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at Mount Pleasant church. He said of himself: "I
am a regular missionary landmark Baptist."
The Rev. J. R. McCoy, one of the strong men of
the Association, was clerk of the body for twenty-two
years, and was asked to preach the introductory ser-
mon on seven different occasions. The Circular let-
ter written by him in 1867 on "The Unity of the
Faith," gives evidence of clear thought and loyalty
to the teachings of God's word.
The Seymour church has been peculiarly honored
in that so many of its pastors and members have been
called into the general work of the denomination. The
Rev. A. S. Ames, one of the first pastors, was for
several years district secretary of the Missionary
Union; he died in 1888; the Rev. Albert Ogle, an-
other pastor, was for twenty years the superintendent
of missions of the Indiana Baptist Convention; the
Rev. R. E. Neighbor, still another pastor, has been
recording secretary of the Convention for twenty-
four years and therefore secretary of its Board; the
Rev. A. B. Chaffee, D. D., another pastor, was presi-
dent of Bishop College for seven years; and S. H.
Huffman has been district secretary of the American
Baptist Publication Society for over twenty years.
Few churches in the State have been as highly hon-
ored in having their pastors and members called into
the general work of the denomination.
WHITE LICK ASSOCIATION--(COUNTIES OF HEND-
RICKS, PUTNAM, MORGAN, OWEN AND MONROE.)
This association was organized at Friendship meet-
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ing house, Morgan county, October 30th, 1835, with
ten churches aggregating 319 members. Elder J. W.
Thomas was chosen moderator and S. Dunagan, clerk.
Benedict is authority for the statement that the
churches which went into this Association came from
the Danville, White River and Eel River Associa-
tions; and most likely their sympathy for missions
and kindred objects led to the measure. In 1840
there were nine churches and 580 members, and the
ordained ministers were Elders B. B. Arnold, , J.
Rynerson, J. Jones, T. Broadstreet, W. Pope, A.
Pasly, J. Skelton and L. Mayfield. By 1845 the total
membership was 1,215 and there had been added to
the ministry Elders Boswell and A. Bland. At the
session in 1841 the following churches were received
--New Maysville, Mount Enon, Bethel, New Hope,
Liberty and Big Walnut.
In the minutes of 1842 is found a report by Elder
B. B. Arnold, who had been chosen missionary of the
Association; it gives evidence that he was a man of
positive convictions and great energy. These statis-
tics are given--miles travelled, 1,763; days of labor,
253; sermons preached, 205 and number baptised,
ninety-five. He spoke of strong opposition on the
part of the popular errorists of The day; he said very
plainly that while he had been from home preaching,
his family at home were comparatively helpless; no
statement is found as to how much he received for his
services. At the session with Union Valley church
in 1872, Elder John Jones presented, in brief, the his-
