Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1915 — THREE NEW PREACHERS HIRED FOR RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

THREE NEW PREACHERS HIRED FOR RENSSELAER

Rev. I. Bud man Fleming, Rev. Asa McDaniel and Rev. F. H. Beard to Locate Here. For some time Dr. Paul C. Ourxuck was the only resident pastor of a protestant church, the Predbyterian, Christian and Baptist churches being without pastors. All three have now extended calls and the complement of ministers will soon be complete. Rev. F. H. Beard came here from Franklin to take charge of the local Baptist church under the direction of the association. For some years the local church had been having a hard struggle and the Baptist association took it over and has installed an able minister of pleasing address and he should he able to do much good for the church and prove an excellent dition to the spiritual work of the community. He has already located here, occupying the Leopold property on Front street, formerly occupied by Prof. Otto Braun. The Presbyterian church extended a call to Rev. J. Budman Fleming, of Chicago Heights, who has preached for them several times and who is a man of strong mental attainment and an extended experience in church and missionary fields. He has accepted the call and will come here from Chicago Heights, taking up the work immediately, but not locating here for about two weeks. Owing to the fact that the old manse is not modem and is to be replaced next spring 'by a modem home for the pastor, it will not be occupied by Rev. Fleming, who has rented the J- H. S. Ellis property on Front street. His family consists of himself and wife and some grown children. One, a daughter, is teaching school in Lafayette. _ _ The new pastor of the Christian church is Rev. Asa McDaniel, who comes here from Harvey, 111., where he had been located for the past two years. He has greatly pleased the members of the congregation during his stay here and it is believed will prove a successful worker in all departments of church work. He is a student not only of theology but along broad lines of progress and research and although a man past forty years of age has spent and expects to spend a good deal of his time in universities. Some years ago he was a contractor and during the past ten days he has found 1 much pleasure in getting about Rensselaer and observing the fine new houses that have been constructed during the past two or three years. He estimates that about SIOO,OOO has been spent in* home building in this city this year. Mrs. McDaniel and their two sons, 7 years and 15 months of age, will come here ffrom Dayton, Ohio, shortly, occupying the Presbyterian manse temporarily. . .... All of the ministers come highly endorsed and they will doubtless work in unison for the upbuilding of the community.