Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-02-02

Hv, -n--No. 1926.
scrintnra ,ps'm Eighty four.
Anthem-.,va ,"raise Thee o God"
....J. A. Parks
frayer.. Observation-Disclosures ~ a'eeu
mo Evil Shall Befall Thee s.Costa
Treble Clef
Sermon. Rev. John Gordon, Omaha.
Offertory-"Zion Awake. Costa
Choir.
The Dedicatien--R Responsive
Reading, People Standing.
Dedlcatory Prayer. .............
........ Rev, W. II. Snyder, Pastor
Hymn--No 1912 Doxolorv
Bene diction.
The choir, assisted by the Tre-
BILE Clef, rendered delightful mus
ic at each session, the character
and quality being so excellent shat
it elicitedspecial notice $40, D afas
from the out of town visitors.
DIR. Dean preached the N RI
ing sermon upon the propriety end
duty OF building a fair and goodly
temple to the service of God. His
sermon, and no less his personal.
ity-uplifted and opened the
hearts of the congregation to the
infowing Divine Spirit.
The greeting of Rev. Harris OF
the Missouri Valley NJ. Z. church,
extended during the afternoon SER
vices, baem"d with good will and
fellowship. He espec-
tally hoped that this church might
never become old and weary, but
always remain young and strong,
and vigorous in effort.
Rev. A. l.. Serchet, Of G,iswo|d,
Iowa, stated clerk Of the Council
Bluff Presbytery. brought the
greetings of that body and
gave the following brief but
interesting history of the or
ganization and membership of
this church up to the present
time:
Thirty years ago last septem-
Der the first official step was taken
looking toward the organization of
4 Presbyterian church at Missouri
Valley. On September 8, 1858,
the presbytery of the Missouri
river, adopted resolution ap-
pointing u. Little and r. Burgess
as commission to perfect the or
ganization at Cincinnati. Mis-
souri, Valley had been preach
ing point for some time previous
to this, but as yet no church Of
our order had been organized in
the neighborhood. The state OF
religion at Missouri Valley juno
ton was reported to the presby-
terry as early as the fall of 1865.
At a meeting of the presbytery at
Decatur, Neb., April 9, 1868, the
newly organized church at Mis-
souri, Valley, together with sever
al others, was received under the
care of the presbytery and enroll
ed, and has appeared regularly on
the roll of the presbytery from
that date until the present.
STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
"For many years the church
had a struggle for existence. For
two decades it was but faithful
few who gathered here beneath
the blue folds of The Piesb t,ian
banner After an otg;u.ize
ence of twenty YEAR tle
had tut fa3'v-oha uern@e
1883 r n s V&ii r 4 Fl
tx seyen 10 ans ~ ea
ed BrotNisr Va il n II
in { oi-
he, " q 5.'s'.'
a NJ --oui Waite iearn,-a Of
TIN. DRY ted fdherence It he 'lstle
flock, as we'E IS thu d tiiculSies of
tiles field M 1884 Brother Vail
reptrted sixty five members. In
1885 the church wss vacsnt nd
h1' ii . nln4 n afieys. l. 1856
Rev. n Chestnut Nne ps-ti,r W til
a congregation of six y The next
year he reported the same num-
Der. Rev. p. s Davies succeeded
MIR. Chestnut in the spring of 1888
and could find bat iorty-one mem
bers to report; under him the
church had some growth and his
last report IN 1891 showed sixty
two members. In 1892 Rev. Sam
uel I. Davis, NJ, d. was pastor
and reported sixty-fouf members.