The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-22

/ day, April IOtn, OF the IOlloWlnR yedlJ
i the entire Indebtedness on the church
amounting to $I,6I6 was raised This
made way for the conservation of the
/ church. which was accordingly done on
the goth of November. 1870 Bishop Lee
officiating. assisted by the Revs. Joseph
E. RYAN. of Ottumwa and Jacob Banks,
of TT. Madison, and Mr. Kemp. After
the service of the conservation of the
church, the Bishop ordained Mr.. Kemp
to the priestl God. Mr.. Kemp was
hard working, faithful priest, and under
his ministering care the mission pros
pered and think that | may say with
full truthfulness, the foundation of all
future prosperity and good that may
COME 10 this parish was laid during Mr.
Kemp's service. During his ministry he
baptized sixty-nine persons and present
| ed forty-eight candidates for holy con-
frnation and increased the COMMUNE
cant membership to ninety-one. He re-
signed charge of the mission June 1,
1873 This marks the ending of the first
period OF the history of the parish, the
early struggle to get the work in an or
| ganized form, the work of erecting a
church building and the rectory, and of
securing stable membership. Mr..
Kemp cannot be praised too highly for
the noble, painstaking, conscientious
work which he did in his five years of
service here. 1t endures. and will en-
dure for many long years to come.
i Then came period of quiescence, and
rapid succession of rectors. The Rev.
P. 5. Ruth served temporarily for three
months, October, November and Deem
Der of 1873. The Rev. James Allen as
sumed charge Feb II, 1874, and resigned
. | ~
dard took charge of the parish Nov. 28,
1870, and resigned May 20. 1873. The
| Rev d. c. Howard took charge as rec
tor Oct. 90 1870, and resigned Sept 9,
49,. The Rev. NJ. L. Kelner served
the parish six months from Dec. 10,
1883, living i'll Davenport at the time
The Rev Allen Judd became rector of
the parish Feb. I, 1885, serving here two
and one-half years. Mr. Judd endeared
himself to every member of the parish
by his Jealous and conscientious work
He left a deep impress on the character
of the church. and will always be re-
membered as one of the best reCtorS the
parish has had.
The Rev. F. Duncan Jaudon became
rector Immediately on Mr.. Judd's resig
nation, November, 1887, and served till
Easter. 1888 No services were held
then for several months. when the Rev.
John Greeson was called to the charge of
the parish and assumed the duties of
rector June I, 1880. resigning in March,
i 1892. During MIR. Greeson's ministry
a foundation was built under the church,
the altar now in use was secured, the
choir rails erected. and several minor
additions to the furnishings of the
church were made On the first of Nav
the Rev. L. NJ. Wilkins assumed the du-
ties of rector resigning June 8, 1893.
The Rev. Charles II. Bohn was called to
the rectorship OF the parish in the sum-
mer of 1893. and began work October
rst, and continued as rector till August,
1890, this being the longest residence of
any one of the rectorS of St. James
Parish. During Mr.. Bohn's service
much was done to increase the member
ship OF the church. the old rectOry was
sold, the church was moved to its pres
ent position, a good foundation built I'M
der it. preparing for the building of a
new church. Much hard work was done
to bring about the building of a new
church, now so much needed but it could
not be done. | must record, here how
ever, that the thought and work put on
| the question of building at that time has
materially lightened the load which we
have had to bear i'll carrying out our
present plans.
The present rector was called to the
place in January. 1000 and began his
work Feb. 4, 1000. Since his coming a
| boys vested choir has been instituted
and the present plans OF building have
been matured. The first active step in
the building OF the new church was
taken January I'd of this year. when
subscription of $500 was raised, and
the Nestry decided positively to build,
with this provision that we would build
the church absolutely without debt Be
tween eleven and twelve thousand dol
lars has been raised. and we hope that
the completed building will be fair
realization of our ambition to build
suitable and proper house of worship for
this parish. The contract was let to
Mr.. Henry Wethercll. ground being
broken July 5th. We expect to have the
building completed. furnished, ready for
service and paid for by the middle of
November. Mr.. Frank Wctherell. the
architect, has taken great pains to secure
a properly proportioned church. dignihed
and religious. The Building Committee
and the Nestry. as a whole have all en-
tered into the labor necessary to mature
| bUI pidllS WIFI zeal ana real interest.
All OF the members of the parish have
been deeply interested in our work. and
have given of their means. rich and poor
alike. generously, lovingly What the
completed structure will mean for the
future history of this parish none but
future generations can tell, but we hope
that it marks a period of growth in
Chrst'S Kingdom. helping Us to rear
that Spiritual Temple in which we shall
all stand as living stones,
The present Vestry is composed Of the
following gentlemen; n P Harrington,
Senior Warden; Fred Green, Junior
Warden; Charles Huber. Treasurer; F.
f. WetherelI Parish Clerk and Secre-
tary of the Vestry John A. Kalbach,
w. r. Lacey John F. Lacey, c. d.
Alexander. F. VI. Sheppard. Charles
Hoffman Dr.. d. A. Hoffman, Byron
Preston Henry Agg, John C. Williams
and Fred Moss The Building Com
mittee is composed of the following
Vestrymen: John A. Kalbach, w. R.
Lacey and John c. Williams.
W. II. FROST, Rector.