Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-18
AN OUTING.
A Pleasant Day with Union
Baptist Church.

some distant nook or corner and
while away not be caught guilty of
doing one single useful thing"
not even to making himself inter
esting to those with whom he may
chance to miugle. That is draw
ing the lines a little close perhaps,
but we came near following such
advice, literally, last Sunday
Sunday. too, mind you, when we
are commanded to do good things.
A representative of the MESSAGE
took drive with that excellent
fellow, Thomas Arnall, out into
Seed Tick" neighbOrhood, eight
miles southeast of Mexico. Seed
Tick is q. nickname, given years
ago, and we don't wonder that
some of the neighbors resent it for
the name is intended for the Bap-
list and Presbyterian church of
that community, the correct name
of which is Union, where the Bap-
tist and Presbyterian brethren own
the building together and worship
together.
Well, one stagger at goodness,
anyway, we listened to an excel
lent sermon by Rev. Elmer E..
Bradley, who supplied for the reg
ular pastor that day, the Rev. w.
d. Pulls, who is assisting in re-
vival meeting at Beaver Dam.
Our friend Arnall was out there
begging" as he terms it, for the
building fund of the Gilead Bap-
tist church organization, north of
Mexico, who are arranging to erect
a new 81 900 house of worship in @
few weeks.
They didn't call on Bro. Arnal
for a speech but they asked him tC
stand up so the people could lool
at him. That settled it; Ton
came away with a very liberal sub
scription, 1925, more than twice
as much as he had hoped to get.
We met the Crums, the Keslars
the Edwards, the Youngs and
number of other families. TOOK
dinner with Mr.. John w. Crum
and family. And such a dinner
: Mrs. Crum knows indeed how t,
} tickle the palate of hungry print
t er. The hours fled away in pleas
ant conversation, and after n Will
s we were off for home again.
s Mr.. Crum is an earnest church
a man, from whom we got some val
d liable information in regard to tn
e organization at Union.
The pastor is Rev. w. D. Pull
of Centraliai clerk, j. w. Crum
treasurer, james Crum. Deacons
: j. w. and Y. A. Crum. Service
a the second and fourth Sundays i
. each month.
. The church was organized Jan
le 19, 1862, by Rev. James +. Smitl
III missionary pastor The first DEF
Is con was Arthur McDannald; die
y in same neighborhood Nov. q
le 1888. r. A. Burns was the fir
II clerk, serving until 1873; is still
d member. James r. Keslar WI
CT clerk from 1873 to 1888; died
d South Missouri in 1899. j. Y
Crum has served as clerk fro
1888 to the present. Church h
had but three clerks.
Sc There are but three of the
yO charter members living-W
Nv Kesler, Mrs, Martha y. Watts al
es R. A. Burns, all yet members,
IL The total epFollmept since t
b, organisation has been $3.50. I
on membership now is 10. Deaths a
les removals from the neighborho
Dw has wrought many changes
Ter The erection of the buildi
sld was commenced in 1876 dedicat
las May ls, 1879, by DIR. j, .. Map
ers a former Mexico pastor.
ate -Four years ago this cougregati
bat was receiving help from the NJ
iss sionary Board and only h
/. ~. A,.,,oks,,c onna q u,onfh II