Arizona republican., 1906-03-16

-AN- "-- tie mesquite school house Ir a wooded thicket a short distance from tha graveyards. Here the seats and other furniture were homemade. being hewn from the scraggy mesqui-e trees The church was formally orE1uI-ed iu January. 1872. with a small member ship The only charter member known to the writer now living in or about Phoenix of that early organization ls F. Irvine. then secretary of the churca and superintendent of The Sunday school
 After a year in these quarters the church sought a different home aaa was housed m the adobe building now standing to the south. of the e IT. sa- loon on south First avenue The office Of James Richards. a justice of the peace, was then in the building and ir was with his permission that the word was preached In this place A short time afterward the church Joined hands with the NJ F. Church and to- gether they built a brush arbor west of the court house. The next quar- ters were just east Of the Central school house. where they Vyorsniped l1 the year 1876 for Q short time They wCrshiped fer a time in rhe hau of the court house, which is the present site of Messrs- Talbot 6 Hubbard-s and Burtis' business houses
 NJ M. Jackson. wno had joined tl-e congregation. and Is still an ac-fxs member. was made chairman of ths building committee and instructed ta erect a church. The city council la- hated to the church lots I. 8 and 8 lr. block S1. and in October. 1871 ar. | T- r-e- north half Of these lots- The renzlE- : der nave been sold since then 1 The first services were held in E7eHa ruary, 1878. while the building zzH still in an unfinished couditioa- TsR windows were adorned with sasss oiled muslin in lieu of glass and lRs rcOf was made of eight-ounce ezaEzz. ! Here the Presbyterian brsthren- ussa der Rev. Meyers. their first rl.aisSsEs worshiped with the congregation TsszF held their services in the afterDa-ats while the Methodist coueregatias- a-saz its in the morning and evening In the summer of 1878 sashes =a3 glass were placed in the winlaaR ana in Inc following year it was raofeE ana ireplastered- In 1880. thrcusa se- strenuous efforts of Rev J. Vr Allen. the 'Old nightmare debt on the church ! years there was little change 5a i'm lprovements- The dawn of the r.rrssrlt century witnessed a movement far a new church Under Rev p A E1u-- land plans were discussed for a new building and two years later the es1 adobe church was torn down and tl1e IerectiOn of the present one couuleaceL During the building or the cAurea worship was conducted on The ErourI floor of W. P. Padget's buildias
 The present membership iz e5L There have been fourteen diHeE~ar preachers during the thirtr-tsr>e years of the church's existence
 The officers of the church are PastUr-Harold Govette-
 Local Preachers-Thos. A steulrt and J. c. NcKibban-
 Superintendent Sunday Sch1oI-Dr. II. A. Hughes
 President Epwortn LeaEue-Aaron White
 Stewards-T- L. Edenz. p-saIasut- A. P. White. secretary; J. A R- Irvine. treasurer; T. F. Hudson. II. a. Eu=Arz w. L. Osborn. C. W NcEse. E e. Padget. L. D. Dameron-
 1 President WOmGu's Home aliEE1a1 Society-AIrs- H. A HUEhsz
 President Foreign Missiles aaetsfF-- Mrs. s. c. Collier.