The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-06-06

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by letter from the First Presbyteria
and Mrs. Mary Hogue were received b
letter from Dlnville, KY, and Platte Git,
Mo-, respectively.
THE FIRST PASTOR
who served this church was the Rev. job
Montgomery, ID. d., one of the pionee
preachers of this county He has aided il
the organization of many churches in tn
vicinity, having preached the first dis
courses delivered in this city, and was
prime mover in the organization of the FRS
Presbyterian church here.
DIR. Montgomery was pastor about tw,
years, when he resigned and Rev. j.
Wheeler was installed pastor in the fall O
1872. His pas:orate was successful, and
with regret, the church received his resig
nation ON MAY 80, 1875.
Rev. w. J. Lapsley was called for indefi
mite supply, preaching his first sermon on
Sept pc, 1875, and continued about a year
Rev. w. q. +. Wallace succeeded, and, a
stated supply, filled the pulpit till Dec.
1876, when he was
CALLED TO THE PAsTORATE
and remained pastor until Oct. 6, 1873
He was then transferred by the Lafayette
presby'ery to the evangelistic work in thai
presbytery. From this time until Angus
6, 1879 the pulpit was supplied by Rev
DIR. J. l.. Yantis. of Brownsville.
Rev. p. ID. Stephenson, of Trenton
Tenn was then called and served the
church faithfully until Nav the Sth, 1881
Mr.. Nesbit has been with us since April
Sth of this year.
The church has, undoubtedly, been hin,
dered in its work by these frequent
changes.
NO MINISTER CAN BEGIN
to work effectively much under year. and
to have had no pastorate for over three
wears cannot be otherwise than detrimen.
tai. But i'm each case the matter has
seemed TO have been ordered as neces-
sity.
DIR. Montgomery resigned, owing to the
increasing inhrmities of age. Brother
Wheeler left us only when the providence
OF God seemed to point the way to indie
pendence. Rev. w. q. F. Wallace was
appointed by the Presbytery to shoulder
its evangelistic work. And Brother
Stephenson's usefulness was ended. In
each case there was "necd be-"
And YET, Notwithstanding this very Sc
rious hinderance, the results have been
fair. During the twelve years of our ex-
istence We have
First, kept up the regular preaching of
the word of God i'm our midst.
Second, we have witnessed the addition
of about 100 to our original membership.
Third, Contributed on an average about
81 900 to the Lords cause.
Fourth, Paid off a considerable amount
of Indebtedness (about 81 500 contracted
in The very beginning of our church life.
And filthy, sustained life compare
lively free from the necessities of disci
pline i'm the midst of many temptations.
THE FIRST AND LAST OF THESE
specifications NAV not seem to amount To
much. Really, however, had we done
them fully we would have done
our 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,
buiresults are Gods, and could we but
say that We had fully "sOwn" and "watered,"
We might well rest content.
However dear our old church may be
TO our hearts to-day when We call up the
joys and the tears of the past, yet, i'm view
of the blessings that God seems to hold ont
10 us to-day, our hearts should be glad in
deed. Under the lead of our beloved pas
tor, We are now about TO move forward
in great work May God lead him by
the hand, and help us to follow faithfully
COL. PHILIPS SPEECH.
Col. Philips said: ~ hardly know what
is expected of me on this occasion, but
what shall saw will be brief. | have re-
Gently read the history of Presbyterianism
in Pettis county and End that my own
life is almost contempOraneOus with il. In
the year 1856 | was living at Georgetown,
and was the only Presbyterian there; there
were perhaps not dozen i'm the county.
Rev. James Lapsley was living near Knob
noster and preaching in that neighborhood.
was instrumental in securing him TO
preach at Georgetown, occasionally. We
had no church, and the services were held
i'm the basement of brick building,
which is still standing.
MY DUTIES WERE MANY
was elder. deacon and sexton. l 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
shall never forget my longing for CO.
laborers in the work of planting Presby-
Ierianism in this county and preaching Of
The gospel to the people. Nor shall ever
forget the Joy which was mine when that
Kentucky deleg ation, headed by that noble
nan, Doctor Montgomery, and formed of
kindred spirits, came to us. 1t was as the
coming of the relief at Lucknow.
DIR. Montgomery at once set about his
work, and organized a church at Prests'
;hapel, twelve miles north of Georgetown,
md and my wife attended services there
very Sunday, unless the severity of the
weather. prevented us. He then came to
Is at Georgetown, and there remained
until the dark clouds of war rolled black
against the sky. / shall ALWAYS