Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . super-intendent, C. T. Smith assistant, G. secretary, A. M. Kepner, treas-urer. Jacob E. Frederick is now elder incharge, with C. T. Smith, Samuel Hols-worth, A. M. Kepner and D. P. Show,deacons. Our present membership isforty-three. There have been baptizedand received into the church since or-ganized ninety-three members, of whomtwelve have departed this life and goneto their reward as faithful have been disowned forvarious causes, of whom six have diedout of the church to date. Our meetinghouse is nearly half waybetween Rodney
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . super-intendent, C. T. Smith assistant, G. secretary, A. M. Kepner, treas-urer. Jacob E. Frederick is now elder incharge, with C. T. Smith, Samuel Hols-worth, A. M. Kepner and D. P. Show,deacons. Our present membership isforty-three. There have been baptizedand received into the church since or-ganized ninety-three members, of whomtwelve have departed this life and goneto their reward as faithful have been disowned forvarious causes, of whom six have diedout of the church to date. Our meetinghouse is nearly half waybetween Rodney and Chippewa Lake. There are good openings for missionwork in our territory, both in Mecostaand Newaygo counties. We need morehelp in the ministry, as we only haveone, our elder, and he has all he can doat home without going out in the mis-sion field, in fact he needs help right athome. THE CRYSTAL CONGREGATION. By GEO. E. STONE. The first members to locate in whatis now the Crystal church, wereWm. Shively and family, from Ohio,. Crystal Church, Michigan. —and .Jacob Snyder and family fromPennsylvania. They both came to Mich-igan in 1880, locating in the eastern partof Montcalm county, then a part of theNew Haven church. By the summerof 1901, a number of other members hadlocated in the eastern part of the countyand hence at a council held in the NewHaven church June 13, 1901, petitioncame to the church from the scatteredmembers of Montcalm county, askingthat an organization be made of thecounty and that Geo. E. Stone (a min-ister in the second degree), have hismembership with the new petition was granted. August 15, 1901, there was a councilcalled to meet at Bro. Samuel Bolingersand an organization was effected. Therewere nineteen members, namely: Stone, minister in the second degreeand chosen as pastor, and his wife, Ma-tilda Stone; Samuel Bolinger, advancedto second degree at organization; Wat-son Towsley, elected deacon at organ-ization; and his wi
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