Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1910 — Congregation on Strike. [ARTICLE]

Congregation on Strike.

The unusual scene of a congregation on strike was witnessed at a Dumbarton (Scotland) parish church recently. Owing to the minister’s financial difficulties and his refusal to resign, the congregation unanimously agreed to abstain from attending services during the present ministry. At this service the other Sunday forenoon there was a total congregation of only 12, including the organist, beadle, and minister’s family. At the evening service only half a dozen persons entered the church.