  and,  if  pos- 
sible, cultivate  new  fields  in  growing 
towns  and  cities,  while  using  all 
proper  efforts  to  strengthen  and 
invigorate  the  churches  already 
existing. 

(6)  We  should  be  among  the  fore- 
most in  all  work  to  promote  the 
general  welfare  of  the  community 
in  which  we  live,  as  well  as  the 
interests  of  our  great  nation,  by 
activity  in  all  movements  for  good 
citizenship,  civic  righteousness,  and 
the  overthrow  of  the  awful  traffic 
in  intoxicating  liquors. 

In  all  these  things,  does  not  the 
Lord  command  us  to  "  go  forward  ?  " 


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Christian  Events. 


By  Rev.  J.  J.  Summerbell,  D.D. 


4  B.  C— Jesus  Christ,    the  Son  of  God,  born  at 
Bethlehem,  of  Judea. 
33  A.  D.— The   Crucifixion  ;    ( some  place  it  four 

years  earlier.) 
325— So-called   general  council  of    the  church  at 
Nicaea  adopts  a  creed.     The  creed  is  not 
accepted. 
527— Justinian,  the  cruel  tyrant,  becomes  emperor 
of  the  Roman  Empire. 
Edicts     and    persecutions    against    heretics. 
Bible  and  Bible  Christians  disappear  ( as  to 
power)  from  civilization,  especially  the  Ro- 
man Empire. 
565— Justinian  dies. 

1793— At  Manakin,  North  Carolina,  among  the 
Methodists,  a  conference  openly  adopts 
Bible  principles  of  freedom,  and  takes  the 
name  "  Christians." 

1801— At  the  great  Cane  Ridge  revival,  converts  re- 
fuse any  creed  but  the  Bible,  any  leader  but 
Christ,  any  name  but  Christian,  and  make 
their  fellowship  that  of  Christian  character. 

1801— Elder  Elias  Smith  wrote,  "  Elder  Abner  Jones, 
of  Vermont,  came  to  see  me.  He  was  the 
first  Christian  free  man  I  had  ever  seen." 
Dr.  Jones  had  already  organized  a  Christian 
church  at  Lyndon,  Vermont. 

1802— Elder  Wm.  Kinkade  took  the  Christian  posi- 
tion. 

1803— Elder  Elias  Smith  organized  a  Christian 
church  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire. 

1804— The  Springfield  Presbytery  published  its  "last 
wUl  and  testament"  and  dissolved.  It  did 
this  in  order  to  follow  the  converts'  move- 
ment of  the  Cane  Ridge  revival. 

1805— Elder  Elias  Smith  published  a  religious  maga- 
zine.   It  died. 

1807— Stone  and  Dooley  baptized  each  other. 

"The  White  Pilgrim"  (Joseph  Thomas),  was 
converted.  He  dressed  in  white.  He  died 
at  Johnsonburg,  New  Jersey,  in  1835.  At 
his  grave  there.  Elder  John  Ellis  wrote  the 
song,—"  I  came  to  the  spot  where  the  White 
Pilgrim  lay." 

1808— The  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty  appeared  ;  now 
the  oldest  religious  newspaper.  It  was  not 
merely  a  magazine,  but  a  newspaper. 

1815— A  general  meeting  of  preachers  at  Freetown, 
Massachusetts. 

1820— October  23.  A  "general  conference  of  Chris- 
tian elders  and  brethren"  assembled  at 
Windham  Connecticut.  The  brethren  as- 
sembled seemed  not  to  know  of  the  western 
movement. 

1821— First  Christian  church  organized  in  Canada. 

ISSl— Christian  Palladium  started  by  J.  Badger. 

1842— Sixteenth  convention  met  at  Stafford,  New 
York.    Eleven  conferences  were  represented. 

ISU— Christian  Sun  started  at  Hillsborough,  North 
Carolina. 

1845— GoapeJ  Herald  started  at  Dublin,  Ohio,  by 
Elder  I.  N.Walter. 


1846— Seventeenth  convention  met  at  Union  Mills, 
New  York. 

1850 — October  2.  Convention  met  at  Marion,  New 
York,  and  started  the  movement  for  Antioch 
College.  The  Marion  convention  ordered 
equal  privileges  to  both  sexes,  and  that  the 
college  should  be  unsectarian.  Afterward, 
Hon.  Horace  Mann  was  elected  president. 
Among  its  early  professors  were  Ira  W. 
AUen,  A.M.,  Thomas  Holmes,  D.D.,  Austin 
Craig,  D.D.,  W.  H.  Doherty,  A.M.,  and  A.  L. 
McKinney,  A.M.  Rev.  J.  B.  Weston,  D.D., 
now  the  president  of  the  Christian  Biblical 
Institute,was  long  connected  with  the  college, 

1854— The  nineteenth  convention  met  at  Cincinnati 
and  ijassed  anti-slavery  resolutions.  The 
southern  brethren  withdrew  from  the  con- 
vention. 

1858— Isaac  N.  Walter  died. 

1859— Union  Christian  College  was  founded.  N. 
Summerbell,  D.D.,  was  its  first  president. 
The  school  opened  September  9,  1860. 

1866— The  twenty-second  convention  met  at  Mar- 
shal, Michigan,  and  originated  the  Biblical 
School. 

1870— Convention  met  at  Oshawa,  Ontario.  Union 
of  the  Christians  and  the  Christian  Union 
denomination  was  agitated. 

1872— Number  of  communicants,  56,958.  There  were 
probably  more. 

1876— Home  mission  work  begun  organically.  J.  P. 
Watson,  Secretary  of  Missions. 

1879— Rev.  George  Young  inaugurated  the  Frank- 
linton.  North  Carolina,  school.  A  mission 
for  the  colored  people. 

1882— First  "Children's  Day"  for  home  missions. 

1885— Executive  Board  of  the  General  Convention 
authorized  the  Secretary,  J.  J.  Summerbell, 
to  gather  the  statistics  of  the  denomination. 
This  he  did  in  1886. 

1886— Agitation  of  union  between  the  Free  Baptists 
and  Christians.    The  Free  Baptists  finally 
pronounced  against  close  union  except  with 
.  immersionists. 

Convention  at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 

placed  general  work  on  a  systematic  basis, 

and  ordered  the  Secretary  to  be  the  "  general 

agent"  to  make  its  plans  e'ffective. 

Convention   voted    to  begin  foreign  mission 

work.  Japan  was  chosen  as  the  field. 
The  membership  of  the  Christian  Publishing 
Association  became  practically  the  same  as 
that  of  the  General  Convention,  and  thus 
the  convention  for  the  first  time  elected  the 
editor  of  the  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty,  Rev. 
C.  J.  Jones,  D.D. 

1890 — Convention  at  Marion,  Indiana.  Southern 
brethren  appear  with  purposes  of  union. 
Norfolk  Memorial  Church  indorsed  as  a 
memorial  of  the  restored  union  between  the 
north  and  south. 

1894— Convention  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
Southern  brethren  act,  voting  fully  as 
members. 

1896— Number  of  communicants  now,  120,000. 


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The  Old  Year  and  the  New. 


By  Rev.  Rosa  Lee  Stoddard. 


We  "re  loth  to  lose  thee,  Old  Year, 
Thou  who  hast  brought  us  many  joys  — 
Joys  that  far  o'ershadowed  sorrows. 
We  hold  thy  hand,  the  parting  is  severe  ; 
We    fain  would  greet  thee— hold  thy  hand- 
morrow. 

And  yet,  thy  work  is  done, 
The  Master  calls  thee  hence 
To  join  that  company  of  years  gone  by. 
We  cannot  hold  thee,  fare  thee  well. 
'Tis  but  a  tear,  a  passing  sigh. 
We  give  thee  for  old  memory's  sake — 
good-by. 


With  eyes  still  dimmed  by  parting  tears 
We  hail  thee,  New  Year,  bright  and  beautiful. 
Oh,  may  we  work  that  thou,  of  all  the  years, 
Mayst  bear  to  us  more  blessings  bountiful. 

We  cannot  censure  thee,  if  otherwise  we  find  it  ; 
We  can  but  censure  self,  because  of  tasks  undone. 
Tou  will  do  well,  as  a  wise  God  has  planned  it. 
But  we  neglect  our  duties  one  by  one. 

O  heavenly  Father !  help  divine  we  plead, 

That  we  may  take  this  pure,  unsullied  year, 

And  in  eternity  yield  back  to  thee 

A  full  report  of  deeds  of  love  sincere, 

To  prove  we  were  not  merely  cumberers  here. 


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Ministerial  Directory.     ( see  unreported  List.  p.  m.) 

Note.— Here  are  names  and  addresses  of  ministers  of  the  Christian  Church  as  far  as  reported  by  con- 
ferences. The  American  Christian  Convention  at  its  last  session  recommended  that  only  such  names  as 
are  officially  reported  by  their  respective  conferences  be  inserted  in  the  Directory.  The  following  list 
was  almost  accurate  December,  1896,  as  printed  lists  had  been  sent  out  to  (Conference  Secretaries,  and 
others,  for  verification,  and  a  reliable  response  was  received  from  all  conferences  except  those  mentioned 
in  Publisher  s  Notes  on  Index  page.  Every  Conference  Secretary  should  send  us  a  complete  and  accurate 
directory  of  his  conference  not  later  than  November  1  of  each  year.  If  any  minister's  name  is  omitted 
he  should  notify  the  secretary  of  his  conference,  thereby  avoiding  its  omission  in  next  year's  Directory. 


For  a  minister's  conference  membership  see  page  Indicated  by  thie  figures. 


Abbott,  I  W,  Locustridge,  Ohio  105 

Abbott,  N  H,  Mt.  Etna,  Indiana  100 

Ackley,  J  W,  Madrid,  Iowa  87 

Adams,  A  A,  Jacksonville,  Ohio  117 

Adams,  F  H,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan  111 

Adamson,  John,  Chalklevel,  Missouri  98 

Addington,  A  M,  Horn,  Indiana  90 

Adkins,  J  B,  Wakenda,  Missouri  101 

Akere,  A  J,  Farmersburg,  Indiana  79 

Albright,  H  A,  Moffltt,  North  Carolina  116 

Albright,  8  W,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina  104 

Alderman,  O  P,  Thurston,  New  York  108 

Aldrich,  L  J,  Merom,  Indiana  79 

Aldrige,  J,  Newbern,  North  Carolina  94 

Alexander,  P  R,  Palmer  Springs,  Virginia  104 

Allen,  Alden,  Morgaoville,  New  York  106 

Allen,  GE,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania  108 

Allen,  John,  Mt.  Energy,  North  Carolina  104 

Allen,  Lyman,  Marshall,  Michigan  111 

Allen,  Rose,  Evergreen,  Pennsylvania  108 

Allen,  R  Osman,  Medway,  New  York  107 

Allen,  Wm,  Bangor,  North  Carolina  104 

Allison,  Alfred,  Chetopa,  Kansas  103 

Allison,  James,  Chetopa,  Kansas  103 

-Alston,  C  J  104 

Alston,  H  8,  Epson,  North  Carolina  104 

Amazeen,  E  K,  Kittery  Point,  Maine  82 

Amber,  Joseph,  Urbana,  Indiana  100 

_Amos,  J  E,  Gresham,  Nebraska  121 

Angei,  J  A,  Bidwell,  Ohio  117 

Anthony,  Gould,  Box  684,  Fallriver,  Mass  118 

Apple,  Solomon,  Semora,  North  Carolina  105 
Armstrong,  Wm  H,  Cranberry  Creek,  New  York      107 

Arnold,  Geo,  Coldwater,  Ohio  90 

Arriek,  R  P,  Albany,  Indiana  90 

Arrington,  David,  Graham,  North  Carolina  104 

Arthur,  W  H,  Gallipolis,  Ohio  117 

Ashby,  R,  Industry,  Illinois  113 

Ash,  J  A,  Laurel,  North  Carolina  104 

Atchison,  L  B,  Greenbush,  Illinois  113 

Atkinson,  D  B,  Muncie,  Indiana  100 

Atkinson,  J  O,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina  105 

Atwaters,  A,  Belvoy,  Virginia  104 

Aynes,  E,  Bloominglon,  Indiana  115 

Aynes,  Peter,  Norman  Station,  Indiana  98 

B 

Babbs,  Wm,  114 

Baddershall,  T,  Dixmont  Center,  Maine  109 

Bagby,  W  W,  Hamersville,  Ohio  76 

Bagley,  Wm,  Des  Moines,  Iowa  88 

Bailes,  W  F,  Limerick,  Ohio  123 

Bailey,  John  A,  Millville,  Indiana  90 

Baker,  Chas  L,  Center  Lovell,  Maine  83 

Baker,  .1  F,  Lincoln,  Kansas  91 

Baker,  M  W,  124  Bogle  St,  Fallriver,  Mass  118 

Baker,  P  J,  Lebanon,  Indiana  115 

Baldwin,  H  B,  Apex,  North  Carolina  104 

Baldwin,  M  A,  Franklinville,  North  Carolina  116 

Bail,  H  L,  Ruble,  Pennsylvania  123 

Bannon,  L  W,  Waynetown,  Indiana  79 

Barfell,  Othias,  Columbus,  Ohio  78 

Barnes,  J  W,  Omaha,  Texas  105 

Barnes,  W  J.  Ravena,  New  York  107 

Barnett,  J  W,  Columbus,  Ohio  78 

Barney,  J  H,  Clearville,  Pennsylvania  116 

Barney,  Jos,  Clearville,  Pennsylvania  116 

Barrett,  J  P,  Norfolk,  Virginia  123 

Barrett,  J  W,  Windsor,  Virginia  123 

Barry,  J  E,  227  Tremont  Street,  Boston,  Mass  118 


Banlett,  Rufus,  Hermon,  Maine 

Batchelor,  B  S,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts 

Baugher,  8  P,  Beldor,  Virginia 

Beanblossom,  A  L,  38Silsbee  St,  Lynn,  Mass 

Beardshear,  H,  Ponca,  Nebraska 

Beck,  F  H,  Kessler,  Ohio 

Beebe,  G  A,  Rye,  New  Hampshire 

Bellar,  William,  Lebanon,  Ohio 

Bell,  SA,  Quincy,  Ohio 

Bennett,  A  H,  Flora,  Illinois 

Bennett,  Braerly,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 

Bennett,  E  E,  Clemens,  Iowa 

Bennett,  Newman,  Jacksonville,  Ohio 

Bennett,  S  D,  Plattsburg,  Ohio 

Bennett,  S  W,  Woodiogion,  Ohio 

Benson,  T  C,  Sedan,  Indiana 

Besemer,  J  E,  Manning,  New  York 

Besemer,  Mrs  S  A,  Manning,  New  York 

Best,  Wm,  Capron,  Illinois 

Bethel,  James, 

Bird,Adora,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 

Bishop,  J  G,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Bishop,  L  C,  Atlantic,  Iowa 

Bishop,  Mrs  Emily  K,  Dayton.  Ohio 

Blackford,  G  E.  Kalona,  Iowa 

Black,  G  D,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota 

Blaekman,  J.  Garrison,  Nebraska 

Black,  T,  Wilmington,  North  Carolina 

Blake,  G  C,  Antonis,  Ohio 

Blodgeti,  Geo  W,  Eaton,  Indiana 

Blood,  G,  Downing,  Wisconsin 

Blood,  John,  South  Westerlo,  New  York 

Bloomfield,  S  B,  Oakland,  Kansas 

Boatright,  D  A,  Center  Tuftonboro,  N.  H. 

Bogar,  Eli  M,  Rockport,  Missouri 

Boling,  B  F,  Pactolus,  Kentucky 

Boling,  Wm,  Ratcliff,  Kentucky 

Bolton,  J  W,  Bluflton,  Indiana 

Bonner,  J  H,  Redcreek,  West  Virginia 

Booe,  J  S,  Columbus,  Kansas 

Book,  A  C,  Boyleston,  Illinois 

Boone,  C  A,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina 

Boord,  J  S,  Veedersburg  Indiana 

Boothby,  N  C,  Foxport,  Kentucky 

Borthwick,  M  W,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire 

Boskerville,  H  S,  Manson,  North  Carolina 

Boswell,  D  S,  Swayzee,  Indiana 

Bosworth,  A  R,  Enon,  Ohio 

Bosworth,  H  B,  Portland,  Indiana 

Bowersmith,  Isaac,  Westerville,  Ohio 

Bowman,  T  J,  Ripley,  Ohio 

Boyce,  Robert,  Eldoo,  Iowa 

Boyd,  I,  Cary,  North  Carohna    • 

Boyer,  G  M,  Merom,  Indiana 

Bozell,  George,  Tipton,  Indiana 

Bradshaw,  J  A,  UnionviUe.  Missouri 

Brainard,  Eddytown.  New  York 

Braithwaite,  E,  Ivesdale,  Illinois 

Brand.  A  L.  Trenton,  New  Jersey 

Brandon,  Richard,  West  Milton,  Ohio 

Brate,  S,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Bray,  C  A,  Groverhill,  Ohio 

Bray,  W  O,  Groverhill,  Ohio 

Brelsford,  T,  Jackson,  Michigan 

Brewer,  John,  Carbondale,  Illinois 

Brewer,  P  B,  Herd,  Illinois 

Briley,  Chas.  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 

Briley,  H  B,  Carbon  Hill,  Ohio 

Brooks,  M  C,  Makanda,  Illinois 

Brown,  C  A,  Lebanon,  Indiana 

Brown,  C  O,  Merom,  Indiana 

Brown,  Eliza  L,  Liberty,  Indiana 

Brown,  G  A,  Ashton,  Illinois 


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Brown,  George  W,  Grove  Hill,  Virginia  122 

Browning,  Wm,  Magnetic  Springs,  Ohio  78 

Brown,  L  D,  Vine,  Ohio  76 

Brown,  Mrs  Sarah  A,  Elwood,  Indiana  101 

Brown,  O  E,  Hebron,  Iowa  88 

Brown,  T,  Gary,  North  Carolina  104 

Buckley,  E,  Murpysboro,  Illinois  12^ 
Bullock,  C  S,  6428  Champion  Ave,  Chicago,  Illinois  111 

Bullock,  E,  Middleburg,  North  Carolina  104 

Bullock,  Irwin,  Newark,  New  York  106 

Bullock,  T,  Nutbush,  North  Carolina  l(i4 

Burbage,  H  C,  Cherryfork,  Ohio  76 

Burch,  B,  Manilla,  Indiana  90 

Burdine,  Hugh,  Barnes,  Iowa  8ii 

Burdine,  Wm,  Barnes,  Iowa  80 

Burd,  S  S,  Winterset,  Iowa  87 

Burkett,  F  Z,  Mechanicsburg,  Indiana  9o 

Burnett,  G  Lee,  Eaton,  Ohio  7ft 

Burnett,  J  F,  Eaton,  Ohio  7^ 

Burnham,  A  C,  Linden,  Iowa  87 

Burns,  G  W,  Vaneeburg,  Kentucky  105 

Buroker,  M,  Sylvan,  Wisconsm  8:i 

Burrilt,  Stacy,  Hermon,  Maine  109 

Burton,  Geo,  Hallowell,  Kansas  92 

Bushong,  Hannah,  Heber,  Kansas  91 

BushoBg,  John,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio  lOZ 

Bushong,  Peter,  Heber,  Kansas  91 

Butler,  C  I,  Union  Mills,  New  York  107 

Butler,  H  E,  Center,  Ohio  "s 

Butler,  H  H,  Suffolk,  Virginia  U.i 

Butler,  M  W,  Berkley,  Virginia  lj:{ 

Byrkit,  C  F,  Ogden,  Indiana  9ii 

Byrkit,  Eli,  Warren,  Indiana  9:5 

Byrkit,  J,  Knightstown,  Indiana  9u 


Cain,  Geo  B,  Gettysburg,  Ohio  90 

Calhoun,  Mary  £,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio  76 

Callihan,  Jacob,  Mooney,  Indiana  98 

Gallon,  S  J,  Wiggonsville,  Ohio  106 

Calvin,  S  O,  Greentown,  Indiana  101 

Cameron,  E,  Sycamore  Springs,  Kansas  81 

Campbell,  Joseph,  Hopedale,  Indiana  101 

Canada,  F  F,  Sherman,  ladiana  90 

Canada,  P  A,  Albany,  New  York  107 

Ganfield,  P  M,  Fredonia,  Kansas  81 

Capron,  Levi,  Union  City,  Indiana  90 

Capron,  Rev,  Pulaski,  Indiana  loi 

Garden,  J  S,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina  10=. 

Card,  J  W,  Corinna,  Maine  KiO 

Cardwell,  W  W,  Chestnutgrove,  Ohio  117 

Caris,  S  A,  Cardington,  Ohio  78 

Carr,  John  H,  Eddytown,  New  York  87 

Carter,  G  H,  Osceola,  Iowa  88 

Carter,  J  M,  New  Waterford,  Ohio  9t 

Case,  William,  Otego,  New  York  I117 

Catt,  C  M,  Willowhill,  Illinois  112 

Catt,  H  D,  Willowhill,  Illinois  II  > 

Chancellor,  P,  Hermitage,  Missouri  98 

Chapman,  E  D,  North  Cohocton,  New^York  Ick 

Chapman,  J  M,  Delphos,  Ohio  102 
Charnock,  Roger,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts      I2f 

Chase,  J  B,  Milan,  Pennsylvania  87 

Chase,  W  P,  Milford,  New  Jersey  96 

Chatwell,  D  S,  Peaster,  Texas  91 

Cheek,  8  L,  Noble,  Illinois  112 

Cheesman,  J  H.  Greenwood,  New  York  109 

Chidley,  W  H,  Newmarket,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Childers,  W  C,  Wolfereek,  Illinois  122 

Childs,  J  D,  Shelby,  New  York  84 

Chrisman,  B  H,  Centerburg,  Ohio  78 

Clapp,  J  Alex,  Danville,  Illinois  95 

Clark,  A  J,  Kingston,  Illinois  84 

Clark,  Harry,  Hillsdale,  Michigan  111 

Clark,  J  B,  Gulf  Mills,  Pennsylvania  96 

Clark,  J  L,  Summitville,  Indiana.  98 

Clark,  John  Howard,  Barkersville,  New  York  107 

Clark,  L,  Paris,  Ontario,  Canada  12n 

Clark,  Philip,  Tippecanoe,  Ohio  76 

Clark,  Susan,  Parkman,  Maine  109 

Clarridge,  P.  Fivepoints,  Ohio  78 

Clayton,  B  F,  Franklin,  Ohio  118 

Clements,  W  G,  Morrisville,  North  Carolina  8.i 

Cleveland,  J  F,  Stetson,  Maine  109 

Cleverly,  M  M,  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts  H8 

Click,  F  M,  Lebanon,  Indiana  79 

Clymer,  J  F,  Elwood.  Indiana  9:i 


Coake,  David,  Danville,  Illinois  95 

Coate,  J  W,  Heber,  Kansas  91 

Coates,  Anna,  Harrisville,  Indiana  90 

Coats,  Daniel,  Thayer,  Kansas  ]03 

Cochran,  J  H,  Portland,  Indiana  90 

Coddington,  C  H,  Conover,  Ohio  76 

Coder,  Chester,  Letts,  Iowa  81 

Coe,  I  H,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts  118 

Coffin,  F  G,  Legrand,  Iowa  80 

Cole,  F  S,  Hornellsyille,  New  York  109 

Cole,  Henry,  Lerado,  Kansas  81 

Coleman,  Solomon,  Kelts,  Virginia  104 

Collier,  S  D,  Xenia,  Missouri  loi 

Collins,  J  D,  Potter  Hollow,  New  York  107 

Collins,  M  G,  Austin,  Illinois  84 
Colvell,  Samuel,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky       105 

Combs,  W  N,  Ridmont,  Oklahoma  103 

Comer,  James,  Russiaville,  Indiana  93 

Comer,  J  E,  Center,  Indiana  93 

Coner,  J  R,  Spencer.  North  Carolina  116 

Conibear,  G  A,  Freetown,  Massachusetts  118 

Conkling,  D  L,  Middletown,  New  York  107 

Conley,  R  B,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky  106 

Conley,  Richard,  Olive  Hill,  Kentucky  106 

Conrad,  John,  670  N  13th  St,  Philadelphia,  Pa  96 

Cooke,  H,  Harvey,  Oklahoma  116 

Cook,  Thos,  Havdenviile,  Ohio  117 

Coon,  Charles,  Samsonville,  Ohio  123 

Coons,  J  A,  Nottingham,  Indiana  90 

Coons,  Jos  M,  Powers,  Indiana  90 

Coop,  Charles,  Perlee,  Iowa  81 

Cooper,  A  J,  Staley,  North  Carolina  116 

Cooper,  B  A,  Chaneysville,  Pennsylvania  116 

Cope,  Lycurgus,  East  Carmel,  Ohio  94 

Cope,  Mrs  Lycurgus,  East  Carmel,  Ohio  94 

Coplen,  E,  Rochester,  Indiana  101 

Core,  J  C,  Keyser,  North  Carolina  104 

Corey,  D  L.  Tipton,  Indiana  101 

Cornutte,  Wm.  Denton,  Kentucky  106 

Cortner,  J  R,  Winchester,  Indiana  90 

Cottom,  J  L,  Caton,  New  York  109 

Couchman,  Philip,  Schoharie,  New  York  107 

Covil,  C,  Buda,  Illinois  113 

Cowgill.  S  G,  New  Alexandria,  Ohio  94 

Cowie,  W  S,  Sandford,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Cox,  I  N,  Texas  City,  Illinois  121 

Cox,  L  I,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina  116 

Cox,  W  G,  Brownville,  Indian  Territory  91 

Coy,  D  O,  Taylorsville,  Indiana  115 

Crampton,  Henry,  Erie,  Pennsylvania  76 

Crawford,  F  E,  Brownstown,  Illinois  113 

Crawford,  Jacob,  Mound,  Illinois  113 

Crayton,  T  A,  Springer,  Ohio  123 

Creger,  J  H,  Peru,  Iowa  88 

Crissey,  H  Jennie,  Ravena,  New  York  107 

Crosbv,  B  S,  Augusta,  Maine  107 

Crowder,  N  G,  Bloomfield,  Illinois  122 

Crowell,  N  W,  North  Rush,  New  York  78 

Cummings,  J.  Kurtz,  Indiana  116 

Cummins,  J  B,  Sedan,  Ohio  123 

Cundiff,  W  T,  Laredo.  Missouri  101 

Cunningham,  S  C  V,  New  Carlisle,  Indiana  110 

Curlett,  Frank,  Rochester,  New  York  87 


Daley,  Hiram,  Almena,  Kansas  91 

Dalzell,  George,  Legrand,  Iowa  80 

Damon,  Austin,  Hartwick,  New  York  107 

Damron,  J  N,  Evansville,  Indiana  121 

Darnall,  T  C,  Chetopa,  Kansas  103 

Daugherty,  J  P,  Ripley,  Ohio  75 

Davenport,  DS,  Harrisville,  Indiana  90 

Davidson,  T  J,  Alto  Pass,  Illinois  122 

Davis,  A  P,  Swiftrun,  Virginia  122 

Davis,  John,  Laredo,  Missouri  101 

Davis,  Orin,  Calais,  Vermont  114 

Davis,  PD,  Galesburg,  Kansas  103 

Davis,  R,  Marcellus.  Michigan  111 

Davis,  T  N,  Hunters  Land,  New  York  107 

Davis,  W  D,  Daviston,  Alabama  116 

Davis,  Wilson,  Boyleston,  Illinois  121 

Davy,  8  H,  Sabinsville,  Pennsylvania  109 

Dawson,  T  B,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina  105 

Dawson,  Wm,  Samsonville,  Ohio  123 

r)ay,  N,  Newton,  New  Hampshire  82 

Deans,  D  T,  Ronda,  North  Carolina  92 

Debra,  I  L,  West  Milton,  Ohio  76 


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THE  CHRISTIANS'  ANNUAL 


Deck,  W  N,  Bryan,  Ohio  102 

Deerholt,  John,  Reedsburg,  Wisconsin  114 

Deerin,  Oren,  Upland,  Indiana  93 

Defur,  Clarence,  Stewartsville,  Indiana  121 

Deming,  J  S,  Cass  City,  Michigan  111 

Demorest,  R  H  D,  Boxelder.  Virginia  123 

Denison,  Warren  H,  Troy,  Ohio  76 

Dennen,  J  W,  Berkey,  Ohio  111 

Dennis,  V  R,  123 

Denny,  L  L,  Selma,  Indiana  90 

Denton,  J  B,  Wheeler,  Iowa  87 

De  Vore,  E  A,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania  75 

DeWeese,  C,  Indiangrove,  Missouri  101 

Dexter,  Henry,  Burroak,  Kansas  91 

Dexter,  S  F,  Delhi,  New  York  107 

Deyo,  C  I,  Britton,  Michigan  111 

Diltz,  T  C,  Brownville,  Nebraska  87 

Dipboye,  J,  Jr,  Linwood,  Indiana  93 

Dipboye,  J,  Sr,  Summitville,  Indiana  93 

Dipboye,  J  W,  Elwood,  Indiana  93 

Dofflemyer,  J  W,  Elkton,  Virginia  122 

Dolby,  Aaron,  Barnes,  Iowa  80 

Dolby,  W  H,  Nicholsville,  Ohio  75 

Dollar,  C  M,  Rockmills,  Alabama  116 

Dooley,  Mrs  Mary,  Watseka,  Illinois  79 

Doolin,  G  W,  Murphysboro,  Illinois  122 

Dosson,  N,  Downing,  Wisconsin  114 

Double,  Jacob,  Elmgrove,  Ohio  123 

Douglas,  John  J,  Merom,  Indiana  112 

Downey,  A  S,  Taylorsrille,  Indiana  ll'i 

Drake,  Asa,  Waterloo,  Ohio  117 

Drake,  E  A,  Chillicothe,  Ohio  123 

Drake,  P  A,  Windsor,  Indiana  90 
Draper,  G  W,  816  Harmon  Ave,  Danville,  Illinois       95 

Duckworth,  E  T,  Lowground,  Missouri  lol 

Duckworth,  H  J,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ohio  78 

Dudley,  J  W,  Linden,  Indiana  79 

Dagger,  W  fl,  Oxford,  North  Carolina  104 

Duke,  G  W,  Ridgeway,  North  Carolina  104 

Dunfee,  Joseph,  Tiosa,  Indiana  101 

Dunlap,  Albert,  Columbus,  Ohio  94 

Dunlap,  R  A,  Noble,  Illinois  112 

Dunn,  G  W,  Graham,  North  Carolina  104 

Dutton,  John  G,  Kittery.  Maine  82 

Dye,  Aaron,  Audubon,  Iowa  88 

Dykeman,  G  P,  Anoka,  Indiana  101 

Dykeman,  L  A,  Ruralgrove,  New  York  109 


Ealey,  W  M,  501  E  Oregon  St,  Urbana,  Illinois  95 

Earl,  I  H,  Wingate,  Indiana  79 

Eheheart,  J  S,  Ellwood  City,  Pennsylvania  123 

Elder,  H  W,  Phoenix,  Alabama  116 

Elder,  J  D,  Milltown,  Alabama  115 

Elder,  J  W,  Opelika,  Alabama  115 

Elder,  T  H,  Milltown,  Alabama  115 

Elder,  Wm,  Byrdecreek,  Wisconsin  83 

Eldredge,  H,  Sadler,  Texas  91 

Ellingwood,  Chas,  Winterport,  Maine  109 

Elliot,  Ellen,  Heber,  Kansas  91 

Elliott,  Martha,  Farmland,  Indiana  90 

Ellis,  John,  Jacobs,  Kentucky  106 

Ellis,  Martin,  Lincoln,  Kansas  91 

Ellis,  R  J,  Boyleston,  Illinois  121 

Elwell,  J  O,  Afton,  Iowa  88 

Embree,  Isaac,  Georgetown,  Illinois  95 

Enders,  Geo  C,  St.  Johns,  Ohio  76 

Epright,  John,  Sweet  Valley,  Pennsylvania  96 

Essex,  O  L,  Starr,  Ohio  117 

Estes,  B  F,  Belmont,  New  Hampshire  86 

Etter,  J  E,  Covington,  Ohio  76 

Eubanks,  J  W,  Willis,  Indian  Territory  91 

Eubanks,  W  L,  Willis,  Indian  Territory  91 

Evans,  F  E,  Chillicothe,  Ohio  123 

Evans,  John,  Merom,  Indiana  112 

Evans,  W  L,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky  105 

Everingham,  J  E,  Laconia,  New  Hampshire  82 

Everman,  James,  Laurel  Box,  KentucKy  106 

Ewing,  Wm,  Famous,  Illinois  121 


Fannin,  Jesse,  North  Manchester,  Indiana  100 

Fanton,  B  8,  Castile,  New  York  96 

Faunce,  Wm,  Mattapoisett,  Massachusetts  118 

Fawcett,  I  M,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio  102 

Feece,  Wm,  Monterey,  Indiana  101 


Felton,  Jacob,  Sylvan,  Wisconsin  83 

Fenner,  J  B,  Sidney,  Ohio  76 

Fenton,  R  G,  Laurens,  New  York  107 

Fenwick,  J  B,  Plainville,  New  York  107 

Ferrier,  John,  Stanfordville,  New  York  120 

Fifer,  E,  Anderson,  Indiana  96 

Fish,  A,  Osage,  Iowa  114 

Fisher,  E  W,  Soldiers  Grove,  Wisconsin  83 

Fitch,  W  H,  Valley  Center,  Kansas  81 

Fite,  S  D,  Marion,  Indiana  93 

Fitts,  F  P,  Chesterfield,  Illinois  96 

Fitzgerald,  E,  Shambaugh,  Iowa  88 

Flanders,  W  B,  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts  118 

Fleming,  P  H,  Graham,  North  Carolina  116 

Fletcher,  W  D,  Jirard,  Alabama  115 

Fletcher,  W  P,  Oshawa,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Florea,  Henry,  Hackleman,  Indiana  93 

Fly,  M  L,  Progress,  Illinois  122 

Foltz,  G  W,  Deshler.  Ohio  102 

Fonville,  J  W,  Big  Falls,  North  Carolina  105 

Foor,  S  W  S,  Rays  Hill,  Pennsylvania  116 

Ford,  Geo,  West  Lima,  Wisconsin  83 

Ford,  Samuel,  Pulaski,  Indiana  101 

Ford,  W  H,  Asheville,  North  Carolina  106 

Fordyce,  Lewis,  Libertyville,  Iowa  81 

Foster,  G  D,  Kempton,  Indiana  93 

Foster,  Jas  L,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina  85 

Foster,  Silas,  Belvidere,  Vermont  114 

Fowler,  D  W,  Wabash,  Indiana  100 

Fowler,  SM,  Kalamazoo,  Michigan  111 

Foy,  S,  Newbern,  North  Carolina  94 

Fraley,  David,  Newconobe,  Kentucky  106 

Francis,  Edward,  East  Grafton,  New  Hamp.  86 

Frederick,  J  R,  Annapolis,  Illinois  112 

Freeman,  A  C  ,  Iowa  93 

Freeman,  Riley,  Urbana,  Indiana  100 

Freeman,  W,  Edinburg,  Indiana  115 

Frink,  D  P,  Beaver  Meadow,  New  York  89 

Fry,  H,  Montesano,  Washington  115 

Fry,  Mrs  Susan  V,  49  Niban  Cho,  Tokio,  Japan  79 

Fulgham,  P  O,  Creal  Springs,  Illinois  122 

Fuller,  W  R,  Little  River,  Kansas  81 

Fulton,  H  C,  White  Road,  North  Carolina  105 

Funderburg,  P,  Floyd,  Oklahoma  116 

Furnas,  Jamep,  Marshalltown,  Iowa  80 

Furnas,  O  P,  Fidelity,  Ohio  76 

Furnas,  Rebecca,  Marshalltown,  Iowa  80 


Gaige,  F  E,  Pleasant  Valley,  New  York  106 

Gander,  Lewis,  Vaughnsville,  Ohio  102 

Garbutt,  T,  Little  Britain,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Gardner,  F  H,  Lubec,  Maine  107 

Garland,  A  R,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania  116 

Garland,  W  C,  Buflalo  Mills,  Pennsylvania  116 

Garling,  L  K,  Russiaville,  Indiana  93 

Garner,  C  A,  West  Cairo,  Ohio  102 

Garner,  G  B,  Portland,  Indiana  102 

Garner,  Henry,  Arbor,  Wisconsin  83 

Garrett,  E  E,  Murray,  Iowa  88 

Gates,  L,  Ft.  Dodge,  Iowa  101 

Gaunt,  L  E,  Ferguson,  Iowa  80 

Gee,  Robert,  Grayson,  Kentucky  106 

Geller,  J.  Floyd,  Oklahoma  116 

George,  Jesse,  Norman  Station,  Indiana  98 

Gettmger,  H,  Merom,  Indiana  112 

Gettis,  J  D,  Fontanelle,  Iowa  87 

Gibson,  James,  Greenfield,  Missouri  92 

GiUaspie,  T  C,  Staunton,  Indiana  79 

Glasscock,  T  H,  Elisberry,  Ohio  76 

Glaze,  James,  Montana,  Kansas  92 

Glaze,  Joseph,  Ripley,  Ohio  76 

Gloyd,  George  W,  Kimmell,  Indiana  100 

Godley,  Albert,  Legrand,  Iowa  80 

Golden,  A  J,  Greenleaf,  Missouri  101 

Goode,  Samuel,  Aberdeen,  North  Carolina  104 

Good,  N  C,  Defiance,  Ohio  102 

Goodwin,  Chas  E,  Pinepoint,  Maine  83 

Goodwin,  Harmon,  South  Berwick,  Maine  83 

Gobs,  John  A,  Haverhill,  Massachusetts  82 

Gott.  R  H,  Mellott,  Indiana  79 

Gould,  E  J,  Apsley,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Graham,  David,  Nashville,  Indiana  98 

Grate,  Q  W,  Signal,  Ohio  94 
Graves,  Joseph  H,  Hampton  Falls,  New  Hamp.         83 

Gray,  D,  Sumner,  Illinois  112 

Gray,  Isaac  H,  Muncie,  Indiana  90 


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Graybill,  T  W,  Sheeprun,  Ohio  75 

Gray,  Marshall,  Fernleaf,  Kentucky  105 

Green,  John,  713  Logan  Ave,  Danville,  Illinois  95 

Green,  O  S,  Ft.  Recovery,  Ohio  90 

Green,  R,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina  104 

Greenslit,  G  W.  Danielson,  Connecticut  118 

Greer,  J  G,  Loco,  Indiana  101 

Gregory,  J  F,  Advance,  Indiana  79 

Grey,  N  W,  Brinckley,  Indiana  90 

Grierson,  W  F,  Parsons,  Kansas  103 

Griffing,  H  L,  Hartwick,  New  York  109 

Griffith,  G  L,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio  76 

Griffith,  S  M,  Springfield,  Ohio  78 
Grimes,  Wm  J,  Syracuse,  N  Y,  1000  W  Onondaga  St  87 

Grindell,  J  W,  Bangor,  Maine  109 

Gross,  W  A,  Springfield,  Ohio  76 

Grover,  H  A,  Eno,  Ohio  117 

Guild,  G  H,  Mt.  Orab,  Ohio  76 

Guinn,  M  M,  Portland,  Indiana  90 

Gunkel,  J  M,  Parker,  Indiana  90 

Gunn,  H  H,  Oakwood,  Illinois  95 

Gustin,  Ellen  Q,  Attleboro,  Massachusetts  118 

Guthrie,  J  W,  Conquest,  New  York  87 

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Hftgans,  C  M,  Milford  Center,  Ohio  94 

flager,  J  S,  Junction,  Ohio  102 

Hainer,  C  H,  Stoutlville,  Ontario,  Canada  120 

Hainer,  Eugene,  Stanfordville,  New  York  107 

flainer,  W  H,  Irvington,  New  Jersey  96 

Hale,  W  C,  Makanda,  Illinois  122 

Haley,  H  Lizzie,  271  Gorham  Street,  Lowell,  Mass  107 
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94 

95 

91 

81 

91 

85 

83 

116 

112 

112 

87 

107 

93 

81 

96 

81 

113 

96 

116 

79 

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105 

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81 


Hall,  E  C,  Locktown,  New  Jersey 

Hall,  Edward  C,  Millbridge,  Maine 

Hall,  B  D,  Regent,  Illinois 

Halterman,  C  L,  Hunt,  Illinois 

Hamilton,  John,  Elba,  Michigan 

Hamilton,  L  P,  Frankfort,  Indiana 

Hammer,  M  E,  Tillman,  North  Carolina 

Hammond,  E  D,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Hammond,  G  R,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Hance,  C  J,  Spencerville,  Ohio 

Hancock,  O  J,  Belmont,  New  Hampshire 

Hanger,  J  S,  Byron,  Illinois 

Harden,  M  D,  Graham,  North  Carolina 

Hardway,  H  G,  Freedom,  New  Hampshire 

Harlan,  1  C,  South  Sioux  City,  Nebraska 

Harper,  J  M,  Lake  City,  Iowa 

Harper,  M  O,  Bloomington,  Nebraska 

Harrell,  J  W,  Waverly,  Virginia 

Harrington,  M  J,  Merom,  Indiana 

Harris,  E  M,  Ripley.  Ohio 

Harris,  O  A,  Waoash,  Ohio 

Harris,  R,  1032  N  Walnut  St,  Danville,  Illinois 

Harrod,  Mills,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Harshbarger,  S,  Atwood,  Illinois 

Harshberser,  A,  Sadler,  Texas 

Hart,  M,  Hutchinson,  Kansas 

Harvey,  E  E,  Warwick,  Kansas 

Harward,  W  D,  Chapelhill,  North  Carolina 

Haskins,  Edward,  Excelsior,  Wisconsin 

Hatch.  J  W,  Pittsboro.  North  Carolina 

Hatfield,  D  H,  Newton,  Illinois 

Hathaway,  M  V,  Trimble,  Illinois 

Hathaway,  O  I,  Lakeville,  New  York 

Hathaway,  Warren,  Blooming  Grove,  New  York 

Havens,  I  A,  Elwood,  Indiana 

Hawk,  Charles,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 

Hawk,  C,  Merom.  Indiana 

Hawk,  Edward,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 

Hayden,  J  J,  Blairstown,  Iowa 

Hayes,  J  E,  Baptisttown,  New  Jersey 

Hayes,  W  N,  Erect,  North  Carolina 

Hays,  Mrs  B  O,  Marion,  Indiana 

Hayward,  H,  Lexington,  Michigan 

Heath,  A  R,  Covington,  Indiana 

Hedges,  W  W,  Plummers  Landing,  Kentucky 

Heflin,  Wm,  Deercreek,  Indiana 

Heikes,  N  M,  Ogunquit,  Maine 

Helfenstein,  8  Q,  Legrand,  Iowa 

Helflnstine,  D  M,  Legrand,  Iowa 

Henderson,  James  A,  Woodworth,  North  Carolina  104 

Henry,  A  N,  Eureka,  Michigan  111 

Hercules,  L  W,  Center,  Indiana  93 

Herelds,  D,  Higby,  Ohio  123 

Herndon,  W  T,  Elon  College,  Norlh  Carolina  105 


H«8senflow,  F  E,  Farmersville,  Missouri  101 

Hess,  J  W,  Columbus,  Kansas  103 

Hess,  Perry,  Carterville,  Illinois  122 

Hester,  M  M,  Durham,  North  Carolina  104 

Heston,  Thomas,  Degraff,  Ohio  102 

Heughs,  S,  Oakhill,  Ohio  123 

Hewes,  Charles  E,  Bangor,  Maine  109 

Hidy,  David,  North  Manchester,  Indiana  100 

Hiller,  G  W,  Makanda,  Illinois  122 

Hill,  G  C,  Centerburg,  Ohio  94 

Hill,  Lyman,  Glen  Aubrey,  New  York  89 

Hillman,  J  J,  Lincoln,  Kansas  91 

Himes,  Lewis,  Elwood,  Indiana  93 

Hines,  H  L,  Atlanta,  Georgia  105 

Hines,  R,  Vesta,  Washington  115 

Hines,  W  C,  Marshalltown,  Iowa  80 

HiDkle,  A  P,  Goldsmith,  Indiana  93 

Hinkley,  Seth  86 

Hinnart,  J  W,  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina  104 

Hobbs,  A  W,  Freedom,  New  Hampshire  82 

Hobbs,  William,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky  106 

Hobson,  F  B,  Indianapolis,  Indiana  93 

Hodges,  S,  Catlin,  Illinois  95 

Hoetfer,  C  W,  Greenville,  Ohio  76 

Hoefler,  H  G,  North  Clayton,  Ohio  76 

Hoel,  I  M,  Newton,  Illinois  112 

Holdridge,  Ira,  Oquaga,  New  York  89 

Holland,  R  H,  Holland,  Virginia  123 

Holland,  Thomas,  Sant,  Ohio  123 

HoUaway,  A  J,  Manson,  North  Carolina  104 

Holman,  Thomas,  Tulsa,  Indian  Territory  103 

Holmes,  Thomas,  Chelsea,  Michigan  111 

Holt,  J  W,  Burlington,  North  Carolina  105 


Honsberger,  M  J,  West  Mansfield,  Massachusetts    107 

Hook,  C  F,  Fowler,  New  York 

Hornbaker,  W  O,  Schultzville,  New  York 

Horn,  D  G,  Jirard,  Alabama 

Horn,  Spencer.  Dover,  Maine 

Horton,  W  H,  Boyett,  North  Carolina 

Hosteller,  W  P,  Floyd,  Oklahoma 

Howard,  Lester,  Stanfordville,  New  York 

Howard,  T  W,  Winterset,  Iowa 

Howe,  Wm,  Muses  Mills,  Kentucky 

Howsare,  McD,  Versailles,  Ohio 

Hubbartt,  Geo,  Warren,  Indiana 

Hubbartt,  Thomas,  Warren,  Indiana 

Hudson,  J  A,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Huey,  S  C,  Voris,  Missouri 

Hugnes,  J  H,  Milltown,  Alabama 

Hughes,  Martin,  Leesville,  Indiana 

aull,  Emerson,  Columbus,  Kansas 

Humphreys,  Arthur,  Ingleside,  New  York 

Humphrey,  T  P,  Stetson.  Maine 

Humphries,  A,  Aurora,  Missouri 

Hunt,  A  W,  Priam,  Indiana 

Hunt,  E  E,  Dupont,  Ohio 

Hurd,  A  J,  Somerslane,  Pennsylvania 

Hurley,  M  L,  Elen  College,  North  Carolina 

Hurst,  A  P,  Muses  Mills.  Kentucky 

Hurst,  G  D,  Zana,  Alabama 

Hurst,  G  M,  Redapple,  Alabama 

Hurst,  W  G,  Redapple,  Alabama 

Husted,  D  S,  Greenville,  Ohio 

Hutchinson,  S  A,  Elmwood.  Ohio 

Hutton,  D  S,  Martinsburg,  Iowa 

Hutton,  F  D,  Montesano,  Washington 

Hyman,  F  W,  Harlowe,  North  Carolina 

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Iden,  Alpheus,  Dawn,  Ohio 

Inch,  W  H,  Oshawa,  Ontario,  Canada 

Ingoldsby.  O  F,  Eddytown,  New  York 

Irons,  E  W,  Ellisville,  Illinois 

Irons,  George  W,  Bernadotte,  Illinois 

Irons,  M  F,  Talmage,  Iowa 

Isely,  A  F,  Shallowford,  North  Carolina 

Isely,  E  T,  Leaksville,  Virginia 


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109 

104 

116 

118 

87 

105 

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123 

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116 

76 

78 

81 

115 

94 


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120 

87 
113 
113 

87 
105 
122 


Jackman,  Taylor,  Kokomo,  Indiana 
.lackson,  E  M,  Dan  bury,  Connecticut 
Jackson,  Geo  B,  Hamilton,  Ohio 
Jacobs,  Alvin  O,  Eberle,  Illinois 
Jacobs,  Jesse,  Boundary,  Indiana 
James,  C  A,  Lewistown.  Illinois 
James,  Owen,  Eastport,  Maine 


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113 
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Jarrell,  E  H,  Randleman,  North  Carolina  ii6 

Jeilison,  P  W,  Winterset,  Iowa  87 

Jenkins,  Levi,  Mulhall,  Oklahoma  102 

Jenkins,  S,  Mulhall,  Oklahoma  116 

Jenkins,  Wm,  Ray,  Ohio  117 

Jennings,  I,  Haydentown,  Pennsylvania  88 

Jennings,  John,  Haydentown,  Pennsylvania  88 

Jennings,  N  L,  Seymour,  Iowa  101 

Jiggetts,  J  J,  Palmer  Springs,  Virginia  104 

Johnson,  G  W,  Eaton,  Indiana  90 

Johnson,  I  V  D  R,  Carlos,  Indiana  90 

Johnson,  John  H,  Lawton,  Kentucky  106 

Johnson,  J  S,  Chillicothe,  Missouri  101 

Johnson,  J  W,  Chillicothe,  Missouri  101 

Johnson,  L  W,  Losantville,  Indiana  90 
Johnson,  R  D,  Southern  Pines,  North  Carolina         104 

Johnson,  R  M,  Harmony,  Indiana  79 

Jones,  C  J,  Marion,  Indiana  76 

Jones,  D  W,  Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana  100 

Jones,  E,  Beard,  Indiana  101 

Jones,  Elias,  North  Pembroke,  New  York  84 

Jones,  Geo  W,  Ithaca,  Wisconsin  83 

Jones,  J  A,  Ballentines  Mills,  North  Carolina  85 

Jones,  J  E,  HoUansburg,  Ohio  ■  90 

Jones,  J  H,  Holland,  Virginia  123 

Jones,  John  R,  Canton,  Illinois  113 

Jones,  Oscar,  Columbus,  Kansas  103 

Jones,  Thomas,  Boyleston,  Illinois  121 

Jourdan,  Joseph,  Wesleyville.  Kentucky  105 

Jourdan,  Lonzo,  Vanceburg,  Kentucky  105 

Judy,  De  Calb,  Greenville,  Ohio  76 

Julian,  Tiffin,  Pemberton,  Ohio  90 

Julian,  W  R,  Millboro,  North  Carolina  116 

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Kearney,  R  K,  Franklinton,  North  Carolina  104 

Kellison,  A  D,  Madison,  Kansas  103 

Kemp,  B  F,  TTnion  City,  Indiana  90 
Kennedy,  G  W,  Moosup  Valley,  Rhode  Island          118 

Kerns,  B  F,  Moffitt,  North  Carolina  116 

Kershner,  Rebecca,  West  Liberty,  Ohio  90 

Kilpatriek,  R  S,  Perryton,  Ohio  94 

Kimball,  U,  Montpelier,  Indiana  100 

Kinder,  Joseph,  Hobbs,  Indiana  93 

King,  A  A,  Elm  City,  Kansas  103 

King,  S  K,  Columbus,  Ohio  78 
Kingsnorth,  John,  Pleasant  Unity,  Pennsylvania      88 

Kinney,  J  W,  Potwin,  Kansas  81 

Kinney,  T  C,  Potwin,  Kansas  81 

Kint,  John,  Holly  Springs,  North  Carolina  104 

Kirby,  J  O,  Christiansburg,  Ohio  76 

Kitchen,  J  T,  Windsor,  Virginia  123 

Klapp,  P  T,  Elon  College,  North  Carolina  106 

Klapp,  S  B,  Virgilina,  Virginia  105 

Knight,  W  R,  Peavy,  Alabama  116 

Knight,  Zebulon,  South  Berwick,  Maine  83 

Knight,  W  H  H,  Hammondville,  Pennsylvania  88 

Kobb,  J  R,  Center,  Indiana  101 


Laine,  W  J,  Suffolk,  Virginia  123 

Laird,  Joseph  R,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  96 

Laird,  8  B,  Fiatt,  Illinois  113 

Lake,  Israel,  Hillsdale,  Indiana  96 

Lamb,  C  B,  Creston,  Iowa  88 

Lamb,  Jehu,  Lowry  City,  Mo.  88 

Lamb  N  E,  Lowry  City,  Mo.  88 

Lambert,  Joseph,  Danbury,  Connecticut  107 

Lang,  William  H,  Ripley.  Maine  HO 

Lawrence,  G  D,  Arthur,  Illinois  95 

Lawrence,  J  S,  Erect,  North  Carolina  116 

Lawrence,  W  W,  Erect,  North  Carolina  iifi 

LawBon,  I  R,  Staunton,  Indiana  79 

Lawton,  J  W,  Manning,  New  York  84 

Lawwill,  C  C,  Ellsberry,  Ohio  75 

Lawwill,  J  B,  Lebanon,  Ohio  75 

Layman,  John,  Kempton,  Indiana  93 

Leavitt,  L  M,  Lake  City,  Iowa  80 

Lee,  John,  Mound,  Illinois  113 

Lennon,  Wm,  Gulf  Mills,  Pennsylvania  9B 

Leonard,  A,  Groverhill,  Ohio  102 

Lepley,  Daniel,  Lima,  Ohio  102 

Levister,  T  J.  Greensboro,  North  Carolina  104 

Lewis,  A  Q,  Lafayette,  New  York  109 

Lewis,  C,  Maribel,  North  Carolina  94 

Lewis,  J  M,  Bates,  New  York  109 


Lewis,  J  M,  North  Westport  Massachusetts  118 

Lewis,  L  E,  Richwood,  Ohio  78 

Lewis,  R  A,  Linden,  Iowa  87 

Lewis,  Samuel,  Joy,  Ohio  117 

Liggons,  A  D,  Holly  Springs,  North  Carolina  104 

Like,  H  H,  Woodhull,  Illinois  113 

Lmdley,  Thomas  J,  Medora,  Indiana  98 

Lmdsey,  I,  Grand  Tower,  Illinois  122 

Lindsey,  W  R,  Oakville,  Illinois  122 

Linscott,  Thomas,  Sparta,  Ohio  111 

Littell,  J  B,  Cynthiana,  Indiana  121 
Livingstone,  E  C,  Cleveland.  Ohio,  35  Bolivar  Street  87 

Lobaugh,  C  V,  Continental,  Ohio  102 

Lobaugh,  Dan  el,  Dupont,  Ohio  102 

Loekwood,  Samuel,  Osceola,  Iowa  88 

Logan,  F  M,  Quincy,  Kentucky  105 

Logan,  James,  Quincy,  Kentucky  105 

Logue,  J  R,  Pineridge,  Pennsylvania  116 

Long,  A,  Versailles,  Ohio  90 

Long,  B  R,  Columbus,  Ohio  76 

Long,  D  A,  Yellowsprings,  Ohio  75 

Long,  G  L,  Chestnutgrove,  Ohio  117 

Long,  H  R,  Centerburg,  Ohio  94 

Long,  Samuel,  Versailles,  Ohio  90 

Long,  W  S,  Franklin,  Virginia  123 

Loper,  W  J  V,  Quincy,  Kentucky  106 

Lott,  H  L,  Portland,  Indiana  90 

Lottridge,  Wallace,  Marion,  Indiana  76 

Loucks,  D  C.  Dewittville,  New  York  106 

Luck,  C  E,  Fall  River.  Massachusetts  76 

Ludders,  J  E,  New  Waverly,  Indiana  101 

Lundy,  W  L,  Buckeye  City,  Ohio  102 

Luther,  N,  Rockland,  Rhode  Island  118 

Lyke,  M  D,  Union  Mills,  New  York  107 

Lynn,  Allen,  Wynooche,  Washington  116 

Lynn,  A  W,  Artie,  Washington  116 

Lyon,  G  W,  East  Willet,  New  York  89 

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Maben,  B  S,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire  110 

Mabrey,  J  H,  Cary,  North  Carolina    CZ)  104 
MacCalman,  John,  New  Bedford.  Massachusetts     118 

Mace,  Charles  S,  Westday,  New  York  107 

Mace,  F,  Elizaville,  Indiana  116 

Mace,  J  A,  West  Vienna,  New  York  87 

Macomber,  N,  Hyattville,  Ohio  78 

Maddix,  John,  Leon,  Kentucky  106 

Maddox,  John,  Wellston,  Ohio  123 

Mahaney,  PS,  Winterrowd,  Illinois  112 

Maine,  S  8,  New  Brighton,  Pennsylvania  94 

Malone,  C  G,  Malone,  Alabama  115 

Mangum,  L  W,  Benson,  North  Carolina  85 

Manners,  J  A,  Artie,  Washington  115 

Mann,  Horace,  Orangeport,  New  York  84 

Mann.  Joseph,  Newbern,  North  Carolina  94 

Mansfield,  T  H,  Defiance,  Ohio  102 

Manville,  I  J,  Sparta,  Ohio  94 

Manville,  WS,  Valparaiso,  Indiana  100 

Maple,  James,  Warren,  Indiana  76 

Mark,  Jacob,  Richland  Center,  Wisconsin  83 

Markley,  J  J,  Murrav,  Indiana  100 

Marks,  C  H,  North  Webster,  Indiana  100 

Marks,  Levi,  North  Webster,  Indiana  100 

Marsh,  Wm,  Lindhurst,  North  Carolina  104 

Martin,  C  H,  Ada,  Indian  Territory  91 

Martin,  J,  123 

Martin,  James  H,  Johnsonville,  Indiana  95 

Martin,  W  T,  Regent,  Illinois  122 

Mason,  B,  Springboro,  Pennsylvania  106 

Massie,  James  B,  Okev,  Ohio  117 

Masters,  J  L,  CofTpyville,  Kansas  103 

Masters,  J  S,  Fredonia,  Kansas  103 

Masterson,  C  S,  Garrett.  Illinois  95 

Mather,  Harriet  L  B,  Moravia,  New  York  89 

Matteson,  Charles  E,  Worcester,  Vermont  114 

Mavis,  S  A,  Rice,  Ohio  102 

Maxwell,  J  8,  Crawfordsville,  Indiana  79 

May,  A  W,  Purcell,  Pennsylvania  116 

Mayfield,  G,  Newport,  Texas  91 

Mayo,  Wm,  Bangor,  North  Carolina  104 

MfeAlpine,  Ezra,  Dundee,  New  York  87 

McBroom,  J  H,  Hawriver,  North  Carolina  104 

McCague.  Freemont,  Arthur,  Ohio  102 

McOhase,  John.  Mouth  of  Laurel,  Kentucky  106 

McClease,  A  I.  Ryan,  Kentucky  106 

McCloud.  N  S,  Dunkirk,  Ohio  102 

McCord,  E  K,  Binghamton,  New  York  89