The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-29

Its tones SO sweetly are calling,
Oh! come to the church in the vale.
7 here, close by the church in the val
ley
Lies one that loved so well; ."
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, meath the
willow; @-a.
Disturb not her rest in the vale.
There, close by the side of that loved
one,
& Meath the tree where the wild fiow-
ers bloom
When the farewell hymn shall be
| chanted, ~..t
shall rest by her side in the tomb
Having thus traced, briefly, the ear
ly history of the beginning of the Wy
more cemetery, we now turn our
thoughts for time to
The Beginning of the Church.
During these years of early history
over which we have gone, there was
awakened a general desire for some
work of a permanent character
which resulted in arrangements being
made for Rev. c. Fl. Westfall to hold
meetings in the school house These
services were held while he was sery-
ing Rose Hill charge during the con-
ference years of 1884; each year
commencing in September of the year
named, In looking at the old record,
! find the names Of Lucy Lord, Clara
lCorns, Oscar Hensel as having unit
ed on probation December 10, 1893,
under the ministry of Brother West
fall, and they were baptized and re.
ceived into full connection May 10,
1894. A little farther along in the
record, but under the date of Dec. 10,
1893, found the names OF Jessie WY.
more, Lucy Wymore, Ellen Wymore,
Emma Grace and Charlie Spates as
probationers; these seemed to have
gone away. From the records il
seems that the first organization of
the class was made in the fall of 1893,
under the ministry of Brother West.
fall, in all probability during the pro-
tracted meeting which seems to have
been held in December. The list OF
names as then formed, have tried t
pick out from the record, include the
following:
Robert Pass, Mrs. Annetta Bass,
Mrs. Jennie Corns, Samuel Daven-
port, George Durham, Mrs. f. l.. Gar
ner, James Hansel, Mrs. Mary Hansel,
Mrs. Ida Hansel, M. Z. Moore, Mrs.
Mary B. Moore-l1 in all
AS has been indicated, Brother
Westfall was on the circuit two years.
He was followed by G. w. Byrkit, who
spent one year on the charge, 1895.
In the fall of 1896, S. p .Sowden
(who, by the way, was a classmate
of the writer and present pastor), was
assigned to the charge. Soon after
his coming on the charge the needs
Iof a church began to be talked about,
and soon began to assume shape
Without having a written record to
go to ! have cleaned the following
items:
In order to put the work in shape,
Robert Bass, Mr.. Pap" Lord, A.
Corns, Amos WymOre, DR.. Ellsworth,
NJ f. Moore, the pastor, S. P Sow
den, were named to see what could be
done. SO successful were they that
they soon had the matter moving to-
wards success, which was of great en-
enlargement to them. The work of
building was carried on during the
summer, fall and winter of 1897, and
was dedicated January %, 1898. A
large amount was donated in work,
A. Corns having hauled the first load
of rock for the foundation. The cost
of the church, including donations,
was about 1880. An interesting
l, -, i a.
seats, which are still in use. The
seats were first used in the Chiloh
church, but when the class there was
combined with the class at Rose Hill,
the building was sold to the Coal
Cheek, or Shanghai" class, and was
used there until the destruction of
the church by fire. the seats, however,
being saved. Learning of this the
building committee secured them for
the WymOre church, and they are the
ones in which you are sitting today.
The ground on which the church
stands was secured from Jacob Kri-
sor and wife,. and was decided to the
Wymore Methodist Episcopal church,
Robert Bass. J. +. Lord and Joel Bar
nett being the trustees named in the
deed; the deed reading:
I'm trust Tor the use and benefit of
the ministry and membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the U.
S. A. subject to the discipline. usage
and ministerial appointments of said
church; providing that the church
building shall be open on all funeral
occasions for the use of the people,
and said church shall not be sold or
moved away"
, The work of the church grew and
prospered for a number of years, but
as a result of removals and other,
causes the regular work was discon.
tinued a few years ago. In the
Spring of 1914, the present pastor, H,
C. Millice, took pn the work which
has continued from that time, and
now bids fair to be permanent. The
Sunday school has for its present Of
6cers, Supt., Mrs. Jennie Corns; as
sistant superintendent, Mrs. Rev. II,
C. Millice; secretary and treasurer,
Helen Weaver.
| The last year that Is shown in the
conference minutes under the head OF
Pastoral Support, was for the confer
ence year 1905 09, the, last year of
Lloyd Tenant; no work appears