Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . Bear Lake Church, Michigan. In the spring of 1898, the first baptismtook place, Bro. Lair administering therite. It was a new thing to many, theyhaving never seen it performed that waybefore. Things moved along nicely for a whilebut troubles came and we were leftwithout preaching, except as the missionboard would, supply it. The first Sunday school was organ-ized in the summer of 1901, with thewriter as superintendent and Bro. JuliusDoerr assistant. Bro. Doerr, a deacon,had moved here with his family the pre-vious winter. In the fall, Bro. Tyson, aminister in
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . Bear Lake Church, Michigan. In the spring of 1898, the first baptismtook place, Bro. Lair administering therite. It was a new thing to many, theyhaving never seen it performed that waybefore. Things moved along nicely for a whilebut troubles came and we were leftwithout preaching, except as the missionboard would, supply it. The first Sunday school was organ-ized in the summer of 1901, with thewriter as superintendent and Bro. JuliusDoerr assistant. Bro. Doerr, a deacon,had moved here with his family the pre-vious winter. In the fall, Bro. Tyson, aminister in the second degree, locatedhere with his family, but on account ofphysical ailments has not been able todo a great amount of preaching. We were organized into a congrega-tion December 30, 1902, with a member-ship of about twenty-five. Elders I. and J. M. Lair were present toassist in the work. Bro. Lair was chosenas our first elder. The lines describingthe limits of our congregation were as follows: On the west, the cent
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