Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-06-21

years of its life, the names of
only thirteen remain on the rec
ords today. They are: Mrs. Colt.
Mrs. Kate Smith, Mrs. Joanna
Kellogg, Mrs. Legrow, Mrs. Hos
brook, Mrs. w. M. Carlisle, Mr..
and Mrs. Wisler, Mrs. ]. S. Dew
ell, Mr.. and Mrs. Green and Mrs.
Boies. Chronoligically they APP
pear on the records as mentioned.
In some respects this church
is unique: it is to be questioned
if any other church can produce
a record equalling it for long
continued service in some of its
Officers and workers. Mr.. ]. j..
Amen as superintendent Of the
Sunday school served twenty
years; Mrs. Colt taught the in
FAINT class ten consecutive years !:
another teacher has to her credit
thirty-four years. unbrokcn
teaching in the Sabbath school.
AS secretary of the school Mr.. A..
B. Hosbrook served thirty-four
years, during which the word
absent is only eleven times re-
corded against his name. Mrs.
G. S. Green was Sunday school
organist about twenty-five years.
In the fifty years of our church
history we have had only three
church organists; first, Mrs. Viola
Pelan, who had mountains OF
difficulties to overcome: she was
followed by Miss Kittie Clark,
now Mrs. Warren, who without
any compensation did noble work
fr,nno AQ11 ,,rtiI hon 40
Mrs. Green was our next organ
list. OF her services we need not
speak-they speak for them
selves. Mr.. Wattles, DIR. Colt, Mr..
Bump, Mr.. Lilwall and Mr.. Amen
all served over twenty years as
Elders, and from the year 1873
until very late date there was
not Carlisle lacking to sit>in the
seat of the singers.
Another point OF interest-fOr
more than thirty-nine years the
stork had not paid a visit to the
Presbyterian parsonage of this
church. Children's voices rang
in the home, young girls had
grown into gracious womanhood
within its wallis, but no little
stranger had first opened WON
herring eyes in the manse all these
years. On April 13 of this year
the spell was broken, when from
the parsonage little white notes
carried the message "To us a
child is born, to us "a son is
given" and now King David 90
|reigns in that home, in his faith
cr's stead. Only twice has the
angel of Death impressed his cold
kiss upon the brow OF any of the
members of our ministers house
holds. Nearly forty years ago In
the house occupied by Mr.. Harris
and family, and which we wen
CRADLES" still sometimes call the
"old parsonage, a little son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Welty was waited
away before pain or sin had
touched him. The other time a
fair young daughter just budding
into wOmanhoOd faded. away and
as death tenderly EMBODIED her in
his arms her lips whispered. ''thC
streets of the city are of pure
gold," and we all mingled oul
tears with those of Mr.. and Mrs
MacAlistef.
Now if this sketch, faulty as il
lis, has awakened in their hearts
of any of those who have so pa
tiently listened to its reading, q
llittled esire to add their mite to
the work yet to be done, or awak-
ened thought of regard fol
those who have gone before, anG
to whom we owe so much, it has
SERVED the purpose for which il
was written, but it would require
a more facile pen than mine tC
make you feel the heart throbs
precious in the lives of those who
have, and who still, worship here
the aspiration awakened after
holier living, the sweet commun-
ion of saints, the tears we have
mingled over each others griefs
and the rejoicing and festive
times we have enjoyed together
the lasting friendships made, all
these can only be found upon the
tablets of the heart.
We who have labored long will
soon hear the Masters voice say
ing to us, Come We, aside and
rest awhile" but to your keeping
you in whose veins youth bounds
ljoyously, or 20 uwho have. begun
the work in later years, we pass
the keeping of our beloved
church's record and its wide
scope of usefulness. Never lei
your Masters flag of righteous
ness tOuch the ground To Won