Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

trustees having put in the foundation
on May 17Eh, the contract for enclos-
ing the church was awarded to r. A.
Chaplin for s1,375.
At the 4th quarterly conference held
July II, the trustees in their report
said: I'VE have during the year in
corporated according to law and have
received as a donation from the r. l.
r. r. Co., lots 26 and 81, block Z, OF
Audubon, upon which we have in
course of construction church 30x50
with a corner tower 10x10. The con-
tract for enclosing the same includ-
ing laying the floor, was awarded to
r. A.. Chaplin for s1,375. We have re-
ceiveds from the Church Extension So
ciety $500, 5000 as donation and
$500 as loan" -
Although Bro. A. w. Armstrong had
been-in the ministry but one year. yet
he took hold of matters with a mas
ter hand, doing a great amount OF
hard and faithful work during the
summer in soliciting, collecting, etc,
and even to performing of manual
labor on the building. For we'll do l
remember having seen him seated up
on scaffold near the top of the bel
fry. with brush in hand, doing the
work of an artisan. He closed very
acceptable year in September, in-proof
of which he received from the class in
town $22395, being $75.95 in excess
of our apportionment, the outside
points however. NOT hav;ns maid their
annortionment in ntIp Tbirty-eight
were received nv letter on the circuit
during this wear Rev w g smith
was the next pastor. coming in Sent,
1880. whose salary was fxed at 5000
and sI2O for house rent the nreacbjne
noints being the same as on the pre-
vfo,is wear
After many hard str,ppIes nv the
officiaI n,ep,bers for you must remem-
her we had no wealth in the church
thAn nnless n WAS ~ wealth of. ner-
seyerancA ard trust in Cod the
church uas I'M Decemher ready for
detiicaffo0 having cost about ~. 400
presidius Fiber smith Conducted the
dedicafiot, seryicas on December 18th
al which tfre sTbo were raised and
the church cleared of indebtedness
exceptine fhe sS0A due the Church Ex-
tension SoeIety. which wss Spaid In an
mai payments n ths vx,,3yAtion of
the first yaar Rev aahpith in accord
anee with the wish Of II, 8 charge was
returned. his salary This wear being
1900 Including house rent The an
'norfionmenr was as follows. Audu-
bon, $500: Irwin. s120: Lone Willow.
$50 Viola and Cameron having been
cut of and made the nucleous for
new circuit During the two wears
nastorate Of Rev Smith the church
eessions nv letter also twenty were
received on probation. The conference
of 1882 sent Rev l.. M. Campbell as
pastor. who served one wear at
salary of $500 and $40 for house rent.
The. Circuit at this time consisted of
but two points, Audubon and Lone
Willow sixteen were received on
nrobation this wear and a goodly num-
her nv letter Rev I w Bott was
annointed nastor in Senr 'S3 and SER
we'd three wears The first wear the
haIarv was 5000 and s144 for house
rent The second wear s6OO. the third
year s50O and narsonape rent Dur-
inc the wear 1SS4 Lone Willow as a
nrearbinp noint was dronned the
having moved away and
having arisen within the
cIass 10 such a degree that N was i'm
nossibla To keen mn the ORGANIZATION.
Thus leaving Audubon a station Dur-
ing the wear 1855. our parsonage was
bought and moved 10 its present To-
cation and renaired ar a cost of about
k4O0 Three hundred dollars of this
debt was maid nv h,rrowing from the
Church Eytension Society and This
obUeation was cancelled In Dec. 1891.
From tbe nastor's renort 10 the last
quarterly conference OF his pastorate
we plean the following. oProbation
record durinS the three wears 40. re-
ceived Inv letter az. total sccessions
during the three wears Ga. Removals
in various ways 90. removaIs in ex.
cess of accessions <"
In sent 1885. Rev J. r. Harris
came as nastor and Metbodism at once
hagan an advance movement Mem
hers were seen in the pews. who had
NOT been there for months and the out
side world began moving our way.
Rro Harris remained three wears. the
salary being $3.50 and parsonage rent
the first. $3.50 ana rent the second
and Al 600 and rent the third wear. ali
of which was Maid IN full. In 'S7 re-
pairs were made on the church includ-
ING the putting In of the gallery. paint
ing nanering etc. AT a cost Of some
5000 and IN ,s9. a kitchen was added
10 the narsonaga AT a cost of about
lsI35 There were received during
tbe three wears az probationers, the
church exneriencing some gracious
REVEALS the membership ouickened
and the attendance at the social meet