. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. of the JuniorInicn, also Mrs. Stever. The teacherof the Christian Culture Class is C. Stever; teacher of the TrainingClass is Carl Vv. Tiffany. The churchhas Inen in c. thriving condition dur-«ng the i:ascrate, Rev. La-throp being a wide-awake, energeticliiiiiister cf the Gcspel. THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING The new Baptist Church is a hand-some structure, huilt of concretetlocks and nicely finished v/ithin. Ifis not spacious, but it affords amplerrom for the growing congregationthfit see-^ {^ worship within its is
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. of the JuniorInicn, also Mrs. Stever. The teacherof the Christian Culture Class is C. Stever; teacher of the TrainingClass is Carl Vv. Tiffany. The churchhas Inen in c. thriving condition dur-«ng the i:ascrate, Rev. La-throp being a wide-awake, energeticliiiiiister cf the Gcspel. THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING The new Baptist Church is a hand-some structure, huilt of concretetlocks and nicely finished v/ithin. Ifis not spacious, but it affords amplerrom for the growing congregationthfit see-^ {^ worship within its is gratifying to the members of thischurch, the fact thr their house ofv/orship i^. nlmost i^ail for, broughtabout Ihrnugh the benefactions ofchurch 1 eofle of various con^vjga-t\r ^ and particularly because of theenergy and enthusiasm of the Baptistcult in this rr^mmunity. R^V. H. K. BOWER Rev. IT. K. Bower is a native ofI-ewisburg, having been born in De-cember, 1870. He attended the publicschools of his town, later BucknellX:niversity and his theological. Rev. H. K. Bower 292 course was taken at Crozier He graduated from CrozTer inthe spring of 1903, after which hecame to Mount Union, where, withthe helv) cf a few faithful people heorganized the Baptist ccngregation,of which he wa: ordained pastor, July29, 1903. Rev. Bower was pastor, inaddition to the Mount Union charge,cf the Shirleysburg, Orbisonia andMill Creek churches for severalyears. He preached his farewell ser-mon in Mount Union, Oct. 1, 1908, atwhich time he accepted a call tothe First Baptist chrch of York, is now pastor cf ahe First Bap-tist church of Philipsburg, Pa. Hewas ma:.ried to Miss Annie Harrisonof Mount Union REV. A. C. LATHROP. Rev. A. C. Lathrop was Lorn atNorwich. N. Y., on March C, 6 year? old his family movedto Camden. P^ where he attendedthe public schools until entering theWyoming Institute in Wyoming, Lathrop entered and graduatedfrom Bucknell University,
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