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Show Page 34<br><br>[PHOTO: C. F. RICHARDSON. Pastor Presbyterian Church.] installed over a people that had never seen him prior to that time. While here Mr. Richardson edited two small papers, the Endeavor Union and The Monthly Church Bulletin, and in December, 1893, opened a free reading-room for the benefit of the young men of the city as a counter attraction to the pool-rooms and "blind pigs." In April, 1894, he was elected Commissioner to the General Assembly, and attended the meetings of that body at Saratoga Springs. In November, 1894, he resigned his pastorate at Woonsocket to accept the call of the Ogden church, and on November 30th of that year he arrived on the field. The Church has entered on an era of prosperity, and, says a notice in one of the Church papers, the congregation showed their appreciation of the services of the Rev. Mr. Richardson on [PHOTO: MISS COGSWELL, C. E. President.] September 22nd, by extending to him a very hearty call to become the pastor of the church. He accepted the call and was installed pastor December 9, 1895.<br><br> The Central Park Presbyterian Mission.<br><br> Was organized January 11, 1890, by F. W. Hastings and Charles May in the public school building on Twenty-ninth street and a membership of sixty-two and continued to meet there until December 5, 1891, when the School Board decided not to allow Sunday schools to hold any more meetings in the public school building. The school not having any other place to meet was closed until February 7, 1892, when it was again opened in a small two-room house on Patterson avenue, with a membership of thirty-six; here they continued to meet until 1893, when they again moved into the school building on Twenty-ninth street, where they continued to meet until 1895, when they again moved, this time on the corner of Thirty-first street and Washington avenue, where they are better able to care for the large and interesting school which they now have as a reward for the years of hard labor. They also hold in connection with the school gospel services every Sunday evening, conducted by the superintendent, which are well attended and a deep interest manifest, and they are looking forward in becoming an organized church soon.<br><br>Mr. Charles May.<br><br> He has done wonders for that Mission; is an enthusiastic, earnest worker, exceedingly modest and unassuming, but the work is meeting with great success at his hands. C. F. R. [PHOTO: CHAS. MAY.] <br><br>FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.<br><br> The organization of the First Baptist church of Ogden was largely due to the efforts of Brother H. A. Lindley. By his request the American Baptist Home Mission Society sent Rev. Dwight Spencer to Ogden January, 181. on May 22, 1881, the church was organized with the following members: T. C. Chamberlain, Mary Chamberlain, W. H. Ware, Susan Ware, Joseph Severn, Elizabeth Severn, Heber C. Reed, John A. Corlew, H. A. Lindley, Hattie Lindley, N. B. Sebree, Mrs. E. Filshaw, Mrs. V. Taylor. Of this number Brother Chamberlain and wife, Deacon Severn and wife, Deacon Lindley and wife, Sister V. Taylor are still efficient members. The first person baptized by a Baptist in Utah, Miss Fannie Reed, now Mrs. Morris, is still a member of the church. The church edifice is located on Grand avenue, near Twenty-fourth street. The corner-stone of the present beautiful audience room was laid August 13, 1882, and the building was dedicated December 24, 1882. In 1889 and 1890 the lecture-room, with class rooms, was added, making one of the most convenient Baptist buildings in Utah for church work. The audience-room is seated with opera-chairs and the church is lighted up with either gas or electric lights. A neat parsonage adjoins the church building. The entire property is free from encumbrance. The following are the present officers: Pastor, T. L. Crandall; deacons, H. A. Lindley, Wilson Barry, Joseph Severn, William Shepherd, J. R. Brown; clerk, H. A. Lindley; treasurer, J. A. Smith; trustees, T. C. Chamberlain, J. A. Smith, W. E. Moore; Sabbath school superintendent, J. A. Smith; Sabbath school superintendent at Wilson's Lane, William Ramy; president B. Y. P. U., Mrs. J. H. Loomis; president Ladies' Mission Circle, Mrs. Anna Sleeth; president Ladies' Aid Society, Mrs. T. D. Johnson. The following persons have been pastors: Dwight Spencer, Richard Hartley, Frank Barnett, J. F. Moody, E. T. Sanford, M. M. Lewis, W. B. Morris. The present pastor, T. L. Crandall, is a native of Ohio. In 1864, at the age of 16, he enlisted in the United States army and was a prisoner of war ten months. At the close of the war he entered the Central University of Iowa, receiving the degree of A. B. at graduation, and six years later the degree of A. M. from the same institution. Before going to the Pacific Coast he was pastor at Sigourney, Iowa, Maquoketa, Iowa, and Tekamah, Neb. It was while at the latter place in the midst of a pleasant and most successful pastorate that his health broke down and by the advice of his physician went to Southern California. Here he won a reputation for church edifice work. In 1874 he was married to Miss M. A. Liter, their only child, W. Clarence Crandall, a boy of 17, is now in the freshman class at Leland Stanford University. The degree of success that has attended Mr. Crandall's ministry is due largely to his faith in God and a "quiet will force," of which only his closest friends are cognizant. [PHOTO: T. L. CRANDALL, Pastor Baptist Church.] The president of the B. Y. P. U., Mrs. J. H. Loomis, was born in Georgetown, Canada. Her maiden name was Anna E. Campbell. She was married to Mr. Loomis in Ohio the year 1881. They came to Utah in 1886. She has been a member of the Baptist church eighteen years. She was one of the movers in the organization of the Ladies Baptist Mission Circle of Ogden. She is a most successful primary teacher in the Sabbath school. She has ability in many directions and is ever ready to do what she can for the cause of Christ. The B. Y. P. U. has prospered during her administration. |
