Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . nment wasnot conducive to spiritual develop-ment. Moreover, the country wasnew, low and wet, and heavily tim-bered, requiring hard labor to render the soil tillable. When was serving the Waupecong Mission he preached in thiscommunity, and Eli was awakened to his need of salvation. Previ-ously to this, while yet attending the college at Kokomo, he wasgreatly affected because his landlady prayed for him. After 11months of earnest seeking he found peace
Historical data and life sketches of the deceased ministers of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association, 1835 to 1915 . nment wasnot conducive to spiritual develop-ment. Moreover, the country wasnew, low and wet, and heavily tim-bered, requiring hard labor to render the soil tillable. When was serving the Waupecong Mission he preached in thiscommunity, and Eli was awakened to his need of salvation. Previ-ously to this, while yet attending the college at Kokomo, he wasgreatly affected because his landlady prayed for him. After 11months of earnest seeking he found peace with God and united withthe Evangelical Association at Zion (now Bunker Hill Circuit).He evinced zeal and courage in the Lords cause. Later he obtaineda distinct call of God to preach the Word, which became more ur-gent as he postponed its acceptance. His spirit grew restless, whilepictures of waiting congregations would loom up before him, andfinally, in the solitude of the woods, he vowed obedience to class gave him his recommendation, and being licensed by theIndiana Conference, he at once entered the active ELI F. HOCHSTEDLER HIS MINISTRY AND RETIREMENT He served in the active work as follows: Elkhart Circuit, 70;DeKalb, 71; Vandalia, 72-3; Fulton, 74-5; Greenville, 76-78;Mishawaka, 79, after which he located. He was quite successfulin winning souls for Christ. From his own diary we have these 170 LIFE SKETCHES OF OUR DECEASED MINISTERS statements: Had glorious meetings—souls at the altar—power-ful meeting and souls saved tonight. After he located he movedon a farm in St. Joe Co., Ind., west of the Smiths Church, whichis in the north-west corner of Elkhart Co. After living there 15years he moved to Rochester, Ind., where he engaged in laundrywork. Later he engaged in the feed store business, selling alsocoal and wood, until illness made it necessary for him to illness lasted 1 year, and although he greatly suffered, he borehis affliction with
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