Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-26
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CHURCH HISTORY.

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CHURCH HISTORY.
The First Baptist church of Fort Worth
was organized on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1873, with the following roll of
membership: Henry Davis. ]. L.
| HUMPHREYS, n. D. Embry, B. L. Sam
uels, w. r. Rutland, j NJ. Rucker, j
L. Pardue, R. H. Hall. R. J. Tandy
| DR.. J . p. Chambers, J P. Owens, W.
| H. Richardson: Mesdames S. P. Cham
bers, } Z Onstolt, s. E. Perman ,
| Josie Sawyer, S. 2. Givens, s. V Hall
| f. a. Steel, c. A. Rutland, S. A.
| Rucker, K. j. Alderman, 5. +. Davis;
! Misses Rachel rerman, Jane NJ. Givens
| and Mary T. Mckinney.
J. NJ. Rucker aud W. II. Richardson
we're deacons; J L. HUMPHREYS, church
! clerk, and Henry Davis, treasurer.
! Elder J. r Masters was called to pas
| toral charge OF the church and formally
accepted the call on the 18th of October,
! 1873. He was succeeded III October,
| 1874, by Elder W NJ. Cough who served
/ the church three years. The services of the
| church were held in the Masonic hall uu-
| til November, 1875, when the court
house was procured and used until it was
burned in the spring of 1876. In this
year the brick church on Jennings ave-
nue. was built upon lot donated by Mr..
Hyde jennings.
Rev. j s. Gillespie was called to the
passionate of the church and began his
labors as such in january, 1873. He
served the church five successive years
and was succeeded in January, 1888, by
Rev. j d. Murphy, who resigned July
10, 1881
Rev Walter E. Tynes was called to
~, - % ,I,rV,
1884, who served the church until De-
cember, 1885.
February %, the church called Rev.
J. NJ. Wells TO the pastorate.
The present membership OF the church
is 2GO.
The officers OF the First Baptist church
aTe& j. Morgan Wells, pastor; J. G.
Reeves, church clerk: L y Nj. Wells,
treasurer. The deacOns are: j. Q.
Sandidge, w. G.. Miller, J. A. Lee,
Malcolm Scougale, L. NJ. Wells, Isaac
Foster.
The officers of the Ladies aid society
are: Mrs. H. c. Burlington, president;
Mrs. Robinson, vice-president; Mrs. @.
c. Hudgius, secretary; Mrs. q. II.
Want, treasurer. The membership of
this society is between thirty and forty
LAST NIGHT S SERVICES.
When the church was opened yesteT-
day morning there was Indebtedness all
told of about nine thousand dollars, and
Rev. Mr.. Wells made an appeal to his
congregation to raise this amount, the
result beng that several thousand dol
lars Of the amount was contributed
then and there. In the afternoon the
interchangeable pastor visited number of
the congregation and obtained additional
at night began the Indebtedness
unprovided for was about six
teen hundred dollars After his
sermon Mr. Wells made another appeal
and urged, those present to aid to the
fullest extent possible in eXtinguishing
the debt on the church that it might be
dedicated Il free will Offering to the wOr-
ship of God. He showed that the church
would be there when all now
present would be dead and gone TO their
reward, and those TO come would say
they had done their work well. He
spoke of the prompt manner in which
the money had been raised for
the Spring. Palace, aud here
was temple erected to GOD s
glory which would be enduring, they
should not be less prompt i'll raising the
money to pay for it fully. When the
services closed the sum of $500 had been
raised, and only few hundred dollars
remains to be paid and the church will
not have one dollar of indebtedness.
This will probably be forthcoming this
week and the church viii soon be dedi-
Gated.
In May next the Southern Baptist con-
vention, one of The largest religious
bodies i'll the world. VIII assemble i'll this
church, Rev. MIR. Wells having induced
them to come here.