The West Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910 Page: 2 of 17
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By The,. Fruits Ye Shall Know 1 hem
First Baptist Church.
two years. Iss9 -1891. E. A. Put- tor until October. 1905 Harlan
__ | huff served one year and was fol- .! Mathews, accepted the care of
The First Baptist Church at I lowed by V G Cunningham.! the church in December, 1905.
West was organized in l"5s. asI who continued as pastor for two After the resignation of Bro.
Bold Springs Missionary Bap-! .voars. After which I. Z. Kinr Mathews, the church had, as
tist Church, which name it con -! brough accepted the pastorate of supply pastors, Brothers Peter-
tinued to hold until 1896, when the church and continued until son. Griffith and Lofton, of the
the name was changed to First! when he was succeeded by Seminary at Waco. Bro. A. B. I New, then of Fort Worth
Baptist Church of West. At the jJ- H. Milburn. who remained Little of Waco was then called as [called and at once accept*
time of its organization there I only il fcw months; I P. Lang-1 pastor, in which capacity he I work, but during the same
were only four other Baptist I ‘.v finished out the year and Dr. j served for one year, building up he was taken very ill an* I
The last named was foi
years a Sunday School si
tendent.
Bro. Little resigned the
of the church in August c
year, and in the early ]
September, Bro. James 1
fifty
perin-
churelies in McLennan county, j W. H- Pai’ks became pastor and the church and doing a great
the year | work for the cause in general.
for a month in Hot Spring:
DuringAhis time, Bro. Scl
an able preacher and ,!
scholar, acted as supply
Bro. McNew is a yqun,
Waco. Bosqueville, White Hock.; served the church fo
Union Springs. It is not cer 11897. Holmes Nichols succeed-1 During his pastorate the church
tainly known who was the tirst i cd Dr. Parks add remained pos- i celebrated its fiftieth anniver-
pas‘ but Dr. J. .1 Riddle.' t-or until 1904 Clias. A Love snrv. This was after the nature
both i physician and a preach i lace served the church a few of a jubilee service, and was eon-1 of undaunted Christian ci
cr was pastor for tile vear Wk'. month and was followed by Tims, ducted by Brothers .1. E. John-; and zeal, and while' sicknos
N W. Crain was pastor in MM.! W White, who continued as pas- son and Dr. Goddard of Waco, j kept him much of the time
and E. .1 Billings in MU-5 T
Re\ C B. Smith
M. c. Church, South
.1 Sparkman was pastor from
M>7 " During which pastorate
the church experienced' consid
i erable growth; the membersliip
-t reaching about sixty T F.
; Lockett was pastor in Is' <9, Fob
— j lowed by Thos. Hooker in l"70-5.
The Methodist E seopali v _G. Cunningham was pastorjn
Church South, of W st, was or ; and J. S. Holmes in 1-id.
ganized in October, 1""4. during j^- *'• Speakman became pastor
the pastorate of Hex B. E. Gass-|hl l^antl continued until W.
away who was then serving tlu
East Waco circuit. The mem-
bership of the new Church was
transferred from Poverty Bulge.
Liberty Grove and Scott's
Chapel, these being much older
organizations.
The present church building
was erected in 1891 during the;
pastorate of Hev W M. Adams.
Mr. B. B. Ingram is the only
member of this church now re-
siding in West whose member-
ship has continuously been with
the church since its organization.
The elegant parsonage home now j
occupied by the pastor was built!
by Rev. E R Barcus in 1900,1
who. with his new bride, was the j
'’•s:t to occupy it
The following 'pastors have
erved the church at West in the
order given below B !•’. Gassa
way, M A, Moodyi L. G. Rogers,
(these serving for'one vear each.)
Wire Vaughan two years .1 R.
Sterne ' wo years, W M. Adams
one year Sannii - \ on is on
yea; W. J. I/ men, 8 1. • Yanks,
each sewing oiv y.-. W H.
Ten three yea rs. .1 H. Cliamb-
lis.s two years E R Barcus
three years. .1 A Ruffner four
at the close of his pastorate the
church numbered 174 members.
S. B. McJenkins served the
church for the year 1""": where
upon T. P. Spearman was call-
ed again and served the church
Comanche. Forreston. Grapc-
vine. Lorena, Mt. Calm and
West. Rev. Sfnith was mar
ried to Miss Bettie Jinkens,
December :15th. !""5. at Midlo-
thian, Texas. Mrs. Smith's
father was a pioneer settler of
of Texas, coming with Peter's
colony, settling tirst in Lamar
county, and later in Ellis county
in Mls and assisted in its organ!
zalion
Rev and Mrs. Smith have
i eight children living, four boys
and four girls. One son and one
daughter are married.
Church of Assumption and
St. Mark’s School
Rev. James T. flcNew
hiswork in the Seminary,
not discouraged, hut wi
enfer sch^ii Jan. 1910t
faith in.X^od is inspiring'. \
earnest and consecrated, a-^
i the pulpit is a plain, for
logical man of God. The o',
is in a prosperous conditioi Hie
! present membership bein<e 376,
and the Sunday School. for'c u’ce
years under the guidance ol ’LIP-
Coffey is an engine of powei*
The church property in '
3 care
f this
irt of
Mc-
was
d the
week
was
Ark.
refer,
Bilile
istor.
man
i rage
has
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re-
Hls
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1 in
eful.
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Test
roll
vn-
! consists of a handsome cl
edifice, together with a co.
ient live room pastorium.
c
owing to severe illness was
able to till his appointment
several weeks, but after prt
ing to his congregation on
few sermons they recognize!
him a man of great power
rare ability, and truly one ca
of God. West never had a
tor to come so highly rec.
mended. He is yet a studep
the Theological Seminary
spends part of his time away in
l preparation of the great wort to
| which God has called him, it is
yet a great privilege to have
, in West, even for a portion of
time, and be so stimulated th
by that one can say with the i
not
f< r
eh-
■ a
in
nd
ed
is-
Elder A, E. Walker
James 1. McNew,
“Lives of all great men remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,
... • j And departing leave behind us,
•' <|s ordained to tlu* work , Footprints'll! the sands of tiirn
I Born in
The most prominent edifice in j .>.i |V,
the city of West, by reason of its
form, size and location, is. no
doubt, the Catholic Church of the
Assumption. The tirst Catholic
settlers in the country adjacent
the city, arrived about 95 years
years. J. D. Odant was appointed
fo* a second year, but was re- j age.. But it was later on. about
lieved early in the second year the year ls80, that several Catho-
and was succeeded by .1 W, lie families of Bohemian national-
Head from the Oklahoma Confer-
ence. The present pastor. C. B.
Smith, has recently been return-
ed for a second year The pres
ent trustee board is composed of
the following members J. Den-
ton. Dr J. W. Gidney. Q. C.
Wgington and B. B. Ingraham.
B. B. Ingraham, J. Hall Cham-
bliss, F E. Denton and Dr J H.
Thbmas compose the board of
stewards, A handsome half tone
cut of the Board of stewards
will be found on another page.
II. M. Fowler is the Sunday
School Supt.. Mrs. I>. B. tngra-
ity. having been attracted by for
tile land and favorable climate,
chose the beautiful rolling prairie
around West for their residence.
Others followed, some coining
from South Texas, and some di
rectly from Europe. These set
tiers from Bohemian nationality,
together with the German speak-
ing Catholics, worshiped first in
the small edifice at Tours, and.
subsequently in the present
church house of that town,
which was built about the year
M"ti. As the number of Catho-
ies increased, it was thought ex-
Polk county Ark.,
at six years of age
removed to Lonoke county eigh-1 Stephens. Salem and Oualaska,
teen milis cast, of L-UV Rock. Ark. MO’’*-*. Cairn to Waco,
whore he was reared on a lane Texas to enter Baylor University
At Is he began tiachii g follow- and Baptist Theological Send-
ing that profession for five years, nary in September, 1907. Call
During that time he served one , ed to pastorate of the South Aus
year as tirst assistant in Ton tin church in May 190". Rt
berlin High School in central signed August 1st. 1909, and ac-
Arkansas: first assistant in Ozan [ cepted supply pastorate of Col-
College, and finally as principal j lege Avenue church of Ft. Worth,
of Columbus graded schools in I Called to pastorate of church at
the southwestern part of the [ West. September 1909. but
Stilt!
1,1 tlu' ministry August 0t.h. 1905. j The Baptist church of West
^, !l' pastorale ol Dudley Ave- fortunate indeed, in having
nU( church in T< xarkana 1903-0 lcured the services of Rev. I!-
McNew. who is a most sclmlaI
gentleman, and a valuable wm-ld
The Church of Christ.
This congregation has been m
existence for the past twenty
live years. About sixteen years
igo a neat little chapel was built,
sufficiently large to accomodate
the then existing circumstances.
In the spring of 1907. seeing
an opportunity to secure a more
suitable location and wishing to
improve their house of worship,
the lot was secured and the
house removed to same and re.
modeled.
The present site is a very at
tractive location, being a lot loo
of Ix lr'5 feet, close in. with a beau
ui tiful young hackberry grove jn
the rear, which was put out by
the members even before the
building was moved. In a few
years this grove will be quite a
nice little park, and will be es-
pecially fine for summer pro
traded meetings.
1 lie house is plain and neat,
'he interior being conveniently
arranged and pretty, with bap-
tistry and dressing rooms, and
is lighted by electricity. Con-
crete walks surround the
grounds and lead to the en-
e I trances, adding Much to the
in the Vineyard of the Master. I O’-’unl.v o' the premises. Tin
------—n------ . | property is valued at 82500.
West, regardless of the layi During all these years no
phenomenal drought, had ii: j vision has ever arisen over any
ample supply of'artesian watq|| question, hence the church has
While water was being hauled 4
adjacent towns and cities. Wes',
equanimity relative water wa;
always been a unit. However,
trials and difficulties have come
up from time to time, but have
undisturbed. West, will neve I been met in a true Christian way,
lack something to drink..
ha ?. Pres of W. 'ri. M. S. and I pedient to erect another building,
lvlrs. H. M. Johnson, President j and locate it in the center of the
of W. F. M. S. Rev. (’. B. Smith.1 colony, the city of West. Thus
the present pastor, was horn in in the year 1 "92 the building
Marshall county. Tenn. May 18th, j committee purc-hasd 12 lots of j
1866. His father brought his | ground and soon after a handsome
family to Texas in 1.880, settling j building with a tower 100 feet]
in Ellis county where Rev, Smith j high was erected. The new par
grew to manhood. He received ish was attended the tirst few j
his education in public schools of
Tennessee and Texas, finishing
the high school course in June,
1885, at Nash, Ellis county, Tex-
as. In August 4th, 1884, he ob-
tained a first grade teacher’s
certificate and taught during the
following fall and winter, at same
time keeping up his studies and
at the close of this term he re-
entered school and finished with
his former class-mates. Rev.
Smith taught school for a num-
ber of years, was licensed to
preach July 16th, 1892, was ad-
mitted on trial in the Northwest
V Texas Conference, November
17th, 1899, He has served the
* . Allowing charges: Indian Creek,
years by the priest of Tours and
Granger. In the spring of the
year 1895 the parish secured
the first resident priest, and j
built for him a handsome resi-j
deuce. Four years afterwards
the parishoners erected a paro-
chial school and convent, a two-
story frame building, which was
ample to accomodate 150 pupils.
When the parish was well or-
ganized and was almost free from
debt, on .the night of March 16,
1903, fire destroyed the building,
together wi.th its contents. Un-
daunted by the calamity, the
parishioners preceded to make
arrangements foi the erection of
a new house of (_ L Within a
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION
short time the amount of money
subscribed and donated was such
as to warrant the building com-
mittee to have a brick building
erected. This was decided upon
and the same year the p esent
building was completed aud paid
for. The school is in charge of
4 teachers of the congregation of
Sisters of Divine Providence.
The average number of pupils
enrolled each term is 150 to 200.
The membership of the parish
consists of almost 300 families,
mostly prosperous and hard
working fanners. The parish
has five benevolent and fraternal
societies with more than 200
members, whose life insurance
represents in round numbers
the sum of $160,000.00. Besides
these benevolent societies there
are also in the parish two or
three religious associations,
their purpose being to promote
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[thus keeping the unity of the
i spirit in the bond of peace. The
! present membership is about 85
Elder A. E. Walker, was se
cured a few months ago, as
preacher, for half of his time,
which points to a substantial up
building and increase in the
membership in the near future.
Heeding the admonition ol
Paul to "Do all things in the name
;>f the Lord .Jesus," and realizing
urtlier that this great apostk
ais said, 'Unto Him be glory ir
he church by Christ Jesu.-
hroughout all ages, world with
at end,' therefore, no instru -
1 tents of music are used in tin
•airship, except the God-Giver;
istrument, the human voice,
■either are there any human so
ieties connected with tin
rganization. .
Under the direction and su 'or
'sion of the eldership, H, Jo
tosses are taught every Lorn .
ty at ten o’clock a. m., and on
jednesday nights. The Lord's
upper is observed every Lord’s
ay. In contributing to Mis-
Sm work, Orphans Home, and
Mrks of charity, the contribu
tin is made direct, thus assur-
iit such work every cent con
tputed. The members con ..
timte in the treasury every
Ld’s day as they have been
pispered.
^teaching every third and
f-"’ Lord’s day in each month,
f a. m. and at night,
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