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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

    Thirty of our young men and two of our young women have already entered the service of the United States of America. More must follow. We, who are left, need not be desolate or disconsolate. We can claim the promise of Matthew 18:19. Wherefore let our united prayers rise like a fountain for them night and day; that they may all dwell in the secret place of the most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalms 91.

     In order that all may read at a glance just how wonderfully God has prospered us in the past century and the steps by which we grew from 11 communicants to 741, I have attached hereto a statistical table largely taken from Hubbard’s History down to 1900 but direct from the Clerk’s records since that time.

     I know of no better way to close this very inadequate historical sketch than to paraphrase a part of Tennyson’s prayer written for our National Centennial:

Our father’s God; From out of whose hand

The centuries fall like grains of sand,

We meet today, united, free,

And loyal to our church and Thee,

To thank Thee for the era done,

And trust Thee for the opening one.

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STATISTICAL TABLE OF OUR CHURCH
1842-1942

Date	Service	Added on Exam.	Added on Cert.	Whole No.	Adult Bapt.	Infant Bapt.	S.S. Memb.	Gen. Assemb.	Church Boards	Local Church	Miscell.
42-50	Stocker, Pratt and Hudson	11	59	28	4	6		10	21	50
51-60	Hutchinson, Baird, Stewart, Belden	101	152	158	23	82	225	120	1205	37584	674
61-70	Belden-Armstrong	48	89	153	13	56	200	50	3566	14922	277
71-80	Armstrong, Dalrymple, Barnard	62	76	175	18	36	270	137	1879	19052	450
81-90	Barnard, Parvin	164	83	276	66	73	290	203	1768	20406	819
91-1900	Parvin, Elliott	223	90	348	70	88	418	369	3909	25590	814
01-10	Elliott	362	94	537	No	Clerk's	Reports	Recorded	3400	28693
11-20	Elliott, Rendall	142	138	456	46	38	335	634	11223	55544
21-30	Rendall	282	127	541	81	63	426	913	31519	96338
31-40	Rendall, Berger, Schneider	224	196	729	20	67	328	1213	15894	76239
41-42	Schneider	33	23	741	7	31	405	370	3842	18900
1842 to 1942	16 Pastors	1652	1127		348	540	'	4019	78226	393368

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FROM CLERK’S STATISTICAL REPORTS
1933-1942

Date	Service	Added on Exam.	Added on Cert.	Whole No.	Adult Bapt.	Infant Bapt.	S.S. Memb.	Gen. Assemb.	Church Boards	Local Church	Miscell.
1933	Rendall	4	6	500	0	6	401	100	766	6400	50
1934	Rendall	44	4	526	11	10	430	95	994	5677
1935	Berger	10	15	549	1	9	394	95	1269	5451	6849
1936	Berger	25	38	591	0	6	398	116	1253	6638	2450
1937	Berger	46	56	658	1	14	480	126	1733	8330
1938	Berger	7	20	674	0	7	497	137	1641	8604
1939	Berger	19	24	694	1	6	320	151	1801	9372	750
1940	Berger-5 Months Schneider-7 Months	39	16	729	2	6	328	175	1832	8813	1244
1941	Schneider	11	7	725	3	11	371	180	1881	9848
1942	Schneider	22	16	741	4	20	405	190	1961	9052
	Total	227	202	241	23	95	4	1365	15131	78185

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