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Counties in Association |
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5-7 |
Preface |
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9-17 |
Introduction |
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Content |
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Chapter I |
19-22 |
Beginnings - The First Church
-Constituent Members - Illinois Preachers |
Decatur, Des Moines, Greene, Fayette ... |
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Chapter II |
23-28 |
First Association - Name
Ministers. - Second Association - Early Churches |
Des
Moines, Dubuque, Lee, Scott, Van Buren, Washington, Territorial Association |
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Chapter III |
29-34 |
Peculiarities of the Field -
Anecdotes of Early Iowa History -Elements of Growth -Seed
Sowing - Colporteur Work - Baptist Centers- Disappointments |
Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry ... |
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Chapter IV |
35-40 |
Our Cultured and Broad-Minded
Pioneers -Educational Plans - Institutions of Learning -
Conventions, Etc. - Items from Records of 1853. |
Des Moines, Johnson, Muscatine, Wapello ... |
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Chapter V |
41-46 |
Acknowledgement -Rapid Growth - Boundaries - Associations
Multiply Great Revivals - Baptisms -Home Mission Society -
1859. |
Allamakee, Clayton, Decatur, Fayette, Linn, Montgomery, Polk,
Pottawattamie, Taylor |
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Chapter VI |
47-52 |
An
Instructive Incident - American Sunday School Union - A
Mysterious Subscription - The Appropriate Work of the State
Convention - An Able Address. |
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Chapter VII |
53-60 |
Missionary Work -Two Methods - Distrust - Faith -State
Convention - First Missionary Appointments - First Agents - An
Ideal - Opposing Forces -A War Cloud - A Period of Unusual
Interest. |
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Chapter VIII |
61-66 |
Appointment of Financial Agent -
Progress |
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Chapter IX |
67-72 |
Educational Society - A Wide
Range of Membership Qualifications for the Ministry - A
Distinguished Beneficiary - Farewell Services - A Costly
Contribution. |
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Chapter X |
73-80 |
Western Iowa - Denison - A Blizzard and an Incident
-Reminiscences - North Eastern Iowa. The Providence of
Missions - Indirect Results. |
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Chapter XI |
81-86 |
An Appreciative Letter -
Reminiscence - A Hundred Cents on the Dollar - Another Letter
- A Death Bed Scene - A Life Membership in a Defunct Society.. |
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Chapter XII
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87 -94 |
Missionary Reminiscence - Jennie
L. Peck - Deacon Bryson - Music in the Soul - Revivals. Salem
- Mechanicsville |
Cedar and Henry Counties |
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Chapter XIII
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95-100 |
Reminiscences of Dexter P.
Smith, D. D. - Counting the Cost - Sickness and Death - A
Perilous Ride - "One Taken and Another Left" - A Child's
Prayer |
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ASSOCIATIONS |
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Chapter XIV |
101-114 |
The Des
Moines Association - 1839 - 1859. Great Prosperity |
Cedar, Des Moines, Wapello, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska |
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Chapter XV |
115-122 |
The
Davenport Association - The Second in the State. Organized -
September 1842 -1842 to 1862 |
Delaware, Dubuque, Scott, Muscatine |
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Chapter XVI
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123 - 132 |
Davenport Association Continued
- From 1862 to 1886 |
Clinton, Johnson, Scott Muscatine |
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Chapter XVII
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133 -144 |
The Oskaloosa Association - At
First Called the Second Des Moines - The Third Association on
Our Records - 1851 to 1886. |
Henry, Monroe, Marion |
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Chapter XVIII
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145 - 154 |
The Fox River Association -
Organized in 1849 - Is Found on Our Records in 1855 - 1855 to
1886. |
Appanoose, Davis, Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Van Buren, Wayne
... |
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Chapter XIX
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155 - 164 |
Centerville Association
Organized in 1873 - Reminiscences and Incidents - 1873 to
1886. |
Appanoose, Davis, Hancock, Henry, Monroe, Van Buren |
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Chapter XX |
165 -178 |
Central Iowa
Association - Organized in 1852. A large Field - 1852 to 1886. |
Henry, Polk, Jasper, Marion, Boone,
Tama, Madison, Story, Warren
... |
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Chapter XXI
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179 -186 |
Early Missionary Work in Central Iowa - Rev. J. A. Nash, D. D.
- Plenty of Room - From Iowa City to San Francisco. |
Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion ... |
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Chapter XXII
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187-196 |
Eden Association - Organized in
1853 - First Appears Upon Our Records in 1856 - The
Pioneer in State Convention Missions 1855 to 1886. |
Appanoose, Dallas, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Monroe, Wayne ... |
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Chapter XXIII |
197 – 205 |
North-Eastern Iowa - 1855 -
Dubuque Association. Distinguishing Features - Turkey River
Association Goes Out, Circumscribing the Field - 1855 to 1869. |
Allamakee,
Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek
... |
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Chapter XXIV
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209 - 218 |
Dubuque Association Continued - Faithful Holding On - A Church
Building Society - Every Church Provided with a Home - Dubuque
Church Served - A Holocaust - 1870 to 1886. |
Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson ... |
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Chapter XXV
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219 - 236 |
The
Great Central Valley of Northern Iowa. 1855 - The Cedar Valley
Association. Organized in 1856 - 1856 to 1886. |
Benton, Buchanan, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Page Chickasaw,
Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Tama ... |
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Chapter XXVI
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237-242 |
The Bedford
Association -- 1856 to 1865 -- A Thrifty and Vigorous
Beginning in Southwestern Iowa -- Multiplying and Bearing
Fruit -- An Inspiring. |
Cass, Fremont,
Montgomery, Page, Taylor ... |
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Chapter XXVII |
243- 254 |
Southwestern Iowa Baptist Association - The Logical
Continuance of its Territory of the Bedford Association - 1863
to 1886. |
Cass, Fremont,
Mills, Page, Taylor Montgomery |
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Chapter XXVIII
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255 -266 |
The
Linn Association - Beginning in 1857 - The Lower Cedar Valley
- Linn, Benton, Jones and other Counties - 1857 to 1886. |
Black Hawk,
Benton, Jones, Linn ... |
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Chapter XXIX |
267-275 |
The
Iowa Valley Association - The Edwards Brothers and Other
Pioneers - Toledo in 1855. Association Organized in
1858. - Unfruitful for a Time but not Abandoned - 1858 to
1886. |
Floyd, Fremont,
Grundy, Hardin, Iowa, Linn, Tama, Marshall, Taylor, Poweshiek, Ringgold |
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Chapter XXX |
276-284 |
The Western
Iowa Association -- Organized at Adel in 1859 -- Comprising
the Entire North-West Quarter of the State -- and at One Time
Dakota -- 1859 to 1886. |
Calhoun,
Crawford, Dallas, Green, Guthrie, Madison ... |
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Chapter XXXI
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285-294 |
Keokuk
Association (Formerly Des Moines) Remarkable and Continuous
Revivals -- History From 1860 to 1886 |
Lee, Van
Buren, Wayne |
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Chapter XXXII |
295 - 310 |
Burlington Association - North Division of the Old Des Moines
- Prosperity and Again Decline - A Circumscribed Field, 1860
to 1886. |
Des Moines, Henry, Louisa,
Mahaska, Wapello, Monona, |
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Chapter XXXIII
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311 - 324 |
Washington Association—An Organization
with a History Peculiar to Itself. Some of the Oldest
Churches—Special Features— 1869 to 1886. |
Washington ... |
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Chapter XXXIV
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325 - 332 |
The English
River Association -- Keokuk, Iowa -- Poweshiek and other
counties -- Organized in 1860 -- 1860 to 1886. |
Iowa, Keokuk,
Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek ... |
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Chapter XXXV
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333 - 344 |
Turkey River Association |
Allamakee,
Audubon, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek
... |
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Chapter XXXVI
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345 - 355 |
North and West
-- The Great Northern Valley of the Des Moines River -- 1852
-- Upper Des Moines Association Organized in 1860 -- 1860 to
1970 |
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Chapter XXXVII
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356 - 368 |
Upper Des
Moines Association Continued -- Personal Recollections--
Churches Multiply -- an Undiminished Field -- 1870 to
1886. |
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Chapter XXXVIII
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369 - 373 |
Picking up the
Thread -- 1865 -- Bedford Association Change of Name -- East
Grand River and Murray Associations -- 1865 to 1886. |
Clarke,
Decatur, Page, Taylor ... |
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Chapter XXXIX
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374- 382 |
The Coon Valley
Association -- Organization in 1871. Dallas, Guthrie, and
Parts of Boone, Greene, and Carroll Counties -- 1871 to 1886. |
Audubon,
Boone, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Mills ... |
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Chapter XL
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383 - 386 |
East Nodaway
Association -- Organized 1874. Between the Southwestern and
East Grand River -- 1875 to 1886. |
Adams, Decatur,
Page, Taylor ... |
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Chapter XLI
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387 - 392 |
The Sioux
Valley Association -- Organized in 1874. Sioux City -- and the
Great Northwest -- Recent but Rapid Development -- 1874 to
1886. |
Woodbury ... |
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Chapter XLII
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393 - 400 |
Atlantic
Association -- Organized in 1874 -- First, Prairie Association
-- Then Council Bluffs. Now Atlantic -- 1874 to 1886. |
Audubon, Cass,
Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby ... |
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Chapter XLIII
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401 - 408 |
Other
Associations and Churches -- Iowa Association. Colored --
German -- Swedish -- Danish and Norwegian Churches. |
Montgomery,
Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Taylor ... |
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Chapter XLIV
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409 - 416 |
Fragments, Incidents and Anecdotes - Dr. J. A. Nash Again -
Baptisms At Grinnell - Sandyville. Crossing A River - Having a
Picture Taken - Live For Eternity. |
Poweshiek,
Warren ... |
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Chapter XLV
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417 - 424 |
Iowa
Baptist State Convention - History Resumed From 1869 -
Official Missionary and Financial Record - 1859 to 1886. |
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Chapter XLVI
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425 - 434 |
Education for
the Minister -- Iowa Baptist Union for Ministerial Education
-- Sketch by Denter Smith, D.D., 12 Years Secretary. |
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Chapter XLVII
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435 - 440 |
Iowa Baptists
and the American Baptist Home Mission Society -- Money and
Missionaries. Baptist Churches are Missionary Churches. |
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Chapter XLVIII |
441 - 446 |
Foreign Missions |
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Chapter L
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455 - 463 |
Institutions of
Learning |
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Chapter LI
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464 - 470 |
Retrospective - Biographical - A Growth
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Chapter LII |
471 - 504 |
Obituaries Notes - From Works to
Rewards -An Ever Increasing Record. |
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Index
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Every Name and Place |
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