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April, 1871, N. S. Dickey was dismissed to the Pres- bytery of Mattoon.
April, 1871, Ambrose Dunn was received from the Presbytery of New Albany. His field of labor since, has been the Greenwood church.
April, 1871, R. B. Herron was received from the Pres- bytery of Cincinnati. He labored for a season as pas-
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tor elect of the Danville church, is now stated supply of Brownsburg and Shiloh.
April, 1871, the pastoral relation between A. B. Morey and the Franklin church was dissolved, and he was dis- missed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati, to be installed pastor of the Fifth Church of Cincinnati, a call from which church had at a previous meeting of presbytery been placed in his hands.
June, 1871, C. H. Raymond was received from the Presbytery of Dayton. In the following July, he was installed pastor of the Seventh Church of Indianapolis.
September 1871, J. P. E. Kumler was received from the Presbytery of Vincennes, and in October following, installed pastor of the First Church at Indianapolis. July, 1875, application was made to presbytery by Mr. Kumler, for release from this pastoral charge that he might accept a call to the Third Church of Cincinnati. The First Church of Indianapolis resisted the appli- cation of their pastor to the presbytery, and it was not granted. In September the application was renewed by the pastor. and was granted, and he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Cincinnati.
April, 1871, James Williamson was licensed to preach the gospel. October following he was ordained and installed pastor of the churches of Acton and Boggs- town. October, 1875, he was released from the pastoral care of the Boggstown church.
April, 1872, S. E. Wishard was received from the Presbytery of Sangamon, and installed pastor of the Franklin church.
April, 1872, J. B. Logan was dismissed to the Presby- tery of Crawfordsville. September, 1873, he was again received.
April, 1872, S. S. Bergen was licensed to preach the
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gospel. November, 1872, he was ordained an evangel- ist. April, 1872, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of Austin, Texas.
May, 1872, J. B. Brandt was installed pastor of the Sixth Church of Indianapolis.
May, 1872, John Dixon was licensed to preach the gospel. May, 1873, he was dismissed to put himself under the care of the Presbytery of Boston.
June, 1872, Robert Sloss, accepting a call to the Four- teenth Street Church of New York city, placed by pres- bytery in his hands, was released from the pastoral care of the Third Church of Indianapolis, and dismissed to the Presbytery of New York.
April, 1873, Augustus L. Williams, a licentiate, was received from the Presbytery of Lansing. He was stated supply of the church at Greencastle for eighteen months. September, 1875, he was dismissed to the Cen- tral Presbytery of Philadelphia.
April, 1873, J. A. Williams was received from the Presbytery of Austin. He became supply of the church at Edinburg. September, 1875, he was dismissed to the Presbytery of White Water.
April, 1873, J. R. Mitchell was received from the Presbytery of White Water, and installed pastor of the Fifth Church of Indianapolis.
April, 1873, the pastoral relation of H. A. Edson and the Second Church of Indianapolis was dissolved, and he entered upon his work in the Memorial Church.
September, 1873, E. B. Mason was received from the Puritan Association of Ohio, and installed pastor of the Fourth Church of Indianapolis.
October, 1873, J. L. Withrow, D. D., called by the Second Church of Indianapolis, was received from the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia, and installed. This
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pastoral relation was dissolved June, 1876, that Dr. Withrow might accept a call to the Park Street Church, Boston.
December, 1873, G. W. F. Birch was received from the Presbytery of Ebenezer, Kentucky, and installed pastor of the Third Church of Indianapolis. This pas- toral relation was dissolved June, 1876.
April, 1874, George Long was dismissed to the Pres- bytery of Logansport.
May, 1874, Lucius I. Root was received from the Presbytery of Mattoon, and installed pastor of the church at Greencastle. This pastoral relation was dis- solved, January, 1876, and a letter of dismissal given to Mr. Root to the Presbytery of Alton.
May, 1874, Charles T. White, D. D., was received from the Presbytery of Chemung. He became stated supply of the church at Greenfield, and was dismissed June, 1876, to the Presbytery of White Water.
May, 1874, William Armstrong was received from the Presbytery of Portsmouth.
May, 1874, John R. Sutherland, a licentiate, was received from the Presbytery of Chicago, ordained and installed pastor of the Eighth Church. He was released from this pastoral charge November, 1875, and dis- missed to the Presbytery of Grand Rapids.
June, 1874, S. E. Barr was released from the pastoral care of the Hopewell Church, and dismissed to the Pres- bytery of Fort Wayne.
September, 1874, N. F. Tuck was received from the Presbytery of Louisville.
January, 1875, E. L. Williams was licensed. June, 1876, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Eighth and Twelfth Churches of Indianapolis.
April, 1875, L. F. Walker was received from the Pres-
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bytery of Mattoon, and in May following installed pas- tor of the Ninth Church of Indianapolis.
April, 1875, Edwin Black was received from the Pres- bytery of Mattoon, and installed pastor of the Hopewell church.
April, 1875, M. M. Lawson was licensed to preach the gospel. September, 1875, he was dismissed to put him- self under the care of the Presbytery of Marion.
April, 1875, Henry L. Nave was licensed. June, 1876, he was ordained and installed pastor of the church at Edinburg.
December, 1875, R. J. L. Matthews was received from the Presbytery of Cairo.
April, 1876, E. H. Post was received from the Presby- tery of San Jose. He became supply of the church at Danville.
April, 1876, John H. Harris was received from the Presbytery of Cincinnati. He became supply of the Bethany church.
DEATHS.
Since 1870 four of the members of presbytery have en- tered, through the gates of death, into the presence and joy of their Lord.
Charles II. Marshall died at Indianapolis, January 27, 1872, at the age of forty-eight.
Charles K. Thompson died at Carlisle, February 8, 1872, at the age of sixty-one.
Edward Wright died at Bloomington, November 10, 1872, at the age of sixty-eight.
N. S. Palmer died at Franklin, November 24, 1873, at the age of fifty-two.
MISSIONARY WORK.
Rev. J. B. Logan was employed in 1870-'71 as presby- terial missionary. By instruction from the presbytery,
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one result to be aimed at by the missionary was the grouping of feeble churches and combining them in the support of a minister, so that they would require no aid from the Board of Missions. This object having been attained, and the churches supplied with ministers, no new fields outside of Indianapolis opening for occu- pation, the services of the presbyterial missionary were discontinued at the close of September, 1871.
September, 1876, but two churches were reported as receiving aid from the Board of Missions, the Eleventh Church of Indianapolis and the church of Georgetown.
The amount annually contributed to the cause of home missions, since 1870, has been, on an average, a little more than $3,250. A large portion of this has been expended on mission churches within the city of Indianapolis.
The work of Foreign Missions has not received so large an amount from the churches. The annual contribution from the churches of the presbytery to the cause of For- eign Missions, has been about $2,000.
WOMAN'S MISSION WORK.
September, 1872, a resolution of presbytery earnestly commended the Women's Board of Missions to the ses- sions and women of the churches of presbytery. In a number of the churches, missionary organizations of the ladies of the churches were formed. September, 1874, the following resolution was passed by presbytery :
Resolved, That we request a committee of three ladies, members of our church, to communicate with all the churches of the presby- tery, requesting them to effect the organization of a Woman's Mis- sionary Society, and to secure the appointment of one or more del- egates from each church to be present at the next meeting of presbytery.
Mrs. J. P. E. Kumler, of the First Church of Indian- 9
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apolis, Mrs. J. Clark, of the Franklin church, and Mrs. C. H. Raymond, of the Seventh Church of Indianapolis, were appointed this committee.
At the next stated meeting of the presbytery at Indi- anapolis, April, 1875, a number of ladies, delegates from their missionary societies, assembled and organized a presbyterial society. Thirteen societies were reported to them as organized within the bounds of the presby- tery. Upon invitation of the Ladies' Presbyterial Soci- ety, the Woman's Board of the North-west met in Indi- anapolis, April, 1876. The meeting of this board, through the presence of the Spirit of the Lord, was a glorious occasion, and great good was accomplished. The ladies are quietly but earnestly pursuing their work in the different churches, meeting also in their presby- terial society at the time of the stated meetings of pres- bytery.
REVIVALS.
Every year since 1870 there have been revivals in some of the churches of the presbytery. The year of 1872-'73 seemed to be most barren of results in the con- version of souls and additions to the churches. The year of 1873-'74 was a year of revivals, and additions were made in goodly numbers to many of the churches. The year of 1874-'75 was also a year of blessing, and still more signally the year of 1875-'76. During this last named year six hundred and sixty-one were added to the churches on profession of faith. The next largest accession to the churches was in 1873-'74, when five hundred and two were added on profession of faith. The least number added was in the year 1872-'73, when two hundred and twenty were added on profession of faith.
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PROGRESS.
One church a year has been added since 1870 to the roll of the churches of presbytery. All of these churches have a promising future. Five are in Indianapolis. One, the Memorial Church, is already one of the strong churches of the presbytery. Several new church build- ings have been erected. According to the United States census report the value of church property held in 1860 by the Presbyterian churches within the bounds of the present presbytery, was a little less than $150,000. The estimated value of property now held by the churches is about $600,000.
During the last six years, the churches have received into their communion, upon profession of their faith, two thousand four hundred and seventy-six (2,476) mem- bers, and by letter, one thousand eight hundred and fif- teen (1,815.) The present membership of the church is five thousand eight hundred and nineteen (5,819,) an in- crease in membership since 1870, of more than thirty- three per cent. The number of churches is thirty-eight, the number of ministers forty. Of these ministers ten are without charge, some by reason of the infirmities of age, others for other reasons. One is a Professor in the State University, another is a Foreign Missionary. The effective ministerial force of the presbytery, is twenty- eight ministers. The field is rich and will become richer and more productive with cultivation. It is the central region of the State in which it lies. From Indianapolis, the Capital of the State, streams of influence will go forth constantly to all parts of the State. And through the great missionary organizations of the church, the in- fluence of this field, in common with that of all other parts of the Presbyterian church in our land, is to go
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forth into all the world. But in the field itself, there are many spiritual wastes to be made, through the blessing of the Lord upon labor, to blossom as the rose. "Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy."
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