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St. Joseph County By Judge William H. Cross
On arriving at the school house we ' would chain the oxen to a wheel of the wagon, seat ourselves on the slab benches, and perhaps worship as fervently and acceptably as those of us now do who have cushioned pews to rest in, and a hired choir to sing our songs of praise for us. After the service we used to ride home leisurely in the strong carriage, and get home before night.
The first minister of whom I have any distinct recollection, who had a regular stated appointment, was Rev. Mr. Walker, of the Ohio Methodist conference. His circuit was very extensive. It extended to the Au-glaize river in Ohio, Fort Defiance, Maumee, St. Lawrence and Vistula {now Toledo), Erie, Monroe, Tecumseh, and Blissfield. In making his circuit he traveled a distance of about twelve hundred miles, and was obliged to ford or swim the Maumee river twice. He was a muscular, sturdy, earnest, devoted preacher, and had a voice that could be heard for a half a mile or more when preaching, or singing his songs of praise
in the forest temple.
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