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

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Sabbath afternoon, july ~, 1867,
our first church services were
held i'm the dining room of he
American House. This building
was later called The Roger Hotel
and the memory OF MANY here
will recall it, About Ihisty per
sons attended The meeting, Mr.
Little remained here about nine
months. when he was succeeded
i'm turn by Rev. Geo. BURGESS aud
Rev. Geo. Carroll. both home mis-
Sionaries of the PresIylcrN of
| Omaha. Now he fcelinG grew
that a Presbyterian church roilld,
| and should. he organized, 50 ON
February i3, 1869, an initial
meeting was held in the room
used as Il school house oI hat
time. and there they agreed and
| bound themselves Ia assist each
other i'm securing tho regular adj
ministralion Of he gospel and
forming a Presbyterian clinrch ai
as early a date as possible. The
following day being he Sabbath,
selves together i'm a little upper
".
ling i'm the town al That linc The
sermon was preached by RcN
Gampbell synodical missionary
for Iowa He took for his lpyI
he message given To fine Church
of Philadelphia. recorded in Roy
3:S: Behold | have sci before
thee an open door and no man
can shut it. for lhotl hast a Iitlle
strength and hast kept my word.
and hast moi denied the faith
/ The hymns We're SUNG to he ar-
compartment of the sound of tho
carpenters hammers. which rang
| noiSily ON every side Of them
AS Iowa Was NOT div al that
time nor her blue laws i'm owl
dence. he click at HE hcnr ala s.
es i'm the room below thcm Was
distinctly heard as they partWoE
of the sacramental feast. he
church was then organized and
the names of the following per-
sons placed upon the church reg
lister:
| j. s. Wattles.
| Jane Wa'iles.
q. w Colt.
| Caroline Carroll
Mollie Ellis.
Carrie Dubois.
j.. a. Simmons.
| Hattie Justice.
of this number there We're
only five who We're of tho Prcshy-
terrain faith by heritage or earlier
church affiliation Each one oI
this little band with The cvcep-
ton of Mrs Colt have heard Tho
call come up higher,@ and theS
now worship With the church fri
umphant. and then we hear 8
/. voice saving: Blessed arc the
dead that die in the Lord. Yea
they do rest from their lahnlS
and their works follow Them.
Our hearts are grieVed because
Mrs. Colt cannot join in onr sery-
ice today.
The little congregation now be-
gan To worship on the first floor
of the building i'm which Tho
church was ORGANIZED II maN
interest You to know il is We
Standing and is occupied by
Nick Spencer $ rooming house on
Sixth street A This time all TN,
houses i'm Missouri Valley wer,
raised upon stills to keep onl IN,
overflow of water when ii raincd
No cattle law ruled The village
, |ples We're plenty and they We're
. allowed to follow HE bent OF Ihci,
. inclination. The result Was INA
he animals. finding the mud an,
shade under the building much t.
! their taste. We're wont To cnn@rc.
], gale there i'm great numbers
much to the disgust of the wor
. shippers. One hot sabbath
morning the snoring Of a com
, Portable animal Threatened to
, drown the voice of the speaker
DR.. Colt and Mr.. Wattlcs. boil
being young. We're requested t,
drive the offenders away. Eeins
CARRIED in their best clothes
! which. by the way, were ihci.
wedding suits. did moi want Il
. come in contact with the niue I'm.
der the house, so they had re
source to long pointed sticks
which they piled vigorously. Tn
. uproar increased. hut there wer,
no signs of vacating visible. TIL,
: men became more vigorous in tn,
onslaught. confusion turned int,
, an uproar. when simultaneous,
the young men We're seen TO ieav,
with more haste than dignity
. Onlookers have limited that III,
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