Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915, Volume II, Part 33

Author: Evangelical Church. Indiana Conference; Baumgartner, Samuel H; Haist, A. B
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Indiana Conference
Number of Pages: 346


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14


1,226


3,721 1868-73, '79-86, '93-02.


Elkhart, Watch Tower 14


1,832


1,790 1874-86, '87-90, no figures.


300


254 1901-09, first called Yellow River M.


HISTORICAL SKETCHES


Fields


Support Given Appro. Years Am't Rec'd


In what years. Blank means no App. Rcd.


Elkhart, Bethel


17


3,153


270


1901-03, '06-08.


Elkhart, Oakland (S. Side)


26


1,365


6,840


1893-00, '06-22.


Elkhart, First


19


11,777


Enterprise


23


1,411


1,915


1895-07, '01-02.


Evansville, Salem


31


2,746


4,302


1868-72, '75, '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf. '93-14.


Evansville, Linnwood


8


295


6,210


1914-22.


Ft. Recovery


19


1,660


440


1885-86, '00. '87-90 no figures obtained.


Ft. Wayne, Bethel


33


9,401


8,630


1868-1901.


Ft. Wayne, Crescent


11


1,797


6,950


1910-22, a station 1923.


Grayville


29


1,837


4,020


1894-95, '98-14, '16-19, '21. '76- 92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Greenville


31


1,450


6,710


1894-01, '03-22.


Hibbard (Culver) Circuit


10


881


Hicksville


23


911


6,710


1891-11.


Huntingburg


31


7,605


Huntington


30


3,034


3,045


1892-07. From '80-90 at least $1.600.


Indianapolis, First


33


14,764


Indianapolis, N. Side


3,142


1871-75.


Indianapolis, Second


25


2,573


7,045


1893-94, '96-22.


Indianapolis, Beville


20


2,403


3,775


1901-20.


Jonesboro, southern Illinois ..


200


1875.


Julietta


4


154


2,025


1874-86. '87-90 no record, '91-


92.


Kendallville Circuit


21


1,622


With Avilla included.


Kendallville


12


1,845


1,700


1891-06, '11 made a station.


Kokomo


19


1,689


9,400


1903-22.


Lake Bruce (Bruce Lake)


24


1,415


1,515


1891-96, '00-09, '14, '22, 7 years with Tippecanoe.


Lake Creek, Williams Co., III.


200


1875.


Lakeville Circuit


13


1,468


1,975


1914-21.


Laporte


3,141


Lancaster


28


1,129


3,160


1895-15, '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Logansport


33


1,222


8,800


1891-22, before this $4,000.00.


Louisville, Zion


31


6,763


612


1868-70.


Louisville, Trinity


27


2,234


8,100


1893-16, previous to S. Ind. Conf.


301


1876-84.


A mission from 1855-65, fig- ure not given.


INDIANA CONFERENCE


Fields


Support Given Appro. Years Am't Rec'd


In what years. Blank means no App. Red.


Lydick


9


311


1,840


1918-22.


Markle (Zion included)


30


1,644


3,160


1892-95, '01-08, '14, '19-22.


Medaryville


8


652


1,390


1868-70, '83, '86.


Mishawaka and country


27


4,196


1,390


1883-85, '96-97, '00-08, '14, '16.


Mishawaka Station


-6


1,708


Mt. Carmel


30


2,645 1,250


1894, '02, '05-10. '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Murphysboro


350


1875, thereafter by S. Ind. C.


Nappanee, Circuit


31


4,407


Nappanee, City


12


1,483


3,725


included Island Class for some years.


New Paris Circuit


31


3,551


New Harmony, Ind.


600


1898, '01, shared with Grayville


North Liberty


8


375


815


1880, '01-02, '06-07.


Noblesville or Cicero


32


1,068


1,555


1880, '01-02, '05-11.


Olney


29


2,238


565


1875, '95-97, '04-06, '15. '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Owensboro


500 1893, '00-03. '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Payne and Paulding 12


249


575


1891-93, '96-98.


Peru


22


1,000


1,254


1899-22.


Phillipsburg


30


2,002


1,905


1893-07.


Portland, City


33


1,506


7,825


1891-22.


Portland, Circuit


11


1,578


Ridgeville and Emmettsville .. 18


1,994


1,250


1905-13.


Richmond


3,100 1868-70, '74-75, '77-78, '84-86, '91-94.


Rochester, Circuit


15


918


1,250


1909-13.


Rochester, City


33


3,453


925


1881-88, '93-94. no figures for '87-90.


Rockport


31


1,428


4,436


1868-70, '73, '75, '76-92 S. Ind.


Conf., '95-99, '02-19.


Royal Centre


30


1,441


2,800


1891-92, '96-19.


San Pierre


24


3,492


500


1910-11, '13.


Shelby, 111.


2,020


1868-75, '76 to its abandon- ment to S. Ind. C.


Spring Grove and Danville


2,170


1869-77.


South Bend, East Side


200


1872 then abandoned.


South Bend, Ewing


1,000


1923.


302


Mound City and Cairo


668


1874, thereafter by S. Ind. C.


HISTORICAL SKETCHES


Fields


Support Given Appro. Years Am't Rec'd


In what years. Blank means no App. Rcd.


South Bend, Brdwy. (Mizpah) 29


4,568


3,825


1893-09.


South Bend, First


33 4,649


South Bend, Grace


17


1,280


7,500


1903-22, except '05 and '16.


St Louis, Mo.


1,600


1868-69.


St. Peters


6


258


100


1910, and shared with Van `Wert some years.


Syracuse


19


1,560


2,925


1903-18, included Ebenezer for some years.


Terre Haute


31


1,905


9,035


1893-22, '76-92 to S. Ind. Conf.


Urbana


33


7,020


875


1891-00, including W. Point few years.


Tippecanoe


7


556


250


1901, '04-05, included Bruce Lake.


Vandalia, Ill.


1,588


1868-75.


Van Wert, (Scott)


19


2,148


Van Wert, City


33


2,234


5,800


1891-92, '00, '04-22, included St. Peters awhile.


Wabash, Circuit (Spikerville) . 16


1,468


175


1908-10.


Wabash, City


33


2,600


4,445


1873-84, '92-07.


Waterloo


33


1,836


2,485


1897-03, '07-11, '18-22.


Webster, N. now Columbia City


30


1,591


3,280


1879-86, '92-07.


West Salem (vicinity) 30


3,555


Winchester and Emmettsville 7


529


2,675


1879-85, '91-97.


Wolcottville


33


3,161


Zion near Markle


3


70


12 LARGEST CONTRIBUTIONS


Indianapolis, First


$14,764.10 in 33 years


Elkhart, First


11,777.71 in 19 years


Ft. Wayne, Bethel


9,401.90 in 33 years


Dayton, First


9,281.41 in 33 years


Huntingburg


7,605.72 in 31 years


Dayton, Wayne Ave


7,393.75 in 33 years


Bremen


7,216.24 in 33 years


Urbana


7,020.41 in 33 years 6,763.36 in 31 years


Louisville, Zion


Linn Grove Circuit


6,098.80 in 33 years


South Bend, First


4,649.11 in 33 years


South Bend, Broadway


4,569.88 in 29 years


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12 LARGEST CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CITIES AND TOWNS


Indianapolis 3 churches since 1890


$19,140.42


Elkhart 3 churches since 1890


17,777.55


Dayton 2 churches since 1890 16,675.16


Ft. Wayne 2 churches since 1890


11,199.19


South Bend 3 churches since 1890


10,498.91


Lonisville


2 churches since 1890


8,997.38


Huntingburg 2 churches since 1890


7,605.72


Urbana 1 church since 1890


7,020.41


Berne 1 church since 1890


4,678.58


Rochester 1 church since 1890


3,453.39


Evansville 2 churches since 1890


3,041.10


Huntington .. 1 church since 1890


3,034.49


12 BEST CONTRIBUTING CIRCUITS


I.inn Grove


since 1890


$6,098.80


Kokomo


since 1890


4,733.44


Celina


since 1890


4,515.85


Nappanee


since 1890


4,407.82


San Pierre


since 1890


4,144.82


Carmi


since 1890


3,739.49


West Salem


since 1890


3,555.68


New Paris


since 1890


3,551.52


Ft. Recovery


since 1890


3,274.44


Wolcottville since 1890


3,161.10


Elkhart Bethel Circuit


since 1890


3,153.60


Bremen


since 1890


2,414.89


Elberfeld since 1890 2,338.52


Note 1-There was no record made in the Indiana Conference minutes prior to 1868 of the appropriations to the various missions.


Note 2-Errors in adding no doubt have occurred in compiling these figures through so many years, but it is hoped they will serve the purpose intended .-- S. H. B.


THE OFFICERS OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE INDIANA CONFERENCE OF THE EV. ASSOCIATION


Bishop S. P. Spreng, D. D President


August Geist Vice-President


J. H. Evans Secretary


A. B. Haist


Assistant Secretary


Leo. J. Ehrhardt


Assistant Secretary


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A. H. Doeseher Copyist


B. G. Smith Statistician


J. O. Mosier Treasurer


TRUSTEE BOARD, 1921-1924


J. H. Evans. President


E. M. Ray Vice-President


J. W. Metzner Secretary


J. O. Mosier


Treasurer


F. H. Hersh


BOARD OF EXAMINERS


D. O. Wise President


Geo. Pullman Secretary


CONFERENCE MISSIONARY SOCIETY


E. G. Johnson President


J O. Mosier Vice-President


M. O. Herman Secretary


J. H. Rilling


Treasurer


J. H. Rilling Delegate to Board of Missions


E. G. Johnson Alternate


SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD


F. C. Berger President


L. C. Haney


Vice-President


Geo. S. Lozier Secretary-Treasurer


Adam Cook S. C. Lehman


Eli C. Bierie


F. H. Hersh


A. L. Yates


F. H. Hirschman


BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION


I .. S. Fisher S. H. Baumgartner M. W. Sunderman J. O. Mosier


J. W. Metzner J. H. Evans J. H. Rilling


STUDENT AID FUND


C. E. Geist


President


J. H. Arndt


Secretary-Treasurer


Trustees - Adam Cook F. H. Hersh


D. O. Wise


C. P. Maas


COMMITTEE ON NEW FINANCE PLAN


Conference and General Budget Apportionment-President and Secretary of Missionary Society, Conference Treasurer, Secretary of General Budget, E. M. Ray, W. H. Hansing, F. H. Hershman.


Conference Budget Secretary-Treasurer R. W. Loose


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INDIANA CONFERENCE TRUSTEE OF N. W. C. AND E. T. S .- 1920-1923 E. W. Praetorius AUDITING COMMITTEE-1921 TO 1924 O. O. Lozier A. H. Doescher


H. E. Eberhart


EDITOR CONFERENCE JOURNAL O. O. Lozier


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APPENDIX


WHEN BRETHREN MEET


The exchange of the year's experiences; the recounting of some of former years' experiences; the relating of victories in His cause; and, incidentally, the relating of some of the humorous occurrences-these enter into the fellowship of ministers of the Gospel when they meet at their annual gatherings. It serves to ease the strain of life, to cheer the workman to press his unfinished task.


We append a few typical experiences from the many that might be given.


I. BLUNDERS AND SLIPS OF MINISTERS IN THE CONFERENCE


PASTOR ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC AUTOPSY


A young minister, under a nervous strain after he had preached a funeral sermon, announced, "The undertaker will now open the corpse". With amazc- ment the congregation awaited results, but were relieved when the undertaker only opened the casket for viewing the remains.


A LONG ONE


A visiting pastor invited by a parishioner to take supper at his house with his own pastor, was called on to say grace at the table. Folding his hands he solemnly prayed at some length. The small boy in the family, when "Amen" was said, looked up with a sigh of relief and said, "My, wasn't that a long one?"


LAUGHTER PROVOKED BY MISPRONOUNCING A WORD


At a camp-meeting held near Royal Centre, Indiana, 1889, a preacher trying to picture the final conflagration of the wicked world, said, "Finally, this old world will go up in a con- flag'-a-ra-tion." Instead of producing a serious effect it produced laughter.


A SLIP OF THE TONGUE


In a camp-meeting at Royal Centre, Indiana, 1889 a P. E. was describing the beauties and the blessings of heaven, and then the horrors of hell. Having reached the climax of his description with considerable cloquence, he said. "People in these days live as though there were no heaven to shun and no hell to obtain."


THE AXE LED TO WATER AND MADE TO DRINK


While a minister was depicting the scene of Elisha's young prophets felling trees for enlargement of lodging accommodations, he stated that while one of


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the young prophets was vigorously swinging his axe, it slipped off the helve and to his great sorrow, "the water fell into the axe". After the service a bright young girl twitted him, saying, "How can water fall into an axe?"


A SLIGHT MISTAKE IN A QUOTATION


A minister, in relating a conversation that occurred between two men, attempted to carry on their argument as follows:


A: "I do not believe anything I cannot reason out."


B: "So you will not believe things to be true, the reason of which cannot be seen?"


A: "Just so."


B: "Do you see in that field yonder the cow, hog, sheep and goose?"


A: "Yes."


B: "Then assign the reason why wool grows on the sheep, bristles on hogs, feathers on the goosc, and cows on the hair."


A CONTRADICTION


A pastor was preaching on the text, "Launch out into the deep". At the close of the sermon, he called for a song, whereupon a brother announced the song, "Pull for the shore, brother, pull for the shore".


At a Conference session in 1899, the bishop asked, "Who are the applicants for the ministry, and what is the report of the Board of Examiners?"


An examiner of the applicant's course then arose and said, "I have here the obituaries of three applicants for license."


Quickly the bishop replied, "That is enough, we have too many dead preach- ers already."


A HINT TO THE WISE


A P. E. was asked to review the S. S. Lesson. The lesson treated about Daniel and his brethren refusing to eat of the king's meat. In giving the reason why their countenances were fairer than those of the boys who ate of the king's meat, he illustrated the effect of the use of water instead of wine by pointing to the pastor, a tetotaler, who was stout of body, and full of face. A bright boy, looking the P. E. in the face, exclaimed, "You would look better, too, if you would cut off your whiskers".


NOT TONGUE-TIED, BUT FEET-TIED


Pastor "R." with another minister was invited to Sunday dinner together with three rather quiet young ladies. The pastor, timid and reserved, seemed to be overly conscious of the presence of the ladies. When they were about through cating, pie was served. But the pastor seemingly could not keep up with the


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rest, who waited for him to get through. To the surprise of all he called for a second piece of pie, and kept eating it slowly without looking up. Meanwhile he was trying to extricate himself from some trouble with his feet. He had placed one foot over the other, and in so doing a shoestring of one shoe caught on a lace-hook of the other. His feet were around the table-leg which made it much worse. Finally, the other minister discovered his trouble, and said, "Oli, I see why you can't get done with eating pie, your feet are fast around the table- leg".


After an inspirational sermon delivered by a Bishop at the South Indiana Conference session, one of the German ministers was unexpectedly asked to close the session with prayer. The sermon was in English, so the brother prayed in English with some embarrassment. In closing the prayer he wished to use the word "inspire", but instead he said, "O Lord, expire the congrega- tion." And another brother sanctioned this petition with a hearty, "Amen".


Brother B. at a district meeting in the South Indiana Conference was with other ministers invited to a dinner. After they were seated around the table, he noticed what was to him a very tempting dish, "sauerkrant and speck". Fix- ing his eyes thereon, he anxiously waited for prayer. On the spur of the mo- ment he was asked to give thanks. He could not think of suitable words, and blurted out, "O Lord, bless the sauerkraut and speck, Amen."


Pastor E. had a sister in his congregation who habitually slept while he preached. This somewhat annoyed him. Calling at her house one day, he asked her in a rather serious tone, "Sister, why is it that you sleep so much during my services? It seems to me yon ought to overcome this difficulty. Is it not possible for you to keep awake and listen to the sermon?"


Then she retorted suavely and apologetically, "Well, you see, my brother, when I shut my eyes, I can better grasp the meaning of your thoughts while you preach."


THE LABORER WORTHY OF HIS HIRE


After the minister had performed the marriage ceremony, and the con- tracting parties had been scated, the bridegroom nervously reached into his pocket and brought forth a quarter, and leaning over to his bride, whispered to her, "Is a quarter enough to give to the preacher?"


She replied in a whisper, "Oh, make it a half-dollar, anyhow."


A minister was obliged to go from town to the country to perform a mar- riage ceremony. He went to a livery stable for a horse and buggy. He bar- gained with the proprietor that he should have half of the marriage fec. After


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the marriage was over the bridegroom said to the officiating pastor, "A thousand thanks for your service."


When the minister returned to the barn he said to the proprietor, "Five hun- dred thanks."


The proprietor said, "Hold on, where is my half of the fee?"


The parson said, "I received one thousand thanks, and I gave you five hun- dred. This pays the bill according to agreement, doesn't it?"


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While the P. E. was holding his quarterly meeting near Celina, Ohio, he wished to make use of the reservoir to illustrate a point in his sermon. He wanted to say, speaking of the reservoir nearby, "This is the largest artificial lake". What he said was, "This is the largest body of artificial water."


PROVED BY LID AND LIVER


A certain young pastor while preaching was earnestly contending for a "certain truth as set forth in the Bible. He meant to enforce his contention by the well-known phrase, 'from lid to lid, and from cover to cover'. Instead he said, "The Bible says so from lid to liver."


F. L. S. was examiner in Tibbet's Personal Salvation, for many years. At an annual Conference session the Bishop called for a report of the examiners on a certain junior preacher. F. L. S. arose and said, "Brother B. is deficient in personal salvation."


II. REMINISCENSES


· At a camp-meeting held on Dill's farm near Pleasant Hill Church, Wayne Co., Indiana, a set of rowdies from New Lisbon, Indiana, came to create a dis- turbance. A. B. Schafer, P. E., realizing their intentions, stationed G. G. Platz at the entrance to the camp-ground as watchman. P. leaned up against a tree with his arms folded over his chest. A ruffian stepped up to him and spit into his face several times. P. felt like striking the fellow down, but he restrained himself. Presently the fellow fiendishly said to his gang, "Take a club and knock this preacher down." Having said so, he bent over as if to take a club. Instantly P. grabbed him around the body and threw him on the ground. A hard scuffle ensued. The other toughs came to assist their "bully", and in trying to free him from P.'s firm grip they tore away one side of his coat-tail. But P. held to his man and succeeded in tying his hands over his back with a hand- kerchief, and then lifted him up and brought him up to the front. Here the "bully" groaned loudly and begged for freedom, but to no avail. P. sat up with him all night as guardsman. In the morning the captive was taken to Can- bridge City and was arraigned before a magistrate. The experience cost him $50.00.


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THE UNFORGETABLE OAK


In the month of May, 1867, a ministerial meeting was held at West Salem, Illinois. After the convention was closed, six men remained over until the next day, one being J. Berger. All went out to a farm, and in a beautiful grove con- tinued their talk on heavenly things. Some of these men were troubled con- cerning their call to the ministry. Hoehn made a motion that each man should narrate his experience in the call. When this was over, the oldest one said, "What will we do now? Shall we go home and give up preaching? Let us sing and pray", and started to sing "Nimm gar, o Gott, zum Tempel ein". Never did this song seem so applicable to them as just then, especially when they sang the line, "Dir geb ichs ganz zum eigen hin. brauchs wozu es dir gefällt". Then they fell on their knees under a large oak tree, and prayed each one in turn heartily unto God. His blessings and power came so mightily upon them that they all praised God aloud under this tree with "Hallelujahs". When they left this spot, he who had said, "Shall we go home and give up preaching?", looked up into the tree and said, "This tree will not be forgotten by me in eternity." Each one now went to his work with his consecration renewed and with added power and courage.


A CHILD'S SERMONETTE


In 1891 our pastor in Logansport with his P. E. was invited to supper at one of his parishioners. After having been seated around the supper table the wife asked the P. E. to invoke the divine blessing. Having done so her three- year-old, bright-eyed girl said to her father, very lovingly, looking straight into his face, "Papa, why don't you pray at the tahle as that man does?" The father turned red in his face over this touching and very pertinent question. His em- barrassment was very visible, and cut him to the quick, but brought no spiritual betterment. The question was undoubtedly God-directed. Later in life he was converted and he joined church.


AN ECCENTRIC ACT


Rev. Wm. Bockman, a lover of hunting and an expert marksman, was preaching on a weekday in a schoolhouse near Medaryville, Indiana. A lay- brother was present who came to the service in a covered tourist wagon with a rifle hanging on the outside. The preacher saw it in full view. Suddenly-while he was preaching, he saw a deer approaching the schoolhouse. B. was instantly gripped with an irresistible desire to shoot the deer, and called to the owner of the gun to loan it to him. The preacher stopped preaching, rushed out for the gun, and shot the deer, and then returned to finish the sermon as though nothing unusual had happened. This was in the days when meat among settlers was scarce, and deer-meat was desirable.


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On a certain night while D. S. Oakes was preaching in a church in northern Indiana, a base fellow entered the church after preaching had begun, with the intent to aggravate the speaker. On entering, he sat down several seats in from the door. Then he looked at the preacher and made faces at him, and with his hand to his face acted out a very insulting expression. The speaker first kindly admonished him to desist from such conduct, and went on preaching. The act of vulgarity was repeated. He was reproved more firmly by the speaker. But the base fellow repeated the act the third time, whereupon the speaker stopped preaching, rushed down to where the disturber sat, seized him by the coat-collar with one hand, raised him up and seized him with the other hand by the seat of his trousers, hoisted him out of the pew, motioned for the door to be opened, which was done, and the parson pitched him out without mercy, shut the door, re-entered the pulpit and resumed his sermon.


After the close of the service this young fellow gathered up courage and came up to the door waiting for the parson to appear, threatening to "do hin up". The parson was notified of this, and cautioned to be careful lest he might be hurt. On hearing this the parson rushed for the door to meet the "bully". But the "bully" seeing the parson coming in a rush with lion courage, was seized with fright, and ran, making his escape.


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HOODLUMS


In August, 1845, while a camp-meeting was in progress on Dill's farm near Pleasant Hill Society in Wayne Co., Indiana, there were many conversions and accessions. But on a Tuesday night, G. G. Platz says, "The hordes of Satan gathered without the camp, all armed with clubs and knives. This presaged evil. During preaching a sham-battle was played, hoping to lure us out, but when this failed, the horde rushed in upon us as we surrounded the altar and were praying with the penitents. For an hour or more we had a serious and rough time. God's people fell upon their knees and prayed earnestly for victory, sinners cried mightily to God for pardon while the hoodlums mocked and filled the air with their profanity. The ringleader called himself an orthodox Luther- an." But God's work could not be stopped. .


While Ruben Riegel was making a trip from Benton, Elkhart Co., Indiana, to Kendallville he fell asleep in his buggy. Presently he toppled out of the rig. His horse was frightened and started off at a livelier gait leaving him in the dusty road. M. Krueger, who was following him with his rig, thought R.'s horse was running away. He hurriedly dismounted, leaving his horse tied, ran through a timber to head off R.'s horse' and caught the horse. Going back he found R. who had discovered that he had fallen out while asleep, none the worse


A baseball game was scheduled at Linn Grove for a Sunday afternoon in


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July near the church. The worshippers were repeatedly annoyed on Sundays before this by ball playing. Pastor Buyer went to the ball players and kindly solicited them to desist playing on Sundays, especially so near the church. But they just gave him the laugh and ridiculed both church and God. Then he ar- ranged with his people to hold a service on their play-ground, it being the village schoolground. Just when the boys were ready to play, B., according to pre- vious announcement, drove at the appointed time on the diamond and began reading from the Bible, and then preached a sermon to them such as the ball- players never heard. There was no disturbance of the service, and no more games were played here.


HOW AN ENEMY WAS BLUFFED


While J. L. Buyer was pastor at San Pierre, he took active part in temper- ance work. A certain "bully" aroused by B.'s temperance activities entered one day into the office of the R. R. agent, declaring that he would "thrash" B. if he had him there. B. was just then in the waiting room, and hearing the bully's declaration, stepped up to him saying, "Here is Buyer! Up and at him if you desire, but remember, he is from Kentucky." The braggart's courage suddenly failed him, and he quickly fabricated the excuse that he was considerably under rheumatic affliction just then, and would have to defer the thrashing. B. never got his thrashing, but instead made a friend of this enemy.


When Rev. P. was appointed to Berne Circuit as his charge, he went to Mt. Carmel Society on a Sunday to preach. P. was a man about six feet high, broad shouldered, 430 pounds avoirdupois. Upon entering the church, the people sized up his proportions with wonder, and with an expression of some fear and apprehension. This he allayed by calmly arising, and reading for his text, "It is I, be not afraid."


It is reported of parson B. U. that he was exceedingly timid, which not in- frequently brought embarrassment. At one time, wishing to make a pastoral visit, he rode to a farm house, dismounted, tied his horse to a post and then ap- proached the house. Coming to the door which was open, to his dismay, he saw a number of women quilting and engaged in lively conversation. He was invited to come in, but not feeling at ease amongst so many women, he excused himself, retreated hastily, mounted his horse, and ordered it to go on. But the horse could not go, for it was tied. Then he discovered that his horse was tied. so he nervously dismounted to loosen it, remounted and rode away. His em- barrassment was very apparent which greatly amused the women.




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