Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . ttered and not very vigorous inchurch work. Brother Fisher, for several years had littleto show for his lonely, hard, faithful work; but he held onand the tide turned and he sees to-day a well settled valleywith good towns and strong churches. He neither waitednor labored in vain. I visited all these churches and heldservices in many places besides, in 1888. After an inter-regnum of five years, during which Dr. Wishard and had the care of the field, I returned and, except-ing one year of enforced absence, during which Dr. Gwynneef
Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . ttered and not very vigorous inchurch work. Brother Fisher, for several years had littleto show for his lonely, hard, faithful work; but he held onand the tide turned and he sees to-day a well settled valleywith good towns and strong churches. He neither waitednor labored in vain. I visited all these churches and heldservices in many places besides, in 1888. After an inter-regnum of five years, during which Dr. Wishard and had the care of the field, I returned and, except-ing one year of enforced absence, during which Dr. Gwynneefficiently carried forward the work, I remained until Au-gust, 1901. From my return to Montana in the beginning of 1894, wewere handicapped for a number of years by the discourag-ing ukase from missionary headquarters, No new work,and one year at least with a horizontal ten per cent cut onold work. But new mines and farms were opened up, newsmelters built, new water ditches dug and new bloodinfused into the population right along. Steadily the state. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHINOOK—THE CHURCH BUILDING1. Elder Maurice Montgomery. 2. Elder John Matheson. 3. Rev. John S. Hamilton. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY. 431 grew in population and wealtli and the clmrcli could not al-together stand still. Somehow everything that has lifemust grow. The Presbj^terian Church in Montana wasliving and it grew, slowly and painfully, it is true, but itgrew. We lost now and then fine ministers but we gainedas good ones as we lost and added to their number fromyear to year.
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