Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
EIGHTY In MARCH
Morris G. FoNser, OF Ouinton, as
a Sunday School Worker. An
Interesting Review of His
Active and Useful Life

III HIS eiRutlctu year, ndS Hhu u WOuuof-
full Christian ex p%erience aud has done
considerable Christian work during his
life. He was a Sunday school superin-
tendent for thirty-three years, during
which time he lived in Beasley Neck,
Lower Alloway Creek township, with
the exception of four years, when he
lived in Elsinboro on the Jonathan Cor
les farm.
Before MI. Fowser moved to ElsIn-
boro he was superintendent of the Sab
bath school in Beasley Neck before 1t
vas moved to where it now stands.
After moving to ElsinboTo he was
chosen superintendent of the school
held in what was called the Henry
Miller school house. 1t was a flourish
ing school In every way. There was a
good attendance, and good singing, con-
Quoted by Professor Charles Glaspey of
Salem.
When Mr.. Fowser commenced his
ternational lesson helps as now, and he
had to select all the scripture lessons.
There were a few old-fashioned cate
chisms that some of the scholars learn.
ed by heart aud they would memorize
verses from the hymn books. When
the scholars recited the verses by heart
they were given a blue ticket, four blue
tickets would get a red one, four red
ones would draw a testament. These
tickets had verses of scripture on which
the possessor was required to commit to
memory. This was instrumental of
much good in the way of becoming
familiar with the scriptures, the very
object of all Bible teaching and was q
good method by which to bring it
about.
MI. Fowser was superintendent of
the Sunday school in Elsinboro two
years, he having to 60 two and one
half miles each way. His conscience
chided him for not starting a Sunday
school at bis home in Beasley Neck
schoolhouse, as there had not been any
there while he was away, SO he told
Two of his sisters children il they
would go over the neighborhood he
would be there to start a Sabbath
school in the schoolhouse. The chill
dren did and there was a goodly num-
Der present so he commenced proceed
ure and he was appointed superintend-
emf at once. He invited VIM. Shrimp
and family, VIM. Patrick and family,
Stephen Smith and family and others
and they complied with his request, and
maintained a good school until the
fifteenth of September. Then the
weather was bad so they concluded to
move their school to Quinton school
house which was done.
They had need of a better library SO
they had a fair which enabled them to
procure a fair one.
They had no organ. A family by
name of Perry whose daughter, Aman-
da Perry, had an organ and offered to
loan it TO them if Mr.. Fowser would get
it to and from the schoolhouse. They
lived where Samuel l.. Kelly now re-
sides, and every Sundayhe started early
enough to take his market wagon load
and then 60 back to get the organ and
take it owe and unload it. After Sun
day school he had to load it up and
take it home, then go back aud get his
family.
He did this for a long time, after
which they got up a good entertain
ment which enabled them tobuy an or
gan. The First Baptist church of Sa-
lem donated their library so Mr.. Fow-
ser remodeled it himself and 1t is doing
good service yet. The Lord prospered
them so they concluded to build a
church and out of this the Quinton
Baptist church grew.
Mr.. Fowser's Christian life has been
a very busy and active one. He drove
two and one-half miles to Sunday
school and five miles to revival services
for Six weeks at night and a number of
times through the day, always with a
market wagon loaded, with all kinds
of roads and in all kinds of weather.
Mr.. FowseT was an excellent super
intendent and always had the welfare
and interest of the school at heart, and
was always ready and willing to do all
he could for the advancement and mp
building of the Lords work. His BIRTH
day will take place 3lst of March. His
many friends hope he may live to cele-
brate many more happy returns of his
natal day.-Elmer Times.
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