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Juterficjeucer.I IlfBy F. R. and M. C. Couawaymm—W*v-.T- -I. .Published every Thursday morning at Ames, Story county, Iowa.went south to shoot treason to death and claims that he did it. He has* the proof in his possession, he declares, which gives him the credit for turning the enemy back at Prai-Grove, Arkansas, and changing the flghtj from northern fields to southern fields.'.orfSubscription price $1.00 per year in advance.Anniversary1.1. ■. —11* JWI.!THE CENTENNIALTHEThe C. P.sCele100thOrganizationBISHOP AN HISTORIC FIGURE•——IPreaches the Anniversary SerinoHis Home People at GiliertThe Cumberland Presbyterianchurch is 100 years old. The only church of this denomination in this part of the state is located at Gilbert eight miles north of Ames.Here a small congregation is holding on to the faith of the fathers and the pastor Rev. Pleasant W. Bishop declares their birthright shall .not be taken away from them. The church during Its 100 years has had its up and downs, has never become very prominent in the north but is remarkably strong in the south. In view of the fact that the Cumber-lands refused to divide during the civil war and take a stand as did practically all of the protestant churches it is strange that it has held Its strength so well south of Mason and Dloxn’s line. In the noted national meeting of the church held at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1861, the Cubmberland church took a stand against a division of the church. The discussions in this convention arematters of record and some of the speeches are called among the best in American literature. The moderator of that convention was Rev. William S. Campbell, D. D., the father of Mr. H. K. Campbell of Ames. Dr. Campbell was the champion of a united church, taking the floor in the debate against Dr. Davis who was called the “Little Giant” in argument not 'only on theological questions but upon national questions as well. The debate lasted for several days but at the close Dr. Campbell won and the church remained as a unit. This decision gave to the members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church the privilege of joining either army just as members of the Roman Catholic church and members of the Masonic lodges were doing.Rev. P. W. Bishop to the Front.Rev. Pleasant W. Bishop decided that it was his duty to join the northern army and he enlisted and served first as a sergeant and later as chaplain of a regiment. While he believed in the perpetuity of the union and was against secession he refuses to acknowledge that the war was fought on the slavery question. This question he thinks would have solved itself without bloodshed. HeCoughChildrenEspecially nighr coughs. Nature needs a little help to quietirritation, control the inflammation, check the progressof the disease. Our advice isgive the children Ayer’sCherry Pectoral. Ask yourdoctor if this is his advice also.He knows best. Do as he says.We publUh our formulaen»iiryo».We banieh alcoholfrom ourmedieiueaersWo urge you, to consult yourdoctorIf you think constipation is of trifling consequence, just ask your doctor. He will disabuse you of that notion in short order. “Correct it, at once!” he will say. Then ask him about Ayer’s Pills. A mild liver pill, all vegetable.KUd« by tUe J. C. Ayer Co.. X.owell, MeeeftAt the Gilbert church Thursday evening Mr. Bishop gave a minute history of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He took for his text, (1) “What am I? (2) Where am I? (3) What am I doing? (4) Whither am I going?” From a series of charts he explained the doctrine of the church of which he has been a leading member for many years. Speaking of the effort of the old church to obtain possession of the property of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the action of the courts in Tennessee in preventing it there. Mr. Bishop spoke of the war in heaven referred to in Eccle. 8:8. On this quotation we will remark that sixty years ago, when the teachers and preachers began to impart to me theological Instruction, I was taught that the “war” mentioned in this connection had been fought in “heaven a long time ago. I had to take the teaching, it was the best I could get. 1 was only a lad seventeen years old, and in the theological department I had to be governed just as I was In the agricultural department in which I was then living.I had to plow with the old wooden mould board plow. It was the best I could get. So with the theology of the age. It was the best I could get.But in the years 1848-9-50 we saw those old wooden mould board plows consumed with fire, and the theology of the age also consumed with fire, but not the same fire that consumed the plow, hut the fire which Christ spoke, “I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it he already kindled.”(Luke 12:49.)The “war” spoken of “in heaven” is now in full process of consummation ; the vast armies are pitted one against the other, as truly as ever the Israelites were pitted against the Philistines. Each and every one of us is in one or the other of these two vast armies. “And there is no discharge in that war.” It matters not in which army you are, kind brother or sister, you cannot get out of that army except by deserting, for the reason that there is no provision made for a discharge in that, war. In the war now going on between the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church there is no provision made for a discharge. You need not ask for one. You will not get it for the reason above stated. And if you are getting tired of the war, the only way for you to get out is to desert. Then you can cry “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.Peace cries, peace shriekers, peace whiners have always been in all ages of the world. But God Almighty wants fighters, such as he found in the person of Paul. “I have fought a* good fight.History of the (tmrch.On the 4th day of February, 1810, In a log cabin home, in the woods of Tennessee, was ushered into form and ecclesiastical being a church which in sp!*e of misrepresentation, opposition, persecution and desertion, lives and commands the attention and respect of the Christian world. Its origin was in the great revival which began in the Presbyterian Church in 1800. The revival was the primal cause and one reason for the establishment of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Another cause was of an educational nature, and the final and principal reason for its existence as a separate and independent denomination was one of doctrine.A revival spirit went out from the great camp-meeting of 1800 which pervaded the whole country, and as the glorious work extended in all direction, the demand for preachers was rapidly outrunning the supply. It was found that all the revival ministers could not, by their utmost exertion, supply one-third of the calls for their assistance; they were constantly traveling and preaching day and night, and yet the demand far exceeded their ability to affordsupplies.Finis Ewing and Samuel King presented themselves and were received by Presbytery as candidates for tl# holy office of the gospel ministry, and were licensed and ordained by Cumberland Presbytery. These ministers were ordained with the full knowledge that they had not acquired all of the literary qualifications required by the discipline of the Presbyterian Church.To them the new birth was something more than a theological dogma, or an article in the creed; it was a living reality, and never, perhaps, since the day of the apostles did the free loving whosoever will spirit of the gospel more strikingly manifest itself.But the most serious objection urged aaginst these young men was that of doctrinal differences. They thought that the Westminster Confession of Faith taught predestination or fatality; this they did not believe and begged leave to accept the Confession “only so far as they believed it to conform to the Word of God.”“The young men, when licensed by Cumberland Presbytery, made reservations in adopting the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian fchurch. They thought that a particular and limited atonement and unconditional election amounted to fatality. The one supreme difficulty that could not he reconciled, and which still stands an insuperable obstacle to reunion is this doctrinal difficulty.” These did not believe to he the teaching of God's word, yet. for this, ecclesiastical doors wore closed in their faces, and they were cut off from the communion of the Presbyterian Church; their presbytery was dissolved and they were not •Glowed to preach until they submitted to re-examination and as they could not subscribe to all the Confession they had either to give up the ministry or constitute a new Presbytery. In vain they sought redress or some settlement of the trouble without sacrifice of principle, and for four years labored without any organized relationship.While the causes that resulted in the formation of the presbytery were existing for several years previous, the culmination was not raehed until Feb. 4, 1810, when It was constituted by Revs, Finis Ewing, Samuel King and Samuel McAdow, in the home of Mr. McAdow in Dickson County, Tenn. From this important transaction originated the Cumber-Presbyterian Church. The founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church fully realized the great responsibility resting upon those who would originate a new church. They could not have been unaware of they toil, self-denial and the opposition that confronted them. While such difficulties humbled them they were not discouraged. With firm convictions of truth and right, and invincible faith and courage, they begana history.With the formation of Cumberland Synod the church entered upon a season of remarkable activity and substantial growth which was followed by an era of prosperity and denominational success. Pioneer work continued in new settlements and on the frontiers, ad in 1816 the evangelists of the church followed the great tide of emigration as it rolled westward. In 1817 the first Cumberland Presbyterian sermon was preached in Missouri Territory at “the little French village of St. Louis.” Then years after its organization the church had extended into Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, and a number of missionaries were at work among the Indian tribes in Mississippi. It is a significant fact that the first organization of the kind was a Woman’s Missionary Society which was organized at Russellville, Ky., in 1818.A new epoch began in the denominational history with the organization of the General Assembly, which convened for the first time at Princeton, Ky., in 1829. At this time there were eighteen Presbyteries, sixteen of which were represented in the first meeting of the General Assembly; the general Synod had been divided into four Synods and tht* church had extended into several new states. With its organization the General Assembly began the work of the general enterprises of the church, although the Synod haOpreviously undertaken work of* this character in several directions. The necessity of collegiate education wasrecognized by the Synod in the establishment of Cumberland College at Princeton. Ky., in 1 825. At this time educational work became one of the general enterprises ofyoung church.The Gilbert Church.»iThe grandesihere, daintiest paDRESSin greatest varietspection.NEWjust in, lots of spiYears ago the people of Gilbert held services in the Union School house but they realized in 1881 that they needed a church of their own. so by a subscription from the people, the Cumberland Presbyterianchurch of Gilbert was built. * About the first of September of that year the building was dedicated. Rev. Benj. Hall was the first real pastor. The church was built with the understanding that when the Cumberland Presbyterians were not using it for their services, any other orthodox denomination could hold services there. The first trustees of the church were Messrs. A. McFarland, J. Dodds and Kegley. All of these men have passed on beyond and now C. P. McFarland, W. C. Reynolds, and J. S. Liddle are the trustees.for volunteers in the name of God. to regain the piece, Sergt, Bishop stepped in front of the regiment an lcalled for men to follow him in this jhazardous undertaking. Six sponded, and with himself at the head, they cut away the dead horsesand regained the caisson.”WHAT ABOUT WATERFightingSUPPLY LIMITEDThe pastor of the Gilbert church served with honor in the war of the Rebellion. He enlised as a private but being a minister he was chosen as a chaplain. He lives with his son at Gilbert and his ambition is to help his church prevent the transfer of its denomination and church properties to another church which seeks to merge it. He is a frequent visitor in Ames and enjoys the meetings of the Masonic lodge of which he has been a member for many years. He uses his cane made from the heart of an apple tree as his only weapon of protection. He is in his 78th year and sees no good reason why he should not live at least 78 years more.“Rev. Pleasant W. Bishop was born in Carroll County, Ind., April 6, 1832, and when four years old moved to McLeon county, Ills., with his parents. He received his education in the common schools, and at the Illinois Wesleyan university, Bloomington, 111. In 1852 he was called upon to deliver the oration at the commencement of Wesleyan university and chose for his subject. “The Future of the American Confederacy.” It was an able oration and he was told by one of the professors. just as he was about to begin its delivery, to throw his whole soul into It, as it was good. Little did Mr. Bishop at that time think that in just ten years he would be called upon to defend the government he was then eulogizing.He was received as a candidate for the ministry by the MackinawPresbytery, of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was engaged in farming in connection with his studies for two years after this, and then he attended the seminary at Leroy, Illinois, under the charge of his Presbytery, for two years. At the expiration of this time he engaged in preaching and farming.(Continued from Page One.)on the Chicago North Western Railway bench* mark showing an error of .32 feet. The useful fall between the wells and the receiving tank at Ames Is 53.4 feet. The distance being 54 200 feet, the loss ofhead is .98 feet per thousand feet. With the above fall and loss of head an eight inch pipe will give a discharge of 262,000 gallons per day at the Ames receiving tank. Since the present consumption at Ames is only approximately 200,00 gallons per day, it was decided to use an eight inch pipe.RunningKeigley Branch was crossed a number of times which will necessitate the use of several inverted siphons. In order to use as few siphons as possible it is proposed to change the course of the creek in several places. It was found necessary to cross Skunk river four times at which places inverted siphons will also be used. At all the high points, where the grade changes from a plus to a minus, valves will be supplied in order to allow an escape for air which will collect at such points. At all low points valves and drain pipes will be constructed for draining the system in case of necessity. Ordinarily the minimum depth of the grade line below the surface of the ground will be six feet. However, in several cases where the line crosses depressions of a short distance, it was thought advisable in order not to break up the grade, to run it closer to the surface of the ground, inwhich case the pipe will be covered to a depth of at least five feet after it is laid.Estimate.Mr. Bishop was a soldier in the late civil war, and entered Aug. 20, 1862, in the 9 4th HI. Inf. He was First Sergeant of Company D, and served in that regiment for something over one year, when he was transferred to the 37th 111. Inf. as Chaplain, and after serving in that capacity for over a year, resigned and returned home, lit ws highly thought of by the soldier hoys, not only for his good qualities, out for his valor, and was presented by his friends with a beautiful gold watch. He distinguished himself at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., fought Dec. 7, 1862. While the battle wage’ hottest, and men were falling on all sides, a caisson came near falling into the hands of the enemy. When the colonel of the regiment askedThe trenching, laying of pipe and refilling was estimated at thirty-five cents per foot for six foot depths,adding two cents per foot for every additional foot over twelve feet.47600 feet of 6’ cut----$17,136.003000 feet of 7’ cut--------1,110.00500 feet of 8' cut .... 195.001 200 feet of 9' cut.,.. 492.00700 feet of 10’ cut________301.00600 feet of 11* cut ----2 70.00300 feet of 12’ cut. . . . 159.00100 feet of 14’ cut. . . . 59.00200 feet of 15’ cut. ... 1 24.00— —*—Total for trenching. . . .$1 9,846.00 Changing course of creek, 978 cubic yards at twenty cents, includinggrubbing, $195.00.Filling in over pipe, 1320 cubic yards at fifteen cents, $198.00, Estimate of Cas Iron - pe mnlSpecials.
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Ames Intelligencer
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