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in the literary department and not more than fifty students present at any one time. At chapel service especially, there was quite manifest a feeling of lone- someness. There was, however, on the part of all concerned a steady and determined purpose to make the very most of the opportunities, 'and on the part of the leaders a most hopeful spirit.
The college year 1873-74 witnessed some changes in the faculty; Professor Walter resigned and Miss Thompson was transferred to the chair of mathemat- ice; J. W. Moncrief was made tutor in the prepar- atory department, and E. S. Hopkins was chosen instructor in Latin and physical science. The num- ber of students for the year was seventy-seven and there were four graduates-the first class for twelve years.
But while the work of instruction was going on fairly well the board was worrying over financial mat- ters; ten of the subscribers to the stock had combined to resist payment; and this introduced an element of uncertainty very trying to both board and faculty. Various measures of conciliation were tried but to no purpose. At last the conclusion was that the matter might as well be tested, let the result be what it might. The case was taken to the circuit court and decided in favor of the college; then there was, for the time, a sense of relief. But the case was appealed to the supreme court, and again all was uncertain, and might remain so for months if not for years. It was a very depressing state of affairs, but in the mean- time, however, there must be no cessation of effort
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for endowment and students, and the standard of scholarship must be rigidly maintained; and more than all the spirit of the board and faculty must be hope- ful and courageous. At last the supreme court de- cision came, and again it was in favor of the college. This was the occasion not only for throwing hats and shouting huzzas, but also for beginning to plan larger things.
The year 1875-76 was noted for the attempt to raise enough money under the inspiration of the National Centennial to erect a building for the young women of the college. The success was small. During this year the subject of aesthetics was introduced into the course of study, and the next year history of philos- ophy became one of the required studies. The year 1879-80 witnessed some changes in the faculty; the Rev. C. H. Hall was made professor of Greek lan- guage and literature; the Rev. A. B. Chaffee was elected professor of Latin language and literature ; D, A. Owen was chosen tutor in geology and chemistry, and J. M. Dungan was made head of the music de- partment. The attendance of students was 107, and the assets of the college were $112,906.05.
1883-84 was the Jubilee year, and considerable preparation was made for a fitting celebration. A volume was prepared and issued containing articles on the founders, the directors, the teachers and the alumni. It also contained a poem by Mrs. Viola P. Edwards, and a complete catalogue of all students who had ever been connected with the institution. This was the second year of the financial agency of
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the Rev. N. Carr, who was to have so large and hon- orable a part in building up the finances of the in- stitution, and gathering young men and young women for a course of study. The assets for this year were $162,838.80 and the number of students 169.
The only other test ever made as to the financial solidity of the college came several years after the one already mentioned. The president of the faculty, hav- ing learned of a method of obtaining funds peculiarly adapted to old people who might not want their mat- ters disturbed while they were living, recommended it to the board and the financial agent was encouraged to make use of it. It was, in short, a bond for a leg- acy. So many months after the decease of the donor the given amount was to be paid to the treasurer of the college. It was a better instrument than a will, for it could not be set aside as wills sometimes are, and it did not disturb the estate while the donor lived. A good many thousands of dollars were secured in this way. At length the legal heirs of one of these donors, after his death, tried to prevent the payment of the amount thus given. The case was taken to the circuit court and, after a full trial of the case in all its bearings, the suit resulted in favor of the college. So it seems most likely that no like case will be con- tested in the future.
Most of the money raised for the institution in re- cent years has been by means of campaigns; one of these had as its motive the finishing of the first hun- dred thousand dollars of endowment. Another was for the finishing of the central building, (Stott Hall) ;
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another was for the endowment of a woman's pro- fessorship; and still another for the endowment of the president's chair. There were two campaigns in which Mr. J. D. Rockefeller had a share; in the first he gave $10,000 on condition that the Baptists of Indiana would raise $40,000, and the campaign was successful; again he agreed to give $15,000 on con- dition that the state would raise $60,000, and this campaign was also successful. It was called the busi- ness men's campaign. The James Forsythe profes- sorship of English was named for the brother him- self, who had given nearly the amount needed to en- dow the chair. Of the $75,000 raised during the busi- ness men's campaign it was stipulated that $25,000 of the amount should be used in the construction of Shirk Hall for the library. The Greek professorship of $20,000 was proposed by Mr. A. J. Thurston, a member of the board, who was a liberal giver to the fund.
The next movement for the improvement of the condition of the college was led by A. A. Barnes, of Indianapolis, a member of the college board. He saw and felt the necessity of so remodeling the build- ings that they would be better adapted to class work and would present more the appearance of modern architecture; his plan of improvement was excellent and he carried out the details with the greatest care. In the movement he had the sympathy and practical support of Grafton Johnson, of Greenwood, an alum- nus of the institution, and also a member of the board. The improvements were made at a cost of $20,000 or
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more, and no one thing has done more to gratify the students and friends of the college than this work planned by Mr. Barnes.
Just now there is still another movement in ad- vance, that, deserves extended mention; at its meet- ing in the latter part of the college year 1906-07, the board decided that a young women's dormitory was a necessity to the progress of the work of the college, and voted to begin the construction; it is now near- ing completion and is a building of excellent appear- ance, and is fitted with the best of modern con- veniences and furnishings. At the same meeting of the board the necessity of a gymnasium was talked of; but it was soon seen that such a building, and the dormitory as well, would necessitate a central heating plant capable of furnishing heat to the whole group of college buildings. It was also said that this much of permanent improvement ought to appeal to the citizens of Franklin, and Johnson county. A final decision was that the board would erect the gymna- sium if the citizens would raise $10,000 for the central heating plant. A meeting of the citizens was called, a fine spirit of co-operation was manifest, Judge H. C. Barnett was made chairman of the general com- mittee, several subcommittees, or teams were organ- ized, hard and cheerful work was done, and in a short time, comparatively, it was announced that the amount had been raised, and the whistles and bells made known to all the inhabitants that the "whirlwind cam- paign" had been a complete success. Contracts for these two additional structures were let, and before
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many weeks the whole college plant will be in excel- lent running order, and the present prospect is that before long the college will be able to supply water and light for all its buildings, as well as heat.
And still better than all a most desirable change has just been made in the organization of the institu- tion whereby the governing body becomes more stable and therefore more efficient. The joint stock asso- ciation plan of 1872 had already begun to manifest elements of weakness; original stockholders were dying and making no disposition of the stock; after a few more years it would be difficult to assemble enough stock to make a respectable meeting. This result had been foreseen for years and at one time the board appointed a committee to see if some desirable change might not be made in the constitution of the governing body; the committee reported that the time did not yet seem ripe for such a change. At a late meeting of the stockholders another committee was appointed to canvass the whole matter again. This committee, consisting of Dr. B. Wallace, R. A. Brown and E. E. Stevenson (two of them attorneys), gave much time and investigation to the matter and finally proposed a constitution, the main features of which were an enlargement of the board of directors to twenty-four, and making it a self-perpetuating body ; and the transfer of all stock to the control of this board. A meeting of the stockholders was called, and in this meeting, where a large portion of the stock was represented, either in person or by special proxy, the report of the committee was adopted without dis-
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sent, and the proper legal steps were ordered to com- plete the transfer. A board of representative Bap- tists from every principal section of the state was se- lected, and now all intelligent friends of the college feel doubly sure of both the stability and progress of the institution that so many thousands love. There is now a more earnest challenge than ever before to men and women of wealth to invest large sums where they may feel the utmost confidence that the invest- ment will be safe, and will yield large returns in the way of preparing young men and young women for an honorable and successful part in the world's work. Other matters worthy of note will be given, but there will be no attempt to observe the proper chronological order.
The geological cabinet was the gift of S. S. Gorby, at the time of the gift, Indiana state geologist. The president frequently suggested to him the desirability of placing his collection where it would be safe and where it would be seen and studied by many interested in the subject. It was a most valuable collection and for a while he hesitated; at length he consented to make the gift upon certain conditions ; these the college was glad to accept. An expert was employed and the specimens were analyzed, classified, catalogued and placed in cases made after Mr. Gorby's own sugges- tion. The telescope was the gift of C. P. Jacobs, of Indianapolis.
The number of departments and professors has grown from three (in 1872) to thirteen (in 1908) ; the assets have grown from $78,111 in 1872 to $464,-
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826.76 in 1908; and the attendance of students from seventy-five in 1872 to 300 in 1908; (this is approxi- mate-the complete enrollment not yet being made.) The number of graduates up to 1872 was 28; it is now (including the class of 1908) 468.
The college treasurer, Dr. B. Wallace, M. D., was graduated from Franklin College in the class of 1860, and was immediately elected to membership in the faculty as tutor. But when the suspension of 1862 came, on account of the civil war, he began a course of study in medicine, graduating from Jefferson Med- ical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1867. At once he began the practice of medicine in Franklin. He was elected treasurer of the college in 1864 and has had the office from that time to this-forty-four years- and "never lost a dollar." The work of the office of treasurer gradually grew till at length he was obliged to give up most of his medical practice. Being chair- man of the finance committee in addition, the work demands constant and close attention.
The library began in 1869 with less than three hun- dred volumes; by means of gifts in kind, gifts of money and fees it has grown to between sixteen thou- sand and seventeen thousand volumes, classified and catalogued after modern library methods, and housed in a very commodious and beautiful building-the gift, in the main, of the E. H. Shirk family.
As an indication of how much the college had ac- complished, even in its earlier years, here follows an extract from a report made by the president in June, 1874:
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"The whole amount of funds collected from 1834 to 1841 was $3,856.80; of this amount Judge J. L. Holman gave $500, the largest single gift up to that time. The amount collected from 1841 to 1848 was $10,655.14; of this sum the Rev. William Rees, the agent, collected $5,000. The first general movement for endowment was an effort to raise $60,000, and only a part of it was ever collected; from the amount collected the south building (Bailey Hall) was erected as an investment. On the reorganization in 1869 $1,000 was found in the treasury. The total collected from 1834 to 1872 was $71,561.94, and all this while (1862 to 1869 excepted), college instruction of a high order was maintained, and the college still had property worth $40,000. One great gain in the dis- solution of the former organization was the abolish- ment of the scholarships which had so long handi- capped the progress of the institution. So that on the whole Franklin College, even back there, had given back to the denomination in instruction and inspira- tion far more than it had received in the way of funds."
A christian college is not to be measured alone by the number of its students nor the funds in its con- trol; but also by the spirit which it cherishes and im- parts, and the largeness and nobility of purpose of those who have shared its advantages. Not to speak of the many places of honor and responsibility which the students of Franklin College have filled and are filling in our own country, it is with commendable pride that attention is called to the list of those who
WOMEN'S DORMITORY -- FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
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STOTT HALL-FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
SHIRK LIBRARY BUILDING-FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
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have felt impelled to go into other and benighted lands for the sake of carrying messages of joy and hope.
The following students have gone abroad as mis- sionaries under the auspices of the American Baptist Missionary Union :
Judson Benjamin-Burma, 1848. Miss Mary E. Thompson-China, 1876. Mrs. Cora C. Harvey-Africa, 1880. (She was possibly under the southern board.)
Miss Lenore Ayers-Japan, 1887.
Mrs. Inez McGuire-Burma, 1889.
Charles G. Hartsock-Africa, 1890.
Mrs. Cora S. Packer-Burma, 1893.
Miss Julia E. Parrott-Burma, 1894.
Mrs. Adele P. Schrader-Burma, 1894. Miss Bertha E. Davis-Burma, 1896. H. B. Benninghoff-Burma, 1902. Mrs. H. B. Benninghoff-Burma, 1902.
A still larger number have gone as missionaries to the west under appointment of the American Baptist Home Mission Society ; and two of the very efficient district secretaries located in the west are the Rev. I. N. Clark, for the Missionary Union, and the Rev. N. B. Rairden, D. D., for the Home Mission Society.
Knowing that the board of the college was never given to fulsome eulogy, the following testimonials afford sufficient evidence that those who have served as presidents of the institution have had both the re- spect and affection of the directors as well as of the denomination of the State at large.
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Resolution on the occasion of the resignation of President G. C. Chandler, October 8th, 1849 :
"Resolved, that we cannot let this opportunity pass without testifying our high appreciation of his past services; and the obligation of the denomination to remember with gratitude his constant devotion to the interests of the college, and his untiring perseverance under circumstances of the most trying discourage- ment ; and especially devoutly to acknowledge the blessings of God which have so signally prospered his efforts."
Upon the resignation of President Silas Bailey, December 17th, 1862, the following was passed :
"Resolved, that in the resignation of President Bailey, Franklin College has sustained a loss that can- not be repaired. That by the self-sacrificing devotion and distinguished ability with which Dr. Bailey has discharged the difficult and complicated duties of his office during a period of ten years he has laid the denomination in the State under obligations which they can never cancel. We tender to him the assur- ance of our deepest sympathy in his affliction and an earnest desire for his speedy recovery."
Upon the resignation of President W. T. Stott the following resolution was adopted :
"First: We are grateful to God for his (President Stott's) long period of service. More than a genera- tion has passed since he entered upon that service, with the limitations of a college indebtedness and two failures, attended with the hopelessness and bitter-
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ness which failure brings; but with an unswerving faith in the Baptists of Indiana and in God.
"Second: We appreciate the service of the man as only those can upon whose heads and hearts rests the responsibility of a great and growing cause. He has given the best years of his life, persistent purpose, courage, patience, self-denial, hope-and a first-class college.
"Third : We appreciate the man, his sincerity, his honesty, his efficiency, his christian character, and his undying love for Franklin College. And we most earnestly hope that for years yet he may live to re- joice in the memory of our common past, and to par- ticipate in the fruition of our larger future. May the blessing, the peace and the comfort of God abide upon him and his."
Nor were presidents the only officers whose good work was appreciated; upon Secretary N. Carr's res- ignation June 10th, 1902, the following was voted by the Board :
"In accepting the resignation of Secretary Carr as Financial Secretary of the Board we desire to place on record our appreciation of his worth and work. He undertook this work for us over twenty years ago, when our appliances were not what they are now ; he evidently knew that there was hard work before him-and for a long time. The college assets when he began were $111,333; by slow degrees they have increased till they are now $425,000. Our library consisted of 3,500 volumes then; it now has 13,500; our laboratories have been created in this time, and
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the central building erected. The productive endow- ment was $62,000 then, it is now $225,000.
"But it is not simply of what can be put into figures that we would speak; he has constantly shown a kindly, loving, forgiving spirit and so has been made welcome in the homes and churches of the State. He was willing to take a small gift as well as a large one, and when he was refused he had a way of still keep- ing the respect if not the admiration of the one who declined to give to the college. He had the happy faculty of making friends of the children, and scores of students had their first impulse to come to Frank- lın College from his fixing the attention upon it in some taking way such as suits a child. His spiritual earnestness and tenderness were of such a kind that could readily find his way into a religious revival, and preach sermons of such power as were ever possible to those who had spent their lives in evangelistic work. The pulpits of the state were always open to him. The accuracy of his accounts was never ques- tioned ; every penny was faithfully accounted for. In short he entered fully into the life of the denomination in Indiana; and into every financial movement the college has made since he has been officially connected with it. We part with him with sorrow and assure those to whom he goes that they will find in him an enthusiastic, faithful and loving servant of the Lord."
President 'Bryan's brief but explicit letter of accept- ance was as follows:
"January 9th, 1905.
"I have decided to accept the invitation of the
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Franklin College Board to become President of the College, on the terms mentioned in the meeting with the committee January 7th."
And may it be two score years before there shall be an occasion for the board to pass resolutions be- cause of his resignation.
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.
One cannot read the story of the struggles of the Baptists of the earlier times in Indiana without the conviction that they were profoundly in earnest in their efforts to preach the gospel of Christ and es- tablish churches after the apostolic pattern. They had too recently come from New England, Virginia and the Carolinas to forget the persecutions of their fathers and brethren for advocating Baptist beliefs ; they could not, nor would they forget to "look upon the rock whence they were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence they were digged."
Wordsworth's Pilgrim Fathers might not inappro- priately apply to these pioneer Baptists :
Well worthy to be magnified are they Who, with sad hearts, of friends and country took A last farewell, their loved abodes forsook,
And hallowed ground in which their fathers lay ; Then to the new world explored their way, That so a church, unforced, uncalled to brook Ritual restraints, within some sheltering nook Her Lord might worship and His word obey In freedom. Men they were who could not bend ;
Blest Pilgrims, surely, as they took for guide A will by sovereign Conscience sanctified ;
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Blest while their spirits from the woods ascend Along a galaxy that knows no end,
But in His glory who for sinners died.
Their fundamental and distinguishing doctrines they were willing and glad and determined to stand for in their western wilderness homes. And an un- biased study of their record during the past century obliges us to say that everywhere and always they stood with unyielding firmness for what seemed to them to be the vital teachings of God's word: these were such as that the scriptures are a sufficient rule in all matters of christian faith and practice; com- plete civil and religious freedom ; a spiritually regen- erate membership for the churches; autonomy in church government; separation of church and state ; and immersion as the only scriptural baptism. And that in some sections of the state there was hesitancy in giving to the ministry an adequate financial sup- port, and an apparent distrust of liberal learning, is obviously even if without sufficient reason, due to the fact that in the established church in the colonies from which they came liberal learning and liberal salaries were intimately associated in their minds with eccles- iastical officials whose lives were little less than a re- proach to religion; and beginning to revolt from a system that was anything but spiritual, all that was in any way associated with the system was also dis- tasteful and under the ban. This is at least a par- tial explanation, but it is not suggested as a sufficient excuse.
Still another fact which greatly retarded denomina-
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tional growth was the fear, frequently expressed, that the administration of missions by societies would in- terfere with and finally destroy the autonomy of the local churches. Again and again, sometimes by means of serious argument, and sometimes by caricature, the leaders in some of the Associations would warn the brethren against these societies, particularly the Bap- tist Board of Foreign Missions. We remember, too, that the covetousness of the natural heart quickly finds support in any suggestion, even the faintest, that the funds asked for, either in the method of obtain- ing them or in the purpose for which they are asked have no warrant in the scriptures. But it is a pleas- ure to record that the anti-mission spirit was not uni- versal; we would better say that it was true of some churches in some Associations; and that in some As- sociations the anti-mission churches outnumbered those that favored missions. The state as a whole was never anti-missionary, at least there never was the least expression of such a spirit in the General Association. The influence of Daniel Parker, that "scourge of the saints," is to be explained by the fact that he pandered to the prejudices of uninformed men and women, especially against what he grew eloquent in calling "man made schemes;" and in his enthusi- astic advocacy of a doctrine which neither he nor his hearers understood, but which gained adherents by virtue of the uniqueness and mystery that attached to it. His career was that of the comet and not the star.
A very natural question arises as to why the con- test between early Indiana Baptists and the followers
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of Alexander Campbell was so strenuous and long continued. And the answer is not far to seek; In- diana Baptists, in common with the whole denomina- tion, had it as a cardinal doctrine that the spiritual regeneration of the heart by the sovereign power of the Holy Ghost was essential to church membership, and that baptism was in no sense a procuring cause of salvation; the followers of Campbell did not em- phasize the former, and they did attach saving virtue to the ordinance of baptism. There was essential agreement between the two denominations as to the insufficiency of creeds, congregational church gov- ernment, and immersion as the right mode of baptism. It can also be said that while the followers of Camp- bell were Arminian in general, Baptists were Cal- vinistic. One of the methods adopted generally at first by the followers of Campbell and deeply deplored if not detested by the Baptists, was that of proselytism. At the first Campbellism made its gains by invading other churches, particularly the Baptist churches.
But happily for us all the old issues have mainly passed away; antimissionism as a contention is al- most without an advocate in the State; the few churches that oppose missions and education are rap- idly growing fewer; the duty to support the ministry is no longer called in question, and the most liberal learning, if it be dominated by loyalty to Jesus Christ, is nowhere now regarded as a hindrance, but rather a positive help, to those who are called to leadership in the churches. 'But another reflection not so pleas- ing is the fact that in our goodly State Baptist prog-
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ress has not kept pace with the general development in business, culture and christian activity. Wealth has multiplied many fold, not to say many hundred fold, in the past century in our state, and it is rea- sonable to suppose that Baptists have had a fair share in this material prosperity ; but neither our numbers nor our benevolence would indicate that the Lord's full portion of this increase of wealth has been con- secrated to the wisest and most energetic building up of that part of the kingdom especially committed to us. We have not yet planted churches in every county seat and every other center of population where a church is needed; we have not yet so fully endowed our institution of learning that it is able to send trained Baptist young men and young women out into all the churches to help in the building up of in- telligent, strong manhood and womanhood in all the membership; we have not yet reached the full meas- ure of our obligation to preach the gospel in all the world-in foreign lands, and in distant and destitute parts of our own country. Might not the Master well say to us as He said to one of His earliest disciples : "Have I been so long time with you, and yet -? "
But the dawn of a better day is upon us; there are not wanting evidences in these most recent years that our people are both having larger visions, and are girding themselves for more generous giving and more vigorous service. In common with the Baptists of this whole country we are beginning to see and appreciate the great honor that our God has bestowed upon us in that the fundamental denominational prin-
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ciples for which our fathers and we have stood so positively and so long are at length having universal recognition. As was shown at the World's Baptist Conference in London these radical Baptist beliefs are becoming known and accepted, in a greater or less degree, in all the civilized nations.
This is our glorious heritage, and in the conscious- ness of it we shall set for ourselves a higher standard of achievement; we shall adopt the best business methods, and with new devotion to our King will gladly give ourselves and what we have to the exten- sion of His glorious kingdom, not only in Indiana, but also "to the uttermost parts of the earth."
THE END.
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SOURCES CONSULTED.
Indiana Historical Society's Publications, Vol. 2. Dr. W. N. Wyeth's Poor Lo. Semple's History of Virginia Baptists. Howell's Early Baptist History of Virginia. Life and Times of Elder Wilson Thompson. Taylor's History of Ten Churches. Montgomery's General Baptist History. Ford's New England Struggles for Liberty. The Vawter Genealogy. Life of General W. H. Harrison.
Dr. W. N. Wyeth's Life of Isaac McCoy.
McCormick's Biography of Eliza McCoy. Gammell's History of Baptist Missions.
Western Sun (and Advertiser).
Historic Highways, Several Volumes.
Western Monthly Magazine.
North American Review, October, 1841, and Number 53. Western Annals.
J. P. Dunn's Indiana. Dillon's Indiana.
Hinsdale's Old North West. Spencer's History of Kentucky Baptists.
Historical Papers in Ohio Baptist Annual.
Vedder's Short History of Baptists. Butler's Kentucky. Benedict's History of Baptists. London Baptist Magazine 1844. American Baptist Register, 1852. Register and Annals, 1832-33. American Baptist Union Missionary Reports, 1841. Western Baptist Review.
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Baptist Triennial Register, 1832. Taylor's Thoughts on Missions. Reminiscences of Elder T. C. Townsend. A History of the Mississippi Valley, by Spears and Clark. Files of the Ohio Journal. Files of the Christian Messenger. Files of the Journal and Messenger. Files of The Witness. Files of the Indiana Baptist, later The Baptist Outlook. Files of the Missionary Magazine. Files of the Home Mission Monthly. The Baptist Year Book. Indiana Baptist Annual. Indiana Biography, Volume I. Baptist Memorial, three Volumes. Franklin College Catalogue. Cathcart's Baptist Encyclopædia.
Smith's History of the Baptists in the Western States, East of the Mississippi.
INDEX.
ASSOCIATIONS-DISTRICT ..
Page
Bedford
229
Bethel
202
Blue River
82
Brownstown
183
Central
293
Coffee Creek
153
Curry's Prairie
177
Danville
157
Evansville
245
Eastern Indiana
264
Flat Rock
110
Fort Wayne
274
Freedom
211
Friendship
260
Harmony
273
Huntington Indiana
263
Indianapolis
134
Indiana Free Baptist
290
Johnson County
300
Judson
239
Laughery
92
Liberty
127
Little Pigeon
122
Logansport
277
Long Run
246
Lost River
133
Madison
158
Monticello
268
Morgantown
299
Mount Zion
255
Northern
194
Northeastern
217
Orleans
287
Perry County
104
127 Salem
Salamonie 222
Sand Creek
235
Silver Creek
77
Tippecanoe
169
377
216
378
INDEX
Union
129
Wabash District
61
Weasaw Creek 253
White Lick
188
White River
104
White Water
65
White Water Valley
251
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Allen, Jonathan N 261
Babcock, James, Rev 285
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Bailey, Silas, Dr 366
Ball, T. H., Rev
Barnes, A. A .. 200
359
Billingsley, A. O.
212
Blanchard, C. H., Rev.
220
Bowles, Chas., Rev.
174
Broyles, Moses, Rev.
Bryan, E. B., Pres 368
Carpenter, L. D .. 184
Carr, Norman, Rev. 367
237
Chandler, George C., D. D 366
Coffee, Reuben, Rev 192
Crabs, J. D., Elder 207
Craig, R. B., Rev .. 243
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. 344
Cressey, T. R., Rev. 147
Currier, Joshua, Rev 121
Daniels, A. 163
Davis, Rees, Rev.
214
Day, Henry, D. D.
148
Dooley, A. H., Rev.
271
Dunkin, B. S ..
242
Dyer, Sidney, Rev. 145
Elgin, G. H., Rev. D. D.
149
Fisher, Ezra, Elder. 140
Forsythe, James
256
Griffith, J. D., Rev. 249
Hanna, J. W. 213
Harding, Sam'l, Rev. 143
Henderson, Albert 170
Henderson, C. R., Rev. D. D. 180
Hill, Thomas, Rev., Sr. 156
Hill, Thomas, Rev., Jr. 156
265
Carter, Albert, Rev ..
379
INDEX
Holman, Jesse L., Hon 95
Holman, W. S., Hon 100
Howard, J. K., Rev. 291
Huffman, S. H., Rev
324
Huston, D. J., Rev. 269
Jeffries, M. E., Mrs.
325
Johnson, A. L.
226
Jones, John, Rev. 192
Kenower, John 217
Kindig, Mr. and Mrs. J. L
314
Mabie, H. C., D. D.
156
Mathews, W. N ... 233
McCoy, Isaac, Elder 52
81
McCoy, Wm., Rev.
210
Monroe, W. Y., Rev
166
Moore, Wm., Rev .. 120
142
Neighbor, R. E., Rev
324
Ogle, Albert, Rev.
315
Osgood, J. R .. 139
272
Parker, Daniel, Rev
55
Parks, R. M., Rev.
232
Ragsdale, J. W., Rev
259
Reece, Benj., Rev 120
120
Rees, Wm., Rev .. 175
Richmond, J. L., Rev. 144
230
Schenck, U. P. 248
Sellers, Moses, Elder 81
Shirk, Elbert H. 280
Smith, N. C., Rev ..
244
Smock, Jacob, Elder. 182
Sparks, Sam'l .. 181
131
Stapp, Milton, Hon. 161
250
Stimson, E. C ..
324
Stimson, S. M., D. D.
328 Stinson, Benoni, Rev .. 128
St. John, Wallace, Rev
298
Stogsdill, Daniel, Elder 119
Stott, W. T., Elder 165
McCoy, Wm., Elder.
Morgan, Lewis, Rev.
Palmer, P. T., Rev.
Reece, John, Rev.
Robertson, T. N., Rev.
Stansil, Wm., Rev.
Stevenson, Robt., Rev.
380
INDEX
Thomas, M. H. 241
Thomas, Minor, Elder 71
Thompson, Mary, Miss. 298
Thomson, Wilson, Elder
67
Tisdale, J. W. B., Rev. 121
Townsend, T. C., Rev. 145
Tucker, Silas, Rev. 199
Vandeman, Joshua 296
Vawter, Jesse, Elder 164
Vawter, John, Elder.
257
Vawter, Philemon, Elder
80
Vawter, William, Rev
363
Ward, B. R., Rev.
103
Watts, John, Rev.
Whitehead, J. M., Rev. 197
Wildman, L. L. 219
Williams, W. J. .279
Woodruff, Seth, Elder 206
Wyeth, W. N., D. D. 151
Yandes, Simon
314
CHURCHES.
Maria Creek 57
Silver Creek 37
INDIANA BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Its Organization 301
Its Missions-Domestic 312
Foreign .325
Home
323
State
323
Woman's Work in Foreign Missions. .325
Woman's Work in Home Missions 324
Woman's Work in State Missions 326
IN EDUCATION.
Crawford Industrial School. 344
Crown Point Institute. 342
Eleutherian College 331
Franklin College 346
236
Wallace, B., Dr .. 243
INDEX 381
Huntington Academy
344
Indianapolis Female Institute
339
Ladoga Seminary
.336
Mitchell Seminary
341
Orland Academy
333
Rome School 343
Utica School . 341
340
Vevay Ladies' College.
Western Female University
334
SOCIETIES.
Baptist Young People's Society. 326
American Baptist Publication Society. 323
Sources Consulted 375
Sunday Schools
.326
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