Cass County, Indiana - Chapter 39: Churches of Logansport, 1913

The religious sentiment is innate in all the races of mankind. Man sees phenomena of nature around him, that his finite mind cannot explain or account for. He sees system, order and law in nature, and as there can be no law without a lawmaker, all the races of man have believed in some deity or supreme and infinite being. The first settlers of the county came from Christian communities and the advent of Christianity into Cass county is co-temporary with its first settlements. As early as 1828, when Cass county was an unbroken forest, was heard the voice of the Master's servants crying in the wilderness: ** Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'' This quotation might be taken literally, as well as from a religious viewpoint, because at that early day, there were no roads and only crooked Indian trails ran through the wilderness of Cass county. It is well authenticated that Rev. Stephen Beggs, a Methodist missionary, visited Logansport in the summer of 1829 and possibly as early as 1828, but he was only a transient preacher, and Rev. Martin M. Post, of the Presbyterian faith, was the first permanent minister of the gospel to locate in Logansport. lie landed here on Christmas Day, 1829, and worked here faithfully until his death in '1876. Father Post, as he was generally called, organized the first Sunday school, and a few years later (1836) erected the first church in the county, a frame building still standing in the rear of 521 Broadway, used for storage purposes.

There are at this time ninety-one different church buildings within the county ; twenty-three in Logansport and sixty-eight in the townahips. There are also about twenty-five religious organizations that at one time existed, but have disbanded and the church edifices either sold or torn down. There are also eight or ten religious societies now in active operations that have no house of worship, but occupy rented quarters. The Methodists lead in the county, with nineteen churches. The Presbyterians have ten; Christian (New Light) ten; Christian (Disciple), eight; United Brethren, eight; Baptists, seven; Dunkards, six; English Lutheran, five; Evangelical, four; Universalists, four; Catholics, four; Colored Methodist Episcopal church, Epis-

This was the first church organized in Cass county. As early as December 26, 1829, John Smith, James Smith, Charles Polk, David Patrick, Rhoda Shields and Mary Ross met for consultation concerning the organization of a Baptist church. As a result of this preliminary meeting, these same parties and probably others, met on February 20,

1830, and perfected an organization, assisted by John Knight and John Lemon from Deer Creek Baptist church, and Elder Samuel Arthur of Wea church. James Smith was chosen permanent moderator and Charles Polk, clerk of the church. The name. Eel River Baptist church, was adopted, often designated as the First Baptist church. Meetings were held in private houses and the Old Seminary, a brick structure, the jSrst public building erected in Logansport, on the northeast corner of Market and Fourth streets. Elder .James Smith administered to the spiritual wants of the society once or twice a month at these meetings, assisted by Elder William Berry, until 1838, when Elder William Corbin was employed. The latter continued with the congregation until his death, November 8, 1841, only thirty-two years of age. His wife died the month previous and both lie at rest in the old cemetery.

In the spring of 1842 Rev. Wm. M. Pratt, brother of Hon. D. D. Pratt, was engaged and a great religions awakening followed and the membership increased to two hundred.

Soon after Reverend Pratt left the charge, in 1843, dissensions arose about the rules and doctrines of the church, and there were many withdrawals, especially of the prominent members, yet the church struggled along until April 3, 1852, when the Eel River or First Baptist church ceased to exist and was supplanted by

Baptist church. The organization meeting was presided over'by Rev. C. M. Richmond, and Samuel A. Hall, then editor of The Pharos, acted as clerk. The following list of charter members appear on the roll: Dr. James A. Taylor, S. A. Hall, Wm. Aldrich, W. H. Aldrich, Daniel Ivans, J. H. Crain, C. M. Richmond, Mary A. Aldrich, Virginia Loomis, Mary P. Richmond, Lucinda Weirick, Elizabeth Richardson, Harriet Neff, Adkins Nash and Timothy Merritt. Rev. C. M. Richmond was chosen the first pastor and Adkins Nash, J. A. Taylor and S. A. Hall, trustees, and T. Merritt and A. Nash, deacons.

In the year 1854 a substantial brick church was erected and occupied soon after, although not fully completed and furnished until 1862, being dedicated on March 9th of that year. This brick church served the congregation until 1911, the last farewell meeting held in the old church was on February 20, 1911, and the next day workmen began to tear down the old building to give place to the present commodious and beautiful church. It is constructed of light colored brick and stone built on the old Grecian style of architecture. It was dedicated May 20, 1912, by Rev. E. A. Hanley, assisted by the pastor.

The cost of the building and furnishings amounted to over $40,000. In 1885 a residence for the pastor was built in the rear of the church at a cost of $3,400. In 1880 the first pipe organ was purchased, costing $2,200, which was sold when the old church was razed in 1911, and the present new organ represents a capital of about $5,000.

The old church bell was purchased in 1862. It cracked and a new bell was bought in 1868, weighing 1,360 pounds. This old bell, the largest in the city, could be heard for miles, and was often rang on important occasions during the Civil war and since.

In 1908 the congregation took steps to change the old name of Second Baptist church to Logansport Baptist church, by which it is now officially known.

The first sound of the pioneer's ax, clearing the forest, had scarcely been heard, replacing the whoop of the Indian, until we find Presbyterianism taking root within our borders. About three years after the first settler built his cabin on the banks of the Wabash, we find a New England Presbyterian minister, just out of college, making his way from Cincinnati (to which place he had come by boat), on horseback through dense forests, over swollen streams, and landed in Logansport on Christmas day, 1829. This young preacher was Martin M. Post, sent out to carry the gospel of Christ into the wilderness. At that time Logansport was not two years old and consisted of thirty or forty log cabins. The only brick building in the county was the *'01d Seminary,'' a one-story aflfair on the northeast corner of Market and Fourth streets, which served as courthouse, church and public hall.

Father Post found two women, Mrs. Mary Wilson and Joanna Smith, mother and grandmother of Mrs. Judge Baldwin, who were the only persons of the Presbyterian faith within a radius of twenty miles.

But the leaven of the young preacher began to work and on December 31, 1829, the first Presbyterian prayer meeting ever held in Cass county met in the Seminary.

A union prayer meeting was regularly held thereafter and a union Sunday school was organized in May, 1830, being the first Sunday school held in the county, of which Reverend Post was superintendent, and continued as such for seven years, and sowed seeds of Christianity in the wilderness, which developed into all our Protestant churches of today.

On January 21, 1831, this church was formally organized by Rev. M. M. Post, assisted by Revs. James Thompson and James Crawford, with the following twenty-one charter members : Daniel Dale, Elizabeth Bethsheda, William, John, Daniel, Jr., and Rebecca Dale, Catherine and Mary A. Van Doran, John and Sarah Adair, Agnes Young, Mary Wil-

The first elders were John Adair and Joseph Gibson. This little band of earnest Christians continued to hold its meetings in the Seminary until 1836, when the membership had increased to 117 and they erected the first church edifice ever built on Cass county soil.

This was a plain frame building, 26x36 feet, located on lot 35, Tipton's First Addition to Logansport, on the south side of Broadway, between Fifth and Sixth streets. This old church still stands in the rear of 521 Broadway, and is used as a storage room. The adjoining cut represents this old church as it appeared a few years ago.

Many historic gatherings have been held in this old church, at one time the largest room in the town. Henry Ward Beecher preached here in 1842. The first murder trial, that of Harrison for the murder of Scott, was held here in 1838. Father Post's church prospered, and in 1859-60 a lot was purchased on the southwest corner of Broadway and Ninth streets and a plain, square building with a basement was erected. The basement was occupied, in 1860, but the main auditorium was not finished until 1862, being dedicated in December of that year. Dr. Tuttle of Wabash, assisting Reverend Post in the dedicatory service.

In 1879 this old stone church was remodeled and enlarged and the present cut stone front erected, the work, however, was not completed until 1882, at a cost of $10,000. In 1891 the congregation purchased of John W. Whitsett the house and lot adjoining the church on the west for a parsonage. Father Post spent his entire ministerial life as pastor of this church. In 1865 or 1866 he was retired as pastor emeritus and sustained that relation until his death, October 11, 1876. Father Post had four sons, all of whom became Presbyterian ministers, and the writer has had the pleasure and privilege of seeing father and four sons all seated together, as ministers, in the pulpit of his beloved church.

For some years prior to 1837 the Presbyterians of the United States were not in fuU accord on certain rules of church government. The conservative or Old School desired a stronger centralized body, or general assembly, that should control church affairs, while the progressive New School desired more independence on the part of the congregation. There was thus a division in the church of the United States and the same influences caused a split in the local church. This division in the church at large continued for thirty-two years when all differences were harmonized, showing that the principles of brotherly love and charity as taught by the Master is triumphing over man's selfishness and intolerance.

Under the leadership of Rev. John Wright, father of Williamson and Judge John W. Wright, those withdrawing from Father Post's church, met in a hall in the second story of a building located on the northwest comer of Fourth and Broadway, and later over 226-228 Market street, and held regular meetings until March 19, 1840, when a permanent organization was effected with sixteen charter members, to wit: William and Blenor Brown, Margaret Cummings, Maria, Ruth and David Corbett, Aurelia Dunn, James and Margaret Harper, William and Martha Thornton, Nancy and Anne Matlock, Mrs. Judge Biddie, Mrs. Jane Wright, David Williamson, Mrs. E. Williamson. The first elders were William Brown and James Harper.

The general assembly being controlled by the Old School branch of the church recognized this society as the First Presbyterian church of Logansport, although Father Post's church had been successfully running for twenty years. In 1842 a substantial church constructed of native stone was erected at the south end of Seventh street on la lot donated by Williamson Wright. The congregation was incorporated by special act of the le^lature, January 8, 1842, with James W. Dunn, Andrew Young, William Brown, David Corbett and John W. Wright as trustees.

In January, 1868, the house and lot adjoining the church on the east was purchased for a parsonage at a cost of $1,600, and improved at an additional cost of $1,500. This old building was replaced in 1900 by the present new parsonage with an outlay of about $3,500.

On January 2, 1893, the church was completely destroyed by fire, leaving nothing but the blackened stone walls. The fire originated from the natural gas with which it was heated. The congregation at once set about to rebuild, expending $23,000 on the work, and dedicated the church on March 11, 1894.

A second fire that nearly ruined the building occurred November 10, 1901. The congregation was greatly discouraged and thought of procuring a new site, but believing God's word, ''Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,'' they took courage and began at once the work of reconstruction and refurnishing the church and Sunday school rooms, including a new pipe organ, at a total cost of $24,000, all of which was promptly accomplished and the church rededicated to the triune God in November, 1902. A Sunday school was established soon after the organization of the church and has been a great aid in advancing the interests of the church.

The present officers are : Elders - A. J. Martin, S. B. Boyer, L. B. Stevens, John G. Stewart, Geo. Ash, John McJohnston, H. A. Seawright, J. A. Reed, C. W. Graves.

The following list of ministers served either as pastor or supply: Revs. John Wright, 1838-40 ; James Buchanan, 1840-43, died September 17, 1843; John Wright, 1843-4, died August 31, 1854; Thos. S. Crome,

The Cumberland Presbyterian church grew out of some differences in church management when the Cumberland Presbytery of Kentucky set up an independent organization in 1810, but in 1907 those differences were reconciled and this church is now a part of the general Presbyterian church.

The church in Logansport owes its establishment to Rev. A. W. Hawkins, who came to our city in 1875 and held missionary meetings at the home of Julius Kloenne and in the West Side engine house, where, on May 14, 1876, a formal organization was effected, with 35 charter members. In June, 1877, lot No. 201 on West Broadway was purchased for $1,000 and a plain frame church, 32x55 feet, was constructed, costing $3,500. This was completed and dedicated the third Sunday in December, 1877. In recent years the original church building has been enlarged and improved. The congregation also erected a parsonage adjoining the church on the east.

The following were the officers in 1912: Elders - James Humes, John Humes, J. M. Etnire, S. B. Kerlin, Chas. McCormick, C. M. Neff, D. C. Hubbs, Frank Jefferies.

Logansport had scarcely been laid out in 1828 when we find Rev. Stephen R. Beggs, appointed by the Western Conference at Madison, Indiana, making his way on horseback to Logansport, where he blazed the way for Methodism.

The Pottawattomie Times, the first newspaper published in Logansport, announced that on January 30 and 31, 1830; Rev. N. Nudenberg would preach in the ** Seminary," the only public building in the town.

A class was organized January 30, 1830, consisting of Judge John Scott and wife, Joseph Hall and wife, Benjamin Enyart and Joel Martin. Prom this small beginning in 1830 Methodism .has grown until today this church stands at the head of all Christian denominations in Cass county. Meetings were held in the old Seminary, private residences and Dick Hensley's carpenter shop, east of Sixth street, until 1837, when a small frame building was erected at what is now known as 212-14 Sixth street. This was a temporary structure and was replaced in 1839 by a more substantial brick and stone church, 32x50 feet in size, with a bell in the steeple over the front door. This was the second church building erected in the county. The church prospered, requiring larger quarters, and in 1851 the lot on the northeast corner of Broadway and Eighth street was purchased and a square stone church begun, but it was not completed for several years. The basement was occupied in 1856, but the auditorium was not finished until 1859, being dedicated February 12, 1859, by Revs. McMullen and Greenman, assisted by the pastor. Rev. Samuel N. Campbell.

The old church was sold and the parsonage that stood on the lot was moved to 615 North street, known as the Steckle residence and in 1912 was remodeled and enlarged by C. A. Enyart.

The stone church on Broadway, with some improvements, was occupied until 1904, when it gave way to the present commodious temple of worship, constructed of stone and brick. It is 92x100 feet in dimensions and has a seating capacity of 1,500. The total cost of building and furnishing was $53,000. The church was dedicated to the service of the Lord March 18, 1906, by Bishop David H. Moore, of Portland, Oregon, assisted by the presiding elder, H. N. Herrick and the pastor, B. S. Hollipeter.

Prior to 1859 instrumental music was not used or permitted in the church, but in that year an organ was secured for the new Broadway church, and Amanda Goodwin (still living) was the first organist. Another new custom was established on opening the new church, to wit : The men and women sat together in the pews. Prior to that time the men sat on one side and the women on the other side of the church with an aisle in the center separating them. The Logamport Journal made the announcement that the men and women would sit together in the pews at the dedication. The conservatives shook their heads in disapproval but the progressives had their way. A Sunday school was organized in 1837 and has been successfully managed from that day to this together with other church societies.

This is an off-shoot of the Broadway church and originated in a union Sunday school conducted in the old stone seminary on Thirteenth street. Prof. Sheridan Cox, A. M. Flory, H. C. Cushman and T. B. Lewis were the chief promoters, creating such a religious sentiment in that section that a house of worship was demanded.

A preliminary meeting was held at th^ house of T. B. Lewis, 1317 Spear street. May d, 1868, and soon after an organization was perfected at the residence of John Bliler, southeast comer of Fourteenth and North streets. Rev. E. Hendricks officiated at the organization and secured charter members as follows : T. B. Lewis and wife, J. M. Burrow and wife, John Bliler and wife, H. C. Cushman and wife, John T. Powell and wife, John Stanford and wife, John Bruington and wife, George P. Dale and wife, John Eicher and wife, and Kelsey Brown. For some time meetings were held in the. brick schoolhouse that stood on the northwest corner of Tenth and Market streets. During the summer of 18f68 a temporary building, called the '* Wigwam'' or Tabernacle, was erected of plain rough lumber on the south side of Market, west of Fifteenth street. The majority of the congregation were poor people, and occupying this rough wigwam were often designated Tis the Calico church, but what they lacked in worldly goods they made up by in- creased spirituality, Christian energy and fortitude. In 1869 a plain but comfortable frame church replaced the temporary wigwam at a cost of $3,000. This building was enlarged in 1882 at an additional expenditure of $2,200. The congregation increased gradually and in 1901 it became necessary to build a larger church and steps were taken , to secure that end. W. E. Haney donated a lot on the northeast corner of Fifteenth and Market street and $5,000 in addition. With this encouragement the congregation succeeded in erecting a handsome church, sixty-seven by one hundred and eleven feet in size, representing a capital of $37,000. This new church was dedicated by Bishop J. W. Joice, assisted by the pastor, Rev. Earl Naftzger, December 4, 1904. A Sunday school was organized in 1867 prior to the church organization and is now said to be the largest Sunday school in the county. The church has a membership of six hundred. The following list of pastors has administered to the spiritual wanti^ of the church: E. Hendricks, 1868 ; P. Carland, 1869 ; James Leonard, 1869 ; James Black, 1870; 0. S. Harrison, 1871; C. P. Wright, 1872-4; C. H. Hudson, 1875; N. G. Shackleford, 1876-7; C. P. Wright, 1878-80; S. L. Campbell, 1881; M. S. Metts, 1882-3 ;.L. J. Naftzger, 1884-6; H. J. Meek, 1887; W. S. Boston, 1890-2 ; W. S. Stewart, 1897-9 ; L. E. Knox, 1901 ; Earl Naftzger, 1903-5; J. M. Haines, 1907; W. S. Stewart, 1909; W. T. Arnold, 1910-12.

This is also a branch of the Broadway church and an outgrowth of a Sunday school organized in that vicinity in 1873. The formation of a class soon followed and a society was organized May 7, 1874. A tabernacle or temporary place of worship was erected. The following year a substantial brick church was built on the northeast corner of Wheatland and Barron streets and was dedicated to the worship of God by Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Fort Wayne, on November 21, 1875. The congregation grew rapidly and in the eighties the old church was replaced by the present stone structure, and a parsonage was erected in the rear of the church. The following are some of the pastors: J. R. Stilwell, 1875; C. P. Wright, 1876-78; W. C. McKaig, 1879; A. S. Wootten, 1880 -1; F. G. Brown, 1883-4; M. S. Metts, 1884; E. E. Neal, 1883-5; E. R. Small, 1887; Ross Gehring, 1890; Henry Davis, 1892; J. K. Waltz, 1897-1902; John M. Cause, 1903-4; L. C. Poor, 1907; E. C. Dunn, 1909-13.

Dr.* G. N. Fitch, who settled here in 1834, is the first authenticated resident of Logansport of the Episcopal faith, and Rev. - - Todd, Dr. C. R. Johnson, of Lafayette, and Rev. Jackson Kemper, missionary bishop of the northwest, were the first "to do missionary work for this church in Cass county, during the 'thirties.

The first official record of the Episcopal church was on Sunday evening, August 2, 1840, at the residence of John S. Patterson, where the sacrament of baptism was administered to the children of Mr. Patterson by Dr. Fitch and Dr. Merrill. Rev. Francis H. L. Laird was the first minister of this faith to locate in Logansport, July 1, 1841, and on the 19th of July, in a room over 228 Market street, perfected a permanent organization with the following charter members: John S. Patterson, John Green, John E. Howes, Thomas H. Howes, Dr. John F. Merrill, W. Hubbell, Jacob Hull, Dr. G. N. Fitch, Israel Johnson, U. M. Ross, and J. S. Twells. J. F. Merrill was chosen president, and J. S. Patterson, secretary. Rt. Rev. Francis H. L. Laird became the first pastor in charge. Immediately steps .were taken to secure a location for a church and in 1842 the present lot, on the northwest comer of Seventh and Market streets, was purchased, a house of worship erected and dedicated to the Lord, February 19, 1843.

The first class for confirmation was presented to, and confirmed by Bishop Kemper, March 17, 1842, In this class were Mrs. Harriet Fitch and Mrs. Tuttle. The church erected in 1843, was honored by divine service until 1869, when under the rectorship of Rev. E. J. Purdy, the old church was replaced by the present stone church and occupied February 19, 1870, twenty-seven years after the first church was dedicated. When the new church was completed, Samuel L. Tanguy was senior warden, E. Davis, junior warden, with the following vestrymen: Joseph Culbertson, C. H. Church, William Manly, Jr., C. Jeannerette, Dr. A. Coleman, Harry Fetter, and A. McDonald. During the year 1871, the rectory was added. The first recorded marriage is that of William M. Thompson to Margaret Bruce, November 5, 1845, solemnized by Rev. A. Clark.

The communicants at present number one hundred and thirty-seven. Sunday school, Trinity guild, St. Mary's guild, and allied church societies are liiaintained and prove to be material aids to the advancement of the church 's interests and the cause of the Master. The following is a list of the pastors in charge, with the proximate time of service: Francis H. Laird, 1841-5; A. Clark, 1845-8; Bishop Kemper, 1849-50; M. Phelps, 1850-2; Walter E. Franklin, 1853-5; John Trumble, 1855-7; Elias Birdsall, 1858-9; R. High, 1860-1; Rev. Hudson, supply, 1862; A. P. Brush, 1863-4; J. E. Jackson, 1865-8; E. J. Purdy, 1869-1880; John A. Doores, 1881-2; P. B. T. Hutchins, 1882-3; G. E. Puriker, 1884; Harry Thompson, 1884-7; B. F. Miller, 1887-91; Douglass Hobbs, 1891-6 ; F. C. Colbaugh, 1896-9 ; Walter Lockton, 1899- 06; A. C. Stengel, 1906-09; L. T. Schoefield, 1910. The church is out of debt and entering on a prosperous career of usefulness. Many prominent physicians were members of this church, to-wit: G. N. Pitch, T. H. Howes, J. F. Merrill, W. H. Bell, A. Coleman, and N. W. Cady.

The distinctive doctrine of the Universalist church is ''The final salvation of all souls from sin through Christ." The pioneers of Universalism in America were George D. Bennville and Dr. Charles Chauncey, as early as 1741, but John Murray who came to America in 1770, is regarded as the father of Universalism, and the first Universalist church was erected in Boston in 1786.

The first minister to preach the doctrine of the ultimate salvation of the human family, in Logansport, was the Rev. Erasmus Manford, of Lafayette, in 1841. He was a zealous worker and did missionary work throughout the state. In 1842-3, a number of sermons was preached by other missionaries. In 1844-5, Rev. William Clark was temporarily employed by the friends in Logansport to preach at intervals. Later Rev. B. F. Foster of Indianapolis, Isaac M. Westfall of Lafayette, and T. C. Eaton of Illinois, held more frequent services until October 10, 1857, when Reverend Eaton perfected a permanent organization, in the courthouse, with the following charter members: David Neal, Joseph and Hannah Edwards, Joseph and Mary Hendrickson, Jane Eldridge, Catherine P. Davis, Thomas B. Helm, John Comingore, Elon Wade, J. L. West, Mabel J. Ward, Susan P. Eaton, Philip J. LaRose, Elliott Lamb, James Chapelow, James J. Bates. Services were held at irregular intervals in the courthouse until 1859, when Thomas

Gorman, the first resident pastor, was employed and steps taken to erect a house of worship. July 1, 1859, a lot situated on the south side of Broadway, between Eighth and Ninth streets, with a frontage of one hundred and ten feet, was purchased of Edwin Walker for $1,500. In 1863 a brick church was put under contract for $6,000, but was not completed and dedicated until May 13, 1866. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Rev. J. H. Tuttle, of Chicago, assisted by the pastor, W. W. Curry. Soon after the organization of the church, PhiUp Pollard, a wealthy merchant, bequeathed a large fund to the church and the erection of the church was largely due to his munificence'.

A Sunday school was organized many years ago and a Ladies' Aid Society, both of which are doing good work in advancing the church's interests. The present membership is one hundred and twenty-five, and the officers are : Deacons, William C. Thornton and Frank Wall ; trustees, John E. Barnes, Frank Wall, W. C. Thornton; Sunday school superintendent, Mrs. George Crum. The following pastors have served the congregation although there were intervals when the church was without a pastor : T. C. Eaton, 1857 (organizer) ; Thomas Gorman, 1859; J. D. H. Corwin, 1861; W. W. Curry, 1866-8; N. S. Sa«e, 1868- 70; S. S. Hebberd, 1871; N. S. Sage, 1874-6; T. P. Abell, 1881-3; Q. B. Grandy, 1885; H. 0. Sommers, 1892; Thomas S. Guthrie, 1894-99; Hen- - drick Voshema, 1901-3; George Crum, 1904-12.

Probably the first minister of this denomination to preach in Logansport was Rev. John 0. Kane, of Crawfordsville, October 1, 1842. He held a series of meetings in the courthouse and as a result organized a church, but the charter members are not obtainable. Rev. 0. Kane continued to administer to the spiritual wants of this little band of '* Disciples'' for four or five years, followed by Revs. Nelson, Milton B. Hopkins, Greenlief MuUis, and Benjamin Franklin, there being no regular services held until 1857, when Rev. William Griggsby located in Logansport, as the first regular pastor. He continued his pastorate with marked success for ten years. Services were held in the court house and North street engine house, until 1871, when, under the pastorate of Rev. J. L. Parsons, a plain stone church edifice was erected at the comer of Ninth and Spear streets, with an expenditure of $8,200. At this time the membership was about two hundred. The church prospered and the old building would not accommodate the increasing membership, and in 1906, the present handsome and commodious stone church was erected at a total cost of $33,000. The new church was dedicated to the Master, February 17, 1907, by the Rev. F. M. Raines of Cincinnati, assisted by Rev. J. H. Craig, the pastor. Several noted revivals may be worthy of mention, especially those conducted by J. M. J Canfield, D. R. VanBuskirk, C. J. Tanner, J. V. Updyke, D. R. Lucas,

This was an oflf-shoot of the Ninth Street Christian church and owed its existence largely to Dr. H. Z. Leonard, who began a series of meetings in the neighborhood, February 12, 1873, and worked up a Christian sentiment in that locality. The following summer a brick church was erected at the comer of Oak and Sugar streets, east of Michigan avenue, on a lot donated by S. A. Custer. The building was erected by the people of all denominations as a union church but was controlled by the Disciples. The permanent organization of this church was perfected April 18, 1874, in the brick church herein mentioned, by Elder W. J. Howe, of Chicago, and Benjamin Sparks acted as secretary. There were twenty-seven charter members. H. Z. Leonard and S. A. Custer were appointed elders, and Amos Mobley, James Wilson and Levi D. Horn, deacons. Elder Leonard continued as pastor for two or three years with marked success, but after his resignation, the congregation had no regular pastor, became divided and finally disbanded about 1880, and its members attached themselves to other churches. Mission Sunday school and irregular services were continued in the church, however, until 1894, when the building was sold to the United Brethren people and the Northside Christian church ceased to exist. Pastors who served this charge were ; H. Z. Leonard, J. K. Sweetman, John Ellis and B. S. Clevinger.

In 1873, Rev. C. M. Robinson, of the Ninth Street Christian church, began to hold meetings in a hall on the south side in what is known as Shultz-town. An organization was perfected in 1874 and a substantial brick church was built at the corner of Lincoln and Sherman streets. During the pastorate of Rev. Robinson, 1873-5, the society held regular meetings and made many accessions, but when he left the fiock was without a shepherd and strayed to other pastures, and the church was sold about 1886, to the United Brethren denomination.

This denomination had its origin in Virginia and western Pennsylvania, about 1812, when Alexander Campbell left the Presbyterian church during and following the revival of 1800, and established what was known for many years as the * * Campbellite Church," later called the Christian (Disciple) church.

The Church of Christ believe in simplicity of worship, are opposed to instrumental music in the church, follow plain Biblical teaching, unhampered by creeds, and claim to be the true Christian church, but are similar in form of worship to the ** Disciples.''

Each congregation is independent and unhampered by conventions, assemblies or synods. The first church of this denomination is said to be the **Blue River church'* established in Washington county, Indiana, in 1819. The Logansport church was organized by Elder James Harding in a room over 521 Broadway, in 1889, with the following charter members: Mrs. Charlotte Cronice, James W. and Lulu Smith, Clifford, Margaret and Jane Smith, Eliza Hays and Mrs. Qangloff. They continued to worship in this room until 1898, when a lot was purchased on the corner of Mary and Columbia streets and the present modest but substantial frame house of worship was erected, costing about $2,500. They have no Sunday school, but the entire congregation engage in all religious services and by so doing believe they* follow the teachings of the Master. The congregation numbers thirty-six, and no more zealous and earnest Christian workers are found this side of the ''pearly gates."

This denomination is a branch of the *'01d Dunkard*' or German Baptist church, and is sometimes called **New Dunkards.*' They have no written creeds but the Bible. The denomination was founded in Carroll county, Indiana, in 1847, by Peter Eyman, George Patton, Henry Klepinger, Ephraim Pry and James Hanna. The denomination now numbers twenty churches confined to the state of Indiana.

The Logansport church was organized by Alexander Reed and Clinton Small, on the third Sunday in January, 1900, in **Good Templars Hall,'* in Shultz-town (south side), with about twenty-five charter members. The first oflScers were : Elder, Isaac Patton ; clerk, Willard Pritchett; deacon, William Bailey; steward, E. Cogshall. The first baptismal service was performed by Alexander Keed in the Wabash river, on May 30, 1899. In 19t)0 a frame church, forty by sixty feet was erected on the south bank of the Wabash river west of the Cicott street bridge, costing $3,000, and the first service held in the new church was on March 16, 1901, conducted by Alexander Keed. A Sunday school and church societies are maintained, and the membership now numbers eighty. Pastors who have supplied this church are: Alexander Keed, 1899-1901; John P. Parson, 1903; B. F. Watts, 1905; C. H. Hallady, supply; Jacob Fross, supply; Edward Corts, 1911-13.

About 1873, Rev. William Kannig began to hold religious meetings in the Eighth street schoolhouse for the benefit of a number of German families of this faith, and the following year organized a ^lass consisting of eleven charter members, to-wit: Gotleib Schaffer and wife, John Keis and wife, William Keis, Jacob Jacoba, Herman Bettischer and wife, Fredrika Markert, David Kumbold and Charles Felker. Services continued to be held in the schoolhouse and courthouse until 1878 when a small church edifice was erected at the corner of Brown and Wheatland streets. The contract for tbe work was let to' John Wefel for $1,225, and the church was dedicated to the Master's service, December 15, 1878. During the summer of 1899 the church building was remodelled and enlarged at an additional cost of $800. A Sunday school was organized in 1877, and has been in continuous operation ever since. During the pastorate of Reverend Pontius, **The English Organization'' was perfected and since that date the preaching has been delivered in English, but prior to that time, the German language was used in all church services. The present membership is eighty-seven and this small, but earnest band, is doing a good work among the anglicized Germans of the city.

Reverend Fritze, of Fort Wayne, was the first preacher to propound the doctrines of this church in Logansport. Services were held in the early forties over the tin shop, northwest corner of Fourth and Broadway. It was not until 1848 that an organization was perfected by Reverend Sturcken with nine charter members, to- wit: Ernest Homburg, Adam Smith, Charles Klinsick, Charles Berg, Chris. Berg, William Conrad, Gotleib Schaffer and brother.

Reverend Sturcken was a man of great energy and executive ability and at once began to raise a building fund and in 1852 erected a plain frame house of worship, twenty-two by fifty feet, two stories in height, on the south side of Canal street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. The upper story was used as an audience room, and the lower as a school room with a room in the rear for the pastor's residence. < Reverend Sturcken continued as pastor, with marked success until 1864, when he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and died there May, 1865. Rev. J. H. Jox of Wisconsin, became pastor. Under his management the church prospered and in 1867-8, a commodious brick church was erected on the northeast comer of Ninth and Spear streets. The price of the lot and building aggregated $18,000, seating eight hundred, and at that time the largest church in the city. The debt contracted in building this beautiful structure had just been liquidated when on March 7, 1883, it was completely destroyed by fire.

The congregation, however, were not discouraged and at once went to work with Christian energy and fortitude and rebuilt the church which was dedicated on Christmas day, 1883. The total expense of rebuilding was about $20,000. A parsonage, adjoining the church, was built soon after the church was erected. This was replaced in 1905 by the present modern building, at an outlay of $4,000.

In 1884 the congregation erected a two-story brick parochial school building at the corner of Sixth and Market streets which is well patronized. Prior to this a parochial school was held in the old church on the railroad. The congregation is prosperous and has a membership of seven hundred. Ladies' Aid, and various other church societies are successfully maintained. On November 16, 1908, the congregation celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the organization of the church with appropriate ceremonies.

As Martin Luther was the first to break away from the Church of Rome, in 1517, and began the great spiritual awakening that resulted in the final reformation and organization of the Protestant churches, the Lutherans may be justly regarded as the mother of all Protestant churches with the Augsburg confession as the basis of their religious b*elief . In the spring of 1884, Rev. J. J. Purcell collected the believers of this church, in the Point school house on lower Market street, and on June 22d, of that year, organized a society with the following charter members: LeWis and Susan Ray, Andrew and Isabelle Ray, Malinda Sigmund, Catharine Brookmeyer, James and Elizabeth Tolen, Agnes and Christian Homberg, Eliza Hinkle, Julia Downham, Thomas, Blanche and Sarah DeFord, Joseph, Benjamin and Emma Hankee, Adam and Margaret Snyder, Frank Hall, Samuel and Nancy Lyons, Christian and Nancy Ruff, Pilsa W. Purcell.

During the year 1885, a small brick church was erected on the southwest corner of First and Market streets at a cost of $5,500, which was completed and dedicated to the service of God on December 13, 1885, by Rev. S. A. Ort assisted by Revs. S. J. Kiefer, J. L. Guard and J. C. Jacoby. The church was dedicated free from debt and since then the membership has rapidly increased and in 1908 the old church was replaced by the, present handsome brick and stone church with tile roof, representing a capital of $25,000, which was dedicated December 20, 1908, by C. G. Heckert of Spjringfield, Ohio, assisted by the pastor, J. 0, Simon. With this beautiful church edifice and a membership of four hundred and forty-five, St. Luke's has a bright and prosperous outlook for the future. A Sunday school was organized in 1884 and has been successfully maintained ever since. Various missionary and charitable societies are also maintained.

The first record of Logansport's part in Catholic history was in 1834, when Rt. Rev. Simon B. Remus, bishop of Vincennes, visited here and said mass for the Catholic colony; but it was not until 1838 that Father John Claude Francois attemped to organize a congregation of Catholics. These were mostly Irish laborers, working on the canal. He purchased twenty acres of land in Lot 2, Barron's reserve, in the northwest part of the city and erected a log church and priest's residence combined. In 1840, Father Francois abandoned the old log church, as it was too ^ far from town, and built a stone church which still stands on Railroad street west of Berkley, and is now occupied as a shop. This building served the needs of the congregation until 1863, when the present church was erected on Spencer street under the pastorate of Rev. George A. Hamilton. In 1888, Father Campion built an addition to the south end of the church at a cost of $11,500. During the pastorate of Father Hamilton the twenty acres of land upon which the original church was built, was sold.

decorated and under the pastorate of Father Crosson many improvements have been made. The property of the church consisting of the church, the Holy Angels' Academy at Ninth and Broadway, the parochial brick school building west of the church, and the priest's residence on the east, a commodious brick house, makes the most extensive and valuable church property in the city. Three boys of this congregation have become priests and twelve girls have entered religious conjmunities. Societies connected with the church are the ** Sodality of the Living Rosary," the '* Children of Mary," the ** League of the Sacred Heart," the **St. Vincent Cadets," '* Total Abstinence Society," and the ''Catholic Benevolent Legion."

In the year 1869, fifty German faipilies, from St. Vincent's church, branched off and formed St. Joseph's parish, with Rev. Joseph Mayer in charge. He purchased the lot, northwest corner of Market and Second streets. On the north end of this lot he erected the first St. Joseph's church, a brick building, forty by sixty feet, at a cost of about $5,000. The church was completed and dedicated February 2, 1870. In August, 1870, Rev. Henry Koehne took charge of the parish. In May, 1882, he paid a debt of $6,000, incurred in jth'e purchase of the grounds and its improvement. In 1885 the present brick church facing Market street, was begun but was not completed for two years, being dedicated October 23, 1887, by Bishop Dwenger, assisted by Bishop Rademacher of Nashville. The building is sixty-five by one hundred and sixty-five feet and the elevation of the spire is one hundred and sixty-one feet surmounted by a cross twelve feet high. The style of architecture is Romanesque. The total cost of the building was $80,000.

During the absence of Father Koehne in Europe in 1888 the congregation placed a chime of three large bells in the tower, and the first time they were rung was on his arrival home, and proved to be a very pleasant surprise to him. The altar, paintings, frescoes, ornamental windows and other interior furnishings are elaborate and in beautiful harmony with the surroundings. The house on the corner of Second street, formerly a hotel, was used as a priests' residence and parochial school. In 1891, the old church was torn down and the present St. Joseph's school was erected and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies January 17, 1892, and the corner building is now occupied by the Sisters of Notre Dame, who have charge of the school. In 1904, Father Koehne purchased the lot on the west for $9,000, using his own private funds, and donated the same to the church. In 1910, a handsome, modem brick parsonage was erected, the finest in the city, at an expenditure of $10,000. Various church and benevolent societies are maintained in active operation by the congregation.

Prior to 1873, there were forty-five Catholic families on the west side, and Bishop Dwenger, whose attention was called to this fact, took steps to organize a separate parish, and in that year purchased of D. D. Dykeman, a square of ground, bounded by Linden, Heath, Wheatland and Wilkinson streets, paying therefor $5,000. These families formed the new parish and Rev. Bernard Kroeger was appointed to take charge of the congregation. In 1875 he erected the present building which has been used for church and school purposes ever since. It is a plain, square, but substantial brick structure, two stories high. The upper story is an assembly room and the lower is used for school purposes. The school is under the care of the Sisters of St. Francis, whose mother home is at Lafayette. The building was completed and dedicated August 15, 1876. The contract price of the building was $12,000. In 1890 the congregation built a one story brick hall north of the church in which to hold entertainments, society and social functions, and in 1893, a substantial brick structure was built for the priest's residence, on the southeast corner of .the square. Four girls of this parish have become members of religious communities. Several Catholic societies are in active operation and prove great aids in promoting the interests of the church. Father Kroeger continued in charge of the parish until July 14, 1907, when age and failing health compelled his retirement, since which time Rev. P. J. Quinn was appointed his successor. Father Kroeger died in 1909 and his mortal reinains lie in Mt. St Vincent's cemetery, and his spirit has gone to his God whom he served so faithfully and well and to whom this parish owes so much.

The writer can testify to the sterling qualities of Father Kroeger, not only as a minister of the Gospel of Christ but also as a trustworthy and upright citizen who was fearless in upholding the cause of righteousness and fighting for all moral and temperance reforms. He took a bold stand against the liquor trafSc and all other evil influences and on numerous occasions he has gone with the writer to the homes of his parishioners to plead with a drunken husband and extend kind words and a helping hand to the poor and destitute family of a drunkard.

The colored people of Logansport manifested a disposition to secure the benefits of church worship for themselves and under the leadership of Rev. W. L. Langford, James and Mary Hill, Anna Brooks and Prances Carter with others, met in a schoolhouse on the west side in the fall of 1862, and perfected an organization and took steps to erect a house of worship. The following year a small frame church was erected on the southeast comer of Cicott and West Market streets. In 1878 this original building was replaced by a larger one at a cost of $2,500, which was enlarged- and remodeled about 1900, and today the African Methodist Episcopal church is a comfortable building capable of accommodating the increasing colored population of the city. A Sunday school was organized with the church and has been successfully conducted ever since. The present membership is reported as sixty-one.

This church was organized December 23, 1886, by Rev. Horace Clark, in the Christian church in Shultz-town with the following charter members : Nathan Morgan, Frank Hight, David Kensinger, Samuel Vernon, Sarah Lewis, Mrs. Lytle, William Johnson, Harvey Larimore, Nancy Hight, Elizabeth Smith and probably some others.

The brick church on Sherman street, where the organization was perfected, was purchased from the Disciple (Christian) denomination, on June 11, 1891, and repaired at a total cost of $1,600, and the congregation has occupied this neat little church regularly since that time A Sunday school was instituted soon after the church and is a great aid, not only to the church but also in the moral uplift of that section known as Shultz-town. The first class leader was David Kensinger. The present class leader is Isaac Lees, and Sunday school superintendent, B. F. Staley. Trustees, A. C. Walters, B. F. Staley, and George Houk.

This congregation of United Brethren was organized by Rev. C. A. Spittler, in the Christian church on the corner of Oak and Sugar streets, north side, during the year 1894. Some of the charter members were Stephen Posey ^nd wife, Margaret Beck, George W. Smith and wife, Mrs. A. J. and EflSe. Gallion, William Stanley, John H. Burnett. The first trustees were J. H. Burnett, J. A. Stanley and Stephen Posey. Soon after the organization the brick church above mentioned was purchased from the ** Disciple" people for a consideration of $1,600.

Regular services are held and the congregation has gradually increased until it numbers over forty members. The pastors of this church also serve the South Side U. B. church, which are given there and will not be repeated here.

The erection of this house of worship was brought about by some differences arising among the patrons and communicants of the Union Mission or Christian church on the North Side and now owned by the United Brethren. A. J. Sutton, Daniel Conrad, David E. Bryer, Henry Thomas, Amos Mobley, W. B. Enyart, A. McDonald, J. H. Burnett, and others, taking offense at the management of the above named church on July 31, 1877, entered into articles of association and erected the

North Side Union Sunday School Hall, on comer of Michigan avenue and Oak street, only one square west of the North Side Christian church. This is a plain frame building, thirty-two by forty-two feet in dimensions, erected on a lot donated by Daniel Conrad. A union Sunday school was at once instituted and flourished for many years.

Religious services are held here by various denominations at irregular intervals. The hall is also used for various meetings and gatherings of the people of the north side, known as Smith-town.

For several years the Brethren or Dunkards have held regular services here. The hall is controlled by a board of trustees which now consist of J. H. Burnett, W. B. Enyart, Homer Marvin, Rufus Livingstone and Daniel Tarver.

This religious sect was founded by Mrs. Mary Baker-Eddy who was born in New Hampshire, 1821, and died in Boston, 1910. The first church of the denomination was established by Mrs. Eddy in 1879.

The Logansport society was organized in the basement of the Universalist church, July 11, 1898, with twenty-eight charter members, among whom were Mrs. Mattie Johnson, S. T. McConnell and wife, George H. and A. J. Prescott, Mrs. Mattie M. Booth, Mrs. Jennie Peckham, John R. Moore, Miss EflSe Ridinger, and the Misses Heppe. A Sunday school was also instituted at the same time with eighteen children in attendance. The meetings were held in the Universalist church until a house of worship could be secured. On October 1, 1900, the old Aldrich-Nash residence on the northeast corner of Ninth and North streets was purchased, remodeled and converted into a church and occupied May 3, 1901. This was a substantial stone structure but with increasing membership became too small and in the spring of 1913 it was razed and the contract was let to James I. Barnes for the erection of a handsome and commodious $35,000 church edifice, which is now under process of construction. A public reading room is maintained in the Stettner building which is kept open daily. This congregation employs no minister but appoints one of its members as reader to lead in the service. There is a first and second reader each appointed for three years. The first reader appointed July 11, 1898, was Mrs. C. Prescott. The reader at the present time is John H. Stephens.

This denomination is an off-shoot of the Methodists and its church government is similar. It originated in Philadelphia in 1882, when a few zealous Methodists began mission work among the non-church going people of that city. *' Seeing that the churches had but the form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof they organized a class to promote scriptural holiness and exercise vital godliness. The good work went on and the first conference was held at Linwood, Pennsylvania, in 1889. The first Indiana conference was organized at Tipton in 1897.

We quote some items of faith as taken from their book of '* Discipline:" We believe singing is a part of the worship of God and should be as sacred as preaching ; therefore choirs will not be tolerated and no unsaved person shall lead in song or music, **and no instrument shall be taken into the church without a two-thirds vote of the class and consent of the pastor." **None shall be retained in the church who is

The local congregation was organized August 25, 1908, in a store room at 204 Sixth street, by L. A. Green, with sixteen charter members among whom were G. A. Kinneman, James Reed, George Hershey, George Smith, Lewis MuUins, Jesse Williams and Joseph Hartman.

They continued to occupy the store room on Sixth street for about two years when they rented a room on West Columbia street, which they stiir occupy but are arranging to erect a house of w^orship in the near future. The membership now numbers twenty-five. The following persons have had pastoral charge : Elder, C. S. Green, 1898 ; elders, E. A. Davis, E. J. Bradshaw, J. G. Williams and Lilie Rogers.

As early as 1892 Elder Joel Weaver of Monticello, Indiana, held services in the courthouse with a number of the faithful of this belief and in October, 1896, Elder Allen A. Oberlin moved to Logansport and held regular meetings in the North Side Union Sunday School Hall, on Michigan avenue. In 1898, Elder. A. G. Crosswhite, of Flora, Indiana, perfected an organization and since then regular meetings of the congregation have been held in the north side hall, as they, as yet, have no house of worship of their own. A Sunday school is regularly maintained. The congregation now numbers 35. Elders in charge of the congregation have been as follows: Joel Weaver, 1892; Allen A. Oberlin, 1896 ; A. G. Crosswhite, 1898 ; A. B. Wicke, 1900-01 ; A. A. Oberlin, 1907 ; J. V. Felthouse, 1909-10 ; Charles R. Oberlin, present incumbent.

The special belief of this religious order is: That the coming of Christ is at hand and they observe Saturday or the last day of the week as their Sabbath.

As early as 1887, irregular meetings were held in the Old Point schoolhouse on lower Market street; later in a room at 510 Sycamore street; in 1889, at the corner of Vine and Osage streets,* and from 1901-3, at 1431 Spear street. October 6, 1905, a permanent organization was effected in a private house on Washington street, by Elder J. W. Stone and B. Hagle, and an old frame building was purchased and moved to No. 2Q Seybold street (west side), which was occupied as a house of worship until March, 1911, when the property was sold and the little congregation have been meeting every Saturday afternoon in the Universalist church. The membership now numbers twenty-eight.

The first meeting to organize aY. M. C. A. in Logansport was held in the courthouse, June 28, 1868. E. L. Metzger presided, and Robert Bringhurst acted as secretary. A committee consisting of Revs. Dudly, Mahin, Greenough, Leonard, Tucker and Charles Plank, and Doctor Minturn was appointed to draft a constitution. On July 7, 1868, the committee reported a constitution and the following officers were elected : President, E. L. Metzger; vice-president, William Chamberlain; secretary, M. N. Voorhees; treasurer, George M. McCarty.

meeting place, and continued their work until November 9, 1869, when the association died out from general apathy or inanition. The saloons, however, were never apathetic, made their places comfortable and attractive (as is often said the poor man's club room), so much so that an aroused sentiment on the part of the church people crystallized into a renewal of the Y. M. C. A, and on April 26, 1870, the Young Men's Christian and Library Association was organized with S. T. Mc- Connell president, J. H. Talbott vice-president, A. H. McDonald secretary, and Thos. H. Wilson treasurer. The association held regular meetings and many young men were turned from the saloon club room to the rooms of the Y. M. C.-A. and finally into the church.

On December 17, 1875, there was a re-organization, and Dr. J. H. Talbott became president; T. J. Legg secretary, and John A. McCullough, treasurer. The association continued its good work of rescuing young men from the saloon and other dens of vice until about 1890, when the association was merged into the

This association was formally organized in the reading room of the Pennsylvania railroad station at the foot of Fourth street, October 20, 1891, James Burwick presiding. W. W. Reynolds was elected president, B. F. Butlet" secretary, C. W. Graves treasurer. Soon after, the present quarters at 414 Railroad street was leased of John E. Barnes for $300 per year. It is a two-story brick building and well fitted up with gymnasium, reading, pool and bath rooms, etc., but larger quarters are needed to accommodate the increasing membership, which now numbers nearly three hundred.

Recognizing that sober, moral. Christian men are more eflScient, the Pennsylvania railroad forbids its employees to frequent saloons, encourages the Y. M. C. A. and pays half the expenses of the organization, and regards it as money well spent, in the increased eflSciency of its employees, saying nothing of the spiritual well-being of the men and the rescuing of immortal souls from drunkards* graves.

The association is managed by a board of directors, elected by the members. The chairman of the board is now E. P. Hutton. A general secretary is employed, who devotes his entire time to the affairs of the association. E. 6. Gibson was the first general secretary in 1891, and J. S. Findley in 1912.

Ballington Booth of London is the founder of this religious order. They operate among the slums of the larger cities. A post of the Salvation Army was opened in Logansport in 1897 at 315 Third street, by Capt. Maurice Murphy, and the post has been maintained to the present time under different commanders sent out by the head general, all of whom are supposed to be under the direction of Gen. Ballington Booth, or his successor. The local headquarters and assembly room has been changed to 204 Sixth, and from there to 124 Sixth street, the present headquarters. The Salvation Army labors chiefly among those who attend no church, and the poor and lowly of the city, and are accomplishing much spiritual and moral good and extending charitable aid to many worthy people.

During the year 1905, S. B. Osborn, of Lafayette, Indiana, a representative and follower of Alexander Dowie, organized a small class and held meetings in the court house twice a month, and services every Sunday by local deaconess Maude Hanna.

The effort to perfect a permanent church of the eccentric Mr. Dowie, whom the world believed to be a hypocrite and an impostor, was not successful, and the few deluded followers of Alexander Dowie, in Logansport, had the scales removed from their spiritual eyes, saw the truth and abandoned the undertaking. Mr. Dowie professed to be a second Christ, whose word was infallible, and healed the sick miraculously, as did the gentle Nazarene.

This non-de-script religious order opened up a mission at 124 Sixth street in the summer of 1897, and held regular Sunday services and daily prayer meetings' at 8 p. m. under the leadership of Herman D. Herrod. Mr. Herrod was a well-meaning religious enthusiast who expected the world would soon enlist under his banner and all become saints. His methods were crude for this day and generation, and his followers were not numerous, and his organization died **a bomin' '' after a few months of difficult labor, and the subject is mentioned as one of the curious incidents of local history.