Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ce. The audience was made up ofpeople as intelligent as you will find any-where, and they certainly gave good atten-tion to the things spoken. Four were addedto the church at the morning service. Oneelder could not be present on account of thesickness of his little child, and in the after-noon the message came that the child haddied while we were holding the morningservice. Monday morning we met with the trus-tees and assisted them in framing articles ofincorporation, so that they could acquiretitle to their church property. Monday afternoon we
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ce. The audience was made up ofpeople as intelligent as you will find any-where, and they certainly gave good atten-tion to the things spoken. Four were addedto the church at the morning service. Oneelder could not be present on account of thesickness of his little child, and in the after-noon the message came that the child haddied while we were holding the morningservice. Monday morning we met with the trus-tees and assisted them in framing articles ofincorporation, so that they could acquiretitle to their church property. Monday afternoon we drove sixteen milesto Chandler. This is the town which waswrecked by a tornado March 31, visited the place a short time after thestorm and found it little more than a heapof ruins. Now almost every vestige of theruin has been removed, and there is a bust-ling county-seat town of about a thousandpeople. Buildings are nearly all new andsubstantial. There are three church build-ings, one being Roman Catholic, and justtwice as many Liberty Schoolhouse, Jones City, the organization of a Presbyterian Church, April 24, 1898. 512 A GOOD BEGINNING—OIL FIELDS IN WEST VIRGINIA. [December, Wednesday, a drive of twenty-three milesbrought us to Luther, another new railroadtown. Mr. Davis organized a school hereabout three months ago, and an appoint-ment had beeD sent for preaching, but theonly hall in the town was engaged for ashow. The town was crowded with people,and there was no room in the inn, so wewere obliged to camp out, but as always carries a cot in his wagon,and I succeeded in borrowing another, weslept very comfortably. Our only discom-fort was the noise which came from thesaloon. Wednesday we drove to Jones City. Inthis neighborhood we have two schools,both organized by Mr. Davis. When therailroad was surveyed, the town was laidout between these schools, so that our peoplewere all ready for a church, and the organi-zation was effected at onc
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