Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-02-27

same UllHS. I'm lne Same udy lAS Two
couples were married, and started on
the wedding tour on the same train,
characteristics that are not twinisb,
as / understand. Both were not long
in becoming very popular ministers.
Something over twenty years ago
one of them saw his way clear in
journey to the congregational denomi-
nation and was soon followed by his
twin brother. In neither instance
was it a case of trouble with the
church, and both have always had a
good word for their first church home.
They changed from the purest and
best of motives,
Maybe I ought to have introduced
the twins ere this, but they have been
so long la the procession, and are so
far to the freat that it is not neces-
sary for this writer to introduce them,
hence will simply give heir names
John and Henry Faville.
| I am not sure that Rev. John Fa-
viIle's first Congregational church was
| the enc at Appleton, long presided
| over by Rev. r. B. Doe, salt of the
earth, and DR.. GTassie, but dc know
! that ne remained at Appleton for thir
teen years, and so ,endeared himself
to his church and city that there was
pretty nearly open rebellion when he
announced his decision TO go to a
! field in another state. His work at
| Appleton had more fnan a statewide
reputation. The large church was al
ways we'll filed. The Sunday school
and young peoples societies were
among the largest and best in the
state.
Early in his Appleton experience
DIR. FaviIle organized a mems club
! that became famous. In it were
| scores of the leading men of the city
coming from the various professions
and walks Of life, and other scores OF
young men in time joined them
swelling the clubs membership to sew,
eraI hundreds, and but few Of them
| had been In the habit Of attending
/ church until they joined the club
| But as club members they attended
! at least once each Sunday, and many
Of them became members of the
church. Now and then the club had
| charge of the evening service, on
which occasions it was a common
ting to have the seating capacity
very materially increased. For DR..
John Faville to leave that Appleton
church, where he was so well liked
Eby the whole city, and go among
strangers, was no easy Or inviting
task, but he believed that it was for
| the best. 1t was his church's deepest
lregret-when it gave up the doctor.
@%
For eight eventful years DR.. Fa-
VILE did about the same kind of work
for First Congregational church of
Peoria, Illinois, and it prospered as it
had never before prospered. But
Appleton hungered for a return of the
man who had for so many years made
himself so useful in a variety Of d1-
rections. They wanted him to come
back, and when they could delay no
longer a loud and a most earnest
call was made. When the citizens
heard what the church was doing
something out of the current hap
pened. They held mass meeting,
which was largely attended, for the
purpose of vigorously seconding the
call. That was about as fine a COM
pIfment as was ever paid pastor by
a Wisconsin community. Appleton
and his former congregation had
hardly dared to hope that DR.. FaYille
would return, and when it became
known that a favorable answer had
been received there was such glad re-
ioicing as might be expected in
good news report from a battlefield,
How much that meant-what story
it told; how loudly it spoke in praise
of the returned pastor.
What of the other twin? For many
years. I think not far from twenty, DR..
Henry Faville has been pastor of the
First Congregation Church Of La
Crosse, and is held in high esteem by
all worthy classes in and about the
city. and is in all ways worthy to be
a twin with such a brother.