Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
First M. E. Church.

| just nortn or the city limits. For tn,
last few years there have been two. tn,
other being Mrs. c. w. Moore, VIII,
passed away something like Yea,
ago.
Prior to the organization in 1872
weekday services were held in tn,
Baptist church located at Ninth anf
Idaho street. This building later was
moved across the alley where Il nov
stands and is occupied by the Chris
| Morler's bicycle shop, the building be-
ing owned by John 3. Broadbent.
The Sunday meeting were conducted
by missionary preacher from Idaho
| city and were regularly held in the
upper story of the court house which
was located at that time at Sixth and
Main on the present location now oc
cupied by the Idaho Daily Statesman
building.
The congregation increased very rap
idly i'm numbers and required a larger
building SO the Good Templars' hall
was secured and meetings held there
until 1877, when the First M. t.
church was built upon the corner )f
Eighth and BannoclS which remained
their house of worship until the beau
tiful new church was built on Tenth
and State streets.
In the easily history of the church the
Ladies Aid society though their many
efforts We're able to buy the 100 feet
where the Idaho building now stands,
which they sold in the early 70's for
$500 which was the financial nucleus
of the building fund.
The pastors in order were: r. M.
Gwinn. father of Monte b. Gwinn of
this city, who was really the founder
Of the permanent organization in this
city, followed by Jol Van Anda, then
Simpson. Joslyn. Mexican, Banks,
Grannis, F'lenner, Skidmore, Ham
mans Roach. Dalton, Mathews and
Martin.
The first board OF trustees was
composed of G. W. Moore, w o.
Morse, George p. Ellis, Mr. McHenry
and G. W. Russell.
Mrs. George d. Ellis. with the as
sistanee Of Miss Moreland. secured
the first dollar put into the Methodist
church Mrs. Ellis at that time held
the position of treasurer of the NJ. e.
church society
From 1877 until 1905 services were
held in their new church building To-
Gated on the corner of Bannocll and
Eighth street said property being To-
Gated directly opposite and to the west
of the post office building The mem
bership increased from about 40 to
about 900 in this church building. In
1905 the trustees of the Methodist
church sold their property on the cor
ner of Eighth and Bannock to Messrs.
Erve Johnson and +. NJ. Parsons for
$4,000. The present owners or said
property are W. L. Pierce & Co, who
have been offered $125,00o for this
same piece Of property which is look
122 feet IN size, which shows the in
crease IN the value Of property III the
business section of this city.
Frank Roach was called from Kan
sas City in 1903 and conceived the
Idea of purchasing the property on the
corner of Tenth and State streets
which was done by the trustees of the
church at cost of $1,000. They also,
in the same block of ground, purchas-
ed 80 feet for parsonage purposes at
a cost of about $4,000 Upon this piece
of property In the years of 1905 and
1906 was constructed their present
at cost OF about $4,000, with
ditional cost of about $4,000, making
a total cost of this church and prop
erty of about $4,000.
They also constructed a parsonage |
at cost Of about from six to seven
thousand dollars, which added to the
price of the property made $4,000, MAX
ing total cost of their improvements |
and real etsate at that time of SO, 600 |
Within "a months after entering their
new quarters their church membership |
had doubled. that Is, 1t had increased |
from 300 to membership of about I
500 and the membership of the Sun |
day school had gone from member T
ship of about 200 in the old church To +
4 membership of 500 In the new |
church. Since that time the church I
has increased and the I
shurch organization is In very thirty
ing and prosperous condition.
The building was recarpeted and re- +
decorated during the past IL months at 1
cost of about $4,000, and the member Il
ship has grown rapidly in the last few
ears until at the present time 1t Is
something like 1000.
The church during the last year
'aised from it's membership and con-
sregation through free will offerings a
um of money something over $4,000 II
which was all expended for benevolent
namely, for the paying of
he current church expenses, home
nd foreign missionary work, local
harity, etc.
The church supports a missionary
f its own In Fou Chou, China, mis-
ionary and one or two assistants be-
ides doing considerable other definite
nd effective missionary work IN Japan
nd other countries.
wedish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
One of the churches which has re-
emily made great strides in advance
tent and is now completing a hand
ONE stone church at Seventh and
ort streets, the present value of which
! $4,000, is the Swedish Evangelical
lutheran church of which Rev. J. f.
arlington is pastor. This church was