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INTRODUCTION
The Year Book is again herewith There have been a number of changes in
presented to the churches.
the tabular matter with a view of bringing the information given up There are, no doubt, many mistakes left in tie” “werk: = We
available source of information but,
to the very latest possible.
have used every
sad to say, we cannot give informa- tion we do not have. We want to thank our kind friends for the gen- in “which so smany of
erous way
them have responuc. to our re- Our person- Church «is
very limited and unless our friends
quests for corrections.
al acauaintance in the
come to our rescue we must: either make estimates or leave old figures stand. A few, a very few, of those who have been written to have given no response at all.
The reading matter given is in- tended as a budget of information re- garding the activities of the Church. Not all of the activities of the Church The different Home Missions have not been repre- sented in the Book and the India Mission ‘has not been represented ex-
have been included.
cept in a general way. One reason
for this is that the India Mission
reaches most of our readers through its annual report, and the City Mis-’ sions are now being given publicity in the Gospel Herald, and any at- tempt at a historical sketch of these missions would be manifestly incom- plete until that series of articles has been concluded. ;
Lhe publishers are painfully aware of the limitations of a work like this. There are many things that would be of intense interest to the readers that must be omitted for want of space. They ask the forbearance of the reader and wish that wherever inac- curacies are noted, information will be sent calling attention to them, so that they may be corrected in the next issue.
We also wish to express our grati- tude to those who have accorded so kind and indulgent a reception to the former issues of the Year: Book. It is this which makes us willing to We send this little volume forth with the wish and the prayer that it may be
undertake the present issue.
the means of doing some little good in its sphere and of helping a little in the spread of the knowledge that brings salvation.
4 | MENNONITE YEAR-BOOK
THE WORK OF THE MISSION BOARD FOR THE PAST 18 Months
J.-S.Shoemaker,
Tio give an accurate report of the extent and results of the work which was carried on under the auspices otf the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities during the period above named would be a task most difficult, but to speak of the aim and object of the efforts put forth by the Board would take but little time and space.
It has been the purpose of the Board during the period referred to, to faithfully carry out its mission as defined in its” charter, viz. 4 Do -en- courage, establish, and support home and foreign missions and mission work; to care and provide for or- phans, the aged, the needy and afflict- ed, and for the aforesaid purposes, to receive and to hold all donations and
bequests, and property and funds from other sources, and to manage, control, loan and invest, for afore-
said purposes, all the funds of the organization, and of any and all in- stitutions that may come under its control or jurisdiction.” By the fore- going the reader will note that the work assigned to the Board is quite extensive, and its aim has been to make it equally as intensive; how well the Board has succeeded in its aim is alone known to Him in whom is vested all knowledge.
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Board was ,held near Newton, Kans., May 18-20, 1915. The meeting was well attended and considerable im- portant business was transacted. The report of the meeting has been print- ed in pamphlet form. The writer will cheerfully send copies of the Report to all who may desire it, provided such desires are made known.
The burden of the work falls to the Executive :and Mission Committees; the former has the management and general oversight of the work as-
signed tea the Board. The Executtve Committee has the authority to per- form all the functions and duties of — the General Board, subject to such- restrictions as the Board may from time to time prescribe. The work of the Mission Committee is to examine the physical, intellectual, and spiritual qualifications of applicants for home and foreign mission work, and sug- gest to the Local Boards the means of such persons as can be used to ad- vantage at the various home institu- tions, to investigate and advise as to locating and establishing new _ sta- tions, also to ascertain the needs of the mission stations and report to the Board.
Relative to the work done by Ex- ecutive and Mission Committees dur- ing the past eighteen months, the following items may be of interest to the reader:
The Executive and Mission Com- mittees held seven joint meetings, at which such business was transact- ed and action taken on such matters as properly came under the province of the two committees.
Eight Executive Committee meet- ings were held. These meetings were held at various places and times.
Many important matters relative to
carrying on the. mission and charit- able work of the Church were con- sidered and acted upon.
The Mission Committee also held a number of meetings. The examina- tion papers which were filled out and sent in by the workers at the various mission and charitable institutions, also those sent in by the volunteers for mission work, all passed through the hands of this Committee for final action. .
The Board has become better e- quipped to keep in close touch with certain lines of work, and meet some of its spceial needs, by the appoint-
~ ment of a Field Worker, and a Finan-
cial Agent. The former being ap- pointed tto keep in vital touch with each mission and charitable institu-
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at Mt. Joy, Pa.
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tion under the auspices of the Board; to lend a helping hand to the Super- intendents and workers in planning their work; to givé missionary in- telligence to the Church in various ways, showing the nature’ of the work done, the results, the needs, and the responsibility of the Church supplying such need, etc., etc. The latter has been appointed to look after the collection of interest due on papers held by the Board, and solicit funds in the way of annuities, endow- ments, and funds to meet special needs, CLCA EEC,
At the request of the Executive Committee, the Treasurer of the Board (who has also been appointed Financial Agent) has resigned his position as a Postal Clerk in the tlkharnt Post Office, and now gives his entire time to his official duties as Treasurer and Financial Agent of the Board.
The Chairman of the Mission Com- mittee writes, and gets out in multi- ple form (each month) a Mission Letter, filled with very interesting and helpful information, as well as practical suggestions. The same is sent to the Officers of the Board, the. Superintendents and workers of the various institutions, and to those who are volunteers for misston work.
The Mission Manual was revised in accordance to the decision of the Board. Those desiring copies will be supplied by addressign the writer, or the Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa.
A new Church building has been
erécted at Ft. Wayne at a cost of a irifle over $5,500. The same is much appreciated by the workers and con- gregation who meet there regularly for, worship. . - A play ground has been added to the Gospel Mission in Chicago to accomodate the Nursery children of which there are quite a number at this mission scation. The same is a very helpful acquisition to the work at this place.
An Administration Building has been erected at Elkhart, Ind., at a cost of a little over $8,500, including all the necessary equipment and con- veniences. Living rooms are provid- ed to accommodate the treasurer and his family; a roomy vault for the safe keeping of valuable papers, etc. belonging to the Board; an office with the necessary equipment to meet the treasurer’s official needs; com- mittee rooms in which to hold com- mittee meetings, and a number of bed rooms to accomodate members of the Board when necessary to re- main over night. Said building is to be the headquarters of the Menno- nite Board of Missions and Charities, and has been dedicated to the Lord and the Church to be used for the ojurpose for which it is intended.
Bro. M. C. Lehman and family and Bro. P. A. Friesen and family have returned to India as missionaries af- ter spending some time on furlough in the home land. Their visit in America was greatly appreciated. Their return to their field of labor in India is also greatly appreciated on the part of the workers in the for- eign field.
Two new missionaries ‘were sent to India, viz. Bro. Charles L. Shank and wife. They accompanied Broth- er Lehman’s, leaving San Francisco early in June of this year.
A number of new and efficient workers have been assigned work at the various mission and charitable institutions. Still more workers are needed to fully equip the various stations.’ < Prag. i yeu thes Wer d= ors the harvest that He will send forth more laborers into His harvest.”
Number received into Church fel- lowship in the various institutions in the home land about 125. Number received into Church fellowship in India about 35.
In the neighborhood of $130,000.00 has passed through the hands of the Board during ‘the past eighteen
months, which was contributed by-
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the Church for the support of its mission and charitable work at home and abroad. The spirit of giving for the support of the Lord’s work has been growing rapidly, nevertheless it has not been keeping pace with the needs. More golden keys are needed to unlock the doors of missionary opportunity.
The Lord has been blessing the orphanage, medical, industrial, educa- tional, colportage, evangelistic, and other lines of mission work carried on by about a score of missionaries,
assisted by -three score and. ten native workers in India. Much is being accomplished in extending
Christ’s kingdom among the heathen.
The foregoing statements give but a faint conception of the nature and extent of the work carried on by the Board. Many are the problems that confront the Board, some of them have been quite difficult to solve; a few of them have remained unsolved up to this time because of the dif- ficulty in coming to a_ satisfactory solution.
The work of the Board in the past has been quite limited in comparison to the great needs of the various fields, and what has been done is far from the standard of perfection. We realize that the responsibilities of the Board are great, and its capa- bilities are quite limited. Its oppor- tunities are many, but the where- withal to take advantage of them is often sadly lacking. With Paul we can truthfully say, “To will is present with” us; “but how to perform that
which is good” is often quite difficult. With the prayers of God’s children to support us, and the great God to help and direct us, we aim to press on in the great work, with = great hopes, for great results in extending the Master’s kingdom both in home and foreign fields.
Freeport, Ill.
A LOOK AT THE ORPHANS’ HOME
A. Metzler.
When the Mennonite Orphans’ Home was moved from Wayne coun- ty, Ohio, in the spring of. 1900, to its present location at West Liberty, Ohio, we had seven inmates. The large brick building we took posses- sion of had been erected at least half a century before for a. private residence at a cost of more than $30,000. The owner became a bank- rupt and died a pauper years ago. The property was secured by the Presbyterian congregation and by them was used for some years for a college and was widely known as the “Glover Collegiate Institute.” Later it was sold at sheriff's sale, in connection with nine acres of land, and a number of our generous Mennonite brethren availed them- selves of the opportunity and pur- chased it for $1,980 with the expecta- tion of holding wt for the Church some day to utilize it for some pub- lic church institution. -
The Orphans’ Home at this time was “homeless’—an orphan itseli— and a few years later our Mission Board purchased the property from these brethren, to which since has been added adjoining property, so that at the present time we own 33 acres.
The property had become very much dilapidated, and modern con- veniences were “out of sight” at the time we took the possesion of it, while the “means” at ‘hand at the time were also quite limited. An abandoned well 90 feet deep, with its “moss covered bucket” out of com- mission, marked the spot on the porch where past generations used to quench their thirst; but ours was the lot to carry all the water used for cooking and drinking from a well in the rear of the Christian Church at the foot of the Itherty
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hill, and it had to be carried up a steep incline. In the absence of any modern plumbing arrangements and sewerage connections, all waste wa- ter had to be carried out doors. Stoves were used for heating the building. (14 rooms) and the large halls and high (12 feet) ceilings made it almost impossible in very cold weather to keep the temperature in the building anything like comfort- able; in fact, during real cold nights ice would form in almost any part of the house, and in the mornings the workers were often obliged to don their wraps, gloves and over- shoes to keep comfortable while making up the beds and sweeping the floors, etc. Oil lamps were used to furnish the light, and the washing was done by hand power. But these were “beginnings,” and we decidedly favor ascending the ladder if we mean to get to the top of it. It was but a short time until the number of inmates began to in- crease, and as the Lord provided the means improvements were added; a well was drilled 141. feet deep and after pumping the water by hand for a long time a gasoline engine was substituted, and later an_ electric motor. Electric lights and a hot air furnace were installed. Still later more room and another furnace add- ed.
Homes were found in Christian families for the children as fast as possible, yet the number of inmates kept on increasing until it reached
_the seventies and finally the eighties,
and for years the building was crowd- ed to its utmost capacity. Recently another building, constructed of ce- ment and impervious brick, was erect- ed for a girls’ orphanage. This is connected with the old building by a hall-way or bridge on the second floor. Besides the playgrounds, wash- room and sleeping-rooms there is a sewing room, nursery, sick room, as- sembly room, office for the superin- tendent, etc. The rain water is
-Board has
pumped by an electric motor, auto- matically, from a 350-barrel cistern into a tank on the fourth floor from whence it is distributed into the dif- ferent parts of both buildings wher- ever needed. A third furnace has been added and the gasoline engine is now used to propel the laundry machinery. There are altogether more than thirty rooms in the two buildings not including the hallways and closets. Sister Louisa Snavely late of Columbus Grove, Ohio, had bequeathed $5,000 in ther will to- wards the erection of this building.
The work is constantly increasing and more workers required to carry on the work. At present we have but seven girls to care for some elghty children, some of them babies; but we are obliged to refuse ad- mittance to infants quite frequently on the ground of a lack of workers. There is also a large number of bright boys. here ranging in age from three to twelve years who ought to be placed into some childless, Christian homes until of age. The demand for little girls exceeds that for boys at least eight to one.
The buildings are situated on a lofty elevation surrounded by a grove of cedars, oaks, maples, elms, etc, The buildings are in the northern outskirts of the village and almost within a stone’s throw of two church- es. Children from this Home al- ready have been placed with fam- ilies in at least nineteen different states.
Any homeless child under 12 years of age, not mentally or physically dis-_ qualified, may be admitited, but at least half the applicants had to be re- fused of late on account of a lack of workers and room in the school.
The children attend a graded. pwblic
school, and for want of room in the public school building the School recently converted our chapel room into a school room, em- ployed an extra teacher, and are now using it for the second year to teack
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the second, third and fourth grades of the Home pupils, making a total of 35 pupils in the room. The town furnishes the teacher while we fur- nish the books.
The inmates are taught to work and some time is devoted each even- ing to religious instructions. They have their young people’s meeting every Sunday evening, and those who are members of the church partici- pate. On Friday evenings they have their Sunday school, taking up the lesson for the following Sunday, but attend all religious services at the Bethel Church.
More than 600 children have al- ready been under the care of the Home, and more than one ‘hundred have already united with the Menno- nite church, although but very few children of Mennonite parentage ever found their way into the Home.
For those who are not outright surrendered to the Home until of age a nominal price (usually according to means) is charged for support, and this special support is. almost suf- ficient to. make Hae institution § self-
supporting. “Among those who have passed through this institution are many
noble Christian young men and wom- en, though there are some notable exceptions.
The present superintendent has giv- en his service in that capacity since Nov., 1899, and the matron since Feb.,
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West Liberty, Ohio.
Lengthy service in a submarine subjects a man to great risk of con-
tracting pneumonia ‘or tuberculosis.
According to the census of. 1910 there were 2,501,333 native-born Ger- mans in this country.
YEAR - BOOK
THE MENNONITE CHILDREN’S HOME
Levi Sauder.
For a number of years the brother- hood of the Lancaster (Pa.) Confer- ence district felt the need of a home where homeless and friendless chil- ren could be cared for temporarily until permanent Christian ‘homes could be found for them. In the spring of 1909 the bishops of the con- ference district considered the matter and authorized the laity to take up | the work. The work was undertaken . by twelve brethren, who, after pray- erful consideration, decided to. build the Home on a tract of land owned | by Brother A. B. Eshleman at Mil- lersville, Pa. An adjoining tract hav- ing been offered as a donation by Brother Eshleman. These twelve brethren served as a board of trustees and began work on the building in the spring of 1910. alte
The dwelling erected is a two story brick with basement and finished at- tic, thirty-six by fifty feet, with an annex twenty-three by twenty-seven feet. The Home was opened in March 1911. One hundred and sixty children have been cared for (to date, Dec. 1, 1915) and many other applica- tions were made for admission. Sixty- five of this number have been placed into private families in Lancaster County alone while some are found in a number of counties of Pennsyl- vania. A few have been sent to other states and are being taught to fear’ God. The work is conducted on the Charity plan, all the workers giving their time to the work without a salary.
The Home is supported by volun- tary contributions. An annual col- lection is taken in a number of con- gregations in eastern Pennsylvania in the month of December for the sup- port of the work during the following year. The sisters sewing circles con- tribute a large amount of ready made
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clothing for the children. A fund has been started for the support of the
Home but this feature is yet in its’
infancy. Perhaps a number of breth- ren or sisters are thinking of helping in this way but have not definitely decided when to act. Brother A. K. Mann, Millersville, Pa., treasurer of the institution, will give the desired information to all who may write concerning annuities, bequests, etc.
Why have a Children’s Home? Many children are simply existing and we remember that Jesus. said, “Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” We realize that some one must care for the “lambs” because they can not choose for themselves, and if not cared for, may, be lost. We remember that Jesus came to “seek and to save” that which was lost. We admit children and they become part of the “Home Family” and are taught out of God’s word daily. Thus they are fed spir- itually and a number of them have already confessed Christ as_ their Savior. The Millersville Church is about two blocks away and all who are able to go, attend Sunday school and church services regularly. We believe that the Home is a soul - saving institution.
Our school privileges are good. The First State Normal School of Pennsylvania is located in our village and all our children have the priv- ilege of going through high school free of charge and through the Nor- mal at a nominal cost. Some of our children are in the front ranks in their respective grades and are prov- ing to the world that it pays to lend a helping hand.
Does it pay? The Home was built at a cost of about eighteen thousand dollars and was paid for by the Church and friends of unfortunate children. We never intend to give the Church her interest on this in- vestment in dollars and cents but know that the increase will be re-
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vealed in eternity and we shall then
hear the welcome words, “Well done,
good and faithful servant, thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Millersville, Pa.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE A. M. CHILDREN’S HOME
Noah Brenneman. |
The need of providing for orphans and dependent children was resting heavily with some of the brethren, therefore the matter was discussed at the Amish Mennonite Conference held near Grantsville, Md., May 27 and 28, 1912 and preliminary steps were taken in this cause. Ata simil- in Huron Co., Mich., June 9 and 10, 1913, the matter was again under consideration and a resolution adopted to further the Children’s Home project. A _ little later a Members’ meeting was held in Maple Glen M. H. near Grants- ville, Md., July 3, 1913, in which it was decided; That a Home _ for orphaned, needy, and dependent chil- dren, regardless of race or parental religion, be established.
It, was further decided that the Home should be temporarily estab- lished at the home of the writer near Accident, Md.
June 17, 1914, three children who had been adopted from the Home at Millersville, Pa.,. were placed here on support until the family who had adopted them were in position to care for them.
The first children wholly dependent upon tthe Home were received some time in the following August. Since then we have received children from various towns and villages until the total number cared for are twenty- four, of which ten are still inmates of the Home. Three applications for admission into the Home are yet under consideration. The Institution
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is to be supported wholly by free will offerings.
Children are to be kept in the Home only so long as will be re- quired to find a suitable family in which to place them.
At this time a brick building 34 by 50, with an additional kitchen 14 by 17 1s under course of erection, near Grantsville, Md., where we trust we shall be able to care for more of these needy and dependent little ones.
We feel and know that if the work is done according to the will of God that He will bless the work so that it.can prosper and be to the Master’s honor and glory and that many of those helpless little lambs may be rescued from the “claws of Satan.”
The majority of these children have no privilege of learning anything but what Satan would teach them.
With our limited experience we have ‘been much encouraged with the few visible results in gathering them in and teaching them about Jesus and His love. .
Many of the children will tell the
untruth just as readily as the truth:
when we first receive them but we have been seeking means to overcome this evil and have found the power of God’s Word the most successful one. It may not be out of place to state one instance. Some time ago on our return home one of the older children told us of an act which should not have been done.
A boy aged five emphatically said it was the older boy. He in return just as emphatically declared it was the five year old.
We told them tto be quiet as God knew who was telling the untruth.
In the morning services such texts as Prov. 28:23, Psa. 32:1-2;:and I: Jno. 1:9 ‘were used. On the fourth or fifth morning the five year old boy yielded and confessed that the had done the act and also told the un- truth,
Oh! let us remember that Paul says that the word of God is sharper
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than any two edged sword. Heb. 4:12, that it ‘has power to convict of sin even the young child whom Satan may have taught to sin. Let us use this weapon of all weapons which God has given us.
We daily feel the responsibility and see the need of helping those who are deprived of the love and training of Christian parents, those who may have had Christian parents but who have been separated from them by the grim reaper, “Death.”
Brethren and Sisters! Are you willing to give of your time and means to promote this work? Do you realize that “Opportunity plus ability means responsibility?” You can all help by praying that the Lord will bless the work and that He may guide and direct those who are in daily contact with the children. Es- pecially do swe desire the prayers of those who know the value of prayer. May His will and His only be done.
..ccident, Md.
OUR ORGANIZED SUNDAY | SCHOOL WORK
By H. Frank Reist.
The Sunday school is freely ac- knowledged to be one of the most, if — not the most, potent agencies of the Church for the teaching of the Word, and thereby leading souls to Christ, build them up in Him, and train them for active Christian service. The Church is awaking to the wonderful, unrealized possibilities of the Sunday schoo]. Her conception of the ideal Sunday school is constantly changing as its borders are enlarged, its pos- sibilities revealed, and its opportuni- ties multiplied. |
It has been truthfully said, “What- ever you would have appear in the life of the Church must first be put into the Sunday school.” The same thought is expressed in the sstate- ment, “The Sunday school of today is the Church of tomorrow.” The Sun-
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day school is the “most fundamental thing in Church work.” This is true because of the fact that the respon- sibility for teaching the Word rests upon the Church—placed there by the Master. Himself—and the Church can- not evade or escape this responsi- bility. In the Sunday school alone the Church has the equipment in “organ- ization, personnel, and objective” to successfully discharge this responsi- bility. ‘The Sunday school is the “teaching service’ of the Church, the service for religious education. The startling fact that “five of every sev- en scholars leave the Sunday school unconverted” reveals to us that the
Sunday school work is yet 71 per
cent. inefficient in evangelism, and that there is a serious weakness in the teaching of the Word. Such a fact, and other facts that might be given, serve to reveal to us the large possibilities and opportunities yet un- realized, and should serve to spur us on to greater effort.
The Sunday school movement in the Mennonite Church, as in other Churches, has been, and is, one that is principally carried on by the laity; that is, the actual work of the school is largely done by those not in the ministry. This must of necessity be so as there are not sufficient minis- ters for the work and because there are numerous other religious duties that take much of their time and energy. There was a time in the past in not a few communities where the Sunday schol was started and main- tained by the initiative and energy of some deeply concerned, spiritual brethren and sisters in spite of the cold and blighting indifference of others in the congregation, and some- times even that of the ministry. In such a case the Sunday school was a strong protest against the inactivity of the congregation and a silent but forceful rebuke to a negligent min-
istry. We rejoice today in the fact -
that the Sunday school movement is loyally supported by virtually the
whole ministry, and that they are leaders in the movement for better things. That minister who. is not conscious of the stern fact, that if he would secure and retain the confi- dence of the rising generation, he must be vitally interested in the Sun- day school, will some day in his ex- perience be rudely brought face to face with the fact, but it may be too late. What regrets!
The history of the Sunday school work in the Mennonite Church has been one of gradual growth and en- largement. There is no disposition on the part of the Church to shirk her responsibility in this great work, but on the other hand an earnest de- sire and definite effort to make the Sunday school as efficient and effec- tive an agency for the teaching of the Word as possible. As tthe needs and possibilities of the work unfolded to those engaged in it, and as the problems were met, some which could not be solved by the individual worker or local school, a-conscious- ness developed that the work is worthy of a fuller recognition and greater attention than it was receiv- ing from the Church. The natural result was that schools of a -Confer- ence district would form an organiza- tion for the study of Sunday school problems and the advancement of the work. Today all but a few of our
Church conference’ districts have such
organizations. - These organizations have been doing good work and much of the progress made in recent years can ‘be credited to this organized ef- fort. This organization served to bring the workers of the district to- gether and by the exchange of ideas and experiences the workers were benefited and a larger vision of the possibilities of the Sunday school realized. As: workers from these dif- ferent conference districts met to dis- cuss their problems there resulted a closer co-operation and a_ gradual unifying of the work.
In the Sunday school work there
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“are problems that can be solved by the individual schools, others that can only be successfully treated from the angle of the district conference, while others that must needs be solved from the larger viewpoint of the Church as a whole. For this reason the General Conference was petitioned several years ago to con- sider the question of effecting a cen- tral organization for ‘our Sunday school work and give it the recogni- tion our mission, educational, and publishing interests are receiving. Consequently at the meeting of Gen- eral Conference in 1913 a committee was appointed to make a study of the matter and report their findings to the next conference. This committee devoted much time and thought to the work assigned them and, when General Conference met in I915, pre- sented their recommendation in the form.of a constitution which provided a plan for the supervision and direc- tion of the Sunday school work of the Church. The recommendation of the committee was accepted and an or- ganization as outlined in the consti- tution at once effected.
This constitution provides for the appointment by General Conference of a Committee of six members, to be known as “The General Sunday School Committee of the Mennonite Church,” which is “to have general oversight of the Sunday school iwork of the Church.” This: Committee is to select from outside of its own members, and recommend for ap- pointment by General Conference, a Sunday School Secretary, a Treasur- = er, an -Editor,: and. an ; Associate - Editor. These four with the Chair- man of the General Sunday School Committee are to constitute the Ex- ecutive Committee. The two Sunday School Editors recommended for ap- pointment are subject to the approval of the Publication Board. According to this arrangement the General Committee serves largely in an ad- visory capacity, and to determine the
policies to be inaugurated and carried out. In the Executive Committee is vested the responsibility to work out
.the details of these policies and ap-
ply them in the actual work.
According to this plan the respon- sibility of the work is placed upon ten persons who are directly respon- sible to General Conference, and, in some of their work, are vitally as- sociated with the Publication Board. This brings the organization under the direct. control of the Church. This is as it should be. Every organ- ization for the purpose of spiritual work should be under the direct ‘su- pervision and control of the Church. Thus the organization is safe-guarded as well as the spiritual interests of the Church.
This Committee is supposed to make a thorough study of Sunday school work and our problems, and supervise and direct this work of the Church. The problems before us are many, and some are pressing for a solution. .Some of them have been postponed too long already, and definite action has to be taken soon if the best interests of the Sunday school work of the Mennonite Church are to be preserved and advanced. In- the Sunday school work ‘the Church finds one of her largest op- portunities and the most forceful and fruitful agency at her command. May she use this agency to the high- ést possible degree to build wp a strong spiritual Church for the future.
Scottdale, Pa.
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GOSHEN COLLEGE
J. E. Hartzler.
The past year was a very success-
ful year for the college. It is be- lieved by all concerned that this year has ‘been the best in the history of the institution. The school enjoyed an increase of 25% to 30% in the student body during the year. The purpose of this article is to briefly express our thanks and appreciations to the Church for her kind and gen- erous support and to supply a. bit of information concerning the work at the college.
The increase in the student body, the raising of money and the erection of new buildings are not the largest things at Goshen College. The de- velopment of strong, loyal, energetic, and Christian manhood and woman- hood, the enlargement of life’s vision and purpose, is in itself a joy which money cannot buy.
The young men and women during the past year, with few exceptions have done excellent work, and are growing into characters not easily shaken by evil forces. The strong
Christian spirit in the student body,
the added interest in Bible and Mis- sion study, are a source of great inspiration. From four to five hun- dred young men and women annual- ly in an institution of this kind will mean something for the Church in the immediate future. men and women are very dear to us.
With the beginning of the new ad- ministration about three years ago, the faculty and the Executive Com- mittee were anxious to ‘have stated the real purpose and aim of Goshen College. The following is our aim and purpose.
I. To train and educate the whole man; mind, heart, hand and soul for Christian life aid service.
2. To stand for and defend the Holy Bible as the only divinely in- spired and revealed word of God; to wphold its doctrines and principles in faith and practice, and to avoid in
These young.
every way possible the principle of destructive ‘higher criticism.
3. To exercise positive discipline in the student body and to make it impossible for persons to remain with the institution and voluntarily dis- regard the rules, moral and religious principles.
4. To serve the Church in the in- terests of Christian education, and by the help” of. God, promulgate the faith, ideals and principles of our de- voted and self-sacrificing predeces- sors of the Church,
5. Lo co-operate with the General and district conferences and all regu- larly organized boards of the Church, in propagating and maintaining pro- per standards of Christian living a-
-mong men.
6. To maintain a faculty which is in harmony in faith and practice with the principles of the eorney as up- held by the Church.
7. To introduce and Meisel be- sides the standard collegiate and academic courses, a combined course of Bible and Agriculture which is best adapted to rural church workers; and to maintain such other Bible courses which are best adapted to in- doctrinate our young people and’ to further prepare them for home and
foreign mission work.
To create and maintain, a devo- tional and missionary atmosphere among our student body, by means of regular prayer meetings, mission and Bible study classes and foreign volunteer bands.
9. To place about our young men and women such environment and opportunities as will strengthen their religious, social and moral life: to safeguard their conduct and char- acter by wholesome discipline, anid to do all in our power to save the hun- dreds of our young people who are
~ educationally inclined who would ‘oth-
erwise be lost to the Church; and to further equip them with the knowl- edge, devotion, wisdom, aspiration, courage and obedience to God and the Church, and with such an ability to execute the divine plan of the creation in each individual life. This is our purpose. And while we frankly confess that we are not al- ways able to make of every student just what we would like, yet by the help of God and the support of the Church we can change many a life into one of real service and helpful- ness to mankind. There are now 59
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bishops and ministers and 19 mission- aries on the field who have been students of this institution.
Our graduate students, the Alumni association, have adopted measures to raise among themselves $50,000 dur- ing the next ten years as an endow- ment fund for the college. About $5,000 has already been subscribed and the work of solicitation by broth- er J. W. Shank has not yet. really begun. It is the conviction that the year 1925 will see a fund of nearly $75,000 instead of $50,000.
Will you remember the work at Goshen. We need your help. We will appreciate any suggestion you may have. We are here to serve God and the Church. We have no other purpose. Goshen College is your college. Wall you help us to accom- plish our purpose?
Goshen, Indiana.
HESSTON ACADEMY AND BIBLE. SCHOOL
D. H. Bender.
About a decade ago our people in the Middle West began to keenly realize the need of a school to which they could send such of their young people who desired a more advance education than that offered in the public schools and where they could feel that their children would not be exposed .to the many damaging influ- ences so often found im tthe schools of higher learning in the land. The matter was talked over at the family fireside, prayed over around the am- ily altar, discussed in public meetings, and finally an appeal was made to those in authority to look into the feasibility of establishing a school conducted by and in accordance with the principles held dear by our peo- ple. A committee was appointed, and after looking over several places, Hesston, in Harvey Co., Kans., was selected. One reason for this selec-
tion, among a number of others, was the fact that a brother living at that place offered to donate eighty acres of land on which to build the school.
On Sept. 22, 1909, the doors of the Hesston Academy and Bible School were swung open, and the same day were registered twenty-one students as a nucleus around which to build a future student body.
It always was ithe thought of the promoters of the institution that the Brble, the whole Bible, and the pe- culiar faith in the full inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible should have a prominent place in the curriculum of the school. The school began with an announcement that two courses would be offered in Bible study, one of two years and another of four years, besides a special Bible course of four weeks to be offered during the year for the benefit of those who could not spend a longer time in school.
The Bible department took on a healthy growth from the beginning so that at this writing three regular courses beside the shorter course of four weeks are maintained. The two- year course has been dropped from the diploma list and instead, a certi- ficate is given those who complete this course. The four-year course has been exchanged for a four-year Bible Academy course, so arranged as ito merit credit in the standard colleges of the country. All the electives in this course are taken from the Bible curricula, so that the work is creditable both in the Biblical and Academic departments. Further- more, a six-years course has been offered this year, having for its en- trance requirement a four-year aca- demic preparation, and this with two years of college Bible make wp the course.
Other courses of the institution that are successfully maintained, are a regular Academy course, a Normal Training course, a Vocal Music course and a Preparatory course.
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The first two courses named have been fully standardized and accredited by the state and the university. Graduates from the Normal Training department, ‘ten in number for I915, were all successful in passing the state examinations, and so were granted state-wide, renewable for life teachers’ certificates. Graduates from the Academy department are admit- ted into higher schools of learning without further examination.
A step forward was taken during the present year. The work of e:- tablishing a regular college in addi- tion to the above departments was begun. By the sanction of the state and the permission of the Mennonite Board of Education the first year col- lege work was dozen students are registered in that department. Prospects for building up a full four-year college are before us. We are willing to take hold and press on as the Lord opens the way.
During the six years of the life of the institution, seventy-two young people have graduated and received diplomas. Each succeeding year the graduating class grew in number and, we believe, in efficiency, until last year the largest class was graduated, numbering twenty-six. Of these two came from the Bible department,
eleven from the Academy and thir-
teen from the Normal department.
With the growth of the school in numbers, in requirements, ‘and in added attainments came the need of more strength both in numbers and quality of the teaching force, so that from a beginning faculty of four members, only one of which held a degree from a higher school of learn- ing, the faculty now numbers seven regular members besides ‘three assis- tants who teach from one to three subjects each. Four of these teach- ers have won the bachelor’s degree, and in addition, two the master’s de- gree, Others are in constant training for
inaugurated and a
' place in the school.
and one the doctor’s degree.”
higher attainments in the work of teaching.
To meet this growing demand and tendency, and yet hold tenaciously to the standard of the Church is no
small problem, but God has been
good to us, and thus far all our teachers are active members and workers in the Mennonite Church,
and in the teaching -force there is harmony and unity as to the place the whole Bible should have in the lives of men, in the courses of study, including history, science, and liter- ature. The Bible is recognized as standard and final authority on all points and with regard to all ques- tions on which it speaks. Moreover, it ‘has been found that the tenets of faith, peculiar as they may seem to the general educational public, can be upheld and made practical in educational as well as religious work, as too narrowly, often, confined to the special denomination which we represent. We find that the more ardently these tenets are. subscribed to, in the class room (when occasion demands), in the chapel assembly, in public service, in dress and general appearance and demeanor, and faith- fully lived out in every-day life, the more power is available for making all of the teachings of the Word and truth in general effective.
Rigid, though considerate and rea- sonable discipline, has won a place in the maangement of the school that assures order and decorum, but “eter- nal vigilance is the price of success”
in this department of school activity
as well as anywhere and everywhere. else.
The religious feature has from the beginning been given a prominent It had its birth with a few members of the faculty and students, in so far as it was to figure in the daily routine of the activities of the institution; The Lord has blest the humble effort of a few consecrated members, and now it has become a permanent feature
in the public morning devotion, the midweek prayer and devotional hour, the evening group prayer-circles, the missionary and other Bible study classes outside of the regular courses, and the heart-to-heart talks with students who need and desire help _ along spiritual lines. The costume that marks tthe child of God as pe- culiar from the world and peculiar to the “Gospel of Jesus has its place among teachers and students to such a degree that its absence would by all good-thinking people be consid- ered inconsistent, rather than the mark of the cross that narrow-mind- edness loads upon its devotees.
In view of these religious activities, we must expect, and we do realize the busy hand of Satan endeavoring either through unfaithfulness or pride of humility, or in other more drastic ways, working diligently and con- stantly, and not always unsuccess- fully, to discount and overthrow the work. of the Master. We are not un- conscious nor insensible to his wary, seductive and damning methods and influence. The power of God and His grace manifest in the. lives of His people alone can _ successfully erapple with and overcome the arch enemy of all good and the souls of men.
‘The work is the Lord’s. The bat- tle is the Lord’s. We are the Lord’s. It is His will that the right wins. He furnishes the means and the ways that make for success.’ We are the instruments ‘the uses. As we yield; as we consecrate; as we endure; as we testify; as we live; so will be the consequences.: God grant that Hesston Academy and Bible School may never rear its head higher than the grace of God dictates, but that in humble, submissive, faithful ser- vice it may be used of Him to start a few of our young people on the right road to success through Jesus our Lord.
Hesston, Kans.
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WHAT MISSIONS DO FOR THE WORLD
J. Ne Kautiman.
“In all great moral movements success is niot usually a matter of mathematical demonstration. There is an element of intangibility about it which places it beyond the reach of material tests. The judgment which we form as to the measure of success attained will depend wpon the point of view from which we regard the enterprise, upon our faith in its re- sources, and on our capacity to dis- cover and appreciate the signs of progress which it gives... The esti- mate of success befote a presidential election varies in accordance with the point of view of the obiserver.”
Practically all the great missionary movements of the world have been organized and developed in the last century. While this is true we would not minimize or underestimate the heroic work of the pioneer Moravian missionaries who, amidst untold hardships, and against almost insur- mounitable obstacles, boldly ventured
out in‘c jands almost as.exclu3ive as
the fanatic o'fecca of: Arabia) and almost as impenetrable as Thibet has been in our day, «There: can. be no doubt that these pioneer missionaries in. the early’ days have been the means of inspiring the great mission- ary movements which marked the ushering in of the last century. Momentous changes have taken place in the nations—changes that even the moct farsighted and opti- mistic missionaries could not even dare to hope for. “It was with diff- culty that Carey and Marshman and Judson and Ward gained a footing in India. The opposition of the East India Company, which at that time had the monopoly of trade and gov- ernment in India, was both violent and implacable; yet it shows the growth of events that the very com- pany which scoffed at the coming of
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a missionary and forbade him to touch the soil of India, lowered its flags ito half-mast when Carey died, after a residence of forty years in the country, as a token of their respect to his memory.” The great mis- sionary to China, William Taylor, through the instrumentality of the China Inland .Mission ‘has swrought tremendous changes in China. And we need only refer to the great mis- sionary-explorer and his achievements on the continent of Africa for to these men of breadth of vision anid indomitable purpose may be traced our present world system of mission- ary movements.
Let it not be understood that these men had the support of their church- es when they made their bold adven- ture to heathen lands. Quite the contrary. To go into heathen and
hostile countries amidst the most de-.
grading social and religious condi- tions was a severe enough trial of their faith but to have the con- sciousness that outside a handful of brave Christian men and women the churches at home regarded their ef- forts as void of reason and common sense niot even considering the heath- en as worthy of being saved must have been a test the nature of which the modern missionary knows noth- ing.
As intimated in the beginning of this paper “the justification of for- eign mission effort is not dependent upon tabulated results, but it is nev- ertheless interesting to note them. The natural presumption would be that Christianity would make very slow progress in a heathen land, for it is regarded with suspicion as an alien faith. It is opposed by a
powerful priesthood and at variance
with long established customs. Fam- ily ties, social position, caste pre- judice, combine to keep one from confessing Christ. The persecution of converts is common and some can speak of dungeons languished in and point to welts and scars which tell
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of agony endured for Christ. Few will suffer these things save under strong conviciton of duty. It would not be reasonable, therefore, to ex- pect as high a percentage of increase as at home, where centuries of Chris- tian work have prepared the soil and created an atmosphere, where Chris- tianity is popular and worldly mo- tives blend with religious to attract men to the church.”
“But what are the comparative facts? The average annual increase of the Protestant churches in Amer- ica is about .03% while the increase on the foreign field is about .09%.” Allow me to present a few concrete illustrations of the growth of the churches in the mission fields. The hgures mentioned refer to Protes- tant Christendom only. Every day throughout the non-Christian world there is added to the church an aver- age of nine hundred Christians. The Christian population of China and India is doubling every ten years. In China is added cne new communi- cant for every hour of the day and night. In Korea an average of one convert an hour has been added ever since the first missionary landed twenty-five years ago. In i913 fifteen hundred converts a week were added to the churches in India.
Let us notice the growth of mis- sions and Christianity as compared with the non-Christian religions in a single mission field. In tten years in -India Buddhists have increased ten percent., Mohammedans have in- creased ‘six percent., Hindus have in- creased four per cent., the Jains have lost nine per cent., when in the same time Protestant Christians increased forty-eight per cent.
Missions have taught the bigoted, haughty classes in India a lesson— which they will never forget and given them such a shock from which they will never recover. Although successful work has been done a- mong ithe higher classes the main work of missions has been ‘directed
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towards the lower classes and caused what is commonly called the “mass movement” in which thousands of the lower classes come en masse to the missionaries and ‘apply for bap- tism which ceremony has to be post- poned in hundreds of cases simply because the missionaries are unable to handle the situation. A Brahmin asked a native Christian preacher,
“Why do you go among the out-
castes?” (The preacher replied, ““We are following the example of the Lord Jesus Christ, who washed his disciples’ feet. We are ‘washing the feet of India. When India sees that its feet are clean it will be ashamed
of itself and -will want to be clean.
every whit.”
Dr. Brown, an authority on mis- sions, made the statement that “or- dinations and not baptisms is the real gauge of success’ and the stren- ous efforts of the missionaries along this lineare proof ‘of the. truth of this ‘statement. Not only are there scores of churches that-are self-sup- porting and self-governing but they are self-propagating as well so that we now have in many places in the mission fields the interesting and en- couraging spectacle of native mis- sionaries being sent out and support- ed by native churches. The asser- tion has been made of Christianity in Korea ‘that it 1s Jof. sufficient strength in that land that it would be able to re-establish itself in Amer- ica were it to die out here and the assertion will apply to other mission lands.as well. I ask the fair ques- tion, “Can any one reasonably ex- pect a stronger testimony of the value and permanency of the work of missions?”
The one and only message the mis- sionaries have to bring to the non- Christian peoples is the message of salvation—the Word of God. To compute the value of the printed page to the missionary in his work of spreading the gospel is impos- sible. But this we know that the
first and sacred use of language is to make it a medium of transmitting the thoughts of God. A _ hundred years ago the Bible was translated in 65 languages whereas today it may be read in nearly 450 languages and dialects. To tell of the difficulties of translating the original Hebrew and Greek into the various languages of the world, so that the same thought is conveyed to the simple unlearned natives as was intended by the in-
spired writers, would provide suffi-
cient material for a lengthy article in itself. The first mission press in — India ‘was set up at Serampore in tSoo by Carey. The literary inva- sion of China dates from the setting up of Dr. William’s press in 1833. “The mastery of languages, their re- duction to writing, and the cosntruc- tion of a workable grammatical sys- tem so that they are ready for liter- ary use has been one of the most brilliant intellectual triumphs of mis- sions.” |
We hear it said sometimes that missions are expensive and that the returns missions have to offer do not warrant such a great outlay of mon- ey. Let us see into this matter. I have ‘already told you that the rate of increase in mission fields is three times as great as the rate of increase in the home land. Now if missions would spend three times as much money.as do the churches at home then from that standpoint missions would be as justifiable as the work of the churches in America. But listen. The running expenses of all the churches in the United States is in round numbers $300,000,000 exclu- sive of new structures, general char- ities, etc., while the total income of all the mission boards for foreign missions is about $9,000,000. If the European Board have an income of $41,000,000 (which seems to me very high) there is a.total of $50,000,000 expended by America and Europe for foreign missions and get results 3 times as great as America is getting
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with an expenditure of $300,000,000! Thus I have shown that missions in
non-Christian lands accomplish three .
times as much in the form of secur- ing converts as the churthes in the home land with but three percent. of the cost. Does this sound impos- sible? Here is a concrete example in which you are all interested. The American Mennonite Mission owns about $50,000 worth of property. This includes seven residences for missionaries (referred to by some as palaces), a farm of over 800 acres, another farm of thirty acres, a mod-
erately equipped High School to ac-
comodate about 250 students, six other schools, two orphanages and boarding schools, thospitals, an indus- trial training institution fitted with modern machinery, and other things too numerous to mention!
Though the abolishing of objec- tionable social customs is a matter of secondary importance in mission work yet it naturally follows the spiritual renovation of heathen peo- ples and enough has been accom- plished in this line alone to justify the existence of missions. Mission- aries have been leaders in social re- form and missions have been repre- sented in high commissions for the purpose of investigating such evils as opium traffic, liquor traffic, and forced labor. Through the direct in- tervention of missions sati in India is forever abolished by imperial legis- lation and missionaries were the pro- moters of the anti-foot binding movement in China which resulted in the issuing of imperial edicts con- demning the practice of foot-bind- ing. The idea has so gotten hold of some of the prominent men of India that socteties advocating social re- form have actually sprung up among them through which they publicly condemn the practice of child mar- riage and declare themselves as be- ing in favor of widow re-marriage. Caste, one of the most inflexible and overmastering social tyrannies which
the world has ever seen, a system of such regnant and pursuasive force as to ‘be fairly comparable to the mysterious power of electricity in nature, is rapidly disintegrating. A fatal inroad upon the supremacy of caste system was made by John Clark Marshman, the son of the Serampore missionary when he ob- tained from the orthodox Brahmin authorities the decision that the Hindu devotee might ride in a rail- way carriage without losing the mer- it of the pilgrimage.
Missions have had a strong diplo- matic influence on government and have been able to do distinct public service. In some mission fields this. influence is so prominent that when legislation is about to be enacted! affecting the common people it often times happens that hundreds of mis- sionaries are consulted as to their opinion on the matter. .
The economic importance of mis- sions would suggest material enough for an hour’s discussion. There can be no doubt that the commerce of the world has been greatly stimulat- ed by missions. When such things as lead pencils, looking glasses, watches, etc. were brought to the. simple natives of non-Christian lands new and unlimited markets ‘were opened up thus widening the busi- ness man’s sphere of influence. By inculcating the spirit of enterprise the missions have been able to stim- ulate the development of some of the great resources of various coun- tries.
Missions have also made their im- portant contributions to science and exhaustive research and _ investiga- tion has been made by missionaries the results of which are considered authoritative by our great universi- ties.
The great awakening of eastern countries has béen caused largely by mission influences along the lines above suggested. Statistics do not show every thing. The non-Chris-
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tian peoples are surely changing. The desire to possess the civilization’ of the west has been created and those of you who have been reading between the lines have surely begun to realize what a great responsibility this must throw on the missions and through them on ‘tthe churches in the home land. .
Being a missionary myself, it is only natural that I should bring into prominence the wonderful achieve- ments of missions and besides, this is my subject. It is fair, therefore, to suggest to you what the testi- mony of others who are not mission-' aries has been. Frequently travelers come home from their world tours and herald it about that missions are a failure. Now missions would be doing a poor work, indeed, if they would not excite some criticism. Dr. Brown cites an instance of an Amer- ican merchant who returned from China to say that missions were a
failure. Whereupon his pastor ipro- ceeded to interrogate him, ‘What city of China did you visit?’ ‘“Can-
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ton,” was the reply. “What did you' find in our mission schools which im- pressed you as so faulty?” The merchant confessed that he had not seen any schools. “And yet,” said the pastor, “our board alone has in Canton a normal school, a theologi- cal seminary, a large boarding school for girls, and several day schools, while other denominations also have schools. “Well, what was there a- bout the mission churches which so displeased you?” Again the merch- ant was forced to confess his ignor- ance; the did not know that there was a church in Canton till ‘his pas- tor told him that there were, in and near the city, scores of churches and chapels, some of them very large, and with preaching not only every Sunday but, in some instances, every day.
“But surely you: were interested in the hospitals,” queried the pastor. One of the largest hospitals in Asia
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stands in a conspicuous position on
the river front, while the Woman Hospital in another part of the city is also a great plant, with a Medical College and a nurses’ training school connected with it.” Incredible as it may seem, he knew absolutely noth- ing about these beneficent institu- tions. Further inquiries elicited the admission that the critic knew noth- ing of the Orphanage or the School for the Blind or the Refuge for the Insane and that he had made no ef- fort whatever to become acquainted with the missionaries. He was a little embarrassed by this time, but the questioner could not refrain from telling him the old story about the English army officer and the foreign missionary who met on an ocean steamer. The army officer had con- temptuously said that the ‘had lived in India thirty years and had never seen a native Christian. Shortly af- terwards he recited with gusto his success in tiger hunting, declaring that he had killed no less than nine tigers. “Pardon me,” gently said the missionary, “did I understand you to say that you have killed nine tigers in India?” “Yes sir,” pompously re- plied the colonel. “Now that is re- markable,” continued the missionary, “for I thhave lived in India for thirty years and have never seen a tiger.” “Perhaps sir,’ sneered the colonel, “you didn’t go where the tigers were.” “Precisely,” was the bland answer of the missionary, “and may not that have been the reason why you never saw any native converts?”
“The sceptical white trader gained some useful information as to the benefits of missionary effort when he sneeringly said to a Fiji chief: “It is really a pity that you ‘have been so foolish as to listen to missionaries.” The chief retorted: “Do you see that ereat stone over. there? On that stone we smashed the heads of our victims, Do you see that oven yon- der? In that oven we roasted the
human bodies for our great feasts.
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Now, if it hadn’t been for the good misstonaries, ‘we should have killed you, roasted you in yonder oven and have feasted upon you in no time.” I know a man in America who has criticised missions very severely and I ‘heard that man say in India when he was on one of his tours that he purposely avoids missions. How could he tell what missionaries were accomplishing when he did not even make an attempt to find out when he had fine opportunities. I give you these illustrations to show you that when a man adversely criticises mis- sions you have a right to challenge his statements for he is not telling you actual facts.
Missions value very highly the tes- timony of Sir Andrew Frazer who for many years served in high offi- cial capacity in India. He regards the influence of missions as of para- mount importance in the develop- ment of that country. Mohan Roy, the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, said, “The brightest star in the dia- dem of Christ is India and he SHALL have it” thus paying a high tribute to missions. One of the in- fluenttal and highly educated Indian princes in a great speech said, “What has made England and America such great powers in the world: It is Christianity. What influenced the missionaries to leave their native land and all their comforts and come to our country to tell us of this great power? It is Christianity. And there is nothing that will ever bring to_ India spiritual and moral development outside of Christianity. This Indian prince is not a Christian and therefore his testimony is sig- nificant.
I have given: you in bare outline what this great subject suggests. I have given you some facts which in- dicate to you that missions are a great force in the world. I have giv- en you a few statistics which show what missions do for the world. Long ago Napoleon said of China,
“There sleeps a giant. Let him sleep. When China is moved it will move the world.” We believe that missions have been instrumental in
causing the giant to stir. It ‘took nearly a century to ‘win the first million Protestant converts, twelve
years to win the second million, and it has taken just about six years to win the third million. Dr. H. Clay Trumbull said, “We must make the past a success.” We believe that this is being accomplished now. The conviction is growing upon me that a real interest in and an association with the activities of this great world movement should be regarded as the normal experience of every true Christian.
Goshen, Indiana.
HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC COAST MENNONITE CONFERENCE
S. G. Shetler.
By special request, we have con- sented to write up the history of our beloved church in the far west.
Realizing the impossibility of gath- ering all data correctly, we trust that all will bear with us in any error that may occur in dates or otherwise.
We aimed to solicit the help of
‘the oldest ‘brethren and those who
were charter members in the respec- tive congregations. We feel very grateful for the help received.
Oregon Field
Hopewell Congregation, near Hub- bard, Ore—The first service was held about 1893, by Bro. J. D. Mish- ler then of Eugene, Ore., in a private house, belong to Bro. Dan. Erb, Clackamas County. Later some of the services were held in the Hope- well United Brethren Church and some in Bro. Erb’s house.
When Bro. A. D. Wenger, then of Millersville, Pa., took a trip through
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the west in 1897, he partially organ- ized a congregation with six mem- bers, and requested. Bishop. J. .D. Mishler to take the bishop. oversight thereof.
In the spring of 1899, Bro. David
Garber, of Nampa, Idaho was with the congregation. As some of the members were formerly members of the Amish Mennonite church else- where, and others were members of the Mennonite church elsewhere, a vote was taken to decide under which name they would labor. By a majority of votes cast, it was decided to be a Mennonite congregation, and that it should later be received into the Kansas-Nebraska Conference. In the fall of the same year, Bish. Geo. R. Brunk, a member of this conference, fully organized the con- gregation and received it into said conference. At this time, nine souls were ‘baptized, thus making a total membership of forty-four souls. Dur- ing these meetings, Bro. Levi Welty
was ordained deacon, but he later withdrew. | ‘Church property—On Dec. 27,
1899, a meeting was held to select a site for the erection of a church to be used by the brotherhood, and also to lay plans for building. By a large majority of votes cast, it was decided to select a site in Clackamas county. At a business meeting, held Jan. 24, TOOT, it was unanimously agreed that on account of not finding enough suitable ground for both church and cemetery purposes ‘and on account of the close proximity to the Amish Mennonite church to try to secure the Hopewell U. B. ground, two miles east of Hubbard, or ground by the side of it. An acre of ground was. secured from Mr. Bonney for $50, and the deed was made to the trustees of the Hopewell Mennonite Church and their successors.
A building 30x42 ft: with two ante- rooms and a gallery over the ante- rooms was erected and dedicated.
On May 1, 1908, the church bought
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an acre of land, having a dwelling house thereon, for $453, from Bro. J. M. Mishler, east of and adjoining the church, and cemetery lot. In 1915, a strip of land on the west side was donated to the church by Mr. Dan Yoder.
On Apr. 29, 1915, the congregation unanimously agreed to erect a new church to meet the needs of. the growing Sunday school and church. A ‘building committee composed of the brethren J. M. Mishler, J. B. Mishler and Ben Emmert, was elect- ed.
The building now under construc- tion will be 4ox60 with a basement, two anterooms and two S. S. rooms, which can also be used in connection with the audience room.
Ministerial service—In 1808, Bish. J. D. Mishler moved from Eugene to near Hubbard and has had the church under his care.
Om tel ye 250; Hershberger was
TOGA, WATOcy a IN elec ordained minister and A. I. Miller was ordained dea- con. Bro. J. F. Bressler came west in 1906 and spent several years in the work. Bro. Wm. Bond was ordained minister, May 14, I9QTIL.
Bro. S...G: .Shetler, formerly | of Johnstown, Pa., moved to Hubbard, Dec. 16, 1913 and was received by letter. On Feb. 28, 1915, he’ ‘was ordained bishop to assist Bro. Mish- ler. Bro. .J. K.. Lehman, a minister, having moved from Mayton, Alberta, was received by letter, Mar. 21, 1915.
Bro. Daniel F. Shenk was ordained deacon Nov. 14, 1915. '
Meetings held.—There are regular preaching senvices every Sunday morning and evening. On the first Sunday in each month, the services are partly or entirely conducted in German in the morning. Every Sun- day evening a Children’s’ meeting and a Young People’s Meeting are conducted. Lately steps have been taken ito have a Bible study class. A midweek prayer meeting is held from house to house.
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Mennonite Church
at Balodgahan, seen in the foreground.
India.
The Mill for
&
rinding Mortar is
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Sunday school—Our brethren first
worked in a union Sunday school, but the superintendent was a secret order man, and some of the brethren soon saw the inconsistency of work- ing under such conditions. They organized their own S. S. and ‘have successfully carried it on ever since. The present enrollment is 121 and ' the church membership is 107, in- cluding the 7 at Portland.
Albany Congregation
The Mennonites first assembled in 1899 for public ‘worship about four miles east of Albany in'a Methodist Chapel, at which time a congregation was organized by Bro. David Garber of Nampa, Idaho. The organization, which consisted of fourteen mem- bers, had organized a Sunday school about six or eight months previous with an. enrollment of about forty.
Meetings were later held in a school house near town, until July, 1909. At this time, they bought a town church and moved it to. the outer part of town, where they had bought two acres of. land. Part of these two acres were sold in lots, which, with subscriptions at home and donations from some _ eastern churches, paid the church building. The building was remodeled at the time it was moved, and it has a good basement, gallery, and electric lights.
The congregation when organized consisted of 14 members. By hold- ing well their own children, by other members moving in, and by gather- ing some from the outside, the con- gregation now numbers 116, including 7- members at Harrisburg, 26 at Airlie, and a few scattered members.
Ministerial service.—When the con- gregation was organized, Br. L. J. Yoder, who was formerly a minister at Eugene, was given charge of the work. He at present lives at Grand View, Washington. In May, 1Igo1, Bro. David Hilty, formerly a minis- ter in Ohio, moved to this place, but
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jiater moved to Nampa, Idaho.
Bro. J. P. Bontrager moved ‘here from Nampa, was ordained minister and ‘bishop in 1911. Bro. John Steckley, a minister moved from Cal., and was received into tthe con- gregation in IQT4.
Bro. M. E. Brenneman was or- dained deacon, and in 1915 he was ordained minister. Meetings held. At «present a live Sunday _ school numbers 105.
Preaching services are held twice every Sunday. Children’s meeting and Y. P. Meeting are hheld on Sun- day evening. A midweek prayer meeting is held every Wednesday
“evening.
A Sunday school is held at Airlie by the brethren at that place, and
the organization of a congregation
is under consideration by the con- ference,
Early Struggles
In the first years, the Oregon churches passed through various dif- ficulties, the causes of which may be ascribed to different reasons. A- mong the most prominent are the following:
Inconsistent living among some of the members and even amongst some of the ministry.
The use of liquor, worldly attire, and questionable business methods. People had moved from different localities and some brought some
locality ideas and views with them.
Most of the members were mem- bers of different classes of Menno- nites and Amish Mennonites before being organized into congregations, and this brought different views to-
gether.
Misrepresentations and _ interfer- ence on the part of some, who were not members.
By an appeal, the Kansas-Ne- braska conference sent the brethren Geo. R. Brunk and David Garber, as a committee to adjust church diffi-
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culties. Their investigation, which began Mar. 10, 1902, lasted nine days. _A number of brethren and sisters confessed their errors and asked the forgiveness and forbearance of those whom they had wronged. Restitu- tion was also made by seweral.
A number of rules and regulations were laid down, and all those who did not comply therewith forfeited *their membership.
In one congregation about half forfeited their membership. Since the investigation, a better system of church government has been main- tained, and the congregations have grown.
A decided stand is taken against:
tobacco, the use of liquor, worldly amusements, and worldly attire.
Peace and unity prevails in each congregation, and church conferences are conducted with a spirit of Gos- pel unity.
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Nampa Congregation.—In Febru- ary, 1899, Bro. David Garber visited this place and bought some _ land. One month later, he, with the breth- ten .Vi i s-Sehtotk and: facob. Det -wilers, moved to Nampa. During the same summer, the following brethren came: Jacob Miller, Joseph Pletchers,. D.i Uc Kaufimany, 520A. Kurtz, and E. Stahley.
The services were first held in union with the Dunkard_ brethren, until the church was organized, Dec.
4, 1899. The first business meeting was held in the home of Bro. Moser,
Dec. 13, 1899, at 'which time it was decided to borrow $1000 with which
to ‘build a church. The Oregon Short’ Line R. R. furnished very good lumber at a _ reduced price.
The church was built in the spring of 1900. The last service was held in this building in Aug. 1912, and it was torn down in Dec., 1913. All services are now held in the Nampa Mission hall.
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Nampa Home Mission.—This is the farthest western point at which any of our missions are _ located. The community, where this mission now is, was without a church build- ing, and the children did not attend Sunday school. In view of this need, school was started in private homes; such workers as Sister Fannie Kurtz now of Youngs- town, O., Bro. E. Stahley, now of Terra Bella, Cal., and Bro. John F. Bressler, now of Richfield, Pa., as- sisting.
This plan not proving satisfactory, a church council was held and a mission building agreed upon. This was built and dedicated in 1906. The Mission is under the jurisdiction of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities at present, and = Bro. John Hilty and wife have charge of it. Besides those already referred to, the following have served as ‘work- ers: Bro. C. K. Brenneman and wife, now of Canton, O.; Sister Siddie King, now of Hesston, Kans.; Sister Sadie King, now of Hubbard, Ore., who had to leave on account of failing health; C. E. Mitchell (a former supt.) and family, who have left the church,
Sometor the vearly ‘trials .came ‘in the form of opposition from outside and from within the Church against mission work ‘being done at this place. Some of the hardships were such as were occasioned by lack of sympathy, lack of unity, lack of workers, and lack of funds.
Ministerial service——The first min- ister was Bro. David Garber already referred to.
Bro. S. A. Kurtz was ordained minister by Bish. Geo. R.. Brunk at the time the church was organized.
-' He died and was buried in the ceme-
tery adjoining the church lot.
Bro. David Hilty, a minister, visit- ed Nampa in 1900 and tIgor, and later moved to this place. He ‘was ordained bishop in the fall of 1904.
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Congregation of Sankra, India
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Bro. Amos Shenk, a minister, moved from Osborn, O., in March, 1903.
Bro. Emanuel Stahley was or- dained deacon and moved away : in 1907.
Bro. Geo. B. Hilty was ordained
deacon May Io, Io1I4.
The congregation has made some
strong appeals for more help’ from
other places.
Difficulties—Besides those already referred to under the Nampa Mis- sion, the following have left their effect on the work. Inconsistent living on the part of a few members. The varied opinions of people com- ing from different localities... .The unsettled condition of some, who later moved elsewhere. Unsound literature in the’ homes © of some, “Winds of doctrine,’ such as Chris- tian Science, Russelism, Socialism, Tongueism, etc. Two of the most active workers were taken by the Apostolic Faith people. In the face of all these troubles, there is a Sun- day school of 47 pupils and a church membership of 33. Within the last few years there have been some ac- cessions to the Church, both from our own people and from the out- side. .
Filer Congregation. — The first Mennonites in this part of the state were Bro. David R. Detwiler - and family, who moved into Twin Falls County it ‘tort; irdim: Way Junta, vor Bro. Levi. Hostetler moved .from Weilersville, O. to Filer in 1912, and Bro. Charles E. Sieber from Freeport, Ill. came in Jan. 1913 to Twin Falls. Bro. Detwiler moved to Filer in Mar., 1914. The first public service was held in the Townsite Building, Filer, on Jan. 31, 1914; by Bishop David -Hilty from Nampa, Idaho. An appeal had been sent by the Filer brethren to be received into the Pacific Coast Conference. The con- ference therefore authorized Bro. Hilty to organize a congregation. This organization was affected at the
first meeting, with a membership of twenty two.
A Sunday school was organized at the same meeting, with Bro. C. E. Sieber as superintendent. The en- rollment in S. S. is now 75 and the membership of the church is forty- one.
Bro. Samuel Honderich, a minister, moved from Cullom, IIl., and Bro. Chris Snyder, a deacon, moved from Kansas, previous to the organization. The congregation was therefore sup- plied with ministerial help. The bishop oversight has been under Bro. David Hilty, Bro. J. D. Mishler, and Bro. J. .P. Bontrager in succession. The first revival meeting and the first Bible normal were held by S. G. Shetler of Hubbard, Ore., at which time five souls were received into the church,
The first S. S. and church confer- ° ences were held Sept. 24-28, I9gI5.
The services were held in. the Townsite building until the fall. of torts. During the summer of I915 a new church, costing about 2500, was erected on lots secured in town.
With the proper care, this con- gregation promises to be permanent- ly established.
California Field
A number of our brethren and sisters have located at various places in this state, but at no time has there
been an organized congregation at any place. The only Mennonite minister in
the state is Bro. Emanuel Stahley. whose address is Terra Bella. A union Sunday school is conducted in a schoolhouse and preaching services are held every Sunday morning. There are about a dozen members lecated at this’ place.
If all the members in the state were located: at one place, there would be a congregation of forty or fifty members. Quite a number of our people from the east come to spend a winter, a year, or a few
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years, not having intended to locate
permanently. Besides Terra Bella, there are members at Dinuba, Los Angeles,
Pasadena, Upland, and a few other places.
During the past year two young souls were baptized and received in- to the church. Communion services wete held in private homes at Terra Bella and Pasadena with a few more than a dozen communicants at each place. The ‘bishop oversight is under Brov S. AGsyseShetler) Hubbards; Ore., but with a_= scattered membership about. a thousand miles away, any one may realize how Itttle is. ac- complished,
Other churches solicit and wel- come our people in their schools, and it is to be feared that few of the children will be received into our church.
Church Conference
The regular session of the Kansas- Nebraska Conference was held at the Hopewell Mennonite Church, near Hubbard, Ore., 1905.
Among the ministers present from the east were the following: Al- brecht Schiffler, Roseland, Neb.; 5S. C. Miller, McPherson, Kans.;. John M. Shenk, Elida, O.; J. S. Shoemak- er, Freeport, I1l.; Tillman Erb, New- tons> Jans.: ef ae runk Kansas City, Kans.
Bro. J. M. Shenk. was moderator, Bro. Reuben M. Weaver was secre- tary. At this time, the congrega- tions in Oregon and Idaho were or- ganized into a separate conference district. Sessions have been held annually sinee as follows: Hopewell, 1905, 1908, 1911, 1914; Nampa, Idaho, 1906, 1909, 1912; Albany, Ore., 1907, I91I0, 1913; Filer, Idaho, 1915.
The Rules and Discipline of the Kansas-Nebraska Conference were adopted at the first session. In 1914, a committee, composed of the breth-
Sunday _
impethesatall sat
ren J. P. Bontrager, S. G. Shetler and M. E. Brenneman, was ap*point- ed to revise the discipline and to formulate a constitution for the con- ference, and a constitution for the local mission board. At the next annual conference the committee re- ported and an adoption followed.
The district at present comprises the territory of Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.
In 1906, a local mission board com- posed of one member from each con- eregation, was organized by the conference. Considering the limited finances, the board has done re- markably well in gathering the lost through exangelistic efforts.
In 1914, a mission committee, com- posed of the brethren, J. P. Bontrag- er, C. R. Widmer, and J. B. Mishler, was appointed? This committee has arranged regular preaching services in Portland, and. five souls were re- ceived in the first year.
A Children’s Welfare Board, com- posed+08 they Drethren):).), Av Hilty,: Chris Snyder, S. G. Shetler and M. EK. Brenneman, was appointed by the conference in 1914. The Board has
two children under its care, who have been placed in a Mennonite home.
The Board has been authorized to incorporate and to take. steps to- wards the establishing of a Cnhil- dren’s Home.
The conference is aggressive but has a Gospel conservatism that is very. commendable.
Outlook and Opportunities
The territory included in this dis- trict is so large that the few workers in it can not give it the attention it ought to have. California itself is nearly the size of Germany, and has members scattered almost from one end of the state to the other.
Calls come from various places for more ‘preaching. There are some small towns and other sections in
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which there is no Sunday school or preaching service.
The outlook for the future is good. There is unity among the workers and most of them are zealous in the ‘work. The childten of Mennonite parentage have been remarkably well gathered in. Besides this the church is recognized to the extent of gather- ing souls not of our parentage. Some of these are amongst the best ‘work- ers.
The mission spirit is good, and the quarterly mission meetings are inter- esting and well attended.
The conference appoints and aids a’ Sunday school field worker and district evangelist.
Bro. J. P. Bontrager has been ap- pointed for this year, and devotes part’ of “his’ time ‘directly. tov the work. |
May the blessing of the Lord rest on this needy field.
Hubbard, Ore.
“THE RIGHT TO DO”
But: -haven’t) I av right.to’ use my own things in my own way?” Kath- ryn said. The coming of her cousin to be a member of the family and Kathryn’s roommate for six months,
had been a source of much pleasure |
in anticipation. The arrangement, however, was proving to be a cause of unhappiness. Elsie, the newcom- er, was. an only child, accustomed to her own way in everything. Kathryn, the oldest girl at home, was reveling in the luxury of a room all her own. Elsie was now to share this room with her, and Elsie’s ways were not Kathryn’s ways; and Elsie was not slow in making sug- gestions as to the. arrangement of the room, and to insist that her ad- vice should be carried out. It was after an unusually prolonged alter- cation, in, regard to the arrangement of the new window curtains and the
have
than they do their rights.
placing of Kathryn’s lately purchased desk, that she had fled for solace to
the cozy room at grandmother’s where Aunt Alice offered counsel to nieces and nephews from several households.
“It isn’t. her room; andl've “tried to make her feel at home, but it
seems mean to take advantage of me because she’s company. She hasn’t any right to say how things shall be in my room,”
“That’s twice,’ commented Aunt Alice, “inside of one minute that you've used words that are respon- sible for two-thirds of the troubles in the world.”
“What words?” asked Kathryn.
““A right to. Do you know, when it comes to a mere matter of insist- ing on our rights, that if everybody claimed what it was his right to claim, there would be nothing but quarreling in the world? You'll find that the people who get along in the world and have lots of friends and live peacefully, seldom have what rightfully belongs to them.”
“Why don’t they?”
“Because, usually, they are ‘people who have found out that their rights don’t matter nearly so much as other people’s feelings. 1 want you to see, dear, that there’s nothing in the Ww eld so important as estas feel- ings.”
“The next time you feel that EI- sie’s overstepping her rights, and that you have a right to insist on your Own way, you can enforce it, and have a quarrel, and you'll be tist)-as vselien as she, But) aioese people value their privileges. more Remem- ber, too, that every time you have a right to insist on your way, you also have the privilege of giving up your way, and of showing in the sacrifice a real spirit of unselfish- ness... Don’t you think that’s more worth while?”
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Sister Plank
and some of the Children at Youngstown, Ohio, Mission
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Kathryn nodded gravely.
“Besides,” added Aunt Alice, as her visitor rose to go, “there’s a certain Master whom you follow. He never was heard to say a word about His rights. Perhaps Elsie doesn’t know Him as you do; if you do _things His way it may make a differ- ence.’—The Comrade.
WHY THE MORNING AIR IS HEALTHFUL
Most people at some time in their lives probably have risen early e- ‘nough to experience the bracing ef- fects given by filling the lungs whiie the dew is still on the grass. So far as analysis goes, the composition of early morning air is not different from the air at any other time. It is well to remember, however, that during the passing of the night to day and of day to night several physical changes take place.
There is a fall of temperature at sunset and a rise again at dawn, and, consequently, moisture is alternately being thrown out and taken up a- gain, and it is well known _ that change of state is accompanied by electrical phenomena, and_ certain chemical manifestations also. The formation of dew has_ probably, therefore, far more profound effects than merely moistening of objects with water.
Dew is vitalizing, not entirely be- cause it is water, but because. it possesses an 4mvigorating action, due, partly at any rate, to the fact that it is saturated with oxygen, and it has been stated that during its formation peroxide of hydrogen and some ozone are developed. It is not improbable that the peculiar attrac- tive and refreshing quality which marks the early morning air has is origin in this way.
Certain is it that the bracing property of the early morning air wears off as the day advances, and it is easy to conceive this loss of freshness is due to the oxygen, o- zone, peroxide of hydrogen—which- ever it may be—being used up.
—Selected.
YEAR- BOOK
HEALTH HINTS
Dr 0, 71, “oess:
“Have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.”
Keep yourself clean—body and soul.
Preventive medicine is cheaper than curative medicine, and it’s not so. bitter.
Swat the fly. e
Decomposing garbage and manure piles are foul forts of. disease, and a dirty cellar is as dangerous to life as a submarine in war times.
‘It has not been foreordained that every child shall have all the diseases of childhood, and to expose a child to a contagious disease in order that he may “catch it and be over with it,’ is an act of criminal ignorance.
Because we laugh at measles and whooping-cough they are primarily the cause of more deaths than scar- let fever and diphtheria.
So fastidious has the modern ap- ipetite become from abuse that the man of simple, normal habits is ser- iously embarrassed when he comes to pick out a wholesome meal from the menu of a popular hotel or res- taurant.
Gluttony kills more men than guns. It’s safer to go to war than to live the modern social life.
Vital statistics keeps its accounts about evenly balanced. The abuse of health keeps pace with the advance of medicine.
The high cost of living is not near as expensive as the cost of high liv-
ing.
Banquets, and. dinners, and lun- cheons and teas are the abused nursing ‘bottles of childhood—the
colicky baby still cries and is fed. Air and sunshine are two essen- tials to life and health that the greed of man has not attempted to monopolize, and yet few take all they need. Wallowing in the sand
' on the sea shore for a ‘week or two
'
- that’s
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in the summer may gratify the vanity of carrying home the. distinguishing mark of a sunburnt skin (a. vanity akin to that which swells the breast of a verdant and conceited traveler returning for the first time from abroad with ‘his baggage decorated with the labels of foreign resorts and sports) ‘but it doesn’t secure much benefit from sunshine when the skin is smeared with cosmetics and studiously protected with sun- shades for the rest of the year.
Keep your chest filled swith air. A flat ‘chest is a more serious mat- ter than a flat wheel.
Night air is better than canned air. If you are afraid to let the night air in, open the windows and let the other kind out; better sleep vacuum than in foul air.
Fill every room in the ‘house with fresh air every day. Take down the blinds and let. the sunlight in too, what the windows are for. The furniture that can’t stand air
,and sunlight is ready for the rum-
mage sale.
As to the purpose of clothing that question seems to be still sub judice. It can scarcely be said to be either useful or ornamental as worn ‘by the fashionable world. It may safely be presumed, however, that the chief purpose of clothing is the protection of the ‘body, notwithstanding the fact that the amount worn on cer- tain occasions would seem to indi- cate that the female body did not need much protection.
It may require extraordinary moral courage to fly in the face of the modiste, but when she hampers lo- comotion by tight skirts, disturbs the erect equilibrium of the body by in- sisting on having the heels of shoes placed under the arch of the foot— when, in fact, she would make it al- most impossible for a woman to either stand still or walk—then com- mon sense should at least make some
- feeble protest.
Let your dress be simple and sens-
itt ae
To
ible, adapted to give freedom and comfort to the:body.. Don’t “bun- dle up,” ‘but inure your body to the rigors of winter and to the sum- mer’s sun. Live as much as possible
in the open with Nature, you are her child.. : \
Scottdale, Pa.
WATCH YOURSELF GO BY,
Just stand aside and watch. yourself
lee EON UY, Think Ce as “he” instead of
Note closely, as in other men you
note,
The bag-kneed trousers and_ the seedy coat.
Pick flaws, find faults, forget the.
man is you;
Confront yourself and look yourself in the eye—
Just stand aside and watch yourself go. by.
Interpret all your motives just as though You looked at one whose aims you did not know. Let undisguised contempt through you when You see you shirk, oh, commonest
surge
of men! Despise your cowardice, condemn whate’er You note of falsehood in you any- where; Defend not one defect that shames your eye— Just stand aside and watch yourself zo by. And then, with eyes unveiled to what you loathe— sins that with sweet charity
you'd clothe—
Back to your self-walled tenements you'll go
With tolerance for all who dwell be-
low. The faults of others then will dwarf
: and _ shrink,
Love’s chain grown stronger by one mighty. link—
When you, with “he” as substitute for
Pe Ee Have eee and watched yourself go by. Christian Companion.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
EASTERN PENNSYIVANIA (FRANCONIA) CONFERENCE
Meets_Semi-Annually on the First Thursday of May and October 4697 a4
Name Date first;Services rey ary Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916}every Souderton, 2|2 wks. P. M. |Supplied Souderton 377 al bare, a1 9)Jacob M. M ; i 2 wks. acob M. Moyer Franconia A y of A. Z. Derstein 1 are ; benicar dae Menno Sauder 912 wks. 310;Jacob Moyer ened uote Henry Clemmer a nae Rhine Alderfer x > : 9|\2 wks. 205|Christ B. Allebach Pan cues: Jacob Stauffer Isaac Kulp Plain 2|2 wks. i3C\Jacob C. Clemens Landsdale . : 9}2 wks. 150! Aaron Freed 7 t i Ae Teich 4 wks. eve. Jos. R. Ruth Rockhill, : 9|2 wks. 210) Mahlon Souder Telford William lLandis Blooming Glen, 2\2 wks. 500| Peter Loux Blooming Glen Frank Swartz Perkasie, 9)2 wks. P. M. | Supplied Perkasie 2 wks. eve. Deep Run, 2| Sunday 450/John Leatherman Deep Run Jacob Rush Enos Wismer Plumstead, 914 wks. Supplied Plumsteadville Doylestown, 2/2 wks. 215|David Gehman Doylestown A. O. Heistand Swamp, 2 wks. 29| Supplied Shelly Springfield, 2|2 wks. 9| Supplied _ Springfield ‘Twp. Hereford, _ 9\2 wks. 46|John Ehst Bally Boyertown, 2|4 wks. 26 Boyertown Skippack, 9\2 wks. 130|Jesse H. Mack Creamery 4 wks. eve. Providence, 2|2 wks. 28\Trvin R. Landis Yerkes Worcester, 2)}2 wks. 35;/Howard Pennapecker Worcester Vincent, SOT Wilts: 100|J. B. Hunsberger Spring City i Coventry, Wet: 2\2 wks. 7|Henry Bechtel Pottstown ’ ‘Aakod: Roth Note.—Black-faced type indicates bishops.
| Bishops & Deacons
Jonas Mininger Sam. Detweiler
A. G. Clemmer Henry C. Krupp Abr. Clemmer Jacob Freed Hiram Clemmer Isaac Clemmer
Henry Landis David Cassel
Henry Lapp
Joseph Allebach
H. B. Rosenberger Levi Moyer Wilson Moyer
John Derstein Jos. B. Oberholtzer
Abraham Gross
A. S. Mack Henry Yoder
Enos Gehman
Warren G. Bean Benj... C. Wismer
Martin. Hunsberger
Geo. L. Reiff
Charles Kolb
of October Moderator, Benj. F. Zimmerman, Shiremanstown, Pa. fica Secretary, Peter R. Nissley, Mt. Joy, Pa. Name Date first |Services he and Meeting |, Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916|every
Chestnut Eiill, ~~ _ Silver. Spring -
Kraybill’s Mt. Joy
Mount Joy, Mt. Joy,
Erisman’s, Manheim
Gantz’s, Manheim Hernley’s, Manheim Kauffman’s, Manheim Manheim, - Manheim Erb’s, Manheim Petersburg, Fast Petersburg
Martindale
AND DIRECTORY
LANGASTER\ (PA.) CONFERENGE; Meets Semi-Annually on Friday before Good Friday and Furst Friday
«39
G4
Bishops.) & Deacons
128|Henry E. Longenecker|Peter R. Nissley
2|4 wks. 9 a. m./4 wks ad as B. Leh Kraybill . Lehma aybi 9 eve,| rotal 275 ee ad 23 a. m.|4 wks. 4 wks. 1 eve/(Sat. ev.) 4w.|/Isaac H. Brubaker 16 a. m.JA. M. 4 wks. 200 2/4 wks. John B. Snavely Totaf 5 914 wks. 214 wks. |Benj. B. Stauffer Bae! 125|Aaron H. Wenger 16IP. Ms 4. wis. 23)/4 wks. 150 9 a. m.|A. M. 4 wks. |Joseph Boll 23 eve.| Fy. 4 wks. Christian M. Lefevre
359|Frank N. Kreider Hiram G. Kauffman
Salunga, 9)P. M. 4 wks.
Pei 23 Total oo Landisville GTME Fv ks:
Millersville, Dy Dani ; Millersville ee 2 eat Arig ty
Rohrerstown, 2| Total 500 Hee iCish Rohrerstown 2 wks.
Habecker’s, 9|2 wks. Jacob Newcomer Mountville pak eee
Masonville, wks. ai ce Total 3 340 Jacob C. Habecker
Mountville, 2 a. m./4 wks. 2 at a Mountville 16 ove 4 aS PM agai
Lancaster, Sunday ts H. M E. Chestnut & Sherman|2 wks. P. : ote Ade ee
; “f
River Corner, A mn 90 Conestoga
New Danville (Stone), 90 wre. 340 aceb, . Thomas New Danville Aaron B. Harnish sverland, BBE 4 wie. A, M,
Marticville 16 €VE.)4 wks Ey. 70 :
Grofdale. 212 wks. 260|N. H. Mack Bareville F. BL: Witmer anaei Benj. G. Wenger
Banks. S. Winey
Metzler’s, 9\2 wks. 0 Akron
New Holland, 2|2 wks. Supplied New Holland
Bowmansville, 2/2 wks. Henry G. Good Bowmansville Noah B. Bowman
Allecheny, 914 wks. Moses Gehman Alleghenyville Total 5
Gehman’s, 9|2 wks Adamstown
Weaverland, 9,2 wks youn M. Sauder
Weaverland | B. Good
Lichtv’s, 164 wks Tone W. Weaver Union Grove |
Goodville, 2.2 wks Goodville | Total 650
Churchtown, 9\2 wks Churchtown |
Martindale, 2 2 wks
Christian F. Charles
Abram B Lutz
Dan’] S. Metzler John B. Brubaker
Henry Heagy
Amos G. Kauffman
Jacob M. Greider
Abraham B. Herr Abraham Eshleman
Abraham. Brenner Abram Newcomer
Daniel S. Witmer Benj. Kreider
Ezra Weaver David Weaver
H. L. Herr
Benj. Weaver M. W. Nolt Lloyd Graybill
Samuel Metzler
Jos. Horning Noah C. Bowman
Chr. G. Weaver Samuel D. Martin
MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
40 LANCASTER (PA.) CONFERENCE.—Continued Name Date first | Services aoe ke eae TP: ies Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons o ’
Ephrata, 2 Sunday 150 Noah L. Landis Ephrata Benj. Weaver Blizabethtown, 2'4 wks. A. M. |Levi Ebersole John G. Ebersol Elizabethtown { Topal a 205/Simon B. Landis Frank Pierce i wks. Ev. .
Bassler’s, 2 eve./4 wks. A. M. |Simon E. Garber Rheems 16) eet ite! 125 Henry’ IL. Miller wks. Good’s, 912 wks. 135 Marti . Mil Elizabethtown John E. Landis a pte ate Risser’s, 4 wks. A. M. |Samuel L. Oberholtzer Elizabethtown 191 4 wk : Stauffer’s, 4 coe ee 105 5, J Bache ile wks. Aaron Coble Strickler’s, 2 \ chapel, k _ |Henry Shope we Middletown 16 eve. ee acer ee David Z. Miller yn ae ; 4 wks. Ev. ' A aaa i ce Avheics. 35| Henry Longenecker ry a Jonas Hess i Lititz, . 9 eve,| Sunday saiiaeol Hershey Noah L. Landis eee P. Jno. B. Bucher Benj. Hess Lititz 4 wks. 100 Eph. N. Eby Hammer Creek, 2)4 wks 100 ill : Hsien py oa John M. Lefever Benj. H. Hess Neffsville vais eye 9|4 wks. 50 Clay Tye aoa 23/4 wks. choeneck ae it eee 16|4 wks 30|Rueben S. Bare Daniel Trimmer ’s Stati Hershey's, ae 9/4 wks. |Harry H. Loose dmire Kralltown, 214 wks. Kralltown Garber’s, 914 wks. ile ae 2 wks. seer ante E. E. Strickler Strickler’s, 9|4. wks Jos. S. Forry Wrightsville Total 120 Manchester, 2314 wks Moses Stauffer Manchester York, 9|2 wks. York Dani ice Aa 2|}2 wks aniel Stump Samuel Forry agi 9 ae 150) Peter D. Shank David Hlec# anovef wks. Hertzler’s, 9}4 wks McCherrytown Si leds Pane 9) 2 wks, 103/Samuel Hess Benj. F. Zimmerman Churchtown, 2 wks. 35|Henry Weber H. W._ Eshleman pAlien af i i Rueben Cockley Jonas B. Zimmerman iller’s, wks. 4 ram urkholder . = Newville we dere Charlton Jolin Bas Sere ross Roads, 2|2 wks. 32|J. F .Bressler W. W.. Graybill Ant enna: 9\2 wks. 56|Samuel Leiter John Wert Rockland S. H., 2\4 wks. i Peal ng ie 5 gn ‘ig elaware, 2|2 wks. 50}W. G. Sieber Thompsontown Menno Brubaker pearl OY En pole! Pe 2|2 wks. 61/Simon Auker A. K. Brubaker Shelley’s, Seas F. R. Fisher Richfield Susquehannah, 2/2 wks. 28|William A. Shafer [Christian Brubaker
Port Treverton
AND DIRECTORY : 4t
LANCASTER (PA.) CONFERENCE.—Continued ea esprit Sahnhgecy 9 fae ar ate and Meeting Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons
Location Jan. 1916/every Gingerich’s, 2|4 wks. 6(|Martin N. Risser David Westenberger Lebanon Dohner’s, 23\4 wks. €lJacob Ebersole ~ Lebanon Light’s, 16/4 wks. 2 Lebanon : Krall’s, 16|4 wks. 14|Jacohb Gingerich Christian Krall Lebanon Mummasburg,’ 2|2 wks. A. M. |Jacob F. Bucher Martin Boyer Mummasburg 50}Amos W. Myer : 9\4 wks. Ev. 2314 wks. P. M. Strasburg, 9|2 wks. 360! Elias Groff C. M. Brackbill Strasburg John B. Keener Frank M. Herr Brick, 2\2 wks. 260 Willow Street ; New Providence, 2|2 wks. A. M. |John Myers Amos Miller New Providence 2 wks. By 4 Mechanics Grove, 9|2 wks. 60 Mechanics Grove é ; Mellinger’s, 2\2. wks. 500/Sanford Landis Henry ° Heller Lancaster, R, F. D. 6 David Landis Stumptown, *9|2 wks. 250 Rird-in- Hand Old Road, 2\2. wks. 150 Gap, Ry BD: Hershey’s, 9/2 wks. 260|Amos Hoover i Kinzers, R. F. D. John B. Senger Landis Hershey Red Well, 9/2 wks. 40; Abr. S. Martin New Holland, R. F. D Kinzers, 9 p. m.|2 wks. Ev. Kinzers 2 eve. 80 2 wks. A. M. Paradise, 2 a. m.|2\ wks, A..M |Jacob H. Mellinger Isaac E. Hershey Paradise 9 eve. 2 390 4 wks. Ev. Mt. Pleasant, 9|\2 wks. 40 Strasburg
; 4,
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WASHINGTON CO., MD., AND FRANKLIN CO., PA.,
CONFERENCE Gb? Meets Annually on the Second Friday of October 7} 4 Name Date first |Services ‘ and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916’ every Reift’s, 9:2 wks. 290,C. R. Strite Cearfoss, Md. David R. Lesher Stauffers, 912 wks. 40|Denton Martin Edgemont, Md. Maugansville, 9/2 wks. Maugansville, Md. Paradise, 2/4 wks. Daniel Strite Reid, Md. Millers, 16.4 wks. 94|Henry Baer Leitersburg, Md. Cedar Grove, 2 wks. 46 Greencastle, Pa. Clear Spring, 2:2 wks. 45 Clear Spring, Md. | Strasburg, 22 wks. 89l\Henry Bricker Chambersburg, Pa. ; Row, - 9.2 wks. 45\Toseph H. Martin Shippensburg, Pa. Chambersburg, Z2 wks. 196/ Daniel FE. Kuhns Chambersburg, Pa. | Joseph FE. Lehman Marion, 9,2 wks. 60/William W. Hege Chambersburg, Pa. | George W. Ernst Pleasant View, 9 2 wks. 32 Chambersburg, Pa. | Williamson, 2\4 wks. 14 Williamson, Pa. | Pond Bank,_ - 2\2 wks: 12)W. W. Hege
Mont Alto, Pa.
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE:
Bishops & Deacons
Geo. S. Keener Daniel L. Horst Martin Justus
Peter . Eshleman lL, Hotst Abraham Horst John §S. Burkholder
Daniel
David S. Lesher Solomon Horst Daniel JL. Lesher
.|Jacob A. Martin
: Jacob A. ‘Martin
Meets Annually on the Second Friday .of October
Moderator, C. Good, Dayton, Va.
Secretary, GeH; Brunk. sHarrisonbure,)Va.> 3
NOIRE aE NepeRe RC TET
‘Name Date first | Services and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916)every Springdale, 2 Sunday 71 Jos. R. Driver Waynesboro | ; Mt. View, 92d & 4th Sun./Sup. from Springdale ‘es ae | 28 nion hapel, 92 Supplied ‘cr eeree Cave Station : Siaceee vat Mt. Pleasant, 23) at} Supplied Weyers Cave Station af ee lige Hildebrands, 9. ae > Jos. H. Weaver Waynesbore hawt 30/%. C. Shank Auburn, gjist & 3rd Sun.| p. J... Berkey Warrenton ‘ 20/Klam Horst , Concord Dwicew as m0; Concord, ‘Tenn. 28|Wm. Jennings Mt. Pleasant, 2| Sunday 86 Fentress AL DY" Wenger Warwick River, 2/ Sunday 80} Dan’l Shenk Denbigh Jacob Hahn Amelia, No reg. Preaching 19 I. D. Hertzler Amelia Wolftrap, No reg. Preach. 31 Wolftrap ae 2 Jos. W. Geil roadway: 100) p : ion, a3 4th oy Sunday AN wee
Broadway
D
| Bishops & Deacons
A. P. Heatwole F. A. Driver G. W. Henderson
i avid Haldeman |A. P. Heatwole
Henry J Powell Geo. R. Brunk L. W.. SEby
T. J. Wenger Clayton Bergey A. P. Shenk Benj. Brenneman
E. K. Kaufman Isaac Grove
Lewis Shank
AND
DIRECTORY
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.—Continued
Name Date first Services
and Meeting Members Ministers
ee | Jan. 1916/every
Lindale,’ 9/24 & 5SthSun.|Geo. B. Showalter Linville Depot 3rd_ Sun.” Ev./Jos. Shank
Brennemans,. 16/3rd Sunday A. G. Heishman Linville Depot 68 4
Tunis, 2\ist Sunday 17)/Supplied Tunis 2d Sun. Ev. :
Alum Sree. 912d Sunday 22|Supplied Alum rings j
Doverarnter 3 23\4th Sunday 12/Supplied D ill ;
re Wea : 9/2d Sunday 5/Supplied Matthias, W. Va. ;
Branch Mountain, 9 2d Sunday 12 Supplied Matthias, : : :
eid ao euacay + 18) Supplied
Bauchmans, 9 eee ned sie g|2d Sunday 20\Jacob. Teets River, f . 2 ,
Plestont Gates xf gjist Sunday 32] Supplied
pe W. Va. gjist Sunday 37 Criders, W. Va.
‘Weavers, i 9/2 weeks 150 Chr. Good 4 Dale nterprise s A. B. Burkholder
Pike, alist & sth Sun-ltos, W. Coffman Harrisonburg d
Bank, glist, 3rd, &5tl| peter S. Heatwole Dayton Sundays 112
Bethany, (New) 23|2 weeks 20|Amos D. Heatwole Spri Creek
Ds Re 2 weeks 12/Melvin J. Heatwole Hinton :
Peake, : 2 Sunday 56 J. S. Martin Hinton s
Mt. Clinton, glist, 3rd, & Sem S. Weaver Mt. Clinton Sth URE
‘Gospel Hill, 2 weeks 90/Samuel H. Rhodes Palos ‘
Hoovers, 16|}month ils, Palos
“Mabel Chapel, 16/month 5
Alexandria, 2| Sunday 16 Alexandria
South Fork, 9)2 weeks 17|Supplied from Va. Oak Flat, W. Va.
Bethel, 9|2 weeks 100)Robert IL. Smith Tobh = Wel a.
Laurel Fork, 16} month 12 Rich Mountain, W. Va.
Drv Fork, 2|month ail J.. Earl’. Sater Dry Fork, W. Va.
Roaring Run, 9|month 20
Onegarw W.Va:
| Bishops & Deacons
J. J. Wenger Jacob Geil Shank
Christian Henry S. Holsinger
Supplied
Pharaoh Wilkins
L. J. Heatwole Elias Brunk
Henry Blosser S. M. Burkholder
Jacob W. Showalter David Garber J. J. Wenger
French White .
Osborne Wyat
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SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE Meets Annually on the Fourth Thursday and Friday of August
and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916|every i Springs, ~ 2| Sunday 205|G. D. Miller Springs, Pa. ~ . Ed Miller Casselman, al2 wks. 63H. M. Gelnett Grantsville, Md. Glade, 2|\2 wks. 47 Accident, Md. Oak Grove, 9|2 wks 23 Grantsville, Md. 4 wks 7 Gortner, 23|2 wks Oakland, Md. Martinsburg, , nel Martinsburg, Pa. In Dist 80 Pleasant Grove, 9|2 wks Martinsburg, Pa. Rockton, 2|\2 wks 34 Rockton, Pa.
Weaver, 2 2 wks 156] Alexander Weaver Johnstown, Pa. D. S. Yoder Pleasant View GI ue 34|Hiram Wingard
Saline) Pa. ‘ : , 2) WKS. ja.% mm, Thomas, 2
Holsopple, Pa. & 2 wks. oa
2 wks. a. m. |U- A. Blough
jjan sane Pa. ? & 2 wks. mie Simon Layman Stahl, 912 wks. a. m.
Johnstown, Pa. ad Re hee Wm. C. Hershberger Kaufman, 9/2 wks. a. m. E. J. Blough
Johnstown, Pa. 2 wks. eve. 94 / Schellburg, 4 wks. 8
Schellburg, Pa. Scottdale, 2| Sunday 69lfohn A. Brilhart
Scottdale, Pa. Masontown, 2|2. wks. 105|E. D. Hess
Masontown, Pa.
Date first
Services
Moderator,—Aaron Loucks, Scottdale, Pa. 7 Secretary,—W. C. Hershberger, Holsopple, Pa.
Bishops & Deacons
- |David. Keim
N. E. Miller
D. W. Maust Jacob Kinsinger
J. N. Durr Abr. Metzler Isaac Metzler H.° B. Ramer W. G. Speicher
James Saylor Levi H. Weaver
Jos, Gindlesperger Joseph Saylor
Samuel Faust Wesley Yoder
John Hershberger
lL. D. Yoder
Aaron Loucks Jos. R. Loucks
J. A. Ressler
-AND DIRECTORY © | 4s
_ EASTERN AMISH MENNONITE CONFERENCE
Meets Annually in the Latter Part of May
Moderator, S. E. Allgyer, West Liberty, Ohio
Secretary, C. Z. Yoder, Wooster, Ohio | bats Name Date first|Services eile Ee ; and rosie Members - Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location an. 1916\every ganikaree 9|2. wks. is Gal pape te Sided artis Si ap, Pa. 5 ohn . wtoltzius mos oltzius pee eae 2 oH ae 254/‘Amos Stoltzfus tglen, a. wks. Conestoga, 2|Sunday 180|Christian. H. Stoltzfus|John S. Mast Morgantown, Pa. Sylvannus Stoltzfus Mattawana, \ 7 2 Sunday 92 Michael Yoder Mattawana, Pa. John E. Kauffman 2 John B. Harshbarger ay eS , rs _ 2) Sunday 124|Joseph H. Byler EB. A. Zook’ elleville, a. EP pee 73 2) Sunday g1|Joshua B. Zook an ee eereey ensville, Pa. ohn Zoo vt guGreen: Ma. Mscnday! i) 2a es Providence, : 2 Sunday 23 Joseph Zook Joseph Mast Oyster Point, Va. Geo. Hostetler Maple Grove, 2 J. H. Lantz J. R. Byler me ee ae Pat poaday re has D. Miller a Wee e beec ohn A. Liechty anie chmucker Louisville, CF; PETE y is Abr. Hostetler Oak Grove, xe 2\2 wks. Z. Yoder J. S. Gerig Smithville, O. In Dist. 549 ee G Vodet Peter Conrad Lf eat Hill, 912 wks. Albert I. HEfartzler terling, ey Orrville, 2| Sunda i, ‘ Orrville, O. fates perce Plain View, 2|Sunday -116)D. B. Raber Alex. Stutzman Aurora, O. A. W.. Hershberger Ashtabula Co, Pe earoine E. B. Stoltzfus Martins a 9 «| Calvin- Mast Fred Mast Walene eek, O. a ee ao S. H. Miller M. A. Mast Walnut Creek, O. Sunday ah gts In Dist. 9815|Jesse Miller rsp anee O 2 wks. Lester Hostetler Oak Grove, 2 Sund 21 Wary S. E. Alleyer West Liberty, O. ioral / gis a At S. L. Warye South Union 2 , a A. I. Yoder agus 2 wks. laebavtlartzier : At Pi: Ce g{in Dist. 383/L.. 7. Plank S. H. King West Liberty, O. ere Am. Men. Central 9 D. J. Wyse Elias L. Froy Archbold O. 2 wks. itd Rychue- Daniel Sauder ht: Ste O 2 a Le, 680/S, G. Grieser jx Cou Frey oc Pie 2 4 wks. West Clinton, 2|2. wks. West Clinton, O. f teh Poole, 2| Sunday 111/Meter Bosart John Jipfer
Poole, Ontario.
Christian Sehultz
46 MENNONITE YEAR-BOOK
OHIO CONFERENCE Meets Annually on the Fourth Thursday and Friday of May
Moderator, John Blosser, Rawson, Ohio
[467 Secretary, T. K. Hershey, La Junta, Colo. Q q Name Date first |Services | |
and Meeting Members! ' Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location Jan. 1916/every Midway, 2:2 wks. Summer|Allen Rickert A. J. Steiner Columbiana Sunday Winter|David Lehman J. L. Yoder © North Lima, 912 wks. Summer| i. M. Detweiler T. DB. Witmer North Lima ‘||Sunday Winter Leetonia, 2\In Dist. 357 Leetonia Sunday Kast Lewistown, ho wire: East Lewistown bie S Orrville, 2! Sunday I. W. Royer Orrville Salem, 9}. wks. 58|David Tostetier Michael Horst Weilersville C. R. Lantz I. J. Buchwalter Pleasant View, 2|2 wks. go|Aaron Eberly GI SoS, a eine North. Lawrence A. TW. Brenneman John . Flackman Martins, 9|2 wks. 125 _ |Abr. Burkholder Orrville Longenecker, 2 wks, 17 Winesburg Union Hill, 4 wks. 12 Sugar Creek Kulps, 2 wks. 15 Winesbur : f Bethel, : ala \<yicwl 10g|N: -*: Lind H. R. Newcomer Wadsworth yo cper ts 9|2 wks. 45 eville de PP. ie eprank . M. Shenk eerie Z 2 wks. 140 G. A. Brunk i P. Good Salem ) 2|\2 wks. 149|C: B. Brenneman S. C. Brunk lida ; Moses Brenneman J. B. Huber Blanchard River, 9|2 wks. 45 Supplied Lewis Strite Ottawa Medway, 2!2 wks 24 Medway a Chapel, New Stark 2 wks. 52|N. O. Blosser John Blosser Sethe, > ae ai oe : J. Y. King ER. D. Yoder West Liberty Sunday 110;C. H. Byler ee ‘ 2|2 wks. 76 Fred Geiger ufiton ‘Crown Hill, 2| Sunday 63|J. F. Brunk D. C. Amstutz Marshallville
(SWISS CONGREGATIONS) 2.
tas
Sonnenburg, 9! Sunday 398|Jacob Moser Jacob Nussbaum
Dalton Cleophas N. Amstutz : ; Jacob Moser Defenseless Swiss, 2|2 wks. 49\Jacob Haas Christian Zimmerly
Pandora
AND “DIRECTORY 47
: INDIANA-MICHIGAN CONFERENCE
Meets Annually on the Second Thursday and Friday of October
Moderator, Jacob K. Bixler, Wakarusa, Ind.
9 Secretary, J. S. Hartzler, Goshen, Ind. aah Name Date first |Services and - . Meeting Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location Jan. 1916' every -Holdeman’s, 2| Sunday 230| Henry Weldy Jacob K. Bixler Wakarusa, ~— Ind. Silas Weldy D. A. Yoder David Burkholder Salem, 2|Sunday 70\John Bare Jacob I. Weldy New Paris, Ind. : 4 Samuel Smeltzer ‘Yellow Creek, 2| Sunday 122)J. W. Christophel Noah Weaver Goshen, Ind. Jonas Loucks Henry Weaver Nappanee, Ind. 9| Sunday 135|Ezra Mullet Frank Maust Nappanee, Ind. Olive, ett 2| Sunday 110} William Hartman Elkhart, Ind. Jonas Brubaker Elkhart, 2| Sunday 217/W. B. Weaver G. L. Bender Elkhart, Ind. J. F. Funk Samuel Yoder Clinton Brick, 2| Sunday 10€|Amos Nussbaum John Garber Goshen, Ind. ‘ D. H._ Coffman Shore, g| Sunday 200/y. C. Miller J. J.’ Mishler Shipshewanna, Ind. Josiah J. Miller ‘Seth Hershb erger Emma, 2| Sunday 53 ve geet Menno J. Yoder Topeka, Ind. Mancelona, Mich. 6 ne Caledonia, Mich. me ‘Midland, Mich. Vestaburg, Mich. . |Sunday 35 J, MM. Yoder Jacob P. Miller Bowne, 2| Sunday 101|/{fsaac Weaver Joseph Mishler Elmdale, Mich. Aldus Brackbill Eli Zook Union, 2| Sunday 59\Thomas U. Nelson H. A. Miller White Cloud, Mich. Union, 9] 7\Christian W. Detweiler Brutus, “Mich. Union, Le ieeaper 13) Supplied Homestead, “Mich. ~ S. W. Sommer Suns, Sides aan ght 2| Sunday grad unny Side, Mich. : Goshen, “a3 *-21Sunday 195/J. S. Hartzler E. S. Hallman ein oi Rie ie JI. R. Detweiler David Burkholder Goshen, Ind. J. E,. .Hartzler D. J. Johns egag eyes Paul. E. Whitmer . J. K. Bixler , Sunday 11|Eli. Stofer David A. Yoder Pleasant Valley, Amos: Landis Hudson, Ind. Sunday 40|Harvey' Friesner rs
Barker Street (Mich.), Near Vistula, Ind.
-|W.. W. Oecesch
48 MENNONITE YEAR -BOOK
INDIANA- MICHIGAN AMISH MENNONITE CONFERENCE (SPRING)
Meets Annually on the First Thursday and Friday of June
Date first |Services ae Meeting Members| Ministers — Bishops & Deacons Location Jan. 1916)every ; “: : 2|Sunda 172;Andrew J. Yantz onathan urtz it peated ov ad. : * Melvin D. Lantz j ; John Emert Amish Be nOmee 2 Sunday go| Andrew S. Miller ‘ |John Lugabill Leo, In ; Forks, 2| Sunday 273|S. E. Weaver D. D. Miller Middlebury, Ind. _|Joseph Y. Hooley Clinton, 2! Sunday 155|D. D.__ Troyer D. J. Johns Goshen, Ind. 5 a eet Ira S. Johns Nappanee, a 130|J@s cLowen Simon J. Smucker Navoanes: Ind i pay eh i CaS a Middlebury, a 178 . Hostetler acob C. Hershberger Middlebury, Ind. paneer S,."San oder J S Tloward-Miami, 2|/Sunday © 290| Niles M Slabaugh © E A Mast Amboy, Ind. , Joseph Horner Noah W. King Fairview, 2 Sunday 226 a A. Bontrager Menno Esch Fairview, Mich. N, Zs Yoder Menno Steiner. Union, month 10 Chief, Mich. Sunny Side, 2 wks. 10 Commins, Mich. Amish Mennonite, 2 wks. 10 Linn Grove, Ind. Goshen, 2 See under Indiana Goshen, Ind . Mennonite
ILLINOIS CONFERENCE Meets Annually on the First Friday of June‘
Moderators, J. S. Shoemaker, John Nice Secretary, A. L. Buzzard, Washington, III.
Name Date first |Services
and Meeting Members Ministers Bishops. & Deacons Location Jan. 1916|every Freeport, 2| Sunday 72|E. M. Shellenberger J. S. Shoemaker Freeport ; S. E. Graybill J. V. Fortner Cullom, 2| Sunday ~ 48 E. J. Christophel Cullom ? Home Mission, 6 times a A. H. Leaman 639 W. 18th St., week 57 Chicage : Gospel Mission 6 times a A. M. Eash 720 W. 26th St.,_ week 50 Chicago : Morrison, 2| Sunday 34/John McCulloh Soe Nice Morrison ; H. T. Nice Dan’! Deter Sterling, 2|Sunday 152)}A. C. Good Abram Burkhart Sterling Union Church, 9|2 wks. 35
Washington A. LL. Buzzard
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MISSOURI-IOWA CONFERENCE
Meets Annually Thursday and Friday before the Fourth Sunday of September
Sec’y J. R. Shank
63 / 27
Mt. Zion 2| Sunday 91|Daniel F. Driver Daniel Kauffman Versailles, Mo. Amos Gingerich oe C. Driver Henry J. Harder . M. Kreider Proctor, 9|2d Sunday Elias Swartzendruber
Proctor, Mo. Posty Oak ,S."H., Versailles, Mo.
Carver, 2 Ist & 3rd ney John R. Shank J. L. Collier C: » Mo.
Ténuines & Hi, 2d & 4th Sun. Harry <A. Diener Carver, Mo.
Pleasant Grove, 2d Sunday
Gravois Mills, Mo. White Hall S. H.,
White Hall, Mo. Sth Sunday Little Buffalo Creek, 4th Sunday Proctor, Mo. Bethel, ’ 2 Sunday 104 W. E. Helmuth John B. Yoder Garden City, Mo. Palmyra, | gjist, 3rd, & reat ee Mo. ; a oan Le ye, Buckwalter J. H. Hershey Pea Ridge, Mo. S2iney. hones Ewing S. H., 23\4th Sunday & Philadelphia, Mo. Geo. Bissey John G. Detweiler ree mea sky 2 mye ay els Lafayette J. Johnston herry Box, Mo. Buadad g9|Perry J. Shenk Andrew Shenk eB “ry 2 Joseph Good Galecrure : glist, 3rd, 4th, |Amos Kilmer Oronogo, Mo. & 5th anaes Wm. Tweedy uepess 16|3rd Sunday asper, Mo. Pursell, 23\4th Sunday 4 ’ Pursell, Mo. Oakland, g|Sunday ev. 13 bskerness Mo. g9|2d Sunday 2 fier ist Sunday 10 Bi T - : Rain ten 2| Sunday 83/5 ne Taketchatiens apse Wee an 20 Ee rooney Lake Charles, La. St La epi Liberty, 2| Sunday 50| > J. Blosser S. G. Lapp South English, Iowa fy RN i Ng a EID hig: lavi ei Coal Creek, Month 7 S. W. Lapp What Cheer, Iowa Alpha, 2| Sunday 31/C. J. Garber Alpha, Minn. Fairview, 2| Sunday 62\ 17. S. Glick Surrey, N. Dak. I. S. Mast pene gee, ‘ 2| Sunday 32|D. B. Kauffman Amos Ogburn aden, Dakss Coalride, 4 wks. 4|Levi A. Kauffman
Coalride, Mont. Supplied
MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
WESTERN AMISH MENNONITE CONFERENCE |
Moderator, Secretary, C. A. Hartzler, Tiskilwa, Ill.
Samuel Gerber, Tremont,
Tl.
Abner G. Yoder, Parnell, Iowa
J. E. Whittaker
Name Date first|Services | and Meeting Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location Jan. 1916|every | Sugar Creek, 2\Sunday 370| Daniel Graber S. Gerig Wayland, Ia. Simon Gingerich John Wagler Lower Deer Creek, 2|2 wks. 130) David Reber Kalona, Ia. Jac. -S:. Yoder Joseph Hershberger East Fairview, 2|Sunday 305|Jacob Stauffer Milford, Neb. Joseph Rediger Abram Stutzman Will Schlegel Lee O. Schlegel Salem, 2|Sunday 200\Jacob Swartzendruber |Peter Kennel Shickley, Neb. ORK Ben. Schlegel Plum Creek, 2|Sunday 91\Joseph H. Birkey Jacob D. Birkey Beemer, Neb Joseph Schertz 3 ; Peter Oswald. Wood River, 2| Sunday 86|Joseph KE. Zimmerman Wood River, Neb. Ammon_E. Stoltzfus” West Fairview, 2|Sunday 120|Fred Gingerich Ephraim | Martin Beaver Crossing, Neb. East Fairview, 2|2 wks. 51|J. W. Oswald John Ernst Chappell, Neb. Slocum, 2| Sunday 51/C. K. Ernst John Beller O’ Neill, Neb. ; Thurman, 6 months 26| Supplied nan Thurman, Colo. John J. Johns Peter Kennel Pleasant View, 2| Sunday 58 Joseph Schlegel: : Hydro, Okla. CnC steckley. . Fairview, 2| Sunday 107|Daniel Erb Cc. R. Gerig Albany, Oreg. Joseph Schrock Peter Newschwander Amish Mennonite, 2 wks. 22;7. E. Whittaker Selden, Kansas Sycamoré Grove, 2| Sunday 295|Levi_ J. Miller J. J. Hartzler Garden City, Mo. . Hershberger ere’ Buieciow! y 2 1st & 3rd Sun. s s s I. G. aia Medford, Mo 13 Yrystal Springs, 2|Sunday 85|Jacob Zimmerman ~ Yod : Crystal Springs, Kansas ’ _. |Samuel H. Detweiler: yeas ¥ <a Amish Mennonite, 2 wks. 20 Hartford, Kansas East Bend, ~ g|Sudnay 175|Daniel Grieser. Peter Zene © Fisher, Ill. _ |Joseph Baecher Suess Zehr. eae eae Bi ouatey 248 William S. Guengerich|y.coh K. Yoder Dastonville, a. alap wie: 10 Barre: Siyatbacn Orieen Sines. Yoder | Wellman, Ia. : : Bye i) Seer C! Yoder . East Union, g| Sunday 286| Dani ea, “| Sanfor - Yoder eee rt Ney Ges e ‘ Jacob B. Yoder — Hopedale, 2|2 wks. 240| Daniel Nafzinger » |John C. Birkey Hopedale Til. Simon Litwiller ; re Macknaro, Z| Sunday 47|Daniel Zehr "~ Goodville, Il. diy, Christian King R i 2| Sunday 172 Wek oad oanoke, , Pet D. h ac Pr Reanwke lute ete oe eee _|John C. Birkey° © Christian Risser, Sri. | 6 Metamora, «> 2|2 wks. 232 Senate ate ee! ss Metamora, Iil. | Peter . Sommer 7 SA 159| Peter Schertz Cedar Creek, 2)ounday D. D. Zehr ee te Joseph C. Eigsti Zion, 2| Sunday 162)Edward Z. Yoder Amos P. Troyer Hubbard, Oregon Daniel Roth Willow. Springs, 2|Sunday 176|\Jacob Ringenberg Joseph Burckey Tiskilwa, Tl. t Chauncey A. Hartzler Ohio Station, 2|4 wks. 16| Supplied Henry V. Albrecht Bee Station, Ill. S e Sy eet Taldo, Z| Sunday 200] Danie rendor clpeten do Til. : Dp: Slager Rap a Pleasant Grove, 2|Sunday 90|Daniel Roth Tremont, [il. Jonas Litwiller pannel ie arbet A. M. of Center Twp. Z| Sunday 29|B. F. Hartzler Pryor, Okla. Amish Mennonite, 2| Sunday 46\John Augsburger Stuttgart, Ark. $ Sommer
AND DIRECTORY 5I
KANSAS-NEBRASKA CONFERENCE
Meets Annually on the First Thursday and Friday of September
Moderator, J. A. Heatwole, La Junta, Colo. L055 Secretary, Allen H. Erb, McPherson, Kansas / 8
Name Date first Services
and Meeting - Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location Jan. 1916/every : Spring Valley, 2|Sunday 69|D. A. Diener T. M. Erb Canton, Kansas D. -S. Brunk D. H. Bender J. L. Brubaker a ees . S. Shellenberger Pennsylvania, 107|C_ Reiff i F, Buca es Trousdale Kansas . M. Brunk West Liberty, 123|M. Cooprider R. C. Yoder Windom, Kansas Cc. 1D. Yoder Catlin, 42} Allen Erb i, L. Beck Peabody, Kansas Caleb Winey M. I. Horst La Junta,. 80\L. 9. King Geo. Reber La Junta, Colo. George TI. D. Koss Mennonite Sanitarium, U}facob A. Heatwcle La Junta, Colo. p i Limon, Colo. é Las Vegas, Appoint: . Las Vegas, N. M. Bi\J. M. Nunamaker East Holbrook, 92/J. Thut La Junta, Colo. A. M. I,eatherman : . Brandon, By Appoint- F. A. Newenswander Brandon Celo. 16 Plainview, 40\/J. M. Kreider John Snyder Plainview, Tex. P. B. Snyder Geo. B. Landis 24 Roseland, 86) Andrew Brenneman Albrecht Schiffler Roseland, Neb. Abraham Stauffer D. G. Lapp Andrew Good Emmanuel Schiffler Milan Valley, 8 S. C. Miller Jet. Okla. Simon Hershberger Tobias Hershberger : P. FT. Zimmerman Springs, 24 Manchester, Okla. Protection, 47 Jacob Zimmerman Protection, Kansas N. EE. Lbersole John Schrock Pleasant Valley, 132}. M. Weaver tT. G. Wenger ' Harper, Kansas J. T. Hamilton H. E. Hostetler Te) Boe Berkey Hesston, 134|J. D. Charles D. H. Bender Hesston, Kansas J. B. Smith re. W. Byler Pleasant View, J. B.. Brunk
Larned, Kans.
52 MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA CONFERENCE (German) Meets Annually
Moderator, P. B. Schmidt, Steinbach, Manitoba
Secretary, Jacob C. Wall
Litchfield, Neb
467 ie evar Jane Name Date first |Services °
and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916/every Bruderthaler, 2|Sunday 142|Hein. Fast Sen. Mountain Lake, Minn. HK. Bast at. . A. Wall Ebenezer, 2|Sunday 46| Peter P. Epp Henderson, Neb. Ebenezer (S. H.), 2\Sunday 27|Bernhard Kroeker Litchfield, Neb. Peter. J. Fast Ebenezer g|Sunday 114/D. A. Friesen Jansen, Neb B. O. Kroeker P ‘ Heinrich Ratzlaff Bruderthaler, 2 Sunday 75\J. R. Doerksen Lane Saat Geo. J. Schmidt Sine gh ice bea Wilhelm Thiessen H. Poe Schutz J. P. &chultz Johann Neufeld H. Rempel Bruderthaler, 2 ie ees Marion, S. D. : J eed: pe vertes Davi ieszen Bruderthaler 2 Chinook, "Mont. John N. Wall Bruderthaler, 2| Sunday 35! Abr. F. Friesen Aberdeen, Idaho Lanigan, Sask. , Hein. J. Ratzlaff Bruderthaler, 2| Sunday Hein. S. Rempel Steinbach, Man. Benj. Jantz Dallas, Ore. Sunday Sol. Ediger Ebenezer, Sunday 13)}H. A. Wiens Inman, Kans, Jo J... Neufeld Meade, Kans. Sunday 15}]Abr. M. Doerksen
Bishops & Deacons
H. I?}Dick Peter Nickel
Cornelius P.. Epp
Johann P. Epp Gerhard F. Repeh
Peter Schultz’ Heinrich Warkentein
Ho LS Dick J. C. Unruh
Jno. J. Friesen
Peter C. Hiebert
P. B. Schmidt AoC: Friesen John P. Epp
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ONTARIO (CANADA) CONFERENCE Meets Annually on the Fourth Thursday in June
Moderator, L. J. Burkholder, Markham, Ont. Secretary, David Bergey, New Dundee, Ont.
6
Clarence Center, N. Y.|ment Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, Ont. | Mosa,
Bothwell, Ont.
Berne, t
Pigeon, Mich
Fair Grove,
Fair Grove, Mich.
Supplied
Peter Ropp
iri
‘Name. . Date first |Services and Meeting Members Minister: Bishops & Deacons Location . Jan. 1916/every Waterloo; 2|Sunday 200| Noah Hunsberger Jonas Snider Erb St. Waterloo Noah - Stauffer Noah S$. Weber Berlin, 2| Sunday 250}Samuel Bowman Benj. Shoemaker King St. East, Berlin Urias K. Weber George A. Weber Cressman, 2|Sunday 119| Jacob -Woolner, Sr. Jacob Z. Kolb Breslau Oscar Burkholder . |Moses. Heckendorn . §S. Woolner, Jr. ~ Hagey, 2|Sunday 64 ii S. erat Daniel Shantz reston {Benjamin Shantz ~ {Abr. Oberholtzer Mii raenn 9/2 wks. 40} Absalom B. Snyder : pie tio : evi itmer North Woolwich, 2 . M i Wiseadate 2 wks. 120\Oliver D. Snider Abraham’ Gingerich AhSreaty ate 212 wks. 38\Tsaiah Wismer Ephraim Snider Ling lS 2| Sunday 66 Christian. Schrag Christ Gasho . John Gasho Saleen 9/2 wks. 66/Orphen H. Wismer he a Ps tien ; John ; ee Hamburg 1G ar ovis: 52 Menno Cressman Moses Cressman oi ba Hamburg ai ice: 44! Oziah Cressman Eli Good sie Neato ee ist rtp Moses H. Shantz David Bergey Rr iioetninmaule 2|2 wks. 35 Jesse Martin Jacob Cressman eee ey eta Samed eoee euiees b eorge Latschar, Pees 2I5 wk Manheim aes: Moses C. Bowman Manasseh Hallman Conestoga, Se ewes oe 92 Henry Baer Wide sree “|Enoch S. Bauman Henry ' Musset Wideman, ; Markham undey ihe Samuel R. Hoover |M. R. Fretz utes Dlg 33/1. A. Wambold ira tte 16\o wks 17|John G. Hoover rlatet eee Cedar Grove, 9 . Cedar Grove Sunday IS'T. J. Burkholder Rainham, 29|Sunday 27 - S eae Selkirk oses oover S. F. Coffman South Cayuga, 9|2 wks. 9 Christopher Hoover South | Cayuga Moyer, ~ 2|Sunday 71 Vineland Gilbert Bearss William | Fretz Bertie, | By Appoint- Sherkston ment. 6| Nelson Michael Clarence, By Appoint-
Menno Wideman
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MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
; ALBERTA-SASKATCHEWAN CONFERENCE
Meets Annually in June
Moderator, N. B. Stauffer, Aldersyde, Alberta
au 3 4 Secretary, A. H. Wambold, Mazeppa, Alberta é
Name . Date first |Services
and Meeting
Location Jan. 1916\/every
Mount View, 2|Sunday High River, Alberta
West Zion, 2| Sunday Carstairs, Alberta
Clear Water, No reg. Youngstown, Alberta vices
Mayton, 2| Sunday Mayton, Alberta
Salem, 2| Sunday Round Hill, Alberta
Sharon, 2| Sunday
Guernsey, Sask.
Members
40;Isaac Miller 49|N. R. Weber
M. H. Schmidt
Ser- |Supplied 15 28/J. K. Lehman 48| Milo Stutzman
53|Isaiah S.
Ministers
Bishops & Deacons
N. .B. Stauffer A. H. Wambold H. Weber
N. E. Roth J. Kauffman
Rosenberge:|Aaron S. Biehn
PACIFIC. OOAST CONFERENCE
Meets Annually in October
461 3 Name Date first
and Location
Hopewell,
Hubbard, Oregon
Albany,
Albany, Oregon
Portersville,
Portersville, Calif.
Nampa,
Nampa, Idaho
INDIA CONFERENCE
ervices
Meeting Members Ministers Jan. 1916|every 2; Sunday 90; \Vvm. Bond Noah 1]. S. G. Shetler Z| Sunday 78 . 2| Sunday 33;}A. M. Shenk
Ifershberger
| Bishops & Deacons
Jacob D. Mishler Alex I. Miller
J. P. Bontreger M. if. Brennemaa
This Conference represents the work of the American Mennonite Mission of Dhamtari, C. P., India, under the auspices of the Mennomte Board of Missions and Charities.
Meets Annually
Name Date first |Services
and Location Bethel, Balodgahan Zion, Sankra Sundarganj, Dhamtari Leper Asylum, Dhamtari Maradeo,
Meeting
Jan. 1916jevery 2|Sunday
2|Sunday 2| Sunday 2| Sunday
2| Sunday
Maradeo (Via Dhamtari)
Members
130 21|P. A. Friesen M. C. Lehman 228 :
I2tiClD. hsen
38}Geo. J. Lapp
Ministers
| Bishops & Deacons
M. C. Lapp Elisha
Sukhlal
Parsadi
AN Dy). DIREGLORY
MENNONITES—OLD ORDER OR WISLER
Blake, Ont.
So
John Nahrgang
Name Date first|Services and Meeting Members Ministers Bishops & Deacons Location’ Jan. 1916|every Weaverland, 2 wks. 300| Frank W. Horst Jonas H. Martin Weaverland, Pa. David Burkholder Groffsdale, 2 wks. 300) John Kurtz Moses Horning Bareville, Pa. Joseph O. Wenger Isaac H. Nolt Martindale, 4 wks. 120/Menno S. Zimmerman |Samuel Musser Martindale, Pa. : Bownaletile ‘ 4 wks. 90 ote pied ' Bowmansville, Pa. ae Churchtown, 4 wks. Bocce ee Pa. Ae aries, 46|Jacob Weaver Intercourse, Pa. ee tO G2 Stark County, 16|4 wks. David Hurst Ezra Hurst Dalton, Ohio 90 Menno Landis Martins, 9 Benjamin Good Henry Hursh Orrville, . Ohio Kight Square, 2/4 wks. 13)Supplied . Jacob Burkhart Wooster, Ohio he Mike Shaum Eight Square, — 912 wks. 35|Daniel Martin : eee Ohio enger’s, 9|2 wks. 12|Daniel Brubaker Orrville, Ohio I Lower, 2|2, wks. 70|Moses_ Horst Abst Monae Wadsworth, Ohio See es : 912 wks. ‘ eville, hia Mahoning, : 912 wks. 55|Jacob Weaver pecs ae Leetonia, Ohio Harvey Horst Bl eae Spee Ind. 2)2 wks. C. LI. Ressler Daniel G. Brubaker eo aes 2 wks. 60} Henry Brenneman rutus, ich. " nd ; County Line, 2|3 wks. Henry Schrock Datige rivet Wakarusa, Ind. Hess John W. Martin Yell Creek, wks. oa ie Martin Ramer etna Ind. 9 Totalinc End Christian Z. Weaver Tsaac Brubaker a : a Ace dptater a ma A. Ressler easan iew, t un. : imeon Heatwole Dave i Gabriel D. Heatwole Byron, Via 75 Emanuel MHeatwole Reuben S. Rhodes “ag ica eben 16! 3rd Sunday “4 e D. Wenger Mi Pleasant, Pegs ore avid 3 Rhodes Mt. Sidney, Va. eld eres, pe 23/4 wks. Christian Burkholder ich Reesor ry ene 3 1614. wks. Tevite rove John B. Reesor toona, nts : Risser, 914 wks. Christian Reesor Cedar Grove, Ont. About 95 Abr. Rittenhouse n4 Almira, 2\4 wks. , Almira, Ont. Christian Gayman Bertie, Hed 2 F, Rittenh Sherkston, Ont. pegs Tey: Pavites Myers: Abr. Kolb : Weed Sone Sunday 15 Andrew Scherk outh Cayuga, 2 01° : South Cayuga, Ont. wks. 20\Isaac Rittenhouse Woe: is 4 wks. Franklin Hauser Martins, 4 wks 160|’'obias Martin Ezra I,. Marti , ‘zra_ T,. Martin St. Jacobs, Ont. ioe peared re e a cio: a AAMOS ingeric avi ressman BLL nade 4 wks, 60 Ded get ubakes Peter Bauman South: “Peel, 5 yh avi actin David Martin, Jr. - Wellenstein, Ont. : ae Pigs 4 wks. 6Q\John LL. Bowman Rraghie Houser » Unt. y tin Conestoga, 4 wks. 60 i i co ? Chestogeuneynt, Urias Martin John Shiedel Stanley, 8 wks. Supplied
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MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
AMISH MENNONITES—OLD ORDER
These congregations have no annual conference and worship in private
houses.
The German language 1s used entirely in worshtp.
The older forms of worship and attire are strictly
adhered to.
Name Date first Services
and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916/every Upper Pequea, 9|2 wks. 165|Christian L. Fisher Ronks, Pa. John L. Fisher : ] Biotec. John. §. Stoltzfus equea, wks. Ronks, Pa. ee els yenvehy 912 wks. 100 AG Lapp ‘ ordonvile, Pa. onathan Smoker Lower Middle Pequea, 2|2 wks. 150| Jacob M. Lapp Intercourse, Pa. - Set ae tephen Esh SS id Peseta 9/2 wks. 165 manic ip ap a. ; hristian ic Lancaster Co. Peachy, 9/2 wks. 131|Christian I. King Ronks, Pa. John A. Stoltzfus ete “ 2 wks. 100 Jones s Ste organtown, a. Benue toltzius Upper Mill Creek, 9/2 wks. 12£\|John Spicher Leola, ; Pa, Stephen F. Stoltzfus Mill Creek, 2|\2 wks. 120|Joel Zook Mascot © Dan Stoltzfus rae spel be Lower Mill Creek, 2 eneA ge pone Intercourse, Pa., 4). telat 120) Chrisian Lapp io ay enry Lapp fuer eet 4/2 wks. 61/Christian. Fisher Ls David Plank Suva aby cate 2 wks. 130}John P. Beachy Sugar Creek, Ohio Robert his Upper Walnut 41 a nai : ut, . A. Troyer Baltic, Ohio John B. Miller Wpper Doughty, 2 wks. 17©|Sol. Y. Slabach Millersburg, Ohio uate Douskt 2 wks. 1727) TRS: Yoder He Ohio.” J. J. Nissley North Mt. Hope, 2 wks. 185|A. H. Mast Mt. Hope, Ohio A. 8. Yoder 2 wks. 88)Samuel J. Mast South Mt. Hope, o J S t d b Berlin, Ohio . wartzenaruper Old Amish, 2 wks. 70\Jacob Farmwald Plain City, Ohio rhe Ee 2 wks. vs Eli Beachy illivan, io Trail, 2 wks. 190|Emanuel Schrock Trail, Ohio Jacob Miller Old Amish, 2 wks. 50|Moses M. Yoder Mylo, N. Dak. fee s egos i m ingeric North Haven, 2 wks. Jacob Petersheim Yoder, Kansas District 1sc|/A. D. Nissley South Haven 2 wks. , Haven, Kansas po Wage: Garnaie aans eandef eim Garnett, Kansas Center Church, - 2 wks. Hutchinson, Kansas District 300 Anderson, Co., 2 wks. Noah J. Yoder Hutchinson, Kansas a rN naa Laas anaes | 9 vor 7 a 1ller mst b bie See bait 2 wks. 51/J. A. Miller Bec (iis 2 wks. 12| Supplied
‘| Benj.
Bishops & Deacons
Benj. F. Beiler Christian B. Lapp
Henry Fisher Amos Lapp
Menno B. Fisher Gineon K. Stoltzfus John M. Lapp Moses Riehl
Daniel Stoltzfus
John Zook Menno __ Stoltzfus
Daniel King
John Beiler
Moses A. Coblentz
N. P. Beachy
Jacob Stutzman
J. J. Troyer Daniel Nissley
S. E. Yoder John Hershberger Jos. M. Miller .
C. S. Beachy Frey
Moses Troyer M. E. Mast Noah B. Miller
Jn rs D.. E.
Wm. M. Miller Samuel Borntrager Eli S. Beachy Eli A. Nissley
D. E. Mast
Borntrager Borntrager
Tobias Yoder S. J. Slabach
S. W. Bender
AND DIRECTORY
AMISH MENNONITES—OLD ORDER.—Continued
57
and Meeting Members} Ministers Bishopa & Deacons ' Location Jan. 1916'every Old Amish, 2 wks. 23|Daniel FE. Miller David Y. Miller McMinnville, Oreg. Amish, 2 wks. J. J. Borntrager Glendive, font. pi se Nort f. 2 wks. ope = D. J Plank lta tN Abr. Schrock | Eli Otto South East 2 wks. Jos D._ Schrock A. J. Mast Arthur, Til. District 300] David J. Mast Wm. Schrock Henry Yoder South West, 2 wks. Arthur, If. Cee Fy Rifai: North West, satiate he C. P. Hershberger Arthur, Il. PONE Ua crate D. J. Beachy A. C. Hershberger Private Houses, 2|2 wks. 125|Joseph K. Byler Jonas K. Byler New Wilmington, Pa. Eli K. Byler Co Kir Kurtz Peachy, | 2\2 wks. g7|John S. Peachy John P. Zook Reedsville, Pa. Christian D. Peachy Peachy, | 9\2 wks. 104|Samuel W. Peachy Belleville, Pa. : Jacoh C. Hartzler ‘Old Order, 9|2 wks. 100\JFohn XK. Byler Solomon Zook Belleville, Pa. Christian Zook Christian L. Yoder East Marshall, 2|2 wks. 101/E1j. Burkholder Wm. J. Yoder __ Nappanee, Ind. Dan V. Yoder Ed. Miller West Marshall, 9|2 wks. 99!David Hochstetler Moses’ Borkholder __ Nappanee, Ind. Monroe M. Hochstetle:| Henry D. Smoker Midland, i 9\2 wks. 60/Emanuel Slabach Midland, Mich, Ephraim J. S. Miller ‘South Clinton, Sunday 107 iis I. Milice Nathaniel P. Miller MPC Hees, Sunda 76 iy Miller ea Naot Cdstven. Tad: mae — Samuel Y. Lehman -North Barnes, 9\2 wks. 108)}John E. Borntreger David S. Kauffman Shipshewana, Ind. A3ihe _j Eli Weirich Joseph E. Mast ‘Fork ‘a eee =| Manasses M. Miller ; _-Forks, 2|2 wks. 100/ Moses M. Miller John KE. Borntreger Middlebury, Ind. Moses H. Lehman Joseph E. Borntreger Yoder, 9/2 wks. 116 Eli E. Borntreger __ Topeka, Ind. ; Amos A. Yoder Honeyville, 2|2 wks. 110|Manasses J. Borntrege:1|Noah M. Borntreger i Topeka, Ind. » Joseph A. Yoder Joni M. Borntreger West Clearspring, 2 wks. 77\Cornelius Christner Emanuel I. Miller ’ Topeka, Ind, Christia Cc Mill East Clearspring, 2 wks. 77 Benjamin Hershberger mae Topeka, Ind. ‘Centerville, 2|2 wks. 45] nro; | Centerville, Mich. fe: Blois ae Teoh la mie ane PREC ESS ‘Kempsville, 2|2 wks. 2€ | Blias Ae Vader fot mer Kempsville, Va. Daniel D. Yoder ‘Amish, (Nebraska) Oe wlaiasni tala tir ee Tee erenet Bellville, Pa, En @ wees a : in ‘Amiah, Moses FE. Yoder tla Cloud, Mich. 9|2 wks. 35|/Tacoh J. Stutzman Vv. D. Hostetler Peachy, (Conservative) 2/2 wks. 87|Samuel K. Yoder David C. Peachy Allensvile, Pa. Jac. H, Peachy ‘Peachy, (Conservative) 9/2 wks. 62|Levi H. Kanagy Jonas Z. Peachy Belleville, Pa. Samuel J. Peight cy C.).Z. Yoder : | Miami Co., 9|2. wks. 6(|George C. Marner David D. Slabauch | __McGrawsville, Ind. Moses J. Yoder C. S. Yoder | Popeet oe - 2\2. wks. 80)John Gingerich nee id area okomo, Ind. Simon ; ochstedler ‘Private Houses, Sunday 20(|Andrew Kipfer Christian L. Kipfer Wellesley, Ont. To. eikipter Peter G. Jantzi Solomon . Kipfer Toseph G. Jantzi M. J... Leichty Dan S. Jantzi Joe Z. Kipfer _Amish, 2\2 wks. 55/J. D. Coblentz Lake, Ohio “Amish, Conservative, 2\2 wks. SGPEL POV. oder, ‘Lake, Ohio Di J.. Be Miller
58 MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
AMISH MENNONITE CHURCHES—(CONSERV ATIVE)
Some of the congregations here given have organized into a conference, but are not identified with the three annual Amish-Mennomite con-
ferences.
gamzed conferences.
Date first Meeting
Name and Location
Locust Grove, 2 Belleville, Pa.
Summit Mills, 9 Summit Mills, Pa.
Flag Run, 23 Springs, . Pa.
Gortner, Gortner, Md.
Greenwood, 2
Private Houses, Norfolk, Va.
Cherry Glade, Bittinger, Md.
Maple Glen, Grantsville, Md.
Oak Dale, 16,
West. Salisbury, Pa. Pigeon River, 9 Pigeon, Mich.
Zorra, Tavistock, Ont.
St. Agatha, St. Agatha, Ont. Wilmot, Hamburg, Ont. Baden, Baden, _ Ont. Wellesley, Wellesley, Ont.
Mornington, Poole, Ont.
Blake, \
Blake, Ont. Poole,
Poole, Ont. Private Houses,
Wellesley, Ont. Private Houses,
Mornington, Ont. Private Houses,
Croghan, N. Y. Town Line,
Ta Grange, Ind.
Mo.
Amish, Centralia,
Hartville, 9 Hartville, O.
North Sharon, 2 Johnson Co., Iowa
Sharon Center, Kalona, .Ia.
South Sharon, 9 alana sa,
Upper Deer Creek, 2 Wellman, Ta.
Lower Deer Creek, 9 Kalona, Ta.
Amish Mennonite, 9 Shelbyville, Il.
Jan. 1916:
Services
every 2 wks.
Sunday 2 wks. 2 wks. 2. wks.
2 wks.
2 wks.
2 wks
2 wks.
2 wks.
Ministers
18/Samuel T. Yoder Jonas D. Yoder
Noah M. Yoder 112|Moses M. Beachy
38|Lewis Beachy nee Petersheim J. Swartzendruber 17 aes D. Miller
2C| Elias A. Yoder
Daniel D. Yoder
Chr. J. Swartzendruber 3G
Jacob S. Miller
95|Jonas B. Miller Noah Brenneman
J, Ma 2S: Zehr
414 Jac. R. Bender
Christian Kropf — Sis 134|John Gasho
Christian Litwiller. Christian Gasho
180
° Peter John
Spenler | Albrecht
35| Valentine Gerber Chris. Beachler Peter Bosart Chr. Schultz Menno Lichty ITs) Kipter Andrew Kipfer »-|Solomon Kipfer Joseph Yousey Chr. Rogie 7s Joe Lehman
= Emanuel Beachy 23\John Zimmerman
110/John I. Plank
Samuel Kempf Isaac Helmuth 121) Peter Brenneman 5 G. A. Yoder 5|P. P. Swartzendruber ae Christian Yoder
Joseph Gingerich
100/S. E. Yoder Joseph Reber
Some congregations are still separate from all or- They generally worship in meeting houses and have Sunday schools.
Bishops & Deacons
John L. Mast Benj. F. Glick Moses D. Yoder
Lewis Eichorn
Joel J. Miller
S. J. Swartzendruber D. J. Shetler Michael J. Jantzi
|Daniel Jutzi
Joe Jantzi
Samuel Jutzi
Daniel H. Steinman. Jacob Lichty
David Wagler
Christian B. Zehr Daniel Lebold
Nicholas Nafzinger Joseph Nafzinger
Jacob Wagler Chr’n Swartzendruber
Dan Yutzi
Christian Nafzinger- John Nafzinger Joe Zehr
Joshua King
Peter Kinsinger
N. D. Yoder Manasses Miller
Wm. K. Miller J. FP. Swartzendruber-
John D. Kauffman.
‘AND DIRECTORY
ame
October.
59
KRIMER BRUEDERGEMEINDE CONFERENCE
Meets Annually
Moderator, D. E. Harder, Hillsboro, Kansas Secretary, J. G, Barkman, Hillsboro, Kansas
Date first Services
and Meeting Members Ministers Location Jan. 1916\every Zion, 2|Sunday 56] .-~Aw...Wiens Dinuba, Calif. Jacob G. Barkman ‘Gnadenau, 2) Sunday 17(|Abr.. Berg Hillsboro, Kans. J. A. Flaming 13; ie} Harder Isbrand Harder ‘Springfield, Sunday 10¢|/D. P. Schroeder Lehigh, Kans. HL Ves. Wiebe ‘Salem, Z| Sunday g¢|John ‘Tschetter Yale,- §.°-Dak. . Sam J:' S. Hofer Andrew Stahl ‘SpringfielM, 2) Sunday 7¢\Joseph | Wollman Waldheim, Sask. ’ lAbr. Neufeld ‘Zoat, 2|Sunday 23°|Cornelius Thiessen Inman, Kans. Peter -H. Block G. D. Willems ‘Salem, 2 Sunday 7°|\P. C. Friesen Weatherford, Okla. John Boese Hooker, 2 & ‘ i P Hassles Sunday 6c/K. D. Willems Jansen, 2 Sunday 6<|Jacob K. Enns Jansen, Nebr. Babee hatata tr Salem, 2|\Sunday 5(|\Joseph Glanzer Bridgewater, S. Dak. | 1). W. T’schetter
Jacob 5S. G.
‘Bishops & Deacons
John Z. Kleinsasser Joseph Wipf
John J. Friesen David Dalke
Jacob A. Wiebe Peter A. Wiebe Peter Heindrichs J. M. Tschetter H. A. Goossen Jacob Tschetter
H. A. Goosen Diet. Goosen Jacob Schmidt John Esau Gertard Kornelson Jacoh M. Friesen D. H. Bushman
Jacob Klassen
Jacob gD). _ Klassen
Jacob Fast
John F. Thiesen
Jacob J. Hofer Bolcrs
DEFENSELESS MENNONITES
A confer ence of all congregations of this name meets annually in
Fanagen, ue
and Meeting Members| Ministers
Location Jan. S16! AS ASA dra UA Se cc Aa :
Archbold, (Tewn) 21Sunday | 125|Daniel Rupp Archbold, O. Elmer Klopfenstein
Eli Rupp
Archbold, (Country) 2|Sund Mill Archbold, 10% aed ay ue
Bluffton, 2 CHS [a
SHGHtOa, POL sige 2 ae ae aaa
Pioneer, 2) Sunday 5C|K. M. Slagle Pioneer,.: .O. B. K. Slagle
Woodburn, 2)Sunday 591A. M. Gerig Woodburn, Ind. Ae Se ag ey
Grabill, 2| Sunday 4C\ Jacob Sumney Grabill, Ind. iP ies Gerig °
} 2 David Sauder
Berne, Sunday 901 Eli Lantz Berne, Ind. @> Ni Stuckey
Rossville, 2| Sunday 17| Christian Gerber Rossville, Ind. :
‘Salem Mission, Sunday 35/Joseph K. Gerig 248 Root. St. ‘Amos Oyer, Missionary Chicago, Ill. to Africa.
Gridley, 2) Sunday 16C|Ben Rupp Gridley, Til. : Ben Birkey
Groveland, 2 Sunday 70|/M. D. Ropp Groveland, Tl. Christian Oyer
‘Centralia, 2| Sunday 4°\ Levi Zehr
_ Centralia, Mo. Jacob Schmucker
Sterling, 2, Sunday 65 Sterling, Kans. |
Milford, 2 Sunday 30/T. C. Rediger Milford, Neb. ; S. J. Miller
“Wheatland, 5 Wheatland, Mo. Christian Zehr
This conference supports the Salem Orphanage at and also « a a in A rica.
Bishops & Deacons
John Rupp
Jonathan Burgholder
John Slagle
Joseph Schlatter tC. N. Moser
4 Coke Beli Peter Hochstettler Jacob Bertsche D. M. Zimmerman Henry Zimmerman
D. A. Rediger
‘60
MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONFERENCE OF MENNONITES Meets Annually on the Third Thursday of September
Name Date first |Services
and Meeting Members
Location Jan. 1916|every
East Washington, 2; Sunday 270 Washington, III.
Congerville, 2| Sunday 82 Congerville, Ill. é
South Washington, Z| Sunday 124 Washington, Ill,
East White Oak, 2| Sunday 29¢ Normal, Ill. ‘
Silver Street, Stay 150 Goshen, Ind.
Pleasant View, 2|Sunday 104 Aurora, Neb.
South Danvers, 2| Sunday ge Danvers, Ill. Sunday 150
Meadows, Z Meadows, Ill.
North Danvers, 2|\Sunday - 30 Danvers, Ill.
Topeka, 2| Sunday 95 Topeka, Ind.
First Mennonite, 2| Sunday 8& Normal, Ii.
Tiskilwa, : 2'|Sunda c Tiskilwa, Ie pag: e
Mennonite Home apel, 2\sunday & Chicago, Ill, Pridaypenmi7e
South Flanagan, 2|Sunda
3 Flanagan, Ill. ; ace AB 58 nchor, n Anchor, Ill. a eed oF
Bethel, 2|Sunday 68
J Pekin: -Tll. ion, 2 c Goodland, Ind. pudgy, of
Boynton, 2 Sunday 80 Hopedale, Ii.
Centennial, Secor, Ill.!
Carlock, Sunday Carlock, Ill.
Peoria Mission, Sunday
92 N. Adams St.
Ministers
Benjamin F. Esch
George I. Gundy
George Donner
John Lehman
Eugene R. Augspurges
Allan H. Miller
Peter D. Nafzinger John Litwiller
Jacob Sommers
Moderator, Emanuel Troyer, Normal, Il. Secretary, Milo P. Lantz, Carlock, Il},
Bishops & Deacons Val. Strubhar John J. Kennel E. Troyer
Allen Yoder Alvin K. Ropp John Kinsinger John. Gingerich Andrew Vercler Joseph Kinsinger
Joseph H. King John Kohler
Lee Lantz Andrew Oecesch
Albert B. Rutt Joseph B. Zehr
Stephen Stahley
Aaron Auspurger
Peter Schantz 1? Hoe kine
AND DIRECTORY SOT
CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
I. MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS AND CHARITIES Officers:
President, C. Z. Yoder, Wooster, Ohio
Vice President, D. D. Miller, Middlebury, Ind.
Secretary, J. S. Shoemaker, Freeport, III. Executive Committee General Treasurer and Financial Agent,
G. L. Bender, Elkhart, Ind. D. S. Yoder, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Chairman, J. S. Hartzler, Goshen, Ind.
Secretary, S. S. Yoder, Middlebury, Ind.
Daniel Kauffman, Scottdale, Pa.
S. E. Allgyer, West Liberty, O. Mission Committee D. H. Bender, Hesston, Kans.
C. Z. Yoder, Wooster, O.
J. S. Shoemaker, Freeport, Ill.
Eastern Treasurer, Eli G. Reist, Mt. Joy, Pa. Western Treasurer, Abner G. Yoder, Parnell, Iowa. Canadian Treasurer, M. C. Cressman, Berlin, Ontario. Field Worker, S. E. Allgyer, West Liberty, Ohio.
11 MENNONITE MISSIONS
Name & Address Workers Local Board " Members . Mi C. Lapp, Supt. arah Lapp .|M.-C. Lapp are American Menno-|J; N. Kaufman 525 Elsie D. Kaufman nite Mission M. C. Lehman, G. J. Lapp : Lydia L. Lehman Dhamtari, C. P., |Lydia Schertz, Mnnacsenites andi Anna Stalter, Sec’y P. A. Friesen Ce. DD Rech (1899) Lena Friesen
Geo. J. Lapp, Ass’t Sup’t & Treas. Esther E. Lapp “ Dr. C. D. Esch Mina B. Esch A. C. Brunk Eva H. Brunk Fannie H. Hershey Charles L. Shank Crissie Y. Shank A. H. Leaman, Supt. 72 A. H. Leaman
Amanda E, Leaman’ |Asa Ropp, Morten, IIL.
Home Mission, 639 W. 18th St.,
sana 6 aaa S. E, Graybill ‘ : ; ybill, Free- Ge oe OE Ruth Buckwalter (1893) 1 port, Ill. 5 Mennonite Gospel/A. M. Eash, Supt. A. M. Eash 3 Mission Anna A. Eash C. S. Schertz, Eureka, 720 W. 26th St.;Anna Reber Ill. Chicago, Ill. |Matilda Speicher John McCulloh, Mor-
(1906) Elizabeth Horst FISOM, whl: Edna Miller q Etta Brubaker Alma Albrecht
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MENNONITE YEAR-BOOK
Name & Address
Workers
Local Board Members
_Mennonite Gospel 1 Sah Kanagy
Mission
1324 Danforth Av |Adah
Toronto, Ont. (1907)
Burkholder
Elvina Cressman
Mennonite Home Mission
2151 N. Howard
Sh UE onlaes ba:
A. B. Snyder, Breen ce Ont.
Oliver D. Snyder, Floradale, Ont.
Manasseh Fretz, Mark- ham, Ont.
Jos. Bechtel, Supt. Mary S. Denlinger Amanda Musselinan
Mennonite Gospel Mission
1209 St. Mary’s A Ft. Wayne, Ind. (1903)
Under the control of the Mennonite Sun- day School Mission of Lancaster Co., Pa
Ben B. King. Supt. Malinda King Della Bickel Claude Culp Emma Habig
Mennonite Gospel Mission
1935 E. 8th St., Canton, Ohio. (1904)
C. K. Brenneman, Supt.
Alvina Brenneman
Fannie Kurtz
Mennonite Gospel Mission
POON ry tin Sti, Kansascwwity, (1905) .
J. D. Zook, Topeka 9o Ind.
Amos Weldy, Waka- rusa, Ind.
Ben, 4B. Wings Be Wayne, Ind.
Henry Hurst, Dalton,|44
| Ohio
S. H. Miller, Shanes- ville, O.
C, K. Brenneman
J.D. Mininger, Supt.
Hetty. Mininger Lena Horst
Martha Buckwalter Esther Buckwalter
Mennonite Gospel
A. Good, Asst. Supt.
DioG.oLapp, Roseland fyg
Neb. BFS Buck walter, Hesston, Kansas
Dan Graber, Noble, Ia
L. J. Miller, Garden City, Mo.
J. B. Yoder, Garden City, Mo.
J. P. Cook, South English, Iowa.
502 N. Jefferson Sty Lima, (1910)
Emma _ Stoltzfus Eva ‘Kaufinian Nellie Hagey
I Mission Maggie Good Z 3105 Strong Ave.,|/Esther Buckwalter Argentine, ; Kansas’ City, as: Rt Pe J. I. Byler, Acting Jacob Lehman, Colum-!3o
Mennonite Gospel Supt. biana, Ohio.
- Mission Mae Hershey Eli Blosser, N. Lima.
962 Federal St. Fannie Plank O. |
Youngstown, C Amanda Byler Ed. Zook, Volant, Pa.
(1908) |M. Elizabeth Brown |A..W. Hershberger, | ‘Margaret F. Baird Mantua, Ohio | i\Mabel Riehl Lads Bytes | Ruth Headings Youngstown, O.
Nampa Home F. H. Hostetler, 3a Mission JO ASSBaity Nampa, Ida. Tith Ave. & 2nd yo AY Hilty St.. Nampa, Ida|Kate Hilty C. R. Widmer, Albany, (1906) Oreg.
Lima Menonite J. W. Smucker 19 Mission B. B. Stoltzfus, Supt. West Liberty, Ohio| —
Amos: King, W. Liber ty, Ohio
C. Hilty, Rawson, O.
P.E: ‘Brunk, “Ehida- 0.
AND © DIREGIORY. 63
Name & Address Workers Local Board Members Mennonite Rescuej|A. F. Wiens, Supt. Jacob R. Dorksen, 20 ' Mission ; sask., Can... 3404 S. Oakley A|Katherina Wiens Peter B. Schmidt, Chicago, Ill. Man., Can, (1907) Eva P. Enns J. A. Wall, Mountain Katie Ratzlaff Lake, Minn. Lancaster Menno |Eli Weaver, Supt. Under the control of ances nite Mission Joseph Nissley, Asst. the Mennonite Sun- 112 E. Vine St. |Elizabeth Myers day School Mission Lancaster, Pa. |Nellie Becker of Lancaster Co., Pa. (1896)
Welsh Mountain ,Arthur Moyer, Supt. |Under the control of Industrial Mis. |N. H. Mack, Treas.| the Mennonite Sun-
New Holland, |Anna M. Moyer day School Mission RE D2? Pa, Anna K. Kauffman of Lancaster Co., Pa. (1898) Adda M. Kreider Mennonite Gospel|J. L. Stauffer, Supt. |J. N. Durr, Martins- 13 Mission Lydia B. Stauffer bure"-Pa, 1614 8th Ave., C. F. Derstine |J. S. Mast, Elverson, Altoona, Pa. Sylvia Steiner x (1910) ‘Sadie Martin J. a otauffer, Altoone a. W. Virginia Mis- |Rhine W. Benner Under the Virginia sion Anna Benner Home Mission Job, Randolph |Jos. W. Coffman Board Co., W. Va. Sarah Coffman e
Robert L. Smith, Rich Mountain, W. Va.
LE SS SE AT ET I TS DE RE REE I SE SE SS DST
2. MENNONITE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
Name & Address - Workers Local Board Members A. Metzler, Supt. Sea Ee. Allgyer,, W. 90 Orphans’ Home Katie Metzler Liberty, O. W. Liberty, O. |Mayme King Uriel Yoder, W. Liber- (1896) Fannie Buckwalter ty, O. ‘ Lizzie Longenecker jA. Metzler, W. Liberty Katie Kile O. Lydia Gerber Amanda Detweiler Mamie R. Freed
Old People’s PONS va antz D. C. Amstutz, Mar- |27 Home Minnie Lantz shallville, O. ‘ Marshallville, O.| Alice Shaw Adam Royer, Orrville (1901)
O. H. M. Stauffer, Ritt- nian cy
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| geet RT STE SE EE IS a Mennonite Sani- |J. M. Hershey, Supt. |D. S. Weaver, Hesston,|15§
tarium Emma L. Eby, Hea} Kansas
LaJunta, Colo. nurse and Matron {J M. Hershey, La-
(1907) Landis L. Denlinger Junta, Colo. obey Dr. A. S. Brunk, La-
Lydia Heatwole
Colo. Estell Sharp Junta, Colo
Elizabeth Musser er Stalter, LaJunta olo.
et bien da ay J... Jit Smith, La: Junta, Colo.
Geo. Reber, LaJunta, Colo.
Mennonite Home |Tobias E. Moyer, Supt.|Amos G, Kauffman, F. |65
R. F. D. No. 8 |Amanda Moyer Petersburg, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa, |Elizabeth Moyer BNE Eby, siititg, VF as
(1903) Clara Halteman A. B. Eshleman, Mill- Rebecca Burkert ersville, Pa. 3 Lizzie Copeland A. N. Wolf, Akron, fa. Sam Hess Henry’.D. Heller, Rok. Lizzie M. Horst Do Not Gahan ara: Ida Boshert Henry L. Heller, R. F. Mary Landis DD, Noos, Lanes Pa. Katie Landis H. H. Snavely, R. F. D.
No. 1, Willow St., Pa. Frank L. Pierce, Rheems Pa. ¢ Daniel Metzler, Mt. TOV clk Jonas Zimmerman, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Latidis Hershey, Kin- e2etE Nea: S. H. Musselmaa, New Holland, Pa.
Mennonite Chil- {Levi Sauder, Supt. John H. Mellinger, R dren’s Home Lydia Sauder F. D. No. 6. Lan- R. F. D. No. 2. |May Gochnauer caster, Pa. | Millersville, Pa|Lizzie Zimmerman S. S. Kraybill, R. F. D (1910) Susie C. Hess No. 5., Mt. Joy, Pa.
Hettie Musser A. K. Mann, Millers- ville, Pa.
II. DISTRICT AND OTHER BOARDS
The Mennonite Sunday School Mission of Lancaster County, Pa.
General Superintendent, John H. Mellinger, R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster, Pa. Assistant Superintendent, Amos A. Ressler, R. F. D. No. 2, Ronks, Pa. Secretary,, Henry Hershey, Intercourse, Pa.
Treasurer, Christian Neff, R. F. D. No. 1, Gordonville, Pa.
Isaac E. Hershey, Leaman Place, Pa.
Landis Hershey, R. No. 1, Kinzer, Pa.
Virginia Home Mission Board
Chairman, Samuel Brunk, Dale Enterprise, Va. Secretary-Treasurer, S. M. Burkholder, Dale Enterprise, Va. Noah Blosser, Dale Enterprise, Va.
Henry Blosser, Harrisonburg, Va. R: F. D. 5
Lewis Good, Dayton, Va. R. F. D. 2
Jacob Wenger, Harrisonburg, Va., R. F. D. 4
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Virginia Board of Missions and Charities
President, Elias Brunk, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Secretary and Treasurer, S. M. Burkholder, Dale Enterprise, Va. | Sem S. Weaver, Mt. Clinton, Virginia.
Jacob D. Showalter, Dayton, Virginia.
Jos. W. Coffman, Dayton, Virginia.
Executive Committee of the Ohio Mennonite Sunday School Conference
Chairman, P. R. Lantz, Marshallville, Ohio. Secretary, I. W. Royer, Orrville, Ohio. Treasurer, D. S. Yoder, Bellefontaine, Ohio. | J. A. Leichty, Louisville, Ohio.
C. D. Brenneman, Lima, Ohio.
J. S. Umble, West Liberty, Ohio.
I. J. Lehman, N. Lima, Ohio.
Mission Board of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
President, J. E. Hartzler, Goshen, Ind. . Vice President, D. J. Johns, Goshen, Ind. Secretary, Jacob K. Bixler, Wakarusa, Ind. Treasurer, G. L. Bender, Elkhart, Ind.
J. S. Hartzler, Goshen, Ind.
Mission Board of the Kansas and Nebraska Conference District
President, L. O. King, Peabody, Kans. Secretary, R. M. Weaver, Harper, Kansas Treasurer, Vernon E. Reiff, Newton, Kansas
Mission Board of the Missouri-Iowa Mennonite Conference
President, J. H. Hershey, Palmyra, Mo. Vice President, J. B. Yoder, Garden City, Mo. - Sec.—Treas., H. J. Harder, Excelsior, Mo.
Ontario District Mission Board
-L. J. Burkholder, Markham, Ont. Oliver D. Snyder, Floradale, Ont. M. C. Cressman, Berlin, Ontario Manasseh Fretz, Markham, Ont.
The Mennonite Board of Rural Missions of Ontario
President, S. F. Coffman, Vineland, Ont.
Vice President, L. J. Burkholder, Markham, Ont.
Secretary, Geo. A. Weber, Berlin, Ont.
Treasurer, Moses Hunsberger, Bridgeport, Ont.
Superintendent or Bishop in charge, Jonas Snider, Waterloo, Ont.
Ontario Board of Mennonite Finance
Isaac Reaman, Stouffville, Ontario Wim. Fretz, Jordan Harbor, Ont. Anson Groh, Preston, Ont.
David Bergey, New Dundee, Ont. David Shuh, Berlin, Ont.
Daniel Wiedman, Berlin, Ont.
Menno S. Weber, Waterloo, Ont. Addison Snider, Bloomingdale, Ont. Enos Cressman, New Hamburg, Ont.
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Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
President, John H. Mellinger, R. 6, Lancaster, Pa. Vice Pres., Daniel N. Leaman, Millersville, Pa. Secretary, Harry S. Herr, New Danville, Pa. ‘Freasurer, -Eli Gf Reist, Mt.J oy, Pa:
S. H. Musselman, New Holland, Pa.
Mission Board of the Pacific Coast District
President, J. B. Mishler, Hubbard, Ore. Secretary, F. H. Hostetler, Nampa, Idaho Treasurer, C. R. Widmer, Albany, Ore. S. Honderich, Filer, Idaho.
Chris. Snyder, Filer, Idaho.
III. MENNONITE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Officers President, John Blosser, Rawson, Ohio Vice President, D. G. Lapp, Roseland, Neb. Secretary D. D. Miller, Middlebury, Ind. Treasurer, J S. Hartzler, Goshen, Ind.
MENNONITE SCHUOLS
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana President, J. E. Hartzler. Dean, P. E. Whitmer Secretary, E. S. Hallman Registrar, Daniel S. Gerig Librarian, Ephraim J. Zook Preceptress, Mary Hooley.
Hesston Academy and Bible School, Hesston, Kansas
Principal, D. H. Bender Registrar, J. D. Charles Business Manager, T. M. Erb Preceptress, Alta Mae Eby Secretary, J. B. Smith
GENERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH
Chairman, H. F. Reist, Scottdale, Pa.
Secretary. A: M. Eash, 720 West 26th St., Chicago, Il.
S. F. Coffman, Vineland, Ont. i : S. S. Yoder, Middlebury, Ind.
Allen H. Erb, McPherson, Kansas
Vernon J. Smucker, Smithville, Ohio
Executive Committee Chairman, H..F: Reist, Scottdale, Pa. .,. General Sunday School Secretary, I. W. Royer, Orrville, Ohio General Sunday School Treasurer, A. J. Steiner, North Lima, Ohio Gerieral Sunday School Editor, J. A. Ressler, Scottdale, Pa. Associate Sunday School Editor, J. R. Shank, Carver, Mo.
IV. MENNONITE PUBLICATION BOARD
Officers
President, J. S. Shoemaker, Freeport, Ill.
Vice President, Jonathan Kurtz, Ligonier, Ind.
Secretary, S. H. Miller, Shanesville, Ohio $ Treasurer, Abram Metzler, Martinsburg, Pa.
Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa.
General Manager, Aaron Loucks, Scottdale, Pa. Secretary-Treasurer, Levi Mumaw, Scottdale, Pa.
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SUMMARY REPORTS 3 5 Ss © go haw mee ae Bat bal aed EOS SB Eo e/SeeGl 8 | ge _ = = 2° esky + Oo om ,, 0 a) ar) 3 Feo} 2a On oO 3 nh Qa Er ae of Sak Ho eo | oie ele Stes Oe eee Ieee oo Se care 5 3 2. 2. ~D ert a) n ae ria Rg - x S See a oe c =| c a a 3 ip) 3 3 sGa/ 8 | ARO | Se el set| wef |S 8) Sos 8 Plesk a og ® ee ir ba oo Wedces o_ a om 7 wn ra) Get 0 = a "a se} A, ae @ a — Oo = 3 ' MISSION STATIONS | 228| 22% | ee 2/825) e8./ e258 |/208| “s8| $8 5/ 85 6) ged | got | Meg | Mee 2504) e08 |) 2 aOg| 5 ee) 278 (Oss | » 8) 85 bu) Sas BE eg Reso sk te at ss eros in ape ea | 85a) 2h Wile ata sha, | 223 | -aar Fae BE en a im pF a & a a gh 2 G2Hn | 729 1 oe May 1, 1915 ee Se) es sale) e | RG | Bog) B <] 8 Se) Be") 8A) GREY Bea ° a oe) ee : ee) 2 ; 3 te o i} a am oe Bi ee, Me fos | Be ms iGad tee | bay ee ee be eho oe | ee eo Number present Workers ...... 5] 8| 6| 4 11} 2| 5| 4 2| 5| 2 4| 12 2 by Number of meetings in Hall . 8| 10 9| 5 7| 4| 6| 4 3| 6| 5 5| 3 3 ow Meetings held in Homes ..... 1] | | 1—4| 2| 1 1| 1—3 5 1—3| ze Largest Attendance §. S. ..... é 272| 334} 195| 122| 259| 60 201| 113 95 166 163 99| 192] oo © |Smallest Attendance S. S. ...... 36] 170 97 66| 90 7 55) 45 46 97 50 29| 84| 24 K4 | Average Attendance S. S. ...... 187| 291 127 94| 141 26 109| 71 75 133| 108 60| 133% 85, O |Total for the. year ..........5. 9758) ° 327931 4881 7034, 1383; 5668} 3714 3947] 6920 6252| 4449 f{] |Number in Home Department " 70 16 27 17| 7| 20 f |Number in Cradle Roll Dep’t .... 91 134 35 35 aA 43 ‘ |Number in Industrial Department 60 | 40 167 29 87 | 15 A Average Number in Day Nursery] — NZL | 8 Kindergarten Classes each Week} ~ | | 2297 Q |Number of in Other Classes ....} | r ae 38 13 | | rd Pacentsoetreated hie hae cs desc. 182 75| | 144 | | | < Number garments Seals es 2000 1222| 1000} 646 607 131 2289} 294 97 Walyer-Ofecame. —. 2. ck tes iso . | 1002 00} ; 150 00} 150 00] 150 00} 343 35] 44 10 | 56 60 | Meals given to Visitors .......... 1170} 807| 730| 438] | | 1155] | | 831 | Meals’ “given in Charity . <s.c0s...:! ale | | a7 1348] 25 227| 887 | Approximate value of same ... 35 00] l= e75. OO-e ~33 20 90 00| 130 00 50 00| 15 00 13 00 | Money contributed in Charity 44 88] | je Sieent a 5 124.35 | | 24 85 | Cash Received from Contributors] 333 96] 246 53] 166 78] 456 26| 2657 30| 191 37| 1610-32} 850 25] 113 54} 216 95 887 10| 364 96 Funds rec’d from General ‘Treas.} 511 61| 1175 00| 980 00} 160 00} 750 00| 200 00} 501 53| 817 50 93.97 Running Expenses for year ... 865 57| 1332 89] 1161 26] 628 26] 3418 55] 407 60} 1237 83| 850 25! 113 54] 1104 78 962 14| 458 "e Paid® form improvements |... 4... 40 00 45 81| 3 91 11 05 4 05 14 18 54 68 17 00 500 00 Membership May 1, 1914 ........|, 64 t 72 32 33 18 42 32 zt 25 Confessions during Year ........ 42 50 30 37 12 42) 9 16 4 5 LZ, 23 Received by Baptism during Year a 3| 22 13 8 10 & 4 | $ 1 17 Received by Letter during Year 8 19} : 1] i} | : | Number Expelled or withdrawn .. 2| | 3| 1| | 2] | Number died during Year ......|1 | 1| | 1| | 1 1| | | | 1 Number Moved Away. iets 2| 2| 1| 1| 1 1 4 4 | 1 | 2 1 Membership May 1, if 72| 60| 90] 44| 33 24 48 1 36 28 | 29| 41 et it gh 14000|17000 58| 11800| 3500{ 40000 2500 3000; = ~3000 2700 $500} { | 4
RS AS 100] 360 90] 590] 66 80} 3000 200; —«.200/ 150} 150] 250, «|
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REPORT OF MISSIONS NOT UNDER THE BOARD— 1913
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SUMMARY REPORT OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
umber of present Workers |
Number in Inst. May 1, 714
Males|
Females|
Number admitted during year|
nO
Females
Number died during year |
Males
Females
No. dismissed dur. yr. (healed)
Males
Females
Number placed in homes |
Males|
Females|
Number in Inst. May 1, 715]
; Males
Females
Number of Religious Meetings Number of Christians | Number of Non Christians | No. rec. into Church Fellowship| No. Conversions during _ yr.| Number supported by Inst.| Number supported in part | Number paying support | Number supported by friends
Amount special contributions|$ 84
Amount received for bldg 759
Amt. of regular contributions| 2665
Received for automobile 695
Total receipts for year 4195
Ex: of Sup. Work. and In.| 2706
Ex. Fuel, Lighting and Power| 439 Ex. Improvements New Bldg. and Equipments] 1484
‘Total Expense. during year| 4191 Est. Val. of Bldgs. & R. E. |16850
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70 MENNONITE YEAR- BOOK
NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Bishops, Ministers and Deacons
(Mennonite and Arish Mennonite)
ALBERTA, CANADA
‘Kauffman, J., Tofield, Rt. 1 Lehman, John, Mayton
Miller, Isaac, Mazeppa ‘Reinbold, John N., Blooming Prairie *Roth; WN....B.y: Toheld, "Rta Schmidt, M. S., Carstairs *Stauffer, Norman B., Aldersyde Stutzman, Milo, Tofield, Rt. 1
t Wambold, A. H., Mazeppa Weber, N. R.,Carstairs
Weber, Henry, Carstairs
ARKANSAS Summer, Samuel, Stuttgart
CALIFORNIA
Miller, Andrew, Porterville Stahley, Emanuel, Portersville
COLORADO
Heatwole, J. A., La Junta
Hershey; 1. K., (La vunta
. Leatherman, Aaron M., La Junta *Newschwanger, Fred A., La Junta Nunemaker, J. M., La Junta
fReber, George, La Junta
Ross, George, La Junta
Thut, John, La Junta
IDAHO
tHilty, Geo. B., Nampa Honderich, Samuel, Filer Shenk, A. M., Nampa * Snyder, Christian, Filer
ILLINOIS
tAlbrecht, Henry V., Tiskilwa Bechler, Joseph, Foosland *Birky, John C., Delevan *Burckey, Joseph, Tiskilwa tBurkhart, Abram, Sterling Buzzard, Alpha, L., \’shington tChristophel, Eli, Culiom *Deeter, Daniel, Morrison Eash, A. M., 720 W. 26th St., Chicago tEbersole, Daniel, Sterling *Fortner, J. V., Freeport Garber, Peter, Cazenovia *Gerber, Samuel, Tremont Good, A. C., Sterling rey lt S. E., Freeport rieser, Daniel, Foosland *Hartzler, C. A. Tiskilwa King, Christian, Eureka Kreider, Amos, Sterling Leaman, A. H., 639 W. 18th St., Chicago Litwiler, Jonas, Morton Litwiller, Simon, Hopedale McCulloh, John, Morrison Nafzinger, Daniel, Hopedale tNice, H. T., Morrison *Nice, John, Morrison Orendorf, Daniel, Flanagan
* Bishop tDeacon
Ringenberger, Jacob, Tiskilwa Risser, Christian, Jr., Eureka Risser, Christian, Sr., Eureka Roth, Daniel, Morton
Schertz, Christian S., Eureka Schertz, Peter D., Metamora Schertz, Peter, Metamora *Schrock, Andrew A., Metamora Shellenberger, E. M., Freeport *Shoemaker, J. S., Freeport Slagel, Daniel W., Graymont *Stineman, Daniel, Flanagan *Summer, George H., Gridley Summer, Peter, Metamora
Wiens, A. F., 3404 S. Oakley Ave., Chieago
Zehr, Daniel, Danvers Zehr, Jacob, Deer Creek . *Zehr, Peter, Foosland tZehr, Samuel, Fisher,
INDIANA
Bare, John H., Nappanee tBender, G. L., Elkhart
*Bixler, Jacob K., Elkhart tBrubaker, Jonas, Elkhart *Burkholder, David, Nappanee Christophel, Jacob W., Wakarusa Cripe, Amos S., Topeka tCoffman, Daniel H., Goshen Detweiler, I. R., Goshen
‘ tEmmert, John, Topeka
Friesner, Harvey, Vistula Funk, J. F., Elkhart
*Garber, John, Goshen
Hartman, William, Wakarusa *Haliman,. F.'19:, Goshen Hartzler, J. E., Goshen Hartzler, J. S., Goshen *Hershberger, C., Middlebury Hershberger, Seth, Shipshewana tHooley, J. Y., Shipshewana Horner, J. S., Greentown Hostetler, A. J., Middlebury Hostetler, Oscar, Topeka *Johns, D. J., Goshen
tJohns, Ira S., Goshen
King, B. B., Ft. Wayne
tKing, Noah W., Amboy *Kurtz, Jonathan, Ligonier tLandis, Amos, Goshen
tLantz, Melvin D., Topeka tLeichty, Christian, Grabill Loucks, Jonas, Nappanee tLugibill, John, Grabill tMartin, Frank, Ft. Wayne *Mast, FE. A., Kokomo
tMaust, Frank, Nappanee McGowen, James H., Nappanee | Miller, Andrew, Spencerville *Miller, D. D., Middlebury Miller, Eli, Goshen
Miller, Josiah, Shipshewana Miller, Y. C., Shipshewana fMishler, J. J., Shipshewana Mullet, Ezra, Nappanee Nussbaum, Amos, Middlebury Oesch, W. W,, Bristol, Ind. Slabaugh, Niles M., Greentown *Smeltzer, Samuel, Wakarusa tSmucker, Simon, Nappanee
AND
Troyer, D. D., Goshen tWeaver, Henry B., Goshen tWeaver; Noah, Wakarusa Weaver, S. E., Shipshewana Weaver, W. B., Elkhart Weldy, Henry, Wakarusa tWeldy, J. 1. Wakarusa Weldy, Silas, Wakarusa Whitmer, ede Goshen *Yoder, David A, Elkhart Yoder, Elias, Luntertown Yoder, Levi W., Nappanee tY oder, Menno J. Topeka Yoder, S. S., Middiebury Yoder, Samuel, Elkhart Yoder, Silas, Goshen
IOWA
Blosser, Perry, South English Egli, Joseph, Manson
Eigsti, J C., Manson
Fisher, D. J., Kalona
tGeil, D. S., South English *Gerig, Sebastian, Wayland Gingrich, Simon, Wayland Graber, Daniel, Noble
Ce cierch, Ww .S., Wellman *Lapp, S ay South English tLapp, Samuel W., South English tLineweaver, W. P; South English Reber, David, Kalona
Swartzendruber, Peter, P., Wellman
*Wagler, John, Wayland
* Yoder, Abner G., Parnell fYoder, J. B., Kalona *Yoder, J. K., Wellman Yoder, J. S., Kalona *Yoder, S..:C., Kalona *Zehr, D. D., ‘Manson
_ KANSAS
*Bender, D. H., Hesston tBeck, L. L., Peabody Berkey, J. oF Harper Brubaker, J. 5 a Canton Drink," |S: ’ Newton Brim, “J... "Hesston Brunk, J. ie ‘McPherson . Brunk, J. M., Newton tBuckwalter, B. F., Newton ‘Byler, E. W., Hesston Charles, J. D., Hesston Cooprider, Matthias, -Windom, Detweiler, S.. H., Harper Diener, D. A., Canton * Ebersole, N. E., Protection Erb, Allen, McPherson *Erb, Tillman M., Hesston Hamilton, J. T., Harper Horst, M. E., Peabody *tHostetler, H, E., Harper King, L. O., Peabody Kuhns, A., Columbus tLandis, Aaron, Canton Mininger, J. D., Kansas City ’Mishler, Samuel. Columbus tNeufeld, H. J., Inman
Pauls, Jacob J., Inman Reiff, C., Newton tShellenberger, J. L., Canton Shenk, Noah, Columbus Smith, J. B., Hesston Weaver, R. M.. Harper Wiens, Heinrich A., Inman Wenger, J. G., Hesston Winey, Caleb, ‘Peabody Yoder, Charles D., Windom fYoder, R. C.. Inman tYoder. Joseph, Harper Zimmerman, J. J.. Harper tZimmerman, Jacob, Protection
LOUISIANA Nice, Jonas, Lake Charles
DIREETCORY
MARYLAND
Baer, Henry, Hagerstown *Coss, George, Hagerstown ftyshleman,. Peter, Reid Hartzler, J. M., Long Green 'Horst, Abraham, Clear Spring ‘Horst Daniel F., Maugansville sastus, Martin, Bdgemont “Keener, George S.. Hagerstown tKinsinger, J. L., Grantsville Lesher, David, Hagerstown Martin, Denton, Smithburg Strite, C. R., Hagerstown Strite, Daniel, Leitersburg
MICHIGAN
Bontrager, Eli A., Fairview Brackbill, Aldus, Clarksville Detweiler, C. W., Brutus *Esch, Menno, Mio
Lehman, D., Fair Grove *Miller, Harvey A., White Cloud *Miller, Jacob P., Clarksville tMishler, Joseph, Clarksville’ Nelson, Thomas U., Newaygo Ropp, Peter, Pigeon
Sommer, Simon W., Fairview tSteiner, Menno, Comins Weaver, Isaac, Alto tWideman, Menno, Bay Port Yoder, John M., Vestaburg Yoder, NE LZa Fairview tZook, Eli, Clarksville
MINNESOTA Garber, C. J:,; Alpha
MISSOURI
Bissey, George, Cherry Box Buckwalter, ie E., Palmyra tCollier, J. .L., Carvers). tDetwiler, John G,, Cherry Box Diener, Harry A!; Proctor Driver, Xo ede Versailles Driver, D. ¥ Versailles *Driver. Joe €.. Garden City gap ecio’, Amos, Versailles tGood, Joseph, Oronago Harder, H. Js Excelsior *Hartzler, I. ~ Garden City *Hartzler, John” Fis ‘Garden City
Helmuth, William E., Garden City.
Hershberger, SAS, "Garden City tHershey, es H., Palmyra Hess, J. Palmyra
Johnston, Aeteyatts Te Cherry Box
*Kauffman, Dantel, Versailles Kilmer, Amos, Persell *Kreider, John M., Palmyra’ Miller, Levi LS Garden City Shank, J. R. Carver *Shenk, Andrew, Oronogo - Shenk, Perry J., Oronogo *Swartzendruber, Elias, Versailles Tweedy, William, Oakland tYoder, John B., Garden City
MONTANA *Roth, Jacob, Cresston
NEBRASKA
tBeller, John, O’Neill Birkey, J. H., Bancroft *“Birky, Jacob D., Beemer tErnst, John, Chappell Ernst, Christian K., O’Neill Fast, Peter J., Litchfield Gingerich, Fred, Beaver Crossing Good, Andrew, Roseland *Kennel, Peter, Strang *Lapp, D. -G., Roseland Oswald, J. W., O’Neill Oswald, Peter, Beemer Rempel, G. F., Jansen
Fi
74a MENNONITE
Rediger, Joseph, Milford
Roth, N. C., Lexington *Schiffler, Albrecht, Roseland tSchiffler, Emanuel, Roseland tSchlegel, Ben, Shickley tSchlegel, L. O., Milford Schlegel, Wm., Milford
Schantz, Jos., Howell
Stauffer, Abraham, Ayr Stauffer, Jacob, Milford : Stoltzfus, Ammon E., Woodriver tStutzman, Abram, Milford Swartzendruber, J. J., Shickley Zimmerman, Jos. E., Woodriver
NORTH DAKOTA
Glick, L. S., Minot Kautiman, D. B., Kenmare Kauffman, Levi A., Kenmare t Leichty, Christian, Davenport *Mast, I. S., Minot
tMiller, Samuel P., Minot tOgburn, Amos, Baden
OHIO *Amstutz, D. C., Marshallville
*Amstutz, Cleophas N., Applecreek
*Allgeyer, S. E., West Liberty *Blosser, John, Rawson Blosser, N. .; Rawson Brenneman, A. H., Marshallville Brenneman, C. B. lida Brenneman, C. K., Canton Brenneman, Moses, Lima Brunk, Gabriel, Elida
Brunk, P. E., Elida
tBrunk, Samuel, Elida
t Burkholder, Abram, Marshallville *Buchwalter, I. dy Dalton ~ Byler, C. H., Cable
tConrad, Peter, Sterling Detweiler, Enos M., Calla Eberly, Aaron, Dalton
*Frey, E. L., Wauseon