Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-23

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CHURCH HISTORY.
The First Baptist church of Fort Worth
was organized on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1878, with the following roll of
membership: Henry Davis. j. L.
HUMPHREYS, n. D. Embry, Il. L. Sam
uels, W. r. Rutland, J II. Rucker, j
L. Pardue, r. Il. Hall, r. J. Tandy,
Dr.. J. .. Chambers, j 2. Owens, W.
II Richardson: Mesdames S. P. Cham
bers, J. Il OnstOlt, S. Z. PeTman,
JOSIE Sawyer, S. P. Owens, S. V. Hall,
q. A. Steel, c. A. Rutland, S. A.
Rucker, e. J Alderman, S. r. Davis;
Misses Rachel Perman, Jane NJ. Givens
and Mary E. Mckinney.
j. NJ. Rucker ana w. H. Richardson
were 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 IN October.
1874, by Elder W. NJ. Cough who served
the church three years. The services of the
church were held in the Masonic hall IN
til November, 1875, when the court
house was procured and used until it was
burned in the spring of 1876. In tins
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, 1878. He
served the church five successive years
and was succeeded in January, 1888, by
+ NVh TaSipna6 TIlIv
ID, 1884.
Rev. Walter E. Tynes was called to
the pastorate on the Sd Of September,
1884, who served the church until De-
cember, 1885.
February %, the church called Rev.
J. 81. Wells to the pastorate.
The present membership of the church
is $50
The officers of the First Baptist church
are: j. Morgan Wells, pastor; J. e.
Reeves, church clerk; E. NJ. Wells,
treasurer. The deacons are: J. @.
Sandidge, W. G.. Miller, J. A. Lee,
Malcolm Scougale, E. NJ. Wells, Isaac
Foster.
The officers of the Ladies aid society
are: Mrs. II. c.. Darlington, president;
Mrs. Robinson, Yice-president; Mrs. G
c. Hudgins, secretary; Mrs. G. H.
Want, treasurer. The membership of
this society is between thirty and forty.
LAST NIGHT IS SERVICES.
When the church was opened yester-
day morning there was Indebtedness all
told of about nine thousand dollars, and
Rev. Mr.. Wells made an appeal to his
to raise this amount, the
result beng that several thousand dol
lars OF the amount was contributed |
then and there. In the afternoon the !
pastor visited a number of |
the congregation and obtained additional |
so that when the services |
at night began the Indebtedness |
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 a 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
and those to come would say |
hey had done their work well. He |
spoke of the prompt manner in which
he money had been raised for
he Spring Palace, and here |
vas a temple erected to God s
glory which would be enduring, they /.
houId not be less prompt i'll raising the
money to pay for it fully. When the |
eTTices closed the sum of $500 had been
aised, and only few hundred dollars
emains to be paid and the church will
lot have one dollar of indebtedness.
This will probably be forthcoming this
week and the church will soon be dedi-
ated.
IN Nay next the Southern Baptist con-
7ention, one of the largest religious
lOdies in the world. VIII assemble in this
hurch, Rev. Mr.. Wells having induced
hem to come here.