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KENWOOD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
TRIENNIAL MANUAL 1885-1388
GREENWOOD AVE. AND FORTY-SIXTH ST. CHICAGO
AUTHORIZED BY THE CHURCH AND COMPILED BY THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE
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KENWOOD EVANGELICAL CHURCH
TRIENNIAL MANUAL 1065-1600
D 28962 .165
1 CHICAGO. KENWOOD EVANGELICAL CHURCH. .Triennial manual ... 1885/88, 1895/97. Chicago:188873-98. 2v.
Title varies.
DHELF CARI
NL 37-2403
The Church is situated within the corporate limits of the village of Hyde Park, but is in- cluded in the postal delivery system of the City of Chicago. Mail matter should be ad dressed to 4600 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, I !!
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Contents
PAGE
Introductory
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Roll of Officers
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Historical : The Church and Society
II
The Sunday-School
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The Ladies' Society 17
The Good Will Mission Band
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The Young Peoples' Society 19
The King's Daughters 19
Statistical 20
Constitutions: The Church 23
The Ecclesiastical Society
33
The Sunday-School 36
The Ladies' Society 39
Form of Infant Baptism 43
Stated Services . 44
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Miscellaneous Intimations 46
Roll of Members
48
List of Pew Holders 54
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Introductory
T HIS little book contains information regarding th history, polity and workings of this Church ar ( Society from their organization to the present time, t gether with lists of members.
The Prudential Committee has been authorized c print such a record as often as once in three years fo: general convenience and information. It may also ser. : a higher purpose. It will enable officers and membe .: to review the covenants they took when they assum ! their places in God's house, or welcomed others into ft. - lowship. The membership list may be of value in tic way of promoting Christian acquaintance. Possibly al: the study of our polity and methods may be helpful places where churches are weak because they are to numerous, and where the great interests of Christ's kir __ dom cry out for consolidation.
The record of these first memorable years of 0 ... history ought surely to impress this congregation wi a a glad and solemn sense of God's favor toward 1:5 .. and with a stimulating apprehension of that spiritt : service which He has a right to expect from those who ... He has so thoroughly equipped.
In behalf of the Committee,
JOHN P. HALE, Pası
December, 1888.
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Officers
Pastor THE REV. JOHN P. HALE, 4743 Kenwood Avenue.
Elders
NATHANIEL S. BOUTON, - 191 Forty-seventh Street
THOMAS G. OTIS, -
4508 Lake Avenue
HERVEY W. FOWLER,
- 4669 Lake Avenue
DR. ALFRED W. HOYT, -
3 Wellington Place
Deacons
1 MYRON W. ATWOOD,
4324 Ellis Avenue
TAPPEN HALSEY, - 4824 Lake Avenue
GEORGE H. BLISS,
4528 Lake Avenue
Sunday School Superintendent
JAMES N. STEELE,
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4520 Lake Avenue
Clerk and Treasurer
ALBERT M. GRAVES, 4331 Lake Avenue
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Ecclesiastical Society
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Trustees
CHRISTOPHER B. BOUTON, President,
First Nat. Bank Building
JAMES N. STEELE, Secretary,
JULIUS STEELE, Treasurer,
JOHN B. KNIGHT
MARVIN M. FARR
148 Market Street - 243 East Adams Street EDWIN F. BAYLEY
FRANK E. SPOONER
J. B. KNIGHT
F. E. SPOONER House Committee
J. N. STEELE -
E. F. BAYLEY -
Pew Committee
JULIUS STEELE
Clerk of the Society
CHARLES LOUGHRIDGE,
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84 Washington Street
Usbers
C. WALTER BROWN
FRANK II. ARMSTRONG
ARTHUR B. FARWELL. WEBSTER B. HIL.L.
ARTHUR D. GATES
Serton D. P. H. LOCKHART, III Twenty-ninth Street
May be found at the Church, Wednesdays from noon till nine o'clock, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The Choir
Director, J. ALLEN PREISCHI
MRS. ALLY D. BIRD,
Organist
MRS. ARTHUR E. BINGHAM,
MRS. MAY PHOENIX CAMERON,
- Soprano Contralto
FREDERIC VINAL, - Tenor
J. ALLEN PREISCH, Bass
JONATHAN W. BROOKS MYRON W. ATWOOD
Committee
MARVIN A. FARR
The Ladies' Society
MRS. HI. W. FOWLER, President
MRS. E. F. BAYLEY, Vice- President
MRS. A. W. GLESSNER, Secretary
MRS M. W. ATWOOD, Treasurer
Directors
Foreign Mission Committee, - - MRS. ROBERT HILL MRS. TAPPEN HALSEY
Home Mission Committee, -
Devotional Committee, - - MRS. A. L. HOYT Social Committee,
MRS. JULIUS STEELE
Committee on Benevolent Work, - - MRS. CHARLES SQUIRES
Representatives
The Home for the Friendless, The Half- Orphan Asylum, - MISS MARY VAN DEREN S MRS. D. O. STRONG \ MRS. J. P. IIALE
MRS. ROBERT HILL
The Women's Christian Association,
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Sunday School
- -
Superintendent,
Assistants,
JAMES N. STEELE S MYRON W. ATWOOD EDWIN A. DICKINSON
Secretaries,
Treasurer,
Librarians,
JOSEPH C. HART EDWIN F. HILL ROBERT B. BOAK GEORGE H. DRAKE WALLACE HOLMES MYRON W. ATWOOD
Music,
MRS. H. W. FOWLER MISS FRANCES BROWN
Teachers
MRS. GEORGE BEST
MISS HATTIE B. BOUTON
C. WALTER BROWN
MRS. P. S. HAYES
MRS. W. T. BROWN
WEBSTER B. HILL
W. REA COLCORD
MRS. A. W. HOYT
MRS. L. D. CONDEE
CHARLES LOUGHRIDGE
MRS. H. A. COSTNER
MRS. C. B. Ross
MISS ESTELLE DICKINSON
FRANK E. SPOONER
EDWARD T. DOYLE ARTHUR B. FARWELL
JULIUS STEELE i
GEORGE F. FISHER
MRS. JULIUS STEELE
HERVEY W. FOWLER MRS. J. N. STEELE EDWIN H. THARPE
MRS. H. W. FOWLER
MISS MARY VAN DEREN .
-239 Scholars.
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REV. JOHN P. HALE TAPPEN HALSEY
MRS. E. A. SHERBURNE
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Primary Department
Principal,
MRS. GEORGE H. BLISS
Assistant,
MISS ANNA POOL
Teachers
MISS HELEN M. BROOKS MISS LOUISE V. PROCTOR 1
MISS BERTHA COLLOM MRS. C. H. PHILLIPS
MISS BELLE FOSTER
MISS LOUISE SEAVERNS
MISS KITTIE MALLORY
MRS. W. A. THRALL
MISS GERTRUDE M. LEYENBERGER
-132 Scholars.
Doung People's Society
W. REA COLCORD, President
MISS CARRIE SPOONER, Vice- President
MISS ALETHEIA HAMILTON, Sec. and Treas.
Lookout Committee
ARTHUR B. FARWELL C. M. TROWBRIDGE
MISS LUELLA JENKINS MISS BERTHA E. COLLOM
EDWIN F. HILL
-52 Members.
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The Good Will Amission Band
Committee
MISS HATTIE B. BOUTON, Leader MISS CLARA FOWLER
MISS LOUISE SAVAGE
MISS LOUISE CREPIN
Officers
President,
MISS ALETHEIA HAMILTON
Vice-President, ROBERT MOORE
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MISS HATTIE COLLOM
Secretaries,
GILBERT BLISS
Treasurer,
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MISS PERSIS BOUTON
The king's Daughters
President, MRS. J. F. PRIDE
Vice-President,
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- MISS SOPHIE R, MAHER
Sec. and Treas.,
MISS FRANCES B. COWLES
-37 Members.
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historical
T HE KENWOOD EVANGELICAL CHURCH was organ- ized November 1;th, 1885. The spring previous Mr. Thomas G. Otis had built upon his property at the junction of Lake and Woodlawn avenues, near Forty-fifth street, a small frame building to be used as a Sunday School for the accommodation of the children of the neighborhood. The response to his invitation so far exceeded the expectation that, before the summer was over, the building was found to be inadequate for its purpose, and was enlarged to more than double its first capacity. On Sunday evenings preaching services were regularly held from the first, and received a cordial and increasing support. Just before this, a great tide of population from the older parts of Chicago had set in this direction, and was working rapid changes in the neighborhood. All things pointed to the increasing im- portance and the permanence of the work which had been begun at the chapel.
On the evening of the 5th of September, accordingly, a meeting of gentlemen was held at the house of Mr. H. W. Fowler to take first steps toward the organization of a Church in connection with the chapel enterprise. A grave problem presented itself at the outset, in the determination of its denominational connection. The
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chapel had brought into harmonious co-operation the members of various churches. It was not at all likely they would all unite cordially and permanently under any one denominational form. At the same time, it was recognized that one strong Church could serve the cause of Christ in this neighborhood better than several small ones. The formation of an undenominational Church was therefore strongly advocated,-one which should represent the evangelical faith and spirit of this community. It was urged that such a Church would be scriptural in its conception, and that it was provi- dentially indicated by the circumstances of the case.
This view prevailed. A committee appointed to ascertain what support could be secured for the under- taking, soon reported that they had received subscrip- tions sufficient for the first year. A society was there- fore organized under the laws of the State to provide for the financial necesssities of the proposed Church in time to come. Soon after, a council of ministers, mostly from neighboring Churches, was invited to meet in the chapel for the purpose of organization. The council met the 17th of November, and thirty-nine persons were banded together as a Church of the Lord Jesus.
Four deacons and a clerk were chosen as officers for the first year. Meantime, a permanent constitution was devised and embodied in Articles of Government. These were compiled by Mr. N. S. Bouton and adopted by the Church, December 16th, 1885. They have been recently expanded, to express more fully our principles and work- ing methods.
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The Rev. John P. Hale was invited to the pastorate of the Church, April 5th, 1886, and entered upon the duties of his office the first Sunday in June following. He was formally installed, September 30th, by a council of ministers and delegates from Churches of various denominations.
In the fall of 1886 plans for the permanent benevo- lent work of the Church were matured and set in operation. The Sunday School and Ladies Society be- came part of the Church organization, a full list of Church officers was elected, and a schedule of benevo- lences adopted with monthly offerings. The agencies to which the Church contributed were the following: The American Board of Foreign Missions, the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions (two annual offerings each). the Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. Church, City Evangelization, the American Sunday School Union, our own Sunday School, and the Deacons' Fund for relief and expense. To this list the Chicago Newsboys' Home has recently been added.
Down to the present time the music in both Church and Sunday School has been in the charge of Mr. M. W. Atwood, precentor, and Mrs. H. W. Fowler, organist, the latter assisted by Mrs. A. W. Hoyt. At the last annual meeting of the Society it was decided that a considerable appropriation be made for music, and that it be put in charge of a committee of three to be elected annually, one by the Prudential Committee, one by the Board of Trustees, and one by the Society; the latter to be neither a member of the Committee nor of the Board.
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THE KENWOOD EVANGELICAL CHURCH SOCIETY was organized September 19th, ISS5. For the first three years the current expense was met by voluntary sub- scriptions. In the fall of ISS6 it became apparent from the increasing attendance at the morning service and at the Sunday School, that the erection of a permanent house of worship could not long be delayed. On the 19th of November a committee was appointed to can- vass the matter, who reported at the annual meeting, a month later, that they deemed it feasible to erect a building free from debt which should cost at least forty thousand dollars. They recommended the lot on the southwest corner of Greenwood avenue and Forty-sixth street as the site for the Church. It was voted to pro- ceed at once with the undertaking. Messrs. N. S. Bou- ton, D. O. Strong, H. W. Fowler, H. B. Bogue, M. W. Atwood, and the Pastor were appointed a Building Committee to act with Messrs. J. B. Knight, C. B. Bou- ton, T. G. Otis, E. F. Bayley, J. N. Steele, M. A. Farr and Julius Steele, the Trustees.
So liberal was the response to the call for subscrip- tions that it was considered prudent to adopt plans which contemplated a greater expense than was at first proposed. The plans accepted were those drawn by Mr. W. W. Boynton and Mr. H. B. Wheelock, who were associated architects: The ground was broken in August, ISS7, and the corner-stone laid with appropri- ate ceremonies on the 26th of November. By the first of June, 1888, the chapel portion was ready for occu- pancy, and the first services in the new building were
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held on the third anniversary of the Sunday School. The entire building was completed and dedicated to the worship and service of God on the 18th of November, the day following the third anniversary of the formation of the Church.
The entire cost of the Church and furnishings is $65,423.92. This includes the lot (presented by Mr. N. S. Bouton) at a valuation of $6,000.00; the build- ing, with heating apparatus, costing $49,751.86; the organ and motor costing $3,650.00; and furnishings, which include pews and chairs, carpets, cushions, man- tels, gas fixtures, etc., costing $6,022.06; of this latter amount, $2,379.83 was contributed by the Ladies Socie- ty and the Sunday School. The only indebtedness upon the property is $20,000.00, for which amount bonds were issued by the Society, bearing six per cent. inter- est, and were taken at par value by members and friends of the Church.
The following list will give the names of those who have served as officers of the Church and Society, with their ternis of service:
DEACONS FOR THE FIRST YEAR : Nathaniel S. Bou -. ton, Thomas G. Otis, Hervey W. Fowler and Myron W. Atwood.
ELDERS: Nathaniel S. Bouton, 'S6-90; Thomas G. Otis, '86-9; Hervey W. Fowler, 'S6-8 and '88-92; Dr. Al- fred L. Hoyt, '86-7 and '87-91.
DEACONS: Myron W. Atwood, '86-8 and '88-90 Tappen Halsey,'86-7 and '87-9; George H. Bliss, 'SS-9.1.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS (elected each year) : George H. Bliss, '85-8; James N. Steele, 'S8-9.
CLERK AND'TREASURER (elected each year) : Albert M. Graves, '85-9.
TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY: John M. Hamilton,'S5-6; John B. Knight, '85-6, '86-8, 'S8-91; Robert Strahorn, '85-6; Thomas G. Otis, 'S5-6, '86-8; David O. Strong, '85-6; Nathaniel S. Bouton, 'S5-6; James N. Steele, . '85-6, '86-7, '87-9; Christopher B. Bouton, '86-8,'S8-9! ; Edwin F. Bayley, '86-7, '87-9; Marvin A. Farr, '86-7, '87-9; Julius Steele, '86-7, '87-9; Frank E. Spooner, '88-91 .
TREASURER: John E. Cowles, 'S5-6; Julius Steele, '86-9.
CLERK OF THE SOCIETY: James N. Steele, '86-8 ; Charles Loughridge,'SS-9. The Treasurer is elected by the Trustees, the Clerk by the Society, both annually.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL was organized as the Lake- side Sunday School, May 31st, 1885 ; the first regular session of the school being held the following Sunday, June 7th, with an attendance of 123 persons. The in- crease in membership and the offerings of the school for each year since, appears in the statistical tables. In August the name was changed to the Kenwood Sunday School and so remained until September, 1886, when upon invitation of the Church, the school accepted its guardianship and control. Mr. L. Everingham was the first Superintendent. But removing from the vicinity in the fall, he was succeeded by Mr. George H. Bliss, who has had charge of the school until the present time. For
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imperative reasons he resigns his office at the close of this year. With the new year Mr. James N. Steele be- comes Superintendent,and the time of meeting is changed from three o'clock to the noon hour.
The tone of the school has been excellent. An earnest and cheerful spirit has pervaded all departments and made itself felt upon teachers and scholars alike. Under the management of Mrs. Bliss, the primary department has been a notable feature of the school, and has reached an average attendance upon fair days of over one hun- dred of the little ones.
THE LADIES SOCIETY was formed to provide for the necessities of the Sunday School. The little chapel needed furniture and the school lacked its proper equip- ment, while neither Church nor Society existed to fur- nish these requirements. The ladies therefore resolved to take these matters in hand, and in July organized a society for that purpose. Under the leadership of Mrs. D. O. Strong, Mrs. L. D. Condee, Mrs. A. L. Mills and Mrs. H. W. Fowler, the society prosecuted its work with such vigor and success that by the close of the winter the needs of the school had been supplied and the ladies had still some money in hand,
Meanwhile the Church had been established. Con- sequently, the Society at the opening of the second year was organized with a view to the various benevolent and missionary causes which the new condition of things presented. The ladies decided that the work should all be conducted by one organization, acting through com- mittees. It was hoped that in this way separate inter-
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ests would not clash nor come into ungenerous rivairy. Each committee works independently under its own director, but all the directors meet as members of the Executive Committee, and together plan out the work of the whole Society. Thus all its agencies are recog- nized as parts of one whole. Ladies co-operate with as many committees as they desire, but all hear the reports and appeals made to the Society from every de- partment of its work. The plan has worked admirably.
For two years Mrs. Robert Hill presided over the Society, and was succeeded by Mrs. H. W. Fowler. Most of the sewing done at the bi-monthly meetings has been for the Half-Orphan Asylum and the Old Ladies' Home.
THE GOOD WILL MISSION BAND was organized at the suggestion of the mission committees of the Ladies Society, in January, ISS7, to interest and engage the children in missionary work. The studies the first year were upon home mission fields principally, conducted by Mrs. A. W. Hoyt. A box was made up and sent to the Good-Will Mission in Dakota, from which the Band took its name. The second year foreign missions en- gaged the attention of the children, under the leadership of Mrs. G. H. Bliss. The attendance averaged Ico, be- sides visitors. The older members held special meetings at the house of the leader where they worked for home missions. Miss Hattie Bouton leads the Band this year. The children thus far have been helping the Bohemian Mission in this city, in which they have become deeply interested.
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THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY was formed in No- vember, 1886, at the suggestion of the pastor, for the improvement of the minds and hearts of the younger members of the congregation. Weekly meetings were held, those of a religious character alternating with others of a social or a literary sort. Five of the 28 members came into the Church during the year. The second year the devotional meetings were held Sunday evenings, and Bible studies were conducted by the pastor on alter- nate Tuesdays; social or literary meetings being held monthly. Mr. C. M. Trowbridge was chosen as president in 1887. and was succeeded by Mr. W. R. Colcord. Increased interest has been shown in the devotional meetings, which have been of great value in developing the religious life and activity of the young people. The general plan and method of operation is much like that of the Society of Christian Endeavor.
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS are banded together for all good work in their own neighborhood and among the needy. Every member belongs to one or more of the committees, called Tens, each of which undertakes some particular service-either to read or sing to the sick and aged, to carry flowers to the hospitals, to promote temperance, or personal piety, or to do some thing which shall teach themselves and others to look up, not down; look forward, not back; and to lend a hand, IN HIS NAME.
Statistical Cables, 1885=8
I. MEMBERSHIP, ETC .; CHURCHI AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL
1885-6
ISS7
1888
P
L So
90
P 12
51
156
7
L 31
M 197
Sunday School. 1 Enrollment
() 28
S *230
T *25S
0 34
S 3.35
T 300
1.5
S 371
T 419
20
2 Average Attendance
$190
200
304
Baptisms
A 2
T 2
A 5
I
T
A
1
T
14
19
1
15
P
Church Membership.
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EXPLANATION : "P = received in the Church by profession of faith. L == received by letter from another Church. M - membership at the close of the year. O == officers and teachers in Sunday school. S : scholars. T= total. A-adult. I -- infant. The Sunday school enrollment is taken at the close of the year. A star sig- nifies that the figure is approximate.
II. BENEVOLENCE.
1885-6
1887
1888
CAUSES
Church
S.S.
I. S.
Total
Church
S.S.
L.S.
M.B.
Total
Church
S.S.
L.S.
M.B.
Total
Home Missions ..
50.00
IS.75
68.75
511.13 78. 17
91.38
(2) 16.50
(1)7. 18
500.10
50.00
(3) 196.91
10.87 757.88
Foreign Missions ...
. 227.1.1 30,00
257.11
HIS. 391 40.00 173. 45
8. 50
310.31
SSo. 49
30.00
208. 15 42.75 1161. 39
Freedmen's Aid
129.37
128.37
135.35
135.35
City Evangelization
150.00
150.00
156.52
25.00
181.52
Am. S. S. Union
75.55
75.55
140.50
140.50
178.48
178.48
Our own Sunday-school 77.00 2$9.89
366.89
169. 59,138.75
308.3+
34-4. 13
3+4.13
Deacons' Fund.
31.95
10.00
41.95
74.79
74.79
569.74
560.74
Various Charities ... (4)
15.00 (6)
10.00
25.001
120.70 60.00 71.04
251.74
199.90
(5) 160. 53 (7)
360.13
For Furnishing Bld'g ..
201.67 1333.19
1534.56
225.11
225. 11
916. 19 1208 53
2151.72
Totals
461.64:565 . 31 1343. 19,
2370. 14 1413.47512.03335.87
25.00
2316. 37 20 4 . 71 1211 . 72 1613. 59. 5.3.6215943.61
The columns show the amounts contributed by the Church at its stated collections ; by the Sunday-school ; by the Ladies' Society, and by the Mission Band, as indicated by initial letters at the top. The " furnishing'" in ISS5-6 was for the old Chapel. Under the head of Deacons' Fund is included that given for the relief of those in need, and that expended by the Deacons for printing, communion-wine and other incidentals. (1) Besides this a box valued at $35.00. (2) Also a box valued at $15 00. (3) Also 3 boxes valued at $202.00. (4) Half-Orphan Asylum, Foundlings' Home, News Boys' Home, etc., etc. (5) Of which $105.53 was unappropriated at the close of the year. (6) Of which $156.35 was for library books. (7) Of which $+17.19 was from the usual offerings and Easter collection, and $199.oo was special, raised by various classes to provide some particular object for the new building.
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. STATISTICAL SUMMARY
I.
Original Members of the Church 39
Received in 1885-6 51
Received in 1887 66
Received in 1888
41
Membership at the close of the third year
197
Received at the first communion, 1889. 23
Total Membership 220
II.
"Total Benevolent Offerings in Cash $10,530.15
Value of Boxes sent to Missionary fields 312.00
Total for Benevolence $IO,842.15
Raised for Current Expenses ISS5-6
$ 3,306.00
For Current Expense IS87 $ 3,617.78
+Toward Building Fund 1887 17,043.50
20,661.23
For Current Expense ISSS. $ 5,263.49
+Toward Building Fund 1888 24,582.48 29,845.97
Entire Contributions for three years,
$54,655.40
* NOTE A .- Under this head is included, both here and in the preceding table, the amounts given by the Church, Ladies' Society, and the Sunday- school for the support of the latter; also, the amounts given by the Ladies' Society and the Sunday-school toward furnishing the building.
+ NOTE B .- These two items embrace actual subscriptions for the new building, and do not include the amounts realized by the sale of the bonds of the Society.
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Articles of Government
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ARTICLE I .- DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
This Church was organized for the worship of God and the advancement of His kingdom. We acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as the Great Head of the Church, and receive the Holy Scriptures as authoritative in mat- ters of faith, order and discipline. We believe that Christ's Church is one, and pray for the realization of its unity through all the earth. Recognizing the minor differences which exist among believers as being consistent with Christian integrity, we have united as a Church of Jesus Christ, upon the great essentials of the evangelical faith.
ARTICLE II .- GOVERNMENT.
SECTION I. The government of this Church is vested in the body of believers who compose it and are in fel- lowship, whose majority vote is final.
SEC. 2. While this Church, in the conduct of its affairs, is governed by its own understanding of God's Word, it gladly recognizes the obligations and privilege of the fellowship of Churches, and will seek to promote it by counsel, co-operation and sympathy.
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ARTICLE III .- OFFICERS.
SECTION I. The officers of this Church shall con- sist of a Pastor, four Elders, not less than three Deacons, a Clerk and Treasurer in one person, and the Superin- tendent of the Sunday-schools. These shall constitute the Prudential Committee.
SEC. 2. Officers shall be chosen by ballot; a ma- jority of all the votes cast being necessary to a choice. The Sunday-schools shall elect their own Superintend- ents, subject to confirmation by the Church.
SEC. 3. Elders shall be chosen for the term of four years, deacons for the term of three years, the clerk for the term of one year. They shall serve the appointed time and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies may be filled at any regularly called business meeting.
SEC. 4. Elders and deacons shall be divided into four and three classes respectively, so arranged that one class shall retire annually. After the year 1890, these officers, upon the expiration of a full term of service, shall be ineligible to an immediate re-election.
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