The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-09-13
REV. P. L. KING TO
LEAVE CLOVERPORT.
ANNOUNCES HE WILL GIVE up THE
Passionate OF METHODIST CHURCH.
THREE YEARS EXCELLENT WORK.

he will preach mis- last sermon as pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, on next Sunday morning and
will give up the charge here which he
has held for three years. On Septem-
Der % he will attend the Louisville
conference at Leltchtield, from whence,
his friends here believe, he will be
sent to a higher salaried church, on
recognition of his worth as a minister
OF energy and ability. Rev. Kings
announcement of his intention to
leave Cloverport came in the nature of
surprise to the members of his con-
gregstion and it is with regret that
they will give up. No division of the
church work has prospered more in any
three consecutive years than in those
dnring which Rev. King mas been pas
tor, and to him much of the credit rs
due.
! When he took charge of the church
in October, 1902, Cloverport was in
the midst of local option fight, in
which he tooK a most active part and
was one of the strongest and most
fearless leaders. During his first pas
torate wear the new building. which re.
placed the old one that was burned on
March 10, 1901, was dedicated and the
church debt raised.
Rev. Kings reports OF collections,
for all purposes, are by far the best Of
any three years since 1893. The collec-
tions OF only one year have equaled
those of any one of these three years
and that was during Rev. Sigler's
pastorate, which collections were used
largely IN the erection of the new
church. The Conference collections
this wear are larger, perhaps, than ever
In the history of the church and more
than double those Of many years.
1t was during Rev Kings pastorste
that the best revival in the church in
the past eighteen years was held. This
was the great meeting conducted last
February and March by Evangelist J.
T. NewsoIn, during. which there
were many additions to the church.
In continuing the good work that got
its start then Rev. King mas been
very instrumental The organiza tion
of the Cloverport chapter Of the Ep-
worth League, with a present mem
bersnip of sixty five, was an indirect
result of the revival and his cooper
alton with the organization has lent
much to its strength and influence.
Not IN years has the interest OF the
younger members of the church in
its work been as great as at present,
nor their number as large.
One Of the most marked improve
ments in the progress OF the church
during the pastorate of Rev. King
has been the increased attendance at
the preaching service, which bias been
much larger, for a like period, than
at any time since Rev. Brandon was
pastor. Some of the most scholarly,
interesting and helpful sermons ever
delivered here by local minister
have been preached by Rev. King
and this has largely accounted for the
increased attendance. The attendance
al the Sunday school, which has an
enrolment OF 40, has also increased.
During part of his passionate here
Rev. .Klcg preached one Sunday in
each month at Holt g Chapel, Holt
Rev. King has as high regard for
his congregation as they have for him
and his work here, as Is evidenced by
the contents of his recent letter to the
Central Methodist, which was publish
ed two weeks ago To reprint the fol-
lowing sentences from the letter ia not
out of place: Three pleasant and,
trust, profitable years have been spent
here. 1 regard Cloverport as one of
the most desirable appointments in
the conference. The people are loyal
to the church and good to the preach
OF and his family. l do not know what
l should have done the past three
years, with Il sick wife and three In.
FAINT children, without the thoughtful
kindness and Christian liberslity of
the good women of our churcn. Their
goodness in anticipating the needs of
our little ones is unsurpassed In the ex-
perience of this preacher. May the
blessings of a good God abide upon
them. My wife is now greatly inprov-
ed in health and we are all well and
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