Church
Dirertory
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The Manse
Built In 1911
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During
was paswrate 170 were received into the church on profession of faith
and by letter. The
enrollment
membership now, is
142. Sunday School enrolment is
80.
Contributions for Benevolence last year were $650.00 and for
Congregational purposes1 $2,400.00.
Like
all rural
Churches, this one has had its moral
and Spiritual condition affected by the modern view of things, but we
are glad to say that the
Holy Spirit does dwell
in the
hearts and minds of our
people.
Too,
great
changes have come into the Community, through death and
removal and the taking up of the
farms, by
those who are not of the
Protestant Faith.
Almost
every
Church, that has had a History, such as this, has had among
its members, names that can be
traced,
through its History.
Some family names,
that have
come down through our
History and been active in the
work are:
Mather, Christie, Lee,
Reeves, Clark, Evans and
Horton.
It certainly is an honor to
be able to say, that some
member
of the
family has been a member of
the Board of Trustees for
almost
ninety years. Such is: the
case of H. Albert Horton, whose
grandfather, Benjamin Horton, was elected a Trustee, on September 14,
1843. He was followed
by his son, H. Reeves Horton,
who was
elected on the third
Tuesday of September, 1864, and he in
turn was
followed, by his son, H.
Albert Horton, who is now a
member of
the Board.
On
September 7,
1875, Mr. Hulet Clark was elected a member of the Board of
Trustees, serving until June
3, 1899,
when he was succeeded by
his son, Clarence 0. Clark, who
is now a
member of the Board and its
President, the two serving
forty-five
years.
Jonathan Sayer
was elected Trustee, on June 3, 1899, and in turn was
succeeded by his son, Robert B.
Sayer, who is
now a member of the Board,
th6y having served
together, 30
years.
This
history of
the Church would be incomplete, without the mention of
three Elders, who did much to
make the
Spiritual work of the
Church, a success in the past
twenty-five years,
viz, Thomas S. Hulse, who served 33 years, Martin B. Lee, who served 30
years, and
Corwin Evans Sayer, who served 26
years.
These men were of Godlike
spirit and strove to
emphasize the spiritual phase of the work of the Church and
encouraged
the
pastor, in
the promotion of the program for the spiritual development of the Church.
They were a great loss to the
Church, as
were many others but they
have their reward and we
keep in mind
the blessedness of their memory.
But,
surely we
have a right to be proud of our Church and the glorious
history, that is hers. In these 125
years,
eleven
men, consecrated to God, have ministered to you, giving of their best
to have you see the beauty
and glory of God,
and surely
such an
heritage, is not only something to be proud of, but something to
inspire us to higher aims and urge us to reach the goal of the high
calling
of God in Christ Jesus. May we
be a
power, unto the Salvation of our fellowmen and the extension of His
Kingdom among
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