Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-20

Bloomfield Advocate.-One cherry
tree on the property of Daniel Myers,
i'll Centre township, this season, yield
ed ten bushels of delicious cherries.
The tree gives a superior fruit and is
about 40 years old. The County
Commissioners have received word from
the assessor of Liverpool township that
a-bOld, bad COW had feloniously stolen,
chewed and swallowed the registry of
voters, nailed at the polling place of
that district. 1t is said that the Com
missioners will institute proceedings
against the aforesaid bovine.
Rev. David Stuart Banks, died at his
home in Santa Cruz, California, on the
18th day of July 1898. He died uneX-
pectedly of heart failure. He was born
June 10th, 1882, about four miles east
of Miffiintown, on the farm of his
father David Banks He was educated
in the schools of Juniata county, La
fayette college and Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary. He was an able preach
er, ana agreeable pastor.
After his graduation from college,
and before entering the Seminary. he
spent some time in teaching in the
Airy View Academy at Port Royal and
was associated with Prof. David Will
son as Co-Principal of that Institution.
He began his ministerial work as pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church, of
Altoona, in 1861. While there, Presby-
terry had under consideration the es-
tablishment of churches in the vicinity
of Saxon, Yellow Creek and Broad Top,
a comparatively new and unOccupied
field, and We're seeking fit person to
take up the work. Rev. Banks vOlun-
teered to undertake it, and in two years
he built up three congregations, which
proved to be self sustaining built two
churches, and this without one dollar
of aid from the boards of the Church.
When engaged here he was drafted in
to the service of the Union in the Civil
War, but was prevented from entering
the service by the demands of his peo-
pie who Immediately, and without
previous knowledge of their pastor,
raised the communication money and
had him commuted. He remained in
this field for few years when he re-
ceived and accepted Il call to the
Brainard Presbyterian Church at East
on, Pennsylvania, continuing in this
4, e., u
the seat of Lafayette College where he
graduated, the congregation was dis
tinguished for its learning and character,
many of the Professors and students of
the Institution composing its member
ship and attending its services Much
good resulted from his ministry here.
Some eight years ago the degree of
Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon
him by Lafayette college.
He was then called to Marquette.
Michigan When he denoted his pur-
pose to accept this call, his church at
Easton, as an inducement To have him
remain, proposed to make an increase
in his salary. His reply was most
characteristic of the man : ~ am not
engaged in the ministry for the money
that can be made, but for the extension
of the Kingdom of Christ" and he
went to Marquette. Here he remained
about ten years, giving up the pastorate
then spent few months at Atlantic
City and Philadelphia. While in
Philadelphia, he received call from
DR.. JohnsOn's church in that city.
offered an inviting salary, but Mr..
Banks, deeming the climate of Phila-
delphi not so conducive to his health,
determined To return to the West. He
took up his pastorate at Bessemer,
Michigan, and remained there two
years, building up two churches and
making them self sustaining. He was
thence called to Spokane Fall, Wash
ington Territory. In less than one
years time his church edifice at this
place was destroyed by fire in which
he lost some valuable personal property
and all the manuscripts of his sermons
which were the results of the labor OF
all his previous ministry. After short
pastOrate here he went TO Santa Cruz
California, where he labored with great
success in building up and establishing
new churches. His labors here were
arduous and here three or four year.
ago, appeared the first symptoms of the
disease that finally caused his death
After a pastorate of some years at SAINT;
Cruz, he became pastor of a church in
Ontario, California, where he remained
for Il short time. He continued L,
work actively in his profession unit
within two weeks of his death, whicl
occurred Wednesday, July Is, 1895
while on a visit at Santa Cruz, ant
which resulted from neuralgia of tn
heart. He preached his last sermon ol
the 26th day of June just past, at SAINT
Cruz.
\ man of broad and generous views
tender sympathies, earnest and Jealous
candid 10 a high degree, he was below
ed by the many people who, during
long and widely varied professions
career, came under his ministrations
His death is deeply lamented by tn
: acauaintances and associates of hi
youth. and all who knew him.
He had fondness for building u
=, new congregations, and this led hin
into many and wide fields of labC
: where he went and worked for thi
l purpose with energy and success. an
, these many places he filled are witness