St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-07-19

Mr.. Vim. Hall was then intro.
duced. aud delivered the Thanks.
giving Address. He said:
"My friends and feilow-citiseus,
and members Of the church, I an
glad to be here to-day With you all,
Oh this grand occasion. can oniy
say, thank God for the protection
and care that He has bestowed upon
me. He has left me here to see the
Church celebrated for the first time
in its history. I am one of the few
who helped to build this Chapel.
How many, since 1866, have cross.
ed the turbulent waters? l look
around me, and see that some OF
ths old heads are gone. 1 don't
see Green Watkins, Glib Parker,
and others that time will not per.
init ne to call to mind, and feel
tn 1t my tine will come soon to Join
them in the other world. Permit
me to say the Pastor will give you
an account Of our church."
Rev. f. l.. Logan then arose
an gave the following account Of
thu growth AMI progress Of the
church:
The A. NJ. E. Church was found
ed in 1916. The first Bishop was
elected on the 9th day Of April, and
O:dained on the 18th, with l6 dele
6 stes present. I cannot give the
nu noer Of circuits, stations ana
churches there were in 1916, for
the record was lost |; but for the 6rst
dec .de, or ten years, it was ~ fol.
lows: In 1926 We had l Bishop, 2
Annual Conferences, II itinerant
re schers, ID circuits, ? stations,
5 missions ; membership, 1887. The
second decade, or 1886, there were
2 Bishops, 81 preachers, l8 circuits,
8 stations, 10 missions and Sc
churches. In the third dec or
1916, there were . Bishops, 6 An
nual Conferences. g. ministers, Ii
stations, 40 circuits and missions,
ard lOS churches. Up to that time
only one Bisi,p mad died, and that
WAS Bishop Allen. Bishop Waters
died in l847. Here We are At the
decade, which found the
church largely manned by men Of
line scholarship, and in many in
stances Of surprising ability. Next
come to the fifth decade, being
1866; number Of Bishops, 1; An
aual Conferences. Is; preachers,
$50; stations. 80; circuits, liz
missions, 1874 churches, At mem.
oers, $4,000. l can not give you
he statistics Of the sixth decade in
'ull. therefore I will give you the
TENS in 1880, just four years later,
which will make no material differ.
nee: in 1880 there were 40 An.
lual Conferences, 2 Bishops, 5
General Officers, 1887 ministers,
'7GO local preachers, and 39l ,O4O
Total membership,
EOS, 6jS; Sunday Schools, 23l5
eachers, 1884; pupils, ls4, $40
'ooks in the libraries, l43, 1853
chool-houses, 50 churches, aOs7;
4O2: universities and
Institutes 10. valued at $500. 900,
md besides . Publication Depart
nent, at 6Sl Pine street, Philadel-
,hia, Pa, and a Sunday School
Union Building, Public Square,
Nashville, Tenn.
In conclusion. We belong 20
ich father, and when he comes to
rake up his jewels, l hope to be
ne Of them with the saints in
l0ry.
The address on "Home ard En-
by james +. Daniels.
as fine. but the Secretary was un-
bic 10 furnish me with q copy Of il
u publication. l.
The Pastor then introduced Rev.
i. Vincent, Of the Vaudeville M.
!. Church, who preached from the
9th chapter Of Luke, goth verse.
he sermon was sublime, and many
hrty amens were heard. s
Collection taken. 81 so.
Rev. Addison Coleman, Of the ,
am nond A. NJ. +. Church. then
reached from Psalms p c., 4 ", G
hich was well handled.
Collection taken, s. 45. {
Rev. II. F. Kelley, Of New Or II
Ans Baptist Church, preached
ON Genesis, 40 c., IA ", which n
III not soon be forgotten. t
Collection taken, 50 As.
We enjoyed the visits OF Mrs. r. q
illiams, Of New Orleans, MI. and
rs. Washington, Mr.. G. Richard 4
n, Mr.. and Mrs. Penn. and Mrs. n
'snphine Davis, Of Sudville, La. : y
rs. A. Vincent, Mrs. e. Brown,
Williams, of Vaudeville. Wei
J 70 them, come again, and you 3,
be well cared for. h
The following named persons I,
on the above occasion: v
Mrs. Z. Thomson, white, 81, Mrs. q
rah Porter 81 so, Julia Brown t.
IS, Peyton Tho nson 81, Bella b
ilsOn 81, Thomas Brown 81, c,
Hart 81, Amelia Parker
, Caroline v. Daniels 81, A. A. J,
illians 81. Nancy Taylor Is cts, il
san Eugene GO Cts, James Wad- "a
. s. Cts, Oscar Eugene IS cts. Il
The following gave so cents: Of
Jane Duncan, Sally Brown, Har. p,
{ AprilS, Alfred Rea0an. Violet -