The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-15
REV, AARON WORTH
IN CHURCH ACTIVITY
F|FTy-SEvEN YEARS
Wesleyan Methodist Pastor
Celebrates Anniversary at
Milton Churches.
EARLY1 ABOLITIONIST
Helps Slaves Escape Through
Underground Railroad
at Fountain City.

MILTON, Ind Sept. 15.-Celebrat-
ing the fifty-seventh anniversary Of
his ordination as a Wesleyan Metho-
dist minister, the Rev. Aaron Worth
of Fountain City, delivered three ser
mons at local churches yesterday. He
spoke at the Friends church in the
morning, at the Christian in the after
noon and at the Methodist church in
the evening
Large congregations attended the
three services.
One of the oldest ministers in the
conference, Rev. Worth, was ordained
at Milton, Sept. u, 1856, and is still
actively engaged in the ministry.
AS a candidate for Governor of Indi-
ana on the prohibition ticket in 1892,
he made a thorough canvass of the
state, speaking twice a day for 10
days and visiting every county.
His Biography.
The Rev. Aaron Worth was born in
Randolph County, Ind, April 9, 1885.
He was converted the second Sunday
night in August 1852. In the month of
October following he commenced
preaching the gospel and has contin-
ued in the ministry without any inter
mission for nearly sixty-one years. He
Is perhaps the most widely known
minister in his denomination and one
of the most eloquent and gifted preach
ers In the conference to which he be-
longs.
Uncle Prominent.
His uncle, Daniel Worth, one of the
founders of the Wesleyan Methodist
connection, was a noted abOlltlOnlSt
and his nephew drank in his teachings
and took turns with his father and I'M
Gle in running the cars on the under
ground railroad helping the fugitives
on their way to Canada. He was rad
ical Republican until Blaine's cam
paign when he turned to the Prohibi-
ton party voting for ST. John in 84
and has uniformly voted that ticket
ever since.
Constant Attendant.
Mr.. Worth has answered roll call at
every conference for sixty years with
but one exception and he has travelled
as an evangelist in his conference for
great many years and has charge of
the dedication services of three-fOurthS
of the churches in the conference to
which he belongs and never in a sim
gle instance has he failed to raise the
money to free the church from debt.
Mr. Worth stated recently that dur
ing his long ministry in the Indiana
Conference that ninety-three ministers
had answered the roll call on another
shore. With nearly all of these he was
intimately acquainted and he officiated
at many of their funerals. He has
probably conducted more funerals
than any other man in the conference
to which he belongs.
Ordained in 1856.
His ordination to the ministry took
place at Milton, Wayne County, in this
state. Sept. II, 1856. He travelled on a
circuit about four years before he was
ordained.
An invitation was extended to him
by the pastors of the Milton churches
to come back on the tifty-seventh an
niversary and occupy their pulpits
which he gladly agreed to do.
Political Ambition.
Mr.. Worth was a candidate for gov
ernor of the state on the Prohibition
ticket in 1892 and made a thorough
canvas of the state through every
county, speaking twice day for 40
days without a sir77'a intermission COW
ering every copficon the state.
Mr.. Worth hasV15ne evengelistic
work in a great many states and is
still preaching with as much ease and
freedom as he did forty years ago.
MIR. Worth's present home is at
Fountain City. Ind, not far from the
old underground railroad depot which
becomes a noted historical shrine and
where Eliza of Uncle Toms Cabin was
sheltered one night in her flight to
Canada