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Dr. Montgomery, Aug. 11, 1865, to Feb. 25, 1868, examination 37, letter 63, total 100; C. H. Dunlap, April 5, 1863, to March 3, 1872; exam- ination 24, letter 59, total 83; J. H. Miller, Oct. 20, 1872, to April 12, 1876, examination 11, letter 30, total 41; H. H. Shockley, Dec. 1, 1876, to June, 1880, examination 23, letter 46, total 69; G. A. Beattie, July 11, 1880,
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to date, examination 26, letter 28, total 54. The present membership is 156.
It was estimated in 1875 that the church up to that time had contributed for all purposes about $12,000. Since then $10,755 has been contributed, making an aggregate of more than $20,000. The first building as it stood at Syracuse cost $350, but its removal and addition of twenty feet made the total cost about $3,000. One of the two lots of the first site was donated by Gen. George R. Smith, and the other was purchased from him for $200. The present site, 120x170 feet, cost $1,500. The present edifice was built in 1870 at a cost of about $4,000, the board of church erection contributing $1,000. While it was being constructed the congregation by invitation worshiped with the M. E. Church, on Ohio street. It was dedicated, Oct. 23, 1870. Rev. R. Irwin, D. D., of St. Louis, preached the sermon.
The parsonage was built in 1877 at a cost of $900; other improvements were made costing about $250. The recent improvements, painting the church, furnace, carpet, frescoing, and seats cost over $1,000. The bell was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. G. White.
The following is the list of elders: John. S. Brown, installed, August 11, 1867; Wm. B. Wallace, installed, August 11, 1865, died July 26, 1869; G. W. Cummings, installed, April, 1866; T. J. Montgomery, installed, April, 1867; A. McCormick, installed, August 14, 1867; Noah H. Tindall, installed, March 23, 1870; T. A. Switzler, installed, Sept. 29, 1872; G. W. Ready, installed, Sept. 29, 1872; Jos. G. White, installed, Feb. 28, 1875; Geo. Snedaker, installed, Feb. 28, 1875; R. P. Garrett, installed, Feb. 28, 1875; B. H. Croft, installed, Jan. 1, 1882; S. P. Johns, installed, Jan. 1, 1882.
The present officers are as follows: Rev. G. A. Beattie, Pastor; Geo. Snedaker, George W. Cummings, Geo. W. Ready, Jos. G. White, B. H. Croft, S. P. Johns, Elders. Trustees: B. H. Croft, H. H. Fleming, M. E. Burger.
Sabbath School: W. D. Fellows, Superintendent; Geo. A. Beattie, Assistant Superintendent; H. H. Fleming, Secretary; Abram Meyer, Treasurer; T. B. Anderson, Librarian; Chas. Roll and S. H. Moore, Assistant Librarians. Teachers: Sue Gardner, Florence Atherton, Miss Emma Fellows, P. G. Stafford, Mrs. Van Brunt, Jos. G. White, Geo. Snedaker, M. E. Burger, Louisa Emerson, Loy Barrett, Mrs. J. G. White, S. P. Johns, Geo. F. Smith, Mrs. G. A. Beattie, Mary Gardner, Mrs. Geo. Snedaker, Mrs. Dora Swartz; Alice Parker, Mrs. Emma Sprague, Nellie Mitchell, Geo. W. Ready, J. S. McLean.
Young People's Society: H. H. Fleming, President; Miss Libbie Snedaker, Vice President; Miss Frankie Miller, Secretary; Geo. R. McKean, Treasurer.
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The following is the annual report to the Presbytery of Osage, from April, 1881, to April, 1882:
Added on examination, 9; added on certificate, 6; dismissed by certifi- cate, 1; died, 3; present membership, 161; baptized adults, 2; baptized infants, 1; Sunday School membership, 308.
Funds contributed .-- Home missions, $65.00; foreign, $62.00; education, $18.00; publication, $11.00; church erection, $16.00; ministerial relief, $16.00; freedmen, $13.00; sustentation, $19.00; general assembly, $15.00; congregational, $2,830.20; miscellaneous, $25.00; total, >3,075.20; ladies contributed, $431.00; collections in Sunday school, $250.23; woman's missionary society, $50,00; repairs on church, $1,228.00; young people's society, >37.50.
The church begins the ecclesiastical year free from debt.
THE OLD SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The first minute in the record book is as follows:
Sunday morning, the 30th of January, 1870, Rev. C. H. Dunlap, stated supply of First Presbyterian Church of Sedalia, Missouri, announced that there would be a meeting of the members of the church on February 3d, at 2 o'clock P. M., to take into consideration the future interests of the church.
The meeting was held; the future interests of the church were taken into consideration, and the result was that forty-four votes against twenty decided to connect the First Presbyterian Church of Sedalia with the Northern Assembly.
The record of February 18, 1870, is as follows:
At a meeting held in the Baptist Church this day, for the purpose of organizing an Old School Presbyterian Church in Sedalia, Missouri, the Rev. Jno. Montgomery, D. D., took the chair, as moderator.
On motion of T. J. Montgomery, Wm. Groesbeck was elected secre- tary.
The moderator then announced that he held in his hand a list of mem- bers dismissed at their own request from the First Presbyterian Church, for the purpose of organizing another church; and that if there were others who desired to unite with this organization an opportunity would then be given.
The organization was effected; others gave in their adherence, and from that date to this, Sedalia has had, besides the Cumberland, two Pres- byterian Churches in its midst.
At the above named meeting, Wm. Groesbeck, Dr. T. J. Montgomery and Col. Philips were elected elders. The former of these removed several years ago to the Church at Independence, where he is still active. Dr. Montgomery serves in the Church Triumphant. Col. Philips, we are- sorry to say, will soon leave for Kansas City.
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The following named persons constitute the original membership, enrolled, February 18, 1870:
William Groesbeck, Harriet Groesbeck, Mary E. Groesbeck, Annie Groesbeck, Mrs. Mary Philips, Mrs. Mary A. Barrett, J. F. Jenkins, Adam Ittel, Mrs. Ellen M. Ittel, J. R. Stewart, Mrs. Mary H. Stewart, Miss Mary E. Shannon, Mrs. Mary Sneed, J. A. Wallace, Mrs. Minnie Wallace, N. S. Henry, Miss M. C. Bush, Mrs. S. E. Stalev, Miss Anna J. Leet, Mrs. S. M. Cronks, John F. Philips, Mrs. Fleecie Philips, Louis Kumm, Mrs. Rosalie Kumm, Mrs. Madora Willis, M. M. Lampton, Mrs. E. M. Lampton, Miss Augusta Lampton, A. B. Barrett, W. H. Allison, Dr. W. C. West, Mrs. W. C. West, Mrs. Stella Wood, Mrs. A. J. Mont- gomery, Dr. T. J. Montgomery, Miss Mollie Smith, Miss Cammie Mont- gomery, Mrs. Emma Arnold, Geo. R. Keill, Mrs. A. E. Keill. All the foregoing were by letter from the First Presbyterian Church of this city. Mrs. Geo. G. Vest and Mrs. Mary Hogue were received by letter from Danville, Kentucky, and Platte City, Mo., respectively.
The first pastor who served this church was the Rev. John Montgom- ery, D. D., one of the pioneer preachers of this county. He has aided in the organization of many churches in the vicinity, having preached the first discourses delivered in this city, and was a prime mover in the organi- zation of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Dr. Montgomery was pastor about two years, when he resigned and Rev. J. E. Wheeler was installed pastor in the fall of 1872. His pastorate was successful, and, with regret, the church received his resignation on May 30, 1875.
Rev. W. J. Lapsley was called for indefinite supply, preaching his first sermon on Sept. 26, 1875, and continued about a year.
Rev. W. G. F. Wallace succeeded, and, as stated supply, filled the pulpit till Dec. 2, 1876, when he was called to the pastorate and remained pastor until Oct. 6, 1878. He was then transferred by the Lafayette presbytery to the evangelistic work in that presbytery. From this time until August 6, 1879, the pulpit was supplied by Rev. Dr. J. L. Yantis, of Brownsville.
Rev. P. D. Stephenson, of Trenton, Tenn., was then called and served the church faithfully until May the 8th, 1881. Rev. A. W. Nesbit has been with the church since April 8th of this year, (1882).
The church has, undoubtedly, been hindered in its work by these fre- quent changes. No minister can begin to work effectively much under a year, and to have had no pastorate for over three years cannot be other- wise than detrimental. But in each case the matter has seemed to have been ordered as a necessity.
Dr. Montgomery resigned, owing to the increasing infirmities of age. Brother Wheeler left only when the providence of God seemed to point the way to Independence. Rev. W. G. F. Wallace was appointed by the
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presbytery to shoulder its evangelistic work, and Brother Stephenson's labor here was ended.
And yet, notwithstanding this very serious hinderance, the results have been fair. During the twelve years of their existence they have :
First, kept up the regular preaching of the word of God in their midst.
Second, they have witnessed the addition of about one hundred and six to their original membership.
Third, contributed on an average about $1,000 to the Lord's cause.
Fourth, paid off a considerable amount of indebtedness (about $1,800) contracted in the very beginning of their church life.
And fifthly, sustained a life comparatively free from the necessities of discipline in the midst of many temptations.
The first and last of these specifications may not seem to amount to much. Really, however, had they done them fully they would have done their work. They really amount to everything. "To hold forth the word of life " and "keep ourselves unspotted from the world" is what God has put us here for, and beyond this it is not ours to go.
Results the world demands, but results are God's, and could we but say that we had fully " sown" and "watered," we might well rest content.
On May 28, 1882, this church held commemorative exercises including the reading of a brief church history. And as the organization expect soon to erect a new house of worship on Broadway, many tender senti- ments with reference to the memories that cluster around the old church building were expressed.
On this occasion Col. John F. Philips, one of the old and prominent members, gave the following interesting reminiscences:
I have recently read the history of Presbyterianism in Pettis County, and I find that my own life is almost contemporaneous with it. In the year 1856 I was living at Georgetown, and was the only Presbyterian there; there were perhaps not a dozen in the county. Rev. James Laps- ley was living near Knobnoster and preaching in that neighborhood. I was instrumental in securing him to preach at Georgetown, occasionally. We had no church, and the services were held in the basement of a brick building, which is still standing.
My duties were many. 1 was elder, deacon and sexton. I opened the church, rang the bell, built the fires, swept out the house, lit the lamps, went round the village to drum up an audience and took up the collection.
I shall never forget my longing for co-laborers in the work of planting Presbyterianism in this county and preaching of the gospel to the people. Nor shall I ever forget the joy which was mine when that Kentucky delegation, headed by that noble man, Dr. Montgomery, and formed of kindred spirits, came to us. It was as the coming of the relief at Lucknow.
Dr. Montgomery at once set about his work, and organized a church at Priest's Chapel, twelve miles north of Georgetown, and I and my wife attended services there every Sunday, unless the severity of the weather
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prevented. He then came to us at Georgetown, and there remained until the dark clouds of war rolled black against the sky. I shall always hold in fondest remembrance the life and work of this grand man among us.
Dr. Montgomery needs no eulogy from me, but I cannot refrain from giving voice to the admiration I have for him as a scholar, an orator and a noble christian gentleman. Loyal to his Master, ever zealous in His service, strong in convictions of duty, and with the tender affections of a woman, this man of God won respect and love from all who knew him. Thank God, he still lives on earth.
I cannot but recall the faces and names of the original members of the little band which worshiped God in this humble temple in the beauty of holiness-their lives devout, earnest, sober-minded. The members lived in the fear of the Lord, and took delight in His service. Some of them are living yet among us; others of the number are out yonder, in God's acre, sleeping in their silent homes. They are "beneath the low green tent, whose curtain never outward swings."
No one, not a participant in the stirring scenes just after the close of the war, can appreciate the conditions which encompassed us in those days. When the fury of that internecine struggle burst upon the land, and the bugle call to arms was heard on every hand, this little band of christians drew close together, and were bound to each other as by hooks of steel. This was not only the First Presbyterian Church of the city, it was the church.
What crowds flocked to its doors and listened in transport to the story of the Cross, as it fell in magnetic eloquence from the lips of the grand men who stood before them as God's messengers.
. I want to refer only in a historical way to the division which has been spoken of by Mr. Heard. The Synod of Missouri wanted to stand aloof from the quarrels and strifes which were disturbing other portions of the church. I wanted it, and my voice was ever raised for peace and union. I wanted this Synod to be the golden link which would bind the warring factions together in peace and harmony, but I was disappointed. The strife came upon us and there was a division. I care not to dwell upon the past.
We have struggled forward from a weak beginning until to-day there is much to encourage us. I look with mingled feelings of sadness and pleasure at these old walls, and take part in these exercises. Sad, because this old church-home, where I have had so many seasons of rich spiritual blessings, is soon to be forsaken. Pleasure at the thought that such pros- perity and gifts have been bestowed upon us as to enable us to erect a more befitting temple. We are on the eve of giving up this old house, and it is fitting that we recall the past.
Great deeds have been wrought here, great men have spoken here. There are grand and stately temples of worship in this State, but I ques- tion if in any of them loftier eloquence has ever been heard than has charmed and thrilled and stirred the crowds which have gathered within these walls.
Here we have heard Dr. Montgomory, superb and grand; here have preached Lacy and Brooks and Nicolls and others of golden tongues and silver speech; and that prodigy, Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist
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Church; the tall sons of Ahab, the old men eloquent, and the young men burning with zeal and devotion.
These are precious memories to me, and made more precious because I, too, am about to leave this old church and you. But I shall not forget you and trust you will not forget me. It will be with a feeling of sadness when I return here and find the old church gone; but I will be in part com- pensated to find you in your new and beautiful temple.
You have much to encourage you. Be strong in the Lord. There are the very elements of strength in this congregation. There are harmony and zeal. Keep them both. You have a pastor of learning, piety and consecration, with strong practical sense, Hold up his hands, support him and cheer him, and the little cloud, now no larger than a man's hand, will grow and overspread you, by God's grace, until from out of it shall drop rich showers of blessings. May that time soon hasten.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church was first organized by Rev. R. S. Reed, about the year 1869. The congregation languished for several years. In 1875 Rev. J. W. Riggins held a protracted meeting in. Georgetown, which resulted in a great awakening and the resuscitation of the old organization and its removal to the town of Georgetown. The work of reorganization was accomplished by Revs. H. R. Smith and David Hogan; Elders Dr. H. E. Depp, W. M, Ritchey, Milton Hume; Deacons 'Clarke Bouldin, J. H. Kuykindall and Samuel Sprecher. The congregation under the new administration seemed to prosper for a few years and then the period of depression came again.
It is certainly a happy fact that this church believes in the final perse- verance of the saints. The years went by until the society was again reorganized under the present pastor. Its career has been upward, and doubtless much good has been accomplished.
In June, 1881, Rev. A. H. Stephens, who graduated the same year from the Theological School of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., was called to the pastorate of this church, it then being a mission under the care of New Lebanon Presbytery. The church was re-organized, July 17th, when Capt. S. W. Ritchey and Dr. J. P. Gray were elected additional elders, and Messrs. L. M. Trumbull and J. E. and W. H. Ritchey were elected deacons.
At this time there were about twenty-five members from the old organi- zation. The following statement from the Sedalia Democrat's annual review, January, 1882, will show the increase:
" Rev. A. H. Stephens, the first pastor, has a church building and lot worth $4,000. The amount of money collected for church purposes from June 15th, 1881, to Jan. 1st, 1882, was $500. Mr. Stephens commenced his work last June, and the progress of the congregation has been very rapid and substantial. For zeal, brotherly love, and devotion to the cause
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of evangelical religion, it is unsurpassed. The prospects are most flatter- ing in every way. The number of regular members is 87. The average attendance at services is 150. The number of Sunday School scholars is 70, and of teachers, 8."
The Sunday School was organized, Jan. 1, 1881. Dr. J. P. Gray was elected Superintendent, and Mr. L. M. Trumbull Assistant Superintendent. Under their management the school grew rapidly in interest and accom- plished much good. The officers elected, January, 1882, were, Dr. J. P. Gray, Superintendent; J. E. Ritchey, Asst. Superintendent; Willie Sprecher, Librarian; Miss Anna Devlin, Organist and Treasurer.
The ladies organized an Aid Society in the summer of 1881, with the following officers: Mrs. D. J. Temple, President; Mrs. A. H. Stephens, Vice-President; Miss Ollie Depp, Secretary; Miss Carrie Sprecher, Treasurer.
This society has done much good work in the way of visiting the sick, the distressed, the destitute and strangers. It also raised considerable funds for church improvement. In September, 1881, an Auxiliary Society of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions was formed with Mrs. A. H. Stephens, President; Mrs. E. B. Barnes, Vice-President; Mrs. L. M. Trumbull, Secretary, and Mrs. D. J. Temple, Treasurer. This society has grown rapidly in numbers and influence and has contributed quite a handsome sum to the general fund of the Board.
In the latter part of 1881, Miss Mary Flaven, a very earnest worker in this church, formed the little children into a missionary band called "Little Helpers." This is acknowledged to be one of the best conducted and most thoroughly organized societies in the church.
This church house was dedicated, October 24, 1881. Rev. W. H. Black, pastor of the Lucas Avenue Church, St. Louis, preached the ser- mon and Rev. P. G. Rea, of Slater, presided.
The first Sunday School Institute of New Lebanon Presbytery was organized in this house, October 25.
The Ladies Missionary Societies of the Presbytery held their first con- vention here, April 2, 1882.
The internal work of the church is well organized and all of its powers are being rapidly developed. This church is well established and its progress is rapid and substantial. Its policy to avoid debt has been faith- fully adhered to from the first, and this one fact gives it a most excellent standing in business circles.
The cardinal point before the congregation shall ever be the salvation of men and the upbuilding of the Christian, remembering the promise of the Master, " Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
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THE OHIO STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The partial organization of a Methodist Episcopal Church was effected in Sedalia, in July, 1864, by Rev. C. E. Carpenter, now deceased. It was then a part of the Sedalia Circuit, the bounds of which reached from Cal- ifornia, Mo., to Warrensburg, and from the Missouri River to Osceola, within which bounds there are now over thirty stationed or circuit preachers of this denomination. Rev. Mr. Carpenter began preaching in this extensive circuit in 1860, and remained until the following year; not having any appointment, however, in Sedalia, his nearest preaching place being about eighteen miles south of the present city. After his departure in 1861, there was an interval of some months in which there was no preaching in the circuit. Rev. C. E. Carpenter died at Fairfield, Iowa., in May, 1867, at twenty-nine years of age.
In 1862 Rev. Stanford Ing, now stationed at Aullville, Mo., preached in a school-house in or near Sedalia, but the house having been occupied as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers, the preaching was necessarily discontinued. In 1864 Rev. Mr. Carpenter returned, at which time the partial organization above referred to was effected.
In November, 1865, Rev. George McKee, formerly of the Pittsburgh Conference, effected a permanent organization in Sedalia, with a member- ship of seven, viz: Elizabeth Hulland, Dr. J. F. Tobias, Jas. N. Johnson, A. McAlpine, Eliza McAlpine, Sarah A. Russell and Rachel McKee, the wife of the pastor. Two of the original seven still remain members of the church in Sedalia, viz: Elizabeth Hulland and Rachel McKee.
Under the direction of Rev. Mr. McKee the present church edifice was commenced, the corner stone being laid in 1865. The building was enclosed and the lecture-room was dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames in March, 1867.
Rev. George McKee served the church faithfully during three years, after which, on account of ill-health, he was granted a superannuated rela- tion to the conference, in which relation he continued until his death, which occurred at Little Rock, Ark., April 2, 1872. He was forty-one years of age at the time of his death, and had been in the ministry sixteen years.
Rev. J. W. Bushong, now of Cincinnati, succeeded Rev. Mr. McKee in the pastorate charge of the Sedalia Church in 1867. During the first year of his pastorate, the main audience room was finished, and was dedi- cated in June, 1868, by Rev. Dr. Bowman, now one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The church, located on the corner of Ohio and Fourth stseets, is a sub- stantial brick building 45x65 feet, two stories high, with an audience room above and lecture and class rooms below. These, however, have been
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converted into business rooms, the upper story only being used for church purposes. A neat and commodious parsonage adjoins the church build- ing.
By a wise location in the beginning this society has come into the possession of a property that is increasing in value every year, so that there will be no difficulty in disposing of it whenever it is desirable to do so with a view to building elsewhere.
The society now numbers 238 members. There is connected with it a flourishing Sunday School having an average attendance of 175. For several years Mr. C. G. Taylor was superintendent, under whose able direction the school enjoyed continued prosperity. He was succeeded by Mr. Geo. C. Mclaughlin, and he by Dr. Ira T. Bronson, who is still in charge. The following named ministers have sustained the relation of pastor to the Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Sedalia. Rev. Geo. McKee, whose work and death have been already mentioned. Rev. J: W. Bushong, who subsequently was stationed in St. Louis and Spring- field, and was afterwards transferred to the Cincinnati Conference and stationed at Trinity Church, where he now is. Rev. L. M. Vernon, D. D., now superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Italy and stationed in Rome; Rev. J. J. Bently, at present a presiding elder in the Missouri Conference; Rev. J. N. Pierce, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal . Church in Clinton, Mo., and formerly presiding elder of the Sedalia Dis- trict; Rev. G. W. Derment, afterwards presiding elder of the Springfield District, which was his last regular appointment in the ministry; he was granted a superannuated relation in 1879, and died in the same year at Paoli, Indiana, at the age of forty-one years. He was succeeded in the pastorate of the Ohio Street Church by Rev. W. H. Stephens, who has since been transferred to one of the Penn. conferences; Rev. W. K. Mar- shall, D. D., succeeded Rev. Mr. Stephens, and was subsequently stationed at Central Church in St. Louis, and from that charge was transferred to St. Paul, Minn., where he still remains. His successor was Rev. H. R. Miller, who remained in charge of the church about a year and a half, when he was transferred to San Antonio, Texas. He has returned from Texas and is again a resident of Sedalia, having charge at present of the Montgomery Street Church. Rev. A. H. Heinlein succeeded Mr. Miller, and he in his turn was followed by the present incumbent, Rev. H. G. Jackson, D. D., who came to Sedalia from the pastorate of the Grand Avenue Church in Kansas City, having previously spent some ten years in the superintendency of the missions of his church in Buenos Ayres, South America.
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