A history of the Baptists in Missouri : embracing an account of the organization and growth of Baptist churches and associations : biographical sketches of ministers of the gospel and other prominent members of the denomination : the founding of Baptist institutions, periodicals, etc. . 1861 such deep feeling was manifested that he decidedto hold a meetingof days, sent forEld. J. C. Maple,and they held ameeting, at theclose of which, inthat old log house,they constituted achurch of thirtymembers, whichwas named Hub-bles Creek, froma stream of thesame name nearby. To this bodyhe ministered un-t
A history of the Baptists in Missouri : embracing an account of the organization and growth of Baptist churches and associations : biographical sketches of ministers of the gospel and other prominent members of the denomination : the founding of Baptist institutions, periodicals, etc. . 1861 such deep feeling was manifested that he decidedto hold a meetingof days, sent forEld. J. C. Maple,and they held ameeting, at theclose of which, inthat old log house,they constituted achurch of thirtymembers, whichwas named Hub-bles Creek, froma stream of thesame name nearby. To this bodyhe ministered un-til his death, dur-ing which timebut few monthselapsed that h edid not bury somenew convert intothe likeness ofChrists death. Hubbles Creek in a short time grew into a strongand active body, and they have built a good house of James Eeid was Bro. Clarks successor in the pastoral ofiice. The minutes show that for a number of years Bro. Clark actedas moderator of the Cape Girardeau Association. In this posi-tion he acted with his usual kindness, and if he committed anyblunder in rendering his decisions, he did so on the side of ten-derness. Bro. J. C. Maple, to whom I am indebted for the foregoing facts,relates the following incident in the life of Eld. Clark. He says:. REV. JOHN H. CLARK. 284 CAPE GIRARDEAU ASSOCIATION. *I once rode with him some thirty-five or forty miles, to aidin the ordination of a minister. We had been invited by thechurch of which the brother was a member. Bro. Clark was themoderator of the presbytery which decided to ordain the the adjournment of the first meeting, several brethren ofunimpeachable integrity came to Bro. Clark and informed himthat the man was not honest and perhaps untruthful. BrotherClark took him aside and after telling him in his own kind andeven fatherly way of what he had heard of him, told him plain-ly that the cause of Christ was at stake in this matter, and wecould not lay hands on him. We never learned the su
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