The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-27


terians ard Congregationalists for the div
sion Of the Presbyterian Church, and tn
abrosation Of tho plan Of union by the domi
nant party in that Church This addet
greatly 70 the difficulties connected with tn
establishments Of churches Of these dsnomi
nations in iowa. II enfeebled the weak, ant
encouraged suspicion and prejudice anon;
those who ought to have lived and labored II
love. Presbyterian churches Of the two
schools were organized at an early day in
this town, in Yellow Springs, and at other
places. Mr.. Bell organized an Old School
church in this place in 1887. But after Va
rious fortunes, it became extinct This
Church was organized in November, 1898
as New School church, or, ~ it was some
times called, a Constitutional Presbyterian
church, by Rev. James A. Clark, who also
organized the Church at Dubuque, May IL
1889 Mr.. Clark was a Missionary Of the
American Home Missionary Society In the
year .ls43, this church adopted the Congre.
gational order Of government, partly to es,
cape the distractions that had rent the Pres.
byterian church, and in the hope, and with
some promise Of effecting q union among
those Of different parties. But others soon
came in who did not approve of a settlement
of this kind, and the following year the pre-.
sent First Presbyterian church Of this city
was organized. The Church in Dubuque
was for some time connected with the new
plan of union adopted in Wisconsin, under
the name Of the Presbyterian and Congreqa.
tional Convention, and in December 1914, in
troduced its present polity A New School
Presbyterian Church was organized at Fort
Madison, March 26, 1888. The same spring
an Old School Church was organized at Da.
venport The Second Presbyterian church
IN this city was organized in 1858 The
Synod Of Iowa New SCHOOL, was organized
in 1888. BY last years statistics it number
ed "a churches, 81 ministers, and 1885 com.
municants The Old School Synod is larger.
In 1855, it numbered So churches, 81 minis
tiers, and 21SS members.
Various other branches Of the Presbyteri.
an family are also established in Iowa.
The Associate Presbyterian Church num-
bers q churches, % ministers only ten Of
whom, however, are engaged in regular min
isterial labors, and l405 members There
are several large congregations of this body
in Washington County, where they have
founded College, which was opened in
1854
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church numbers 30 churches, l3 of them
with meeting houses, Is ministers and 1000
members. The two last named bodies FORM
ed union in May last.
The two Schools of the Reformed Presby-
terrain Church have together 9 churches, 6
ministers, and about 500 members in this
State The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and the Free Presbyterian Church,
have also a number Of congregations and
in different portions of the State.
The Old School Presbyterians have estab.
ished Alexander College at Dubuque, and
he New School Presbyterians, Yellow
spring College, at kossuth, in this county
Iowa College, at Davenport, was founded
oy the cooperation of New School Presoy-
erians and Congregationalists The Pre-.
oaratory Department was opened November
1913. Its first college class graduated in
lS34 The young gentlemen of that class
we're the first college graduates of any Insti-
ution west of the Mississippi river. Two OF
hem, having completed the three years
course of study at Andover, are now preach
NJ the Gospel in this State.
The Oldest Congregational church in the
State is at Denmark 1t was organized May
!, 1888. The founders of that town were !
Mostly from New Hampshire They feared
rod and regarded his commandments. Pub I
lc worship was coeval with their settlement,
hey will be honored in history as the first I
0 unturl on the west side Of the Mississippi /
hat banner which, more than two hundred .
ears before, their Fathers unfurled at Ply
louth; and the first beyond ''the Father of
alters" to profess those doctrines, and en-
race that church polity, which has blessed
lew England from generation to genera
on . They have also made posterity their
ebtors, by giving half of their town site for
ne endowment Of an Academy, which has
cen one OF the most respectable and useful
lstitutions of learning in Iowa The Con-
regational Church at Danyille in this coun-
: was organized June 80, 1889. The
hurches Of this order in our State, in 1857,
numbered l04 meeting houses 60, ministers
}, members 1892. The number reported
lis year is l20 churches, s. ministers, and
lbs members
Tho German Evangelical Church numbers
churches, 6 ministers, and 1000 communi-
lnts in Iowa. The church of this order in
arlington was organized in August, 1913,
Y the beloved Joseph Riegsr, with twelve
: fifteen members 1t now has 800 commu-
lcants, and l25 Sunday-School scholars
heir house of worship was completed and
sdicated to the worship of God, April 6,
S5l.
The earliest Episcopal minister in Iowa
as Rev. John Batchelder who came to this
ty in 1889. Mr.. Batchelder was also the
st Episcopal clergyman who labored in H.
no's The Diocese of Iowa was organized
August, 1858. Since the election of the
'esent worthy Bishop, in June, 1854, the
owth O. this Church has been rapid Pre-. :
ously, Bp jackson kemper had superyi. !.
On Of this field In 1857, the number Of
Iurches was %, ministers "A, communicates
Il. The number Of combinations tile pre-.
Gus year was IT,
The Friends or Quakers have number Of !
'cleties, and several thousand members. in
is State. There are also many churches
Disciples, or followers Of the reformation
troduced by Alexander Campbell, Anti :
ission Baptists, Free-Will Baptists, Metho. :