Indiana Baptist History, 1798-1908

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... struggle a meeting house was built, and from that time to this public worship has been maintained. He was the leading spirit in the organization of the LaFayette, now the Tippecanoe, Association; at the time of the organization he was the only Baptist minister in that portion of the State. He assisted in the organization of several churches in that region--such as Camden, Grand Prairie, Dayton and Rossville. In 1839 he was elected financial agent of the Indiana Baptist Convention, and for the next ten years labored for the Convention and the College, giving most of his time to the latter. He was a very successful collector of money; he did not obtain large gifts, for they were not to be had at that stage of the State's material development. But whoever will take the pains to look through his little account books will be astonished at the large number of small-gifts; he was as grateful for the dollar as for the ten dollars. His wife died in 1840, and in 1841 he and Mrs. Mary Martin, of Delphi, were married. His three sons, Cyrus W., Eli and Jonathan were Baptist ministers--one in California, one in Texas and one in Oregon. In 1849, upon returning from a tour in southern Indiana, where his labors had been somewhat severe, he was attacked with a slight fever, accompanied by inflammatory rheumatism. During several weeks he was quite ill, but he determined to attend the annual meeting of the Convention, which was held at Indianapolis. He was too feeble to attend the public exercises, but from his sick room at his old friend Henry Brady's he was able to give a good deal of aid to several of the Committees. Aftei his return to his home the recuperation that he hoped for did not come. He was profoundly interested in the work of both the...