Indiana Baptist History -- 1798-1908
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Indiana Baptist History
1798-1908


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nary. Upon leaving the seminary work he moved to
a farm near Livonia; while here the convictions that
he had long felt as to the duty of giving himself to
the work of the ministry became stronger; and as his
brethren were of the opinion that the ministry was his
proper work, he was licensed in 1874 and ordained in
1875, and for thirty years served as a pastor in the
Association, mainly at Livonia, but also at other
churches as Orleans, Mount Pleasant, Lost River,
Campbellsburg and Mill Creek. He was not only a
good preacher but also a wise and faithful pastor and
friend; and so lie came to have a breadth and depth
of influence in that part of Indiana second to that of
no `other man. He has always stood for progress in
missions and education, and has given his own children
the advantages of a college education. He has also
stood firm for the distinctive doctrines of the Baptists,
and in such a spirit that those who differed from him
still respected him most highly--he didn't "throw
stones." In 1904 he moved to Indianapolis, and while
he is no longer a pastor he is in constant demand for
supplies and general denominational work.

INDIANA FREE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

This Association was formed in 1887. It is com-
posed of five Quarterly Meetings, twenty-five churches,
1,790 members. Its churches are mostly in northern
Indiana. The Association has fourteen ordained min-
isters. It favors and supports the various helps, in the
way of Sunday schools, young people's societies, min-
isters' and laymen's conferences, and Mission socie-

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ties. It also founded and supports a school at Ridge-
ville. The benevolence for the year ending June, 1907,
was as follows: State work, $389.82; Foreign mis-
sions, $688.42; Home missions, $16.50; Woman's mis-
sions, $66.50. There were fifty-eight additions to the
churches by baptism during the year. The twentieth
session was held with the Free Baptist church in
Topeka, Indiana, beginning August 29, 1907; the
ministers' and laymen's conference was held two days
before in the same place.

The names and addresses of the ministers of the
Association, so far as could be ascertained from the
program of their annual meeting, are as follows:
the Revs. R. B. Wood, Wolf Lake; J. E. Steel, To-
peka; W. R. Chamberlain, La Grange; F. J. Tucker,
Milhousen; B. Ferguson, Rensselaer; T. J. Maw-.
horter, Wawaka; I. S. Jones, Rome City; W. F. Buck-
ner, Princeton; J. W. Rendell, Wawaka; G. A, jack-
son, Wawaka; and J. E. Carson, Brookston.

The Rev. E. E. Cartwright was president of the
Association and P. A. Ashley, president of the Young
People's Society.

(These data were gathered and kindly forwarded
by the Rev. Charles Herring, Lima, Indiana.)

CENTRAL ASSOCIATION--(COUNTIES OF MARION,
JOHNSON AND BOONE).

This Association was organized in 1888, in conse-
quence of a division in the Indianapolis Association.
The division was between such Churches as supported
a certain pastor in the Association who was remarried
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