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MEN WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING THE ASSEMBLY FOR IOWA.
1. Rev. J. V. Findlay, Yorktown; 2. George Spence, Rolfe; 3. W. T. Cameron, Onslow; 4. Frank Graham, Clarksville; 5. H. W. Hovey, In- dependence; 6. Rev. W. G. Ogelvee, Mediapolls; 7. Rev. C. S. McElhinny, Ph. D., Fairfield; 8. Rev. W. Il. Jordan, Carroll; 9. A. B. Ross, Cher- okee; 10. J. K. Montgomery, West Union; II. J. N. Pressley, Grimes; 12. Rev. Hugh McNinch, Aekley: 13. Daniel Shannon, Kent; 14. Rev. J. W. Day, D. D., Des Moines; 15. James White, Lake City; 16. Rev. W. H. Roberts, D. D .; 17. Rev. Samuel Callen, D. D., Waterloo; 18. Rev. J. N Elliott, Muscatine; 19. Rev. Jno. MacAllister, D. D., Missour] Valley; 20. E. O. Hyland, Casey; 21. Rev. J. Willard Countermine, Sioux City; 22. L. H. Latta, Ft. Madison; 23. Rev. F. W. Engelke, Waukon; 24. Rev. R. R. Marquis, D. D., Winterset; 25. Rev. J. W. Innes, D. D .. Monticello; 26. Rev. W. E. Ruston, Farley. Others who were not present when this picture was taken are: J. B. Johnson, Des Moines; Prof. S. W. Stopkey, ('edar Rapids; Jas. Wilson, Hedrick; C. F. Thompson, Sioux City; Gilbert McDowell, Traer; Rev. G. I. Long, Cherokee; Rev. Chas. Memmott, Belle- vue; W. S. Huston, Columbus Junction; Rev. B. E. S. Ely, Sr., D. D., Des Moines; Rev. IJ. H. Maynard, Phd. D., Cedar Rapids; Rev. F. W. Gross- man, D. D., Hopkinton, and Rev. J. F. Hinkhouse, Sioux City.
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REV. THOMPSON BIRD. First Presbyterian minister in Des Moines. Pastor of Centrai Church 1847-1864.
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REV. C. H. PURMORT, D. D., Des Moines.
REV. S R. FERGUSON, Cedar Rapids.
REV. J. F. HINKHOUSE, Sioux City.
SYNOD'S COMMITTEE ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
C. W. BLACK, Maivern.
T. D. FOSTER, Ottumwa.
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2. J. B. Johnson.
7. Rev. A. W. McConnell, D.D. S. R. W. Marquis.
11. J. A. Hosmer.
3. Rev. S. D. McFadden.
4. Wm. H. Roberts, D.D., LL. D. 5. D. B. Brown.
1. Rev. J. W. Day, D.D., Chairman. 9. C. A. Dudley.
12. S. H. Sibley.
6. Rev. C. L. Reynolds 10. W. B. Harrison. 13. Rev. Murdoch McLeod. 14. Rev. W. B. Gage.
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3. J. B. Johnson. 2. Reece Stuart, Secretary. 10. D. B. Brown.
G. H. A. Haas. 9. T. E. Johns.
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3. W. W. Ilale. 8. F. Il. MeArthur. 12. C. E. Risser, Secretary.
4. J. R. Dean.
1. C. A Dudley, Chairman.
13. R. J. McKee.
5. I .. D. Robinson. 9. A. M. Vance. 14. E. C. Musgrave.
6. S. II. Sibley. 10. M. J. Sanborn. 15. J. A. Hosmer.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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GROUP OF PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS. DUBUQUE GERMAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
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GERMAN, DUBUQUE.
WHEATLAND GERMAN, BREDA.
FOREIGN SPEAKING CIIURCIIES.
GERMAN LANSING.
EAST FRIESLAND GERMAN. ACKLEY.
LYON COUNTY, GERMAN, GEORGE.
REFORMED BOHEMIAN, SARATOGA.
FOREIGN SPEAKING CHURCHES.
Only Presbyterian Paper in Iowa
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THE loca PRESBYTERIAN . Officiel Paper of Synod of loma.
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THE IOWA COMMISSIONERS Whose Work Secured the General Assembly for 1906
REV. SCOTT W. SMITH Editor
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Officially Endorsed by the Synod
CHARLES M. JONES Business Manager
Published Monthly at Cedar Rapids
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OMAHA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
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FIRST HOME OF SEMINARY.
The Omaha Theological Semi- nary is located near the geograph- ical center of the vast territory known as the "Louisiana Pur- chase." This territory is largely co-extensive with the Mississippi- Missouri valley, the most fertile soil on the American Continent. It is destined to support a very dense population not many years hence. Cities are springing up, various industries are being estab- lished, educational institutions are being developed, and States are rising into greatness.
GROUP OF STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS.
The Seminary was begun in 1891. With its usual foresight the Presbyterian church gave the enterprise its endorsement. The Assembly from the beginning has given approval, and devoted friends have come to its support. Thus at a distance of five hundred miles from the nearest of the older Seminaries a training school for the future ministry of the Church is being built up for promoting the influence of Presbyterianism in this vast area.
In 1871 our total membership was 455,378, and our benevolent contributions a little more than $2,000,000; in 1905 the Minutes show 1,115,662 communicants and above $5,000,000 benevolent contributions, while exclusive of those for German and colored students the Seminaries for training our ministry were in that year eight in number, in
1906 there are only seven, including Omaha, under control of the Assembly. From 1811 to 1871 for a membership of less than half a million, the church had established eight Theological Schools, while for the period since, and a member- ship increased to more than a million, we have added only one. There are not now as many Seminaries under the care of the Church, educating her ministry, as when her membership was less than one-half what it is at present.
The old Seminaries have in these years greatly advanced in capacity, but not in proportion as the country about them has grown, and they are reaching out into the west for students who, when they graduate, frequently settle in east- . ern fields. The output of the older Seminaries could be absorbed within a radius of two hundred miles of their locations. How then can the needs of this vast and growing region be adequately supplied with a ministry unless one be raised up within its own bounds? There must be a "home production" for "home consumption," and unless we rise to the golden opportunity of this Seminary, who can tell how far behind the march of progress our Church will be found within the next generation? A Theological Seminary properly controlled and well fostered is the most powerful agency a churchi can possess for the propaganda of faith and order. If Presbyterianism is to be a potent influence in the west, it must become possessed of a strong institution of the kind that is being built at Omaha. Theological Schools wisely planted are an essential provision for the growth of the church. Any good school will always attract students from a distance, but the catalogues always show that the region immediately tributary furnishes the largest percentage of students, and it is there its influence is most felt. A professional school of any sort attracts men to the profession for which the school provides training. The presence of a Seminary in this region becomes a providential means for turning the attention of young men in the neighboring colleges and schools to the claims of the ministry. This truth is illustrated in that the larger per cent. of the students of Omaha is drawn from neighboring colleges. In this connection it should also be realized that more than a dozen Presbyterian colleges have grown up in the last generation nearer to Omaha than to any other Seminary of our Church. Omaha Seminary, though the youngest, is by no means least in the work it is actually doing. Its graduates are filling positions not only in the middle west, but also in the the far west, and in Foreign Mission fields. The Seminary is now beyond the experimental stage. It has struck its roots deeply, its trunk is growing more sturdy, its branches are spreading in all directions and its fruit is being gathered far and near.
The Seminary has an excellent site of five acres in a choice portion of Omaha, known as Kountze Place. Four years ago it erected an attractive building at a cost of $45,000. It is thoroughly modern and possessed of all appli- ances and conveniences which render it adapted to the needs. Since the recent gift of $50,000 from John H. Converse to endow the chair of "Homiletics and Pastoral Theology" the total property of the Seminary amounts to $150,000, all acquired in the last six years. The Seminary has completed fifteen years of its work, and is without debt. While the endowment is not sufficient to provide an income equal to current expense, the Seminary is encouraged to hope for better things. There is much to be accomplished before it shall be sufficiently endowed, but its friends believe it will become an even greater power for the cause of Presbyterianism and for the furtherance of the wider interests of the Kingdom.
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CHURCHES IN THE SYNOD OF IOWA
Cedar Rapids Presbytery.
1. Blairstown; 2. Watkins; 3. Atkins; 4. Newhall; 5. Pleasant Ilill; 6. Shellsburg: 7. Vinton; 8. Garrison; 9. Cedar Rapids, Olivet; 10. Cedar Rapids, First; 11. Cedar Rapids, Westminster; 12. Cedar Rapids, Sinclair Memorial Mission; 13. Cedar Rapids, Bohemian; 14. Cedar Rapids, C'entral l'ark; 15. Marion; 16. Springville; 17. Paralta; 18. Linu Grove; 19. Mt. Ver- non; 20. Mechanicsville; 21. Clarence; 22. Wheatland; 23. Clinton; 24. Ly- ons; 25. Delmar; 26. Peniel; 27. Bellevue; 28. Andrew; 29. Emeline; 30. Wyoming; 31. Onslow; 32. Center Junction; 33. Bethel; 34. Scotch Grove; 35. Richl nd Center; 36. Monticello: 37. Anamosa.
Corning Presbytery.
1. Diagonal; 2. Mt. Ayr; 3. Afton; 4. Creston; 5. Platte Center; 6. Len- ox; 7. Sharpsburg; 8. Conway; 9. Bedford; 10. Prairie Star; 11. Morning Star; 12. Corning; 13. Brooks: 14. Nodaway; 15. Villisca: 16. Clarinda: 17. Yorktown; 18. Norwich; 19. Shenandoah; 20. Essex; 21. Hamburg; 22. Sid- ney; 23. Anderson: 24. Randolph: 25. Red Oak; 26. Emerson; 27. Malvern; 28. Pllot Grove; 29. Zoar; 30. Arlington; 31. Gravity; 32. Bethany; 33. l'rairie Chapel; 34. West Center.
Council Bluffs Presbytery.
1. Griswold: 2. Greenfield; 3. Menlo; 4. Guthrie Center; 5. Casey; 6. Adair; 7. Atlantic: 8. Audubon; 9. Marne; 10. Walnut; 11. Avoca; 12. Shelby; 13. Hancock; 14. Carson; 15. Sharon; 16. Council Bluffs, First; 17. Neola; 18. Missouri Valley; 19. Logan; 20. Woodbine; 21. Groveland; 22. Council Bluffs, Second; 23. Lorah; 24. Columbian: 25. Hardin Township: 26. Lone Star; 27. Bentley ; 28. Grange Hall; 29. California Junction.
Des Moines Presbytery.
1. White Oak; 2. Fremont; 3. Oskaloosa: 4. New Sharon; 5. Howell. llolland; 6. Olivet; 7. Plymouth; 8. Knoxville; 9. Newton; 10. Mariposa; 11. Laurel: 12. Colfax; 13. Ridgedale; 14. Grimes; 15. Perry; 16. Minburn; 17. Dallas Center: 18. Waukee; 19. Adel; 20. Dexter: 21. Earlham; 22. Des Moines, Central; 23. Des Moines, Westminster: 24 Des Moines, First; 2) Des Moines, Clifton Ileights; 26. Des Moines, Sixth: 27. Des Moines. Hope: 28. Hartford: 29. Indianola: 30. Winterset; 31. Medora; 32. English: 33. Jacksonville: 34. Osceola; 35. Lucas: 36. Cleveland: 37. Charlton: 38. Rus- sell: 39. Albia; 40. Unionville; 41. Moulton; 42. Centerville; 43. Seymour: 44. Promise; City 45. Corydon; 46. Allerton: 47. Lineville; 48. Derby: 49. LeRoy: 50. Garden Grove; 51. Leon; 52. Milo; 53. Des Moines, lligbland Park; 54. Humeston; 55. Panora.
Dubuque Presbytery.
1. Zion: 2. llopkinton; 3. Prairie; 4. Dubuque, Westminster; 5. Du- bnque. Third; 6. Dubuque, German; 7. Sherrill; S. Centertown; 9. Farley: 10. Dyersville: 11. Manchester; 12. Pine Creek; 13. Rowley: 14. Walker: 15. Couo Center: 16. Independence, First; 17. Independence, Ger- man; 18. Jesup: 19. Pleasant Grove; 20. Hazelton: 21. Oelwein; 22. May- nard: 23. Wilson's Grove: 24. Bethel, West Union; 25. Rossville; 26. Frankville: 27. Zalmona: 28. Lansing, First; 29. Lansing, German; 30. Hope; 31. Lime Springs; 32. Chester: 33. McGregor, German; 34. Otterville; 35. Reformed Bohemian; 36. Cascade; 37. Bethlehem; 38. Volga; 39. Unity; 40. Prairieburg.
Fort Dodge Presbytery.
1. Immanuel German; 2. Wheatland, German; 3. Arcadia, German; 1. Manning; 5. Coon Rapids; 6. Carroll; 7. Glidden; 8. Churdan; 9. Jeffer- son; 10. Paton; 11. Dana; 12. Grand Junction; 13. Boone; 14. Fort Dodge; 15. Lohrville; 16. Rockwell City; 17. Lake City; 18. Pomeroy; 19. Fonda; 20. Plover; 21. Rolfe; 22. Gilmore City; 26. Livermore; 34. West Bend; 25. Spirit Lake; 26. Estherville: 27. Emmet County, First; 28. Maple Hill; 29. Halfa: 30. Ringsted; 31. Hoprig; 32. Depew; 33. Lone Rock; 34. Beth- any; 35. Algona; 36. Ottosen; 31. Rodman: 38. burt: 39. Armstrong: 40. Elm Grove; 41. Lytton; 42. Callender; 43. Calvary; 44. Irvington; 45. Wal- lingford; 46. Germania; 47. Pocahontas; 48. Lake Park; 49. Harris; 50. lluntington; 51. Dolliver; 52. Titonka; 53. Varina; 54. Luverne.
Iowa Presbytery.
1. Keokuk, Westminster; 2. Montrose; 3. Ft. Madison; 4. West Point; 5. Memorial; 6. Primrose; 7. Markham; 8. Sharon; 9. Bonaparte; 10. Ben- tonsport; 11. Mt. Zion; 12. Dover; 13. Lebanon; 14. Chequest; 15. Troy; 16. Birmingham; 17. Shunem; 18. Bloomfield; 19. Milton; 20. Ottumwa; First: 21. Ottumwa, East End; 22. Kirksville; 23. Martinsburg; 24. Lib- ertyville; 25. Falrfield; 26. Ottumwa, West End; 27. Salina; 28. lledrick: 29. Mt. Pleasant; 30. New London: 31. Middletown; 32. Oakville; 33. Bur- lington, First; 34. Kossuth; 35. Mediapolis; 36. Morning Sun; 37. Oakland; 38. Wapello; 39. Keokuk, Second; 40. Winfield; 41. Cedar: 42. Wilson; 43. Kingston.
Iowa City Presbytery.
1. Washington; 2. Bethel; 3. Crawfordsville; 4. Columbus Central; 5. Muscatine; 6. Hermon; 7. Nolo; 8. Blue Grass; 9. Davenport, First; 10. Davenport, Second; 11. LeClaire; 12. Princeton; 13. Eldridge; 14. Sum- mit; 15. Mt. Union; 16. Wilton; 17. Sugar Creek; 18. Atalissa; 19. West Liberty; 20. West Branch; 21. Cedar Valley; 22. Scott; 23. Tipton; 24. Red Oak Grove; 25. Fairview; 26. lowa City; 27. Unity; 28. Oxford; 29. Union; 30. Sbimer; 31. Williamsburg; 32. Marengo; 33. La Dora; 34. Brooklyn; 35. Malcom: 36. Montezuma; 37. Deep River; 38. What Cheer; 39. Sigour- ney; 40. Keota; 41. Lafayette; 42. Hills; 43. Haskins; 44. Brighton,
Sioux City Presbytery.
1. Mapleton; 2. Denison; 3. Charter Oak; 4. Manilla; 5. Vail; 6. Au- burn: 7. Sae City; 8. Sulphur Springs; 9. Lakeside. Storni Lake: 10. Alta; 11. Schaller; 12. Odebolt; 13. Ida Grove; 14. Battle Creek; 15. Lawton; 16. Bronson: 17. Sioux City, First; 18. Sioux City, Second; 19. Sioux City, Third: 20. Sioux City, Olivet; 21. Sioux City, Morningside; 22. Plymoutb; 23. Jreton: 24. Hawarden; 25. LeMars; 26. Union Township; 27. Larrabee; S. Cleghorn; 29. Meriden; 30. Cherokee; 31. Paullina; 32. Hospers, Holland; 33. Inwood; 34. Lyon County, German; 35. Zion, German; 36. Asbton; 37. Sanborn; 28. Mt. Pleasant: 39. Zoar, German: 40. Hope, German: 41. Early; 42. Sibley, German; 43. Ulmer; 44. Wall Lake; 45. Nemaba; 46. Pil- grim; 47. Hartley; 48. Plessis; 49. Hull; 50. Matlock, German.
Waterloo Presbytery.
1. Union German; 2. Greene: 3. Clarksville: 4. Janesville: 5. Pisgah: 6. Aplington; 7. East Friesland, German; 8. West Friesland, German; 9. Ackley; 10. Dows; 11. Williams; 12. Kamrar, German: 13. Point Pleas- ant; 14. Eldora; 15. Holland, German; 16. Grundy Center; 17. Morrison; 18. Cedar Falls; 19. Waterloo; 20. Cedar Valley; 21. LaPorte City; 22. Dysart; 23. Tranquility; 24. Salem; 25. Conrad; 26. Alblon: 27. Nevada; 28. State Center; 29. Marshalltown; 30. Toledo; 31. Tama: 32. Unity; 33. Mason City; 34. Eden, German; 35. Stout; 36. Aredale; 37. Grundy Center, Ger- mau; 38. Wellsburg; 39. Owassa; 40. Westminster. Waterloo.
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DES MOINES CHURCHES. Bethany.
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SALMON COWLES 1841.69
G. C. BEAMAN 1849 76
J. S. FULLERTON 1847-74
T. M. CHESTNUT 1857-61
L. G. BELL 1836-68
MERRITT HARMON 1855.92
J. M. BOGG 1858- 72
J. C. SHARON 1843-53, 1858.68
G. M. SWAN 1850-65
Figures indicate dates of ministry in Iowa.
SOME PIONEER MINISTERS.
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Stephen Pheips, 1863-1904.
J. C. Ewing. 1849-68.
F. B. Dinsmore, 1849-63. Figures indicate dates of ministry in Iowa.
T. H. Dinsmore, 1850-59. SOME PIONEER MINISTERS
J. M. Dinsmore, 1854-61.
J. P. Brengle, 1857-97.
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A G WILSON 1864-, 1876-78. 1889-94
SILAS JOHNSON 1862.87
AS JOHN HUDSON 1848-91. T
A S. MARSHALL 1856. 96
S A MCELHINNEY 1866-74
A M HEIZER 1865. 92.
A L LEONARD 1841 46
J D MASON 1849-90.
W. C RANKIN 1840-42. 1878-89
A K BAIRD 186 7- 93
ENOCH MEAD 1840-50 1888-92
LUTHER DODD 1857-71. 1877-78.
S. C MCCUNE 1852-65. 1871-8
F A SHEARER 1855-69 1862-1905
E L DOODER 1856- 79
J M BATCHELDER 1856-78
SOME PIONEER MINISTERS.
DES MOINES CENTRAL 1853.
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LINN GROVE, 1854.
SOME PIONEER CHURCHES.
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OTTUMWA CHURCHES. East End, Built 1901.
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FIRST CHURCH.
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OTTUMWA CHURCHES.
PARSONS COLLEGE. FAIRFIELD. FOUNDED 1875.
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LIBRARY BUILDING PARSONS COLLEGE @ @ @ HENRY K HOIS MAN - ARCH- ITECT · · CHICAGO è e @
Rev. T. D. Ewing. D.D., President 1880-1889.
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Old Building. Burned 1902.
BALLARD HALL. Girls' Dormitory.
PARSONS COLLEGE, FAIRFIELD. FOUNDED 1875.
Rev. E. L. Mattox, Hangchow, China.
Mrs. E. L. Mattox, Hangchow, China.
Mrs. Roy Walker, Bogota, Colombia.
Rev. Roy Walker, Bogota, Colombia.
Mrs. C. W. MeCleary, Rev. C. W. McCleary, Elat, Africa. Elat, Africa.
Mrs. E. H. Miller, Seoul, Korea.
Rev. R. C. Richardson, Miraj, India.
Rev. R. C. Smith, Fategarb, India. FOREIGN MISSIONARIES EDUCATED AT PARSONS COLLEGE.
Mrs. G. B. Bruce. Yeung Kong, China.
Rev. G. B. Bruce, Yenng Kong, China.
Rev. W. C. Dodd, D. D .. Ken Tung, Burmah.
Rev. C. HT. Bandy, Fatehgarh, India.
Mirs. C. H. Pandy, Fatehgarh, India.
Rev. W. G. MeChe, I'etchaburce, Siam.
Rev. J. E. Shoemaker, Mrs. J. E. Shoemaker, Ningpo, China.
Ningpo, China.
Rev. Wm. McCoy, Krugersdorf, Africa.
Miss Eliza Leonard, M. D., Rev. P. W. McClintock, Pekin, China. Hainan, China.
Mrs. P. W. McClintock, Hainan, China.
Miss Velma L. Snook, Pyeng Yang, Korea.
Rev. J. A. Fitch, Weihsien, China.
WOLFIAN MISSIONARIES EDUCATED AT PARSONS COLLEGE.
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1. Burlington. 6. Council Bluffs, 1860.
2. Des Moines First, 1856.
4. West Point, 1861.
7. Dubuque First, 1858.
3. Sioux City, 1869. 5. Iowa City, 1845.
8. Ft. Dodge, 1856.
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4. Lone Star, Council Bluffs Presbytery.
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5. Tranquility, Waterloo Presbytery. HON. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture, long connected with Tranquility Church.
3. Sugar Creek, lowa City Presbytery.
6. Ridgedale, Des Moines Presbytery.
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COUNTRY CHURCHES.
1. Sharon, Iowa Presbytery. 4. Pilgrim, Sioux City Presbytery.
2. Scotch Grove, Cedar Rapids Presbytery.
5. Pine Creek, Dubuque Presbytery.
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4. Woodbine, Council Bluffs Presbytery.
VILLAGE CHURCHES.
2. Grimes, Des Moines Presbytery.
3. Mediapolis, Iowa Presbytery.
5. Hawarden, Sioux City Presbytery.
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Malvern, Corning Presbytery.
VILLAGE CHURCHES.
Churdan, Ft. Dodge Presbytery.
Monticello, Cedar Rapids Presbytery.
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4. Audubon, Council Bluffs Presbytery.
COUNTY SEAT CHURCHES. 2. Anamosa, Cedar Rapids Presbytery.
3. Indianola, Des Moines Presbytery,
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3. Fairfield, Iowa Presbytery.
COUNTY SEAT CHURCHES.
4. Independence, Dubuque Presbytery.
2. Bedford, Corning Presbytery.
5. LeMars, Sioux City Presbytery.
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1. Rev. N. A. McAulay, D. D., lowa City; 2. Rev J. W. Countermine. Sioux City; 3. Rev. Harvey Hostetler, Council Bluffs: 4. Rev. J. W. Hub- laid, ( edar Rapids; 5. Rev. W. 1. Nicholas, lowa; 6. Rev. A. E. Kiser, Corning; 7. Rev. Hugh MeNinch, Waterloo; 8. Rev. A. W. McConnell, D.D., Des Moines; 9. Rev. E. W. Brown, Ft. Dodge; 10. Rev. W. O. Ruston, D. D., Dubuque.
MAIN BUILDING.
MUSIC HALL.
Winter Sport at Buena Vista.
BUENA VISTA COLLEGE, STORM LAKE. FOUNDED 1891.
SECOND CHURCH, 1888.
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FIRST CHURCH. 1874.
SECOND CHURCH, 1899
SIOUX CITY CHURCHES.
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MORNINGSIDE.
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GYMNASIUM.
Campus View.
COE COLLEGE, CEDAR RAPIDS, INCORPORATED 1881.
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE SMITHI. LL. D., President, 1905 -.
Y. M. C. A. CABINET.
MARSHALL HALL. Academy.
The roots of this College run back to the days of bev. Williston Jones, 1849. Mr. Carnegie recently pron.ised the school +45,000 for a Science Hall on condition that a like amount is raised for addition - al endowment.
CLASS SCENE.
COE COLLEGE, CEDAR RAPIDS. INCORPORATED 1881.
WILLISTON HALL.
Mission of Central Park. Central Park.
CEDAR RAPIDS CHURCHES. Rev. E. R. Burkhalter, D. D., Pastor of First Church since 1876. Westminster.
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CEDAR RAPIDS CHURCHES.
Rov. F. W. Grossman, D. D., President, 1902 -.
CLARKE HALL.
THE MONUMENT.
Erected in honor of President Rev. J M. McKean and 94 students who enlisted in the Union army of the ('ivil war.
LENOX COLLEGE, HOPKINTON, INCORPORATED 1856.
View of Campus.
REV. N C. ROBINSON 1854 - 71
REV STEPHEN PHELPS, D. D. 1871 - 1881.
VINTON,1857.
OLD CHURCH. 1857
REV E H ACERY. D. D. 188: 1899.
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FIRST CHURCH OF VINTON. 1877. REV S S HILSCHER. D. D. 1899 -
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DAVENPORT CHURCH, Where Society Was Organized.
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2. MRS. J. F. YOUNG, Secretary 1875-89. 1. MRS. J. F. ELY, President 1875-78. 3. MRS. ALEX. SCOTT, Secretary 1875-92.
PIONEER OFFICERS OF SYNODICAL WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The Woman's Synodical Society of Missions was organized at Davenport, October 22, 1875. Prior to that date, the varions women's societies had given the Board of the North-West : 4,839,01. Since that date they have contributed to this Board $200.594,95 or a total of $205,433,96.
In October, 1884, at Cedar Rapids the Synodical Home Missionary Society was organized. The women of this state had given to this cause prior to that date $2,968.80. Since then they have given $135,062.10. In addition they have given Freedmen $35,661.77. They have also been given credit for "Boxes" valued at $17,000
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SOME PIONEER OFFICERS OF WOMAN'S SYNODICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
1. Mrs. E. H. Avery, President F. M. Society, 1890-1998. 2. Mrs. F. M. Riley, Secretary H. M. Society, 1898-1902. 3. Mrs. D. W. C. Rowley, Pres- ident F. M. Society, 1880-1890; Secretary F. M. Society, 1892-1898. 4. Mrs. E. N. Barret. President H. M. Society, 1884-1905. 5. Mrs. J. E. Boynton, Sec- retary H. M. Society, 1882-1894. 6. Mrs. A. L. Wells, Secretary F. M. Society, 1898-1902. 7. Mrs. J. S. Oliver, President F. M. Society, 1878-1880.
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OFFICERS OF WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY OF HOME MISSIONS.
2. MRS. J. P. ENGSTROM,
Secretary of Literature.
4. MISS MARTHA HORNISH,
Corresponding Secretary.
Recording Secretary.
3. MRS. JOHN MacALLISTER, Secretary of Young People's Work. 6. MRS. C. F. ENSIGN, Vice-President.
1. MRS. C. W. COLEMAN, President.
5. MRS. O. E. KING,
MRS. DANIEL WILLIAMS, Secretary of Literature.
MRS. J. W. INNES, Secretary and Treasurer.
MRS. ORR LAWSON, Vice President.
MRS. I. C. MCCLINTOCK. President.
OFFICERS OF WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
MRS. C. E. RISSER, Secretary Y. P. Work.
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1. Rev. E. A. Enders, Mainpurie, India. Mrs. E. A. Enders, Mainpurie, India. Mrs. Marion Nivling-Madeley, Japan.
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A GROUP OF IOWA FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.
7. Rev. Malbone Graham, Colombia, S. A. 8. Rev. J. Milton Greene, D. I)., Hlavana, Cuba.
4. Rev. E. W. Koons, Pyeng Yang, Korea. 5. Mrs. E. W. Koons, Pyeng Yang, Korea. 9. Rev. C. E. Rath, Tacioban, P. I.
10. Rev. J. H. Nicol, Tripoli, Syrla.
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Rev. S. F. Moore, Seoul, Korea.
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Mrs. Lillian Fisher, Cairo, Japan.
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Mrs. Loretta C. Van Hook. Tabriz, Persia.
Mrs. D. A. Murray, Rev. D. A. Murray, D. D., Yamaguchi, Japan. Yamaguchi, Japan,
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Miss Mary Jewett, Tabriz, Persia.
Miss Mary E. Pratt, Ambala, India.
Miss Eleanor Chesnut, M. D., Mrs. Elsie Sinclair-Hodge. Martyr of Lien Chou, China. Martyr of Paoting Fu, China. SOME IOWA FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.
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Mrs. J. C. Melrose, Hainan, China.
II. (. Whiting, M. D., Pyong Yang, Korea.
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1. REV. SHELOON JACKSON, O. O.
2. REV. T. H. CLELAND, O. O. 3. REV, J. C. ELLIOTT,
"The Presbytery of Missouri River met at Sioux City April 29, 1869. During the afternoon Rev. T. II. Cleland, Jr., the Rev. J. C. Elliott and myself ascended a high bluff PROSPECT HILL on the edge of the city. From the summit was visible portions of Iowa, Dakota and Nebraska. With our hearts full of the contemplated action of Presbytery to appoint a general missionary for the regions beyond, our conversation was also on that subject. We were overwhelmed by our emotions as the Holy Spirit opened our eyes to see somewhat the extent of the spiritual desolations. and falling upon our knees we gave expression to our emotions in strong words, crying for divine help. and strength, and self-denial, and consperation-for faith to believe that the all-conquering Cross would yet triumph uver those desolations."-Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in an address before the Synod of Iowa, October, 1905, on "The Iowa Move- ment."
Plans are maturing for the erection of a monument to commemorate this Prayer Meeting.
"Little did those five devoted young men at Williams Col- lege realize what would spring ont of the Haystack prayer meeting for the cause of Foreign Missions. and as little did we three men realize how great a territory we were then dedicating to our King.
My settlement at Council Bluffs as my first pastorate in August 16, 1866. for & period of sixteen years was entirely prov de tial. I had nothing to do about it but to follow the cloudy pillar
It was on my 24th bir hday that I was ordained by the Presbytery of Mis- souri river in 1867. and was that day made chairman of the Home Miss on com- mittee of the Pres- bytery of Missouri River, whose territory extended from Des Moines to Sacramen- to and from the Can- adian horder to Mex- ico. I remonstrated at such a responsibil- ity, but was over- ruled. From this time until the organ- ization of the Synod of Nebraska my church was the out- fitting place for the western pioneer. So much of my time was taken for this work from my pastorate that I often had only the Saturday to pre- pare my morning ser- mon for my Council Bluffs congregation. 1 was founding and dedicating a church every other month in the year.
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2. CHURCH AT SIOUX CITY.
FLOYD MONUMENT.
1. CHURCH AT COUNCIL BLUFFS.
This monument, at Sionx City, marks the burial place of Sergeant Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
At length came the meeting of the Pres- bytery. April 29 to May 1. 1869. at Sioux City. in the little plain white house of worship. The burden of our discussion and prayer was the open- ing of a vast territory westward hy the om- pletion of the Union Pacific railroad. and ways and means of obtaining in n and money to send the missionary to these pioneer settlements. The Lord seemed to hear our prayer and sent us that de- voted hero of ('hrist, Rev .. Sheldon Jack- NO . His heart was full of missions and his faith gigantic He told us he would storm he east and get us the funds the Domestic Board was refusing us.
So Rev. Sheldon Jackson, of Minne- sota, and Rev. J. C. Elliot, of Nebraska City. Neb., joined me. a representative of lowa, in a walk to Prospect Hill, talking by the way. and our hearts burning with- in us as we talked by the way. when we determined to seek Divine guidance and as we knee'ed on that elevated point of land, looked to- ward Dakota. Min- nesota, lowa. Ne- braska and the far west, we dedicated ourselves to the task of possessing that fat land for Christ and our beloved Presby- terianism."
-T. H. CLELAND.
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NTOCK,O.D.
REV T S BAILEY, D.D
REV. J. F.
INKHOUSE.
REVJ B
NALDSON, D.D.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WATERLOO,
The question of self support in Iowa Home Mission work was a momentons one. It was decided by Synod meeting in Waterloo, October 17th, 1902. The report recommending it was read by Rev. J. B. Donaldson, D. D. After discussion was endid the moderator, Rev. J. F. Hinkhouse. called on Rev. T. S. Ba ley, D. D., for sixteen years Superintendent of Iowa Home Mis tons, to lead Synod in prayer. When the vote was made unanimons. Rev. J. C. MeClintock, D. D., the Stated Clerk and first Treasurer of the Home Mission Ennd, led Synod in singing "Onward Chris- tian Soldiers."
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BOARD OF IOWA PRESBYTERIAN HOME MISSIONS.
1. Rev. E. E. Hastings, D.D.
2. Rev. E. B. Newcomb, D.D. 3 Rev. W. M. Evans, D.D.
6. Rev. J. N. Elliott.
7. Rev. J. P. Linn.
11. Rev. C. H. Purmort, D.D.,
12. Rev. P. C. Baird, D.D.
13. Rev. J. M. Ross, D.D.,
9. John Rath.
8. Rev. J. B. Donaldson, D.D., 14. Rev. J. W. Day, D.D. Chairman.
5. W. B. Harrison. 10. Rev. Harvey Hostetler. 15. Rev. W. O. Ruston, D.D.
Synodical Superintendent
4. C. A. Benton.
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CAPT. A. R. O'BRIEN. Presbyterial S. S. Missionary.
PARALTA.
UNITY, NEAR WINTHROP.
ALGONA.
OTTERVILLE.
CHURCHES DEVELOPED BY SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONS.
SUMMARY OF THIRTEEN YEARS OF SABBATH SCHOOL WORK-Sabbath Schools organized, 561; Teachers, 2,058; Scholars, 20,404; Pro- fessed conversions in meetings held by Missionaries, 4.427; Number who united with the Presbyterian Church, 3.160; Number of Presbyterian Churches that developed from the work, 46; Value of property owned by these organizations, $80,000.
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CHURCHES DEVELOPED BY SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONS.
3. CASTLE GROVE. 1. HALFA. s. CONO CENTER.
1. Rev. S. R. Ferguson, Superintendent of lowa Sunday School Missions for Thirteen Years.
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EVOLUTION OF THE DAVENPORT CHURCH.
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1. REV. T. D. EWING, D.D., President, 1889-1905.
2. F. H. CURRENS. A. B., President, 1905 -.
5. GIRLS' DORMITORY.
REV. E. E. REED, D.D., President, 1900-
WINNERS OF BRADFORD PRIZE DEBATE CUP.
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