Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . 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 THE SOUTH BUTTE PRESBYTERIAN CHUR
Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . 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 THE SOUTH BUTTE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND MANSE. The following churches are more especially my children,or in which I labored more or less, and had some share inlaying foundations; Granite, Libby, Kalispell, Chinook,.Harlem, Sand Coulee, Stockett, Forsyth, Manhattan, Cen-tral Park, the Holland Churches, now gone from us, Dillon,Twin Bridges, South Butte, and Basin, and others that Ihad the privilege of nurturing from a very tender age, andstill others that looked to me for counsel and help, in timesof weakness, stress and trial. In regard to most, if not allof these, I could furnish much first hand data. But ashinted above, these all belong to the historic period, andanything I could contribute would be but a repetition of 432 HISTORICAL SOCIETY-OE MONTANA. data already on file witli tlic historian of Synod. All thechurches of Montana are dear to me and the ministers withwhom T Inhored and whose counsel and hospitality I enjoyed,are as brethren beloved. I cannot recall an exception. Iwo
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