A history of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton, Ohio : from 1845 to 1880 . ear at a salary of $800. The invitationwas accepted, and Mr. Barnes entered upon his ministryon the second Sabbath of July. In the following Marchhe was requested by the congregation to accept the pas-torate, to which he assented, and was installed as pastorof the Church on April 28th, 1839, and so continued untilthe April of 1845 meeting of the Presbytery, when, withthe assent of the congregation, he applied for a dissolu-tion of the relation and the request was granted. Dur-ing the ministry of Mr. Barnes there w
A history of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton, Ohio : from 1845 to 1880 . ear at a salary of $800. The invitationwas accepted, and Mr. Barnes entered upon his ministryon the second Sabbath of July. In the following Marchhe was requested by the congregation to accept the pas-torate, to which he assented, and was installed as pastorof the Church on April 28th, 1839, and so continued untilthe April of 1845 meeting of the Presbytery, when, withthe assent of the congregation, he applied for a dissolu-tion of the relation and the request was granted. Dur-ing the ministry of Mr. Barnes there were added to theChurch on certificate, 85 ; examination, 139, and by infantbaptism, 190; making in all, 414; with adult baptism, 40. Several special seasons-of revival graces were grantedto the Church under Mr. Barnes preaching; the mostmarked being in 1843, the result of which was an in-gathering of 4 on certificate, 66 on examination, and 24by infant baptism; total, 94. And in this work thepreaching of Kev. W. Cox, who assisted, was greatlyblessed to the whole FIRST PRESBYTERIAN IS4I; taken down hHH7. (;ORNKI; >;E(:t)ND AND LUDLOW STREETS, UAYTON, O. 7hc third Cliitirli fltilt f\v this Lon:^rcgatioii. EARL Y HISTOR Y. 21 The prosperity of the congregation in its spiritual andtemporal interests demanded a new and enlarged houseof worship, and hence the congregation authorized sub-acriptions to be taken to erect a house upon a plan sub-mitted, of 50 by 70 feet, with a basement-story, and steeple. The old house was taken down and the new one erectedin its place at a cost of $14,, and the congregationworshiped in it for more than twenty-seven years, whenit gave place to the present plain, substantial, more costly,enlarged, and beautiful edifice 145 by 72 feet on the base. Although the absorbing questions incident to the con-troversies agitating the entire Presbyterian Church, werehaving their influence in the First Church at the time ofMr. Bar
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