Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04
EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Rev. F. A. Nimits Passionate in Grand Rapids
Successful

Successful.
| AS last Sunday was the last Sabbath
! Of the present Conference year for the
| NJ. +. people, Rev. T. A. NimitS pre-
Sented detailed report of the work
| accomplished during his pastorate of
| three years. The report shows every
department of the church work to be
IN Tine condition. At the beginning
or the present term there was a debt
! on the parsonage of 1920 and another
IOr current expenses. insurance Of
Sl46, and no money on hand. Today
the church is entirely free from debt
and every society connected with it
has money in its treasury. The
three ladies societies have an aggre-
| gate membership of about 20 and are
strong factors in the social and
financial life Of the church. The
| W. E. NJ. society has grown from a
| membership of fifteen, three years
ago, to fOrty-tWO at the present time.
Its contributions to the present
societies have increased from S25 to
S76 1t is today one of the strongest
| auXiliarieS in the district.
The Epworth League, which three
years ago had membership of a few
young girls, today has thirty-eight
names upon its list of membership.
They are active and earnest spiritual
workers. Among them are several
young men. They have kept up their
devotional meetings every Sunday
evening during the past three years
| and several conversions have taken
place among them. During the past
year they have sustained cottage
prayer meetings with an attendance
of from Is to 20. Many of these
young people are among the most
earnest spiritual workers in our city.
The prayer meeting which may be
called the Spiritual pulse of the
church shows a most gratifying in
crease in attendance and influence.
The number present has averaged
from % to 30 persons, add to this the
number present at the Young Peoples
| meeting on every Saturday evening
and the whole number present at a
| prayer meeting each week would be
| from 40 to so.
The class meeting and Love Feasts
have been revived and during the
three years have been helpful and
| profitable to those who attended.
During the three years special meet
| ingS were held p weeks and as result
| more than thirty have united with
| the church on probation. The congre-
| cation have been very fine with the
exception of a few Sundays during
the warmest weather and an occasional
| storm, they have nearly always filled
| the church and often the parlors as
| we'll as the auditorium. They have
| been frequently notable for the large
| number of men in attendance.
During the present pastorate 81
| have united on probation and Is by
letter. The present membership is
| the largest in the history of the
| church consisting Of 40 full members
and II probatiOners. During the past
| chapel was erected and fitted up at
Port Edwards, presented to the
church by Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ
Alexander and Mrs. Frances ]. Ed
wards. This makes Port Edwards a
permanent part of the charge. The
financial growth has kept pace with
the spiritual and numerical progress.
During the three years pastOrate,
preceding the one just closed, the
total amount raised for pastor salary,
benevolenceS and presiding Elder
claim was S3504. During the last
three years the amouEU was S3S61
The amount raised has increased each
year over the preceding year. With
no Indebtedness except the premium
on insurance for the coming three
years, with money in the treasury of
every society in the church and 81 900
on hand, the proceeds of the sale of
their one-half interest in Unity
church. The financial outlook is eX-
ceedingly bright. The salary paid is
one thousand dollars and parsonage
and during the past year was credited
as follows:
Grand Rapids, s715: Port Edwards,
S235: Rudolph, $65, total of S1015.
At the close of the morning service
two persons, young lady and a young
man were received into full cOnnec-
tion. In the evening the pastor
preached to a crowded house on "HOw
to attain the NobleSt Life" After
| the sermon the rites of baptism was
administered to one young man and Il
young lady was received into the
church on probation.