Congregational Nebraska

CONTENTS

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Preface	v
Introduction	3
PART I--DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCH LIFE CHAPTER I
The field	9
CHAPTER II
Congregational pioneers	13
Gov. Richardson	13
Dr. Geo. L. Miller	13
Rev. G. G. Rice	15
Reuben Gaylord	16-18
The Congregational Association of Iowa	19
CHAPTER III
Development of Church life	20
Historic date	21
Temperance work	23
The Fremont Church	23
CHAPTER IV
The State Association of Congregational Churches in Nebraska	25
CHAPTER V
Some Discouragements	28
CHAPTER VI
Early declarations	30

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CHAPTER VII
A new era in Church development	34
Railroad extension	34
New towns and churches	35
CHAPTER VIII
Gaylord as Home Missionary Superintendent	36
First visit of National Secretary A. H. M. S.	37
The American S. S. Union	37
Memorial to Pres. U. S. Grant, in behalf of Nebraska Indians	38
The Pawnee Indians	43
CHAPTER IX
Removal of the capital	46
Mr. Gaylord's report	46
The Fremont Church	47
CHAPTER X
Rev. O. W. Merrill, Superintendent	48
Father Gaylord	48
The prayer-meeting	50
The Pilgrim's idea and practice	50
Amos Dresser	51
Supt. Merrill's report	52
Rev. J. B. Chase as acting superintendent	53
Organization of woman's work	53
CHAPTER XI
Rev. H. N. Gates, Superintendent	54
The ravages of locusts	56
Rev. Lewis Gregory	57

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CHAPTER XII
Sunday school development	58
Letter from Superintendent Stewart	58
Translation of Reuben Gaylord	60
Letter from Mrs. A. N. Goddard	62
CHAPTER XIII
Rev. C. W. Merrill, Superintendent	63
Modern development of Congregationalism	63
Nebraska Congregational News	65
Organization Nebraska Home Missionary Society	65
Superintendent Merrill's report	67
The Nebraska Sunday School Assembly	68
The German work	68
Letter from Rev. C. W. Merrill	68
CHAPTER XIV
Rev. J. L. Maile, Superintendent	71
Rev. H. Bross, General Missionary	71
Church activity	73
Church polity	73
Letter from Dr. A. F. Sherrill	74
Letter from Rev. J. L. Maile	75
CHAPTER XV
Rev. Harmon Bross. D.D., Superintendent	81
Letter from Dr. Bross	81
Reports from Superintendents Bross and Stewart	85, 86
The frontier	86
Revs. G. J. Powell and George E. Taylor appointed General Missionaries	87
The drouth	87
The translation of Isaac E. Heaton	88
A typical meeting	90
The second drouth	91
Dr. Crofts on the watch tower	92

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CHAPTER XIV
Recent declarations	94
Army chaplains	94
The Crete assembly	95
Divorce and desertion	96
Polygamy	97
The New Jersey Plan of Union	98
Dr. A. H. Bradford's letter	99
The National Council (1904) on church union	99
Obstacles in the way	99
The Geneva meeting and church union	100
Other declarations 100-102
CHAPTER XVII
Centralization	103
The State Advisory Board	104
The Nebraska Idea	107
The ecclesiastical standing of churches and ministers	107
Evangelism	109
CHAPTER XVIII
The outlook	110
The Lincoln convocation	112
The incorporation of the Nebraska Home Missionary Society *	115
The responsibility of the churches	116
CHAPTER XIX
Phases of Church growth	117
Congregationalism in Lincoln,-
Rev. Lewis Gregory	118
The growth of churches	121
The German work in Lincoln and in the state	122
The German Pro-Seminary	123
Congregationalism in the Elkhorn valley-
Col. S. S. Cotton	124

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Congregationalism in the Republican valley-
Rev. W. S. Hampton	134
Rev. Geo. E. Taylor	134
Congregationalism in western Nebraska-
Rev. A. E. Ricker	143
Ogalalla, Nebraska	144
Julesburg, Colorado	145
CHAPTER XX
Pioneer experiences	147
Mrs. E. G. Platt, missionary teacher among the Pawnee Indians	147
Rev. C. S. Harrison	154
The liquor war	156
Rev. A. A. Cressman	158
Dr. George Scott	161
Rev. John Gray	164
Rev. A. E. Ricker	169
"Father Barrow's Story"--Rev. J. B. Storm	188
CHAPTER XXI
Woman's work in Nebraska, Rev. Laura H. Wild	191
List of presidents and secretaries, Mrs. H. Bross	196
PART II - CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS IN NEBRASKA CHAPTER I
The Fontanelle school	201
Letter from C. G. Bisbee	206
Causes operating against Fontanelle	207
Discussion of new location for a Congregational school	209
College located at Crete	211
The end of the Fontanelle school	212

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CHAPTER II
Doane College	213
Dr. Willard Scott's address at the fifteenth anniversary	213
Founding of Crete Academy	215
The founding of Doane College	216
Financial struggle	218
Thomas Doane	219
The Head of the college	226
The deliberation of the trustees	231
Foreign population	232
President Perry's reports	233
CHAPTER III
Education in the state	237
The attitude of the General Association	238
The minute of Chancellor Manatt	238
The Pro-Seminary at Crete	239
A Committee on Education	240
CHAPTER IV
The college question	241
Gates College	241
Vote to recognize defeated	242
Dr. Duryea's resolution	243
Proposed consolidation of Doane and Gates	243
An educational commission	244
The attitude of Doane College	244
Trouble at Gates College	245
A third school - "Norfolk College"	245
Gates becomes an academy	245
Results of the controversy	245
The standing of Doane College	.246
Attitude of the churches	248

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CHAPTER V
Congregational academies in Nebraska,
Rev. G. W. Mitchell	254
CHAPTER VI
A comparative study	259
CHAPTER VII
Santee Normal Training School	265
Character of the training	265
Pupils in the school	270
The Riggs family	271
Arternas Ehnamani	272
The oversight of the Santee school	275
Missionaries at Santee	275
PART III TABLES I
Sessions of the General Association	280
II
Superintendents of home missions	281
III
Corporate members of the American Board	281
IV
On the foreign field	282
V
Delegates to the National Council	283
VI
List of churches dropped	286
VII
Land grants	290

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Pastorates in living churches	298
IX
Alphabetical list of ministers	323


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