The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-09-05

/ The Sabbath School has increased 10 q
oIBo scholars, with twelve tsnerH afa
fo3r ofI1(ers. Both the hprc an
s&bbath dhool are in uh I'd an pro
pS1ous bhaition, and loekis fd
wnrd, u duAtime, to either an4mpfercd
or new church building, and with the
Divine blessing to still nobler results;
while ut New York Prairie, the other
4 aaftof tifssoimce, seryg sqt anqsrt
: stantfal Presbyterian church has been
erected through the energy, liberalitY
and zeal of that community, which ~ TO
I be dedicated on the last Sabbath OF Sep
7 tember; sand that people have, with
fidelity to their Master, d bright future
\ before them. , %2fg ~a ~
I The Congregational church of Upton
was organized May 9th, lsi4, by Rev e
! Alden, now pastor of the, church at
| Marshfield, Mass. He was the ministers
of Daniel Webster, and preached his fti-
neral sermon. Mr. Alden,rcthaincd pas
tor of the church for five years, and was
succeeded by Rev w Keith; be was fol-
lowed by the Rev Mr. Cobb under whose
pastorate' the church erected their first
house of worship, in 1852; this was 20 by
"a feet. This was soon after nearly
doubled in size, and was used by the
| church for twelve years. After the de-
parture Of Mr. Cobb the church enjoyed
for ten years the ministrations of Rev M
X Cross, now of Washington, Iowa.
The present pastor, Rev G S Harrison,
entered upon the duties of his office
June 10th, 1856. The condition of this
church during the present year has
been very encouraging. A beautiful and
convenient sanctuary, SO by 60 feet, has
been erected, and is neatly finished; hav-
ing 4 gallery, occupied by IN excellent
choir, under the leadership of n J Haw-
ley. Twenty-Five persons, mostly heads
of families, have been admitted the past
year, making about two hundred who
have, been received since the organiza-
tion,e The church at present numbers
II members We regard the condition
and prospects of this church as very
promising. Their imperative want,
however, for the present is Il good par
sonagc; and for lack Of this their pros
perity may receive u severe check. H., d.
st. johns Reformed Congregation
was organized at Upton in september
1859, under tie auspices of,Iscv. j. Riale,
then acting as All Exploring Missionary
under the direction of the Board OF
Home Missions Of the reformed church.
The original congregation. was composed
of only seven members, five of whom
were females. The few who had the
christian heroism to identity themselves
with this young organization, were in
duced to do so by an ardent love for the
church Of their fathers. They loved her
doctrine, her peculiar lite,and customs
and they. were willing to make some
sacrifice in order TO have their children
enjoy the same faith. The congregation
has continued to hold on to her faith in
the midst of opposition and discourage
ments, in her own characteristic, hum
bic and unpretending way, thus en-
dcavori1lg to live out before the world
one particular feature of Christ's life and
character, viz. humility. Tho ceD4re-
cation was supplied with preaching once
every foar weeks by the Rev. j. Rinle,
for two years from the time OF its organs
i2ation. I'M the fall of 1861 the Rev. J.
G. Klar of Wheatiand was appointed rs
a supply for this congregation During
the year which lac served them he or
ganized Il congregation ut Hebron
School house, five miles south of Tipton.
In the fail DC lSs2 these, two congrega-
tons invited the Rev u. Wall to serve
them will. the snlcansof grace, which
he did for about one year and a half =
The Rev. Wall lGit the congregation I'M
der very unpleasant circumstances,
which very, much discouraged them,
and caused gloomy days to the little
flock. The charge then remained with
out preaching for more than six months;
and being few in number and having
no house of worship, the future looked
darkto them, yet they held OH with a firm
grasp to, their faith and church. In the
fall o. 1864 the congregation at Upton,
Hebron and Wilton, forming one charge,
gave the Rev. j. Riale u cali to return
again to them and become their pastor.
lie accepted the lcall and moved immci-
lately TO Upton. and entered upon his
work. Feeling the necessity of having
church building at Upton, he gath
cred some fands from abroad ard DUR
ing the sunmerof lsssthe Upton con-
gregation erected the neat and comfort
able church building which they now
occupy The congregation at Upton
numbers about 20 members, having a
regular prayer meeting and Sabbath
school. The one at Wilton numbers
about 81 andth one at Hebron 20 mem
! bCrs. sEtzaE t E.
The English Evangelical, Lutheran
congregation of Upton, Cedar county,
Iowa, was organized by the Rev. s. Ritz,
Of Ohio, August 18th, 1855, with ten
/ members, and has therefore been in eN.
! istancc just twelve years. 1t has hceI,
/ served during this time by the follow.
! ing pastors, viz. Rev.S. Ritz, from Aug.
18th 1885 to april list, 1858, Rev. A. NJ
/ Gciser, from May lst, 1853 to June 1861
4 Rev. J. q. Shaiiar, from September 1851
to September IS63, Rev.tW II. Wynn