Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-08-15

Johnson were editors OF "Ine 0nrlS-
tian Messenger" in those days. On
page 375 Of the Messenger" Henry
j. Deaver, Deayertown, Ohio, Lord s
day, November 10, 1888, reports re-
suits of his inquiries on an 11l0-
mile journey in Kentucky, Tenne-
ssee. and Indiana He refers to
Brother Sargent, our evangelist,
who was going to Granville Theo-
logical Institution, where he is go
ing to pursue a literary study. ~ He
and Brother Reed ''have immersed
in all in the last five months, be-
tween seventy and eighty. The
churches have prospered where they
have proclaimed"
Another item, over 100 years old
in Alexander Campbell's paper,
1.-The Millennial Harbinger," estaab-
lished in 1929 as the successor of
his christian Baptist is found IN
the 1885 volume on page 315 where
we have Report of q General Co
operation Meeting, held at Deaver
town. Ohio: commenced on Friday,
Goth May, 1885
Brother Campbell: Sensible that
such documents are read with little
some diffidence that we make a for
NAL report of the meeting; but hop
ing our proceedings may meet the
reception they justly merit, we ven
ture to request their publication. If
wrong, we hold ourselves ready to
reform when made sensible of our
error--if right, we hope others may
profit by our example =
In the winter Of 1898, Brother B.
Sanders suggested meeting to the
Millfield congregation, and the
church sent out Brothers Reuben
Davis and John Read among the
churches in surrounding counties.
In consequence of their work mes
sengers' of the churches met and
believing christians can cooperate
and participate in proclaiming the
gospel, and in this way meet the
appreciation of the whole body, and
also Of their Heavenly Father" they
agreed to continue another yea"
IN 1898. Davis and Read saw from
20 TO 100 conversions; in 1884,
they immersed about $50. The re-
port is dated 'Deayertown, Ohio,
June, 1886" and Henry j. Deayer
was the secretary who, with James
ID. Davis and Samuel Adams signed
the document. | remember that
my father, William James, while
living on the tnow) Ed Raney
place. little Wolf Creek, went to
Deavertown about so years ago ana
ordered a spring wagon of the spe-
cial 'cut-under" body type and a
set of harness from a Mr. Deaver,
perhaps a descendant of this Hen
ry Deayer. Who can tell me? The
express cost S104 and was most
beautifully finished. Sam Glass, on
the Pennsville road, also had one.
From Cincinnati. Monday, 20th
wrote: My Dear Wife:-In one
sense | safely arrived in this city
Saturday evening; but not without
d very providential escape from
most imminent danger. About a
mile west Of GAINESVILLE, in the twi-
light or rather about candle light
ing %## in moment / saw the Ao0t
rising up accompanied with a ire
mendous crashing sound, and
TO pieces with the eXcep-
tiOu OF the seat on which / sat and I
those behind IT, In a moment he I
was thrown into the Wreckage with !
the Goals from the stove blazing
about him. Due to the cow catcher
hanging TOO low, it had caught on /
and thrown the engine /
down the embankment one way and I
some OF the ears over on the other .
side Still suffering some pain .
from his bruises he wrote: "Hay-
ing travelled on the first railroad Of /
my length builded in the United F!
states, and also. on those builded
Jy Great Britain, and on the cou
.inent Of Europe. and from Georgia .
10 Vermont, along the seaboa2 q,
and to the far west 50 far as they
nave been constructed, it is rather
remarkable fact that this was the
inst scene of the kind that | have
Coming down to the 1869 volume
If the Harbinger we have this news
.eport: "Rrother Pendleton:-Our
Brother Elder Daniel Sweeney has
)een laboring with the brethren at
Wolf Greek. Morgan county, over
wo Lords days. with very encouT-
D9ing success. have heard indi-
,ectly that there have been some
dQQltlO0S. 1neF6 seems 10 De an
interest in the Christian
.ause in this section Of the coun-
ry."
##* Il hope the Editorial Breth-
ZEN Will urge upon the churches
he necessity of a greater liberality
n the support of the ministry and
Missionary cause There are thou
sands in this state who are perish
ng for the want of the bread Of
ife. There are large sections of
his country who have never heard
any of our brethren speak and
lave a very vague and erroneous
dea Of our teachings as a people
q ##J V. Conn, Pennsville, Morgan
county. O." Perhaps more than 40
years ago at or about Pennsvill9, /
Josie" Conn told me to get my
theology first" What would be
lfs connection with the above j. V.
conn?
Nathan j. Mitchell, pioneer
preacher born in Pennsylvania, as
he Went to Cincinnati in 1929 to .
m ~ m IN n q m ms uRmES