Osage Church

(1878-)

Primitive Christian and Pilgrim Nov. 19, 1878 page 735 Vol. II No. 16

Bro. Martin Neher, of Monmouth, Crawford Co. Kansas, under date of Oct. 10th, says: we arrived here on the 18th of September, and like our new home. The church here is composed of three ministers and two deacons. We number eighteen or twenty. The name of the church is Osage. All seems to be love and peace.  May God grant his blessings, that we may prosper in this strange land. The health is only tolerably good. The weather is warm – looks like mid summer.  We have had no frost yet.  The wheat looks fine.

The Gospel Messenger July 8, 1879 page 429 Vol. XVII No. 27

From Monmouth, Kan.

June 25th, 1879.

Dear Editors:

  I wish to give you a little news from our arm of the church, known as the Osage, Crawford county, church, Kan. This church was organized about one year ago with fourteen or fifteen members, one minister and one deacon, now we number thirty-three, two elders, one minister in the second degree and one in the first, and for deacons. The names of the ministers are Robert Edgcomb, Martin Neher, Samuel Edgcomb and John W. Neher; deacons, S. Ullery, W. Edgcomb, J. B. Wolf and J. B. Shively.

   The church is in peace and in a prosperous condition.  We baptized five this spring.  The rest all move here.  Many more talk of joining.  May God help them to have the same accomplished.

  The weather is nice and we have a good prospect for a corn crop; seasons, good. Corn begins to tassel, and some Silks are visible now.  All things in the line of summer crops are good. Wheat is good and already harvested.  This is good country, land cheap and sold on easy terms.  Now is the time to procure good homes.

Martin Neher.